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Amigas Latinas Forever and queer Gage Park art exhibits open at Chicago Art Department
- Amigas Latinas Forever, an art exhibit exploring this important Chicago organization (1995-2015), opened Aug. 11 at the Chicago Art Department, 1932 S. Halsted St. An additional exhibit, En El Abismo, Me Encontre by the Gage Park ...
PASSAGES: Former OPALGA+ board member, editor JoAnn Ziebarth
- Former Oak Park Area Lesbian and Gay Association (OPALGA+) board member and editor JoAnn Ziebarth died July 18 after suffering a bad fall. She was 67. Ziebarth was born Dec. 27, 1955, in DeKalb, where ...
Dykes to Watch Out For launches as audio series
- From 1983 to 2008, Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For offered playful, incisive commentary on lesbian culture. Forty years after the comic's inception, it's been adapted into an audio series produced by author-journalist ...
Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame announces 2023 inductees
- The 2023 class of Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame inductees was revealed August 31. Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame Co-Chair Tarrina Dikes and Board Emeritus and 1992 Inductee Gary Chichester announcing the latest individuals, organizations and allies to be inducted. ...
WORLD Global conference, asylum-seekers, HIV study, lesbian couple, The 1975
- More than 400 people attended a global LGBTQI+-rights conference that took place in Mexico City, The Washington Blade reported. Jessica Stern, the special U.S. envoy for the promotion of LGBTQ and intersex rights; and Victor Madrigal-Borloz, ...
NATIONAL Laws challenged, trans man killed, lesbian bars, conversion therapy
- The organizers of Montana's largest LGBTQ+ Pride parade joined a lawsuit challenging a state law aimed at restricting drag performances, according to NBC News. A group of Montanans, including a transgender woman and the owners of ...
WORLD Iranian president, HIV in Asia, asylum, lesbian moms
- 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 ...
NATIONAL Passings, governors' actions, document bans, mpox in Minnesota
- Lilli Vincenz, an activist in the LGBTQ+-rights movement since the early 1960s, died at age 85 of natural causes June 27 at a care facility in Oakton, Virginia, according to The Advocate, citing The Washington Blade. ...
Biden administration moves to ensure equal treatment of LGBTQ+ people in federal programs, NCLR responds
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--From a press release
- WASHINGTON, DC — The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) applauds the Biden Administration for taking steps to eradicate harmful discrimination in federally-funded social service programs. The U.S. Department of ...
Executive summary of Nat'l LGBTQ+ Women's Community Survey released
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--From a press release
- Los Angeles LGBT Center, in partnership with Justice Work and 120 partner organizations, has released the executive summary of initial findings from the largest and most comprehensive survey on LGBTQ+ women who partner with women in ...
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Lori 'Ice' Fetrick reflects on the highs and lows of 'American Gladiators'
- Before American Ninja Warrior and almost all other reality-competition shows, there was American Gladiators—a television program that ran from 1989-1996 and pitted everyday people in physical contests against extremely athletic ...
Megan Rapinoe to retire at end of 2023
- Lesbian soccer icon/activist Megan Rapinoe plans to retire at the end of the year, according to media reports. Rapinoe, 38, has played for the U.S. women's national team since 2006. The upcoming Women's World Cup will ...
Huge schism in United Methodist churches emerges over LGBTQ+ issues
- Approximately one-fifth of United Methodist congregations in the country have received permission to leave the denomination over disagreements regarding same-sex marriage as well as gay and lesbian preachers, USA Today ...
PASSAGES Radical poet, theorist, educator, activist Minnie Bruce Pratt
- Radical poet, essayist, educator, theorist and feminist, LGBTQ+, anti-racist and anti-imperialist activist Minnie Bruce Pratt died June 2 in Syracuse, New York surrounded by friends and family members, after a brief and sudden illness. She was ...
Mayor Johnson names lesbian attorney as first assistant corporation counsel
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--From a press release
- CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Amy Crawford will serve as first assistant to the City of Chicago's corporation counsel. Crawford will work with Acting Corporation Counsel Mary Richardson-Lowry, who was appointed in June by the ...
Andersonville hosts Backlot Bash
- Partygoers gathered in Andersonville June 24 for the Chicago Pride Backlot Bash, which took place at 5238 N. Clark Street. ...
DJ Psycho-Bitch talks Frankie Knuckles, career and house music
- The Chicago House Music Festival and Conference will take place June 23-24, with the first day spotlighting the conference at the Chicago Cultural Center and the following day being all about enjoying tunes at the Humboldt ...
'We're queer all year': Nobody's Darling, Dorothy, Whiskey Girl Tavern: new spaces for queer women
- Three Chicago lesbian-owned bars have opened in the past few years, creating more spaces where queer women can feel comfortable and build community with each other. Andersonville's Nobody's Darling, Dorothy in Ukranian Village, and Rogers Park' ...
Lesbian mixed martial artist announces retirement
- On June 10after one of her most dominant performances in yearsAmanda Nunes, considered the greatest women's fighter of all time, announced her retirement at UFC 289 in Vancouver, ESPN reported. The now-former UFC fighter beat Irene ...
Lesbian activist Takala Welch to be honored June 10
- Longtime community- and social justice-activist Takala Welch will receive an Activist Award from Hoop Hard Or Get Off The Court June 10 at St. Sabina Gymnasium, 1210 W. 78th Pl., during one of the organization's tournament ...
Turner's book details a life-journey beginning 'When the World Didn't End'
- Screenwriter-actor Guinevere Turner has published a new memoir, When the World Didn't End. The book describes both her childhood spent within the Lyman Family cult, and the emotionally-wrought adjustments her family made when Turner's mother left ...
Artemis Singers' summer performance urges listeners to be 'defiantly optimistic'
- The longstanding lesbian chorus Artemis Singers will use their annual summer concert to implore listeners to consciously choose hope in the face of hardship. The performance, "Better Times Will Come," takes place at the Irish American ...
Lightfoot to teach at Harvard in the fall
- Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is slated to teach at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she will lead a course tentatively titled "Health Policy and Leadership," The Chicago Sun-Times reported. The course ...
NATIONAL Google Doodle, drag laureate, Nebraska bill, NYC AIDS Walk
- 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 ...
PASSAGES Chicago cultural and music advocate, poet, educator Diane Gomez
- 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 ...
PASSAGES Longtime LGBTQ+ activist and community organizer, former bar owner Marge Summit
- 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 ...
Griner scores 10 in first game since being held in Russia
- 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 ...
Screenwriter Guinevere Turner book launch June 4; book chronicles growing up with infamous Lyman Family cult
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--From a press release
- CHICAGO—The book launch of acclaimed screenwriter Guinevere Turner's When the World Didn't End, a memoir of her childhood growing up with the infamous Lyman Family cult, will be held Sunday, June 4, 2-5 p.m. at Whiskey ...
Lambda Legal to celebrate 50 years with Bon Foster Civil Rights Celebration May 19
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--From a press release
- Lambda Legal's Bon Foster Civil Rights Celebration returns on Friday, May 19, 2023 at The Art Institute of Chicago. The event is named after Robert Bonvoulier "Bon" Foster, a Chicago attorney and civil rights leader who ...
2023 Leppen Leadership Awards announced, event May 14
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--From a press release
- About Face Theatre has announced the return of the Leppen Leadership Awards. Now in the 28th season, About Face has been honoring community luminaries since 2001 with the Leppen Leadership Award, named for founding supporter and ...
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