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THEATER 'Hedwig' director talks compassion, gender and music
Since its off-Broadway premiere, Hedwig and the Angry Inch has garnered a film adaptation, four Tony Awards and a substantial following. Initially, Toma Tavares Langston was not a fan. "I didn't get it," the director of ...
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THEATER REVIEW Saving the World
Author: Marc Kelly Smith ( libretto ), Diana Lawrence ( music ) At: Chicago Tap Theatre at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. Tickets: 773-327-5252; stage773.com; $30-$40. Runs through: June 30 The literary aspects of dance ...
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MUSIC LeAnn Rimes goes from 'Blue' to a rainbow
Singer LeAnn Rimes career took off at the tender age of 13 years old with a Bill Mack song called "Blue." After reaching number one on the country album chart, she eventually moved toward pop music ...
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Critics' Picks
La Havana Madrid, Teatro Vista @ The Den, extended through 30 June—Last two weeks to see this thrice-remounted musical about Chicago's Latinx history, presented in the hottest performing arts multiplex in town. Arriba! MSB Four Places, ...
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THEATER SPOTLIGHT Free Street Theater to do 50 plays in all 50 wards
On Sunday June 23, Free Street Theater will mark its 50th anniversary—very few Chicago theaters are older—by performing a play in every Chicago ward in just one day! 50 IN 50 will spread the Free Street ...
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THEATER REVIEW Emma
Author: novel by Jane Austen, stage adaptation by Phil Timberlake At: Lifeline Theatre Company, 6912 N. Glenwood Ave. Tickets: lifelinetheatre.com or 773-761-4477; $20-$40. Runs through: July 14 Lifeline Theatre's Emma is charming and ridiculous in the ...
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THEATER REVIEW Prophet$
Playwright: Anthony Tournis At: Factory Theater, 1623 W. Howard St. Tickets: TheFactoryTheater.com or 866-811-4111; $25. Runs through: July 22 Protestant Christianity's individualistic approach to its source material acknowledges a variety of interpretations, enabling virtually anybody to ...
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FILM ANALYSIS Rewatching Stonewall at the movies
Early in gay director Nigel Finch's 1995 sort-of docudrama Stonewall, the drag queen La Miranda ( Guillermo Diaz ), who's one of the central characters, looks at the audience and says: "There's as many Stonewall stories ...
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CAKE Chicago shows diversity in comics
CAKE ( the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo ) took place at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted Ave., on June 1-2. According to its website, CAKE "is a weekend-long celebration of independent comics, inspired by Chicago's ...
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Terence Alan Smith: The real 'MS. BLAKK'
Terence Alan Smith, the Detroit native behind the drag persona Joan Jett Blakk, is still taken aback that a portion of his life has been transformed into a world-premiere play at Steppenwolf Theatre. MS. BLAKK FOR ...
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MOVIES '5B' revisits first AIDS ward in Calif. hospital
The powerful new documentary 5B is about a group of caregivers opening the first AIDS ward at San Francisco General Hospital in the '80s. Through first-person testimony, stories are told to depict how caregivers handled the ...
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Five Worth Finding: Pride, Carol's Cookies, Kimpton Gray and more
—The Queeriodic Table: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Culture: Harriet Dyer's book ( a take on the periodic table, of course ) contains a glossary on current lingo and definitions; a condensed timeline of queer events from ...
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BOOKS ON STONEWALL Indecent Advances, The Stonewall Riots, Out in Time
Indecent Advances By James Polchin $26; Counterpoint Press; 256 pages The Stonewall Riots Edited by Marc Stein $35; New York University Press; 341 pages Out in Time By Perry N. Halkitis $34.95; Oxford University ...
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NATIONAL San Jose LGBTQ Center vandalized, rainbow-flag items, Ricky Martin
In California, a San Jose LGBTQ center was vandalized—and rather than being a random incident, it is believed the center may have been targeted, KRON4.com reported. The windows and door were shattered at the LGBTQ Youth ...
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SHOWBIZ Sandra Bernhard, 'Love, Simon,' Taylor Swift, Tiffany Haddish
Sandra Bernhard recently sat with Tim Teeman over at the Daily Beast—and made it clear she was done being asked about former best friend Madonna, Queerty noted. When Teeman asked about the singer, Bernhard responded, "I ...
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DINING Pride events, Beatnik on the River, crawfish boil
—For Pride Month, Big Gay Ice Cream is teaming with pastry chef Leigh Omilinsky—this time from her new home, Cold Storage, 1000 W. Fulton Market, on June 24-30. There will be Pride Pops ( rainbow sherbet ...
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WORLD Conversion therapy, Bermuda march, trans officer, Belgium ban
Germany plans to ban all conversion therapies under a new law to be introduced this year by German Health Minister Jens Spahn, PinkNews noted. It's estimated there are around 1,000 attempts in Germany each year to ...
