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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 ... more

•	Berlin Nightclub closes after nearly 40 years, following boycott
•	Eye-opening LGBTQ+ women's survey shatters myths and spotlights challenges
•	Howard Brown Health Workers United members gather for post-strike rally
•	NATIONAL Bishop removed, business news, Jezebel shutting down, MAP head
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Wrightwood 659 to present 'Daniel Goldstein: The Marks We Leave Behind'
(CHICAGO, Nov. 29, 2023) —Alphawood Exhibitions will present Daniel Goldstein: The Marks We Leave Behind, an exhibition of works from the San Francisco-based artist & HIV/AIDS activist's iconic "Icarian Series," ... more

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•	'When Black queer people win, everybody wins': Foundation releases report to improve equity at community orgs
•	PERFORMANCE Teatro Zinzanni's Carisa Hendrix talks magic, queerness and Canada
•	BOOKS Owen Keehnen takes readers to an 'oasis of pleasure' in 'Man's Country'
•	SAVOR Cody's dog drive, 'Dandy Holiday' and Santa

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Fla. students walk out after school board's anti-trans actions
In Florida, hundreds of students at Coconut Creek's Monarch High School held a walkout on Nov. 28 after their principal and several other school officials were reportedly reassigned over a transgender student's participation on the girls ... more

•	BOOKS Lucas Hilderbrand reflects on gay history in 'The Bars Are Ours'
•	Pope Francis's community of transwomen
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Billy Masters: The Dolly Cowboy Cheerleaders
Whoever intended to dumb down the citizens of America have done a FANTASTIC job. We are dumb as shit!"—Patti LuPone in an interview with broadcaster Tom Power prior to her touring show Don't Monkey with Broadway ... more

•	SHOWBIZ Billy Porter, queer novel, 'Tammy Faye,' queer DJ, Bella Ramsey
•	Disney exhibition chronicles a century of entertainment history
•	Billy Masters: Was Kim Kardashian officiating your wedding worth it?

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PERFORMANCE Teatro Zinzanni's Carisa Hendrix talks magic, queerness and Canada
One could call Teatro Zinzanni's newest production, "Love, Chaos, and Dinner," a meal and a show—but that would definitely shortchange this ongoing extravaganza. Taking place at the Loop's Cambria Hotel, there is not a bad seat ... more

•	Jerry Mitchell bops into Boop!
•	'Sleeping with Beauty' serves up naughty holiday laughs
•	Hell in a Handbag to present 'Peep Show: The Handbag 2023 Benefit'on Dec. 10

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Jerry Mitchell bops into Boop!
Director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell is bringing black-and-white Boop! The Betty Boop Musical into a world of color at the CIBC Theatre this winter. It's a pre-Broadway world premiere for the musical starring Jasmine Amy Rogers ... more

•	SHOWBIZ Billy Porter, queer novel, 'Tammy Faye,' queer DJ, Bella Ramsey
•	Photographer Irene Young launches book with stellar concerts
•	'Jersey Boys' stars reunite as Midtown Men on Dec. 2 in Glen Ellyn

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BOOKS Lucas Hilderbrand reflects on gay history in 'The Bars Are
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 ... more

•	Wrightwood 659 to present 'Daniel Goldstein: The Marks We Leave Behind' on World AIDS Day
•	BOOKS Owen Keehnen takes readers to an 'oasis of pleasure' in 'Man's Country'
•	Photographer Irene Young launches book with stellar concerts

Trans

•	Pope Francis's community of transwomen
•	NATIONAL Trevor Project, anti-trans crimes, priest sentenced, hate-crimes unit
•	Trans women banned from playing cricket

AIDS & Health

•	'When Black queer people win, everybody wins': Foundation releases report to improve equity at community orgs
•	Scotland announces five-year plan to help nonbinary people
•	NATIONAL Bishop removed, business news, Jezebel shutting down, MAP head

Lesbian

•	Photographer Irene Young launches book with stellar concerts
•	Eye-opening LGBTQ+ women's survey shatters myths and spotlights challenges
•	Megan Rapinoe ends career with injury

Sports

Trans women banned from playing cricket
Transgender women have been barred from playing in international women's matches under a new policy from the International Cricket Council (ICC), the BBC reported. Any player who has gone through male puberty will not be eligible ... more

•	Chicago Red Stars provide 2023 roster update
•	WORLD Latvia, nonbinary magistrate, Gay Games end, Israel soldiers
•	Out sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson receives multiple honors

Youth

•	OPINION For LGBTQ+ children, the holidays are often the most challenging time of the year
•	YEPP 'rises' to occasion at fall fundraiser
•	NATIONAL Bishop removed, business news, Jezebel shutting down, MAP head

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