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|  | Lambda Literary names winners of the Jim Duggins, PhD Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize 2023-06-08
--From a Lambda Literary press release - Lambda Literary is pleased to announce Ryka Aoki and Aaron Hamburger as the winners of the 2023 Jim Duggins, PhD Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize. Dedicated to the memory of author and journalist Jim Duggins, this prize ...
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| | GLAAD and EveryLibrary announce Community Response Toolkit 2023-06-06
--From a press release - (New York, NY - June 6, 2023) GLAAD, the world's largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, along with EveryLibrary, a national organization supporting campaigns against book bans, announce a new resource to help communities unite and engage ...
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| | THEATER Queer performer Yurel Echezarreta tells his 'Side' of the 'Story' 2023-06-06
- The classic musical West Side Story (by Jerome Robbins, with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Arthur Laurents) has gone through countless iterations from its 1957 origin, including the Oscar-winning ...
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| | Turner's book details a life-journey beginning 'When the World Didn't End' 2023-06-02
- Screenwriter-actor Guinevere Turner has published a new memoir, When the World Didn't End. The book describes both her childhood spent within the Lyman Family cult, and the emotionally-wrought adjustments her family made when Turner's mother left ...
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| | Writing Queer tour begins at American Writers Museum 2023-06-02
--From a press release - (CHICAGO - June 1, 2023) - The American Writers Museum (AWM) launches its new Writing Queer tour that will take visitors through the entire museum, using queer authors as a sort of map through the exhibits. ...
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| | SHOWBIZ Warhol, Sarah Paulson, upcoming books, Rufus Wainwright, Elliot Page 2023-05-26
- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled seven to two that the late artist Andy Warhol wasn't allowed to use a photographer's portrait of Prince for a series of pop-art images, per The Hollywood Reporter. Associate Justice Sonia ...
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| | NATIONAL Google Doodle, drag laureate, Nebraska bill, NYC AIDS Walk 2023-05-26
- D.C. poet/activist/journalist Ivy Young passed away at age 75, per a press release. Among other things, Young worked at Chicago's VISTA; the Center for Black Education and Drum and Spear Book Store in D.C.; the ...
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| | Sodomy laws repealed in Minnesota and Maryland 2023-05-23
- Sodomy laws are no longer on the books in Minnesota and Maryland. According to The Los Angeles Blade, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a public-safety bill into law on May 19 that repeals several anti-LGBTQ+ sections ...
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| | CAKE Chicago taking place June 3-4 at Broadway Armory 2023-05-21
- After several setbacks, the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) Chicago will take place June 3-4 at the Broadway Armory, 5917 N. Broadway. The COVID pandemic caused the cancellations of the 2020 and 2021 in-person expos, and ...
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| | Hair coming to Skokie Theater June 23 - July 30 2023-05-20
- Madkap Productions has announced the cast and creative team for the inaugural show of their 2023-24 season, the rock musical HAIR, with book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, and music by Gail MacDermot. ...
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| | Illinois middle-school teacher loses job for promoting 'This Book Is Gay' 2023-05-18
- Making This Book Is Gay available to her eighth-grade students resulted in Illinois teacher Sarah Bonner being reported to police—and eventually losing her job, according to an item from The Advocate. According to Today.com, Bonner (who ...
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| | Writer Sarah Gailey crosses paths with Black Cat for Marvel Voices: Pride #1 2023-05-15
- Publishing company Marvel Comics has been showing its true colors, with Marvel Voices: Pride #1 returning in 2023 for its third year in June. The comic book series features a wide range of out and proud ...
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| | Gigi Gorgeous Spills The T Guide at Chicago Humanities Festival 2023-05-12
- Chicago Humanities Festival has created events that bring artists and audiences together for one-of-a-kind experiences in the Windy City for years—and 2023 will be no different. Programming slated for this year includes LGBTQ+ favorites such such ...
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| | Screenwriter Guinevere Turner book launch June 4; book chronicles growing up with infamous Lyman Family cult 2023-05-25
--From a press release - CHICAGO—The book launch of acclaimed screenwriter Guinevere Turner's When the World Didn't End, a memoir of her childhood growing up with the infamous Lyman Family cult, will be held Sunday, June 4, 2-5 p.m. at Whiskey ...
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| | Illinois to become first state to punish book-banning 2023-05-04
- Illinois is about to become the first state to punish public institutions that ban books. Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker has said he supports a House bill that would withhold state funding from any of the state's ...
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