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| | ELECTIONS 2016 Printable charts, early voting information, grace-period, registration
Charts Consult the Windy City Times 2016 General Election charts for endorsements and recommendations from a number of local and national organizations. See and print out voting charts from the ... | |
| | Northalsted Business Alliance leadership change
From a press release
The Northalsted Business Alliance (NBA) announces the departure of Executive Director Christopher Barrett Politan. Current Director of External Affairs Chad Honeycutt assumes the role of acting executive director. To help ... | |
| | Judge recommends against locker room injunction
U.S. District Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Gilbert, on Oct. 18, recommended the denial of a preliminary injunction that would have banned a transgender student at Township High School District 211 from using the locker room and restroom ... | | 
| | Fox anchor Smith comes out as gay
For the first time, Fox News anchor Shepard Smith has publicly acknowledged that he is gay—and it happened during National Coming Out Month. Smith did it while speaking about Fox News head Roger Ailes, who was ... | |
| | 18 years after hate killed Matthew Shepard, the politics of hatred today
From an HRC press release
"We are still fighting the hate that killed Matthew." On the 18th anniversary of her son's brutal murder, Judy Shepard — also a member of HRC's Board of Directors — and HRC President Chad Griffin teamed ... | | 
| | CDPH announces
new fatal case of
meningococcal disease
Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), on Oct. 14, announced that there had been another fatal case of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in the Chicago area. The death took place in September, according to a CDPH ... | | 
| | Ohio's Largest-Ever Wrongful Conviction Verdict Upheld, for Black Gay Man
From a press release
CLEVELAND — A judge ruled this morning that the City of Cleveland cannot evade financial responsibility for paying out a record sum, $13.21 million, from a federal civil rights case against two of its officers and ... | |
| | Brandi "Chill" Bledsoe, transgender woman of color, killed in Cleveland
From a press release
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) has learned of the homicide of Brandi "Chill" Bledsoe, age 32, a Black transgender woman, killed in Cleveland, Ohio on October 8, 2016. According to media reports, Brandi Blesoe ... |
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| | Johns Committee: A 1950s 'witchhunt' for LGBTs
LGBT History Month 2016, by Christiana Lilly, South Florida Gay News
For many people, their memories of their college years are filled with football games, parties and cramming for exams. For others, it's horrific flashbacks of being stalked on campus, hours of interrogation and questioning, if everyone ... | | 
| | PASSAGES Joe M. Nguyen
Joe M. Nguyen, who was born and raised in Vietnam and has lived in Chicago since 1988, working as a graphic designer, passed away Sunday afternoon, Oct. 16 in his sleep. He was 48. Nguyen worked ... | |
| | Relationships & the Law Today
A recurring column
The Illinois Supreme Court recently held in Blumenthal v. Brewer, 2016 IL 118781, that couples who are not married to each other have no right to maintenance after ending the relationship, even if the couple has ... | | 
| | Former French justice minister on equality, division
Throughout one of the most unusual election campaigns in U.S. history, politicians and the media are singled out as chief among the causes of the country's woes both real and manufactured and Donald Trump, the political ... | | 
| | Puerto Rican scholar on queer culture, racism and sexism
By Susy Schultz
Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes is a man of many titles and talents: An actor, an academic, a writer, a thinker, an activist, the drag queen Lola von Miramar and a groundbreaking scholar on Puerto Rican Queer culture. ... | | 
| | Protestors march in Uptown for tent-city residents
On the crisp fall morning of Oct. 13, about 50 marchers gathered at the People's Church on Lawrence Ave. to take part in a march and rally on behalf of Uptown homeless tent city residents and ... | | 
| | Obergefell recalls marriage-equality fight
The Plaza Ballroom of downtown Chicago's Hyatt Regency Hotel was the setting for LGBTQ equality advocate Jim Obergefell to engage in an equally intimate Oct. 11 conversation with Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Field Director Lynne Bowman, ... | |
