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Martina Navratilova continues anti-trans comments
- Lesbian tennis legend Martina Navratilova has been in the news lately for anti-trans comments, although she has been making them for quite some time. She recently sparked controversy with her remarks on a tribute by UK ...
BOOKS Lucas Hilderbrand reflects on gay history in 'The Bars Are Ours'
- In The Bars Are Ours (via Duke University Press), Lucas Hilderbrand, a professor of film and media studies at the University of California-Irvine, takes readers on a historical journey of gay bars, showing how the venues ...
Photographer Irene Young launches book with stellar concerts
- "Something About the Women" was appropriately the closing song for two sold-out, stellar concerts at Berkeley's Freight & Salvage November 19, in celebration of the new book of the same name by Irene Young, the legendary ...
Eye-opening LGBTQ+ women's survey shatters myths and spotlights challenges
- The realities, ambitions and hardships of queer women aren't often given deep analysis by researchers. Mainstream socio-political conversations, research data and legislative choices frequently center individuals whose lives are marked ...
Megan Rapinoe ends career with injury
- Soccer icon Megan Rapinoe ended her legendary career on Nov. 11, as an injury caused her to leave her team's championship loss in the NWSL championship, ESPN reported. Rapinoe's team, the OL Reign, fell to NJ/NY ...
PASSAGES Local bowling legend, Wordle enthusiast Mary Ann Graziano
- Mary Ann Graziano was a fervent Wordle player, avid bowler and an ace golfer. But above all else, she was a friend to many. The Palatine native died Oct. 9 at the age of 82, after a long illness that left ...
WORLD Macron, Senegal incident, drag queen, King's Speech, lesbian artist
- French President Emmanuel Macron voiced his support for a bill banning gender-inclusive language on official state documents, according to PinkNews. During the inauguration of the space known as the Cite ...
PASSAGES: Activist, former Organized Chaos Chicago president Kathy Guzman
- Community activist, former Organized Chaos Chicago (OCC) president and founding member and now-retired queer women-focused L Stop website editor-at-large and writer Kathy Guzman died October 26 of heart complications. She ...
Queer athlete named women's rugby player of the year
- World Rugby announced that British captain Marlie Packer has been named this year's World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year in partnership with Mastercard, according to a media release. Packer received the award in front ...
LGBT HISTORY PROJECT: Exploring 70 years of lesbian publications, from 1940s zines to modern glossy magazines
- Since the '40s, lesbians have created a vibrant history of publications. From the exploration of daily lesbian life to literary and feminist pursuits, to the modern age of glossy magazines, for over 70 years, lesbians have ...
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LGBTQ+ figure skater lands triple axel in competition
- Amber Glennwho identifies as bisexual and pansexualbecame the sixth U.S. female figure skater to land a clean triple axel in competition, hitting the jump at Skate America on Oct. 22, NBC Sports noted. "It's been more ...
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois faces LGBTQ+ fertility lawsuit
- The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently ruled that Illinois resident Kelsey Murphy can proceed with a proposed class-action lawsuit against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL), Bloomberg Law reported. The ...
GAY HISTORY MONTH The evolution of LGBTQ+ online dating
- Special to Windy City Times. To mark Gay History Month, the following article appears courtesy of LGBT History Project and Philadelphia Gay News. From casual hook-ups to friendships to meeting the love of your life, LGBTQ+ ...
UPDATE: Suspect arrested for arson at San Diego queer women's bar
- San Diego resident Ryan Habrel has been arrested for committing arson at Gossip Grill, a queer women's bar in San Diego's Hillcrest neighborhood, according to LGBTQ San Diego County News. ...
Report from National LGBTQ+ Women's Community Survey includes high rates of disability, intimate partner violence
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--From a press release
- LOS ANGELES, October 12—Today, the Los Angeles LGBT Center, in partnership with Justice Work and 120 partner organizations, released the first full report from the largest and most comprehensive survey on LGBTQ+ women who partner with ...
