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•	Joli Angel Robinson tapped as new Center on Halsted head

•	World AIDS Day commemorated at AIDS Garden Chicago

•	Santos voted out of Congress

•	Fla. students walk out after school board's anti-trans actions

•	Berlin Nightclub closes after nearly 40 years, following boycott

•	Chicagoans gather to mark the 2023 Trans Day of Remembrance

•	UPDATE: Ramirez-Rosa apologizes, steps down from roles on Chicago City Council

•	George Santos survives U.S. House expulsion vote

•	Jamaica court upholds sodomy law; activist ends fight in that country

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Fla. students walk out after school board's anti-trans actions
In Florida, hundreds of students at Coconut Creek's Monarch High School held a walkout on Nov. 28 after their principal and several other school officials were reportedly reassigned over a transgender student's participation on the girls ... more

•	BOOKS Owen Keehnen takes readers to an 'oasis of pleasure' in 'Man's Country'
•	'When Black queer people win, everybody wins': Foundation releases report to improve equity at community orgs
•	THEATER Nelson Rodriguez talks boxing, queerness and his very personal play
•	'She was here...and she is here': Street to be renamed after Elise Malary
•	Jerry Mitchell bops into Boop!

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Windy City Times gift suggestions
Technically, Christmas is less than two weeks away—and counting. With that in mind, here are just a few suggestions for gifts, including some for the budget-minded. Sleep impact: Available on Amazon, the Yanser Silk Sleep Mask ... more

•	SAVOR Review of Marisol; talk with Chef James Martin
•	SAVOR these holiday options
•	STRUT marks World AIDS Day with 14th Annual Fashion Show
•	Joli Angel Robinson tapped as new Center on Halsted head
•	Bring Chicago Home: Guess who's saying no again

Nation & World

LGBTQ+ baseball executives announce cancer battles
Openly gay Major League Baseball (MLB) executive Billy Bean announced he has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and that he needs a donor for a bone-marrow transplant, Gay City News noted. USA Today initially reported ... more

•	NATIONAL Dr. Rachel Levine, World AIDS Day, trans deaths, Philly bar art
•	WORLD Laws and HIV/AIDS, Russia's crackdown, LGB Alliance, Olympians
•	Wisconsin governor vetoes anti-trans youth healthcare ban

Film / TV / Gossip

'Barbie,' 'Succession,' LGBTQs receive Golden Globe nods
WarnerBrothers' Barbie (with nine nods) and Universal's Oppenheimer (with eight) led film nominations for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards that were announced Dec. 11, while TV's leaders included HBO's ... more

•	SHOWBIZ Former Disney star, women's sports, Latifah, Lenny Kravitz, 'Barbie'
•	WORLD Laws and HIV/AIDS, Russia's crackdown, LGB Alliance, Olympians
•	Three films score 10 nods each in Chicago Film Critics Association's 2023 Awards

Theater / Dance

THEATER Nelson Rodriguez talks boxing, queerness and his very personal play
On Saturday, Dec. 9 at the Chicago Cultural Center, there will be a reading of New Personalidad—a play by actor, playwright and former Windy City Times 30 Under 30 honoree Nelson Rodriguez. The program, part of ... more

•	SHOWBIZ 'Bodyshop,' Beyonce, Ani DiFranco, Billie Jean King
•	PERFORMANCE Teatro Zinzanni's Carisa Hendrix talks magic, queerness and Canada
•	Jerry Mitchell bops into Boop!

Music

Artemis Singers to present "Embracing the Night" concert Jan. 20
CHICAGO─Artemis Singers, www.artemissingers.org, Chicago's lesbian feminist chorus, will present "Embracing the Night," a concert of choral and popular music about finding inner strength. The program begins at 7 p.m., Saturday ... more

•	SHOWBIZ Former Disney star, women's sports, Latifah, Lenny Kravitz, 'Barbie'
•	SHOWBIZ 'Bodyshop,' Beyonce, Ani DiFranco, Billie Jean King
•	Jerry Mitchell bops into Boop!

Books / Art

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Chicago author's new guide leads lesbian fiction authors toward inspiration and
From a press release: Award-winning and bestselling lesbian fiction author Elizabeth Andre—the pen name for a Chicago-based interracial lesbian couple—has published her latest book, titled Self-Publishing Lesbian Fiction, Write Your ... more

•	GLAAD marks World AIDS Day with launch of global resource hub, new HIV report
•	BOOKS Lucas Hilderbrand reflects on gay history in 'The Bars Are Ours'
•	Wrightwood 659 to present 'Daniel Goldstein: The Marks We Leave Behind' on World AIDS Day

Trans

Wisconsin governor vetoes anti-trans youth healthcare ban
In an expected move, Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill that aimed to outlaw gender-affirming care for minors, CBS News reported. Evers has sworn to strike down any proposals from the GOP-controlled Wisconsin Legislature ... more

•	Trans actress, gay actors, 'Kokomo City' receive Spirit Award nominations
•	WORLD Queer teen dies, trans activist honored, HIV drugs, mpox, British lesbian
•	Martina Navratilova continues anti-trans comments

AIDS & Health

•	NATIONAL Dr. Rachel Levine, World AIDS Day, trans deaths, Philly bar art
•	World AIDS Day commemorated at AIDS Garden Chicago
•	GLAAD marks World AIDS Day with launch of global resource hub, new HIV report

Lesbian

•	Chicago author's new guide leads lesbian fiction authors toward inspiration and publication
•	Brittney Griner strikes deal with ESPN, Disney
•	WORLD Queer teen dies, trans activist honored, HIV drugs, mpox, British lesbian

Sports

•	Brittney Griner strikes deal with ESPN, Disney
•	Chicago Red Stars re-sign defender Taylor Malham
•	Martina Navratilova continues anti-trans comments

Youth

NATIONAL Tenn. law, banned books, rainbow complex, journalists quit
Under pressure from a lawsuit over an anti-LGBTQ+ city ordinance, officials in Murfreesboro, Tennessee removed language that banned homosexuality in public, MSNBC noted. Passed in June, Murfreesboro's "public decency" ordinance ... more

•	Bring Chicago Home: Guess who's saying no again
•	Fla. students walk out after school board's anti-trans actions
•	OPINION For LGBTQ+ children, the holidays are often the most challenging time of the year

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