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| | PASSAGES Women's music leader Esther Anne Fuller dies
Esther Anne Fuller, 82, of Whitestown, Indiana, has died. She was a past president of Women In the Arts, a former National Women's Music Festival president, and she was the Fuller to Baskin of the landmark ... | | 
| | Groups urge Rauner to end workplace bias
Seventeen civil-rights organizations in Illinois are urging Gov. Bruce Rauner, in a letter sent to him, to sign legislation that would ban employment discrimination in all workplaces, according to an Equality Illinois ... | |
| | Aug. 16 'Trans Talk' to include Quigley
On Thursday, Aug. 16, U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (IL-05)—who is vice chair of the LGBT Equality Caucus—will join Center on Halsted Director of Gender Equity and Inclusion Vanessa Sheridan for a discussion on key issues facing ... | |
| | Panel on LGBTQI+ persecution Aug. 16 at Center on Halsted
The All Aboard USA Committee of Rainbow Railroad will hold a public event on Thursday, Aug. 16, at 6:30 p.m., at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., entitled "If Not US, Who?: The Struggle of ... | |
| | Dream Town starts 'Be You' campaign
Real-estate brokerage firm Dream Town Realty has unveiled a new brand campaign for 2018, titled "Be You." The new campaign is inspired by the Oscar Wilde quote "Be yourself—everyone else is already taken." The new ad ... | | 
| | Queer, Ill + Okay hosts 'HIV/AIDS in the Age of PrEP'
QUEER, ILL + OKAY (QIO), in partnership with Howard Brown Health, hosted a panel discussion focusing on HIV/AIDS in the Age of PrEP August 8 at Center on Halsted (the Center). Panelists included Howard Brown Health's ... | | 
| | Scot's owner reflects on the business that was
After more than 20 years serving the Ravenswood neighborhood, Scot's Bar, 1829 W. Montrose Ave., has closed its doors. The longtime gay watering hole served its final customers the week of Aug. 5. Owners Thom Scot ... | | 
| | Northalsted Market Days 2018
The Northalsted Business Alliance continued its annual tradition of presenting the largest outdoor street festival in the Midwest on Aug. 11 and 12. Northalsted Market Days had the bustling Boystown area from Addison Street to Belmont ... | | 
| | Illinois tourism office unveils sculpture at Market Days
The Illinois Office of Tourism's art installation celebrating its "Amazing for All" LGBTQ and diversity initiative was unveiled on the first day of Northalsted Market Days on Aug. 11, just south of the Addison gate in ... | |
| | VIEWS Cardinal Cupich on sexual abuse: Clerical culture, not gay priests, at fault
Robert Shine
A top U.S. cardinal has expressed strong skepticism that gay priests are the cause of clerical sexual abuse, saying instead the problem stems from clericalism in the Church. Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago addressed the topic ... | |
| | LETTER TO THE EDITOR Calling for change
Dear Editor: Recently, Pope Francis changed the catechism of the Catholic Church to make the death penalty entirely unacceptable, saying it is "an attack" on human dignity. DignityUSA, the organization of LGBTQI Catholics and allies, welcomes ... | |
| | Ruby Rose to play lesbian superhero Batwoman
Orange Is the New Black alum/LGBT actress Ruby Rose has been cast to play lesbian superhero Batwoman (a.k.a. Kate Kane), Entertainment Weekly reported. The character will be introduced in the network's annual DC crossover event this ... | |
| | Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest on Aug. 18-19
The Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest (GAAF)—a free weekend-long event, drawing approximately 15,000 visitors and celebrating its 17th year—will take place Aug. 18-19 at at 6900—7030 N. Glenwood Ave. (between Farwell ... | |
| | Asians & Friends anniv. party Sept. 9
Asians & Friends Chicago will host a '90s-themed anniversary party Sunday, Sept. 9, 3-7 p.m., at Dan and Mike's Halsted Hot Tub rooftop at 3526 N. Halsted St. Attendees are urged to bring food and/or drinks ... | | 
| | Vives Q relaunches with Gutierrez, Love
On Aug. 7, the first installment of Vives Q for 2018 took place at the National Museum of Mexican Art. After taking a break during the winter months, the independent cultural arts project presented an evening ... | | 
| | NATIONAL Statewide commission, Miss. ordinance, Biden, electoral news
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has established the nation's first statewide LGBTQ commission, according to INTOmore.com. After signing an executive order enacting the Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs, the first-term Democrat ... | | 
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SHOWBIZ Pro-trans letter, Troye Sivan, Global Citizen, 'Flipping Out'
Nearly 50 LGBTQ organizations, production companies, film studios and talent agencies called on Hollywood Aug. 7 to represent more transgender people on the big and small screens, The Huffington Post reported. The letter, published in Variety, ... | | 
| | WORLD Report on LGBTQ groups, Costa Rica marriage, Kenyan HIV lab
A report has found that nearly half of the world's countries do not allow LGBTQ groups to organize without threat of arrest or state violence, NewNowNext.com noted. Only 56 percent of countries—109 out of 194—freely allow ... | | 
| | Eighth Annual Chicago SlutWalk is a Success
For about an hour in late July, shoppers, pedestrians and tourists all stopped and shifted their attention to the mob of nearly 100 protesters swarming down Michigan Avenue with their posters, flags, and chants marking SlutWalk ... | |
| | Lambda Legal files FOIA for Kavanaugh documents to discover LGBTQ record
Over the weekend, Lambda Legal filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for documents and communications related to Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, regarding his time serving as ... | |
| | Rauner Vetos Legislation that Would Strengthen Non-Discrimination Protections
