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| | Legislation to ensure restroom access passes Illinois House
Legislation to modernize Illinois law to ensure single-occupancy restroom facilities are designated as gender neutral passed the Illinois House of Representatives Tuesday, said Equality Illinois, the state's civil rights organizations ... | |
| | Lightfoot signs first executive order
In her first hours after being sworn in as the 56th mayor of the City of Chicago, Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot signed her first executive order instructing departments to end the practice of aldermanic prerogative in ... | | 
| | Lightfoot sworn in as Chicago Mayor
Attorney Lori Lightfoot became the 56th mayor of Chicago the morning of May 20. Accompanied by her wife and family, Lightfoot was sworn in during a ceremony and presentation at Wintrust Arena in the South Loop. ... | | 
| | Chicago's Boystown sports rainbow crosswalks
Chicago's Boystown neighborhood has added a little color, thanks to rainbow pride crosswalks. Initiated by the Northalsted Business Alliance, the rainbows will adorn 14 crosswalks on east-west streets parallel to Halsted from ... | | 
| | LGBTQ activists travel to Springfield for Advocacy Day
On May 15, Equality Illinois hosted the annual Advocacy Day in Springfield, Illinois, in partnership with other statewide LGBTQ organizations. The daylong event featured a training session, brief meetings with ... | | 
| | Lightfoot administration names City Council leadership
Recently elected Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced her proposal for City Council committee leadership, which now includes Ald. Tom Tunney (44th Ward) as vice mayor—making it the first time ... | |
| | Taiwan becomes first Asian country to OK same-sex marriage
On May 17, Taiwan's legislature became the first in Asia (by a vote of 66 to 27) to fully legalize same-sex unions. The law—which allows for same-sex couples to apply for "marriage registration" as part of ... | | 
| | House passes Equality Act
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Equality Act 236-173 in a May 17 vote. The legislation, which is H.R. 5 and was introduced by U.S. Reps. David Cicilline (D-RI) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), codifies protections ... | | 
| | Hillary Clinton headlines Heartland Alliance benefit
Former senator, secretary of state and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was the keynote speaker at Heartland Alliance's annual Power of Healing benefit May 14 at the Palmer House Hilton. The event celebrated the work of the ... | |
| | Honorary Pride Parade grand marshal named
PRIDEChicago has announced that the honorary grand marshal for this year's Chicago 50th Annual Pride Parade will be newly elected Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. According to a press release, "Lightfoot is well known to the public ... |
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| | OP-ED: I didn't know what being gay was until middle school
At 20 years old, I am now an out and proud lesbian but, growing up, I didn't even know queer people existed. I have lesbian aunts who have been in a committed relationship since before I was ... | |
| | LGBT Chamber of Commerce events June 4-12
The LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois will host several events throughut June (Pride Month): —The Chicago Pride Business Expo will take place Tuesday, June 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Mid-America Club, 200 E. Randolph St. The ... | |
| | Legacy Project event with Stonewall Inn bartender June 5
The Legacy Project will kick off Pride Month on Wed., June 5, 7-8 p.m., at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted St., with Stonewall veteran Tree Sequoia. According to an organizational press release, Sequoia has been tending bar ... | | 
| | NATIONAL Military items, trans murders, Southern trans report
Sgt. 1st Class Janina Simmons became the first female African-American soldier to complete the U.S. Army Ranger School course in April, Ebony.com reported. According to LGBTQ Nation, Simmons proposed to her longtime girlfriend after her completion ... | | 
| | WORLD Lyra McKee, controversial billboard, George Clooney, Chilean school
The detective leading the investigation into the murder of LGBT journalist Lyra McKee in Londonderry has called on the gunman to hand himself in to police, BBC.com reported. McKee, 29, was shot while observing rioting in ... | |
| | Historians asking for LGBTQ life experiences
In Tell Me About It, author/historians St. Sukie de la Croix and Owen Keehnen asked a variety of individuals 10 specific questions. The frank, audacious, hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking responses they received resonated with readers from ... | | 
| | Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein graduate to a new level in Booksmart
On the eve of their high school graduation, two best friends Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) and Molly (Beanie Feldstein) party like never before in the entertaining new film Booksmart. Olivia Wilde directs the movie that was a ... | | 
| | Lurie Children's, DCFS identifying LGBTQ youths in foster-care system
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (Lurie Children's) and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) are teaming on a research study to identify LGBTQ youth who are in foster care ... | |
| | Legacy Project event June 5
The Legacy Project will kick off Pride Month on Wed., June 5, 7-8 p.m., at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted St., with Stonewall veteran Tree Sequoia. According to an organizational press release, Sequoia has been tending bar ... | |
| | New national report details police's transgender policies
A newly released report documents the troubled relationship between transgender Americans and the police departments charged with protecting them. "Failing to Protect and Serve: Police Department Policies Towards Transgender People" ... | |
| | Five reasons the Gilead deal is a steaming pile of Truvada
Gilead Sciences, the pharmaceutical that makes Truvada, the only FDA-approved drug for PrEP, is having a great week in the public relations department. First, Gilead announced they were surrendering their patent for Truvada a year early, ... | |
| | LGBTQ veterans' group holding Memorial Day events
On Saturday, May 25, the Chicago Chapter of the American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER) will be the only LGBTQ unit to participate in the City of Chicago Memorial Day Parade. The AVER color guard will ... | | 
| | WBAI installs new president, announces upcoming transgender-focused program
Wochner Law Firm LLC partner Corinne Cantwell Heggie will become the Women's Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) president on May 30, having previously served as its first vice president and chair of a number of events ... | | 
| | Pete Buttigieg and homelessness: Advocate on slow South Bend response
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg cites the revitalization of South Bend, Indiana, which he largely stewarded, as a prime reason he should be elected president. But one organization head serving persons ... | |
| | Emanuel, Cappleman celebrate Broadway Streetscape Project project
As one of his last official acts, now-former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Ald. James Cappleman (46th Ward) and the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) for the ribbon-cutting of the Broadway Streetscape ... | |
| | Legislation to advance equity for LGBTQ older adults advances to Gov. Pritzker
SPRINGFIELD - Legislation to advance equity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) older adults has passed the Illinois General Assembly, according to Equality Illinois, the state's civil rights ... | |
| | NBJC on transgender deaths, "How Can We Celebrate Pride If We Keep Dying?"
WASHINGTON — This past weekend, Muhlaysia Booker, a young Black Transgender woman, was found murdered in Dallas, Texas. In April of this year, she was filmed being horribly beaten in public. Another Black Trans woman, Tamika ... | |
| | Female CEOs say abortion is a right in full-page open letter in New York Times
NEW YORK — In a new full-page open letter running in today's edition of The New York Times, the CEOs and co-founders of Clary Collection, Cora, Dame, Fur, LOOM, Sustain Natural and THINX Inc, are speaking ... | | 
| | Mujeres, Esperanza announce new health center in Brighton Park
Mujeres Latinas en AcciÃ"n (Mujeres), in partnership with Esperanza Health Centers (Esperanza), has now opened a new health center in Brighton Park. "When Mujeres opens its space in Brighton Park, it will bring all of its ... | |
| | Lightfoot names
senior staff,
finance positions
Mayor-elect Lori E. Lightfoot made the first announcement of key members of her administration's leadership team. The senior staff announced May 15 will be part of the team responsible for carrying out the vision and values ... | |
| | LGBTQ mental-wellness event May 18
Award-winning stand-up comedian and writer Sampson McCormick will return to Chicago Saturday, May 18, at the Baton Show Lounge, 4713 N. Broadway, at 4 p.m., for an event that will feature a performance and film screening. ... | | 
| | Illinois Collaboration on Youth holds gender-expansive services symposium
Illinois Collaboration on Youth (ICOY) held a day-long gender expansive services symposium May 13 at the Chicago Teachers Union. The day focused on how girls and gender non-conforming youth are impacted by the juvenile-justice system. One ... | |
