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|  | Nobody's Darling offers Chicago's queer women a new space to gather - Angela Barnes and Renauda Riddle are co-owners of Nobody's Darling—a new Andersonville spot that focuses on queer women. The bar, ...  | | | LGBTQ-owned business ribbon cutting Monday, thanks to PPP, Restaurant Relief - --From a press release - EVANSTON — On Monday, June 21, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Founding Member of the LGBTQ ... | | | Pride celebration with Lightfoot, tennis legend King on June 24
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and tennis legend Billie Jean King will co-host a virtual Pride celebration Thursday, June 24, 6-7 ... | | | U.S. Bank opens branch in Lake View with LGBTQ+ design
- U.S. Bank has brought what it calls "an enhanced banking experience" to customers of the Lake View East branch at ... | | | HIV/AIDS AFC, Getting to Zero award $350K in grants
- AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC) joined Getting to Zero Illinois (GTZ-IL) in announcing the grant recipients for the first-ever Getting to ... | | | ABC 7 to present 'Our Chicago: Celebrate Pride' June 26-27
- ABC 7 Chicago is presenting a half-hour special, Our Chicago: Celebrating Pride, hosted by the ABC 7 Eyewitness News Morning ... | | | Report: Major corporations celebrating Pride month also funding Fox' anti-LGBTQ+ programming - --From a press release - WASHINGTON, DC — According to a new report from Media Matters for America, a nonprofit media watchdog, major corporations that ... | | | Morten Group celebrates 20th anniversary with "Forging Innovation in Racial Equity (FIRE) Grant" - --From a press release - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Applications are now open for Morten Group, LLC's Forging Innovation in Racial Equity (FIRE) Grant and ... | | | Pritzker announces $10M vaccination lottery
- As Illinois continues to lead the Midwest in vaccinating our residents, Gov. JB Pritzker announced a new $10 million "All ... | | | Gov. Pritzker signs FY22 state budget into law
- --From a press release - SPRINGFIELD — After speaking to the investments made possible by the FY22 state budget this morning, Governor JB Pritzker signed ... | | | Biden, Harris make Juneteenth a national holiday
- On June 17, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris signed a bill designating June 19 as officially Juneteenth ... | | | Narrow SCOTUS ruling allows governments to prohibit anti-LGBTQ discrimination, NCLR explains - --From a NCLR press release - WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia that the City ... | | | Same-sex parents 7 times more likely than different-sex to raise adopted, foster children
- --From a Williams Institute press release - Today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia finds that Philadelphia had violated the constitutional ... | | | Study finds overrepresentation of LGBTQ+ youth in Midwest Foster Care System
- --From a U of Maryland School of Social Work press release - The study outlined here is one of the first of its kind to be conducted in a Midwestern state, where ... | | | U.S. Supreme Court sides with anti-LGBTQ Catholic foster-care agency
- The U.S. Supreme Court, on June 17, said that Philadelphia violated the First Amendment when it froze the contract of ... | | | U.S. Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act
- On June 17, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in a decision that ... | | | U.S. Department of Education renews commitment to LGBTQ+ students, NCLR applaudes - --From a NCLR press release - WASHINGTON, DC — The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) applauds the U.S. Department of Education's renewed commitment to protecting ... | | | Exposure to homophobic attitudes linked to higher stress among sexual minorities - --Press release from American Psychological Association - WASHINGTON — Lesbian, gay and bisexual people who encounter homophobic attitudes experience increases in heart rate, blood pressure and stress ... | | | AMA reinforces opposition to restrictions on transgender medical care - --From a press release - CHICAGO - The American Medical Association (AMA) today strengthened its established position opposing the governmental intrusion into the practice of ... | | | EEOC has new sexual orientation, gender identity resources for workplace - --From a press release - WASHINGTON — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is observing LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and the anniversary of the U.S. ... | | | Elected school-board bill passes Illinois House
- In a move seen as a bitter defeat for Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the Illinois House sent to Gov. J.B. ... | | | Chicago attorneys among LGBT Bar's '40 Under 40'
- Three Chicago attorneys are among the legal professionals named to the LGBT Bar's 40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40. Jones ... | | | Dept. of Education: Title IX also protects LGBTQ students
- The Department of Education will interpret Title IX—a federal law that protects students from sex-based discrimination in federally funded schools—to ... | | | Research documents disproportionate harms of discrimination on LGBTQ People of Color
- --From a press release - Today, a coalition of leading LGBTQ rights groups joined together to release the most extensive summaries to date of scholarly ... | | | 476,000 transgender adults in the U.S. have no IDs with the correct gender marker
- --From a press release - An estimated 476,000 transgender adults in the U.S. are without any form of identification with the correct gender marker, according ... | | | NCLR campaign to highlight LGBTQ-welcoming faith-based service providers - --From a press release - SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights launched the "We Serve with Love" campaign, which seeks ... | | | Senate hearings for Gina Ortiz Jones, Shawn Skelly; historic if confirmed - --From a press release - Washington, DC — The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold confirmation hearings for two LGBTQ presidential nominees this Wednesday and ... | | | Gov. Pritzker signs legislation making Juneteenth an official state holiday - --From a press release - SPRINGFIELD — On June 16, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation declaring June 19, Juneteenth, an official state holiday. To ... | | | LGBTQ pioneers, trailblazers, and heroes to be honored at Stonewall Inn on June 24 - --From a press release - (New York, NY, June 15, 2021)... On June 24, 2021, The International Imperial Courts of the U.S.A., Canada and Mexico ... | | | Back 2 School Illinois Build-A-Kit event
Oct. 22, 2021 at Center on Halsted - --From a press release - We are excited to announce that after a long COVID delay, we will be holding our Back 2 School Illinois ... | | | Chicago History Museum to mark Juneteenth with event, free admission - The Chicago History Museum will celebrate Juneteenth with free museum admission for all and a virtual event, "Resounding Liberty: Remembering ... | | | Second Drag March for Change takes place in Northalsted/Boystown - The second Drag March for Change took place June 13 in Lake View along the route of Halsted street by ...
