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| | Missouri Lesbian Couple Sues Senior Housing Community for Discrimination
From a press release
ST.LOUIS—The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC, and co-counsel filed a lawsuit today on behalf of married lesbian couple Mary Walsh, age 72, and Bev Nance, age 68, against St. Louis ... | | 
| | PASSAGES Business owner Val Camilletti dies
Val's halla Records store owner Val Camilletti, 78, died July 24 at the British Home in Brookfield, Illinois of complications from breast cancer. She was a resident of Cicero at the time of her death. Camilletti ... | | 
| | Affinity's leadership event July 26
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. It continues on the following date: —July 26: noon-1 ... | | 
| | 15th annual Disability Pride dedicated to equality
By Emagin Tanaschuk
Hundreds of supporters came to celebrate and show pride at the 15th Annual Chicago Disability Pride Parade on July 22. The largest disability pride parade in the nation began at 401 S. Plymouth Ct. and concluded ... | | 
| | Protestors challenge youth intersex surgeries
About 100 persons, among them activists from as far away as Texas, Georgia and California, gathered July 19 at Ann & Robert H. Lurie's Children's Hospital downtown to protest that hospital's practice of performing what they ... | |
| | Activists discuss fighting laws about HIV transmission
Laws criminalizing the transmission of HIV/AIDS are outdated, perpetuate stigma, and give incentives for not knowing ones' own HIV status, say experts. In a July 18 webinar, "HIV Criminalization 101," Attorney Scott Schoettes of Lambda Legal ... | | 
| | PASSAGES James M. Schulze
James M. Schulze, a lifelong Chicago Heights resident, has passed away at 60. Jim was a member of the Bloom High School class of 1976, and attended Butler University and the Keller School of Management. He ... | | 
| | LGBTQ candidate/campaign training offered Aug. 2-4
Victory Institute will train more than 40 LGBTQ people on running for office during its intensive four-day Candidate & Campaign Training in Chicago Aug. 2-5. The training aims to increase LGBTQ political representation across the Midwest ... | | 
| | Mother-son team on Chicago House, other endeavors
Christine "Chris" Bagley and her son, Derek Bagley, have always had a passion for giving back to causes and organizations that provide the most direct services to those in need through their Chris and Derek Bagley ... | |
| | Anti-racism series Sept. 14-Nov. 17
A six-session anti-racism seminar for white people (called "Doing Our Own Work") will be held Sept. 14-15, Oct. 26-27 and Nov. 16-17 at Youth and Opportunity United, 1911 Church St., Evanston. Allies for Change is hosting ... | | 
| | Sykes, Rippon at Sept. 14 Chicago House Speaker Series event
Chicago House—which provides housing and support for those living with HIV/AIDS—has announced its 8th Speaker Series, with Wanda Sykes and Adam Rippon as headliners, on Friday, Sept. 14, in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Chicago, ... | |
| | Center seeks Billiken parade volunteers
LGBT facility Center on Halsted is marching in the Bud Billiken Parade this year on Saturday, Aug. 11, at 10 a.m.—and is looking for volunteers to represent the Center while handing out materials to community members. ... | |
| | That N-word, again
Papa John's is the latest to use the N-word and then apologize. CEO John Schnatter, known as Papa John, blurted out the N-word during a crisis communication training session over the phone—and not in the face ... | |
| | LETTER Valiant effort
To whom it may concern: On the evening of May 25, 2018, my dear friend Karl Szwet and I had just finished the Critical Mass bicycle ride and had stopped at the Whole Foods next to Center on Halsted for ... | | 
| | Leather Archives' rummage sale in July
Leather Archives & Museum's Kinky Rummage Sale will take place Saturday-Sunday, July 28-29, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at 6418 N. Greenview Ave. There's a members-only preview on July 28 at 9-11 a.m. The sale will feature 600+ ... | | 
| | Allred to address LGBT bar association event
Famed attorney Gloria Allred will deliver the keynote address and Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke will be honored at the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago Foundation's (LAGBAC Foundation) 14th ... | | 
| | WORLD Elton John, AIDS confab, Israeli rally
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
