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•	HRC marks National Coming Out Day with new resource for youth

•	Appeals court reinstates Texas abortion law

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DRAG Utica Queen finds a home in Chicago
Ethan Mundt rose to fame as Utica Queen in season 13 of the Emmy-winning show RuPaul's Drag Race. Ultimately placing sixth in the competition, this young, gay 25-year-old showed creativity and personality. Mundt's latest project, Homecoming ... more

•	Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame, in 30th year, holds induction ceremony at Sidetrack
•	Donations needed for LGBTQ+-affirming spiritual leader's recovery
•	Co-founder of LGBTQ Latinx organization reflects after decades of activism
•	South Side LGBTQ+ center projected to break ground next summer, open early 2024
•	AIDS Run & Walk celebrates 30 years with annual event

Local

Jury selection in Smollett trial starts Nov. 29
The Jussie Smollett saga continues. Almost three years since out actor Jussie Smollett (TV's Empire; the film Alien: Covenant) was allegedly attacked in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood, Cook County Judge James ... more

•	LGBT Chamber of Commerce to build 1,000 school supply kits for underserved kids
•	Chicago Plumbing Code allows all-gender multiple occupancy restrooms
•	SAVOR Brunch at Cobblestone
•	Andersonville celebrates Halloween with 'Halloween on Catalpa' Oct. 30
•	Activists speak about former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington's LGBTQ legacy

Nation & World

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LGBT History Month: '40s and '50s instant photography gave LGBT people
Two men dressed in drag for a tea party, and two women cuddled up at the beach. Today these might be benign photographs but, in the early 1950s, they were memories shuttered away from public view. ... more

•	Attorneys general file pro-transgender brief
•	Dozens of celebrities, companies set to take part in Spirit Day on Oct. 21
•	LGBTQ History Month: Pauli Murray, architect of history

Film / TV / Gossip

CIFF, featuring LGBTQ+ films, running through Oct. 24
North America's longest-running competitive film festival, this year's event expands throughout Chicago with presentations at venues across the city, including at AMC River East 21; the Music Box Theatre; the Gene Siskel Film Center; special drive ... more

•	Jury selection in Smollett trial starts Nov. 29
•	MOVIES Holiday comedy short centers on Muslim family and BIPOC queer relationship
•	Netflix suspends trans employee who tweeted about Chapelle special

Theater / Dance

THEATER Broken Nose presenting looter drama 'Primer' Nov. 15-Dec. 5
Broken Nose Theatre, a pay-what-you-can theater company, will run the world premiere audio drama Primer, described in a release as "a deeply honest look at the prioritization of property over people. Ensemble member Spenser Davis wrote ... more

•	MUSICALS 'Pretty Woman' tickets go on sale Oct. 15
•	THEATER 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog' running through Nov. 6
•	DRAG Utica Queen finds a home in Chicago

Music

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'Tapping into Ca$h' : CaSera Heining lives double life as DJ
Minutes before DJ Ca$h Era hosted Lollapalooza's first drag show, the Black queer woman behind the stage name was pacing nervously behind the scenes and listening to a drag queen animatedly remind her they were "making ... more

•	MUSIC Janis Ian's last Chicago concert May 14
•	Lyric Opera running seven performances of 'The Magic Flute' Nov. 3-27
•	SHOWBIZ 'Drag Race' winners, Playboy, punk band, The Dinah, Daniel Craig

Books / Art

•	ART Contemporary yet timeless exhibition 'Young, Gifted and Black' arrives at Gallery 400
•	BOOK REVIEW Activist Peter Staley's Memoir 'Never Silent' is a real-life thriller
•	ART Van Gogh balloon celebrates installation's extension to Feb. 6

Trans

Attorneys general file pro-transgender brief
A coalition of 20 attorneys general, including Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and New York counterpart Letitia James, filed an amicus brief in the case of Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools, opposing the plaintiffs' efforts ... more

•	Chicago Plumbing Code allows all-gender multiple occupancy restrooms
•	Brave Space Alliance's 'Out 'N Brave' panel on beauty, coming out
•	Trans employees plan walkout at Netflix [UPDATE]

AIDS & Health

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Black Incubator and Accelerator (BIA) program to offer support for Black-led
A new program—Black Incubator and Accelerator (BIA)—is offering funding and resources to Black-led organizations that primarily serve Black communities on the South and West Sides. BIA is new this year and run by University of Chicago ... more

•	Report: Older LGBTQs lack access to healthcare, financial security, caregiving
•	COVID Connecticut removed from Chicago travel advisory
•	Illinois HIV Care Connect launches HIV Innovation campaign

Lesbian

MUSIC Janis Ian's last Chicago concert May 14
In what is being advertised as her last concert in Chicago, LGBTQ singer Janis Ian will be performing at the Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave. on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at 8 p.m. Tickets ($48-$50) will ... more

•	Donations needed for LGBTQ+-affirming spiritual leader's recovery
•	President Biden appoints Debra Shore to key EPA position
•	Achy Obejas' bilingual poetry book Boomerang/Bumeran explores immigration, liberation

Sports

SPORTS Sky one win from first WNBA title after routing Phoenix
On Oct. 15 at Wintrust Arena, the Chicago Sky defeated the Phoenix Mercury by 36 points (86-50)—the largest margin of victory in a WNBA Finals game—to take a two-to-one series lead in the best-of-five series. The ... more

•	SPORTS Sky's Vandersloot named to All-WNBA Second Team
•	SPORTS Chicago Sky lose in OT to Phoenix; finals tied at 1-1
•	SPORTS Chicago Red Stars power past Orlando 1-0

Youth

NATIONAL Victory Institute, LGBTQ books, youth items, NASA, LGBTQ Nation
LGBTQ Victory Institute and nine additional candidate-training organizations announced a partnership with Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, to provide a native-to-mobile tool to encourage young people to run for office, a press release noted. ... more

•	HRC marks National Coming Out Day with new resource for youth
•	Texans protest anti-trans youth measures at capitol in Austin
•	Crystal Lake's Raue Center for the Arts opens new school

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