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2024-03-29T04:38:41-00:00Windy City Times montage of this week in photos
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(NEW YORK, NY — March 28, 2024) In advance of Transgender Day of Visibility, Lambda Legal, the nation's oldest and largest legal nonprofit working to achieve full equal rights for LGBTQ people and everyone living withtext/html2024-03-28T19:51:54-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comFour Chicago Red Stars receive international call-ups
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CHICAGO (March 28, 2024) Chicago Red Stars Nádia Gomes, Natalia Kuikka, Alyssa Naeher and Mallory Swanson have been tabbed to represent their countries during the April international window. Forwards Gomes and Swanson are set totext/html2024-03-28T19:47:50-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.com2024 'Nike Basketball Camps with the Chicago Sky' announced
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The Chicago Sky officially announced, in a debut collaboration with Nike Sports Camps, 2024 summer basketball camps for Chicagoland youth. Two camps for boys and girls ages 7-15 will take place June 17-21 and July 8-12text/html2024-03-27T22:02:49-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNex Benedict's autopsy report released
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The full autopsy report for Nex Benedict (he/they) a 16-year-old transgender and Indigenous student from Oklahoma's Owasso High School who died in February a day after a school fight has been released. The Oklahoma Office of the Chietext/html2024-03-27T15:36:49-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comThailand parliament passes landmark marriage bill
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On March 27, Thailand's parliament approved a marriage-equality bill by an overwhelmingly large margin a landmark step that moves one of Asia's most liberal countries closer to legalizing same-sex unions, mediatext/html2024-03-27T01:24:24-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis City Lit Executive Artistic Director Brian Pastor talks theater, comics, queerness
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City Lit Theater has announced its programming for the 2024-25 season which will be the company's 44th. It will also be the first season to be programmed under the leadership of Brian Pastor (they/them), who will assumetext/html2024-03-27T00:33:49-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comKayleigh PadarBrown Elephant Returns To Northalsted
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Brown Elephant's Lake View location is moving to Northalsted and already accepting donations. Howard Brown Health, the largest LGBTQ+ health center in the midwest, operates three Brown Elephant resale shops in the Chicagoland area to helptext/html2024-03-26T20:42:07-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaAn interstate trans healthcare crisis: Illinois prepares for influx of people seeking gender-affirming care
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With hard-won rights, such as access to hormone replacement therapy or permission to use one's chosen pronouns in school, breaking down in states across the country, trans residents of all ages are left with a choice:text/html2024-03-26T16:59:12-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaBe here, be queer, play polo: Gay Polo League creates safe athletic space for LGBTQ community
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LGBTQ+ athletic clubs aren't too hard to come by, offering a variety of sports such as softball, soccer and more in cities across the country. But LGBTQ+ athletes would be harder pressed to find someplace totext/html2024-03-26T11:45:04-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPlanned Parenthood of Illinois expands Orland Park health center
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ORLAND PARK, Ill. - Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) announces the expansion of its existing Orland Park Health Center at 14470 S. LaGrange Rd., Suite 106. The 1,800-square-foot expansion is projected to increase sexual and reproductivetext/html2024-03-26T11:42:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comThe Jeff Awards announces the 50th anniversary awards for non-equity theater
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A complete list of recipients can also be found online in the Non-Equity and News and Events sections at www.jeffawards.org. (March 25, 2024 - Chicago) Celebrating its 50th anniversary awarding recognition for Non-Equity theater, thetext/html2024-03-26T02:47:38-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis After 30 Under 30: MAP Executive Director Naomi Goldberg
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NOTE: In this series, Windy City Times will profile some of its past 30 Under 30 honorees. Windy City Times started its 30 Under 30 Awards in 2001, presenting them each year through 2019. This year,text/html2024-03-26T02:30:49-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJess SavageUnited Church of Hyde Park hosts LGBTQ+ storytelling event
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About 20 people had gathered around four round tables in the community room of the United Church of Hyde Park, 1448 E. 53rd St., on March 23. They were listening quietly to a man tell the story of how, on atext/html2024-03-26T02:26:04-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellKara Swisher talks truth, power in tech at Chicago Humanities event
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Lesbian author, award-winning journalist and podcast host Kara Swisher spoke about truth and power in the tech industry through the lens of her most recent book, Burn Book: A Tech Love Story, March 21 at Firsttext/html2024-03-25T01:05:45-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comWyoming is latest state to ban gender-affirming care for minors
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On March 22, Wyoming became the latest state to prohibit gender-affirming care for minors, The Hill noted. In doing so, it joined 23 other states that passed laws restricting or banning the treatment. Legislators in bothtext/html2024-03-25T00:20:25-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR Easter roundup for 2024
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Easter is a time to celebrate rebirth, spring, life—and brunches. Chicagoland restaurants will be out in full force on Sunday, March 31, offering Easter meals—some with their own twists (includingtext/html2024-03-24T23:49:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJess Savage'Rumors' performers create alternative drag playground
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At first glance, Dorian's Through The Record Shop (1939 W. North Ave.) looks like a brightly-lit shop with a handful of records on the wall, but there's a secret world behind those unassuming shelves. Visitors aretext/html2024-03-24T23:13:52-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis Family of 2004 murder victim holds event in Lake View; reward announced
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The year 2004, for the family and friends of Lake View resident Kevin Clewer, will forever be marked by tragedy. On March 24 of that year, Clewer, 31, was found in his apartment at 3444 N. Elaine Pl.; he was thetext/html2024-03-24T14:58:11-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR WhiskyX, an Easter soiree, a pizza-making class and more
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I'll drink to that: On March 21, I was invited to check out dozens of whiskeys, rums, tequilas and other spirits at WhiskyX, which took place at the Chicago venue Morgan MFG and which hundreds oftext/html2024-03-24T14:45:40-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Red Stars stay undefeated
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Chicago Red Stars stay undefeated On March 23, the Chicago Red Stars took down the Seattle Reign FC 2-1 in the club's home opener at SeatGeek Stadium. With the win, the Red Stars are now 2-0-0text/html2024-03-22T23:36:22-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago alder proposes renaming street after Obama
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Openly gay Black Chicago Ald. Lamont Robinson has proposed renaming Columbus Drive after former U.S. President and city resident Barack Obama, media outlets noted. The street stretches through the Loop from East Grand Avenue to DuSabletext/html2024-03-22T23:33:21-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNo charges filed in Nex Benedict fight; campaigns call for Walters' removal
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In Oklahoma, Tulsa County District Attorney Stephen Kunzweiler announced that no charges will be filed in connection with the fight that happened the day before transgender, nonbinary high school student Nex Benedict died by suicide, NBCtext/html2024-03-22T18:19:00-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJake WittichFormer Chicago Girl Scouts CEO Brooke Wiseman to receive Luminary Award
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Brooke Wiseman, a now-retired nonprofit leader in the Chicago area, spent most of her career creating leadership development opportunities for girls and women and making sure that hungry children could be fed. While leading Girl Scouts oftext/html2024-03-22T18:16:37-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCongressional Equality Caucus on FY24 bills passing the house
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WASHINGTON, DC Today, Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02), released the following statement after the House successfully passed the final funding bills for Fiscal Yeartext/html2024-03-22T18:07:01-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnJP Karliak morphs into non-binary character for Disney+'s X-Men '97
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series X-Men '97, a revival of the popular X-men: The Animated Series that's both continuing the ongoing mutant storyline and breaking new ground along the way. The character of Morph now looks more like the comictext/html2024-03-22T02:08:45-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis ACTIVITIES Pickleball, fine eats and fun are all at SPF
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Despite the fact that it was invented in 1965, pickleball has only really entered the national consciousness within the last few years. However, there really hadn't been a large indoor dedicated space in Chicago for thetext/html2024-03-22T01:58:06-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Uganda items, HIV report, Mandela, Liechtenstein, foreign minister weds
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It turned out that U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Senior LGBTQI+ Coordinator Jay Gilliam traveled to Uganda on Feb. 19-27, per The Washington Blade. He visited the capital of Kampala and the nearby city oftext/html2024-03-22T01:49:36-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ Queer musicians, Marvel situation, Elliot Page, Nicole Kidman
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Queer musician Joy Oladokun released the single "I Wished on the Moon," from Jack Antonoff's official soundtrack for the new Apple TV+ series The New Look, per a press release. The soundtrack,text/html2024-03-22T01:41:53-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis NATIONAL Va. marriage bill, AARP, online counseling, Idaho items, late activist
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Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed bills protecting same-sex marriages at a state level, surprising some, WRIC reported. The bills passed out of both chambers along mostly party lines will require clerkstext/html2024-03-22T01:28:45-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comScott C. MorganTHEATER Chicago's City Lit has anxiety on tap with 'Two Hours in a Bar'
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Two Hours in a Bar Waiting for Tina Meyer by Kristine Thatcher with material by Larry Shue Text Me by Kingsley Day (Book, Music and Lyrics). At: City Lit Theater, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.. Tickets:text/html2024-03-21T17:04:24-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJake WittichLGBTQ+ candidates Marcelino Garcia, Precious Brady Davis win primary elections to keep MWRD seats
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Marcelino Garcia and Precious Brady-Davis, the two openly LGBTQ+ incumbents in the race to keep their seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), won their primary elections and will move on to the general thistext/html2024-03-21T02:11:22-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.com2024 OLYMPICS U.S. women's soccer team's opponents set
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The United States women's national soccer team will face Australia, Germany, and either Morocco or Zambia in Group B at the 2024 Paris Olympics, ESPN reported. The tournament will mark the Americans' first competitive games withtext/html2024-03-21T02:06:31-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAlyssa Naeher wins National Women's Soccer League Impact Save of the Week
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CHICAGO (March 20, 2024) Chicago Red Stars goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher earned National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Deloitte Impact Save of the Week honors, the league announced today. Seven minutes into the eight minutes of addedtext/html2024-03-20T18:26:22-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteSmall LGBTQ+ candidate pool nevertheless scores some important victories March 19
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Relatively few openly LGBTQ+ candidates were running in the March 19 Illinois Primary Election. But there were some significant contests in play at the local, state and federal levels. Openly gay Ald. Ray Lopez (15th Ward)text/html2024-03-20T16:18:12-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGay Irish prime minister to step down
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In a surprise move, openly gay Irish Prime Minister (or Taoiseach) Leo Varadkar has announced his resignation, citing "personal and political, but mainly political reasons," according to CNN. Varadkar said he felt he was no longertext/html2024-03-20T01:51:53-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern HesterAffinity celebrates Burning Bowl while looking toward the future
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On March 17, Affinity Community Services held its annual Burning Bowl ceremony even as it already sets its organizational sights on 2025. The event, titled Burning Bowl 2024 Evolution, was held at Studio Imani, 5917 N.text/html2024-03-19T21:57:00-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR REVIEW Sushi By Bou
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Going into a sushi restaurant, I didn't expect to hear a 1920s version of the Carly Rae Jepsen hit "Call Me Maybe" emanating from the speakers. However, that and other Great Gatsby-like flourishes can be foundtext/html2024-03-19T21:53:17-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLollapalooza announces lineup; SZA, Skrillex among headliners
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Lollapalooza has released its line-up for the event that's taking place Aug. 1-4 at Grant Park. Headliners include SZA, Blink-182, Skrillex, The Killers, Hozier, Melanie Martinez and Stray Kids, among others. Some of the other actstext/html2024-03-18T19:02:29-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comWindy City Times seeks nominations for 30 Under 30 Awards
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CHICAGO After a four-year hiatus, Windy City Times has revived its 30 Under 30 Awards. Windy City Times is seeking to recognize 30 more outstanding LGBTQ+ individuals (and allies). Nominees should be 30 years or younger astext/html2024-03-18T17:04:37-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnRuPaul finds 'Hidden Meanings' in new memoir
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RuPaul Andre Charles made a rare Chicago appearance for a book tour on March 12 at The Vic Theatre, 3145 N. Sheffield Ave. Presented by National Public Radio station WBEZ 91.5 FM, the talk coincided withtext/html2024-03-18T17:02:00-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellChicago's LGBTQ+ Advisory Council sets a new course
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Chicago's LGBTQ+ Advisory Council held its first meeting of the calendar year on Feb. 28 at City Hall in the Loop under the leadership of the recently appointed chair Jin-Soo Huh. The LGBTQ+ Advisory Council istext/html2024-03-18T16:58:09-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellJamie Barton brings nuances of identity to her Lyric Opera 'Aida' performance
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Chicago's Lyric Opera is currently featuring a production of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida starring Michelle Bradley as Aida, Jamie Barton as Amneris and Russell Thomas as Radamès. The opera runs through April 7, 2024, with Francesca Zambellotext/html2024-03-18T03:10:31-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR Gemini Grill opens, 'Rick Bayless Day' and more
