 |  | VIEWS Taking care of your mental health during a COVID holiday season - By Adam Ouanes - This holiday season is unlike any before, and it leaves many people feeling unsure about how to get into the ...  | | | Chicago native named as state's fifth poet laureate - Illinois First Lady MK Pritzker announced Angela Jackson as the next poet laureate for the state. Jackson, a Chicago native, ... | | | Chicago's pandemic budget passes
- On Nov. 24, The Chicago City Council passed the city's 2021 pandemic budget. According to a media release, "The $12.8 ... | | | Cook County budget unanimously passes
- On Nov. 24, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved a balanced $6.94-billion FY2021 budget aimed at advancing Cook County ... | | | PASSAGES Adrian Ford - Adrian Robert Ford, of Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, died unexpectedly Nov. 17. He was 74 Born in Rochester, New York, ... | | | Lawsuit filed regarding trans exclusion for health benefits
- Lambda Legal and Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger PLLC filed a federal lawsuit challenging Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois' (BCBSIL's) ... | | | State Senator Feigenholtz encourages all to sign up for ACA benefits - --From a press release - CHICAGO — State Senator Sara Feigenholtz (D-Chicago) is encouraging everyone to sign up for health coverage during the Affordable Care ... | | | Diabetes and HIV - Experts suggest that prolonged antiretroviral therapy (ART) of HIV-infected people is associated with increased risk of insulin resistance leading to ...
Author: Dr. John Poothullil | | | NATIONAL Conversion therapy, LGBTQ deaths, Pantene, Ralph Lauren - A federal appeals court overturned a lower court ruling and struck down local ordinances prohibiting licensed therapists from practicing the ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | WORLD European Union, groundbreaking case, Caster Semenya - The European Union announced its first strategy to protect the rights of LGBTQ+ people, out.com noted. Many saw the development ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | COVID-19 Queer-led FamilyQ helps distribute masks
- FamilyQ is an LGBTQ-led volunteer effort to support nonprofit organizations and social-justice groups by donating more than 100,000 disposable face ... | | | New study: Military transgender ban hurts readiness - --From a press release - SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A new study has found that the current ban on military service by transgender Americans has ... | | | AFC holds virtual 'Gala35' celebration - AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC) marked 35 years with a virtual "Gala35" celebration and awards ceremony Nov. 19. Among the honorees ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | 11th Circuit Court rules on conversion therapy protections, groups respond - --From a press release - ATLANTA, GA — Today, in a split decision, a three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision today striking ... | | | GLAAD: 81% of LGBTQs voted for Biden
- GLAAD released the findings of its 2020 Post-election Poll of LGBTQ registered voters. The findings included a phenomenal turnout of ... | | | Lopez's office vandalized again
- A brick was thrown through the front window of Chicago Ald. Raymond Lopez's Southwest Side office Nov. 19—the fourth instance ... |
| | THEATER Harry Lennix to direct Dec. 13 reading of 'Mercy'
- Northlight Theatre will present an Interplay New Play Development Program reading of Mercy, written by Felicia Oduh and directed by ... | | | Black transgender artist Heather Hills releases single, video from Trans Trenderz - --From a press release - (New York, NY) Electro-pop/rap artist, Heather Hills, has released the new single and video, "Get Dun," on the Trans Trenderz ... | | | MOVIES Peter Macdissi reflects on making 'Uncle Frank' - In the Amazon Studios movie Uncle Frank, out Nov. 25, Peter Macdissi plays Walid "Wally" Nadeem—the partner of the title ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | MOVIES Paul Bettany talks 'Uncle Frank' and his own closeted father - In the critically acclaimed Amazon Studios movie Uncle Frank, out Nov. 25, Paul Bethany (the Avengers and Iron Man series; ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | Billy Masters - "I think maybe I had something to do with it, because I was always a big fan of doing fancy ...
Author: Billy Masters | | | SHOWBIZ: Awards, 'Bebop,' Andy Cohen, Mariah Carey, Revry - The American Music Awards aired live Nov. 22 and some of the biggest names in music took home awards; Taraji ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times... | | | New narrative podcast offers lesbian rocker slice of life
- For audiophiles in search of punk rock tongue-in-cheek lesbian dramedy-driven narrative storytelling, look no further: "Tampon Rock" is here. The ...
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