| | Lesbian historian's home up for sale
A house that was once the home of lesbian historian/librarian Jeannette Howard Foster (1895-1981) is being sold in the Chicago neighborhood of Beverly for $740,000. Among other achievements, Foster wrote the book Sex Variant Women in ... | | 
| | ELECTIONS 2016 Jan Schakowsky and her work on LGBT issues
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky's granddaughter, Isabel, recently came out to her family. When Isabel told her sister, her sister replied, "Grandma is going to love this." Schakowsky did indeed love the news. She brandished Isabel's picture ... | |
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CWIT marks 35 years on Nov. 7
Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) will mark its 35th anniversary with an event Monday, Nov. 7, 5:30-8 p.m., at Lagunitas Brewing Company, 2607 W. 17th St. Tickets are $35-$70, and the cost covers light refreshments and ... | |
| | 'On the Table 2016' report released
The Chicago Community Trust released a report from the University of Illinois at Chicago's Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement (IPCE) assessing the impact of the third year of On the Table conversations in 2016. The ... | |
| | 'Fostering Our Teens' event Oct. 22
The Call to Action: Foster our Youth! Coalition in partnership with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Pride Action Tank, Windy City Times and the Illinois Center for Adoption and Permanency is hosting a ... | |
| | 'Before Stonewall' series ends Oct. 18
The series "Before Stonewall: The LGBTQ Experience in the '50s and '60s" series—which the Lincoln Park Village, Gerber/Hart Library, Howard Brown Health and Lake View Presbyterian Church are presenting—will conclude ... | |
| | Highlights Magazine excludes same-sex families from publication
From a Our Family Coalition press release
Children's magazine "Highlights" excludes parents who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ) from its publication claiming that families across the country are not ready to embrace images of ... | | 
| | ELECTIONS 2016 Quigley discusses why LGBTs should vote for him
Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley has been in office since he took over from Rahm Emanuel representing the 5th District in 2009. Quigley came from the Cook County Board of Commissioners, where he was a stalwart ... | |
| | LGBT History Month honors ex-president, athletes, actors
Former U.S. President James Buchanan joins cultural icon David Bowie and Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel as a few of the 31 Icons to be celebrated during October's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) History Month ... | | 
| | Gloria Steinem gives address at luncheon on reproductive freedom
According to activist Gloria Steinem, the right to reproductive freedom "is at least as basic a freedom of speech or freedom of assembly, perhaps more so." Nearly 1,500 community members attended Personal PAC's 2016 Annual Awards ... | | 
| | Man's Country for sale: Not your everyday piece of real estate
Last week Chuck Renslow gathered his employees and told them the news: After 43 years, he was selling Man's Country, located at 5017 N. Clark, just south of Andersonville's main strip of businesses. "The place is ... | |
| | VIEWS The Constitution should protect sex work
By Hayley Gorenberg and Richard Saenz
As courts confront challenges to prostitution laws that pile fines and criminal records on people who get paid for consensual sex, we're making our position clear: we see no constitutionally adequate basis to criminalize sex solely ... | | 
| | MOMBIAN Telling stories of Jewish LGBTQ lives
The Jewish High Holiday season recently took place, so let's take a look at some new stories that feature queer, Jewish families, including a children's picture book and a grown-up memoir by a woman with four ... | | 
| | Queer comic artist/dancer Rosalarian makes what women really want
Femme comic-book artist/burlesque dancer Megan Rose Gedris is as unique as the artistic name given to her as a child. "The name 'Rosalarian' is a nickname my dad gave me forever ago," she said. "He would ... | | 
| | National: HisHealth.org, Spirit Day app, LGBTs and gun violence
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