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—And I quote: I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal."—Groucho Marx —Pop life: Don't forget my other Substack: "Pop-Eds: My takes on pop culture." Thank you sotext/html2024-03-18T03:06:03-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comRed Stars start season with 2-0 win
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On March 16, the Chicago Red Stars kicked off their 2024 campaign with a 2-0 road win over Utah Royals FC in the Royals' inaugural match back in the National Women's Soccer League. Ally Schlegel andtext/html2024-03-16T21:38:42-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAlmost 8% of U.S. residents identify as LGBTQ+
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The proportion of U.S. adults identifying as LGBTQ+ continues to increase. LGBTQ+ identification in the U.S. continues to grow, with 7.6% of U.S. adults now identifying as LGBTQ+, according to the newest Gallup poll results thattext/html2024-03-15T20:34:53-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaSPORTS Red Stars prepare to kick off NWSL season against Utah Royals
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It's been a busy winter for the Red Stars, and it's time to put their work to the test. Following a last place finish in the 2023 NWSL season, Chicago has had an active offseason transformingtext/html2024-03-15T13:56:22-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Leaked messages, Panama action, author dies at 32, Japan court, out athletes
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Hundreds of messages from an internal chat board for an international group of transgender health professionals were leaked in a report and framed as revealing serious health risks associated with gender-affirming care, including cancer, according totext/html2024-03-15T13:53:28-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew DavisNATIONAL Missouri measure, HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, judge, Texas schools
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In Missouri, a newly proposed law could charge teachers and counselors with a felony and require them to register as sex offenders if they're found guilty of supporting transgender students who are socially transitioning, CNN noted.text/html2024-03-15T13:48:09-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comOprah, Niecy Nash-Betts honored at GLAAD Media Awards
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Oprah Winfrey and Niecy Nash-Betts were honored at the 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards that took place in Los Angeles at The Beverly Hilton on March 14. Winfrey received the Vanguard Award, introduced by iconic Chicagotext/html2024-03-15T13:45:56-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCollege athletes sue NCAA over transgender policies
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Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines was among a group of college athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA on March 14, accusing it of violating their Title IX rights by allowing trans swimmer Lia Thomastext/html2024-03-15T13:39:15-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ Lady Gaga, 'P-Valley,' Wendy Williams, Luke Evans, 'Queer Eye,' 'Transition'
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Lady Gaga came to the defense of Dylan Mulvaney after a post with the trans influencer/activist for International Women's Day received hateful responses, People Magazine noted. On Instagram, Gaga stated, "It's appalling to me that atext/html2024-03-14T23:18:06-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comUK health service to stop routinely prescribing puberty blockers to minors
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NHS (National Health Service) England confirmed that children will no longer routinely be prescribed puberty blockers at gender-identity clinics, the BBC reported. The decision came after a review found there was "not enough evidence" that theytext/html2024-03-14T23:16:10-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLGBTQ+ people attacked by mobs in Greece
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Just weeks after a landmark law granted same-sex couples in Greece the right to marry, nearly 200 people dressed in black chased a transgender couple through the town square in Thessaloniki, the country's "second city" andtext/html2024-03-14T20:22:45-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR REVIEW La Grande Boucherie
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Just a few months ago, The Group NYC a hospitality consortium based in you-know-where opened the Italian restaurant Olio e Piu in Chicago's River North neighborhood. You can read my review oftext/html2024-03-14T20:18:50-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellOne Roof Chicago launches youth-focused workforce development program
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One Roof Chicago (ORC) is set to launch its first training, education and job placement program for LGBTQ+ young adults in late spring. This Community Health Workers and Elder Care program is a part of ORC'stext/html2024-03-14T20:16:12-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPASSAGES Dorothy Elizabeth McGroarty
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Dorothy Elizabeth McGroarty, 82, of The Breakers at Edgewater Beach, and a former resident of Andersonville, passed away Feb. 16 surrounded by her loving family. Born in Dearborn, Michigan, Dorothy was raised on Chicago's South andtext/html2024-03-14T20:09:49-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPASSAGES Bryan Dean Wilson
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Bryan Dean Wilson, 64, of Chicago, passed away March 11. Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Bryan graduated from Washington High school in Cedar Rapids before earning his B.S. in Biology from Mount Mercy University, also intext/html2024-03-14T20:03:14-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comHoward Brown experts discuss advocacy and allyship for Chicago's trans community
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Howard Brown Health's Trans & Gender Diverse People's Rights & Patient Care panel convened March 12 to discuss both resources for and opportunities to provide allyship to the city's trans and gender diverse communities. The event hostext/html2024-03-14T18:15:52-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago History Museum announces "Designing for Change: Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s - 70s exhibition
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CHICAGO (March 14, 2024) — The Chicago History Museum is thrilled to announce its upcoming exhibition, "Designing for Change: Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s—70s." Set to open on Saturday, May 18, 2024, this exhibition istext/html2024-03-13T22:58:01-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Red Stars release 2024 roster
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CHICAGO (March 13, 2024) The Chicago Red Stars announced today their final roster ahead of the 2024 National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) season. The club's roster is bolstered by an array of experience brought nottext/html2024-03-13T22:55:30-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comUPDATE: Nex Benedict's death ruled a suicide; family responds
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A medical examiner's report concluded that the cause of death of Oklahoma student Nex Benedict (he/they) was suicide, media reports confirmed. Benedict—a 16-year-old transgender student—died Feb. 8, a day aftertext/html2024-03-13T22:46:17-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comHouse-music festival on Aug. 30-Sept. 1; icons, Idris Elba to be part of it
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The ARC Music Festival an event celebrating house music will take place Aug. 30-Sept. 1 at Chicago's Union Park, per WGN-TV. This will mark the fourth year that the festival will celebrate the genre at Union Park less thantext/html2024-03-13T21:08:07-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJake WittichHoward Brown Health faces October trial if settlement isn't reached with union
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Howard Brown Health could go to trial over unfair labor practice allegations if the LGBTQ+ health center doesn't reach a settlement with its agreement soon. Chicago's regional director of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filedtext/html2024-03-13T20:47:57-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie Maxwell PASSAGES: Former Chicago Commission on Human Relations chair Clarence Wood
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LGBTQ ally and former Chicago Commission on Human Relations (CCHR) Chair and Commissioner Clarence N. Wood died March 5. He was 83. Wood was born April 14, 1940, in Alabama. While primarily raised in Alabama, Woodtext/html2024-03-12T20:35:37-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comRev. Irene MonroeWomen's History Month doesn't do enough to lift up Black lesbians
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Fifty years ago, in 1974, the Combahee River Collective (CRC) was founded in Boston by several lesbian and feminist women of African descent. As a sisterhood, they understood that their acts of protest were shouldered bytext/html2024-03-12T17:44:12-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaNo 'explanations' needed: Affinity remains a haven for Chicago's Black queer community
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Back in 2007, Anna DeShawn came out while she was studying for her undergraduate degree. At around the same time, she searched online for "Black lesbians in Chicago." Her search led her to Affinity Community Services,text/html2024-03-12T13:15:06-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Red Stars release midfielder Jill Aguilera
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CHICAGO (March 11, 2024) The Chicago Red Stars today announced the release of midfielder, Jill Aguilera. "I want to thank Jill for her time with the Red Stars," said general manager, Richard Feuz. "Over hertext/html2024-03-12T13:12:36-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLongtime LGBTQ+-rights activist David Mixner dies at 77
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On March 11, longtime LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS activist David Mixner known for working on Bill Clinton's presidential campaign but then splitting from him over "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) died at age 77, The Advocate reported. text/html2024-03-12T13:11:07-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLGBTQ+ Victory Fund remembers co-founder David Mixner
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Today, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund President & CEO Mayor Annise Parker released the following statement on the passing of LGBTQ+ civil rights activist and LGBTQ+ Victory Fund co-founder David Mixner: "Today, we lost David Mixner, a foundingtext/html2024-03-12T02:05:17-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comFlorida settles 'Don't Say Gay' lawsuit
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On March 11, the state of Florida settled a multi-year lawsuit against the so-called "Don't Say Gay" law, which limits how LGBTQ+ topics can be discussed and presented in schools, The Hill reported. The settlement agreementtext/html2024-03-11T22:28:16-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comMatt Simonette"X" gender marker now available on Illinois driver's licenses and state ID cards
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After several years of preparation, the Illinois Secretary of State's office is has been making the X gender designation available for non-binary residents and others not utilizing the M or F designations, since the beginning oftext/html2024-03-11T20:54:09-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCenter on Halsted's signature Human First Gala to return
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CHICAGO, IL — Center on Halsted's signature Human First Gala will be held on Saturday, April 20 at The Geraghty. The gala brings together LGBTQ+ community members and allies for an evening of celebration to recognizetext/html2024-03-11T20:03:54-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaChicagoan continues fight against alleged transphobia at Orangetheory
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After allegedly dealing with transphobia at a Chicago Orangetheory beginning in 2018, Jes Favers du Shine is still holding out hope for the organization to take measures addressing those issues.� In 2020, Windy City Times reportedtext/html2024-03-11T13:19:35-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaPro-choice activists protest crisis pregnancy center on International Women's Day
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The rainy weather on March 8 didn't deter a passionate group of pro-choice protesters from gathering in Old Town on International Women's Day. Following the opening of Women's Care Center a crisis pregnancy center directly next to Pltext/html2024-03-11T13:14:26-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR Eldridge Williams talks new concepts, Beyonce, making history
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One restaurant would be enough for most people to handle. However, this year Eldridge Williams is opening two new concepts including one that will be the first Black-owned country-and-western bar in the Midwest. Williams, an ally oftext/html2024-03-11T12:55:39-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern HesterCenter on Halsted celebrates Dreams of Drag
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On March 9, Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., in partnership with the Ralla Klepak Foundation, presented the Dreams of Drag Spring Cohort Class of 2024. The event featured performances from a class of newtext/html2024-03-09T16:49:16-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comTrans golfer banned from competing
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Transgender golfer Hailey Davidson spoke out on Instagram after the NXXT Women's Pro Tour suddenly announced on March 8 (International Women's Day) that participants must be "a biological female at birth" in order to compete banning Dtext/html2024-03-09T00:12:40-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnCOBRAH slithers into Chicago and brings Feminine Energy
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COBRAH snaked her way into Thalia Hall, 1807 S. Allport St., for two nights March 7 and 8 for her Succubus Tour. This Swedish-born talent has a way with naughty words andtext/html2024-03-08T19:58:46-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJake WittichELECTIONS 2024 Precious Brady-Davis says climate change is top issue as she runs to finish appointed MWRD term
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Precious Brady-Davis, commissioner for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), is one of several candidates running to fill three seats on the board in the March 19 election. Brady-Davis was appointed to the role last summertext/html2024-03-08T19:34:55-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJake WittichELECTIONS 2024 MWRD's Marcelino Garcia discusses flooding, land use and LGBTQ+ inclusion
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Marcelina Garcia, commissioner for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), is one of several candidates in the running to fill three seats on the board in the March 19 election. Garcia, who chair's the MWRD's Financetext/html2024-03-08T15:00:55-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew DavisSHOWBIZ Jinkx Monsoon, Xavier Dolan, 'Frida,' Lena Waithe, out singer
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Two-time RuPaul's Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon is headed back to the New York stage, joining off-Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors as Audrey beginning April 2, according to Playbill. The casting makes Monsoon the first dragtext/html2024-03-08T14:46:22-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew DavisNATIONAL Altercation, mpox research, Univ. of Fla., George Santos, tech battle
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Video footage uploaded to Facebook showed an altercation between a state trooper and two prominent Philadelphia LGBTQ+ leaders, the Washington Blade reported, republishing an article from Philadelphia Gay News. Celenatext/html2024-03-08T14:38:08-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Israeli reservist, man detained, Ghana bill, medic denied honor
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Hanania Ben-Shimon the gay Israel Defense Forces reservist who was wounded as he killed one of the terrorists in the attack at the A-Za'ayem checkpoint near Ma'ale Adumim recently published a post in which he pleaded that histext/html2024-03-07T17:59:17-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaPride 365 event emphasizes year-round support for LGBTQ+ employees
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Queer employees are queer all year-round. The need for employers to accordingly support and uplift them year-round was the core message at Howard Brown Health and Citywide Pride's Pride 365 "Out of Office to Out intext/html2024-03-06T22:57:26-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteAffinity Community Services' Latonya Maley announces departure
