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Report: Take Off Your Mask So I Know How Much to Tip You
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--From a press release
- Today, One Fair Wage, a national nonprofit organization representing subminimum wage and other tipped workers, in partnership with #TimesUp, the UC Berkeley Food Labor Research ...
COVID-19 Ellen DeGeneres tests positive; talk-show production halted
- Ellen DeGeneres has tested positive for COVID-19, and has stopped production on her talk show until January, according to media outlets such as Deadline and ...
Creating Change announces program, honorees, virtual format
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--From a press release
- WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 9, 2020… Community leaders Gloria Allen, Lisbeth Melendez Rivera, Javier Hernandez, and Gayle Rubin will all be honored at the 33rd annual ...
Lambda Legal, Immigration Equality to challenge asylum ban
- On Dec. 10, the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice announced they will soon publish a new rule that Lambda Legal said "eviscerates ...
Chicago trans icon Gloria Allen among Creating Change honorees
- Community leaders Gloria Allen, Lisbeth Melendez Rivera, Javier Hernandez and Gayle Rubin will all be honored at the 33rd annual Creating Change Conference, run by ...
Pegasus holding Young Playwrights Festival Jan. 7-31
- On Jan. 7-31, Pegasus Theatre Chicago is presenting the 34th Young Playwrights Festival (YPF), which selects winning high school-age scribes to apprentice with theater professionals ...
Kylie Minogue's 'Infinite Disco' to stream New Year's Eve
- Singer Kylie Minogue announced that her performance event "Kylie: Infinite Disco" will be streaming New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, at 9 p.m. across respective time ...
Newest competitors on 'RuPaul's Drag Race' revealed
- VH1 revealed the cast for the 13th season of RuPaul's Drag Race, premiering Friday, Jan. 1, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. After winning six Emmy Awards ...
COVID-19 Lightfoot, CDPH announce vaccine distribution plans
- On Dec. 9, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced distribution plans for the COVID-19 vaccines when they become available. ...
Willis Tower issues call for artwork; items due Dec. 11
- CNL Projects has issued a call for artists for Willis Tower as part of its "Art of the Neighborhood" initiative. Willis Tower is looking to ...
Kim Foxx names women to leadership roles
- On the heels of her swearing-in for her second term as Cook County state's attorney, Kim Foxx announced key leadership roles within her office: Jennifer ...
Biden considering Buttigieg for high-profile ambassadorship
- Axios reported that President-elect Joe Biden is considering a high-profile ambassadorship for former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg—possibly sending him to China. The outlet stated that ...
Buffalo Grove LGBTQ+ teen named one of HRC's ambassadors
- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that Buffalo Grove teen Molly Pinta (she/her)—a 14-year-old who identifies as bisexual—has been named a member of the 2021 ...
Lamont Robinson fundraiser with Chasten Buttigieg on Dec. 9
- Lamont Robinson, Jr.—a Chicago business owner and insurance agent who became the first openly gay Black state legislator in Illinois history, and who is running ...
Chicago law professor receives award from civil-justice organization
- Mark E. Wojcik, a professor at Chicago's UIC John Marshall Law School, received the 2021 Civil Justice Scholarship Award from the Pound Civil Justice Institute, ...
New Joffrey Studio Series offers interactive virtual season
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--From a press release
- The Joffrey Ballet is pleased to introduce the Joffrey Studio Series, a comprehensive roster of virtual programming — from livestream performances and company rehearsals to ...
Andersonville at Home for the Holidays virtual variety show Dec. 13
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--From a press release
- CHICAGO (Dec. 8, 2020) — Although we can't all gather for the traditional caroling and festivities that are customary in the Andersonville business district during ...
Report: HIV & Aging, Integrating Services to Improve Care for Overlooked Population
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--From a press release
- (December 8, 2020) — HIV has become an aging issue now that more than half of people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. are 50 ...
334 out LGBTQ candidates won elected office in 2020; most of any election year
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--From a press release
- Washington, DC — More openly LGBTQ candidates won elected office in 2020 than in any other election year in United States history. As of today, ...
Missouri lesbian couple settles discrimination suit against senior housing community
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--From a press release
- ST. LOUIS, MO — Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), along with co-counsel Relman Colfax PLLC, St. Louis LGBTQ civil rights attorney Arlene ...
American Writers Museum launches virtual American Voices exhibit
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--From a press release
- (CHICAGO - December 7, 2020) - The American Writers Museum (AWM) today announced the launch of a new website NationofWriters.org, an online resource featuring a ...
Largest survey of undocumented immigrants finds acute economic distress
- LOS ANGELES — The members of the California Immigrant Relief Assistance Coalition announce the release of one of the largest surveys of undocumented immigrant needs ...
COVID-19 City investigators look into Ann Sather violation
- City inspectors stopped by Lake View Ald. Tom Tunney's Ann Sather restaurant, 909 W. Belmont Ave., because the official has been allowing people to eat ...
WORLD Dutch apology, Swiss gov't, Victory Institute, 'Queer Japan'
- The Dutch government issued a formal apology to transgender and intersex citizens who were required to undergo sterilization surgeries to legally change their gender and ...
NATIONAL Trans deaths, Elizabeth Taylor, Kamala's successor
- Chae'Meshia Simms, a Black transgender woman, was killed in Richmond, Virginia, advocate.com reported, citing The Richmond Times-Dispatch. Simms's body was found in a car that ...
SHOWBIZ Naya Rivera, Jodie Foster, MTV, Marc Jacobs
- Naya Rivera's Glee co-stars are honoring the late actress with a fundraiser launched in her memory, Page Six noted. A GoFundMe account has been established ...
Cyndi Lauper's 'Home for the Holidays' event Dec. 11
- Award-winning singer, icon and advocate Cyndi Lauper announced that her 10th annual Home for the Holidays benefit concert will premiere on Friday, Dec. 11, exclusively ...
Billy Masters
- "You're assuming that I'm completely straight. Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. And it's frankly none of your business."—Viggo Mortensen responds to a reporter's question ...
Judge orders restoration of DACA
- Judge Nicholas Garaufis, of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, ordered the Trump administration to fully restore Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)—an Obama-era initiative ...
THEATER About Face airing festival with Black LGBTQ+ artists
- About Face Theatre is launching its 25th season with Kickback—an online festival of 10 newly commissioned short plays and performances by Black LGBTQ+ artists, inspired ...
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