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Family Equality Council holds LGBTQ reproductive options panel discussion
Family Equality Council held an "LGBTQ+ Paths to Pregnancy: Using Donor Sperm to Build Your Family" panel discussion June 12 at Women & Children First. Family building with donor sperm was the focus of the event. ...
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About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble to debut '20/20'
The About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the world premiere of 20/20—a dive into recent queer history devised and performed by members of the About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble ( AFYT ...
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THEATER Elizabeth Rex
Playwright: Timothy Findley At: Oak Park Festival Theatre at Austin Gardens, 167 Forest Ave., Oak Park. Phone: 847-; $15-$35. Runs through July 21 Who knew that Queen Elizabeth I liked to slum it with lowly actors? ...
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Pres candidates pull out LGBT plans for Pride and pre-debate
Twenty candidates have qualified to appear in the first nationally televised debates of the Democratic Party for the 2020 presidential primary season, including openly gay South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg. One of four questioners for those ...
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SAVOR Cebu; Rooh
The restaurants profiled this week are considered two of the hottest new spots in the city—but do they live up to the hype? Cebu ( 2211 W. North Ave.; https://cebuchicago.com/ ) is one of the very ...
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Billy Masters
"Gay liberation? I ain't against it. It's just that there's nothing in it for me!"—Bette Davis Picture it—Dallas, sometime in the late '90s. A lithe, energetic, naturally blond Billy was cavorting in Dallas' Oak Lawn gayborhood. ...
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Pridefest Milwaukee
All the colors of the rainbow at Pridefest Milwaukee. Ken Brown Photography ...
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Windy City Times and Reader Theater Series 2019
Click on the link for full schedule and registration form: https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/reader-windy-city-times-theater-series/Content?oid=71068613 . ...
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2019 PRIDE PARADE INFORMATION
Courtesy of PRIDEChicago www.ChicagoPrideCalendar.org
HONORARY Grand Marshal MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT Mayor Lightfoot's bio is well known to the public who, in record numbers, voted for her in the mayoral election. Her background and vast experience in both federal positions ...
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LETTER Respecting elders
Dear Editor: No one likes to talk about it, but it happens every day. However, this crisis remains vastly underidentified and underreported. The Illinois Department on Aging is on pace to respond to more than 20,000 ...
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We remember, we celebrate, we believe
There is a lot of remembering, celebrating and believing going on right now. The "uprising" at the Stonewall Inn 50 years ago represents a significant turning point in an emerging yet powerful movement; the merging of ...
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STONEWALL AT 50 NYPD apologizes for actions
Five decades after the historic Stonewall riots that many said launched the LGBT-rights movement, the New York Police Department ( NYPD ) apologized to the community for its role in the violence. "The actions taken by ...
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Man charged in dating-app attack
Uptown resident Cedric Johnson was charged with eight counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer and individual counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after a Lake View attack involving another man he met ...
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High court punts on Lambda case of Oregon baker refusing cake to lesbian couple
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On June 17, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to decide if an Oregon baker can refuse on religious grounds to design a cake for a same-sex wedding—a question it sidestepped last year, USA Today noted. The ...
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30 Under 30 Awards to be held June 26
Windy City Times will again mark Pride Month with its annual 30 Under 30 Awards. The ceremony will take pace Wed, June 26. As in the past few years, the event will take place at Polo ...
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CONCERT REVIEWS X and The Damned, Gogol Bordello, Bettye Lavette and more
If the concert scene in Chicago this past May was characterized by gloom, dampness and a scarcity of choices, the shows in June can be appreciated for a sudden turnaround in eclecticism, quality and expansiveness. So ...
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Chicago PrideFest set for June 22-23
The weekend before the 2019 Chicago Pride Parade makes its way through Boystown, the Chicago PrideFest will start the celebration. Chicago PrideFest will take place June 22-23, 11 a.m.-10 p.m., at Halsted Street and Waveland Avenue. ...
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Gay Holocaust film being shown June 20
The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, 9603 Woods Dr., Skokie, will show the documentary Dear Fredy on Thursday, June 20, 6:30-8 p.m. The movie shares the true story of Fredy Hirsch—an openly gay Jewish athlete ...
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Interrobang marks 10th season
Interrobang Theatre Project announced its 10th anniversary season—"No Man's Land," exploring the fear and anxiety that accompany journeys into the unknown, and the courage it takes to make it through to the other side. The 2019-20 ...
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Teens competing at Jimmy Awards
Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards' Marguerite Reed and Jacob Simon will be among 86 students being celebrated at the 11th Annual Jimmy Awards, honoring the best performances in U.S. high school production this past year, ...
