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| | Vatican reaffirms ban on gay priests
Gay Catholic group responds
On Dec. 7, the Vatican declared that "persons with homosexual tendencies" cannot become Catholic priests. This development reaffirms a 2005 policy. The document, entitled "The Gift of the Priestly Vocation," was drafted by the Vatican's Congregation ... | | 
| | Neo-Nazi group takes credit for Hitler posters on UC campus
University of Chicago officials say they are investigating neo-Nazi posters that appeared at various locations around campus Dec. 4. The posters featured an illustration of Adolph Hitler surrounded by swastikas and read, "No degeneracy, No tolerance, ... | |
| | Standing room only for COH post-election meeting
Both Center on Halsted's Hoover-Leppen Theater and its lobby were filled to capacity for a community meeting Dec. 5 addressing civil liberties in the face of a Trump presidency. The theater space quickly filled to capacity ... | |
| | Orland Park minister to headline 2017 'ex-gay' conference
A South Suburban minister will be keynote speaker at the annual convention of 'ex-gay' organization Restored Hope Network this summer. Ron Citlau, senior pastor at Calvary Church in Orland Park, will speak at the event, which ... | |
| | Governor who signed North Carolina's HB2 concedes race
Republican North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has conceded in his race for the governor's office. On Dec. 5, McCrory released a video congratulating Roy Cooper in his win. Democratic Attorney General Cooper lead incumbent McCrory by ... |
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| | Vigil held in Oakland; honoring trans victims, names urged
On Dec. 5, a candlelight vigil took place in San Francisco's Harvey Milk Plaza for several transgender victims of the Oakland warehouse fire, SFGate.com reported. Thirty-six bodies have been found in the converted warehouse, in which ... | |
| | Victory Institute condemns Trump's meeting with anti-LGBT Gov. McCrory
From a press release
Wednesday, December 7 (Washington, D.C.)— Victory Institute today condemned the meeting between President-elect Donald Trump and former North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory — who lost his re-election because of his ... | |
| | Religion and violence against women
Open To Thinking, A recurring column
In the early 1960s, when I was in pastoral training in Oil City and in Elwood City, Pennsylvania, I met a woman who changed my world. My task was to conduct in-depth interviews with families in ... | | 
| | PASSAGES: LGBTQ, HIV/AIDS activist Jimmy Bissonnette dies
Jimmy Bissonnette, 58, died Dec. 1 of brain injuries after falling down a flight of stairs at his home. Lori Cannon, longtime community HIV/AIDS activist and founder of Open Hand Chicago now a division of the ... | | 
| | PASSAGES Bliss Frings
By Phylane L. Norman
Writer and LGBT advocate Bliss "Frontierre" Frings, passed away in her home in Bisbee, Arizona, on Oct. 23 from respiratory failure. She was 55. Bliss was pre-deceased by her father, Manfred S. Frings and survived by ... | | 
| | Exhibit curator talks AIDS representation in the art world
AIDS, according to Jonathan Katz, co-curator of Art AIDS America, which opened Dec. 1 at the Alphawood Gallery, "is sadly still the 'third rail' of American art." Katz spoke Dec. 3 at a presentation that contextualized ... | | 
| | Center joins forces with arts groups at World AIDS Day event
On the eve of World AIDS Day and the opening of the groundbreaking Art AIDS America exhibit at Chicago's Alphawood Gallery, the Center on Halsted, Victory Gardens Theater, Art AIDS America Chicago and Queer, ILL + ... | |
| | Art AIDS America recalls changes and a new threat
There was a powerful mosaic of sound that echoed through Chicago's Alphawood Gallery in Lincoln Park on Dec. 3. Between the deep resonance of a bell sounded every 10 minutes (audio art originally created by Robert ... | |
| | New CDPH data: 921 new HIV infections in 2015
Chicago is seeing a downward trend in new HIV infections and late diagnoses, according to a new Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) report. CDPH's annual HIV/STI Surveillance Report was released Dec. 1 to coincide with ... | | 
| | World AIDS Day marked on Paseo Boricua
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center's (PRCC) Vida/SIDA held its 28th annual World AIDS Day event. The event started with a candlelight vigil and offerings to an altar at La Casita de Don Pedro, a tribute replica ... | |
| | Quigley discusses FDA ban at LifeSource visit
U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, on Nov. 28, visited both a LifeSource blood bank in suburban Norridge, as well as the organization's regional headquarters in Rosemont, to help assess the state of the blood-donation process. Quigley, who ... | | 
| | Castillo speaks on progress of LGBT residences
According to activist Robert Castillo, having the new LGBT-friendly residential development that carries both his name, and the name of his late husband, John Pennycuff, will ultimately be like "planting a flag on the moon." "It ... | | 