Author: Vern Hester | | | Aurora Pride reflects a rainbow of support - Aurora, Illinois celebrated a second year of Pride festivities on June 13. In 2018 and 2019, Aurora Pride took place—held ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | NATIONAL Panic defense, VP Kamala Harris, Black LGBTQ app, crime items - Four states and the nation's capital have taken action to ban the so-called LGBTQ "panic defense," which is a legal ...
Author: Windy City Times staff | | | WORLD India court, trans death, Guatemalan LGBTQs, Gay Games - A court in India ordered state and federal officials to draw up plans for sweeping reforms to respect LGBTQ rights, ...
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| | SHOWBIZ 'Our America,' Randy Rainbow, Melissa Etheridge, 'Drag Race,' VINCINT - ABC Owned Television Stations announced that the first two-episodes of the Our America: Who I'm Meant to Be docuseries are ... | | | National Women's Music Festival to stream June 30-July 4 - The beauty, power and wisdom of women will be celebrated at the 45th Annual National Women's Music Festival, which will ... | | | Billy Masters - "Now, therefore, I, Joseph R. Biden Jr., President of the United States of America … do hereby proclaim June 2021 ...
Author: Billy Masters | | | Women's soccer documentary to debut June 24 on HBO Max - HBO Max debuted the official trailer for the women's soccer movie LFG ahead of the documentary's premiere on Thursday, June ... | | | Mayor Lightfoot and DCASE announce more summer cultural events across Chicago - --From a press release - CHICAGO — Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) today announced even more ... | | | Mercury Theater Chicago open house July 10-11; Honey West new Venus Cabaret director - --From a press release - Chicago (June 14, 2021)— Mercury Theater Chicago will celebrate its reopening plans at an Open House at the Venus Cabaret, ... | | | ATTRACTIONS Museum provides WNDR-ful experiences for all ages - WNDR Museum—an original immersive art and technology experience—is in the city's West Loop neighborhood, at 1130 W. Monroe St. The ... | | | Wizard World Chicago returning Oct. 15-17
- Wizard Brands, Inc. announced that its flagship event, Wizard World Chicago, will officially make its triumphant return Oct. 15-17 at ... | | | Siskel Film Center to reopen Aug. 6
- After closing its doors March 14, 2020 due to COVID-19, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's (SAIC) Gene ... | | | Blue Man Group returning Aug. 18
- Blue Man Group will return to Chicago's Briar Street Theatre on Wed., Aug. 18. A dynamic combination of art, music, ... | | | Music Box showing LGBTQ movie 'Summer of '85' on June 25
- Music Box Theatre & Music Box Films, 3733 N. Southport Ave., will present out gay writer/director Francois Ozon's French love ... | | | Local lesbian couple talks new band The Q's, love story, other endeavors - Singing has been a part of Debra Duncan and Kayla Quiros' lives since they were in high school. Now the ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | Sisters in Cinema presents Sister Outsider Juneteenth Celebration - --From a press release - CHICAGO, IL- Sisters in Cinema, a Chicago-based 501(c)3 recently in the news for breaking ground on their new Media Arts ... | | | Black Ensemble Theater receives $5M grant from MacKenzie Scott
- Black Ensemble Theater founder, Executive Director and CEO Jackie Taylor announced that the theater has received a $5 million grant ... | | | "Chicago: Where comics came to life (1880-1960)" at Chicago Cultural Center
- --From a press release - "Chicago: Where comics came to life (1880-1960)" opens Saturday, June 19 at Chicago Cultural Center. The new exhibition celebrates Chicago ... | | | BOOKS Precious Brady-Davis has arrived - Recently honored by Mayor Lightfoot and the LGBTQ Advisory Council as a community leader who has "helped build the foundation ...
Author: Angelique Smith | | | MUSIC 'Miley Cyrus Presents Stand by You' airing June 25
- Peacock announced that the concert event Miley Cyrus Presents Stand by You will stream Friday, June 25 in celebration of ... |
| | Chicago Sky win second consecutive game - Two-time WNBA MVP Candace Parker had her first double-double of the 2021 season—and her first ever in a Chicago uniform—as ... | | | U.S. women's soccer team beats Jamaica 4-0
- Carli Lloyd's 24-second strike—the second quickest goal in the United States women's national team history—helped her team beat Jamaica 4-0 ... | | |
AT&T WNBA All-Star 2021 returns to Las Vegas July 14 - --From a press release - NEW YORK, June 14, 2021 - AT&T WNBA All-Star 2021, to be played Wednesday, July 14 at Michelob ULTRA Arena ... | | | Chicago Sky win third straight game, top 100 points
- On June 15, the Chicago Sky secured a 105-89 victory over the Minnesota Lynx from the Target Center in Minneapolis ... | | | Chicago Gourmet returning in September
- The organizers of Chicago Gourmet announced details surrounding the September 2021 celebration. With a focus on reuniting gourmet enthusiasts with ... | | | Filicia reunites with the 'Fab Five' - Queer Eye for the Straight Guy debuted on television in 2003 on Bravo. It starred the "Fab Five," each with ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | Chicago Sky win fourth consecutive game
- The Chicago Sky are on a roll. The team won its fourth consecutive game, defeating the Connecticut Sun 81-75 at ... | | | SAVOR Gordon Ramsay Burger to open spot in River North
- Expanding the chef namesake's empire, Gordon Ramsay North America announced that Gordon Ramsay Burger is coming to Chicago's River North ... |
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