 |  | Chicago adds five states, Puerto Rico to COVID travel advisory - On Aug. 3, Chicago added five states and Puerto Rico to its travel advisory, recommending that unvaccinated people entering the ...  | | | Wis. man attacks trans couple but won't be charged with a hate crime - In Wisconsin, a La Crosse official said incomplete state laws prevented them from charging a man with a hate crime ... | | | Olympics: Transgender weightlifter exits competition early - New Zealand transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard was knocked out of the women's 87+-kilogram competition early after failing on all three ... | | | Biles takes bronze in final gymnastics event of Tokyo Olympics - Simone Biles ended her 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a bronze medal on the balance beam—the last event of the women's ... | | | DaBaby apologizes for 'misinformed' comments about AIDS, LGBTQ people - After his headlining sets at Lollapalooza, Governors Ball and Day N Vegas festivals were canceled within 24 hours of each ... | | | Olympics: IOC investigating out shot-putter for protest gesture - U.S. shot-putter Raven Saunders—a Black, LGBTQ athlete—has explained what the gesture she made following her silver medal at the Tokyo ... | | | EI, LGBT Chamber mark approval of LGBTQ-inclusive corporate law - --From a press release - Equality Illinois and the LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois celebrated approval by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker of a legislative ... | | | Olympics: U.S. women's soccer team loses, must play bronze-medal match - At the Tokyo Olympics, Canada stunned the United States 1-0 in the women's soccer semifinals to advance to the gold-medal ... | | | Olympics: U.S. women's basketball team tops France - A'ja Wilson scored 22 points and Breanna Stewart added 17 to help the U.S. beat France 93-82 in women's Olympic ... | | | Women's soccer roundup: Injured player in Olympics match, Red Stars win - United States women's national team (USWNT) and Chicago Red Stars player Alyssa Naeher was forced off with an injury in ... | | | Equality Illinois' new deputy director talks goals, position and books - On July 15, Mony Ruiz-Velasco officially started in the new position of Equality Illinois' deputy director. Ruiz-Velasco is an experienced ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | OLYMPICS Out U.S. shot-putter wins silver medal - Even in the glittery celebrity-laden world of track and field, U.S. shot-putter Raven Saunders stands out—and now she has a ... | | | WORLD Central America migration, New Zealand, asylum, Olympics - A State Department spokesperson said the United States will continue to urge the governments of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras ...
Author: Windy City Times staff | | | NATIONAL Trans women's updates, Virginia case, Lambda Legal, GLAAD, gay men's chorus - The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office (DAO) announced updates on the murders of trans women Michelle "Tameka" Washington and Dominique "Rem'mie" ...
Author: Windy City Times staff | | | OLYMPICS U.S. fencers protest teammate accused of sexual assault - Three fencers on the men's U.S. Olympic team wore pink masks during their match against Japan to protest a teammate ... | | | OLYMPICS U.S. women's basketball team wins, but there are concerns - The U.S. beat Japan 86-69 on July 30, three days after beating Nigeria by nine in the opener, according to ... | | | HEALTH Face masks recommended indoors throughout Chicago - Chicago now recommends that everyone older than 2 should wear a mask when indoors as the delta variant spreads and ... | | | Gov. Pritzker issues executive order creating new office of equity - --From a press release - SPRINGFIELD — Building on the administration's ongoing work to advance equity and inclusion, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive ... | | | Bernie Hansen's gay-rights legacy remembered - Activist Arthur Johnston recalled the late 44th Ward Alderman Bernie Hansen as perhaps "the most unlikely gay-rights alderman." Johnston—one of ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Olympics: U.S. women's soccer team advances to semis - The United States women's national team are through to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic soccer semifinals after a penalty shootout win ... | | | Bill would expose schools that discriminate against LGBTQ students - --From a press release - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (MA-5) and Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-1), Sharice Davids (KS-3), and Mondaire Jones ... | | | Taste of River North cancelled - On July 29, the River North Residents Association, along with theMART and Duff Entertainment, announced the cancellation of the 2021 ... | | | Olympics: Tennis player apologizes for anti-gay slur - Italian tennis player Fabio Fognini apologized for yelling at himself with an anti-gay slur during a loss in the Olympic ... | | | Passenger claims rainbow mask was banned; airline responds - On his flight out of Los Angeles International Airport earlier this month for a 46th birthday vacation in Greece, gay ...
Author: Andrew Davis | | | Pappas introduces legislation to establish LGBTQ veterans advisory committee - --From a press release - Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee and Chair of the ... | | | Photographer/activist Ed Negron's funeral will take place Aug. 3 - On his own Facebook page, one of the brothers of the late Chicago photographer/activist Ed Negron has revealed the details ... |
| | About Face Theatre's 27th season to be produced at The Den Theatre beginning March - --From a press release - CHICAGO (July 27, 2021) — About Face Theatre is excited to announce its return to live, in-person theatre with its ... | | | THEATER Proof of vaccination required to attend 'Teatro Zinzanni' - Randolph Entertainment, presenting Teatro ZinZanni in Chicago, announced that it will be requiring all guests older than 12 to show ... | | | Millennium Park Summer Music Series starts Monday - --From a press release - Millennium Park Summer Music Series, presented by the Millennium Park Foundation, features a wide variety of music from established and ... | | | Gerber/Hart comedy benefit Sept. 18 - Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, 6500 N. Clark St.. will host a comedy benefit, "Stacks of Laughter," on Saturday, Sept. 18. ... | | | SHOWBIZ Ruby Rose, Matt Ryan, Beyonce, The Dinah, Simone Biles - Ruby Rose (Batwoman; Orange Is the New Black) tearfully revealed that it took her hours to get accepted into an ...
Author: Windy City Times staff | | | DaBaby out of Lolla line-up after anti-gay rant, video - Following various homophobic comments made at another festival stage as well as on video, rapper DaBaby was taken out of ... | | | SAVOR Cobblestone Restaurant - It's a case of "better late than never" for Cobblestone (4337 N. Lincoln St.; https://cobblestone-chicago.com/). After selling his Bohemian House ...
Author: Andrew Davis | | | 'The Chi' picked up for fifth season - Showtime has picked up The Chi for a fifth season. Created and executive produced by out Emmy winner Lena Waithe ... | | | First-ever managing artistic director of Fine Arts Building named - Following a comprehensive national search, theater director and producer Jacob Harvey has been named the first-ever managing artistic director of ... | | | THEATER 'Intimate Apparel' surfaces in Utah after delayed Northlight staging - Some Chicago-area theaters plan to welcome back live audiences with shows that were physically on their stages at the time ...
Author: Scott C. Morgan | | | Billy Masters - "If you are fortunate enough to be in a relationship with a supportive family, in a country or place where ...
Author: Billy Masters | | | Matt Damon responds to anti-gay controversy - Actor Matt Damon is insisting that he has never used the anti-gay "f-word" following backlash from a recent interview, Variety ... | | | Aug. 12 dance film to explore gender, queerness in South Asian arts - Ashwaty Chennat, a Chicago Dancemakers 2021 Digital Dance grantee, has continued her collaboration with Abhijeet Rane to explore gender, queerness ... | | | Neo-Futurists' The Infinite Wrench returns for weekly in-person shows - --From a press release - CHICAGO (August 3, 2021)—Chicago's longest running late-night show, The Neo-Futurists' The Infinite Wrench, returns for weekly in-person performances on Saturday, ... | | | Hilton, Asmus showing works from National Geographic photographers - Hilton | Asmus Contemporary announced a specially curated exhibition of images from the archives of acclaimed National Geographic photographers, filmmakers ... |
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