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|  | NATIONAL Google Doodle, drag laureate, Nebraska bill, NYC AIDS Walk
2023-05-26
D.C. poet/activist/journalist Ivy Young passed away at age 75, per a press release. Among other things, Young worked at Chicago's VISTA; the Center for Black Education and Drum and Spear Book Store in D.C.; the ...
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| | TaskForce Chicago's ED talks organization, AIDS stigma and queerness
2023-05-25
Among the many organizations helping Chicago youths is TaskForce Prevention & Community Services. The West Side-based organization helps hundreds of youths by being committed to addressing the HIV/STI-related needs of ...
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| | HB 1286 would allow gender-inclusive multi-occupancy restrooms, Chicago groups respond
2023-05-19
--From a press release - Statement from AIDS Foundation Chicago, Equality Illinois, and Pride Action Tank regarding HB 1286 to allow gender-inclusive multi-occupancy restrooms: We applaud the Illinois Senate for passing HB 1286 and urge the Illinois House to act expeditiously ...
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| | Belting for Life returns for an 8th edition
2023-05-18
On May 15, Jeff Award-winning director and activist Christopher Pazdernik celebrated his birthday with the eighth edition of Belting for Life, his annual Chicago-style theatrical concert and fundraiser for AIDS ...
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| | Chicago House welcomes spring with 'Secret Garden' event
2023-05-12
On May 7, Chicago House presented its annual spring fashion brunch, this year titled The Secret Garden, in the Winter Green Ballroom of the Harold Washington Library. The annual event, which some now regard as the ...
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| | Howard Brown responds to FDA's relaxation of blood-donation guidelines
2023-05-12
Howard Brown Health has responded to The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s elimination of restrictions that had previously barred many blood donations by gay and bisexual men. The FDA said it will recommend a series of ...
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| | Gerber/Hart Library and Archives holds Spring Soiree benefit event at Sidetrack
2023-04-23
Gerber/Hart Library and Archives (Gerber/Hart) hosted "This Library is QUEER! The Gerber/ Hart Spring Soiree" benefit April 20 at Sidetrack. A large collection of the history and culture of Chicago and the Midwest's LGBTQIA communities is ...
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| | WORLD Hungarian bill, Biden's visit, HIV study, trans athlete ousted, Prince Harry
2023-04-21
Video below - Hungarian legislators passed a bill that enables citizens to report anonymously on same-sex couples who raise children to authorities, Bloomberg reported. Hungary's constitution protects the institution of marriage as a formation "between one man and ...
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| | Report reveals abuses against LGBTQ+, transgender community, people living with HIV in the criminal legal system
2023-04-20
--From a press release - (NEW YORK, NY — April 20, 2023) Today, Lambda Legal, in partnership with Black and Pink National, released Protected and Served? 2022 [ https://www.protectedandserved.org/2022-report ] , a report that reveals ...
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| | Season of Concern presents an SRO live edition
2023-04-19
Season of Concern held its annual live concert fundraising event at Sidetrack Video Bar in front of a sold out crowd on April 10. The event, which raises money to financially assist theater performers and crew ...
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| | 'Belting for Life' returns in May with new partnership with AIDS Foundation Chicago
2023-04-13
--From a press release - CHICAGO—Chicago's favorite evening of big voices for a big cause, returns with the 8th annual Belting for Life. For one night only on Monday, May 15, at 7:30 p.m. at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre in Evanston, ...
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| | Bears, cubs and their admirers return for Illinois Bear Contest
2023-04-11
Visitors and Chicagoans gathered at Charlies Chicago, 3726 N. Broadway, on April 7 to kick off the Illinois Bear Contest weekend, the first since 2019. The contest itself took place the following evening at Leather Archives ...
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| | Center on Halsted recruiting for full time bilingual health educator positions
2023-04-04
--From a press release - CHICAGO — Center on Halsted is currently recruiting for three open positions in our HIV department. We are looking for Bilingual Health Educators. This is a full-time, on-site position with complete benefits package. The duties for ...
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| | Quigley, Torres, Sorensen lead letter to FDA on updated blood donation guidance
2023-03-30
--From a press release - Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (IL-05), Ritchie Torres (NY-15), and Eric Sorensen (IL-17) led 23 members in a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration ...
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| | GLAD statement: Order by federal judge in Texas stands to increase HIV transmission
2023-03-30
--From a press release - Today a federal judge in Texas issued an order in Braidwood v. Becerra blocking a requirement under the Affordable Care Act that all preventive healthcare services given an A or B rating by United States Preventive ...
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