| | Chelsea Manning back in jail
On May 16, U.S. District Court Judge Anthony Trenga ordered Chelsea Manning back to jail after the transgender former U.S. Army intelligence analyst again refused to cooperate with a grand jury investigating a release of documents ... | |
| | Richards takes over as Northalsted Executive Director
Kevin Richards, who came on board as executive director of the Northalsted Business Alliance on April 1, has been meeting with Halsted Street businesses and other community stakeholders as he settles in to his new position. ... |
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| | Pride poetry-slam competition June 12
In honor of Chicago's Pride Month, The Blackstone, Center on Halsted and StoryStudio Chicago invite the community to celebrate all things love this June during a slam poetry competition on Wed., June 12. The event will ... | | 
| | Sheila E., Jake Shears, Steve Grand part of Market Days
CHICAGO—The Northalsted Business Alliance (NBA) brings the beats to Boystown for this year's Northalsted Market Days, set for Aug. 10-11. The fest returns with five stages of non-stop entertainment, shopping, food and ... | | 
| | Xavier MaatRa on produce company, consulting, other pursuits
Giving back to the community has been the focus of Xavier MaatRa's professional life and that has culminated in the creation of their latest endeavors—Chi City Foods and DAB of Consulting. Xavier (they prefer to use ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW The Crowd You're In With
By: Rebecca Gilman At: AstonRep Theatre Company at Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark St. Tickets: 773-828-9129 or AstonRep.com; $25. Runs through: June 16 On its surface, Rebecca Gilman's 2007 drama The Crowd You're In With seems ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Playwright: adapted by David Catlin from the novel by Mary Shelley At: Lookingglass Theatre Company at the Water Works, 821 N. Michigan Ave. Tickets: LookingglassTheatre.org 312-337-0665; $45-$86. Runs through: Aug. 4 In the season marking the ... | | 
| | MOMBIAN Princess, maiden fall in love in new children's book
A maiden falls in love with a princess at a multiracial royal court in a delightful new children's book that adds to the growing number of LGBTQ fairy tales. Maiden & Princess—by Daniel Haack and Isabel ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW Next to Normal
Book and Lyrics: Brian Yorkey; Music: Tom Kitt. At: Writers Theatre, 325 Tudor Ct., Glencoe Tickets: 847-242-6000 or WritersTheatre.org; $35-$80.Runs through: June 16 Writers Theatre in Glencoe scored an artistic coup by luring back director David ... | |
| | THEATER REVIEW The Crowd You're In With
By: Rebecca Gilman At: AstonRep Theatre Company at Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark St. Tickets: 773-828-9129 or AstonRep.com; $25. Runs through: June 16 On its surface, Rebecca Gilman's 2007 drama The Crowd You're In With seems ... | |
| | THEATER REVIEW La Havana Madrid
Playwright: Sandra Delgado At: Teatro Vista/Collaboraction at the Den, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. Tickets: TheDenTheatre.com; $30-$60. Runs through: June 22 This joint production of the Teatro Vista and Collaboraction theater ... | |
| | Critics' Picks
Late Nite Catechism, Royal George Theatre, open run—On May 26th, Vicki Quade and MariPat Donovan's internationally acclaimed solo show celebrates its 26th-year anniversary with a return to 1993 admission prices for 26 ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW The Killing Game
Playwright: Eugene Ionesco, translated by Helen Gary Bishop At: A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells St. Tickets: 312-943-8722; ARedOrchidtheatre.org; $30-$40. Runs through: June 23 In the '50s-'60s, you couldn't ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW The Winter's Tale
Playwright: William Shakespeare At: Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. Tickets: $20-80; GoodmanTheatre.org/thewinterstale. Runs through: June 9 Why The Winter's Tale? Robert Falls may not know. In an interview with ... | | 
| | Spotlight
"Caged Miami Heat" and "Murder on the Sicilian Express" are the deliciously irresistible titles of The Golden Girls: The Lost Episodes, Vol. 3, currently running at Mary's Attic in Andersonville, and presented (as ever) by Hell ... | | 
| | SUMMER THEATER FEATURE Saving precious daylight, Summer theater in Chicago
The days are growing longer and the midyear solstice is only a few weeks away. It must be time for Shakespeare-under-the-stars and pre-show picnics on the green, but as we regard all this wide-awake time we ... | | 
| | SUMMER THEATER FEATURE Destination theater: Light up the skies!