NASTAD (National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors) announced the launch of a new online training platform, HisHealth.org, to help doctors, nurses and medical professionals identify and unlearn racial ... | | 
| | World news: Indonesian arrest, lesbian MP dies, hate crimes in Scotland
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
A gay couple were arrested in Indonesia for a photo showing them kissing that appeared on Facebook, PinkNews noted. A 22-year-old university student and his 24-year-old boyfriend were arrested on the island of Sulawesi after other ... | | 
| | Air Force woman's drone piloting trauma told in play Grounded
From a press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Grounded, by George Brant, is the story of a female Air Force pilot who is grounded after becoming pregnant with her first child. When she returns to duty, she is reassigned from ... | |
| | 2015 Report on Intimate Partner Violence in LGBTQ, HIV-Affected Communities released
From a press release
NATIONAL—Today the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) released its report Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and HIV-Affected Intimate Partner Violence in 2015. The report looks at the experiences of ... | | 
| | HRC's Municipal Equality Index details state of LGBTQ equality in 9 Illinois cities
From a press release
WASHINGTON - Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation in partnership with the Equality Federation Institute, released its fifth annual Municipal Equality Index (MEI), assessing LGBTQ equality in 506 cities ... | | 
| | PASSAGES: Clinical social worker, educator Jason McVicker dies
Jason McVicker, 54, died Oct. 13 of a heart attack. University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (SSA) Dean Neil Guterman relayed his death to colleagues. At the time of his death, McVicker was a ... | | 
| | Legacy Walk unveils 2 new plaques under rainbow sky
It was a moment that might have surpassed the wildest dreams of LGBTQ activist icons Sylvia Rivera and Vito Russo, memorialized in bronze on Lake View's Legacy Walk Oct 15. Under a rainbow which cut through ... | |
| | Community forum to focus on Illinois state budget crisis
From a press release
CHICAGO — Residents of the 20th Illinois House District will have an opportunity to gain insight into the state's ongoing budget crisis—and to ask questions of candidate Merry Marwig and ... | |
| | Howard Brown to host government officials in HIV stigma, epidemic talks
From a press release
(Chicago, IL, October 14, 2016) — On Thursday, October 20, Howard Brown Health will host a free community discussion to address HIV stigma and how it contributes to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The event is open to ... | |
| | Committee to Protect Journalists dumps on Trump
From a press release
New York, October 13, 2016—In an unprecedented step, the Committee to Protect Journalists today released a statement recognizing that a Donald Trump presidency would represent a threat to press freedom. In response to Trump's threats and ... | |
| | New HIV medication and patient assistance program announced
From a press release
Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced today the launch and general availability of Mytesi (crofelemer), the only antidiarrheal studied in and FDA-approved for the relief of diarrhea in HIV+ patients.[1] Previously marketed ... | |
| | LGBT groups urged to take on gun violence as an LGBT public health issue
From a press release
BOSTON, October 13, 2016-Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief showing that gun violence poses a substantial threat to the health of the LGBT community, and urging the LGBT community to join ... | |
| | Michelle Obama stumps for Hillary Clinton in NH, calls out Trump
From the White House
REMARKS BY THE FIRST LADY AT HILLARY FOR AMERICA CAMPAIGN EVENT Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, New Hampshire 12:34 P.M. EDT, Oct. 13, 2016 MRS. OBAMA: My goodness! (Applause.) You guys are fired up! (Applause.) Well, ... |
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| | SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT Partners in drama
Los Angeles-based writers and spouses Nancy Nyman and Heather McNama were grateful to win the 2015 Pride Films and Plays' LezPlay Competition with their historical drama Resolution. But Nyman and McNama couldn't believe that Pride Films ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW Pirandello's Henry IV
