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| | Illinois candidates among latest Victory Fund endorsements
Circuit Court of Cook County judicial candidates Jill Rose Quinn and Michael Weaver are among the 25 openly LGBTQ individuals who the LGBTQ Victory Fund endorsed in its latest round of supported candidates for political races ... | |
| | Hundreds turn out to protest Trump
By Tim Carroll
The atmosphere was kinetic just before noon on Oct. 28 as more than 1,000 protesters gathered along the Chicago Riveracross from Donald Trump's Chicago hotelwhile the president was attending a fundraiser that Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd ... | |
| | Red Stars fall in championship game
The Chicago Red Stars fell to the North Carolina Courage 4-0 in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) championship game on Oct. 27. Chicago finishes the season as the 2019 NWSL runner-up, and ended second in ... |
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| | Jeanne Balke on career, WWII, life as a lesbian pre-Stonewall
Just a few weeks before Chicago native Jeanne Balke's 10th birthday, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, plunging the United States into World War II. Balke and her family lived in the public housing project Cabrini-Green and ... | |
| | PASSAGES Richard Adams
Richard Adams, from Chicago, died Aug. 18. He was 73. He was a proud U.S. Army veteran. He worked for the State of Illinois for three decades and retired in 2003. Requiem mass was held at Church of the Atonement. ... | |
| | Foundation acquires major Roger Brown work
Though born and raised in small towns in Alabama, the late gay artist Roger Brown's greatest fame came through his association with the Chicago Imagists, an informal band of artists who grew out of the School ... | |
| | Commissioners expand voting access
Cook County commissioners Scott Britton, 14th District, and Kevin B. Morrison, 15th District, were lead sponsors on the Voting Opportunity and Translation Equity (VOTE) Ordinance that unanimously passed at the ... | |
| | Safe Schools event Nov. 9 at UChicago [UPDATE]
NOTE: As of Oct. 31, it has been decided that the Symposium which had been planned for Nov. 9 will be rescheduled to fall 2020. See ILSafeSchools.org/safe-schools-symposium. ... | |
| | Safe Schools Alliance advances PHIMC partnership [UPDATE]
Illinois Safe Schools Alliance (the Alliance) has been putting the finishing touches on a merger with the Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago (PHIMC). The Alliance has long advocated on behalf of LGBT students in Illinois ... | |
| | Halloween unmasks our troubled history with race
Halloween is one of this country's favorite yearly activities. Unfortunately, Halloween can be America's scariest, tooespecially for those of us seen as costumes you wear rather than the human beings that we are. Asian Americans, Native ... | |
| | LETTER Response to hate
Dear Editor: God's presence is always reflected in us. As a person of faith, I believe in Jesus Christ. No wonder this generation is starving for the community, connection and relationship when we see attacks on ... | |
| | 152,000 transgender adults are enrolled in Medicaid
More than half lack guaranteed access to coverage for gender-affirming care under state law. An estimated 152,000 transgender adults are enrolled in Medicaid in the U.S., according to a new analysis by the Williams Institute at ... | |
| | WORLD Pride events, UK hate crime stats, lesbian Colombian politician
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Taipei for the 17th annual pride parade, with organizers expecting a record turnout after the Taiwan government became the first in Asia to pass same-sex marriage ... | |
| | NATIONAL Law-school poll, Brandi Carlile, adoption ruling, Comcast situation
A new Marquette Law School poll revealed that respondents oppose a decision allowing business owners with a religious objection to LGBTQ people to deny services to those people, 57 percent to 34 percent, Vox noted. Also, ... | |
| | Spelman College creates Chair in Queer Studies with matching gift of $2M
ATLANTA, GA — OCTOBER 29, 2019 — Spelman College, the global leader in the liberal arts education of Black women, today announced the creation of a chair in Queer Studies backed by a matching gift from ... | |
| | Claudia Lopez first LGBTQ mayor of Latin American Capital City
Washington, DC — On Sunday night, Claudia Lopez made history in becoming the first openly LGBTQ mayor of a major Latin American capital city when she won her election in BogotÃˇ, Colombia. Lopez beat her opponent ... | |
| | HRC pres. to congress: Anti-LGBTQ housing discrimination morally bankrupt
WASHINGTON Today, Alphonso David, the President of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, testified in a hearing ... | |