Summer is when theater moves outdoors to mate with picnics, wine, sun and stars. Indeed, dozens of Midwest theaters operate only in the summer, and several are destinations all by themselves. Theaters highlighted below all are ... | | 
| | SUMMER THEATER FEATURE Turn up the heat: Summertime LGBTQ theater
We all know that a high percentage of LGBTQ folks are theatergoers, and not just the opera-and-musical-theater queens. (May they live long and prosper.) There are opera-and-musical-theater kings as well. ... | | 
| | SUMMER DANCE FEATURE Ballet to boogie: Summer dance in Chicago
By Johnny Nevin, Kristi Licera and Jonathan Abarbanel
Over the last 35 years, Chicago has developed into one helluva dance town, and things don't slow down in the summer as some dance events move outdoors, just as theater performances do. The chronological listings below ... | | 
| | Author documents straight women on front lines of AIDS crisis
A new book by Chicago author Victoria Noe pays tribute to dozens of unsung heroes of the AIDS/HIV crisis, chronicling myriad contributions from straight women who, since the early '80s, have intervened in numerous capacities to ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW La Havana Madrid
Playwright: Sandra Delgado At: Teatro Vista/Collaboraction at the Den, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. Tickets: TheDenTheatre.com; $30-$60. Runs through: June 22 This joint production of the Teatro Vista and Collaboraction theater ... | | 
| | SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW Summertime brings out the big guns, to no one's surprise
Summer is heating up at the movies and thanks to Avengers: Endgame, things are off to a good start as far as ticket sales. While the Avengers can't go back in time to really face off with Avatar in terms of ... | | 
| | Ani DiFranco talks new memoir at Women & Children First event
Women & Children First hosted a reading and conversation with singer-songwriter and social justice activist Ani DiFranco focused on her new memoir, No Walls and the Recurring Dream, May 10 at Wilson Abbey. Music critic and ... | |
| | Jake Shears, Sheila E., Steve Grand part of 2019 Market Days lineup
CHICAGO—The Northalsted Business Alliance (NBA) brings the beats to Boystown for this year's Northalsted Market Days, set for Aug. 10-11. The fest returns with five stages of non-stop entertainment, shopping, food and ... | | 
| | BOOK REVIEW Gender Identity: Beyond Pronouns and Bathrooms
by Maria Cook $22.95; Nomad Press; 128 pages What exactly is gender? How does one determine pronouns, for themselves and others? And why, exactly, is the bathroom debate such a big deal? Nomad Press is an ... | | 
| | Billy Masters
"Yes, I admit I was stalking Lou Pearlman into the bathroom!"—Ashley Parker Angel on how he met Pearlman and got cast on "Making the Band". He also was cast in Lou's private shower videos, but we'll ... | |
| | New play by Black, Brown teens on coming of age in the age of Trump
MAY 2019, CHICAGO, IL: The ensemble of Black, brown, immigrant, queer, and trans teenagers who developed MAKE AMERICA TEEN ALREADY (M.A.T.A.) have come of age in the Trump era - a political moment marked by strong ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW La Havana Madrid
Playwright: Sandra Delgado At: Teatro Vista/Collaboraction at the Den, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. Tickets: TheDenTheatre.com; $30-$60. Runs through: June 22 This joint production of the Teatro Vista and Collaboraction theater ... | |
| | Correct Arts to present All The World's a Stage, evolution of Chicago theater in art
Artists examine the evolution of Chicago area theaters from past to present (including vaudeville stages, silent pictures, live performance venues and motion pictures) to sometimes extinction. Featured theatres include the ... | |
| | Advocate premieres homelessness doc
Community advocate Neil Karski debuted his locally produced Faces Uncovered: Shattered Lives—about Chicagoans experiencing homelessness—at an event held May 16 at Center on Halsted's Hoover-Leppen Theater. Karski, who is founder ... | |
| | Van Ness, Gadsby at Chicago Theatre in June
LGBT celebrities Jonathan Van Ness and comedian Hannah Gadsby will be performing in separate shows at The Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St., during Pride Month (June). Van Ness—a television personality (Queer Eye), Emmy nominee and ... | | 
| | Award-winning Songwriter, LGBTQ Activist Justin Tranter Gives Back To Alma Mater
When Justin Tranter was a student at The Chicago Academy for the Arts, they started an AIDS benefit, a student-run variety show that helped raise awareness and advocacy for HIV/AIDS. Twenty-one years later, the annual event ... | |
| | Kokandy Productions announces casting for Head Over Heels
CHICAGO (May 15, 2019) — Kokandy Productions is pleased to announce casting for its Chicago premiere of the bold new musical comedy Head Over Heels featuring songs by The Go-Go's, based on The Arcadia by Sir ... | |
| | 'Stonewall' exhibit talks, performances on May 22-25
Talks related to the Wrightwood 659 exhibit "About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art" will take place May 22-25 at the gallery, 659 W. Wrightwood Ave. The exhibit itself will run May 22-July 20. The ... |
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