Playwright: Luigi Pirandello, translated and adapted by Tom Stoppard. At: Remy Bumppo Theatre Company at the Greenhouse, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. Tickets: $42.50-$52.50. Runs through: Nov. 13 Luigi Pirandello is probably the best-known proponent of the ... | |
| | THEATER REVIEW Wicked City
Playwright: Chad Beguelin (book/lyrics), Matthew Sklar (music). At: Chicago Theatre Workshop at The Edge, 5451 N. Broadway. Tickets: ChicagoTheatreWorkshop.org; $40-$42. Runs through: Oct. 30 Nights are sultry in Wicked City ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW
Merge
by Eric Karas
Written by: Spenser Davis. Directed by: Andrew Hobgood. At: The Den Theatre's Upstairs Main Stage, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. Tickets: NewColony.org, $20. Runs through: Nov 13 The New Colony concludes its 2016 season with Merge, a ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW Bare: A Pop Opera
Playwright: book, music and lyrics by Damon Intrabartolo and Jon Hartmere Jr. At: Refuge Theatre Project at Epworth United Methodist Church, 5253 N. Kenmore Ave. Tickets: $20. Runs through: Nov. 6 In 1891, Frank Wedekind wrote ... | | 
| | Theater Spotlight on Lecherous Honey. Critics' Picks
Theater spotlight Henrik Ibsen's once scandalous tragedy Ghosts is the inspiration for Megan Breen's world-premiere adaptation Lecherous Honey, for Cock and Bull Theatre. This site-specific promenade production is limited to ... | | 
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'Bleacher Bums' running during Cubs' possible winning season
Jerry Pritikin is a self-described "gay Forrest Gump." He's been everywhere and always at the right time. When walking into his living room recently, this writer was greeted by a wall-sized photograph of then-presidential candidate Jimmy ... | | 
| | 'Priscilla' cast announced
Complete casting and the creative team have been announced for Pride Films and Plays' production of the Tony Award-winning musical Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, which will run Jan. 12-Feb. 12, 2017, as the company's inaugural ... | | 
| | THEATER Ruby Western: Female-identified variety
Don't try to pin down Ruby Western. The queer-identified artist dabbles in acting, painting, writing and stand-up comedy. It's the latter that largely inspired Western to produce and host an hour-long female queer variety show called ... | | 
| | Jussie Smollett rules on 'Empire'
Jussie Smollett started as a kid actor in films like The Mighty Ducks and North, but has now grown into a full-fledged adult, garnering rave reviews for playing Jamal Lyon in the hit Fox TV show ... | | 
| | NUNN ON ONE: Trans model Isis King struts out with a new show
Reality star Isis King first made a splash on America's Next Top Model, becoming the first transgender person to compete on the show. After that, she pursued fashion design that she studied in school. Now she ... | |
| | 'Rocky Horror' soundtrack out Oct. 21
The soundtrack to Fox's reimagined version of the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again will be available on CD and digital formats on Friday, Oct. 21. The movie will ... | | 
| | BOOKS Sarah Schulman discusses queer culture, 'Conflict'
Sarah Schulman describes herself, and her work, as unorthodox. "I mean, this has been one of the problems my whole life. I don't write books that take an already established position in an argument," said Schulman. ... | |
| | Joan Baez in Chicago Oct. 25
Joan Baez will travel to Europe for a series of festivals in July and returns to major U.S. markets in October and November with shows in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles and more. She will ... | |
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Chicago Theatre Week Feb. 9-19
Chicago Theatre Week (#CTW17)—an annual celebration of theatergoing in Chicago—will take place Feb. 9-19, 2017. Some of the slated productions include The Wolf at the End of the Block (Teatro ... | |
| | 'Love Is All You Need?' showing Oct. 30
The film Love Is All You Need? will be shown Sunday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m. at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., as part of a 20-city, anti-bullying "Moviement" tour. The plot is as follows: In a small town, ... | |
| | Shemekia Copeland to perform Oct. 21
Blues singer Shemekia Copeland is touring to support her Grammy-nominated album Outskirts of Love, and will perform at Freedom Hall in Park Forest on Friday, Oct. 21. Showtime is at 7:30 p.m. Since the release of ... | | 
