 |  | Pres. Biden nominates Gigi Sohn FCC Commissioner; would be first out LGBTQ FCC Commissioner - --From a press release - Washington, DC — Today President Joe Biden nominated Gigi Sohn to fill a vacant seat at the Federal Communications Commission, ...  | | | Joffrey names new head of studio company and trainee program - Abbott Academy Director of the Joffrey Academy of Dance Raymond Rodriguez announced that Christopher Marney is the new head of ... | | | First U.S. passport with 'X' gender marker is issued - On Oct. 27, the State Department was expected to issue the first U.S. passport with an "X" gender marker, The ... | | | SPORTS Blackhawks GM leaves after sexual-misconduct findings revealed - A law firm working for the Chicago Blackhawks completed an independent review of a former player's 2010 sexual-misconduct allegations against ... | | | COVID Four more states removed from Chicago's travel advisory - On Oct. 26, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) removed four states from its weekly COVID-19 Travel Advisory. The ... | | | Ronn Harris: Evanston resident's initiative rewards good deeds - "You've got to accentuate the positive/ Eliminate the negative/ Latch on to the affirmative/ Don't mess with Mister In-Between" The ...
Author: Andrew Davis | | | Howard Brown Health unveils new Broadway Youth Center - --From a press release - Howard Brown Health recently unveiled the new permanent home for Broadway Youth Center, its program for LGBTQ people ages 12-24 ... | | | 410 LGBTQ candidates ran for office in 2021; racial, ethnic diversity up - --From a LGBTQ Victory Fund press release - Washington, DC — Today LGBTQ Victory Fund, the only national organization dedicated to electing LGBTQ leaders to public office, released ... | | | Texas governor signs anti-trans sports bill - Texas' transgender student-athletes will be restricted from playing on K-12 school sports teams that align with their gender identity under ... | | | Another John Wayne Gacy victim identified - On Oct. 25, the Cook County sheriff's office announced that another previously unnamed victim of the infamous serial killer John ... | | | Personal PAC holds virtual annual awards luncheon - Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock was the keynote speaker at Personal PAC's 28th annual awards luncheon Oct. 20. The event was ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell | | | Campus Pride releases list of worst anti-LGBTQ schools - Campus Pride officially released its 2021 Worst List, naming 180 campuses across the country as "the absolute worst, most unsafe ... | | | Twitter suspends Indiana politician for misgendering trans official - Twitter suspended the account of U.S. Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., after he intentionally misgendered Health and Human Services official, Dr. ... | | | LGBTQ+ activists celebrated at Fahrenheit Chicago Honors, launch of Lorde, Rustin & Bates, inc. - In the beautiful, amber atmosphere of the Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St., numerous well-known Chicago LGBTQ+ activists gathered to ...
Author: Cris Villalonga-Vivoni | | | LGBT HISTORY MONTH Angela Davis, revolutionary - By Victoria A. Brownworth - "You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it ... | | | NATIONAL Trans women in sports, Grindr crime, 'Berlin Patient,' trans death - Sports icon Billie Jean King, U.S. National Women's Soccer Team Co-Captain and World Cup Champion Megan Rapinoe, and WNBA stars ...
Author: Windy City Times staff | | | WORLD Indian commission, queer royals, MTV, Putin, attack in Jamaica - India's National Medical Commission has ordered publishers and medical schools to edit their textbooks and curricula to exclude discriminatory and ...
Author: Windy City Times staff | | | llinois Holocaust Museum hosts talk on Stonewall and the LGBTQ-rights movement - On Oct. 17, Skokie's Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center hosted a "Legacy of Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement" ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell | | | EXCLUSIVE: Family and friends mourn loss of Brianna Hamilton - Janiece Lewis said her older sister Brianna Hamilton was her first best friend. The two oldest of four girls, spending ...
Author: Kayleigh Padar | | | Illinois high schoolers distribute anti-LGBTQ+ survey - At Anna-Jonesboro Community High School in Anna, Illinois, a student group calling itself the "Anti-Queer Association" distributed a survey asking ... | | | CTA proposes reduced fare changes - During a time when the prices of just about everything seems to increase, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is proposing ... | | | Mayor Lightfoot: $20M+ in grants will support business, nonprofit recovery - --From a press release - CHICAGO — Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) announced ... | | | On Spirit Day, celebrities and others reach LGBTQ+ youth around the world - --From a press release. Video below - New York, NY, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021 - Yesterday, GLAAD celebrated Spirit Day, when participants around the world wear purple ... | | | LGBT History Month: Staten Island museum throws open Austen's closet door - It's been a long time coming, but officials at the Alice Austen House on New York's Staten Island have thrown ...
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| | ATTRACTIONS Pizza pop-up, WNDR, Wrightwood - —Rewired's pizza pop-up: Rewired Pizza Cafe & Bar, 1102 W. Thorndale Ave., is getting in on the Halloween fun by ... | | | LGBT Chamber of Commerce holding 25th-anniv. gala Dec. 7 - The LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois will come together with sponsors, corporate partners, members and friends to celebrate its ... | | | MUSIC Elton John's 'The Lockdown Sessions' now out - Elton John's The Lockdown Sessions is now out, courtesy of Interscope Records. An album of collaborations recorded remotely over the ... | | | Mayor Lightfoot, DCASE reveal more fall, holiday event details - --From a press release - CHICAGO—Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) today announced more details for DCASE ... | | | MUSIC Indie band Fleece is queering country - Eight years ago, gay songwriter and lead singer Matt Rogers and his friend, bisexual drummer Ethan Soil, founded Montreal quartet ...
Author: Jerry Nunn | | | SHOWBIZ JoJo Siwa, Haring/Ortiz mural, Jamie Lee Curtis, Billy Porter - Dancing the foxtrot alongside partner Jenna Johnson to Olivia Newton John's "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise)" for Dancing ...
Author: Windy City Times staff | | | REVIEW Randy Rainbow tackles politics, shows talent at The Chicago Theatre - YouTube sensation Randy Rainbow brought The Pink Glasses Tour to The Chicago Theatre on Oct. 22. Best known for videos ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | Billy Masters - "There was talk of Harry Styles, but I think he ran. He was too scared."—Boy George discusses who will play ...
Author: Billy Masters | | | MCA to showcase Justin Vivian Bond on Oct. 30 - On Saturday, Oct. 30, at 3 p.m., The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 220 E. Chicago Ave., will present "Music ... | | | THEATER Melissa Gilbert joins 'Rehab' cast with Dan Butler - Melissa Gilbert—an Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated actor, director, producer and New York Times best-selling author known for her role on ... | | | Annie Leibovitz at Chicago Humanities Festival on Dec. 7 - On Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 7 p.m., influential photographer Annie Leibovitz will come to the Chicago Humanities Festival for an ... | | | THEATER 'A Michael Martin Tribute' Nov. 11-28 - Curious Theatre Branch will host a three-week celebration of the solo performance monologues of the late Michael Martin, curated by ... | | | Chicago International Film Festival screens messages of diversity, inclusion at 57 - The International Film Festival turned 57 in 2021. While it was scaled down from previous years, much of the festivities ...
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