On July 24, Prince Harry joined Sir Elton John on the second day of the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam—where the two will launch the new MenStar Coalition, a global partnership aimed at researching and halting ... | | 
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NATIONAL Conversion therapy, service members, judge withdrawn
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) released two toolkits for child welfare and juvenile justice agency employees on how to protect LGBTQ youth from the serious harm caused by conversion therapy, a press release noted. ... | |
| | Dads start petition to keep Fed money from anti-LGBTQ adoption agencies
From a press release
A new Care2 petition started by two Maryland-based adoptive dads, Jamie McGonnigal and Sean Carlson, is calling on U.S. Representative Robert Aderholt (R-AL) and Congress to pull an amendment that punishes states refusing to give funding ... | |
| | DignityUSA Mourns Death of Retired Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen
From a press release
July 23, 2018. DignityUSA, the organization of Catholics committed to justice, equality, and full inclusion for LGBTQI people in our church and society, joins many in the Church and justice communities, especially in the northwestern U.S., ... | |
| | Bill passes requiring training in LGBT awareness for providers of aging services
From a Fenway Health press release
BOSTON, July 24, 2018—Last week, the Massachusetts Legislature passed "An Act Relative to LGBT Awareness Training for Aging Services Providers," which will require the Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) to develop ... | |
| | Eighth Annual Slutwalk Chicago planned for Saturday, July 28
From a press release
Chicago, Illinois - Demonstration to support survivors of sexual assault, protest rape culture and police violence, Slutwalk Chicago 2018, takes place for its 8th consecutive year. This year's Slutwalk Chicago gathering will take place at Water ... | | 
| | New sketches of Gacy victims released
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), along with the Cook County Sheriff's Office, has released new facial reconstructions for two of John Wayne Gacy's six unknown victims. Gacy raped and murdered young boys ... | |
| | Anti-violence activists to march Aug. 2
Anti-violence activists are planning to shut down Lake Shore Drive on Chicago's North Side on Thursday, Aug. 2—almost a month after Rev. Michael Pfleger and thousands of activists shut down the Dan Ryan Expressway, WGNTV.com reported. ... | |
| | Public comment ends July 31 on Trump-Pence gag rule
From a press release
CHICAGO - Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) opposes the changes to Title X, the nation's only family planning program, proposed by the Trump-Pence administration. The changes create a domestic gag rule that will affect thousands of ... | |
| | Global human rights advocates say no 2020 AIDS conference in Trump's USA
From a news release
Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 23 - Terrorizing immigrants. Family separations. Detentions. Targeting sex workers and LGBTQ communities. Global Gag Rule. War on people who use drugs. Closed borders. The wall. Police ... | |
| | Taste of Andersonville expands scope and expectations
From a press release
CHICAGO - ANDERSONVILLE: The Andersonville Chamber of Commerce (ACC) will welcome guests on a dining tour of Andersonville's robust restaurant district during the annual Taste of Andersonville on Wednesday, August 15 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. ... | |
| | Fourth transgender woman of color murdered in Florida, misgendering goes on
From a Equality Florida and GLAAD news release
Orlando, FL — Today, Equality Florida and GLAAD mourn the death of Sasha Garden, a transgender woman of color murdered in Orlando on Thursday, July 19. Sasha is the fourth known transgender woman of color brutally ... | |
| | Planned Parenthood of Illinois denounces Trump-Pence domestic gag rule
From a press release
CHICAGO - Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) opposes the changes to Title X, the nation's only family planning program, proposed by the Trump-Pence administration. The changes create a domestic gag rule that will affect thousands of ... |
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| | Holding the Man at Pride Films and Plays Aug. 5
HOLDING THE MAN, a drama from Australia chronicling the 15-year relationship of a real-life gay male couple, is based on Timothy Conigrave's celebrated memoir of the same name. In 1976, Tim and John meet as teenagers
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| | TV Getting crafty with 'Making It' contestant Jeffery Rudell
