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Windy City Times 2018-07-11
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wct 2018-07-11

Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame restructuring, no event 2018

From a news release

The Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame has issued a statement on a restructuring happening at the 27-year-old organization. The Hall of Fame will be on hiatus for 2018 and is expected to return in 2019. The ...
wct 2018-07-11

Trump names Kavanaugh

President Trump on Monday night nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court a judge who has no known LGBT-related decisions in his 12 years on the federal appeals court. But LGBT activists feel certain that Judge Brett ...
wct 2018-07-11

Judge Brett Kavanaugh nominated to Supreme Court, groups respond

From news releases

Lambda Legal on the Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh "Judge Kavanaugh would guarantee 40 more years of Trump's values on the Supreme Court." (Washington, DC, July 9, 2018) — Today, Rachel B. Tiven, Chief Executive Officer ...

  News

wct 2018-07-11

House Appropriations Republicans Adopt "License to Discriminate" Amendment

From a news release

WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, blasted House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee for adopting ...
wct 2018-07-11

Hawai'i Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case of B&B That Denied Room to Couple

From a news release

(Honolulu, HI, July 10, 2018) — The Hawai`i Supreme Court today rejected a petition from a Hawai`i bed & breakfast seeking review of a lower court ruling that the business had violated Hawai'i's anti-discrimination statute when ...
National LGBT Media Association Announces 2018 Ad POP Awards

National LGBT Media Association Announces 2018 Ad POP Awards

From a press release

The National LGBT Media Association (NGMA) has announced its third annual Ad POP award winners, including Illinois Office of Tourism and many top corporate brand names. NGMA member papers have each selected one top award winner ...
wct 2018-07-11

Cook County board drafts immigrant resolution

The Cook County Board of Commissioners recently unanimously approved a resolution Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" García proposed that is titled "Addressing the Harmful Effects of Immigrant Child and Family Detention and Calling on the U.S. Congress and ...
Out and Sober, beating dual stigma

Out and Sober, beating dual stigma

Tucked away on Chicago's West Side, the Gateway Foundation's Chicago Independence location is helping recovering addicts from the LGBTQ community get back on their feet. The foundation offers an optional program called Out and Sober whose ...
Chicagoan Bernard Cherkasov among Carnegie Corporation immigrant awardees

Chicagoan Bernard Cherkasov among Carnegie Corporation immigrant awardees

The Carnegie Corporation of New York has named its 2018 Great Immigrant Award recipients—with Bernard Cherkasov among them. Cherkasov (who is from Azerbaijan) is a former CEO of Equality Illinois, and is the current executive director ...
wct 2018-07-11

Chicagoan among LGBTQ Youth Courage Award winners

The Colin Higgins Foundation recently announced its 18th Annual Youth Courage Award winners, whom it will recognize for extraordinary leadership and advocacy on behalf of LGBTQ youth. The 2018 winners are Moises Rodriguez, 20, of Chicago; ...
HRC endorses Lauren Underwood

HRC endorses Lauren Underwood

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) recently announced its endorsement of Lauren Underwood for U.S. Congress in Illinois' 14th Congressional District. "Lauren Underwood is the clear choice for Illinois voters who ...
wct 2018-07-11

Emanuel proposes housing department

Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed the Chicago Department of Housing, a new City department exclusively focused on supporting access to housing as a core component of all neighborhoods. The new department will implement ...
Donald Strzepek on jewelry business, early LGBTQ activism

Donald Strzepek on jewelry business, early LGBTQ activism

Lifelong Chicagoan Donald Strzepek has been in the jewelry business for more than 30 years and is currently the owner of Tucker Inc., in the heart of Jeweler's Row in the Loop. "I grew up on the Northwest Side of Chicago, ...
Independence Day celebration for whom?

Independence Day celebration for whom?

