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| | Women's History Month doesn't do enough to lift up Black lesbians 2024-03-12 - 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 by ...
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| | WORLD South Africa murder, lesbian couple, Brianna Ghey, Eurovision 2024-02-16 - 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. ...
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| | WORLD Mauritius ruling, Justin Trudeau, couple attacked, Dame Shirley Bassey 2023-10-13 - In a historic ruling, the Supreme Court of Mauritius decriminalized same-sex sexual relations when it declared the African country's British colonial-era anti-sodomy laws relations to be unconstitutional, The Advocate reported. ...
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| | WORLD African efforts, HIV in Amsterdam, Donatella Versace, 'The Queen in Me' 2023-09-28 - A new attempt to prevent the recognition of and equal rights for LGBTQ+ people in Kenya through a constitutional amendment has been introduced in Parliament, The Washington Blade reported. The move was in response to this ...
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| | DANCE Deeply Rooted performing Nov. 3 at the Auditorium Theatre 2023-09-27 - The Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Dr., is presenting Deeply Rooted Dance Theatera Chicago-based contemporary dance company rooted in traditions of American and African-American dancein a one-night-only performance ...
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| | Megan Rapinoe receives send-off in last international match 2023-09-25 - Lesbian soccer icon Megan Rapinoe received a triumphant send-off in her last international match, and the United States beat South Africa 2-0 at Chicago's Soldier Field on Sept. 24, per ABC News. Trinity Rodman and Emily ...
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| | Rapinoe's last international match to take place in Chicago on Sept. 24 2023-08-31 - Lesbian soccer icon and two-time Women's World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe will play her last professional match against South Africa on Sunday, Sept. 24, in Chicago, U.S. Soccer announced. The match (scheduled for 4:30 p.m. CT) ...
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| | African American Arts Alliance of Chicago names new president for first time in 25 years 2023-08-21 --From a press release - CHICAGOThe nonprofit African American Arts Alliance of Chicago announced Charlique C. Rolle as its new board president, effective immediately. Rolle is the first new president in the Alliance's 26-year history ...
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| | LGBTQ+ Chicagoans mark 30 years in Bud Billiken Parade 2023-08-13 By Vernon Hester and Matt Simonette - The annual Bud Billiken Parade kicked off on the morning of Aug. 12, carrying on the tradition of starting the school year with a celebration. Hailed as the largest African American parade in the country—and the ...
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| | WORLD Iranian president, HIV in Asia, asylum, lesbian moms 2023-07-21 - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi praised Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni for signing the African country's Anti-Homosexuality Act, The Washington Blade noted. Iran is among the countries in which consensual same-sex sexual relations ...
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| | Uganda's parliament passes slightly revised anti-LGBTQ+ measure 2023-05-03 - On May 2, Uganda's parliament passed one of the world's toughest anti-LGBTQ+ bills for a second timeand it's largely unchanged. The African country's new bill retains most of the harshest measures of the legislation that passed ...
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| | OBAMA-OLOGY coming to Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre in June 2023-04-26 --From a press release - Evanston, IL — Tim Rhoze, Artistic Director of Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre, has announced the cast for the company's season-opening Chicago premiere of OBAMA-OLOGY by Aurin Squire. The play is about a young gay African American college graduate ...
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| | WORLD Zero Discrimination Day, African countries, facility damaged, travel items 2023-03-10 - On Zero Discrimination Day this year (March 1), under the theme "Save lives: Decriminalize," UNAIDS showed how the decriminalization of key populations and people living with HIV saves lives and helps advance the end of the ...
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| | Pope criticizes anti-gay laws after Africa trip 2023-02-07 - On Feb. 5, Pope Francisalong with the head of the Anglican Communion and top Presbyterian ministerdenounced the criminalization of homosexuality and said churches should welcome gay people, Time reported. The ...
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| | HRC Chicago to bestow annual Community Visibility Award, spotlight local partners 2022-11-04 -- From a press release - CHICAGO, IL, November 3, 2022 — E. Patrick Johnson, Dean of the School of Communication and Annenberg University Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University is to be recognized for distinguished service ...
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