| | Collaborative professionals convene in Chicago
At its 20th annual forum, the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP) convened more than 430 legal, mental health and financial professionals from around the world at the Chicago Marriott ... | |
| | 'IT Chapter Two' on Digital Nov. 19
Coinciding with Halloween, it was announced that the horror film IT Chapter Two will arrive on Digital on Tuesday, Nov. 19, and on 4K UHD Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD on Tuesday, Dec. 10. ... | |
| | Events planned around LGBTQ veterans and Veterans Day
The American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER ) Chicago Chapter will hold its annual LGBTQ Veterans Day Dinner Nov. 11 at 6:30 p.m.at Ann Sather Restaurant at 909 W Belmont Ave Chicago. The dinner speaker will ... | |
| | Day of Outrage to honor life of Atatiana Jefferson Oct. 28 in major cities
(Chicago, IL) UNTIL FREEDOM, founded by Tamika D. Mallory, Linda Sarsour, Mysonne Linen, and Angelo Pinto will lead a national day of action next Monday, Oct. 28 in more than sixteen cities across the United ... | |
| | PASSAGES: HIV/AIDS activist Rydwels remembered Oct. 27
The ashes of longtime HIV/AIDS activist Bill Rydwels, who passed away Oct. 3, were scattered from Belmont Rocks at 11 a.m. the morning of Sunday, Oct. 27. Rydwels, 87, who was diagnosed with HIV in 1985, ... | |
| | State treasurer commemorates LGBT History Month
Illinois state Treasurer Michael Frerichs marked LGBT History Month on Oct. 16 with a ceremony in the rotunda of the James R. Thompson Center in downtown Chicago. In the opening moments of the ceremony, Frerichs remarked ... | |
| | Red Stars named to all-star teams; Kerr named MVP
The National Women's Soccer League announced the players named to the NWSL Best and Second XI for the 2019 seasonwith Chicago Red Star Sam Kerr being named the most valuable player (MVP) of the league's 2019 ... | |
| | Affinity holds annual casino fundraiser
Affinity Community Services held its annual "Black Gold" casino night fundraiser Oct. 12 at Gallery Guichard. Among other highlights, there were a raffle, a live DJ and dancing, with the casino game winne taking home the ... |
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| | Billy Masters
"Gay is not a limitation. It's a characteristic that I hope they view, like I do, that it's God's greatest gift."Tim Cook's message to questioning youngsters The phrase "Banned in Boston" relates to many forms of ... |
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| | OPERA 'Dead Man Walking' makes Lyric debut
It has taken nearly two decades for the Lyric Opera of Chicago to finally stage Dead Man Walking. But that's just a blink of an eye considering the more than four centuries of operatic history. Dead ... | |
| | COMEDY Whitney Chitwood makes the case for Chicago
Six years ago, Whitney Chitwood was living in New York, trying to make it in theater, and feeling disillusioned, "because I did it all my life. So I would go to comedy clubs and watch shows a lot, and got bit ... | |
| | BOOKS Life's a witch in Augusten Burroughs' new memoir
After reading Augusten Burroughs' new tome Toil & Trouble some readers might have a "Witch, please?!" reaction to the memoirist's big reveal that he is a practicing witch. In Toil & Trouble, Burroughs writes about discovering ... | |
| | MOVIES Ozon layer, French director's new film looks at church coverup
A few years back, French director Francois Ozon, whose filmsamong them Swimming Pool, 8 Women and L'Amant Doublehad largely centered on female characters, decided that his next project should focus on men and their emotional fragility ... | |
| | MOVIES Michael Shannon's 'Current' affair
Actor Michael Shannon has built an impressive resume after his film debut in Groundhog Day. He gained widespread attention in 8 Mile and went on make movies such as Man of Steel, The Shape of Water, ... | |
| | Salute to Robert Ollis on Nov. 4
Pride Films and Plays' 2019 "Simply Sensational" benefit to salute music director Robert Ollis will take place Monday, Nov. 4, at The Broadway, Pride Arts Center, 4139 N. Broadway, at 7:30 p.m. Ollis won won the ... | |
| | Tegan and Sara discuss high school biography
Twin sibling performers Sara and Tegan Quinaka Tegan and Sarastopped by the Museum of Contemporary Art on Oct. 15 to discuss their collaborative memoir High School. Tegan said that the duo originally contemplated producing a concept ... | |
| | THEATER REVIEW You Are Happy
Playwright: Rebecca Deraspe; English translation: Leanna Brodie; American Sign Language translation: Mary Kate Ashe, Michelle Mary Schaefer, Brendan Connelly At: Red Theater at The Edge Off Broadway, 1133 W. Catalpa ... | |
| | THEATER REVIEW Kentucky
