The Coalition for Justice and Respect—a civil-rights and social-justice organization of African-American same-gender-loving Black gays and lesbians—will hold a cookout Thursday, May 21, at Club Escape, 1530 E. 75th, 6-10 p.m. International Mr. Leather attendees are especially welcome.
However, the organization’s first-ever community fundraiser—a dinner/dance slated for Saturday, May 23, at the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters, 12 E. Erie—has been postponed. E-mail cjr.chicago@gmail.com or call 773-559-1751 for more info.