 |  | Quigley advocates for trans immigrants during ICE hearing - --From a press release - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Vice-Chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus and a founding member of ...  | | | COVID: CDC says fully vaccinated people don't need to wear masks indoors - Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said that people fully vaccinated against ... | | | Mayor Lightfoot expands vaccine exemption with Bridge Phase May 14 - --From a press release - CHICAGO — Today, Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot along with CDPH Commissioner Allison Arwady, M.D., and BACP Commissioner Rosa Escareño announced ... | | | Gov. Pritzker confirms Illinois will enter Bridge Phase of reopening May 14 - --From a press release - CHICAGO —Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) confirmed today the entire state will move ... | | | Federal judge hears incarcerated trans woman's motion - On May 12, a federal judge heard an emergency motion in a case charging the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) ... | | | Biden to nominate Lhamon to lead the DoE's Office for Civil Rights - President Joe Biden plans to nominate Catherine Lhamon to lead the Department of Education's (DoE's) Office for Civil Rights, NBC ... | | | International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia to take place May 17 - --From a press release - LGBTQI+ networks, individuals and allies from around the world will be celebrating the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia ... | | | Controversial NU athletic director resigns [UPDATE] - Mike Polisky stepped down May 12 from his newly appointed role as Northwestern University athletic director as criticism continued to ... | | | Pritzker announces 'Time for Me to Drive' campaign
to jump-start Illinois tourism - Gov. JB Pritzker joined the Illinois Office of Tourism and industry leaders to kick off "Time for Me to Drive"—a ... | | | LGBQ people six times more likely than general public to be stopped by police - --From a Williams Institute press release - Nearly one in four LGBQ people say they are unlikely to call police in the future A new study by ... | | | GOP ousts Liz Cheney from leadership role - On May 12, U.S. House Republicans voted quickly to remove U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney as their number-three leader over her ... | | | UK to ban conversion therapy - Britain will move to ban conversion therapy and provide more support to those in the LGBT community who have undergone ... | | | Gov. Pritzker announces $1B in Rebuild Illinois grants for Local infrastructure projects - --From a press release - CHAMPAIGN — As summer construction season ramps up, Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) today announced ... | | | Stephanie Battaglino, New York Life's first transgender officer, releases memoir - --From a press release - May 11, 2021… Educator and motivational speaker Stephanie Battaglino today officially released her memoir, Reflections from Both Sides of the ... | | | Unprecedented 18 anti-LGBTQ bills enacted in 2021 - --From a Human Rights Campaign press release - WASHINGTON, D.C. — With an unprecedented number of anti-LGBTQ measures sweeping through state legislatures across the country, 2021 has officially ... | | | Wisdom Awards celebrates accomplishments of Black LGBTQ+ women elders - --From a press release - On Sunday, May 16, at 12 p.m. (ET), the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) and AARP will host the virtual ... | | | Gerber/Hart holding large book sale/exhibit viewing June 6 - Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, 6500 N. Clark St., is holding a one-day book sale is returning on Sunday, June 6, ... | | | Evangelical Lutherans select first transgender bishop - The Evangelical Lutheran Church elected its first openly transgender bishop on May 8, The Hill reported. The Rev. Megan Rohrer, ... | | | CMSA continues embezzlement investigation - Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association (CMSA) officials are still trying to determine the circumstances under which its former treasurer allegedly took ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Biden administration restores anti-bias protections, groups comment - --From a press release - The following statement is from Susan R. Bailey, M.D., President, American Medical Association "The Biden administration did the right thing ... | | | Gov. Pritzker plans vaccination of workers in commercial buildings as companies open - --From a press release - Chicago — To further expand convenient opportunities for Illinoisans to get vaccinated, Governor JB Pritzker launched a new program today ... | | | GLAAD issues inaugural Social Media Safety Index - --From a press release - New York, NY - May 10, 2021 - GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) media ... | | | Billy Masters - "My friends are leaving California. My hangar, the guy right across, he was packing up his hangar and I said, ...
Author: Billy Masters | | | HHS: Prohibition on sex discrimination includes sexual orientation, gender identity - --From a press release - Washington D.C. — Today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the Office for Civil Rights will interpret ... | | | WORLD Parenting news, Tonga activist, pension fight, drag personality - A Croatian court has ruled that same-sex partners can now adopt children, backing a same-sex couple in their five-year fight ...
Author: Windy City Times staff | | | NATIONAL Military bill, LGBTQ teen, trans deaths, Pride items, children's book - New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill that directs the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs in the Garden ...
Author: Windy City Times staff | | | Pride Parade coordinator provides latest on the 'likely scenario' for event - Tim Frye, the coordinator of the 2021 Pride Parade, told Windy City Times that the assessment of this year's event ... | | | Simmons, family advocates argue for $600-per-child state tax credit before Senate committee - --From a press release - SPRINGFIELD — Speaking alongside other advocates for Illinois children and families, Illinois state Sen. Mike Simmons (D-Chicago) argued the necessity ... |
| | Jody Watley: Conversation with an icon - Singer Jody Watley has been many things during her illustrious career, including an activist, fashion plate—but, most certainly, a musician. ... | | | Citadel Theatre to return in fall with a four-show 2021-22 season - --From a press release - LAKE FOREST, IL - Citadel Theatre Company will return to live, in-person, indoor performances in September with a season of ... | | | SHOWBIZ Tig Notaro, films, E. Lynn Harris, Nick Jonas - Emmy- and Grammy-nominated stand-up comedian Tig Notaro (HBO's Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted), will return to HBO this summer with ...
Author: Windy City Times staff | | | Dance for Life to take place in person (and for free) Aug. 26 - Chicago Dancers United (CDU)—which supports the health and wellness of Chicago's professional dance community—announced that its primary annual fundraiser, Dance ... | | | TELEVISION Jasmine Davis returns to 'The Chi' - Actress Jasmine Davis has a past history with Chicago, Illinois that continues into the future. Growing up in the Windy ...
Author: Jerry Nunn | | | DANCE Joffrey Ballet expands to South Loop - The Joffrey Ballet announced the establishment of new studio space and training facilities at 1920 S.Wabash Ave. (formerly the Chicago ... | | | 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' to end after 19 seasons - After a rocky season, following a toxic workplace environment controversy and amid declining ratings, Ellen DeGeneres is ending her daytime ... | | | Tina Turner, The Go-Go's among 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees - The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame revealed its 2021 inductees, calling this class "the most diverse list of inductees ... | | | Ann Hampton Callaway releases 'Revelation' - --From a press release - The latest in a string of singles, Ann Hampton Callaway, releases "Revelation", a song she composed to a Robert Frost ... | | | Accidental Shakespeare Company presents virtual Romeo and Juliet - --From a press release - Accidental Shakespeare Company presents a virtual film production of Romeo and Juliet, to air in five weekly installments on their ... | | | 'An Evening with Fran Lebowitz' in April 2022 in NYC - Legendary author, journalist and social observer Fran Lebowitz is slated to return to The Town Hall stage in New York ... | | | FILM Tello Films founder starts new production entity - Veteran filmmaker Christin Baker, who launched the successful LGBTQ+, SVOD platform, Tello Films, in 2009—the first network dedicated to telling ... | | | FILM NewFest announces summer film series NewFest Pride - NewFest, New York's leading LGBTQ+ film and media organization, announced programming for NewFest Pride, a new summer film series taking ... | | | Black Lives, Black Words Int'l Project, Writers Theatre to premier Ride Share - --From a press release - Glencoe, IL— Black Lives, Black Words co-founders Reginald Edmund and Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway and Writers Theatre Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and ... |
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