Windy City Times 2022-12-21 |
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| | Life Is Work, Brave Space Alliance to distribute Grubhub gift cards
Life Is Work (LIW)—a Black and Brown trans-led social services and advocacy organization on Chicago's West Side—is collaborating with community partner and South Side trans- and Black-led organization Brave Space ... | | 
| | Activists gather outside Pritzker's home, call for lesbian prisoner Bernina Mata's release
Free Bernina Team and Love and Protect members, among other groups and individuals, gathered outside of Gov. J.B. Prizker's Chicago home Dec. 19 to call for the release and commutation of 52-year old Latinx lesbian prisoner ... | | 
| | OPINION Remember the youngest victims of anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination
On Dec. 13, the Ohio State Board of Education voted 10-7 in favor of a non-binding resolution opposing proposed changes to the federal government's Title IX protecting LGBTQ+ students. It was just one more blow for ... | | 
| | NATIONAL Testifying in D.C., Brittney Griner, marriage law, school policies
WARNING: This week's news contains graphic content. Survivors of the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs that killed five people and injured approximately 20 others joined GLAAD and other advocates in providing testimony before the House ... | | 
| | WORLD Ghana funding, Latvia measure, Russia items, trans princess
Some Western governments who pledged to support LGBTQI+ rights have also funded supporters of a controversial bill in Ghana that could introduce harsh sentences for advocating for sexual and gender minorities' rights, CNN reported. In the ... | | 
| | Report released on online hate and gender-affirming providers
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC Foundation) has released "Online Harassment, Offline Violence: Unchecked Harassment of Gender-Affirming Care Providers and Children's Hospitals on Social Media, and its Offline Violent Consequences." ... | | 
| | Outgoing state Rep. Greg Harris feted at Baton retirement party
In recognition of his 16-year career in the Illinois House of Representatives, many efforts in public service, not to mention staunch support of the LGBTQ community, state Rep. Greg Harris, who is also the house majority ... | | 
| | Chicago Red Stars board releases statement on club, culture
-- From a press release
CHICAGO, Ill. (December 15, 2022) - The following is a statement from the board of the Chicago Red Stars: "The past year presented a sobering opportunity to examine our club and its culture, including the harm ... | | 
| | National LGBTQ Task Force plans 50th anniversary celebrations
-- From a press release
WASHINGTON, D.C. The National LGBTQ Task Force — the country's oldest LGBTQ advocacy group — celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2023, honoring 50 years of advancing freedom, justice, and equality for ... |
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| | Billy Masters: Redford won't follow Babs back to the well, and all the dish you need
"These gays — they're trying to murder me!" — Jennifer Coolidge's character, Tanya, on The White Lotus finale. Here's a headline that grabbed me: "Florida man busted for public sex with dog, wrecking church nativity scene". ... | | 
| | SHOWBIZ Best and worst films, Broadway, Adam Lambert, 'Proud Family,' women's hockey
IndieWire revealed its list of the best LGBTQ+ films and TV series of 2022. Just some of the selections included Benediction, Bros, Do Revenge, Fire Island, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Inspection, Los Espookys, P-Valley, ... |
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