| | Big Chicks turns the big 3-0
There was a flurry of activity the morning Windy City Times arrived at the Uptown bar Big Chicks. The cozy, adjoining restaurant Tweet was filled with people enjoying brunch while taking in the insulated relaxation of ... | |
| | MOMBIAN Of hate and hope
When I learned of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, my own son was in elementary school, and I was shaken to the core. He is in middle school now, and the Orlando massacre has shaken me again. ... | |
| | LETTERS You gotta have faith
Dear Editor: [The following letter is directed to Equality Illinois, organizers of the Nov. 28 town hall on post-election concerns.] I had the opportunity to attend the "Post Election Forum & Action Fair" on Nov. 28 ... | |
| | Skinner Ricketts named CMO of Cars.com
Cars.com announced the appointment of Brooke Skinner Ricketts as the company's chief marketing officer (CMO), effective immediately. Skinner Ricketts most recently served as vice president of brand and design at Avant. Previously she was ... | |
| | HIV Care Connect offering new text, videos
Illinois HIV Care Connect published new text and video content on its website on World AIDS Day to encourage people living with HIV in Illinois to stay in HIV care. HIV-positive Illinoisans can view the new ... | |
| | Right-wingers speak out against gay IHRC members
In a turn of events that one long-time LGBT rights activist said could be "a harbinger of things to come" in the years ahead, the right-wing Illinois Family Institute (IFI), on Dec. 1, publicly denounced openly ... | |
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'Universal Joy' Dec. 17
A Church 4 Me MCC is inviting the LGBTA community to "Universal Joy—A Christmas Cabaret." "Universal Joy" will take place Saturday, Dec. 17, 7-10 p.m. at Atmosphere, 5355 N. Clark St. The show was created by ... | |
| | Chelsea Manning vigil on Dec. 17
From a Gay Liberation Network press release
Supporters of whistle-blower, transgender activist Chelsea Manning will gather in several cities around the world on her 29th birthday to appeal to President Obama to commute her prison sentence to time served. In Chicago, the Chelsea ... | | 
| | Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame panel on arts/ culture Dec. 7
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
On Wed., Dec. 7, at 6 p.m., the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame will hold a panel for the organization's second annual exhibit. The event will take place at the video theater at the Harold Washington ... | | 
| | World news: India's pride, Romanian court, Prince Harry/Rihanna
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
Thousands of people took to the streets of New Delhi to celebrate India's LGBT community on Nov. 27, The Wall Street Journal reported. LGBTA marched at the annual Delhi Queer Pride Parade, shouting slogans and holding ... | | 
| | National roundup: Apple, Native Son Awards, Pulse Nightclub
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
Reuters noted that Apple Inc is expanding its support for the fight against AIDS through the (RED) charity founded by rock singer Bono, CEO Tim Cook said in an interview ahead of World AIDS Day. The ... | |
| | OutRight Action: 60 LGBTIQ activists, 27 countries, 5 days of activism
From a press release
(New York) OutRight Action International kicks off the global week of advocacy, where 60 LGBTIQ activists from 27 countries from every region of the world has come to participate in the organization's 5th annual United Nations ... | |
| | Shortage of injectable estrogen a crisis for transgender women
From a press release
December 6, 2016-Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, and Treatment Action Group (TAG) released a policy brief documenting the public health emergency created by a ... | |
| | Record number of top U.S. companies embracing inclusive policies for LGBTQs
From a press release
WASHINGTON - The nation's major companies and law firms are advancing in record numbers vital policies and practices to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workers around the world, according to the 2017 Corporate ... | | 
| | Howard Brown Health officially opens Rogers Park clinic
Howard Brown Health hosted the grand opening of Howard Brown Health Clark, its Far North Side facility Dec. 5, at 6500 N. Clark St. The event was host to several local politicians, among them U.S. Sen. ... | |
| | NCAVP mourns intimate partner violence homicide of Dalia Elhefny Sabae in PA
From a press release
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) has learned of the intimate partner violence homicide of Dalia Elhefny Sabae, age 28, in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania which occurred on November 10, 2016. According to media reports, Sabae, a ... | |
| | ACLU, LGBT groups call on Obama to grant clemency to Chelsea Manning
From a press release
