What’s happening with the Chicago Pride Parade?
What’s now known as the annual Chicago Pride Parade started nearly 54 years ago with a modest rally for gay and lesbian rights in an area of Washington Square Park known as Bughouse Square. About 150 people gathered there June 27, 1970, to commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall riots, a days-long uprising among…
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MUSIC Jeannie Tanner: Do-it-all musician celebrates Pride Month
For Jeannie Tanner, June is all about honoring Pride Month! On Saturday, June 15, the quartet featuring the talented singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist will take to the cabaret bar Davenport’s, 1383 N. Milwaukee Ave., for “CELEBRATIONS: An Encore Evening of Original Music,” which will feature musical genres such as R&B, soul and jazz. Also, Tanner will be part…
Nation & World
WORLD Seoul festival, Mexico makes history, ancient Greece, Gay Games
The annual Seoul Queer Culture Festival was held in the South Korean capital despite previous issues in securing a venue and protests against the LGBTQ+ community’s pride celebrations, Saltwire noted. “Our message to South Korean society at large this year is to affirm LGBTQ people,” said festival chief organizer Yang Sun-woo. Among various booths and activities at…
Theater / Dance
Windy City Times revives its 30 Under 30 Awards with ceremony
Windy City Times celebrated Pride Month by reviving its annual 30 Under 30 Awards. The ceremony took place June 6 at LinkedIn’s Chicago headquarters at 525 W. Monroe St. Event sponsors included AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC), Pride Action Tank, Windy City Times, LinkedIn, Monarq Advisors, Geof and Joshua Brown, Center on Halsted, Equality Illinois, Chicago…
Music
SHOWBIZ Brittney Griner, ‘Disco,’ ‘Gladiators,’ Cyndi Lauper, Omar Apollo
WNBA player Brittney Griner said she’s “blown away” that critics have called her un-American for kneeling during the national anthem, per Yahoo! News. The View’s co-host Joy Behar asked Griner to respond to those who believed she acted carelessly in Russia and didn’t deserve the United States’ help because she had knelt during the national anthem. Griner…
Film / TV / Gossip
After 30 Under 30: Bad Robot’s Alex Sewell on growth, Will and Jada, new drag persona
In this series, Windy City Times will profile some of its past 30 Under 30 honorees. Windy City Times presented its 30 Under 30 Awards, honoring individuals who have made substantial contributions to Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community in entertainment, politics, health, activism, academics, sports or other areas, from 2001-2019. This year, Windy City Times has revived its 30…
Books / Art
Trans
NATIONAL Drag performer dies, gender act, trans hermit, X’s restriction
David “Dae” Manley, also known as the drag performer Daelicious O’hare Mizani, has passed away at age 23, Philadelphia Gay News reported. Another drag performer, Dalyla Mizani Cristal, said that Manley was attacked days before his death. “He had bruising all over his body and was in a lot of pain,” Seth (who Manley resided with at…
Lesbian
Alicia T. Vega helps foster LGBTQ+-inclusiveness in Epilepsy Foundation post
Heading the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago (EFGC) became a personal mission for longtime activist and consultant Alicia T. Vega this past winter. Vega’s wife, Sofia G. Sarabia, a stroke survivor, was diagnosed with epilepsy in February. Just a month before, Vega had been named to her job as EFGC’s interim president and CEO. “The…