Last week we celebrated the Fourth of July with rounds of festivities marking our nation's 242 years of independence. Scenes of hyperpatriotism were on display, too. People were singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" or reciting the pledge ...
wct 2018-07-11

Transgender veterans as healthy as cisgender veterans, study finds

From a press release

Transgender veterans differ only on the likelihood of having at least one disability A new study finds that the mental and physical health of transgender veterans is similar to cisgender veterans. The only difference was transgender ...
wct 2018-07-11

WCT looking for stories from 1968

Windy City Tines plans to examine what happened precisely 50 years ago—in 1968—and is looking for stories from LGBT individuals who were in Chicago at that time to shed light on what the climate was during ...
wct 2018-07-11

Affinity to hold leadership events during July

Affinity Community Services is hosting a virtual leadership series, "The Blackprint: A Plan for Building the Leadership Capacity of Black LGBTQ+ Women Leaders," each Thursday in July: —July 5: noon-1 p.m.: Building Organizing Power —July 12: ...
NATIONAL Historic town hall, Trump and the military

NATIONAL Historic town hall, Trump and the military

An LGBTQ town hall will be part of the NAACP's 109th annual convention on July 14-18, a press release noted. The San Antonio, Texas, event—entitled "The State of LGBTQ People of Color in America"—will take place ...
WORLD Bulgarian court, Australian crimes, pivotal Indian case

WORLD Bulgarian court, Australian crimes, pivotal Indian case

Special to the online edition of Windy City Times

A Sofia, Bulgaria, court has backed the right of a same-sex couple to live in the country, in the first such case for the EU nation that does not recognize same-sex marriage, VOA News reported. The ...
wct 2018-07-11

'Queer Narratives' July 15 at MCA

"Queer Narratives with Zach Stafford and Jack Halberstam" will take place Sunday, July 15, at 3 p.m. at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), 220 E. Chicago Ave. Stafford—editor-in-chief of Grindr and INTO, the app's recent ...
wct 2018-07-11

New program to serve LGBT military with mental illnesses, substance abuse

From an OutServe-SLDN press release

(WASHINGTON) July 9, 2018 — Today, OutServe-SLDN and Strive Health (Strive) and Veteran & First Responder Healthcare (VFR) announce a sweeping and expansive new program that will increase access to ...
wct 2018-07-11

GenForward surveys millennials' views on LGBT issues: race, identity, experience

From a press release

Do more Millennials self-identify as LGBTQ than in past generations… or are they just more open about it? Are they more connected to their ethnic/racial group or to LGBTQ communities? What are their priorities? Millennials are ...
O'Maley in 15th Ride For AIDS Chicago with new bike, old memories

O'Maley in 15th Ride For AIDS Chicago with new bike, old memories

Matthew O'Maley started planning for the 2018 Ride For AIDS Chicago one year ago, during a major fundraiser for the 2017 Ride—when he won a bicycle in a silent auction. "Two of my friends who are ...
PASSAGES '50s actor Tab Hunter dies at 86

PASSAGES '50s actor Tab Hunter dies at 86

Tab Hunter—who rose to movie stardom in the 1950s (thanks to his surfer-by looks) and who, in his later years, came out of the closet as gay—has died at 86. In his 2005 memoir, Tab Hunter ...
Travel map shows LGBTQI intolerance worldwide

Travel map shows LGBTQI intolerance worldwide

Global travel insurance provider WorldNomads.com has released a map of (in)tolerance — revealing which countries are potentially dangerous for LGBTQI travelers because of legal status and societal attitudes. The company ...
Gay Albion College alumni on new project, other endeavors

Gay Albion College alumni on new project, other endeavors

Over the past few years, Chicago-based Albion College alumni Austin Baidas and Larry Schook have been working on a project to send academically qualified/financially challenged students from Chicago to their small liberal arts college, located in ...
Gay Games attendees from Chicago set uniforms

Gay Games attendees from Chicago set uniforms

From a press release

More than 170 people from the Chicago area are heading to Paris, France to compete in Gay Games 10. All Chicago-area participants are invited to join Team Chicago at Opening Ceremonies. Team Chicago uniforms are on ...
Golden Crown Literary Society Awards Include Dorothy Allison, Elana Dykewomon

Golden Crown Literary Society Awards Include Dorothy Allison, Elana Dykewomon

From a press release

LAS VEGAS, NV - On Saturday, July 7, 2018, the Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS), the nation's only lesbian literary organization whose mission is education and the promotion and recognition of lesbian literature, announced the winners ...
wct 2018-07-11

NAACP to gather activists, artists/entertainers, civil rights, social justice leaders

From a press release

Ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, and as the nation suffers the effects of President Trump's administration, thousands of activists, artists/entertainers, civil rights and social justice leaders will gather for the 109th NAACP Annual Convention in ...
Church coalition hosts Pride brunch

Church coalition hosts Pride brunch

The Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches (CCWC) sponsored "Sharing Light, Sharing Faith in Divided Times," a Pride Brunch and Reception, on June 16 at Irving Park United Methodist Church, 3801 N. Keeler Ave. According to a ...

