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| | Equality Illinois PAC endorses State Sen. Kwame Raoul for Attorney General of Illinois
CHICAGO - The Equality Illinois PAC is proud to endorse State Sen. Kwame Raoul to be the next Attorney General of Illinois in the General Election on November 6, 2018, the statewide LGBTQ political committee announced ... | | 
| | Mayor Emanuel not running for re-election
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced that he will not be seeking to retain his post in the 2019 city elections. Emanuel, who entered office in 2011, had previously insisted he would be seeking re-election next ... | |
| | Incoming NU student killed in gun crossfire
A 25-year-old incoming Northwestern University student was killed Sept. 2 as he waited for a bus in the Rogers Park neighborhood, caught in gunfire exchange between two other men. Shane Colombo, who was scheduled to enter ... | |
| | Lambda Legal, Windy City Times file FOIA request on Kavanaugh's records
Lambda Legal and Windy City Times have filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel in Washington, D.C. for records relating to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and LGBTQ ... | | 
| | Breaking: Trans woman found murdered in Chicago alley
A 24-year-old transgender woman was murdered on Aug. 30 on Chicago's South Side, according to sources. Her body was discovered at the alley of 40th Street and King Drive late in the morning that day, after ... |
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| | Atny Gen. Madigan, 17 AGs challenge Ohio law defunding Planned Parenthood
Chicago — Attorney General Lisa Madigan, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, challenging an Ohio state law that would ... | |
| | EI PAC Endorses Pritzker for Governor, Stratton for Lt. Gov. in Illinois General Election
Statement by Brian C. Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois and Board Member of the Equality Illinois PAC: While there is much work to be done to ensure full equality, Illinois is at the forefront of advancing ... | |
| | LGBT Cancer Network Wins $2.5M Award For State Work Against Tobacco-Related Cancers
(New York, NY September 5, 2018) The National LGBT Cancer Network is the newest recipient of a $2.5 million five year award from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand resources for their grantees serving ... | |
| | LETTER Howard Brown Health and Humboldt Park
To: Sol A. Flores Executive Director La Casa Norte Dear Ms. Flores: We, the undersigned residents and LGBT leaders of the Humboldt Park community, are deeply concerned about the possibility of Howard Brown Health (HBH) coming ... | | 
| | Chicago House opens trans drop-in on West Side
Chicago House has opened a transgender drop-in space on Chicago's West Side. Chicago House is a social-service agency that serves individuals and families who are disenfranchised by HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ marginalization ... | |
| | Trans girl, 12, bullied by parents in Oklahoma
Achille, Oklahoma, has become a center on controversy since local parents bullied 12-year-old transgender girl Maddison Kleeman Rose, according to a Vice News item. The bullying started after Rose used the girls' bathroom at the Achille ... | |
| | Organist taunts Cubs player with gay-friendly songs
Atlanta Braves organist Matthew Kaminski's playlist for recent Chicago Cubs acquisition Daniel Murphy included "Born This Way," "What the World Needs Now is Love" and "Lola," in what was presumably a reference to the Murphy's past ... | |
| | Holocaust museum's gala Sept. 6
On Thursday, Sept. 6, Illinois Holocaust Museum's Women's Leadership Committee (WLC) will host its annual End of Summer Soirée 6-9 p.m. at Rockwell on the River, 3057 N. Rockwell Ave. There will be cocktails, hors d'oeuvres ... | | 
| | Sandi Byrd, from '60s institutions to #MeToo
Soon after Sandi Byrd, 76, graduated from high school, she started expressing to her mother that she was attracted to women. That's when her world turned upside down. "My mother sent me to a mental institution, ... | | 
| | WORLD Police entrapment, Belgian secretary, Japanese hotel
Police in Kyrgyzstan are using false nicknames on LGBT dating apps to entrap gay and bisexual men, PinkNews reported. Nazik, an advocate for LGBT+ rights in Kyrgzstan, said she's has been "beaten with a bottle" because ... | | 
| | NAT'L Foster ruling, Chris Watts, Nashville CEO, clergyman dies
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to force the city of Philadelphia to resume the placement of children in need of foster care with a Catholic agency that refuses to accept same-sex couples as foster parents, Reuters ... | | 
| | Panel focuses on intersectionality of LGBTQ, reproductive rights
Illinois state Rep. Kelly Cassidy moderated an Aug. 29 panel discussion featuring Pride Action Tank Executive Director Kim Hunt, Planned Parenthood Illinois Director of Community Engagement and Adolescent Health Initiatives ... | |
| | LGBTQ/human rights activist Ruth Messinger to speak on Leadership Lessons Oct. 14