Boisterous activist/business owner Marge Summit remembered
- A group of Chicago-area friends gathered Oct. 15 at the Baton Show Lounge to celebrate the extraordinary life of LGBTQ+ activist and community organizer and former bar owner Marge Summit. Summit, the former owner of the ...
Red Stars fall as the Reign's Rapinoe scores twice in her final match
- Megan Rapinoe knows how to go out with a bang. The lesbian soccer icon scored a bracetwo goals in one gameas her OL Reign topped the Chicago Red Stars 3-0 at SeatGeek Stadium in her final ...
BOOKS Rachel Maddow talks 'Prequel,' fascism and gay vampire fiction
- In Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism, New York Times best-selling author and MSNBC host Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve U.S. democracy to the early days of World War II, when a clandestine network ...
LGBTQ+ Victory Fund welcomes Lori Lightfoot to its board of directors
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--From a press release
- Washington, DC — Today, LGBTQ+ Victory Fund welcomed former Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot to its Board of Directors. Lightfoot was Chicago's first out mayor, serving from May 2019 to May 2023. LGBTQ+ Victory Fund is ...
GAY HISTORY MONTH When NOW purged lesbians
- Special to Windy City Times. To mark Gay History Month, this article appears courtesy of Philadelphia Gay News and the LGBT History Project. The website of The National Women's History Museum (NWHM) describes Betty Friedan as ...
PASSAGES: Renowned DJ, music producer Teresa K. Bristol aka Teri Bristol
- Renowned DJ and music producer Teresa Kaye Bristol, aka Teri Bristol, died Sept. 25 in Beechgrove, Tennessee of kidney failure, following an over three-year battle with the disease. She was 66. Bristol was born Dec. 26, ...
PASSAGES: Former Chicago lesbian nightclub bartender Jennifer Cadieux
- Former lesbian nightclub bartender Jennifer Cadieux died Oct. 1 of cancer at the age of 60. She was surrounded by close friends. ...
WORLD Canadian news, mpox in China, Greek politician, Scottish study
- In Canada, LGBTQ+ groups in northwestern Ontario are calling for an urgent meeting with Conservative MP Eric Melillo over what they're calling transphobic policy resolutions passed by the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC), CBC reported. Rainb ...
Gavin Newsom chooses Black queer activist to fill Feinstein's Senate seat
- California Gov. Gavin Newsomfulfilling a promise to appoint a Black woman to the seattapped queer Democratic strategist Laphonza Butler to fill the Senate post held by the trailblazing Dianne Feinstein, who died on Sept. 29, The ...
WORLD African efforts, HIV in Amsterdam, Donatella Versace, 'The Queen in Me'
- 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 ...
LGBTQ+ player wins WNBA's MVP Award
- Breanna Stewart won her second WNBA MVP award after a career-best scoring season in her first season with the New York Liberty, Yahoo! Sports reported. The WNBA posted on X (formerly Twitter), "Stewie averaged 23.0 PPG, ...
Megan Rapinoe receives send-off in last international match
- 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 ...
Nobody's Darling celebrates expansion into adjoining property with soft opening event
- In the little over two years since its opening, Nobody's Darling in Andersonville has emerged as one of the premiere inclusive spaces to gather in Chicago. Nobody's Darling has become so successful that co-owners Angela Barnes ...
Mets honor lesbian baseball icon Maybelle Blair
- On Sept. 14 at NYC's Citi Field, the New York Mets recognized the life work of lesbian baseball pioneer Maybelle Blair, 96, with the inaugural Amazin' Mets Foundation Legacy Award, according to a Major League Baseball ...
Marge Summit's life to be celebrated Oct. 15
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--From a press release
- A celebration of the extraordinary life of Marge Summit, the legendary Chicago bar owner, promoter of live music artists, political advocate and much more who passed away on May 16, 2023. Born Sept. 3, 1935 in ...
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