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Latonya Maley, executive director of Affinity Community Services, announced March 6 that she would be stepping down from her post. The announcement came from a statement with Affinity board members. Maley said that, "It has beentext/html2024-03-06T22:06:23-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLPAC celebrates historic wins for LGBTQ+ candidates in Super Tuesday primaries
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From a press release: Washington, DC—Today, LPAC,the nation's leading organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary candidates to public office, proudly announces the outstanding victories of 67% of endorsed candidatestext/html2024-03-06T22:02:04-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR Let's Talk Womxn's 'More Than March'; Adobo Grill's tequila dinner
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I was fortunate enough to be invited to a culinary event that celebrates the achievement of women and, fittingly, it happened during Women's History Month. On March 1, Let's Talk Womxn Chicago held its annual "More Thantext/html2024-03-06T21:57:59-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Red Stars sign midfielder Leilanni Nesbeth
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CHICAGO (March 6, 2024) The Chicago Red Stars announced the signing of draftee and midfielder Leilanni Nesbeth. Nesbeth, Chicago's first-round and tenth overall draft pick in the 2024 Nationaltext/html2024-03-06T21:48:26-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAMA launches toolkit to increase screenings for HIV, STIs, hepatitis, tuberculosis
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CHICAGO With disruptions in clinical care caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and viral hepatitis across the U.S., the American Medical Associationtext/html2024-03-06T00:20:00-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnQueer Eye's Jai Rodriguez is set to slay at The Big Gay Cabaret
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Out and proud performer Jai Rodriguez is set to play at The Big Gay Cabaret this March for three days. Presented by RuPaul Drag Racer Ginger Minj, this monthly series highlights the wide world of cabarettext/html2024-03-05T21:36:14-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaIllinois's first openly gay elected official voices support for Cunningham
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Judge Thomas Chiola, who served in the Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County from 1994-2009, has officially endorsed Justice Joy Cunningham for reelection to the Illinois Supreme Court. Chiola is the first gay man to betext/html2024-03-05T20:13:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comSinema retiring from the U.S. Senate
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Kyrsten Sinema—the bisexual U.S. senator from Arizona who recently switched from being a Democrat to an independent—announced that she will not run for re-election this year,text/html2024-03-05T18:30:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comBrian KirstTHEATER 'R & J' puts a female, queer spin on Shakespeare
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Romeo and Juliet is the theatrical gift that keeps on giving. It's been reworked for the masses numerous times, whether in direct adaptations or musicals such as West Side Story. Shakespeare's plotline points have even inspiredtext/html2024-03-04T23:15:39-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndersonville Midsommarfest returns June 7-9
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From a press release: The Andersonville Chamber of Commerce (ACC) is pleased to announce the return of Andersonville Midsommarfest, one of Chicago's oldest and most beloved summer street festivals. Now in its 58th year, the annualtext/html2024-03-04T21:42:32-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteWithout compromise: Holly Baggett explores lives of iconoclasts Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap
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Jane Heap (1883-1964) and Margaret Anderson (1886-1973), each of them a native Midwesterner, woman of letters and iconoclast, had a profound influence on literary culture in both America and Europe in the early 20th Century. Heaptext/html2024-03-04T17:45:28-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCharlie Kolodziej'Drag deity' Luc Ami hosts spring cleaning drag swap
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Self-proclaimed alien drag deity Lúc Ami will be hosting a drag swap this Friday, March 8, from 5-9 p.m. at The Understudy in Andersonville, 5531 N. Clark St. The all-ages event will serve as an opportunitytext/html2024-03-03T23:54:34-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern HesterCenter on Halsted hosts 6th Annual Intergenerational Talent Show
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On the evening of Feb. 29, Center on Halsted held its 6th Annual Intergenerational Talent Show in front of a packed audience at the Hoover-Leppen Theater. The event brought together participants of the Center's youth and seniortext/html2024-03-03T19:49:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPASSAGES Charles R. Tobin
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Charles R. Tobin, 81, peacefully passed away on Dec. 23, 2023, in the company of his husband, after living with Lewey body dementia for several years. Charlie was born and raised in the Fernwood neighborhood ontext/html2024-03-02T14:10:00-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comFederal investigation initiated in Nex Benedict case
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The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has started an investigation into the Oklahoma school district where Nex Benedict, a transgender 16-year-old sophomore, went to school and was bullied before his death, The Advocatetext/html2024-03-01T21:59:06-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCourt blocks Texas attorney general's demand for PFLAG data
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From a press release: AUSTIN, Texas—Travis County District Court Judge Maria Cantú Hexel on March 1 blocked the latest effort by the Texas Attorney General's Office to persecute Texas families with transgender youth, temporarily haltintext/html2024-03-01T17:19:50-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comScott C. MorganTHEATER When growth is paramount: Jim Corti helps fuel Aurora theater expansion
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Out actor/director/choreographer Jim Corti made his Broadway debut in 1974, in the ensemble of Leonard Bernstein's musical Candide. Director Harold Prince's acclaimed Tony Award-winning revival is often cited as atext/html2024-03-01T11:15:57-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comSHOWBIZ Queer actors, icons duet, Hunter Schafer, Oscars, Elizabeth Taylor
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Queer actor Kal Penn is set to star in Trust Me, I'm a Doctor a film that chronicles the final days of actress/model Anna Nicole Smith, whose overdose death in 2007 at age 39 sparked a tabloidtext/html2024-03-01T11:06:37-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comWORLD Canadian politics, Australian murders, Finnish study, 'Anatomy'
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Canadian conservatives are divided over an anti-trans policy that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith handed down in her province, The Guardian reported. The policy includes a ban on hormonal treatment, pubertytext/html2024-03-01T10:55:16-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNATIONAL School items, HIV/AIDS activist dies, Nex Benedict, inclusive parade
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In a new survey, the Pew Research Center asked public K-12 teachers, teens and the U.S. public about the ongoing scrutiny placed on classroom curricula, mainly regarding race and LGBTQ+ identities, ABC News noted. Among othertext/html2024-03-01T10:47:45-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAppeals court allows Ind. ban on gender-affirming care for minors
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On Feb. 27, a federal appeals court in Chicago allowed Indiana's ban on gender-affirming care to go into effect, removing a temporary injunction that U.S. District Court Judge James Patrick Hanlon issued last year, ABC Newstext/html2024-02-29T21:37:00-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGhana parliament passes harsh anti-LGBTQ+ bill
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On Feb. 28, Ghana's parliament unanimously passed a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill that has been condemned globally. The so-called Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Act, which was introduced in the parliament in 2021, not only criminalizestext/html2024-02-29T11:44:23-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAnti-LGBTQ+ Republican McConnell to step down from leading U.S. Senate
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U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) will step down from Senate leadership in November, having served in that capacity longer than any senator in history, The Advocate noted. McConnell has been a senator since 1985 and hastext/html2024-02-28T20:51:20-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comActivists and others urge removal of Oklahoma schools superintendent after Nex Benedict death
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TULSA, OKLAHOMA—Today more than 350 national, state, and local organizations advocating for equality across the U.S., alongside notable public figures, issued an open letter to Oklahoma legislative leadership urging justicetext/html2024-02-28T20:35:18-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAPA adopts policy supporting transgender, gender diverse and non-binary individuals
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From a press release: WASHINGTON—The American Psychological Association (APA) has adopted a landmark policy affirming evidence-based care for transgender, gender diverse and nonbinary children, adolescents and adults, noting that recenttext/html2024-02-28T00:17:16-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comKayleigh PadarELECTIONS 2024 Mike Simmons discusses LGBTQ+ health disparities, child tax credit
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State Senator Mike Simmons is running unopposed in the March 19 election. Simmons began representing the 7th District after the former state senator, Heather Steans, retired. He's lived in the area his entire life.text/html2024-02-27T21:24:38-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellThere she goes again: Author Alison Cochrun discusses writing journey
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By Carrie Maxwell When Alison Cochrun began writing her first queer romance novel in 2019, she had no idea it would change the course of her entire life. Cochrun, who spent 11 years as a hightext/html2024-02-27T20:38:36-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJake WittichAdvocates call for increased HIV funding amid state's 'disappointing' pattern of flat funding
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Governor JB Pritzker's proposed 2025 budget has no increase in HIV funding, continuing a years-long pattern of flat spending toward tackling the epidemic in Illinois. Pritzker outlined his $52.7 billion budget for the 2025 fiscal yeartext/html2024-02-27T15:48:32-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comDorian Film Awards: 'All of Us Strangers' takes top prizes
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February 26, 2024 - Los Angeles, Ca. - For its 15th Dorian Film Awards, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics fully embraced All of Us Strangers, writer-director Andrew Haigh's fantastical and tear-inducing tale of twotext/html2024-02-27T15:26:50-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Red Stars announce partnership with Wintrust
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CHICAGO (Feb. 27, 2024) The Chicago Red Stars and Wintrust Financial Corporation announced a partnership that will see Wintrust become the club's new front-of-jersey partner and community outreach investmenttext/html2024-02-26T23:32:59-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comState Rep. Kelly Cassidy attacked on social media, allegedly by backers of Burke
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Illinois state Rep. Kelly Cassidy a supporter of Cook County state's attorney Democratic candidate Clayton Harris III posted on social media that a backer of Eileen O'Neill Burke, who's running against Harristext/html2024-02-26T23:22:33-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.com'Always Olivia' celebrates Olivia Newton-John at Raue Center
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From a press release: Always Olivia, a tribute to one of the most celebrated and beloved pop culture icons of all time, the late Olivia Newton-John comes to Raue Center in Crystal Lake on Saturday, Maytext/html2024-02-26T22:50:08-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis ELECTIONS 2024 Raymond Lopez talks congressional run, Chuy Garcia, migrant crisis
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Chicago Ald. Raymond Lopez has been a member of City Council since 2015, representing the 15th Ward and making history as one of the city's first LGBTQ+ Latine alderman. Now, he is setting his sights ontext/html2024-02-26T21:47:40-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern HesterAsians and Friends welcomes the Year of the Dragon
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On the evening of Feb. 25, Asians and Friends kicked off the Lunar New Year with their annual dinner and celebration at Pho Viet Vietnamese Restaurant. This year's event was focused on this being the Yeartext/html2024-02-26T20:44:27-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPASSAGES Trailblazing judge and attorney Patricia M. Logue passes away
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The Honorable Patricia Logue ("Pat" to her friends, Trish" to her family) was a brilliant lawyer, a trailblazing jurist and a hero to the LGBTQ community. Pat's legacy includes numerous landmark cases she litigated over hertext/html2024-02-26T20:25:38-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comKayleigh PadarELECTIONS 2024 Kelly Cassidy discusses reproductive health, LGBTQ+ rights ahead of March primary
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By Kayleigh Padar State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, running unopposed in the March 19 primary election so as to continue representing the 14th District, was first elected in 2011. During her tenure in Springfield, she hastext/html2024-02-25T22:38:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR James Beard contest, a new Publican opens and a PAWS event
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Contest: You have a chance to be in on all the action during the chef-studded James Beard Award weekend of June 8 in Chicago. Among other things, the grand prize winner will get a three-stay intext/html2024-02-25T22:32:30-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comSAG Awards honor Streisand, few LGBTQ+ actors
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Queer entertainers made their mark although not a major one at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, held Feb. 24 in Los Angeles. The event was live-streamed on Netflix for the first time. Indigenous and Two-Spirit actortext/html2024-02-24T19:50:02-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.com911 calls, videos show cascade of failures in Nex Benedict's death, GLAAD responds
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"It is haunting to hear Nex Benedict, in their own words, describe how school and state leaders failed, at every level of leadership, to keep them safe from bullying and harm. Less than 24 hours later,text/html2024-02-24T14:40:13-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR Green City Market; Sofitel's 'Un-Tea' time
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For those who wonder about the lack of a farmers' market in Chicago during the winter months, I point you toward Green City Market (GCM) Avondale, taking place on Saturdays at 8 a.m.-1 p.m. through Marchtext/html2024-02-24T14:21:46-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comFederal jury finds man guilty of killing trans woman in landmark case
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In a groundbreaking case, a federal jury in Columbia, South Carolina found Daqua Lameek Ritter guilty of killing transgender woman Dime Doe after deliberating for almost four hours, The State reported. It is the first timetext/html2024-02-23T22:54:18-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaELECTIONS 2024 Illinois' first openly gay congressman isn't done yet: A conversation with Eric Sorensen
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A Rockford-born meteorologist, U.S. Rep. Eric Sorenson didn't plan on being a politician. But after seeing how his work in broadcasting impacted his viewers in both the Rockford and the Quad Cities areas, he wanted totext/html2024-02-23T22:44:51-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern HesterSamuel Savoir-Faire Williams's violin stylings help COH mark Black History Month
