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Windy City Times 2023-03-01

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Lightfoot concedes but other LGBTQ+ candidates make inroads

Lightfoot concedes but other LGBTQ+ candidates make inroads

Incumbent Lori Lightfoot, the city's first Black lesbian mayor, conceded defeat the evening of Feb. 28, after a tumultuous term and a difficult election season, where she competed against eight challengers for her post. "I stand ...

  News

VIEWPOINT Patriarch Kirill: Darth Putin's Altar Boy

VIEWPOINT Patriarch Kirill: Darth Putin's Altar Boy

Christianity—based on the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, who preached love as the most important expression of religion—has often been co-opted and distorted to support wars, persecutions and ...
Elections 2023: Timmy Knudsen discusses run for office and last-minute appointment

Elections 2023: Timmy Knudsen discusses run for office and last-minute appointment

This is part of a series of interviews Windy City Times is running on LGBTQ+ candidates in the 2023 municipal elections taking place Feb. 28 Attorney Timmy Knudsen was appointed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot this past ...
DuSable Black History Museum to show paintings from collection of Emmy award-nominated actress CCH Pounder

DuSable Black History Museum to show paintings from collection of Emmy award-nominated actress CCH Pounder

--From a press release

CHICAGO (Feb. 24,2023) — The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center is pleased to announce a new exhibition featuring paintings from the Collection of Emmy® award-nominated actress CCH Pounder. ...
Elections 2023: Rosanna Rodriguez Sanchez vies for second term representing the 33rd Ward

Elections 2023: Rosanna Rodriguez Sanchez vies for second term representing the 33rd Ward

This is part of a series of interviews Windy City Times is running on LGBTQ+ candidates in the 2023 municipal elections taking place Feb. 28. Youth educator and activist Rosanna Rodriguez Sanchez is seeking her second ...
Tennessee to ban drag shows; governor asked about '77 drag photo

Tennessee to ban drag shows; governor asked about '77 drag photo

Tennessee will ban some drag performances as well as gender-affirming healthcare for trans minors after state House lawmakers sent both bills to Republican Gov. Bill Lee to sign, The Hill reported. Republican state Senate Majority Leader ...
Elections 2023: Sam Schoenburg discusses hopes for police council role

Elections 2023: Sam Schoenburg discusses hopes for police council role

This is part of a series of interviews Windy City Times is running on LGBTQ+ candidates in the 2023 municipal elections taking place Feb. 28. Attorney and activist Sam Schoenburg, who is gay, is among the ...
Elections 2023: Fifth Ward candidate Jocelyn Hare discusses bringing needed resources to the South Side

Elections 2023: Fifth Ward candidate Jocelyn Hare discusses bringing needed resources to the South Side

This is part of a series of interviews Windy City Times is running on LGBTQ+ candidates in the 2023 municipal elections taking place Feb. 28. Jocelyn Chou Hare, who is senior assistant director of Harris Policy ...
Gay race-car driver Zach Herrin on industry, historic partnership with Lambda Legal

Gay race-car driver Zach Herrin on industry, historic partnership with Lambda Legal

NASCAR driver Zach Herrin has announced a partnership with Lambda Legal, a national organization aimed at achieving full recognition of the civil rights of LGBTQ+ people and everyone living with HIV through litigation and public advocacy. ...
Elections 2023: Bennett Lawson prepares to take the reins in the 44th Ward

Elections 2023: Bennett Lawson prepares to take the reins in the 44th Ward

This is part of a series of interviews Windy City Times is running on LGBTQ+ candidates in the 2023 municipal elections taking place Feb. 28. Bennett Lawson, chief of staff to 44th Ward Ald. Tom Tunney, ...
NATIONAL Help center, PrEP/PEP bill, gay pol weds, Creating Change protest

NATIONAL Help center, PrEP/PEP bill, gay pol weds, Creating Change protest

On Feb. 21, the LGBT National Help Center officially launched its newest program, the LGBT National Coming Out Support Hotline, per a press release. The hotline focuses specifically on the concerns of those who are struggling ...
WORLD Prison HIV study, trans soldier injured, Bollywood, British LGBT Awards

WORLD Prison HIV study, trans soldier injured, Bollywood, British LGBT Awards

In Zambia, a high uptake of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is possible in prison populations that have adequate resources and support from the criminal-justice health system, according to an AJMC (The American Journal of Managed Care) ...
First bobblehead of gay figure skater unveiled

First bobblehead of gay figure skater unveiled

On Feb. 24, Milwaukee's National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled the first bobblehead of U.S. Olympic figure skater Jason Brown, who had a personal-best showing at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, according to ...
New Report: Historic number of Black LGBTQ elected officials serving in U.S.

