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Windy City Times 2023-04-26 |
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| | Biden administration files lawsuit challenging Tennessee's ban on trans youth care, HRC responds
--From an HRC press release
WASHINGTON- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, applauded the Department of Justice's filing of a federal lawsuit ... | | 
| | White House proclaims 70th anniversary of the 'Lavender Scare'
On April 25, the White House issued a proclamation noting April 27 as the 70th anniversary of the Lavender Scare, which negatively—and extensively—impacted the LGBTQ+ community. In 1950, the U.S. State Department fired 91 employees because ... | | 
| | Florida parents of trans teens seek emergency ruling regarding healthcare
Florida families challenging the state's ban on medically necessary healthcare for their transgender children filed a motion asking the court to halt the ban while their case proceeds, according to a joint press release from GLBTQ ... | | 
| | U.S. House Republicans pass trans sports ban ... but it will go nowhere
On April 20, the Republican-controlled House passed legislation that would ban transgender women and girls from competing in female school athletics. According to NBC News, The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, authored by ... |
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| | Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame nominations extended, participation in Chicago's LGBT Pride Parade announced
--From a press release
The Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame announced today, that it will once again be one of the leading floats in Chicago's LGBT Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25. McKinsey & Company will sponsor the Pride float. ... | | 
| | HHS Secretary on Missouri's emergency regulation restricting gender-affirming care: "crisis of their own manufacturing"
--From a press release
Statement from HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on Missouri's Emergency Regulation Restricting Access to Gender-Affirming Care : "At a time when our communities are facing true threats to their health and well-being — in the form of ... | | 
| | PASSAGES: Retired Chicago Fire Department district chief, paramedic Pat Ciara
Retired Chicago Fire Department (CFD) district chief, paramedic and at one time the highest ranking out lesbian in the history of the CFD, Pat Ciara died April 19 of lung cancer in Lake Worth, Florida. She ... | | 
| | Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, Chicago Fire FC, CHA break ground on new training facility
--From a press release
CHICAGO — Today, Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, Chicago Fire FC Owner and Chairman Joe Mansueto, Alderman Jason Ervin (28th Ward), Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) CEO Tracey Scott, and Mary Baggett ... | | 
| | Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx declines to run again
After serving two terms, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx will not seek re-election. According to ABC 7 Chicago, Foxx made the announcement at the City Club of Chicago on April 25, saying, "I leave now ... | | 
| | President Biden announces re-election run
U.S. President Joe Biden has announced his re-election run. In doing so, he is teaming the veteran advisers who helped him win the White House once with a newer generation of diverse leadership for his 2024 ... | | 
| | City of Chicago names inaugural Chicago Poet Laureate avery r. young
--From a press release
CHICAGO — Today, Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, in partnership with the Chicago Public Library (CPL), the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), and the Poetry Foundation, proudly named avery r. young as the inaugural ... | | 
| | Don Lemon out at CNN after 17 years; Tucker Carlson out at Fox
Openly gay TV journalist Don Lemon is out at CNN after 17 years. Lemon, who had co-hosted CNN This Morning on April 24, said that he was informed by his agent that he had been terminated, according to Deadline. The show, with Poppy Harlow ... | | 
| | American Library Association releases Top 10 List of Most Challenged Books of 2022
--From a press release
CHICAGO (April 24, 2023) — Today, the American Library Association (ALA) kicked off National Library Week with the release of its highly anticipated list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2022 and the State ... | |
| | Why mifepristone battle matters to LGBTQs
The escalating clash over the availability of a certain FDA-approved medication to terminate an early-stage pregnancy has significant implications for many LGBTQ people. Over the years, various entities have tried to block the use of hormones ... | | 
| | Gala raises hundreds of thousands for Center on Halsted
Photos by Kat Fitzgerald
Hundreds of community members met at the Geraghty, 2520 S. Hoyne Ave., the evening of April 15 for Center on Halsted's 2023 edition of its annual Human First gala. Honorees that evening included local activists Ann ... | | 
| | Gerber/Hart Library and Archives holds Spring Soiree benefit event at Sidetrack