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As part of its celebration of Black History Month, Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., presented a solo jazz performance by violinist Samuel Savoir-Faire Williams on Feb. 21. The two-hour long performance presented a showcasetext/html2024-02-23T19:23:22-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comHoward Brown Health Names Robin Gay, DMD as Interim President and CEO
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Howard Brown Health's Board of Directors announced today the appointment of Robin Gay, DMD as Interim President and CEO. Dr. Gay, who most recently served as Chief Dental Officer, assumes the role formerly held by outgoingtext/html2024-02-23T16:03:55-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comUnprecedented Alabama Supreme Court ruling undermins access to family-building healthcare, GLAD responds
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Feb. 23, 2024 (Boston) Today, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) issued the following statement from Polly Crozier, GLAD's Director of Family Advocacy, on the Alabama Supreme Court decisiontext/html2024-02-23T13:28:55-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Caribbean ruling, Pussy Riot, Russian raid, Canadian warning, anti-trans bar
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The top court in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines dismissed a challenge to colonial-era anti-gay laws, Reuters reported. Javin Johnson and Sean Macleish—two gay men who had pushed to decriminalizetext/html2024-02-23T13:20:11-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ Kristen Stewart, Rock Hudson, Talia Keys, 'True Detective,' Marvel comic
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At the Berlin Film Festival, Kristen Stewart defended her photo shoot for a Rolling Stone magazine cover that went viral and divided audiences on social-media platforms, per The Hollywood Reporter. "The existence of a female bodytext/html2024-02-23T13:04:13-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis NATIONAL Chuck Schumer, anti-marriage bill, drag event back on, military doctor
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced his support for the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and, as a result, several LGBTQ+-advocacy organizations dropped their opposition to it, The Hilltext/html2024-02-22T18:44:08-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comHIV criminal laws disproportionately impact Black men in Mississippi
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A new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds that at least 43 people in Mississippi were arrested for HIV-related crimes between 2004 and 2021. Half of all arrests in the statetext/html2024-02-21T17:26:32-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Bears hire first woman assistant coach
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The Chicago Bears are hiring Jennifer King as an offensive assistant, according to The Chicago Sun-Times and other media outlets. She will be an assistant running backs coach. King who will become the first female assistant coachtext/html2024-02-21T17:21:44-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comOklahoma non-binary student dies after being assaulted
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Officials acknowledged there are unresolved questions about a 16-year-old non-binary Oklahoma student who died one day after a fight in a high school bathroom, NBC News noted. Chuck Hoskin Jr., principal chief of the Cherokee Nation,text/html2024-02-20T21:46:52-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comOwasso High School student of Bridge v. Oklahoma State Board of Education case dies, groups respond
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Oklahoma City, Okla. — In response to the death of 16-year-old Owasso High School student Nex Benedict following an assault in the school restroom, Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Oklahomatext/html2024-02-20T15:25:26-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comBrittney Griner's jersey retired at Baylor University
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On Feb. 18, Baylor University retired Brittney Griner's #42 jersey. Griner a two-time AP national player of the year, two-time Olympic gold medalist and the NCAA women's career blocks leader (with 748) attended a Bears home game text/html2024-02-20T15:14:21-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comOprah Winfrey, Niecy Nash-Betts to be honored at the 35 annual GLAAD Media Awards in LA March 14
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Los Angeles, CA -Feb. 20, 2024 - GLAAD announced that global media leader, producer, philanthropist, actress and author Oprah Winfrey will receive GLAAD'sVanguard Award and Emmy-winning actress and producer Niecytext/html2024-02-20T02:40:42-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comScott C. MorganTheater Review: Billy Elliot, The Musical
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Book and Lyrics: Lee Hall; Music: Elton John. At: Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora Tickets: 630-896-6666 or Paramountaurora.com; $28-$79. Runs through March 24 Billy Elliot: The Musical may nearly be two decades old, buttext/html2024-02-20T00:28:53-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGLAAD releases report on LGBTQ+ inclusion in video games
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LGBTQ+ media-advocacy organization GLAAD has released a report on queer inclusion in the world of video games. Among the key findings in "Gaming: The State of LGBTQ Inclusion in Video Games" is that 17%—nearly one intext/html2024-02-20T00:25:22-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellELECTIONS 2024: JUDICIAL 7th Sub-Circuit Candidate Deidre Baumann Solganick Vacancy, why she's running, strategy
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Baumann & Shuldiner civil litigation practice owner Deidre Baumann is running in the March 19 primary for Circuit Court Judge in the 7th Judicial Sub-Circuit against the current appointed 7th Sub-Circuit Judge Owens J. Shelby. Shelby'stext/html2024-02-20T00:20:38-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis ELECTIONS 2024 Eileen O'Neill Burke talks state's attorney run, judgeship, GOP ties
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The Democratic primary in the race to succeed outgoing Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx involves two candidates with extensive backgrounds concerning law and government. Eileen O'Neill Burke is a lifelong Democrat and fourth-generation Chicagtext/html2024-02-19T23:40:32-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaCenter on Halsted to host trans youth & family summit
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Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., has announced that its Trans Youth & Family Summit 2024 will take place March 16. This year marks the sixth annual event, which partners between Youth Services' Pride Youthtext/html2024-02-19T22:24:28-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJake WittichAs Chicago prepares to host DNC, former delegates reflect on LGBTQ+ inclusion at previous conventions
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When Mark Ishaug, now the CEO of the mental health advocacy Thresholds, was a delegate at the 1996 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, representing the larger LGBTQ+ community was "critical," he said. The convention, wheretext/html2024-02-19T20:45:53-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comREFLECTIONS: An Evening of original music with the Jeannie Tanner Quartet
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REFLECTIONS will be a night of feel-good, upbeat original music written by Jeannie Tanner. Songs range from jazz, to pop, to soulful R&B. Jeannie's music can be heard in many television shows and movies, with recordingstext/html2024-02-19T18:33:44-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comBring Chicago Home Campaign releases open endorsement letter from 100+ faith leaders
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CHICAGO With just over a month before the March 19th primary election, prominent Chicago faith leaders will today release a lettersigned by over 100 religious leadersendorsing the Bring Chicago Home campaign to restructure the Realtext/html2024-02-19T18:01:33-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern Hester'West Side Story' gets a sex-positive spin with new burlesque show
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In partial observance of National Condom Day, which was Feb. 14, Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) presented A West Side Story Burlesque at the Harris Theater for two hour-long performances on Feb. 17. The show,text/html2024-02-18T16:08:08-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR A new Sushi By Bou, a seafood boil class and James Beard scholarships
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Pop life: Don't forget my other Substack: "Pop-Eds: My takes on pop culture." Thank you so much to the people who've already subscribed. The latest entry (Feb. 17) features Beyonce, Zendaya and my Oscar predictions. Subscribetext/html2024-02-18T13:03:02-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comConnections for the Homeless purchases Evanston hotel
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Connections for the Homeless in Evanston hosted an open house at the Margarita Inn, formerly a boutique hotel, February 13, to celebrate its purchase for use as a hotel-based interim shelter. The Margarita Inn will givetext/html2024-02-17T03:45:57-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis ELECTIONS 2024 Clayton Harris III talks state's attorney run, Kim Foxx, Blagojevich
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The Democratic primary in the race to succeed outgoing Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx involves two candidates with extensive backgrounds concerning law and government. Clayton Harris III is an experienced prosecutor and government leader whotext/html2024-02-16T19:02:28-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern HesterSecond Glance Productions hosts LGBTQupid Soiree
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In celebration of Valentine's Day, Chicago based film and media production company Second Glance hosted The LBGTQupid Soiree. The event, which was focused on spinning attitudes on this particular day, was presented at The iOtext/html2024-02-16T18:48:06-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellELECTIONS 2024: JUDICIAL IL Supreme Court Justice Joy Cunningham discusses running for a full 10-year term
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Current Illinois Supreme Court Justice Joy Cunningham is running for a full 10-year term this year, following her appointment on Dec. 1, 2022 to the First District seat. Cunningham's appointment was the result of Chief Justicetext/html2024-02-16T18:09:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellELECTIONS 2024: JUDICIAL IL Supreme Court candidate Jesse G. Reyes on why he's running, judicial diversity
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Current First District, Fourth Division Illinois Appellate Court Justice Jesse G. Reyes is running for Illinois Supreme Court Justice. Reyes is running against current Illinois Supreme Court Justice Joy Cunningham in the March 19 primary. Cunninghamtext/html2024-02-16T14:46:13-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLakeside Pride Wilde Cabaret Valentine's Day Feb. 17
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Lakeside Pride Wilde Cabaret puts their own spin on Valentine's Day with a show celebrating things done and sacrificed for love - not just romantic love, but love for pets, friends, family and art. Join thetext/html2024-02-16T14:31:23-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ Elton John, Hannah Gadsby, video game, Jennifer Lopez, queer thriller
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Sir Elton John has sold his Atlanta home and is now auctioning off more than 900 of his personal items that were kept in the 13,500-square-foot condo, The Daily Mail noted. The massive collection includes raretext/html2024-02-16T14:25:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD South Africa murder, lesbian couple, Brianna Ghey, Eurovision
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In South Africa, LGBTQ+-rights groups condemned the brutal murder of Diego Jacobs, a queer man in Cape Town, The Washington Blade reported. Reports indicate Jacobs, 21, was brutally murdered (reportedly by a former neighbor) on Feb.text/html2024-02-16T14:21:51-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis NATIONAL Utah board member, Baths founder dies, Fla. protests, DoJ equity plan
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Utah's Republican governor and lieutenant governor urged the State Board of Education to take action against a conservative board member whose social-media post questioning the gender of a high school basketball player incited threats against thetext/html2024-02-16T03:16:18-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGreek legislature approves marriage equality
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Greece has become the 36th country, and the first Christian Orthodox-majority one, to legalize same-sex marriage. The BBC reported that same-sex couples will now also be legally allowed to adopt children after the 176-76 vote thattext/html2024-02-16T03:10:52-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comIllinois Poor People's Campaign: National call for moral revival demands action against poverty
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Springfield, IL The Illinois chapter of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival (ILPPC) will convene a critical press conference at the state capitol, alongside 32 other states across the nation ontext/html2024-02-15T21:28:36-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnWic Whitney spills the Afternoon Tea
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Born in Arkansas and now based in Chicago, queer performer Wic Whitney is a storyteller with a great deal to say, preaching his Southern soul message through unique vocal stylings as a rapper and singer. Thistext/html2024-02-15T18:34:28-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comSix Chicago Red Stars called for international play
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CHICAGO (Feb. 15, 2024) Six Chicago Red Stars Jill Aguilera, Julia Bianchi, Sam Fisher, Natalia Kuikka, Alyssa Naeher and Mallory Swanson have been called up to represent their respective countries duringtext/html2024-02-15T15:15:00-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comTenn. legislators back bill that lets officials refuse to perform same-sex weddings
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Defying a national ruling that authorized marriage equality, Tennessee lawmakers approved a measure that would allow public officials to refuse to perform weddings of same-sex couples, The Hill reported. Tennessee's House Bill 878/Senate Bill 596 saystext/html2024-02-14T18:55:57-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comHuman Rights Campaign report releases new data on experiences of Black queer youth
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WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the educational arm of the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, released a report intext/html2024-02-14T17:14:50-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNick PatriccaVIEWS Mike Johnson: The smiling face of Christian tyranny
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Mike Johnson wants to rewrite the constitution to make the United States a Christian nation. James Michael Johnson, Republican from Louisiana's Fourth District, is the 56th speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He wastext/html2024-02-14T13:33:31-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comDemocrat flips seat once held by George Santos
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On Feb. 13 in New York, Democrat Tom Suozzi won a special election to succeed the U.S. congressional seat formerly held by openly gay Republican George Santos, who was recently ousted. According to NBC News, Suozzi'stext/html2024-02-14T13:17:23-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCGMC presents Lipstick & Lyrics: Forty & Foxy, A Glamorous Feast for the Senses
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CHICAGO, February 13, 2024 — The Chicago Gay Men's Chorus proudly presents Lipstick & Lyrics: Forty & Foxy, a dazzling, live-singing drag show that celebrates the sensuality and empowerment of middle age. Get ready to unleashtext/html2024-02-13T20:24:33-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comEquality Illinois makes 77 pro-equality, pro-family endorsements for 2024 primary election
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CHICAGO - Equality Illinois, the state's civil rights organization for LGBTQ+ Illinoisans, on Tuesday announced state legislative and county-level endorsements for the primary election on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. "Equalitytext/html2024-02-13T19:25:49-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.com$200,000+ raised at AIDS Foundation Chicago's World of Chocolate Fundraiser to fight HIV/AIDS