  Entertainment

wct 2018-07-11

Milly's Orchid Show "Summer Musical Spectacular Extravaganza"

One-Night-Only Engagement Features Brigid Murphy as Host Milly May and Stars David Cale with Matthew Dean Marsh on Piano and Vocals, and More (Chicago, IL) Celebrating it's 30th year the variety show Milly's Orchid Show is
...
THEATER About Face Youth's 'Stories' examines everyday horrors

THEATER About Face Youth's 'Stories' examines everyday horrors

Forget werewolves, aliens zombies and creatures from the black lagoon. The real monsters are lurking within and among us. With Scary Stories to Save Your Life, About Face Youth Theatre taps into horrors more terrifying than ...
THEATER REVIEW Sagittarius Ponderosa

THEATER REVIEW Sagittarius Ponderosa

Playwright: MJ Kaufman At: Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Tickets: 773-728-7529; Redtwist.org; $35-$40. Runs through: July 29 Sagittarius Ponderosa is stuffed with unfulfilled possibilities despite a more-than-competent production. ...
THEATER REVIEW Support Group for Men

THEATER REVIEW Support Group for Men

Playwright: Ellen Fairey At: Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. Tickets: Goodmantheatre.org; $25-$80. Runs through: July 29 It's tempting to give the side eye to a play titled Support Group for Men. Generally speaking, guys are ...
wct 2018-07-11

Critics' Picks

Support Group for Men, Goodman Theatre, through July 29. These are confusing times for everyone, but Ellen Fairey doesn't neglect the other half of the population and their search for meaning, identity and companionship on a ...
THEATER SPOTLIGHT Tilikum

THEATER SPOTLIGHT Tilikum

Kristiana Rae-Colon's hypnotically gorgeous and emotionally shattering drama Tilikum delves into the legacy of slavery, the obscene profits of the prison-industrial complex and (not incidentally) the tragic life of the ...
Legacy Walk to unveil Tchaikovsky exhibit Oct. 13

Legacy Walk to unveil Tchaikovsky exhibit Oct. 13

From a Legacy Project news release

CHICAGO—One of the immortal composers of classical music, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, will join the ranks of such LGBQ icons as Alan Turing and Sylvia Riversa with a biographical memorial in Chicago's award-winning ...
MUSIC Marin Alsop, the maestra returns

MUSIC Marin Alsop, the maestra returns

Extended for the online version of Windy City Times

Who is Marin Alsop? She is an internationally acclaimed conductor of classical orchestras and the first female music director of a major U.S. orchestra, known for instituting innovative programming and increasing the number of successful women ...
wct 2018-07-11

Broadway In Chicago to present Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber

From a press release

CHICAGO (July 10, 2018) — Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the national tour of CATS, the record-breaking musical spectacular by Andrew Lloyd Webber that has captivated audiences in over 30 countries and 15 languages, ...
Jackalope Theatre Co. season to include world and Midwest premiere

Jackalope Theatre Co. season to include world and Midwest premiere

From a press release

CHICAGO (July 10, 2018) — Jackalope Theatre Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Gus Menary and Managing Director Nora Leahy, announces its 2018/19 season. The company's 11th season features ...
wct 2018-07-11

About Face Theatre Announces 2018-19 Season

From an About Face Theatre news release

CHICAGO (July 10, 2018) — About Face Theatre is pleased to announce its 2018-19 Season, featuring three groundbreaking productions including the world premiere of an original work. The season kicks off this fall with the Chicago ...
SHOWBIZ Pet Shop Boys, Oprah, 'Chicago' suicide, Idris Elba

SHOWBIZ Pet Shop Boys, Oprah, 'Chicago' suicide, Idris Elba

Special to the online edition of Windy City Times

Pet Shop Boys (PSB) will release the final set of albums in their CATALOGUE: 1985-2012 series of reissues of all their Parlophone studio albums, a press release noted. This fourth batch of releases will see the ...
CABARET Top 40 Showtunes You've Probably Never Heard Of

CABARET Top 40 Showtunes You've Probably Never Heard Of

Special to the online edition of Windy City Times

With federal funding for the arts diminishing and arts' patrons considering the new tax implications of charitable giving, singing artists are rushing to create their own shows in lieu of waiting around for other opportunities. Enter ...
Latinx Play Readings at Theater School at DePaul July 19-21