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
Parks & Recreation stars Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman return to TV screens on Tuesday, July 31, with their new reality-competition show, Making It. The show will see eight crafty competitors from across the country compete ... | | 
| | NUNN ON ONE MUSIC Erasure's Vince Clarke gives 'A Little Respect'
English duo Andy Bell and Vince Clarke make beautiful music together as Erasure. Clarke started collaborating with the openly gay Bell in 1985. Their debut single was "Who Needs Love Like That," and their hits continued ... | | 
| | CONCERT REVIEW Kesha, Macklemore rock rainbows
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
It's been an epic summer for an unlikely duo that has hit the road together for The Adventures of Kesha and Macklemore Tour. The two arrived at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Tinley Park on July ... | | 
| | DANCE Revolutionary steps, dancers point past the binary
Chicago is not lacking queer spaces in the arts, and that includes dance and performance art. Now in its ninth season, the Fly Honey Show remains a highly anticipated staple on the annual dance calendar. A ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW Everybody
Playwright: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. At: Brown Paper Box Company at the Pride Arts Buena, 4147 Broadway. Tickets: $25; BrownPaperBox.org. Runs through: Aug. 12 Long before the advent of self-help books, people looked to Morality Plays for advice ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW Bus Stop
By Sarah Bowden
Written by: William Inge At: Athenaeum Theater, 2936 N. Southport Ave. Tickets: $20-$30; EclipseTheatre.com. Runs through: August 19 The women of Bus Stop are given little room to breathe. They are shouted over, leered at and ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Written by: Tennessee Williams Directed by: Marcia Milgrom Dodge. At: Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. Tickets:: $38-58. Runs through: Aug. 26 Drury Lane Theatre is presenting the Tennessee Williams classic Cat on a ... | |
| | Critics' Picks
Guards at the Taj, Steppenwolf Theatre, through July 29. Rajiv Joseph's very modern play with an historic setting explores friendship, loyalty, beauty and power through comedy and terror. The wonderful performers should not be missed. JA ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW The Color Purple
Playwright: Marsha Norman (book); Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell and Allee Willis (music/lyrics) At: The Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress Pkwy. Tickets: $34-157. Runs through: July 29 The Color Purple is ... | | 
| | THEATER SPOTLIGHT
Babes with Blades are Chicago's grande dames of inspired uproar. From swashbuckling with swords to rioting with rapiers, they pioneered methods of fight choreography back when the art form was all but exclusively the domain of ... | | 
| | PERFORMANCE Dishing with Christine Ebersole and Seth Rudetsky
Listen to Seth Rudetsky's dishy Sirius/XM radio program Seth Speaks and you'll hear a mix of Broadway gossip, obsessively deconstructed showtunes and witty chit-chat. It's not always overt, but Rudetsky instills his shows with something else ... | |
| | Burning City fest July 25-29
"The Burning City Neo-Vintage Entertainment Festival"—advertised as "a massive city-wide, week-long event"—will take place July 25-29 at Uptown Underground, 4707 N. Broadway. Drawing inspiration from the 1893 World's Columbian Exhibition ... | | 
| | 'Hamilton: The Exhibition' to now debut in 2019
"Hamilton: The Exhibition"—a 360-degree, immersive exhibit that will travel to select U.S. cities—has a new opening date for its launch on Chicago's Northerly Island. The exhibit will launch April 6, 2019, according ... | |
| | Broken Nose names new leadership
Broken Nose Theatre announced two major leadership appointments. Associate Artistic Director Elise Marie Davis has been named the company's new artistic director, succeeding Founding Artistic Director Benjamin Brownson. Brownson, who ... | | 
| | FESTIVAL ROUNDUP Pitchfork plays on with Ms. Lauryn Hill, Chaka Khan and more
Pitchfork Music Festival returned to Union Park on July 20-22. While there was some light rain, the weather cooperated for the most part and so did the musicians. Ms. Lauryn Hill arrived almost 30 minutes late, but ... | | 
| | Music group to honor lesbian music pioneers Dlugacz, Williamson