Gerber/Hart Library and Archives (Gerber/Hart) hosted "This Library is QUEER! The Gerber/ Hart Spring Soiree" benefit April 20 at Sidetrack. A large collection of the history and culture of Chicago and the Midwest's LGBTQIA communities is ... | | 
| | One Roof Chicago LGBTQ+ centered intergenerational community in planning stages, announces new executive director
When One Roof Chicago (ORC) founder Pamela Calvert, a then-newcomer to Chicago, was researching senior living options for her wife and herself, both elder orphans with no close family ties in the area, she was looking ... | | 
| | LA LGBT Center's gala raises $1M+; Leslie Jordan among those honored
On April 22, the Los Angeles LGBT Center raised more than $1 million to support its lifeline services and advocacy benefiting the LGBTQ+ community ... | | 
| | Uganda president refuses to sign current anti-LGBTQ+ bill
Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has refused to sign into law a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill that prescribes the death penalty in some cases, media reports indicated. Museveni's decision was announced late on April 20 after a ... | |
| | HRC applauds Kansas Governor Laura Kelly for vetoing extremist attacks on transgender lives
--From a press release
Topeka, KS - Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, commended Kansas Governor Laura Kelly for vetoing a total of four bills designe ... | | 
| | Lauren Verdich memorial May 20
Celebration of Life for longtime Chicagoan LGBTQ activist and business owner Lauren Verdich will be Saturday May 20, 2023, 12:30-4 p.m., University Club Chicago, 76 E. Monroe. Donations can be sent to Lambda Legal in Lauren's ... | | 
| | WORLD Hungarian bill, Biden's visit, HIV study, trans athlete ousted, Prince Harry
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Hungarian legislators passed a bill that enables citizens to report anonymously on same-sex couples who raise children to authorities, Bloomberg reported. Hungary's constitution protects the institution of marriage as a formation "between one man and ... | | 
| | NATIONAL Trans-rights cases, Brittney Griner, Elton John, law firm, passages, Twitter
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals plans to meet as a full court to consider a pair of trans-rights cases from West Virginia and North Carolina, NBC News reported. The Richmond-based appeals court said it ... | | 
| | Joseph Kraft: Gay Chicago artist talks activism, stereotypes, love of art
Joseph Kraft has been an artist practically all his life. The Illinois native and Ukrainian Village resident's love of art has taken him to many places. His latest big move was more professional than geographical, as ... | |
| | Report reveals abuses against LGBTQ+, transgender community, people living with HIV in the criminal legal system
--From a press release
(NEW YORK, NY — April 20, 2023) Today, Lambda Legal, in partnership with Black and Pink National, released Protected and Served? 2022 [ https://www.protectedandserved.org/2022-report ] , a report that reveals ... | |
| | Lambda Legal: Proposed national transgender youth sports ban 'ignorant and despicable'
(Washington, DC, April 19, 2023) — Today the U.S. House of Representatives considered HR 734, the Orwellian-titled Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, that would ban trans girls and women from participating in school ... |
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| | OBAMA-OLOGY coming to Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre in June
--From a press release
Evanston, IL — Tim Rhoze, Artistic Director of Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre, has announced the cast for the company's season-opening Chicago premiere of OBAMA-OLOGY by Aurin Squire. The play is about a young gay African American college graduate ... | | 
| | GALECA to also honor achievements in theater
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics announced it is expanding its mission to honor Broadway and off-Broadway productions, across various inaugural categories, beginning with the current 2022-23 theater season. ... | | 
| | Singer/actor/LGBTQ+ ally Harry Belafonte dies at 96
Actor/singer/civil-rights icon Harry Belafonte died at age 96 of congestive heart failure, according to Yahoo! Among the most honored performers of his era, Belafonte won two Grammy Awards (and the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award in ... | | 
| | Billy Masters bids adieu to Dame Edna
"I was born with a priceless gift—the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others." —Dame Edna Everage The world just got a bit duller with the death of Dame Edna Everage. Her creator, Barry Humphries, ... | | 
| | SHOWBIZ Janelle Monae, 'SNL,' EDM pioneer, Culture Club, Kim Petras, Wilson Cruz
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Janelle Monae has re-entered the musical realm with the release of her single, "Float," featuring horns by Seun Kuti + Egypt 80, a press release announced. The song was first heard late last year as the ... | | 
| | EXPO Chicago wraps up 10th-anniversary edition
EXPO Chicago: The International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art concluded its 10th anniversary edition on April 16. Approximately 32,000 visitors viewed and/or purchased works by more than 80 curators ... |
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