(CHICAGO, IL) What are a leader's most important characteristics? What particular challenges do leaders of social and political institutions face—and what are the skills needed to solve them? In today's global world ... | |
| | Raoul Releases New Ad on Erika Harold's History of LGBT Discrimination
CHICAGO — Today, Sen. Kwame Raoul's campaign for Attorney General released a new television ad, "What Erika Harold Believes," highlighting his Republican opponent's shocking views on the safety of children and her ... | |
| | Second City, HBH team for Women's Health Fair
The ladies of The Second City and Chicago's premiere women's health organizations are collaboration on the first-ever Second City Women's Health Fair, with She the People & Women's Health Services at Howard Brown Health (HBH) as ... | |
| | Olympic champion track and field athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee at NEIU Sept. 11
Olympic champion track-and-field athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee will participate in a talk titled "An Evening With Jackie Joyner-Kersee" as Northeastern Illinois University presents the fourth installment of the Daniel L. Goodwin ... | | 
| | NATIONAL FEATURE Deadnamed
The way cops in Jacksonville and other jurisdictions investigate the murders of transgender women adds insult to injury, and may be delaying justice. Note: This story was updated Aug. 10 to reflect that an arrest was ... | |
| | OPALGA Scholarships Awarded
Five area students received $11,000 in scholarships on August 23rd from the Oak Park Area Lesbian and Gay Association. This year's awardees will be attending Columbia College Chicago, Northern Illinois University, Boston ... | |
| | Pulitzer winning playwright Vogel to speak at Goodman Education luncheon
Staged reading of her newest work Oct. 6
(Chicago, IL) Goodman Theatre celebrates teaching, learning and transformation with its "Igniting Imagination: The Art of Great Teaching" Education and Engagement luncheon on Thursday, September 20. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and ... | |
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Health of aging LGB people in California similar to straight older adults
Among LGB people, bisexuals and Hispanics experience disparities in health and well-being. A new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds that, in contrast to previous studies, LGB older adults in California ... |
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| | A Shayna Maidel
Playwright: Barbara Lebow At: TimeLine Theatre, 615 W. Wellington Ave. Tickets: 773-281-8436; TimeLineTheatre.com; $40-$54. Runs through: Nov. 4 A Shayna Maidel, first produced in the mid-1980s, is among the most successful of the many plays about ... | | 
| | THEATER FEATURE
Theater community talks August Wilson on production's eve
August Wilson (1945-2005) is a U.S. playwright best known for The Pittsburgh Cycle—10 plays that capture the African-American experience in each decade of the 20th century. Wilson has had a profound effect on this writer and ... | | 
| | Big Giant Love
Playwright/performer: Maureen Muldoon At: Madison Street Theatre, 1010 W. Madison St., Oak Park. Tickets: 708-406-2491; mstoakpark.com; $15. Runs through: Sept. 23 Solo performer Maureen Muldoon's autobiographical show (first in the ... | | 
| | Challenges face the creators of Tootsie 2.0
GUEST COLUMN
In the 1982 hit movie Tootsie, Dustin Hoffman plays Michael Dorsey, an out-of-work actor who, in a fit of desperation, decides to audition for a job as a woman. "Dorothy Michaels" gets the role and, through ... | | 
| | THEATER FEATURE
In 'Second Skin,' playwright uses horror to explore gender, identity
When Kristin Idaszak was writing Second Skin, she spooked the hell out of herself. "I was looking for a genre I don't usually write in," she told Windy City Times. "In the research process, I made ... | | 
| | SPOTLIGHT Monger
Average age of entry for a child sold into prostitution: 12. Average lifespan thereafter: 7. The facts surrounding trafficked children ensure that Mary Bonnett's drama Monger—inspired by interviews she's done both trafficked ... | | 
| | Music of the Baroque holding September concerts
Music of the Baroque kicks off its 48th season with the free event "Baroque in the Park," the organization's Millennium Park debut, on Wed., Sept. 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Longtime Music ... | |
| | Cher to release ABBA covers CD Sept. 28
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, ... | | 
| | NUNN ON ONE MUSIC Composer brings Matthew Shepard's memory to life
Craig Hella Johnson is a choral conductor and composer who is keeping an important person's legacy alive through music. Matthew Shepard was brutally murdered in 1998 after being tortured and tied to a fence in near ... | | 
| | 'Trans Art Is' opens with celebration
The Chicago Therapy Collective—which works to create a safer, just and inclusive Chicago for transgender/gender non-conforming individuals—hosted an opening-night celebration of a "Trans Art Is" gallery exhibit at the Andersonville ... | | 
| | Del Shores in Chicago in September (cancellation update)