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(Chicago, IL) More than 950 guests gathered at Chicago's famed Union Station (500 W. Jackson) for Chicago's Sweetest Fundraiser, AIDS Foundation Chicago's (AFC), World of Chocolate on Friday, February 9.text/html2024-02-13T19:15:11-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCol. Jennifer Pritzker comments on military museum move
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Local transgender philanthropist Col. Jennifer Pritzker commented to Windy City Times about the impending move of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library (PMML), which she founded in 2003, to Wisconsin. "At the end of the day,text/html2024-02-12T23:32:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnCarisa Hendrix mesmerizes as Lucy Darling in Teatro ZinZanni
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Since 2019, Teatro ZinZanni has gathered together amazing performers from all over the world to create an experience in Chicago under the Spiegeltent in the Cambria Hotel building, 32 W. Randolph St. Over the years, tickettext/html2024-02-12T23:26:21-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis THEATER Dot-Marie Jones talks Goodman production, 'Glee,' 'Bros'
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Running through Feb. 18 at the the Goodman Theatre, the production Highway Patrol works with a script conceived entirely from Emmy-winning actor Dana Delany's (TV's China Beach) digital archive of hundreds of tweets and direct messagestext/html2024-02-12T23:09:51-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCoalition of LGBTQ+ advocates, health care providers release Project RAINBOW report
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A coalition of more than two dozen LGBTQ+ advocate organizations and health care providers are releasing a new report aimed at addressing the challenges and discrimination thattext/html2024-02-12T22:41:11-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR At Willies 'n Waffles, sexuality is on the menu
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Having written about Chicago's culinary scene for at least 15 years, this writer has covered all sorts of spots—from Michelin-starred upscale establishments to those so-called "holes in the wall" that can serve some of the besttext/html2024-02-12T18:56:46-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comRepublicans file bill to ban trans women from U.S. Olympic teams
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Republicans in both houses of Congress have launched another effort to ban transgender women and girls from female sports teams and this time, they are attempting to ban trans women from competing on U.S. Olympic teams aheadtext/html2024-02-12T16:30:40-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGLAAD finds missed chances for LGBTQ+ inclusion in Super Bowl ads
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Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024 — GLAAD is reacting to a lack of LGBTQ storytelling in ads that aired duringSuper Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11 and is reminding brands, corporations and advertising agencies why including the LGBTQtext/html2024-02-12T01:57:16-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellMunar prepares to step away from Howard Brown leadership
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After 10 years of leadership at Howard Brown Health, President and CEO David Ernesto Munar has decided to step down from his post on Feb. 29. Munar, who'd previously been president and CEO of AIDS Foundationtext/html2024-02-12T01:02:37-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaNew US Trans Survey highlights importance of gender-affirming care and societal acceptance
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After surveying 92,329 people in 2022, the early insights gleaned from the 2022 U.S. Trans Survey (USTS) have been released—and they highlight just how much impact gender-affirming care can have. The USTS, which was last completedtext/html2024-02-11T23:57:47-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCher, Mariah Carey among Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees
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Cher, Mariah Carey among Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees On Feb. 10, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the nominees for its 2024 class. According to NPR, two-thirds of the artists on the list for "rock's highesttext/html2024-02-11T13:18:00-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR 'The Bear,' new pizza lounge, Chicago Black Restaurant Week
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"Bear" necessities: The third season of the Chicago-set series The Bear will debut in June, per Variety. FX chairman John Landgraf made the announcement during the network's presentation at the Television Critics Association's winter 2024 presstext/html2024-02-11T12:59:14-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicagoans indulge in a World of Chocolate
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago hosted its 2024 World of Chocolate celebration the evening of Feb. 9 at Union Station. Top chocolatiers from across the city allowed guests to sample numerous confections, hors d'oevres and libations fortext/html2024-02-11T04:58:38-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern HesterDr. Lady J explains how opera can be a drag
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On Feb. 8, Center on Halsted, in partnership with Lyric Opera of Chicago, presented a lecture by historian, drag activist, podcaster and curator Dr. Lady J. The event, titled "Castrated Superstars, Cross Dressed Divas, and Queertext/html2024-02-09T22:02:42-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnQuantum Leap reboot springs into LGBTQ+ representation
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Through the magic of television, Quantum Leap is once again jumping into the past to bounce back into the future and in a recent episode, "The Family Trasure," non-binary artist and performer Wilder Yuri and writer Shakinatext/html2024-02-09T16:44:02-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAsians and Friends Chicago to host LGBTQ Lunar New Year Dinner Feb. 24
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CHICAGO—Taking a cross-dressing twist for the Year of the Dragon, members of Asians and Friends Chicago (AFC) will host a dinner-and-drag musical revue, celebrating the Year of the "Drag-on" and bringing together members of the lesbian,text/html2024-02-09T14:00:58-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis NATIONAL Texas court, police chief, Gentili memorial, Philly controversy
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The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments challenging Senate Bill 14, the ban on gender-affirming care that went into effect last September, KERA reported. SB 14 blocks trans minors from accessing gender-affirming medical care, such astext/html2024-02-09T13:38:04-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ Raven-Symone, women's sports, Wayne Brady, Jinkx Monsoon, British Vogue
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In celebration of Black History Month, the LA LGBT Center announced that lesbian entertainer Raven-Symone will be presented with the Center's Bayard Rustin Award at its new event, Highly Favored, per a press release. She joinstext/html2024-02-09T13:31:16-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Taiwan MP, lesbian couple, India items, Ghana assault, Nepal
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Huang Jie said her election to Taiwan's parliament as the island's first openly gay MP represents progress, according to the Hong Kong Free Press. "I hope (my election) will bring courage to many people as I'vetext/html2024-02-09T13:23:18-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comYemeni court sentences 13 men to death for being LGBTQ+
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In the Arabian Peninsula country of Yemen, a court has reportedly sentenced 13 people to death who had been charged with homosexuality, The Washington Blade noted. Agence France-Presse reported that the court in Ibb Governorate, whichtext/html2024-02-08T22:40:16-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJake WittichTown Hall Apartments switching ownership from Heartland Alliance
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Town Hall Apartments is switching management amid financial turmoil at Heartland Alliance. Full Circle Communities, an affordable housing nonprofit with more than 1,600 units across the Midwest, plans to take ownership of Town Hall Apartments astext/html2024-02-08T22:17:28-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comHoward Brown Health President and CEO to depart following ten years of service
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Following 10 years of dedicated leadership, David Ernesto Munar has decided to step down as President and CEO of Howard Brown Health. His last day will be on February 29, 2024. "The board celebrates David's worktext/html2024-02-08T20:44:26-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comTAWANI Foundation commits $25K to StartOut, supporting LGBTQ+ entrepreneurship
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CHICAGO — February 8, 2024 — The TAWANI Foundation, a 501(c)(3) that provides support in the areas of arts and culture, historical preservation, health and wellness, LGBTQ+ and human rightstext/html2024-02-08T15:51:36-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPritzker Military Library to close in July, move to Wisconsin
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On Feb. 7, the Pritzker Military Museum & Library announced that it is closing its downtown Chicago location on July 27 and moving to an archives center in Wisconsin later this year, according to The Chicagotext/html2024-02-08T14:00:05-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR Taylor's Tacos' Chef Taylor Mason on being part of the Vegas event 'Pepsi Dig In'
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On Feb. 8-10 (Super Bowl weekend), Taylor's Tacos Chef Taylor Mason and wife/co-owner Maya Mason will be showcasing two exclusive dishes at the Pepsi Dig In: Brunch with the Best takeover at Delano Las Vegas, givingtext/html2024-02-08T13:50:50-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGLAAD, NFL host third annual pre-Super Bowl event 'A Night of Pride'
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On Feb. 7, LGBTQ+ media-advocacy organization GLAAD, along with The National Football League (NFL), hosted the third annual "A Night of Pride" at Caesar's Palace in Super Bowl LVIII's host city of Las Vegas, a presstext/html2024-02-07T21:45:18-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago-based production company to host all-inclusive, LGBTQ-focused Valentine's Day event
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CHICAGO Second Glance Productions will host the LGBTQupid Soiree this Valentines Day, Wednesday, February 14, 2024. The event will be held at the iO Theater, 1501 N. Kingsbury St., from 6 pm to 11 pmtext/html2024-02-07T18:20:51-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comBrian KirstTHEATER Nostalgic 'Sunsets' still offers a timely reflection of LGBTQ+ community
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Nostalgia reigned on a variety of scales this past weekend in Chicago. During her Celebration tour, at a majestically packed United Center, Madonna acknowledged the last 40 years of her career, highlighting her '80s interactions withtext/html2024-02-07T17:44:08-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNational Black Justice Coalition commemorates National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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WASHINGTON Today, Feb. 7, marks National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD). In commemoration, Dr. David J. Johns, CEO of the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), a leading Black LGBTQ+/same-gendertext/html2024-02-07T17:38:16-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGALECA announces nominees for the Dorian Film Awards
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Feb. 5, 2024 - GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, consisting of over 500 entertainment critics, journalists and media icons, today announced the group's democratically chosen nominees for its 15th Dorian Film Awards. All oftext/html2024-02-07T17:26:13-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comSmollett asks state supreme court to overturn conviction
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Embattled actor Jussie Smollett has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to review and overturn an appellate ruling upholding his conviction for a hate-crime hoax that took place more than five years ago, The Chicago Sun-Times noted.text/html2024-02-07T17:17:27-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVern HesterCenter on Halsted opens two new art exhibitions
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On Feb. 2, Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., hosted its latest gallery opening, presenting two solo exhibitions exploring the role of the artist and their relationships with their environments, albeit using vastly different styles.text/html2024-02-07T02:47:34-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGLAAD remembers Cecilia Gentili, transgender Latina, actress, activist, health care activist, journalist
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(New York, NY - February 6, 2024) GLAAD, the world's largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, is responding to the death of transgender actress and advocate Cecilia Gentili and elevating voices of transgender and political leaders honoringtext/html2024-02-06T23:05:08-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comVIEWS Parents, not legislators, should be making decisions about medical options for children
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No matter the medical issue, when it comes to kids, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said something last December that every lawmaker in the country should realize when it comes to medical decisions for children. "Were Housetext/html2024-02-06T20:05:29-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comThe Jeff Awards announces the 50th-anniversary non-Equity theater nominations
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(Feb. 6, 2024 - Chicago) — Celebrating its 50th anniversary awarding recognition for Non-Equity theater, the Joseph Jefferson Awards announces its nominations for theater excellence among Non-Equity theater during thetext/html2024-02-06T14:59:05-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comComcast NBCUniversal partners with News is Out, Word In Black on fellowship program highlighting Black, LGBTQ+ issues
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Digital Equity Local Voices Lab Fellows to be placed at 16 local publications to receive training and create content Philadelphia (Feb. 6, 2024) — News is Out [ https://newsisout.com ] , a queer media collaborative oftext/html2024-02-06T02:05:15-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteActivists, pols promise readiness for upcoming challenges at Equality Illinois gala
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Over 1,350 attendees joined with the advocacy organization Equality Illinois for its 2023 gala the evening of Feb. 3, both to celebrate another year and raise funds to continue its work into the future. Over 100text/html2024-02-06T01:56:51-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis ELECTIONS 2024 Judge Ed Underhill talks experience, newest campaign
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Last June, longtime attorney Ed Underhill assumed the role of Cook County judge, becoming one of the few LGBTQ+ people to be in one of those positions. (He's in the LGBTQ+ group The Alliance of Illinoistext/html2024-02-05T20:02:20-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comParker stepping down from leading LGBTQ+ Victory Fund
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Annise Parker, the former mayor of Houston, announced that she is stepping down from being president/CEO of LGBTQ+ Victory Fund at the end of 2024. In a public letter, Parker stated, "This is not goodbye. Itext/html2024-02-05T17:00:12-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Red Stars appoint Richard Feuz as general manager
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CHICAGO (February 5, 2024) The Chicago Red Stars have named Richard Feuz as the team's next general manager to complete a brand-new leadership team in guiding the Red Stars into an exciting era. Feuz joinstext/html2024-02-05T12:53:02-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comWomen dominate 2024 Grammys
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It was the year of the woman at the 2024 Grammys. Regarding everything from performances to wins, women dominated the 2024 Grammys that took place Feb. 4 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Tracy Chapmantext/html2024-02-05T00:18:49-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comIowa governor introduces bill to out trans people on official documents
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As states around Illinois continue to introduce anti-LGBTQ bills and in some cases, pass anti-LGBTQ resolutions into law Iowa recently added one more blow for Midwestern LGBTQ+ Americans. Governor Kim Reynolds introduced HB 649 Feb. 1, and ittext/html2024-02-05T00:11:30-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comMore information emerges about death on Atlantis gay cruise