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and over a dozen LGBT groups sent a letter to President Barack Obama today urging the commutation of Chelsea Manning's sentence for disclosing classified information to the media to ... | |
| | Illinois companies run gamut in HRC's corporate index
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation released the 2017 Corporate Equality Index, an annual report assessing LGBT inclusion in major companies and law firms across the nation, including 72 in Illinois. In total, 887 companies were ... | | 
| | TRUST Collective Solidarity with Pilsen Church Against Hate Incidents
Letter to the editor
TRUST Collective-Chicago is a new entity created "Post-Orlando" that is comprised of Latinx, Muslim, and LGBTQ+ community leaders created after the shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. We stand in solidarity with the community of ... | | 
| | World of Chocolate draws a thousand chocolate fans
About a thousand supporters of AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) gathered at Revel Fulton Market for AFC's annual World of Chocolate celebration Dec. 1. Twenty-one vendors offered their chocolate wares at the ... | |
| | Trump's Attorney General choice led anti-LGBTQ campaign, rights groups oppose Sessions
From an HRC press release
WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released the following statement on the revelation that Senator Jeff Sessions — President-elect Donald Trump's choice for U.S. Attorney General — led a campaign to block an LGBTQ ... | |
| | Study: Americans with cancer face barriers in access and coverage
From a press release
A study released today shows that despite the rising complexity and cost of cancer care, few patients are having comprehensive care conversations with their health care providers, including conversations about costs. Further, only half of patients ... | |
| | Class settlement proposed on health benefits for Walmart same-sex spouses
From a press release
BOSTON, Dec. 2, 2016 — Former Walmart associate Jacqueline Cote and her lawyers filed a motion today asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to grant preliminary approval of a class action settlement ... | |
| | HRC, Equality North Carolina call on McCrory to concede
From an HRC press release
RALEIGH — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality North Carolina once again called on Pat McCrory to concede. Instead of accepting the fact that voters rejected his bid for re-election, McCrory launched an all-out ... | |
| | Millennial Impact Project five-year report: A generation largely eager to give
From a press release
INDIANAPOLIS (Nov. 29, 2016) — Today Achieve, in partnership with the Case Foundation, released a five-year retrospective on the Millennial Impact Project. The project has heard from more than 75,000 ... | |
| | Native Son Awards honor George C. Wolfe, Don Lemon, DeRay Mckesson
From a press release
New York - December 1, 2016—Last night—Wednesday, November 30—journalist, content creator and LGBT activist Emil Wilbekin hosted the inaugural Native Son Awards honoring Tony Award-winning director and playwright, George C. ... | | 
| | PASSAGES Nancy Reiff, former Daley staffer, dies
By Gretchen Rachel Hammond and Tracy Baim
In writing of the warrior, Morihei Ueshiba observed "when life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for peace." Nancy Reiff passed ... | |
| | Bar associations respond to increase in hate-motivated violence, harassment
From a press release
Statement of the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA), the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL), the National Bar Association (NBA), the National ... | |
| | New Report Examines Discriminatory State HIV Criminalization Laws
From a press release
Report released on World AIDS Day highlights how these outdated laws perpetuate dangerous misinformation and aren't based in fact or modern science (Denver, December 1, 2016)—A new report released today ... | |
| | President Obama makes World AIDS Day proclamation
From the White House Office of the Press Secretary
WORLD AIDS DAY, 2016 Thirty-five years ago the first documented cases of AIDS brought about an era of uncertainty, fear, and discrimination. HIV/AIDS has taken tens of millions of lives — and far too many people ... | |
| | GLAAD launches Trump Accountability Project
From a press release
New York — GLAAD, the world's LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today launched theTrump Accountability Project (TAP). TAP is a resource for journalists, editors, producers, and other news makers reporting on ... |
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| | SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT 'Curious' and 'Queer' theatricality
It's rare for non-musical plays to get major national tours. But The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is no run-of-the-mill play. Based on Mark Haddon's best-selling 2003 novel, The Curious Incident... makes its
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| | Anti-bullying musical Jan.-Feb.
