LBTQ Giving Council hosts International Women’s Day dance
The LBTQ Giving Council of Chicago Foundation for Women’s annual International Women’s Day Dance raised more than $40,000 for granting programs in a dance-filled party at the Hairpin Arts Center March 7. More than 200 women and allies joined together in an event that traces its roots…
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DIFFA celebrates LGBTQ+ resilience with Lip Sync fundraiser
On March 5, DIFFA (Design Industries Fighting AIDS) threw its Seventh Annual Lip Sync for Life Benefit in front of a near sold out Lincoln Hall, 2424 N. Lincoln Ave., with a goal of raising $80,000. The event was packed with individuals working in architecture, textiles, design and construction for a night of drag, competitive video screenings,…
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PASSAGES Joe Nathan Canup
Joe Nathan Canup, 58—an artist, photographer, bartender and gardener, of LaPorte, Indiana, formerly of Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood—passed away due to complications of a sudden recurrence of metastatic esophageal cancer. Born in Aurora, Joe graduated from Oswego High School in 1985 and took college classes. In 2001, he moved to Chicago and worked as a bartender…
Nation & World
Chicago couple among those trapped in Puerto Vallarta unrest
Several LGBTQ+ Chicagoans were among those caught up in violence in Puerto Vallarta following the assassination of Jalisco New Generation Cartel Leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes by the Mexican military on Feb. 22. Violent…
Theater / Dance
Banned by the Nazis: ‘Der Silbersee’ (‘The Silver Lake’) is reclaimed by Chicago Opera Theater
There are major historical and political reasons why most audiences are unfamiliar with Der Silbersee (The Silver Lake). Chicago Opera Theater is reclaiming this obscure German hybrid work for its Chicago premiere at the Studebaker Theater in early March. Der Silbersee was the last collaboration between The Threepenny Opera composer Kurt Weill and German expressionist playwright Georg Kaiser. Their…
Music
We Keep Us Safe throws Queer Happening in support of Brave Space Alliance
On the chilly evening of Feb. 28, the new organization We Keep Us Safe held its inaugural queer happening Let Yourself Shine with Brave Space Alliance as the beneficiary. The event took place at i0 Theater, 1501 N. Kingsbury St., and invited guests to “come as your shiniest self” for a soiree that featured ambient performers, curated art installations, stylistically…
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
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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…