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Further details have emerged following the death of a Chicago man on a Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas Atlantis cruise targeted towards gay men. Following a Reddit post by the man's sister which hastext/html2024-02-05T00:02:25-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comHRC honors Domingo, Lysette, Macy's CEO at New York dinner
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On Feb. 3, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) brought together more than 1,000 LGBTQ+ advocates and supporters from across the country for its annual Greater New York Dinner. This year's event honored members of the LGBTQ+text/html2024-02-04T23:56:32-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPASSAGES Imperial Court's Scott Archer remembered as selfless, devoted
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As the old saying goes, we all have an angel on one shoulder, and a devil on the other. Well, Scott Archer was all angel, his best friend Herman Coen believes. "Everybody wanted to talk to Scott, because Scott was Scott,"text/html2024-02-04T16:51:50-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR Jean Banchet Awards, new Black-owned spots and free pizza
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Congrats!: The winners of the Jean Banchet Awards which honor Chicago cuisine were recently announced at Venue Six10. Longtime Chicago Tribune critic Phil Vettel was (justifiably) honored with the Culinary Excellence oftext/html2024-02-03T23:48:10-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR Chocolatier Uzma Sharif on being part of World of Chocolate
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AIDS Foundation Chicago will hold its annual World of Chocolate event on Friday, Feb. 9, at 6 p.m. at Union Station, 500 W. Jackson Blvd. Attendees will embark on a global tour of chocolate but there willtext/html2024-02-03T17:44:52-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comART Champaign display looks at the Midwest Black lesbian experience
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In Illinois, archival photos are the centerpiece of a new display at the Krannert Art Museum focusing on the Black lesbian experience in the Midwest, IPM reported. The new solo exhibition by St. Louis-based artist Jentext/html2024-02-03T17:27:05-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.com13th Annual Bay Area American Indian Two Spirit Powwow Feb. 10
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San Francisco, CA. On Saturday Feb. 10, 2024, the 13th Annual Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) Two Spirit Powwow will be held at Fort Mason-Festival Pavilion, San Francisco, California, from 10 am to 6:30 pm.text/html2024-02-02T15:53:50-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Marriage in Greece, UK politics, cruise death, HRC grants
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The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece unanimously agreed at a recent meeting that it is "strongly opposed" to the Greek government's promised bill on same-sex marriage and adoption, Balkan Insight reported. The conservative Newtext/html2024-02-02T15:34:44-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ JoJo Siwa, Tom Holland, Bowen Yang, Pet Shop Boys, Mariah Carey
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In the wake of Nigel Lythgoe exiting So You Think You Can Dance, queer personality JoJo Siwa is returning to the series, per Deadline. Siwa, who was a judge on season 17 of the Fox show, will replace Lythgoe, who lefttext/html2024-02-02T15:23:26-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis NATIONAL Marriage news, fighting fentanyl, anti-LGBTQ+ crimes, Grindr
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The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill that would affirm marriage equality in the state, The Washington Blade noted. House Bill 174, introduced by state Del. Rozia Henson (D-Prince William County), passed in the Democratic-controlledtext/html2024-02-02T14:53:27-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comMr. Chicago Leather 2024 at Touche, Vince Jay takes title
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A diverse group of people from around the world gathered at Touché Chicago for the Mr. Chicago Leather 2024 Contest the evening of Jan. 27. Ammar Houssamo hosted the event, at which Mr. Chicago Leather 2022-23text/html2024-02-02T01:14:37-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellMr. Chicago Leather contest returns to Touche following 2022 controversy
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The Mr. Chicago Leather contest returned this past weekend, January 26-28, to Touché Chicago, over a year after numerous community members were incensed by a racist incident. But the bartender who quit Touché following the incidenttext/html2024-02-02T01:03:18-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJake WittichJudge rules city's rejection of protest permit around DNC was justified
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A judge upheld the city's denial of protest permits for a march around the Democratic National Convention this fall after an appeal from its organizers. A coalition of groups under the banner of Bodies Outside oftext/html2024-02-01T18:20:28-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR Valentine's/Galentine's Day offerings for 2024
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Love is in the air until it isn't. While some couples will be getting ready to celebrate their closeness (and all that other mushy stuff) on Valentine's Day, others will get together to celebrate Galentine's Day (celebratingtext/html2024-02-01T17:40:05-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPlanned Parenthood Illinois Action board announces 2024 primary endorsements
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CHICAGO The Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood Illinois Action (PPIA), the non-partisan political and advocacy arm of Planned Parenthood of Illinois, proudly announces its final endorsements for the March 19text/html2024-01-31T16:56:05-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJake WittichLGBTQ+, reproductive rights organizers plan march on Democratic National Convention, appeal permit rejection
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Organizers planning a protest march outside the Democratic National Convention in August are appealing the city's denial of their permits. The group of organizers under the banner of Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws had been planningtext/html2024-01-31T16:10:58-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis DANCE Choreographer Dwight Rhoden talks David Bowie, Alvin Ailey, queerness
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In "STAR DUST: A Ballet Tribute to David Bowie," Complexions Contemporary Ballet co-founders Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson backed by their Alvin Ailey lineage and their dance troupe tackle many of thetext/html2024-01-30T20:10:47-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comBroadway star Chita Rivera dies at 91
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Chita Rivera a Broadway legend with more than seven decades of credits has died at age 91 after a short illness, People Magazine reported. "It is with immense personal sorrow that I announce the death of the belovedtext/html2024-01-30T19:17:53-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comSeattle LGBTQ+ bars push back against raids
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In Seattle, a group of Capitol Hill gay bars and clubs are teaming with neighborhood queer community leaders Dan Savage and Terry Miller in calling for the state's liquor control board and Seattle police officials totext/html2024-01-30T18:06:42-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comOhio man sentenced for firebombing pro-LGBTQ+ church
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On Jan. 29, 2024, Ohio resident Aimenn D. Penny was sentenced to 216 months (18 years) in prison followed by three years of supervised release for attempting to burn down a pro-LGBTQ+ church, according to atext/html2024-01-30T16:30:42-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comHRC State Equality Index: Anti-LGBTQ+ 2023 state legislative season "most destructive"
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WASHINGTON—Today, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the education arm of the nation's largest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, in partnership with the Equality Federatiotext/html2024-01-30T16:22:24-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNew Survey: Unstable housing most cited reason for food insecurity among LGBTQ+ youth
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A new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds that 85% of LGBTQ+ youth programs surveyed said unstable housing was the main reason LGBTQ+ youth had inadequate access to food. The programstext/html2024-01-30T13:14:17-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaLooking back at Chicago LGBTQ+ community's stand against Anheuser-Busch
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As conservatives across the country boycotted Anheuser-Busch products for Bud Light's partnership with trans woman Dylan Mulvaney in 2023, LGBTQ+ bars in Chicago removed their products for a different reason. Following the deeply negative response totext/html2024-01-29T19:49:50-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comEquality Illinois 2024 Gala Feb. 3
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CHICAGO- Equality Illinois with presenting sponsor Molson Coors will present its annual gala on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, at the Hilton Chicago. More than 1,500+ attendees are set to hear about the successes and ongoing challengestext/html2024-01-29T14:06:34-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew DavisSAVOR Going 'Underground,' change at Skylark and Mango Pickle closing
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Pop(-up) life: Chef Mariya Moore-Russell who guided the local spot Kikko to a Michelin star, becoming the first Black woman to helm a kitchen with one of the food world's highest honors is returning to Chicago to leadtext/html2024-01-28T14:08:19-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLGBTQ+ figure skaters win gold, silver at U.S. Championships
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LGBTQ+ figure skater Amber Glenn nailed a triple axel and clinched her first senior U.S. title on Jan. 26 at the 2024 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Columbus, Ohio, per a U.S. Figure Skating report.text/html2024-01-27T13:13:48-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLeather Archives & Museum announces 2024 Fetish Film Forum
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CHICAGO, Illinois—After a wildly successful inaugural year, including a 10-film series at the Leather Archives & Museum and a 5-film series at FACETS, the Leather Archives & Museum is thrilled to announce the continuation of Fetishtext/html2024-01-26T23:50:28-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR REVIEW Prosecco; LGBTQ+-owned Marina's Bistro
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The last time I visited the Italian restaurant Prosecco (710 N. Wells St.; https://proseccochicago.com/), it looked quite different. Way back in 2017, the restaurant definitely had more of an old-school Italian feel (a la Gene &text/html2024-01-26T23:44:11-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnRue-ing the day: Vince Kelley drags out Blanche's charm in Golden Girls spoof
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Picture it. Broadway Playhouse. 2024. Four queer men dress in drag to portray iconic women. Murray & Peter present Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue, a parody written by Robert Leleux and directed by Eric Swanson. Thetext/html2024-01-26T14:07:47-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ Sundance items, Green Day, 'Wednesday,' Queerties, 'The Wiz'
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At the Sundance Film Festival, Jodie Foster told Variety that the $1.4-billion success of Barbie helps confirm that Hollywood no longer views women directors as too much of a risk. She said, "With a big successtext/html2024-01-26T13:56:19-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Arrest in Brazil, athlete dies, Ghana attack, World Economic Forum
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A 30-year-old man was arrested in Brazil on Jan. 18 for his alleged role in the stabbing murder of prominent NYC art dealer Brent Sikkema, Gay City News reported. Authorities took Cuban resident Alejandro Triana Treveztext/html2024-01-26T13:49:52-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew DavisNATIONAL Toni Atkins, Maine, bisexual advocate dies, Jussie Smollett, school board
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San Diego leader and California Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins kicked off her bid to become California's next governor, becoming the latest Democrat to join the 2026 race, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Atkins istext/html2024-01-24T23:50:29-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comEquality Illinois endorses in two key primary election races
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Equality Illinois endorses in two key primary election races for state representative: Dr. Michael Crawford in Illinois House District 31 and Lisa J. Davis in Illinois House District 32. Dr. Crawford and Ms. Davis have demonstratedtext/html2024-01-24T23:15:27-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comExtreme anti-trans legislation to be law in Ohio after GOP supermajority overrides governor's veto
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WASHINGTON — The GOP-controlled Ohio Senate voted today to complete the legislature's override of Republican Gov. Mike DeWine's veto of dangerous anti-trans legislation. The bill bans transgender athletes from participatingtext/html2024-01-24T23:02:31-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comWindy City Times seeks nominations for 30 Under 30 Awards
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CHICAGO After a four-year hiatus, Windy City Times has revived its 30 Under 30 Awards. Windy City Times is seeking to recognize 30 more outstanding LGBTQ+ individuals (and allies). Nominees should be 30 years or younger astext/html2024-01-24T17:02:36-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNational Center for Transgender Equality and Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund to merge
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WASHINGTON - Today, the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), two leading national trans civil rights organizations, officially announced their intenttext/html2024-01-24T15:05:51-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comMore than 210,000 Latinx LGBT immigrants live in California
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Nearly two-thirds of Latinx LGBT immigrants without Green Cards live in poverty. A new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds that there are 211,000 Latinx LGBT immigrants in California, including 68,800text/html2024-01-24T13:19:07-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SPORTS Chicago Hounds' Nick McCarthy reflects on being out in professional rugby
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In recent years, people from numerous high-profile fields have publicly declared themselves as members of the LGBTQ+ community. Among them have been individuals from tech (such as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Apple CEO Tim Cook),text/html2024-01-23T18:05:05-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Red Stars set 2024 preseason roster
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CHICAGO (Jan. 23, 2024) — The Chicago Red Stars have set their preseason roster ahead of the 2024 National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) season. 17 of the 35 players on the preseason roster are returning Redtext/html2024-01-23T17:25:35-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comOSCARS Gladstone, Domingo receive nominations
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LGBTQ+ actors Lily Gladstone and Colman Domingo were among those receiving Oscar nominations when they were announced Jan. 23. Gladstone received a Best Actress nod for her role in the Martin Scorsese-directed Killers of the Flowertext/html2024-01-22T22:45:38-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comOn 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Mayor Brandon Johnson reaffirms commitment to reproductive rights
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CHICAGO Today marks the 51st anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade, which preserved the constitutional right to choose. Chicago has a long history of advocating for women's rights and is consideredtext/html2024-01-22T20:34:59-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNational, state groups petition UN about human rights crisis facing LGBTQIA+ Texans