Chicago Children's Theatre's The Hundred Dresses—the musical about a young girl who struggles with bullying and learns what it takes to stand up to others—will run Jan. 17-Feb. 12 at the Ruth Page Center for the ... | |
| | THEATER REVIEW The Rip Nelson Holiday Spectacular
Playwright: David Cerda At: Hell in a Handbag Productions at Mary's Attic, 5400 N. Clark St. Tickets: 800-838-3006; HandbagProductions.org; 28-$42 Runs through: Dec. 30 This holiday sequel to 2010's Rip Nelson Halloween Spooktacular ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW Give It All Back
Playwright: Calamity West At: Sideshow Theatre Company at the Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. Tickets: $20-$30 Runs through: Dec. 18 The play opens backstage, where an unnamed solo musician resembling—but ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW
A Hedda Gabler
Playwright: Adapted by Nigel O'Hearn from the play by Henrik Ibsen At: Red Tape Theatre at Pride Arts Center, 4147 N. Broadway Tickets: $20 This is not your schoolroom Ibsen. Over a hundred years after his ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW
Winterset
Playwright: Maxwell Anderson At: Griffin Theatre Company at The Den, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. Tickets: 866-811-4111; Griffintheatre.com; $36 Runs through: Dec. 23 Last week, I reviewed Electra (Court Theatre through ... | | 
| | Theater Spotlight, Critics' Picks
Theater spotlightM The holiday season is often described as "magical," but The Rosenkranz Mysteries aims to literally share that adjective with audiences with this one-man cabaret show. Prominently on the bill is illusionist Ricardo Rosenkranz, who ... | | 
| | Nutcracker's design team creates Wheeldon's dream
The 1893 Columbian Exposition brought the best of the best to Chicago, to share the spirit of innovation and imagination with the world, all on an impossible timeline with an impossible budget. The buzz of anticipation ... | |
| | Morrissey cancels Chicago show
Singer Morrissey (formerly of The Smiths) will not be performing in Chicago, after he canceled tour dates in several cities, The Chicago Tribune noted. A statement reads, "It is with great regret that the rescheduled Morrissey ... | | 
| | Lesbian mystery writer Ellen Hart to receive Grand Master Award
Lesbian mystery author Ellen Hart's exemplary work embodies over three decades of relevance and now the Minneapolis based prodigy is being honored by the Mystery Writers of America (MWA) organization. Hart is scheduled to receive the ... | | 
| | Tig Notaro: Profile of a survivor
Comedian Tig Notaro has been spending much of the last six months at home thanks to two new additions to her family. Notaro and her wife, Stephanie Allynne, welcomed twin sons in June. Her career has ... | |
| | 'America in Transition' launch Dec. 8
The official launch of the series America in Transition will take place at Reunion, 2557 W. North Ave., on Thursday, Dec. 8, 7-11 p.m. Director Andre Perez has been traveling across the country to film and ... | | 
| | New documentary tackles disability cliches in Hollywood
Silence is not an option when it comes to disability exploitation in Hollywood films and the new documentary Code of the Freaks sets out to expose this as it begins its Kickstarter campaign. Code of the ... | | 
| | NUNN ON ONE: MOVIES K. Rocco Shields on her labor of 'Love'
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
Kim Rocco Shields has come a long ways, thanks to a little bit of "Love" in her life. After studying film theory at the University of California-Santa Barbara, she went on to script supervise for directors ... | | 
| | MUSIC 'Wave your freak flag high': Talking with Amanda Palmer
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