| | Rapper's CD cover sparks debate on masculinity
Rapper Young Thug has launched a debate on masculinity, thanks to the cover of his latest project, No, My Name Is Jeffery, which pictures him in an Alessandro Trincone periwinkle ruffled skirt, a white top and ... | |
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Remastered 'Divine Miss M' out Oct. 21
Rhino will revisit the early days of Bette Midler's career with a deluxe version of her iconic 1972 debut album, The Divine Miss M. The Divine Miss M: Deluxe Edition will be available Friday, Oct. 21, ... | |
| | 'Grounded' running Oct. 23- Nov. 6
George Brent's Grounded—the story of a female Air Force pilot who is grounded after becoming pregnant with her first child, and the aftermath—will run at The Pride Arts Center, 4147 N. Broadway, Oct. 23-Nov. 6. Plot-wise, ... | | 
| | Entertainment news: Miley Cyrus, TransNation, 'Prince Charming,' Whitney Houston
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
Miley Cyrus discussed her return to acting in Woody Allen's Crisis in Six Scenes, encouraged waffling Bernie Sanders supporters to vote for Hillary Clinton and opened up about her pansexual identity in a new interview with ... | | ![[Trans]formation to showcase works by trans, genderqueer, intersex, non-binary artists](https://www.windycitytimes.com/images/publications/wct/2016-10-15/th220w_TranformationPoster.jpg)
| | [Trans]formation to showcase works by trans, genderqueer, intersex, non-binary artists
From a press release, video below
Nothing Without a Company and The Living Canvas are proud to present the world premiere of [Trans]formation, devised by Ronen Kohn, Darling Squire, Avi Roque, Kevin Sparrow and Gaby Labotka, and directed by Gaby Labotka. The ... | | 
| | Southwest of Salem follows fight of four Latina lesbians for exoneration
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY ANNOUNCES WORLD TELEVISION PREMIERE DATE FOR DOCUMENTARY SOUTHWEST OF SALEM: THE STORY OF THE SAN ANTONIO FOUR — Crime and Justice Network Activates Viewers to #FreeTheSA4 as they ... | |
| | Black Ensemble Theater announces season. including story of Josephine Baker
From a press release
Chicago, IL—Black Ensemble Theater's Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor announces the 2017 Season: A Theater Season of Dance. All productions will spotlight African American dance and artists in different times in history ... |
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| | Fitness expo back in Chicago -- with one change
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
The fitness/wellness expo known as Club Industry returned to Chicago Oct. 12-14. However, there was one big change this year. Instead of being at its usual home in McCormick Place, the event was at the Hyatt ... | | 
| | In the Life: Conor McGarry
Conor McGarry knew he wanted to be in theater from a very young age. Said love of theater led him to major in it at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. "Decatur is the middle of nowhere," ... | | 
| | Delle Donne on All-Star First Team
Chicago Sky forward Elena Delle Donne was selected to the All-WNBA First Team. Delle Donne makes her second consecutive appearance on the All-WNBA First Team after finishing second in the WNBA in scoring (21.46 ppg) and ... | | 
| | BENT NIGHTS Tim Cain; The Seth Bogart Show
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
More queerness... Taking up the flank for old-school queer rock we have Tim Cain and Boy's Entrance, and the new Tunnelvision on iTunes. Cain has been rocking the queer message since 1991, and with gay life ... | | 
| | Dining news: Devon Seafood, Garrett's new mix, Breast Cancer Month
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
—Devon Seafood Grill, 39 E. Chicago Ave., is celebrating Halloween with an exclusive four-course Chateau Montelena wine dinner on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 6 p.m. (Guests are invited to dress in costume for their chance to ... | | 
| | BOOK REVIEW The Essential RuPaul
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
The Queen has spoken. Everyone listens because, well, how can they not? Her bearing, her stature, her very demeanor demand attention from all her subjects and in the new book The Essential RuPaul—by John Davis, with ... |
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