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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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|  | Leading LGBTQ+ groups raise alarm to business community on coordinated anti-LGBTQ+ attacks; call on Target to lead 2023-05-25 --From a press release - Organizations calling on Target and all businesses to stand up against anti-LGBTQ2S+ extremism in statement below: Family Equality, GLAAD, GLSEN, The Human Rights Campaign, National Center For Lesbian Rights, National LGBTQ Task Force, National Black J ...
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|  | Louisiana Senate Health & Welfare Committee kills bans on gender affirming care, HRC responds 2023-05-24 --From a press release - Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, thanks members of the Louisiana Senate Health ...
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|  | HRC condemns Ohio state senate for passing education censorship bill 2023-05-24 --From a press release - Columbus, Ohio — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) — the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization — condemned the Ohio State Senate for passing ...
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|  | WORLD Spain, South Korea festival, Eurovision, marriage items, Sri Lanka 2023-05-19 Spain became the latest country to join a U.S. initiative that seeks to promote LGBTQI+ rights around the world, The Washington Blade reported. "Promoting and protecting the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and ...
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|  | PASSAGES Chicago cultural and music advocate, poet, educator Diane Gomez 2023-05-18 Chicago cultural and music advocate, poet and educator Diane Gomez died May 5 due to complications from cancer. She was 70. Gomez was born September 28, 1952, on the South Side of Chicago to a very ...
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|  | PASSAGES Longtime LGBTQ+ activist and community organizer, former bar owner Marge Summit 2023-05-18 Longtime LGBTQ+ activist and community organizer, icon and former owner of the now defunct His n' Hers bar Marge Summit died May 16. She was 87. Summit was born Sept. 3, 1935, on the North Side ...
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|  | NCLR, GLAD, Trevor Project, coalition of groups support Biden administration's proposed Title IX Athletics Rule 2023-05-17 --From a press release - WASHINGTON, DC — The National Center for Lesbian Rights, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), and The Trevor Project — along with the National Education Association and more than a dozen other organizations — have submitted ...
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|  | Writer Sarah Gailey crosses paths with Black Cat for Marvel Voices: Pride #1 2023-05-15 Publishing company Marvel Comics has been showing its true colors, with Marvel Voices: Pride #1 returning in 2023 for its third year in June. The comic book series features a wide range of out and proud ...
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|  | Archdiocese of Chicago, Loyola offer spring retreat for LGBTQ+ community and families 2023-05-15 --From a press release - The Archdiocesan Gay and Lesbian Outreach of Chicago will partner with Loyola University Chicago's Institute of Pastoral Studies to host a four-part spring retreat for the LGBTQ+ community and their family members starting May 24, 2023. ...
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|  | Griner scores 10 in first game since being held in Russia 2023-05-13 Brittney Griner scored 10 points for the Phoenix Mercury as her team fell 90-71 to the Los Angeles Sparks on May 12. According to CNN, the WNBA preseason match-up was Griner's first competitive game since she ...
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|  | FDA changes 40-year blood donation guidelines to focus on behavior, not orientation or identity; GLAAD responds 2023-05-11 --From a press release - (New York, NY - Thursday, May 11, 2023) GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to news that the FDA will allow more gay and bisexual men ...
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|  | Clare Killman on Carbondale City Council is first trans person to serve on a city council in Illinois 2023-05-10 --From a press release - A statement from Myles Brady Davis, Communications Director of Equality Illinois, the state's civil rights organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) Illinoisans: "We are extremely excited by ...
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|  | Louisiana House passes discriminatory education bill targeting LGBTQ+ youth, HRC responds 2023-05-08 --From an Human Rights Campaign press release - Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, condemns the Louisiana House for passing HB ...
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|  | Billy Masters: Carrie Fisher's family declare Walk of Fame star wars 2023-05-08 "Days after Billy Masters revealed he spent time with Darren Hayes on the final stop of his tour (and talked about his butt), Darren announces his marriage is over: Coincidence?" —A fan wrote this to "Ask ...
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