|
|
WINDY CITY TIMES
|
|---|
|
|
|
Charge dropped against activist Marc Loveless
News update Tuesday, July 20, 2010
2010-07-21
|
|
This article shared 3464 times since Wed Jul 21, 2010
|
|
The simple battery charge leveled against gay-rights activist Marc Loveless was dropped July 20, according to the Cook County state's attorney's office.
Loveless was arrested and charged June 25 following an alleged altercation at his South Side office. Loveless, the executive director of the Coalition for Justice and Respect, was alleged to have shoved and grabbed the president of the organization's board of directors, John Hickman, after Loveless was served with a termination letter. Loveless not only denied attacking Hickman but said that he never received such a letter.
In a press release sent July 20, Loveless said, "I am pleased that the simple battery case against me involving former member of the Coalition for Justice and Respect John Hickman has been dismissed.
"I am grateful that this chapter in my life is over. I have learned so much on how manipulated and calculating some people can be and I have gained a well-bought lesson. Let again thank the many people that have shown and demonstrated their support as well as those that have sent words of encouragement." |
|
|
|
This article shared 3464 times since Wed Jul 21, 2010
|
| ARTICLES YOU MIGHT LIKE |
|---|
| 
|  | Governor Pritzker, Lt. Governor Stratton comment on Texas tragedy
2022-05-25
-- From a press release - Chicago — In the wake of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that killed at least 19 students and two adults, Governor JB Pritzker and Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton released the following ...
| 
| | NBA coach/former Chicago Bull pleads for gun control after Texas shootings
2022-05-25
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr discussed something besides basketball in his pregame news conference heading into Game 4 of the Western Conference finals against the Dallas Mavericks on Many 24, ESPN noted. "Since we left ...
| 
| | Gov. Pritzker signs legislation addressing rise in organized retail thefts
2022-05-13
-- From a press release - CHICAGO — On May 13, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker joined Attorney General Kwame Raoul, lawmakers, advocates and law-enforcement officials to sign legislation designed to combat a nationwide rise in coordinated retail thefts. "This new law represents ...
| 
| | LGBTQ Religious Archives Network holds 'AIDS, Activism and American Christianity' webinar
2022-05-12
LGBTQ Religious Archives Network (LGBTQ-RAN) held an "AIDS, Activism and American Christianity: A Conversation" virtual webinar on May 5. The event focused on Christian activism during the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s and ...
| 
| | WORLD South Africa, Greek ruling, soccer items, singer attacked
2022-05-08
South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa praised his country for creating a conducive environment for LGB people to practice same-sex marriages and partnerships, according to Erasing 76 Crimes. Speaking at a Freedom Day celebration in Mpumalanga, ...
|
| | Virginia trans teen killed at party
2022-05-06
The life of Black transgender girl Ariyanna Mitchell, 17, ended violently at a party in Hampton, Virginia, on April 2—and the accused killer asked her if she was a boy or a girl before shooting her, ...
| 
| | 'Moulin Rouge' performance canceled after Loop shooting
2022-05-02
Broadway In Chicago canceled the May 1 performance of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, at the James M. Nederlander Theatre, following the nearby shooting in The Loop, ABC 7 Chicago reported. A 27-year-old man and a 55-year-old ...
| 
| | Rape, murder of Kenyan lesbian spark outrage
2022-04-29
Kenyan authorities said six men who raped and murdered Sheila Adhiambo Lumumba, 25, on April 19 in her home in Karatina actually targeted her because of her sexual orientation, The Washington Blade reported. The body of ...
| 
| | 'It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful' explores art collective's part in HIV/AIDS activism
2022-04-23
In Jack Lowery's book, It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic, the historian shares how the art collective Gran Fury utilized community-made propaganda to address the HIV/AIDS ...
| 
| | Roommate indicted in death of Florida LGBTQ+-rights activist
2022-04-22
A Florida grand jury indicted a man for first-degree murder and other charges in connection with the death of his roommate—LGBTQ+-rights advocate Jorge Diaz-Johnston, brother of former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, CNN reported. ...
| 
| | Cook County state's attorney expunges 15,000+ cannabis convictions
2022-04-20
-- From a press release - CHICAGO - On Friday, April 22, the Cook County State's Attorney's Office (CCSAO) will present 214 additional cannabis cases to be automatically expunged, bringing the total to 15,191. The Cannabis Expungement Project nears an end following ...
| 
| | Wealthy California politico sentenced for deaths of two Black gay men
2022-04-15
On April 14, U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder sentenced former West Hollywood resident and LGBTQ+-rights activist Ed Buck, 67, to 30 years in federal prison for supplying the methamphetamine that killed two gay Black men—Gemmel ...
|
| | Gov. Pritzker lauds legislation to strengthen Illinois' response to military sexual violence
2022-04-01
-- From a press release - SPRINGFIELD — In a nation-leading effort to protect survivors of military sexual violence and hold perpetrators accountable, the Illinois National Guard worked closely with state Senate Assistant Majority Leader Tony ...
|
| | Lynching now a federal hate crime
2022-03-30
After multiple failed attempts that spanned more than a century, there is now a federal law that designates lynching as a hate crime, NPR reported. In a March 29 ceremony at the White House, President Joe Biden signed ...
| 
| | Woman found dead along Evanston lakeshore confirmed to be trans-rights activist Elise Malary
2022-03-19
A woman whose body was found on an Evanston beach the evening of March 17 has been identified as missing activist Elise Malary, Chicago Sun-Times reported. The body was found in Lake Michigan at the 500 ...
| | |
|
|
|
|