Latinx Play Readings at Theater School at DePaul July 19-21

From a press release

CHICAGO - The Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) proudly presents the 2018 LTC Carnaval of New Latinx Work (Carnaval 2018: ConeXion!) featuring readings of six new Latinx plays paired with Latinx directors, actors, designers and dramaturgs at ...
MOVIE REVIEW The Cakemaker

MOVIE REVIEW The Cakemaker

Special to the online edition of Windy City Times

By Noah McCarthy Director: Ofir Raul Grazier. Starring: Tim Kalkhof, Sarah Adler, Zohar Shtrauss, Roy Miller, Sandra Sade The debut of writer/director Ofir Raul Grazier is a success, as The Cakemaker manages to evoke emotion far ...
NUNN ON ONE MUSIC Thunderpussy's Molly Sides on touring, being inclusive

NUNN ON ONE MUSIC Thunderpussy's Molly Sides on touring, being inclusive

Special to the online edition of Windy City Times

Seattle's Thunderpussy is following in the footsteps of girl groups like The Go-Go's, The Bangles and Spice Girls, but with less pop and more rock. The LGBTQ-inclusive Thunderpussy consists of Molly Sides on vocals, Whitney Petty ...
wct 2018-07-11

"The One Woman No Show" by Liz Anderson at CSz Theater Chicago

From a press release

"The One Woman No Show" by Liz Anderson at CSz Theater Chicago is a run of one-woman shows performed and cold-read by people who are not that woman. OWNS is a cold-read solo or duo play featuring a brand new actor ...
The Diesel Tykes release Songs For The Rainbow Family July 22

The Diesel Tykes release Songs For The Rainbow Family July 22

From a press release

The Diesel Tykes are celebrating the release of their full-length album 'Songs For The Rainbow Family' by having a live show at Wishbone, 3300 N Lincoln, at 7 p.m. on Sunday July 22, featuring performances by ...
Firebrand Theatre Announces Casting for Caroline or Change

Firebrand Theatre Announces Casting for Caroline or Change

From a press release

CHICAGO (June 28, 2018) — Firebrand Theatre, in partnership with TimeLine Theatre Company, is pleased to announces casting for its revival of the Tony Award-nominated Best Musical CAROLINE, OR CHANGE ...

  Outlines

ART Derrick Woods-Morrow, provocateur and disruptor, by design

ART Derrick Woods-Morrow, provocateur and disruptor, by design

Talking with queer artist Derrick Woods-Morrow is an exercise in exploring boundaries. This is, by no means, a criticism—it's simply an observation. That Woods-Morrow initially comes across as shy doesn't mean he doesn't harbor lots of ...
DINING Maillard special, A10 closes, Bastille Day items

DINING Maillard special, A10 closes, Bastille Day items

Special to the online edition of Windy City Times

—On Friday, July 13, Maillard Tavern will offer a special with its duck-fat Norwis potato fries. In celebration of the burger's side(kick), Maillard Tavern is celebrating National Fry Day with shaved black-truffle fries for $5. See ...
BOOK REVIEW Genius

BOOK REVIEW Genius

Special to the online edition of Windy City Times Review by Ashley Collins

To begin, Genius is a crazily illustrated work of art that tells the story between two individuals who both have an unpredictable appreciation for writing, film production, and screening movies—but their relationship also has many twists ...
VALUE TRAVEL Fabulous Philadelphia, Perfect for a long weekend

VALUE TRAVEL Fabulous Philadelphia, Perfect for a long weekend

Special to the online edition of Windy City Times by Bill Malcolm

Philadelphia makes for a perfect long weekend. Steeped in American history, the city is very walkable and has a great "Gayborhood" filled with lots of bars and restaurants including a great LBGTQ bookstore, Giovanni's Room. Getting ...
TRAVEL Everything comes up roses in Pasadena

TRAVEL Everything comes up roses in Pasadena

Special to the online edition of Windy City Times

Pasadena is peaceful city located just 10 miles northeast of the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles. The name "Pasadena" comes from the Chippewa word meaning "crown of the valley," describing the area at the base ...
Five Worth Finding: Magic Lounge, Impossible Burger, Strange Evidence

Five Worth Finding: Magic Lounge, Impossible Burger, Strange Evidence

Special to the online edition of Windy City Times

—Chicago Magic Lounge (https://www.chicagomagiclounge.com/): As the saying goes, "Prepare to be amazed." The Andersonville spot (which might require a little know-how just to enter) enthralls guests with bar, table and ...




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