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Preservation Chicago unveils list of most endangered Chicago buildings
Preservation Chicago—which works with city officials, neighborhood residents, owners and stakeholders to prevent what is often viewed as the wholesale loss of Chicago's important buildings—has revealed its 2021 list of ... more

•	NATIONAL Virginia items, Marriott CEO, Black LGBTQ+ icons, trans kids' book
•	Author and educator Sarah Chadwick talks new book on female sexuality
•	Pride and Less Prejudice to host panel on LGBTQ media representation March 20
•	Spots revealed for Chicago Restaurant Week 2021
•	LGBTs rise to 5.6% of U.S. population

Local

Illinois attorney general reacts to ERA ruling
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued a statement in response to a U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia decision to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Raoul, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford and Virginia Attorney ... more

•	Racial justice coalition urges prosecutor to drop Jussie Smollett charges
•	SAVOR Nonnina: New team maintains high standards
•	SPECIAL ISSUE: AIDS at 40
•	Forty years later, still a call for accurate HIV-positive representation
•	STILL HERE: Long-term HIV/AIDS survivors in Chicago reflect on their experiences

Nation & World

Lesbian Amanda Nunes defends UFC title
Amanda Nunes—a Brazilian lesbian who many consider to be the great women's mixed-martial artist of all time—successfully defended one of her UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) titles on Feb. 6. Nunes—who ... more

•	Applications for asylum based on LGBT status top 11,000 between 2012, 2017
•	PrEP options likely to change following Truvada patent expiration
•	TANIA UNZUETA: Fighting for justice, one cause at a time

Film / TV / Gossip

Music Box to run Pedro Almodovar films starting March 12
On Friday, March 12, Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., and Sony Pictures Classics will present Pedro Almodovar's critically acclaimed English-language debut, the short film The Human Voice, starring Tilda Swinton and freely based on ... more

•	TELEVISION 'Pose' to end after season three
•	Sisters in Cinema brings back Learn & Earn Program: Sisters in Cinema Newsroom
•	Awards season kicks off with 2021 Golden Globes

Theater / Dance

DANCE Hubbard Street season to resume with 'In Any Event'
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's (HSDC's) 43rd season will resume Thursday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. with a virtual world premiere of new work by choreographer and former HSDC dancer Penny Saunders. The piece will also be ... more

•	THEATER Global, Grindr-based 'Borders' to run Feb. 25-27
•	'You For Me For You' benefit on Feb. 28
•	Court Theatre premieres spotlight podcast highlighting Black writers

Music

SHOWBIZ Leslie Jordan, Zendaya, 'Handmaid's Tale,' Hulu, Chaka Khan
Emmy winner and viral sensation Leslie Jordan announced his debut album. Company's Comin', will drop April 2 via Platoon, a press release noted. Inspired by his weekly "Sunday Mornin' Hymn Singin'" live stream, the album has ... more

•	Chicago Gay Men's Chorus' 'Diva Dracula' in March
•	Showbiz: Black gay director, Oscars, soccer couple, Demi Lovato
•	Queer musician Ari Gold dies at 47

Books / Art

Author Rick Karlin speaks about Chicago memoir and local LGBTQ press
Author Rick Karlin was recently interviewed about his 2019 memoir, Paper Cuts, in a online discussion sponsored by Gerber-Hart Library and Archive. Karlin was interviewed by author and historian Owen Keehnen. They opened with a summary ... more

•	LGBTQ heroes postage stamp campaign launched
•	Author and educator Sarah Chadwick talks new book on female sexuality
•	ART 'Immersive Van Gogh' extended through Sept. 6 in Chicago

Trans

TELEVISION 'Pose' to end after season three
The FX show Pose—the groundbreaking series focused on New York City's African-American and Latino LGBTQ+ drag ball culture scene in the 1980s and ‘90s—will end after its third season, Deadline reported. ... more

•	WORLD Canadian groups, Moroccan refugee, LGBT+ Rights Ghana, trans heroine
•	HUD to enforce act prohibiting discrimination on sexual orientation, gender identity
•	NATIONAL Black History Month, anti-trans bills, Penn. politician, HIV measure

AIDS & Health

STILL HERE: Long-term HIV/AIDS survivors in Chicago reflect on their experiences
When the first reported U.S. cases of what later became known as HIV/AIDS were reported in June 1981, a number of physicians and researchers at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and elsewhere sought to understand ... more

•	HIV at 40: Long-term AIDS survivor Sean Strub on diagnosis, being mayor, Larry Kramer
•	TANIA UNZUETA: Fighting for justice, one cause at a time
•	PrEP options likely to change following Truvada patent expiration

Lesbian

•	Team USA defends women's soccer title with 6-0 win
•	National Trust advocates to protect legacy of LGBTQ+ pioneers
•	Actor, writer Lena Waithe to headline screenwriting conference at DePaul U

Sports

•	Chicago Red Stars updates 2021 National Women's Soccer League preseason roster
•	Red Stars announce 'groundbreaking' ownership group
•	Team USA defends women's soccer title with 6-0 win

Youth

Indianapolis council condemns conversion therapy; Indiana Stonewall Dems celebrate
Indiana Stonewall Democrats celebrated the Indianapolis City-County Council and its LGBTQ councillors for passing a proclamation on Feb. 1 that formally condemns "conversion therapy" and the long-term health complications it ... more

•	ACLU of Illinois reacts to Auditor General's report on LGBTQ youth in DCFS care
•	Book helps families with kids discuss gender roles, same gender attraction
•	Indiana to open first home for LGBTQ+ homeless youths

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