Playwright: Leah Nanako Winkler At: The Gift Theatre at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Tickets: TheaterWit.org 773-975-8150; $42. Runs through: Nov. 16 When you think about people who live in rural Kentucky, do you visualize ... | |
| | THEATER REVIEW Sugar in Our Wounds
Playwright: Donja R. Love At: Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee St. Tickets: FirstFloorTheater.com . Price: $18-35. Runs through: Nov. 23 Donja R. Love's Sugar in Our Wounds takes place during the Civil War in the shadow ... | |
| | FLIP Fest running through Nov. 13
Pride Films and Plays has announced its first FL!P Festfour nights of staged readings of full-length comedic lesbian plays. The plays will be read one per night on three Tuesdays (concluding with The Queen's Fool: A ... | |
| | Chicago Theatre Week dates announced
Chicago Theatre Week (CTW)an annual celebration of the tradition of theatergoing in Chicago during which visitors and residents can access value-priced ticketswill take place Feb. 13-23, 2020. As a program ... | |
| | ACE Comic Con has same-sex marriage proposal
At ACE Comic Con, which took place Oct. 11-13 in Rosemont, John Chambrone proposed to his boyfriend, Richard Owenwhile Oscar-winning actress Brie Larson (Captain Marvel) witnessed the event. "Brie Larson was amazing! He said yes and ... | |
| | SHOWBIZ RuPaul, 'Grease,' Queen Latifah, LGBT lists
VH1 announced that RuPaul's Celebrity Drag Race, an expansion of the Emmy-winning franchise, has been greenlit for 2020, a press release noted. The four-episode event series will feature 12 celebrities as they sashay into the "werk" ... | |
| | Moulin Rouge, A Night with Janis Joplin among Gene Siskel Film Center events
OCTOBER SERIES: Screening/Lecture Series: Viewing Positions (through December 10): This series uses a wide variety of films to demonstrate the different relationships that films establish with the viewer, and ... | |
| | Lesbian Chorus Artemis Singers at Improv Comedy Nov. 1
CHICAGO─Members of Artemis Singers, www.artemissingers.org, Chicago's lesbian feminist chorus, will perform as part of the Friday, Nov. 1, Dreamboat LGBTQIA+ improv show at The iO Theatre, Chris Farley Cabaret, 1501 ... | |
| | NUNN ON ONE: MUSIC Counterfeit Madison not faking it
Singer Sharon Udoh, also known as Counterfeit Madison, is possibly the most interesting person you will ever meet. Raised in Cincinnati by two Nigerian, extremely religious parents, Udoh wasn't allowed to listen to secular music. She ... |
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| | Billy Porter drops in at Sidetrack
Musical Monday at Sidetrack blasted through the stratosphere when entertainer extraordinaire Billy Porter dropped in on October 28. ... | |
| | Circuit Mom presents Haunted Hollywood at House of Blues
Hooray for Haunted Hollywood 2, presented by Chicago legend Circuit Mom. Joseph Stevens Photography ... | |
| | DRAG PERFORMER OF THE WEEK Kalli Mauri
BEHIND THE NAME "I chose Kalli Mauri because I wanted to make sure I stayed true to my comedy roots it's a pun. I also wanted people to know that I may look feminine but there is still a tentacle lurking ... | |
| | LGBT HISTORY MONTH Diaries reveal hidden worlds for museums
by Matthew S. Bajko
"Damn I'm going to be a gorgeous man," Lou Sullivan wrote 40 years ago in one of his personal diaries. Sullivan, who died in 1991 at age 39 due to complications from AIDS, was a pioneering transgender activist in the 1970s ... | |
| | ART Mike Burton offers unique voice with gay porn thumbnails
While most artwork has a deeper meaning, Mike Burton's work offers a unique voice distinct in the Chicago LGBTQ community. A transplant from Wadsworth, Ohio, the 28-year-old Burton moved to Chicago two years ago to fully ... | |
| | CLLAW returns to Chicago Nov. 2
The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers (CLLAW) returns with its 34th match CLLAW XXXIV: Good vs. Evil on Saturday, Nov. 2, at Logan Square Auditorium, 2539 N. Kedzie Ave. CLLAW's benefit match will feature women ... | |
| | Reeling announces festival winners
Reeling: the Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival announced the highly anticipated juried, audience and AARP Silver Image award winners for films screened at the 37th annual festival, held Sept. 19-29. They included: Jury awards for 15 ... | |
| | Five Worth Finding: TeaPotBrew, 'The GayBCs' and more
TeaPotBrew Bakery: Nestled in the South Loop/Prairie District, this bakery (1802 S. Wabash St.; 312-966-6001) features dozens of teas, delicious sandwiches/pastries and the friendliest staffers you'll likely to encounter. Also ... | |
| | DINING Dos Toros, Halloween specials, Le Colonial
In honor of Dos Toros' 10-Year anniversary, the taqueria concept will be offering two items for $10 at Chicago locations on Wed., Oct. 30the day of the brand's official anniversary. From 2 p.m. to close, and ... |
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