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Austin, TX - Today, Equality Texas, the ACLU of Texas, GLAAD, and the Human Rights Campaign with the support of the Human Rights Clinic at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law submitted atext/html2024-01-22T20:12:03-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGov. JB Pritzker's statement on the 51st anniversary of Roe v Wade
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Chicago On the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, Gov. JB Pritzker released the following statement: "Today marks the 51st anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that for five decades protectedtext/html2024-01-22T14:06:43-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comTara VanDerveer becomes winningest coach in college basketball
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Stanford University women's basketball coach and gender-rights advocate Tara VanDerveer became the college-basketball coach with the most wins ever on Jan. 21, media outlets reported. After her team defeated Oregon State 65-56, VanDerveer has 1,203 catext/html2024-01-22T01:21:05-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGLAAD announces nominees for the 35th annual GLAAD Media Awards
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Following its acceptance of the iconic Governors Award at the 2023 Emmys Ceremony presented by the Television Academy, GLAAD announced the nominees for the 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. The GLAAD Media Awards honor media fortext/html2024-01-22T01:08:09-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnOut truth-teller Jeff Hiller takes his act on the road
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Jeff Hiller is an openly gay American storyteller who is bringing his act to the Midwest in February. He's making his way across the United States while filming the third season of HBO's Somebody Somewhere andtext/html2024-01-22T00:48:10-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellUpcoming Lyric Opera performance Champion explores famed boxer's gay identity
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Grammy Award-winning composer Terence Blanchard and Tony Award-winning librettist Michael Cristofer's opera, Champion, is set for its Lyric Opera of Chicago debut Jan. 27. It runs through Feb. 11. This contemporary "opera in jazz" features thetext/html2024-01-21T22:59:11-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comDeSantis drops presidential campaign, endorses Trump
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Anti-LGBTQ+ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and has endorsed former President Donald Trump. The move took place Jan. 21 two days before the New Hampshire primary, NBC News noted. On atext/html2024-01-21T22:43:33-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew DavisSAVOR TriBecca's hiccup, CRW deals, Beam Suntory dinner and more
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The Avondale spot TriBecca's Sandwich Shop had to temporarily close because of flooding caused by a burst water pipe. However, ittext/html2024-01-20T13:21:10-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLu CalzadaChicago firefighter receives over $500,000 settlement in City discrimination lawsuit
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James Mundo, a Chicago firefighter who identifies as a gay man, settled a discrimination lawsuit against the City of Chicago for $515,000 last month. Mundo sued the city alleging it failed to take adequate measures totext/html2024-01-19T13:21:19-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ 'Laid,' 'Nimona,' Lukas Gage, Lil Nas X, Lily Gladstone, John Waters
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Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to the comedy Laid, which is slated to feature queer actress Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Variety noted. Based on the Australian series of the same name, thetext/html2024-01-19T13:15:10-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Fire FC announces 2024 theme nights; Pride Night will be June 1
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CHICAGO (Jan. 18, 2024) Chicago Fire FC announced the club's theme nights for select home matches during the 2024 regular season, driven by Carvana. The Club's 2024 calendar features 11 theme nights, including the returntext/html2024-01-19T13:09:28-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD World leaders, Namibia attack, Taiwan electoral win, Irish LGBTQ+ groups
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In the wake of Gabriel Attal being named France's newest prime minister, PinkNews published a list of every out LGBTQ+ world leader to date. They include ex-San Marino head of state Paolo Rondelli, former Iceland Primetext/html2024-01-19T13:02:45-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis NATIONAL Wis. report, gender dysphoria, HIV research, Stonewall exhibit, gay CEOs
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A new annual report from Wisconsin's Office of Children's Mental Health shows that the state's minors especially girls, children of color and LGBTQ+ youth continue to struggle with anxiety, depression and thoughtstext/html2024-01-17T13:34:51-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comClub Q shooter faces more than 50 federal hate-crime charges
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On Jan. 16, the shooter who killed five people—Daniel Davis Aston, Kelly Loving, Derrick Rump, Raymond Green Vance and Ashley Paugh—and injured 40 others at the Colorado Springs LGBTQIA+ nightclub Club Q pled not guilty totext/html2024-01-16T19:56:35-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comIndigo Girls/Melissa Etheridge tour to start Aug. 11 at Ravinia
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Grammy-winning folk icons Indigo Girls will join Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter/rocker and fellow queer legend Melissa Etheridge for several co-billed shows this August. The tour kicks off at Ravinia at Highland Park, Illinois on Sunday, Aug. 11,text/html2024-01-16T19:18:50-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Red Stars sign Mallory Swanson to historic contract
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CHICAGO (January 16, 2024) The Chicago Red Stars have signed Mallory Swanson to a historic long-term contract, making it the most lucrative agreement in the history of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and seeingtext/html2024-01-16T19:14:05-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNorthwestern grad Calzada joins Windy City Times team
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Lu Calzada has joined Windy City Times for a five-month fellowship position funded by Northwestern University's Local News Accelerator project. Lu graduated with their master's in journalism from Northwestern in 2023. During their time at NU,text/html2024-01-16T12:13:15-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comEMMYS RuPaul, Niecy Nash-Betts win; Elton's EGOT status; GLAAD's award
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Succession, The Bear and Beef dominated the 2024 Emmys, held Jan. 16. The ceremony was televised on Fox. Succession was named best drama series, The Bear was named best comedy series and Beef was named besttext/html2024-01-15T03:34:34-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR Italian restaurant recommendation and a 'Barbie/Maestro' giveaway
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Restaurant recommendation: My recommendation is a spot that is the epitome of old-school Italian cuisine: Tuscany on Taylor, 1500 W. Taylor St. Antipasti include spicy grilled octopus (polpi), calamari fritti and even wagyu meatballs. There aretext/html2024-01-14T03:20:10-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Red Stars select five players during 2024 NWSL Draft
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CHICAGO (Jan. 13, 2024) The Chicago Red Stars selected five players and made four trades during the 2024 National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Draft. The team wasted no time and kicked off an active daytext/html2024-01-12T14:26:23-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Conversion therapy, trans Haitian advocate, intersex report, activist attacked
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Norway is the latest country to outlaw conversion therapy after its parliament passed a bill that criminalizes the practice, Mamba noted. The bill, under development since 2019, received approval in the Storting (the Norwegian parliament) lasttext/html2024-01-12T14:15:30-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ 'Call Me By Your Name,' awards, Aspen Gay Ski Week, Miss Cleo
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The Oscar-winning gay romance Call Me by Your Name is leaving Netflix after Jan. 31, per Out. The coming-of-age romance was helmed by Bones and All director Luca Guadagnino, and stars Timothee Chalamet as 17-year-old Eliotext/html2024-01-12T14:10:39-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis NATIONAL Trans Health Equity Act, school policy, drag items, Don Lemon, Danica Roem
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The Trans Health Equity Act a law that requires Maryland's Medicaid program to cover gender-affirming treatments took effect Jan. 1, The Washington Blade noted. In May 2023, Democratic Gov. Wes Moore signed the act. The law covers hormonetext/html2024-01-11T22:47:09-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR REVIEW The Hyde Park spot Mesler Kitchen
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When it comes to Chicago's North Side restaurants, there are many restaurants that deserve to be revisited. However, other areas of the city also have spots that warrant repeated visits. For example, in Hyde Park alonetext/html2024-01-11T22:44:40-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.com11th Circuit allows Alabama transgender adolescent medical ban to take effect, NCLR responds
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Today Jan. 11, 2024, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order allowing Alabama's ban on medical care for transgender adolescents to take effect. This order grants a request by the state of Alabama totext/html2024-01-11T18:48:16-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comWilliams Institute: 41,000 transgender immigrants live in California
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A new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds that there are 174,200 transgender immigrants in the United States and 41,000 transgender immigrants in California, comprising over one-quarter (27%) of the state'stext/html2024-01-11T18:28:01-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comKayleigh PadarArtemis Singers' winter performance inspires listeners to 'Embrace the Night'
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This winter's annual Artemis Singers' concert, "Embracing the Night," is designed to help listeners connect with their inner strength as they brave the cold winter months. The program begins at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 20text/html2024-01-11T14:06:26-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGLAAD holds reception ahead of Emmys honor
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On Jan. 10, GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis and Kathy Hilton hosted a pre-event cocktail reception celebrating The Future of Representation ahead of GLAAD's historic Governors Award Emmy honor at Hilton's private L.A. residence.text/html2024-01-11T14:01:39-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comOhio House overrides governor's pro-trans veto
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On Jan. 10, Ohio's Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted 65-28 to override GOP Gov. Mike DeWine's Dec. 29 veto of a bill that bans gender-affirming healthcare for minors. Democrats say transgender people and parents of transgendertext/html2024-01-10T20:36:23-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnBaby Tate grows up with 'Sexploration'
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The multitalented pansexual artist Baby Tate has plenty to say on her Sexploration: The Tour. She's packing up her "Wig" and traveling to Chicago to perform an inclusive set of songs such as "Luv Everybody" attext/html2024-01-10T20:16:10-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comHEALTH Northwestern Medicine has third-gender option; Chicago at 'medium' COVID level
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Northwestern Medicine now allows patients to use the letter "X" on documents for their gender if they do not want to identify as male or female, WLS reported. Officials said it's been a year-long process involvingtext/html2024-01-10T14:19:16-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comFrance's new prime minister identifies as gay
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Gabriel Attal, France's next prime minister, identifies as gay and is the first LGBTQ+ person to hold this office. At 34, Attal who succeeds Elisabeth Borne, who resigned after 20 months in office is also the youngest prime ministertext/html2024-01-09T19:04:32-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnSam Morrison sashays into the Windy City with Sugar Daddy
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Comedian Sam Morrison is coming to Chicago with his show Sugar Daddy. This Brooklyn-based gay writer created the act both to deal with his personal health issues and process the grief of losing his partner Jonathantext/html2024-01-09T18:59:57-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comScott Free's new album revives protest music for the modern era
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Gay Chicago musician Scott Free wants to bring protest music back to the mainstream. With his new album Songs to Fight Oppression, Free has unveiled several new sing-along social justice songs to accompany protests, or simplytext/html2024-01-08T13:01:23-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comFew LGBTQ+ individuals score Golden Globes wins
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The Golden Globes took place Jan. 7 but, for the LGBTQ+ community, there wasn't much to cheer about. For example, queer actors Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers) and Colman Domingo (Rustin) fell short, as Cillian Murphytext/html2024-01-06T17:52:47-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR REVIEW Jook Sing provides Asian street food with a twist
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The term "jook sing" refers to individuals of Asian descent who were born in Western countries and it's a term that connotes a sense of fusion. Jook Sing restaurant (1329 W. Chicago Ave.) brings that fusion totext/html2024-01-05T20:09:40-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comMatt SimonetteScott Thompson returns with Buddy Cole character in 'KING' stage show
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Buddy Cole—the barfly raconteur/provocateur portrayed by gay Canadian performer Scott Thompson for several years on the comedy show Kids in the Hall, is a character who's never been afraid to say what's on his mind. Andtext/html2024-01-05T14:28:09-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis NATIONAL Trans candidates, Philly official, anti-LGBTQ+ laws, bisexual study
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An Ohio transgender woman announced her candidacy for the state's legislature, challenging an anti-LGBTQ+ Republican, The Dallas Voice noted. "If you're gonna attack our communities, then you're gonna have to compete against someone from our ctext/html2024-01-05T14:20:26-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ Kelly Clarkson, Billy Porter and Luke Evans, 'All of Us,' 'Book of Mormon'
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At Kelly Clarkson's "Chemistry: An Intimate Evening" residency show in Las Vegas, two men got married with the help of the singer/talk-show host as a witness, EW.com noted. In an audience video from the show, fanstext/html2024-01-05T14:13:51-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Activist honored, marriages in Estonia, Madrid law, trans sports item
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The National AIDS Commission (NAC) recently honored Caleb Orozco—a leading figure in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights in Belize—for his instrumental contributions to the national HIV response, BNN reported. Accordingtext/html2024-01-04T23:36:10-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comUSA Boxing adds policy regarding trans competitors
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Boxing's highest national governing body, USA Boxing, added a transgender athlete policy to its rulebook that requires genital-reassignment surgery and strict hormone testing for adults before competition, NBC News noted.text/html2024-01-03T17:39:44-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellCoalition petitions for march, rally for reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights prior to DNC convention
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The Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws: Coalition for Reproductive Justice and LGBTQ+ Liberation coalition group held a press conference Jan. 2 at Chicago's City Hall just outside the city's Department of Transportation offices. The groups announcedtext/html2024-01-02T17:17:04-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNick PatriccaVIEWS Is the Pope Catholic? Francis faces opposition in steps toward LGBTQ+ inclusivity