Amanda Palmer—musician who's late of the Dresden Dolls, Internet inspiration and firebrand and, now, mother—never dreamed of touring in the chaotic aftermath of a Donald Trump victory. Palmer's Nov. 13 Thalia Hall show was a bittersweet ... | | 
| | Entertainment news: Jodie Foster, 'Moonlight,' Mandy Moore, Cory Monteith
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
Jodie Foster has come aboard to star in Hotel Artemis, Drew Pearce's directorial debut that Simon and Stephen Cornwell are producing for The Ink Factory, Deadline reported. The original script from Pearce (Iron Man 3, Mission: ... | | 
| | Joffrey announces recipients of annual Winning Works Choreographic Competition
From a press release
CHICAGO — December 5, 2016 — The Joffrey Academy of Dance, Official School of The Joffrey Ballet, announces the recipients of the seventh annual Winning Works Choreographic Competition: Shannon Alvis, Sean Carmon ... | | 
| | MUSIC
Laura Jane Grace meets fans at book-signing
Transgender rocker and Against Me! singer/vocalist/guitarist Laura Jane Grace touched down at The Wilson Abbey, 935 W. Wilson Ave., for a book-reading, signing, and Q&A session with her fans in support of her new memoir, Tranny: ... |
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| | Mark It Proud cards tailor-made for LGBTQ community
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
As the openly gay co-founders of Mark It Proud—the LGBTQ-inclusive greeting card company—Daniel Malen and Mark Uhre wanted to see a change. The Toronto, Canada natives felt that there was an under representation of greeting cards ... | | 
| | Gift Guide
Week Two of Two
Batter up In case you lived under a rock this year, The Chicago Cubs finally snapped its 108-year streak without a World Series title. Relive the victorious season with the official Major League Baseball film The ... | |
| | Lavender Voices fundraiser Dec. 16
"All the Works," a fundraiser for Lavender Voices, will take place Friday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m. at Open Books, 651 W. Lake St. Lavender Voices is a monthly storytelling series featuring queer women and femme ... | | 
| | No bones about love: A surprise engagement
On March 13, 2015, Bethany Minor proposed marriage to Alissa Pagels and she said "yes." On March 13, 2016, Pagels asked Minor the same question at the Chicago Field Museum. The twist in this re-proposal? The ... | | 
| | In the Life: Ale Maes
Ale Maes has been a DJ for 5 years, the past three years as his full-time profession. "Music is fuel for the soul," he said. "It's my dream, what I like to do, where I feel happy and fulfilled. I hope ... | | 
| | SAVOR NaKorn
DISH: Weekly Dining Guide in Windy City Times
A lot of us have our favorite local Thai restaurants that we visit, indulging in curry dishes or other items that are some almost exotic version of comfort food NaKorn (1622 Orrington Ave., Evanston; NaKornKitchen.com) also ... | | 
| | Jason Leclerc on his new novel, Black Kettle
Windy City Times interviewed the Jason Leclerc, author of the new novel Black Kettle. Leclerc is a renowned poet, blogger, filmmaker and political columnist for the LGBT publication The Watermark in Orlando. Black Kettle, according to ... | | 
| | Books: Great holiday gifts
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
Books that are great The gift list was easy this year. For once, you knew what to get everybody. Every. Single. Giftee. Easy-peasy … except, oops, that one person who vexes you each year. What to ... | | 
| | Dining news: Michelin awards, Mercat renovation, True Food opens
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
—The honors for the 2017 Michelin Guide Chicago were announced, The Chicago Sun-Times noted. Grace in the West Loop and Alinea in Lincoln Park, each retained its rating of three stars. (Only 14 restaurants in the ... |
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