New Report: Historic number of Black LGBTQ elected officials serving in U.S.

--From a press release

Washington, DC — Today LGBTQ Victory Institute released "Powering Equality: Black LGBTQ Representation Over the Past Five Years," a new report tracking Black LGBTQ representation at all levels of government from 2018-2023. The report is part ...
Ex-Colts player accused of attacking son and his boyfriend

Ex-Colts player accused of attacking son and his boyfriend

Former Indianapolis Colts lineman and radio personality Joseph "Joe" Andrew Staysniak was arrested on Feb. 21 after a domestic incident in which he was accused of assaulting his son and choking his son's boyfriend in the ...
News

Passages: Longtime activist Achebe (Betty) Powell passes away

Veteran social justice organizer and educator Achebe (Betty) Powell passed away Feb. 21, according to multiple reports. Powell died of COVID-19 related complications at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Brooklyn, according to a Feb. 22 statement ...
Adler president reflects on being out in academia

Adler president reflects on being out in academia

Adler University President Raymond Crossman admits that leaders in higher education sometimes feel that they have to act as robots. "We always have to give the right answer, and not offend anybody—because you don't want to ...
News

More LGBTQ PoC report barriers to academic achievement than white LGBTQ peers

--From a Williams Institute press release

A new study from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, conducted in collaboration with the Point Foundation, the nation's largest LGBTQ scholarship nonprofit, finds more than twice as many LGBTQ POC as white LGBTQ ...

  Entertainment

Entertainment

Theater Review: one in two

Playwright: Donja R. Love. At: PrideArts at Pride Arts Center, 4139 N. Broadway Tickets: 773-857-0222; $35. Runs through March 19 Playwright Donja R. Love stresses that lower case letters should be used for the title of
...
Queerties honor LGBTQ+ creatives at Feb. 28 event

Queerties honor LGBTQ+ creatives at Feb. 28 event

The 11th Annual Queerties Awards—which recognizes LGBTQ+ creators, tastemakers, storytellers and newsmakers—took place Feb. 28 at Eden Sunset in Los Angeles. Hosted by drag comedian Bianca Del Rio, the ceremony ...
The Jeff Awards to honor Myrna Salazar with special non-Equity honor

The Jeff Awards to honor Myrna Salazar with special non-Equity honor

--From a Jeff Awards press release

(March 1, 2023 - Chicago) — Recognizing a lifetime of theater excellence, the Joseph Jefferson Awards will honor the late arts activist Myrna Salazar at the organization's 49th Anniversary Non-Equity Awards celebration on Monday, March 2 ...
Singer Zolita zips through Chicago on a whirlwind tour

Singer Zolita zips through Chicago on a whirlwind tour

Zoe Montana Hoetzel has evolved into the multidimensional artist known as Zolita while cultivating a massive following. Her personality is multifaceted as well. She identifies as a lesbian, an activist and a witch, but she's also ...
Billy Masters: Billy lobbies for Bette to co-star in Sister Act 3

Billy Masters: Billy lobbies for Bette to co-star in Sister Act 3

"When you see your boyfriend washing his penis in the sink, that's a sign they're probably having an affair." —Pamela Anderson shares a life lesson in her new documentary, "Pamela, A Love Story" I have to ...
Author Rafael Frumkin displays Confidence with their latest work

Author Rafael Frumkin displays Confidence with their latest work

Rafael Frumkin is a transgender author who is heading to Chicago for a March 8 appearance at Women & Children First in Andersonville with their latest offering Confidence. Confidence is the story of Ezra Green, ...
SHOWBIZ 'Bob's Burgers,' P!nk, sports items, Billy Porter, Ben Platt

SHOWBIZ 'Bob's Burgers,' P!nk, sports items, Billy Porter, Ben Platt

Animated sitcom Bob's Burgers marked another major milestone with its 250th episode. Gay actor/comedian/musician John Roberts (who voices Linda Belcher) talked with Queerty and said that one of the most important lessons he's learned from ...
'Everything' sweeps The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics 14th Dorian Film Awards

'Everything' sweeps The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics 14th Dorian Film Awards

--From a press release

GALECA,The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, has named A24's fantastical and affecting family relationship drama Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022's Film of the Year—and then some—in its 14th Dorian ...

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