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•	Second Drag March for Change takes place in Northalsted/Boystown

•	Aurora Pride reflects a rainbow of support

•	Congress makes Pulse Nightclub a national memorial

•	Chicago Pride Fest planned for October

•	Buffalo Grove holds Pride Drive

•	"People's Pride" to replace corporate parade this June

•	Mayor Lightfoot helps break ground at AIDS Garden Chicago

•	Contradicting Vatican, U.S. Catholics to bless LGBTQ+ people at start of Pride month

•	Wisconsin Governor blocks use of federal money for conversion therapy for minors

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ON THE MOVE How Chicago's 'gayborhoods' have shifted since 1965
Chicago's gayborhoods (LGBTQ+ neighborhoods) and safe spaces have been important to the city's LGBTQ+ rights movement—and saving them post-COVID may be crucial. New research at Georgetown University highlights the importance ... more

•	Employee fired for using gay slur at Indiana Arby's
•	HIV at 40: Erie Family Health Center, focused on helping at-risk communities
•	'Drag March for Change' on June 13
•	Chicago Pride Fest planned for October
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Back 2 School Illinois Build-A-Kit event Oct. 22, 2021 at Center
We are excited to announce that after a long COVID delay, we will be holding our Back 2 School Illinois Build-A-Kit Event on Oct. 22, 2021. The day-long event, in partnership with the LGBT Chamber of ... more

•	Gov. Pritzker signs legislation making Juneteenth an official state holiday
•	Chicago History Museum to mark Juneteenth with event, free admission
•	Second Drag March for Change takes place in Northalsted/Boystown
•	Aurora Pride reflects a rainbow of support
•	Employee fired for using gay slur at Indiana Arby's

Nation & World

Research documents disproportionate harms of discrimination on LGBTQ People of Color
Today, a coalition of leading LGBTQ rights groups joined together to release the most extensive summaries to date of scholarly data on the intersection of anti-LGBTQ and racial discrimination. The research brief, authored by the What ... more

•	476,000 transgender adults in the U.S. have no IDs with the correct gender marker
•	NCLR campaign to highlight LGBTQ-welcoming faith-based service providers
•	Senate hearings for Gina Ortiz Jones, Shawn Skelly; historic if confirmed

Film / TV / Gossip

Music Box showing LGBTQ movie 'Summer of '85' on June 25
Music Box Theatre & Music Box Films, 3733 N. Southport Ave., will present out gay writer/director Francois Ozon's French love story Summer of '85, theatrically in 35mm, on Friday, June 25. Adapted by Ozon from Aidan ... more

•	Sisters in Cinema presents Sister Outsider Juneteenth Celebration
•	Billy Masters
•	SHOWBIZ 'Our America,' Randy Rainbow, Melissa Etheridge, 'Drag Race,' VINCINT

Theater / Dance

Blue Man Group returning Aug. 18
Blue Man Group will return to Chicago's Briar Street Theatre on Wed., Aug. 18. A dynamic combination of art, music, comedy and technology, Blue Man Group encourages audiences to reconnect with their inner (and outer) child ... more

•	Wizard World Chicago returning Oct. 15-17
•	Mayor Lightfoot and DCASE announce more summer cultural events across Chicago
•	Mercury Theater Chicago open house July 10-11; Honey West new Venus Cabaret director

Music

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Local lesbian couple talks new band The Q's, love story, other
Singing has been a part of Debra Duncan and Kayla Quiros' lives since they were in high school. Now the married couple and The Q's bandmates have released their debut album, Us Who Know, chronicling their ... more

•	Mayor Lightfoot and DCASE announce more summer cultural events across Chicago
•	SHOWBIZ 'Our America,' Randy Rainbow, Melissa Etheridge, 'Drag Race,' VINCINT
•	National Women's Music Festival to stream June 30-July 4

Books / Art

New book sets the record straight on Act Up New York
Novelist, playwright, nonfiction writer, journalist, screenwriter, LGBTQ+-rights activist and AIDS historian Sarah Schuman preserves the power of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) while laying everything out about ... more

•	Lambda Literary Award winners announced
•	Actor/artist creates huge mural for new Steppenwolf center
•	Temple Beth-El to offer 'Drag Queen Story Time' on June 5

Trans

WORLD India court, trans death, Guatemalan LGBTQs, Gay Games
A court in India ordered state and federal officials to draw up plans for sweeping reforms to respect LGBTQ rights, in a ruling that went far beyond the terms of a case brought by a lesbian couple who said they had ... more

•	476,000 transgender adults in the U.S. have no IDs with the correct gender marker
•	HAVE A NICE THEY: Nevo Zisin is taking the mystery out of terminology so you don't have to
•	Pritzker Military Museum to hold panel on Department of Defense and transgender employees

AIDS & Health

•	HIV at 40: Dr. Anthony Fauci on the early days of another pandemic
•	HIV at 40: Erie Family Health Center, focused on helping at-risk communities
•	When crime goes viral

Lesbian

•	NCLR campaign to highlight LGBTQ-welcoming faith-based service providers
•	Women's soccer documentary to debut June 24 on HBO Max
•	National Women's Music Festival to stream June 30-July 4

Sports

Chicago Sky win third straight game, top 100 points
On June 15, the Chicago Sky secured a 105-89 victory over the Minnesota Lynx from the Target Center in Minneapolis on June 15. The Sky's season has been a series of up-and-down streaks. ... more

•	U.S. women's soccer team beats Jamaica 4-0
•	AT&T WNBA All-Star 2021 returns to Las Vegas July 14
•	Women's soccer documentary to debut June 24 on HBO Max

Youth

•	New Broadway Youth Center being readied for 2021 opening
•	Trevor Project releases 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health
•	Steppenwolf announces The Loft, youth art competition

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COVER STORY: 2021-22 Season at Goodman Theatre announced
(Chicago, IL) It's a summer "homecoming" for Goodman Theatre audiences! On July 30, Chicago's theater since ... more

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