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'Drag Seed' cast announced
Hell in a Handbag Productionshas announced casting for its world premiere of The Drag Seed—an unauthorized parody of the 1956 psychological horror-thriller film The Bad Seed, inspired by our changing times, written by Artistic Director David ...
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Details for 'Dance for Life' set
Dance for Life—which mobilizes Chicago's dance community by raising funds through dance—announced updated program information for its annual benefit performance, taking place Saturday, Aug. 17, at 6 p.m. at the Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. ...
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Aging with HIV focus of Reunion Project event
The Reunion Project 2.0—Chicago hosted a two day event focused on people aging with HIV June 14-15 at Loyola University's Water Tower Campus. The day-long employment resource event organized by National Working Positive Coalition took place ...
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WTTW hosts screening of 'The Lavender Scare'
During the Cold War era, fear and hatred of communism was extended to those who might be seen as susceptible to blackmail, including gays who worked for the federal government. The belief that "sex perverts" were ...
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THEATER REVIEW The Ballad of Lefty and Crabbe
Authors: Ben Auxier, Brian Huther and Seth Macchi ( book ); Auxier & Huther ( music & lyrics ) At: The Understudy, 4906 N. Clark St. Tickets: UnderscoreTheatre.org; $20-$25. Runs through: July 14 The Ballad of ...
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City of Berwyn to host third annual Pride Walk
Berwyn, IL ( June 2019 ) For the third year in a row, the City of Berwyn is preparing for their annual Pride Walk along Berwyn's historic Depot District on Saturday, June 29, 2019. The family ...
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ARCHITECTURE
New UChicago building gets assistance from Theaster Gates
An open forum with ample natural light, historic exposed quartz beams and polished woodworked benches greet the eye when entering the new Harris Building. The University of Chicago's ( UChicago's ) School of Public Policy has ...
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HRC Chicago gets 'Social' about 50 years of LGBTQ history
Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) Chicago's event "Social!" celebrated 50 years of LGBTQ history at the Edelman offices in the Aon Center on June 13. "Social!" is a monthly event of socializing and networking, held ...
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'Out at CHM' event explores current, past activism
Chicago History Museum closed the 16th season of its Out at CHM LGBT-focused programming June 13 with "Quiet as a Riot," a discussion of the past and current states of LGBT activism in the city. Participants ...
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LGBT Chamber, Loop Alliance host business panel on inclusion
LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois and the Chicago Loop Alliance ( CLA ) teamed to celebrate the 50th snniversary of Stonewall with a panel event on June 12 at the Palmer House Hilton. The event, ...
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Sweets & Snacks Expo: Celebrities, innovation
Recently, the Sweets & Snacks Expo took place at McCormick Place. This year's event was more about innovation than ever, but also exhibited a healthy dose of nostalgia. Winners in the Most Innovative Product Awards included ...
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MillerCoors celebrates Pride all summer with "Tap Into Change"
CHICAGO ( June 12, 2019 ) — MillerCoors is celebrating Pride all summer long in Chicago through the "Tap Into Change" program, which will direct a portion of the proceeds from every MillerCoors product sold at ...
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Debate has Warren separate from Biden, Sanders, Buttigieg and Biden
After a random draw in New York City with party and candidate officials in attendance, the June 26-27 Democratic presidential candidate debates will have U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren ( one of the current top contenders ) ...
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Pride South Side hosts inaugural Pride Fest
Chicago, IL — The Pride South Side Organizing Committee has organized its first inaugural pride festival with activities beginning Friday, June 28 and going until Sunday, June 30, 2019, in partnership with various venues on the ...
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Nursing student writes the book on trans healthcare
A nursing student who graduated this year from Resurrection University wrote a manual on healthcare delivery for transgender and gender non-conforming persons during her undergraduate clinical work. Naomi Blumenthal, a Chicago native, had been involved with ...
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Dating-app meeting leads to Lake View attack
On June 14, a man was injured after someone he met online attacked him with a hammer in Lake View, The Chicago Tribune reported. Two males connected through a dating app and agreed to hang out ...
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Schakowsky, Howard Brown host health talk
On June 14, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky ( D-Illinois ) hosted a press conference following a roundtable discussion with leaders in Chicago's LGBTQ health community. Panelists at the event, held at Howard Brown Health, included Howard ...
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Court lets Trump anti-trans ban stand, and orders new review
On June 14, the The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals allowed President Trump's ban on transgender members of the military to stand—setting aside a ruling by U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman, who is one of ...
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TRQPITECA, Night Out in the Parks June 30 at Ping Tom Memorial Park
Chicago, IL - June is Pride month, and 2019 marks the 50th year that queer people across the world collectively celebrate community since the Stonewall Riots of New York City created a revolution of civil rights ...
