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Windy City Times 2023-04-19 |
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| | Season of Concern presents an SRO live edition
Season of Concern held its annual live concert fundraising event at Sidetrack Video Bar in front of a sold out crowd on April 10. The event, which raises money to financially assist theater performers and crew ... | | 
| | 'Snatchy Game' Theme for AAPI Month Fundraiser Asians and Friends Chicago to feature drag
--From a press release
'Snatchy Game' Theme for AAPI Month Fundraiser Asians and Friends Chicago to feature drag celebrities, game show reprise to raise money for Pride Parade entry CHICAGO—To recreate the popular 70's game show, Match Game, in the ... | | 
| | Lambda Legal applauds re-introduction of Federal Do No Harm Act
--From a press release
"As the Supreme Court gets ready possibly to expand even further the ability of businesses to use religion to discriminate, the federal RFRA law absolutely needs this fix."—Lambda Legal Chief Legal Officer Jennifer C. Pizer (Washington, ... | | 
| | Chicago Pride Fest returns June 17-18
--From a press release
Chicago Pride Fest returns June 17-18, 2023, 11 a.m. — 10 p.m., the weekend before the Chicago Pride Parade (June 25). The two-day street festival features live music on three stages, a Youth Pride Space for ... | | 
| | Queer Art's Illuminations Grant to recognize Black trans visual artists
--From www.queer-art.org
The Queer|Art Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists sheds light on the under-recognized contributions of Black trans women visual artists and provides critical support to their continuing work. The application period is open for ... | |
| | Arts Alliance Illinois encourages creatives to apply for $50M in grants for pandemic losses
--From a press release
CHICAGO — Arts Alliance Illinois is encouraging creatives across the state to apply for the B2B Arts (Illinois Creative Recovery) Grant, a historic $50 million in grant money being distributed by the Illinois Department of Commerce ... | | 
| | 'Birthplace' of house music to become a Chicago landmark
Shortly after being named to Preservation Chicago's annual list of the city's "most endangered" buildings, the Warehouse—the club at 206 S. Jefferson St. that has been often called the "birthplace" of house music—is on its way ... | | 
| | Q Christian Fellowship to present: 2023 Parent & Family Summit
--From a press release
Chicago, IL, April 2023 — Q Christian Fellowship presents the 2023 Parent & Family Summit at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, May 5 through 7 . At a time when political climates are increasingly hostile towards ... | | 
| | Conversion therapy doc sparks healing conversation in Hyde Park
On April 15, United Church of Hyde Park, 1448 E. 53rd St., hosted a showing of Pray Away, an Emmy-nominated 2021 documentary depicting the complex harms from conversion therapy. The event was hosted by United Church's ... | | 
| | CDC: Almost 90% of mpox-associated deaths involved Black men
A new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that almost 90% of mpox-related deaths in the United States were among Black men, CNN noted. Moreover, nearly all of the victims ... | | 
| | Raoul among AGs filing Supreme Court brief to continue nationwide access to medication abortion
--From a press release
Chicago — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, with 24 attorneys general, filed a brief supporting continued access to medication abortion and other essential health care for all Americans. In the brief filed in the United States ... | |
| | HRC condemns Montana senate passage of dangerous health care bill, calls for Governor's veto
--From a press release
Helena, Montana — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) - the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization - condemned the Montana Senate for passing HB ... | |
| | National LGBTQ+ legal groups condemn Missouri action barring healthcare for transgender people
--From NCLR press release
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has issued an Emergency Rule regarding the medical treatment of transgender people. Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the National Center for Lesbian ... | |
| | GLAAD responds to Missouri's curtailing essential healthcare for transgender people, outlines bills pending
--From a press release
(New York, NY - April 14, 2023) - GLAAD issued the following statement today in response to the emergency rule issued by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to ban health care for transgender people. The rule ... | | 
| | WORLD Hungarian law, French official, anti-Uganda protest, Rahm Emanuel
Germany and France are joining the EU Commission's infringement proceedings against Hungary over its anti-LGBTQ+ law, according to NBC News. The European Commission referred Hungary to the Court of Justice of the EU in mid-2022 over ... | | 
| | NATIONAL Scientist/activist dies, trans author passes, Alabama schools, Title IX
Philadelphia's Ada Bello—a pioneering LGBTQ+ activist and longtime laboratory chemist for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the University of Pennsylvania—died March 31 of pneumonia and COVID-19 at Chestnut Hill Hospital at age 89, p ... | |
| | HRC condemns North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for signing two anti-trans sports bans
--From a press release
Bismarck, ND - Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, condemned North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum for signing ... | | 
| | New group hosts sober events for sapphic Chicagoans
Members of the LGBTQ+ community who do not drink alcohol are often frustrated that so many of our community's social events frequently have it so readily available and prominent. A new community group is dedicated to ... | | 
| | The Jeff Awards announce grants to inspire artists of color
--From a press release
CHICAGO—As an extension of its mission to promote and recognize theater excellence, The Jeff Awards is launching a new grant award program called the Jeff Impact Fellowship to help inspire early to mid-career artists of color ... |
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| | House History: World-premiere musical was inspired by the early days of '80s house music
Gay composer Scott Free can rattle off the names of several documentaries celebrating the Chicago origins of house music. This style of electronic dance music was pioneered by Black DJs like Frankie Knuckles and Larry Heard ... | | 
| | PASSAGES Charles "Chuck" Williams was founder of the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Law, Public Policy
Charles "Chuck" Williams—the founder of the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy, a think tank at the UCLA School of Law—passed away April 11. Williams Institute Executive Director Brad Sears ... | | 
| | Good golly, Miss Cortes honors Little Richard in a big way
The new documentary Little Richard: I Am Everything held a big one-night-only premiere at Gene Siskel Film Center on April 13, the first 2023 film screened for the Doc10 Film Festival, Chicago's only all-documentary festival. Known ... | | 
| | Billy Masters: Davidson answers some inseam-ly speculation
"You leave your phone in the car and don't answer for the night and this?"—Drake Bell addresses someone reporting him to the police as "missing and endangered". The size of Pete Davidson's penis has long been ... | | 
| | City of Chicago, DCASE announce 2023 Millennium Park Summer Season
--From a press release
City of Chicago and DCASE Announce 2023 Millennium Park Summer Season April 13, 2023 Free Concerts, Films, Workouts and More at the Midwest's #1 Attraction DCASE Communications dcase@cityofchicago.org Download Photos ... | | 
| | Artemis Singers to present 'Better Times Will Come'
--From a press release
Kick off LGBTQ+ Pride Month with Artemis Singers' next concert, Better Times Will Come, a celebration of hopefulness after this long global slog of fear and separation. Enjoy an uplifting experience highlighting opportunities to create a ... | | 
| | SHOWBIZ Big Freedia, Hannah Gadsby, Billy Porter, Matthew Camp, 'League' ending
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Netflix released a music video with rapper and "Queen of Bounce Music" Big Freedia remixing Netflix's Strong Black Lead series "Hey, Queen" in time for the release of Netflix and Shondaland's Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, ... | | 
| | 'Belting for Life' returns in May with new partnership with AIDS Foundation Chicago
--From a press release
CHICAGO—Chicago's favorite evening of big voices for a big cause, returns with the 8th annual Belting for Life. For one night only on Monday, May 15, at 7:30 p.m. at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre in Evanston, ... |
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