Police called on State Sen. Mike Simmons while canvassing in Uptown
A woman called police on State Sen. Mike Simmons while he was canvassing voters in Uptown on Feb. 20, an encounter the congressional candidate said reflects the kinds of bias his campaign has sought to address. Simmons was door-knocking with his campaign manager and volunteers inside…
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OPINION: Langton Hughes’s search for identity and truth
I have always felt an intense spiritual kinship with Langston Hughes (1901 – 1967). For me, he is not only an icon of Black America and of America itself, but an icon into my own soul. In its original and authentic sense, an icon is a portal into the spiritual dimension—an image that empowers one to engage one’s destiny.As…
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AHF presents ABBA Burlesque Blow-Out
On Feb. 20, Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation presented The Ohh Mamma!!! Burlesque Show, a stunning, sex positive, wildly romantic explosion of modern dance, theater, eroticism, naughty humor, vaudeville, disco and ABBA. Ohh Mamma!!! , which took place at Harris Theater, 205 E. Randolph St., was a celebration of National Condom Day and, despite all the raciness and ribald humor,…
Nation & World
IN BRIEF Indiana’s anti-LGBTQ+ move, Stonewall monument, Ugandan dismissal, Filipino ruling, ‘Girls Like Girls’
NATIONAL Indiana’s Bureau of Motor Vehicles has banned residents from changing their gender markers on state identification documents, The Advocate noted. The bureau added a small notice to its website stating that it will no longer accept court orders or medical documentations recognizing transgender residents’ gender changes. Only three states—Florida, Tennessee and Texas—completely ban residents…
Theater / Dance
THEATER Final ‘Holiday’: Richard Greenberg’s posthumous adaptation of Philip Barry’s 1928 romantic comedy sparkles at the Goodman
It’s bittersweet that Richard Greenberg isn’t around to see the world premiere of his adaptation of Holiday at the Goodman Theatre. The late gay playwright, famed for such Broadway hits like Take Me Out and Three Days of Rain, died of cancer last year long before his commissioned updating of the original 1928 play by Philip Barry (The Philadelphia Story) could…
Music
PERFORMANCE Michael Longoria reflects on mariachi, Bette Midler and queerness
Michael Longoria’s life has always been about music. Initially, he was immersed in the world of mariachi music. However, a chance to perform in West Side Story instilled a love of musical theater in Longoria that led to appearing on Broadway in Hairspray and his most famous role: part of the original cast of Jersey Boys. (He subsequently joined his Jersey…
Film / TV / Gossip
Deconstructing Harrys: ‘Pillion’ star and director open up about their new motorcycle dom-com
Pillion is a Scottish Gaelic word for a seat behind a motorcyclist. It is also the title of a powerful new queer film. Actor Harry Melling plays Colin, the pillion rider sitting behind Alexander Skarsgård’s Ray in a story adapted from the book Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones. In the film, Colin and Ray explore what it means…
Books / Art
Trans
Trans candidate Zoey Carter focuses on working class in state House bid
If Zoey Carter wins her bid to represent her central Illinois district, she would become the first openly trans woman elected to the state legislature. Carter, a longtime retail and manufacturing worker from Pekin, is seeking the Illinois House seat for the 93rd District, challenging Republican incumbent Travis Weaver in the general election in a…
Lesbian
IN BRIEF Medical group’s update, HRC dinner, ‘Rafiki,’ Algerian boxer, queer gymnast, Super Bowl
NATIONAL The American Medical Association (AMA) has updated its recommendations for gender-affirming care, endorsing certain limitations on surgery for minors, LGBTQ Nation noted. The AMA is now the second major medical organization (following the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, or ASPS) to walk back its total support for whatever gender-affirming treatments a doctor and a…