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| | Angela Davis in Chicago
INCARCERATION AND DETENTION: RACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS is a forum Friday, April 2, 7 p.m., Assembly Hall, International House, 1414 E. 59th Street, Chicago, with a keynote address by Angela Y. Davis. The forum continues ... |
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| | LE's MOTHER TONGUES
The Literary Exchange celebrated the release of Mother Tongues, an anthology featuring dozens of African American women, including many from Chicago. Call (773) 509-6881 for details. Photos by Renee Brown ... |
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| | V-Day Southwest
C.C. Carter hosted a very successful V-Day Southwest performance of the Vagina Monologues March 6 at the DuSable Museum. The event featured many well-known activists and performers reading excerpts from Eve Ensler's play. Proceeds went to ... |
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| | En La Vida: Reel Queer!
Latino Film Festival Celebrates 20 years with Pride
The Chicago Latino Film Festival celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year with more than 100 films, including some of the most memorable films of previous festivals. The event is produced by the International Latino Cultural ... |
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| | En La Vida: Briefly
Queer Latin(o/a) America: Diasporas and Histories is a one-day symposium at the University of Chicago Saturday, May 15, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration starts at 9 a.m. Coffee and bagels available. Speakers include: Frances ... |
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| | BLACKlines: Don't Call Me A Dyke!
'We're queer, we're here, get used to it!' 'Dyke Power!' We've heard these rally cries plenty of times in the past. But did you ever notice that the majority of people yelling those phrases were ... |
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| | BLACKlines: Thoughts and Ideas
R & B legend Tyrone Davis sang the lyrics 'Baby can I change my mind? I just want to start all over again.' There is really no starting over in life, but there is nothing so constant as change. For ... |
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| | MUNDO 'De-mente' La fabula
Me sentí invadido. Lloraba desesperado sin comprender lo que pasaba. El agua calló en mi rostro mezclandose con mis lagrimas. Todo era confuso, creo que sentí miedo... lo dicen las fotos. Mi bautizo fue el ... |
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| | SPIRITUALITY Purrfectly Speaking
Hi! I am so full right now I don't know what to do. This last quarter of school has drained me, mentally, emotionally and spiritually ... but I've loved every minute of it. I had two classes, both of a ... |
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| | Feminism Forum
Hosted by The Public Square, Eleanor Smeal, the Feminist Majority Foundation President, pivotal policy maker, and one of the main organizers for the upcoming March for Women's Lives in Washington, D.C., comes to Chicago as ... |
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| | Testigo de Jehova Gay o Lesbica?
A Common Bond (Un Vínculo Común) es un grupo de apoyo para Testigos de Jehová (ex o presentes) gay-lésbicas. Se reúne regularmente el tercer domingo del mes. Este mes la reunion sera el 18 de ... |
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| | GAY JEHOVAH'S WITNESS?
A Common Bond is a support network for ex or current LGBT Jehovah's Witnesses. This month's is April 18th. ACB is safe place to explore LGBT/JW issues. Interested? 708-504-2813 or mexterp1@yahoo.com. Confidentiality assured. ... |
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| | LGBT Suicide Forum
Suicide & LGBT Mental Health in Chicago: A Community Discussion will be held April 7. Join mental health professionals and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community members in a program to address the reality of ... |
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| | TPAN benefit
Test Positive Aware Network will host Celebrations of Spring Thursday April 1, 2004 at the Belloc Lowndes Gallery, 835 W. Washington Blvd., from 6-9 p.m. Guests will sample a variety of wines perfect for Spring ... |
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| | Adodi Elections
Adodi Chicago elected officers for two-year terms in March. Those voted in are: President Earnest E. Hite, Vice President Keith Judon, Treasurer Glenn Wright, Corresponding Secretary Clarence Brown and Recording ... |
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| | CULTURE Femmes, Stand and Be Counted
Lately, I've been questioning about where I fit in this world and what part I play in the fight and struggles of the Lesbigay movement. 'You see, I'm a femme—a lipstick lesbian—a real girlie girl, ... |
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| | CULTURE a wo'mn called sir
people often assume me to be a Black man and in some ways i am but mostly i'm a Black butch/which to me is about gender identity/in combination with energy sensibility style and Spirit. for me ... |
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| | Riva Lehrer's Circle Stories at Michigan Ave Gallery
Riva Lehrer's Circle Stories is at the Michigan Avenue Gallery, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington. Exhibit shows through May 30. Gescheidle Gallery (312) 654-0600. Pictured: Eli Claire. ... |
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| | GENDER: LCCP's Goring 'comes out' as trans
Getting used to the new name, and especially the new pronouns, has been the hardest part for Mo's friends and colleagues. As 'she' gradually becomes a 'he,' Mona (Mo) Goring—one of two full-time staff at the ... |
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| | HEALTH: Thinking Again
' ... Since the late 80's, I have been both ambushed and abused by HIV prevention advertisements—in magazines, on billboards, at bus stops, on flyers plastered on walls and stapled to telephone posts. Ambushed because ... |
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| | News Roundup
The National Latina Lesbian Health Summit presented by LLEGO, the National Latina/o Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Organization is the first of its kind, in Washington, D.C., April 22-25, 2004 with sexual minority women from ... |
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| | SPIRITUALITY New Life
When I started this column I made a charge to all of us. That we demand that spirituality is a necessity to us as GLBT people. And, that in spite of rejection from our congregations, our families or society, that ... |