The Americana Music Association will honor lesbian music pioneers Judy Dlugacz and Cris Williamson, two of the Olivia Records founders, as recipients of the 2018 Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive. They will receive the ... | | 
| | SHOWBIZ Jennifer Hudson, 'Horror Story,' Kathy vs. Ellen, gay boy band
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
Jennifer Hudson will be making a new movie "Memory" playing the "glamour cat" Grizabella in Universal and Working Title's big-screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's beloved stage musical Cats, TheWrap reported. Taylor Swift, James Corden and ... | | 
| | BOOK REVIEW The Corner Queen
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times by Noah McCarthy
By Carlos T. Mock, MD Floricanto Press The Corner Queen—"La Loca de La Esquina": A Romance and a Revolution, by local author Carlos T. Mock, MD, is a fictionalized reimagining of Puerto Rico's PRNP revolts, a ... | | 
| | BENT NIGHTS Acts at Taste of Chicago
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
The inevitable 38th edition of Taste of Chicago touched down in Grant Park for five days crammed with food, frolics, music, art, more food, booze, dancing, lounging and, well, more food. By now this event has ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW Heartbreak Hotel
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
Playwright: Floyd Mutrux At Water Tower Place, 175 E. Chestnut St. Tickets: $35-75. Runs Through: Sept. 30 Heartbreak Hotel is the prequel to acclaimed musical Million Dollar Quartet. Set in Memphis, Tennessee during 1954-57, it follows ... | | 
| | NUNN ON ONE MUSIC A Bay to remember, Singer talks gay fans, Pink Lemonade
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
Singer James Bay is on the way back to Chicago with two new tour dates. The English singer started playing guitar at a very young age eventually studying in Brighton while practicing on open mics around ... | | 
| | Promethean three show season looks to past for clues to present
From a press release
CHICAGO — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Was Dr. Martin Luther King correct in saying the moral arc of the universe bends toward justice? Even if we do learn from the past, are we still doomed to ... | | 
| | TV 'Sharp Objects' screens at Chicago History Museum
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
The new limited series Sharp Objects on HBO already has audiences intrigued after just the first episode. On July 13, the second episode was screened at Chicago History Museum, with a couple cast members and the ... | | 
| | NUNN ON ONE MUSIC Dan Reynolds fights for rights with LOVELOUD
Special to the online edition of Windy City Times
Dan Reynolds, frontman from the rock band Imagine Dragons, is creating a whole movement and a new foundation. Depicted in the new HBO documentary Believer, Reynolds set out on a journey in 2017 to stand up ... | | 
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MOVIES Lesbian comedian Irene Tu in 'OUT on Stage'
by Ashley Collins
This summer, Fathom Events and Comedy Dynamics presents a series of stand-ups by more than 15 LGTBQ comedians in a one-night movie event, "OUT on Stage." The movie will premiere across the country in more than ... | | 
| | Chicago Men's Fashion Awards to celebrate city's best-dressed men
From a press release
CHICAGO (July 18, 2018) The Costume Council of the Chicago History Museum celebrates the most stylish men in Chicago at the third annual Chicago Men's Fashion Awards on Wednesday, September 12. Join co-hosts celebrity stylist Eric ... |
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| | 2018 ASANA Softball World Series Coming Live To A Screen Near You
From a news release
NEW ORLEANS, LA, JULY 5, 2018 — The Amateur Sports Alliance of North America (ASANA), organizers of the 2018 ASANA Softball World Series in New Orleans, September 18 — 22, has announced a partnership with Cloud ... | | 
| | The Sporting Life, Joe Green
Joe Green had only been out a few years when he started playing in a gay softball league, and yet still wasn't comfortable with being gay and living in the suburbs where he didn't know a lot of other gay people. ... |
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 | New Title IX rules protects LGBTQ+ students...to a point
| | NATIONAL Ohio law blocked, Trevor Project, Rev. Troy Perry, ICE suit, Elon Musk
| | SHOWBIZ Celine Dion, 'The People's Joker,' Billy Porter, Patti LuPone, 'Strange Way'
| | LGBTQ+ Intergenerational Dialogue Project set to hold its second annual exhibition
| | WORLD Nigeria arrest, Chilean murderer, trans ban, Olivier Awards, marriage items | |
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