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'Lavender Scare' screening, panel June 15
On Saturday, June 15, at 2 p.m., in honor of Pride month, WTTW and The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events ( DCASE ) will host a screening of the new documentary The Lavender Scare, ...
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PASSAGES James Andrew Aull
James Andrew Aull, IV; 80; of Oak Park, born Dec. 18, 1938 in West Norriton, Montgomery County, PA; died peacefully June 8, 2019 surrounded by family and friends. Jim grew up on a fifty-acre farm, with ...
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Ecuador approves same-sex marriage
By a vote of five to four, Ecuador's highest court approved same-sex marriage in a landmark ruling in the small and traditionally Catholic country on June 12, AlJazeera.com reported. Pro-LGBTQ activists celebrated the decision in the ...
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GLAAD holding special Pride auction
In honor of Pride Month and the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, eBay for Charity—alongside celebrity supporters including Sarah Jessica Parker, Jameela Jamil, Andy Cohen and more—is celebrating the LGBTQ community with a special Pride Month charity ...
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COMEDY Hannah Gadsby pops into Chicago
The Australian, lesbian comic Hannah Gadsby became popular with American audiences thanks to the trail blazing Netflix special Nanette. The show was her tenth and thanks to the hit special she won a Peabody Award. Gadsby ...
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Teens competing
at Jimmy Awards
Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards' Marguerite Reed and Jacob Simon will be among 86 students being celebrated at the 11th Annual Jimmy Awards, honoring the best performances in U.S. high school production this past year, ...
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HRC releases sex discrimination report
WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer ( LGBTQ ) civil rights organization, published its "Inclusive Interpretations of Sex Discrimination Law," a report that ...
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Lighthouse Church to host anti-racism forum on July 13
Lighthouse Church of Chicago, 2335 N. Orchard St., will host an event, Racial Justice Summit: Boystown & Beyond, the morning of July 13 to address the pervasiveness of racism within the LGBT community. The meeting, aimed ...
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Mayor Lightfoot signs Pride proclamation
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, City of Chicago Lori E. Lightfoot, Mayor PROCLAMATION "WHEREAS, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer ( LGBTQ ) commumt1es of Chicagoland are an integral part of the vibrant culture and climate ...
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Pride Fund on the three year anniversary of Pulse shooting
WASHINGTON, DC/ ORLANDO, FL, JUNE 12, 2019 — The three-year anniversary of the Pulse shooting in Orlando is June 12. That tragedy inspired the founding of the Pride Fund to End Gun Violence, the only national ...
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The Veronicas visit Chicago to celebrate Pride
Brisbane pop group The Veronicas are made up of two identical twin sisters named Lisa and Jessica Origliasso. Their debut album The Secret Life of… took over the Australian album charts with three top 10 singles. ...
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Dignity president blasts anti-trans Vatican statement
The Chicago-based president of Dignity, a national organization of LGBT Catholics, criticized both the message and timing of a June 10 Vatican guidance questioning contemporary understandings of gender identity. Chris Pett said that the 31-page document, ...
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Iran defends killing of gay people
The United States accused Iran of violating fundamental human rights after Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif endorsed the execution of gay people, Deutsche Welle reported. Zarif defended his country's policies at a joint press conference ...
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Progressive Reform Caucus announces new leaders
The Chicago City Council Progressive Reform Caucus elected new leadership. The caucus now has 17 members. The new officers are 10th Ward Ald. Sue Sadlowski-Garza ( chair ), 4th Ward Ald. Sophia King ( vice chair ...
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Death at Rikers Island: Her name is Layleen Polanco
WASHINGTON—Last week, we lost another member of the Black Trans Community. Layleen Polanco, a 27-year old Black trans woman, was found dead in her cell at Rikers Island, where she had been serving time for an ...
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Gov. Pritzker signs Reproductive Health Act into Law, Planned Parenthood responds
CHICAGO - Today, June 12, 2019, Governor Pritzker signed into law the Reproductive Health Act ( RHA ), establishing reproductive health care as a fundamental right in Illinois. "We are in for the fight of our ...
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Thirty-six sports confirmed for Gay Games 11 in Hong Kong 2022
HONG KONG/SAN FRANCISCO, 31 May 2019 - The Federation of Gay Games ( FGG ) together with the Gay Games 11 Hong Kong 2022's management team announced today the 36 sports which will be offered at ...
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About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble celebrates 20th anniversary with 20/20
CHICAGO ( June 12, 2019 ) — The About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the world premiere of 20/20, an exhilarating dive into recent queer history devised and performed by members ...
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New report reviews laws, policies affecting LGBTs in U.S. territories
( Boulder, CO ) June 11, 2019—Progress towards full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) people in the United States has ebbed and flowed, resulting in an often-confusing patchwork of legal protections. ...
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