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The recent change in Vatican policy allowing priests to bless same-gender couples has provoked an unprecedented backlash against Pope Francis and his openness to LGBTQ+ people—a backlash that some fear might devolve into a schism intext/html2024-01-02T17:12:31-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPASSSAGES Chef Michael Thomas Zito
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Chef Michael Thomas Zito, 55, ("Chef Bear Italia" and "Big Chef") passed away December 12, 2023, unexpectedly at home in Chicago's Belmont Gardens neighborhood. Born in Kentucky to Pentecostal missionaries from New York, Mike began cookingtext/html2024-01-02T13:45:28-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comWomen's pro-hockey league starts play in Toronto
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It's a new year—and a new league. On New Year's Day, the first Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) started play, media outlets noted. New York scored a 4-0 win over host Toronto in front of atext/html2023-12-31T13:41:21-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR World of Chocolate, Jaleo and 'Superhot'
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World of wonder: I am excited to announce that I will be a judge at AIDS Foundation Chicago's World of Chocolate fundraiser! Join me in sampling delicious chocolate from local chefs and help support a greattext/html2023-12-30T22:24:47-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGay political trailblazer Ken Sherrill passes away at age 81
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Kenneth Sherrill a pioneering political scientist who was also the first out gay elected official in New York history died in early December at age 81 from surgical complications, Gay City News reported. He is survived by histext/html2023-12-30T13:48:56-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comRepublican Ohio governor vetoes anti-trans youth bans in health and sports
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After speaking with healthcare providers and the families of transgender children, Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed an anti-LGBTQ+ measure that would have banned transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming caretext/html2023-12-29T20:19:44-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comOhio Governor DeWine vetoes ban on transgender medical care, NCLR responds
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December 29, 2023 - Today Ohio Governor Mike DeWine vetoed HB 68 bill that would have banned medical care for transgender adolescents, stating: "It is the parents who know their child best." Across the country, federaltext/html2023-12-29T20:14:04-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPASSAGES Paris Johnson
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Paris Johnson, 29, of Chicago's West Loop neighborhood, passed away unexpectedly Nov. 28. He would have celebrated his 30th birthday Dec. 20. Born into a military family in Sacramento, California, Paris moved often in his youth,text/html2023-12-29T20:11:55-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comIsraeli court rules that same-sex couples can adopt children
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In a decision hailed as groundbreaking, Israel's High Court unanimously ruled on Dec. 28 that same-sex couples may adopt children under the terms of a 1981 adoption law, The Times of Israel reported. Employing a differenttext/html2023-12-29T13:40:45-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis NATIONAL Women's college, banned books, military initiative, Oregon
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After backlash regarding a decision to update its anti-discrimination policy and open enrollment to some transgender applicants, a Catholic women's college in Indiana will return to its previous admission policy, per The National Catholic Reporter. Intext/html2023-12-29T13:35:42-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ Indigo Girls, best songs, queer 'Nutcracker,' Colman Domingo, 'Gilded Age'
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Following appearances at multiple film festivals, the documentary Indigo Girls: It's Only Life After All is getting a theatrical release next spring, The Advocate noted. Directed by Alexandria Bombach, the film dives into the four decadestext/html2023-12-29T13:29:57-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Brianna Ghey, archbishops, HIV, George Michael, Albanian women
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A boy and a girl, each 16, were found guilty of murdering a transgender teenager in northwest England earlier this year in a knife attack, per a Yahoo! News item that cited the AP. Brianna Ghey,text/html2023-12-29T13:23:37-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis Queer Filipinx filmmaker looks at three women during the pandemic in 'Who We Become'
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In the documentary Who We Become: A Story of Kapwa (currently streaming on Netflix), queer, first-generation Filipinx American filmmaker PJ Raval examines the lives of three young Filipino American women—Laurentext/html2023-12-26T19:38:33-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comBilly MastersBilly Masters: The tea that got spilled in 2023
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"No offense, but you look like Billy Masters." I don't know which part of this quip from a stranger insulted me more that he didn't realize I am Billy Masters, or he thought someone would take offensetext/html2023-12-26T13:04:52-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR New Year's Eve/Day offerings
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Can that really be 2024 peeking around the corner? (Hint: If you celebrate Christmas, the shredded paper under the tree means "yes.") Well, before it gets here, there are so many options in Chicago for peopletext/html2023-12-25T12:34:07-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SAVOR REVIEW Italian restaurant Olio e Piu
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I want to start by admitting something: I was not impressed with the new River North restaurant Olio e Piu initially. Located at 445 N. Dearborn St. (the site of several eateries over the years, including thetext/html2023-12-23T00:35:32-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comKayleigh PadarCatholic Church allows priests to bless same-sex couples but reaffirms disapproval of gay marriage
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LGBTQ+ couples can now receive blessings from priests, but the Catholic Church maintained its strict ban on gay marriage, according to a Vatican document approved by Pope Francis Dec. 18. This historic change in doctrine markstext/html2023-12-22T20:13:40-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comGreek government vows to back marriage equality
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Despite opposition from the Church of Greece and within the ruling New Democracy, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' government said it will eventually move to legalize same-sex marriage, The National Herald reported. However, no timetable wastext/html2023-12-22T15:18:51-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Toronto businesses, French law, Thai bills, fight in Jamaica, Jonathan Bailey
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Some Toronto LGBTQ+ business owners say they are worried that they're being shut out of a provincial grant program because their businesses sometimes include sexual products or services, which are banned in the program's eligibility rules,text/html2023-12-22T15:00:29-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ Streisand, Kristen Stewart, James Baldwin, Cher, 'Relighting'
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Barbra Streisand will be honored with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild, TheWrap noted. The honor will be seen live at the 2024 SAG Awards, which will take place at the Shrinetext/html2023-12-22T14:43:17-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis NATIONAL School items, Miami attack, Elliot Page, Fire Island
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In Virginia, new and returning members of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and Fairfax County School Board were inaugurated with some school board members opting to use banned books on the topics of slavery and LGBTQ+text/html2023-12-22T02:07:04-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis MOVIES Bill Oliver reflects on a queer couple's custody fight in 'Our Son'
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In the compelling, intimate movie Our Son (in theaters and available via streaming), Luke Evans and Billy Porter portray a married couple in which one of them decides to file for divorce. However, this is notext/html2023-12-21T15:14:25-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Red Stars appoint Lorne Donaldson as head coach
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CHICAGO (Dec. 20, 2023) The Chicago Red Stars have named Lorne Donaldson as the club's new head coach. The former head of the Jamaican Women's National Team led the Reggae Girlz on a historic Women'stext/html2023-12-21T15:13:41-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJudge: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois may not exclude gender-affirming care in plans across the U.S.
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(Tacoma, WA, December 20, 2023) Today, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Bryan instructed Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) to cease imposing discriminatory exclusions on gender-affirming care intext/html2023-12-19T17:19:46-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comBilly MastersBilly Masters: Barry Manilow really was just interested in the articles
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"I wouldn't be in it now if they gave me a million dollars. I'm never going to change my mind. They can just go you-know-what themselves." —Cher tells Kelly Clarkson her thoughts on being snubbed bytext/html2023-12-19T14:56:19-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNew 'Gods and Monsters' with a race-based focus coming to Chicago
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Chicago's Theatre Wit will debut a new stage adaptation of Gods and Monsters, based on Christopher Bram's 1995 novel Father of Frankenstein as well as its 1998 screen version that starred Sir Ian McKellen, Lynn Redgravetext/html2023-12-18T21:46:14-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comDignity/Chicago welcomes new rule on church blessings for same-sex marriages
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Dignity/Chicago, the advocacy organization for LGBTQI Catholics and friends, welcomed the news that the Vatican's doctrinal office has officially declared it possible for Catholic priests to bless same-sex unions andtext/html2023-12-18T21:41:29-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPASSAGES Frankie Franklin-Foxx
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Frankie Franklin-Foxx (born Waverlynn Franklin), a resident of Chicago's North Side, passed away peacefully Dec. 13 at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston. She was 68. Born at Cook County Hospital, Frankie graduated from South Shore Hightext/html2023-12-18T21:24:32-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis ART Queer photographer James Hosking focuses the lens on his own work
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James Hosking a Chicago-based LGBTQ+ artist who specializes in photography and collage is one of 17 people selected to be part of "Once: 2023 Emerging Artists Exhibit" at the Cleve Carney Museum on the College of DuPage campustext/html2023-12-18T20:34:53-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comNew Ways Ministry: Pope's blessings approval is Christmas gift to LGBTQ+ Catholics
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MOUNT RAINIER, MarylandStatement by Francis DeBernardo, Executive Director, New Ways Ministry: Pope Francis gave LGBTQ+ Catholics an early Christmas gift this year by approving blessings for same-gender couples. The Vaticantext/html2023-12-18T17:37:24-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comPope Francis changes policy, allowing priests to bless same-sex unions; GLAAD responds
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GLAAD: "By removing barriers to priests blessing LGBTQ couples, the Pope accurately recognizes that LGBTQ people and our relationships are worthy of the same affirmation and support in the Church, and this strengthens couples in theirtext/html2023-12-18T16:00:43-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comDr. David Johns named NBJC CEO
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The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC)—a national Black LGBTQ+/same-gender loving (SGL)-rights organization, announced Dr. David J. Johns as its new chief executive officer, effective Jan. 2, 2024. Johns, who willtext/html2023-12-16T18:56:02-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comCarrie MaxwellChicago trans man sues former employer, union over gender-affirming medical care denials
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Chicago trans man Morgan Mesi, 34, filed a federal lawsuit Dec. 14 that alleges he was denied medically necessary and critical gender-affirming healthcare by the health care plan that is run jointly by his former employerstext/html2023-12-15T16:54:13-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comWeb BehrensTHEATER 'Dial M' director speaks about stage magic and perils of the closet
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A good thriller is always in style for the right audience—but it's paying dividends for Northlight Theatre, which recently opened Dial M for Murder, helmed by queer director Georgette Verdin, to great reviews. text/html2023-12-15T01:02:14-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comKayleigh PadarPASSAGES Former Republican Illinois legislator Susan Catania remembered for supporting gay rights
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Advocates remember former Illinois legislator Susan Catania as an active ally in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights. Susan died Nov. 27 after a fire broke out in her home in Wisconsin, according to a tribute writtentext/html2023-12-14T20:03:27-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comChicago Dancers United and The Dancers' Fund become Chicago Dance Health Fund
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Chicago Dancers United, which has supported the health and wellness of Chicago's professional dance community through The Dancers' Fund for more than 30 years, announces that, effective January 1, 2024, the organization will operate and distributetext/html2023-12-14T13:29:08-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew DavisNATIONAL Social Security, NBJC grants, Discord's policy, Sam Altman, Ohio deaths
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A nonbinary former employee of the U.S. Social Security Administration, identified as "J. Doe," filed suit against the agency, claiming workplace misgendering forced them to resign, Philadelphia Gay News reported. Doe claims that constant misgendering attext/html2023-12-14T13:23:47-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis WORLD Morocco, court rulings, asylum items, Troye Sivan
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Moroccan advocacy groups have criticized continued attacks and unequal treatment against the country's LGBTQ+ community, The Washington Blade reported. On Nov. 15, a minor was sentenced to six months in prison for being gay and finedtext/html2023-12-14T13:18:21-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis SHOWBIZ Alex Newell, Joe Locke, 'Bad Together,' Raven-Symone, Limelight club
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Alex Newell who made history as one of the first two out nonbinary Tony Award winners was named Time's Breakthrough of the Year for 2023, The Advocate reported. Newell won the Tony this year as Best Featured Actortext/html2023-12-13T18:19:37-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comJerry NunnBradley Cooper conducts a symphony of queer history in Maestro
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Composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein was one of the most important musicians of his time, receiving many accolades—the Kennedy Center Honor among them, in 1981—before passing away in 1990. Behind the scenestext/html2023-12-09T16:50:51-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comLGBTQ+ baseball executives announce cancer battles
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Openly gay Major League Baseball (MLB) executive Billy Bean announced he has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and that he needs a donor for a bone-marrow transplant, Gay City News noted. USA Today initially reportedtext/html2023-11-09T23:30:55-00:00https://www.windycitytimes.comAndrew Davis Angelica Ross talks politics, Hollywood, Buddhism and more
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Angelica Ross had already made her imprint on society in various ways. She is the founder of TransTech Social Enterprises, which helps transgender and gender-nonconforming people become part of the tech industry; an activist who hosted