Equality Illinois Condemns Gov. Rauner's Veto of Legislation that Would Strengthen Illinois Non-Discrimination Protections in the Workplace CHICAGO—Gov. Bruce Rauner betrayed Illinois' values of equality and fairness by vetoing a ... | |
| | HRC, Partners, Allies United Against Hate One Year After Charlottesville
WASHINGTON — This weekend, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, will join coalition ... | |
| | 78,000 transgender citizens could be prevented from voting in midterms
The Williams Institute—Strict voter ID laws may present a barrier to voting for transgender people who do not have identification reflecting their correct gender. An estimated 137,000 transgender people who have transitioned will be eligible to ... | | 
| | Multi-sport athlete Kamden Romano transitions, excited to compete again
Kamden Romano has quite the sporting resume: football, soccer, marathons, triathlons and more, yet Romano's future sporting ventures are, perhaps, most exciting for him. Romano, 32, who lives in suburban Huntley and works as a paraprofessional, ... |
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| | Sam Smith in Chicago
As part of his "The Thrill of It All" tour, singer Sam Smith will perform at the United Center, 1901 W. Madison St., on Wed., Aug. 15, at 8 p.m. The Thrill of It All debuted at number one on the
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| | NUNN ON ONE MOVIES Author Andrew Solomon part of 'Far From the Tree' documentary
Author Andrew Solomon's best-selling book Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity has now inspired a movie. The book showed 300 cases of families in which the parents and children were vastly ... | | 
| | Dance for Life continues to celebrate life, honoring those who have passed
In the darkest days of the 1980s, Chicago's dance community was gamely pirouetting through a Giselle-mist insufficiently shrouding the HIV/AIDS tragedy, dancers involuntarily reaching for partners who could never lift them again. ... | | 
| | THEATER REVIEW Richard III
By: William Shakespeare. At: Ingraham Park, Evanston. Tickets: MuseOfFire.weebly.com; free. Runs through: Sept. 9 Richard III transforms before the audience's eyes early on in Muse of Fire's titular production. Halfway ... | |
| | Critics' Picks
Buddy, American Blues Theater @ Stage 773, remounted through Sept. 15. Far more concert than story, the short, mostly-sweet life of Buddy Holly is presented by 16 rocking vocal and instrumental stars. Don't miss! JA The ... | | 
| | REVIEW Holding the Man
Playwright: Tommy Murphy; adapted from a memoir by Timothy Conigrave At: The Broadway, Pride Arts Center, 4139 N. Broadway. Tickets: 866-811-4111 or 773-857-0222; pridefilmsandplays.com; $20-$30. Runs through: Aug. 26 Portraits of the early days of the ... | | 
| | THEATER Spotlight on Hurricane Damage
Four gay men cross generations and decades in Hurricane Damage—Kevin Brofsky's funny, sad, hopeful and emotionally layered exploration of dreams snuffed out by the AIDS pandemic and lives (and loves) that thrived in spite of it. ... | |
| | Cher to release ABBA covers CD Sept. 28
On the heels of appearing in the film Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again—which features ABBA songs—Cher will be releasing Dancing Queen, a new album of all-ABBA hits, on Sept. 28 through Warner Bros. Records. In ... | |
| | Men's fashion awards Sept. 12
The Costume Council of the Chicago History Museum will celebrate the most stylish men in Chicago at the third annual Chicago Men's Fashion Awards on Wed., Sept. 12, 5-8 p.m., at Room & Board, 55 E. ... | | 
| | BENT NIGHTS Panic! at the Disco; The New Pornographers
Panic! at the Disco vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and one-man band Brendon Urie (who recently came out as pansexual) looks exactly like what he is—a Las Vegas entertainer in rock-star drag. Despite his fashion-model ... | |
| | 'Wendy Williams Show' in town Aug. 23
The tour promoting the 10th season of The Wendy Williams Show will stop at the House of Blues, 329 N. Dearborn St., on Thursday, Aug. 23, 5:30-9 p.m. Williams will be hosting an evening filled with ... | | 
| | REVIEW The African Company Presents Richard III
By Carlyle Brown. At: Oak Park Festival Theatre, Austin Gardens, 167 Forest Ave., Oak Park. Tickets: 708-300-3896 or https://oakparkfestival.com; $20-$32, free children under 12. Runs through: Sept. 1 A little more than three decades after the ... | | 
| | Martha Wash, singer of 'It's Raining Men,' to star in WaistWatchers The Musical
The production that has had audience members "burning off pounds just laughing," according to the Los Angeles Times, WaistWatchers The Musical! makes its Chicago Premiere at the Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted St., this fall. ... | |
| | Goodman New Stages Fest includes Sarah Schulman, Ricardo Gamboa and Paula Vogel
This fall, Goodman Theatre presents its New Stages Festival—a free annual celebration and discovery of new plays by some of the country's finest established and emerging playwrights. Audiences experience a first look ... | | 
| | FILM REVIEW The Miseducation of Cameron Post
In her new film The Miseducation of Cameron Post, writer/director Desiree Akhavan takes on the volatile issue of religiously based gay conversion therapy. These are programs, usually based on fundamentalist Christian dogma, that attempt to turn ... | |
| | Casting announced for national tour of Hello, Dolly!
CHICAGO (August 9, 2018) Producer Scott Rudin and Broadway In Chicago are delighted to announce the cast for the first national tour of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival of HELLO, DOLLY! starring Broadway legend, Tony ... | | 
| | Illinois Tourism #AmazingForAll sculpture at Northalsted Market Days
The Illinois Office of Tourism's larger-than-life art installation celebrating their "Amazing for All" LGBTQ and diversity initiative was unveiled on the first day of Northalsted Market Days, Aug. 11, just south of the Addison gate in ... |
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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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