Professional theater and school Windy City Performs (WCP) has announced Del Shores—the mind behind the Sordid Lives series—as its first guest artist-in-residence this fall. Sordid Lives, Shores' fourth play, opened ... | | 
| | Riot Fest featuring full-album sets
Riot Fest—a celebration of punk, rock 'n' roll, hip-hop, metal, indie rock and roots music—will take place in Chicago's Douglas Park on Sept. 14-16. This year's highlight will be that several acts will perform their seminal ... | |
| | Second City, HBH team for Women's Health Fair
The ladies of The Second City and Chicago's premiere women's health organizations are collaboration on the first-ever Second City Women's Health Fair, with She the People & Women's Health Services at Howard Brown Health (HBH) as ... | |
| | Classic-car show Sept. 8-9 in Rosemont
The Chicago Classic Auto Show welcomes Grand Marshal Larry Klairmont to share more than 80 years of automobile expertise and an abundance of meticulously preserved cars from Klairmont Kollections. The Chicago Classic Auto Show will bring ... | | 
| | BENT NIGHTS Sugarland; Smashing Pumpkins; Ben Folds, Cake and Tall Heights
Nostalgia, reunions and smart asses... Its late summer and painfully clear that much-hyped rock-concert reunions and nostalgia are the only safe strategies for putting butts in stadium seats. Now that the massive festivals have come and ... | | 
| | SHOWBIZ Sia, Rain Dove, Justin Bieber, Grace Jones, Kathy Griffin
Australian singer Sia told Rolling Stone about that one time she refused to get her picture taken with Donald Trump, citing her queer and Mexican fans, LGBTQ Nation noted. In 2015, she performed on Saturday Night ... | | 
| | COMEDY FEATURE Dreamboat offers LGBTQ improv
The two women singing as a warm-up act to an iO improv show on a recent Thursday night were not an unusual act: Solos or small groups precede every performance of Dreamboat, a fresh young troupe ... | |
| | It's Been a F*cking Year opens Sept. 24
Life is a rollercoaster of emotions, a whirlwind of events. Who would have thought that the last 365 days could hold so much? First love, first therapist, coming out, and TWO (!?) award-winning musicals. Join Jeff-award ... | | 
| | Andersonville Arts Week Sept. 12-16
CHICAGO (August 31, 2018) — The Andersonville Chamber of Commerce (ACC) will present the 16th annual Andersonville Arts Week, September 12-16, a month earlier than prior years. Featuring nine art genres, over 60 local businesses, and ... | | 
| | About Face Theatre sets casting for Chicago premiere of This Bitter Earth
CHICAGO (August 31, 2018) — About Face Theatre is pleased to announce casting for its Chicago premiere of the poetic and political romance This Bitter Earth, by award winning playwright and McKnight Fellow Harrison David Rivers, ... | |
| | THEATER REVIEW Fires of Nero, Rise of a Dictator
Playwright: Aaron Harris Woodstein At: Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. Tickets: https://www.stage773.com; $15-$20. Runs Through: Sept. 9 Rome has no shortage of cautionary tales among its rulers. Famously, Nero fiddled while the city burned, or ... | | 
| | 'La Vie en Rose' at Acorn on Sept. 1
"La Vie en Rose: The Songs of Edith Piaf"—with Robert Swan and Martha Cares—returns to the Acorn Theater in Three Oaks, Michigan, on Saturday, Sept. 1 at 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. CT). Familiar favorites like ... |
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| | Black gay caucus hosts 'Clutch Your Pearls'
On Aug. 29, The Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus held the second annual Clutch Your Pearls, a fundraiser and social event involving the group's participation in the Annual AIDS Walk/Run. Guests were treated to a gay ... | | 
| | BOOK REVIEW The Great Believers
By Rebecca Makkai. $24.99; Penguin; 257 pages. Rebecca Makkai pulls you in. Whether you're a wide-eyed writing student hanging on to her every word, a bibliophile listening to her interview another author at The Book Cellar ... | | 
| | Memories, medals bring joy to Chicagoans at Gay Games in Paris
As the traditional flag moved from Paris 2018 to Hong Kong 2022, thus ending the 10th version of the Gay Games on Sunday, Aug. 12, there were plenty of tears—of pride and joy, not just sadness ... | | 
| | AUTOS FIRST DRIVE Mercedes dials 2018 S-Class back to 560
Mercedes aficionados know some numbers are more special than others when it comes to the marque's most revered models: 770, 300, and 600 top the list. But, if the 1980s, as proposed by Mercedes Enthusiast Magazine, ... | | 
| | DINING Florentine's baskets, Twain opens, Palm breakfast
—Italian Loop restaurant The Florentine (in the J.W. Marriott Hotel) is offering its annual summer picnic baskets. The featured baskets include Saluti! (chef's selection of meat and cheese, olives, crackers ... | | 
| | VALUE TRAVEL Downtown LA, The city's walkable gayborhood
Have you been to downtown LA (DTLA) lately? If not, plan on a visit soon. I hadn't and was stunned to see that the downtown core has been totally repurposed as a cool hipster hangout complete ... | | 
| | Jamaican Fruit and Flowers Bloom in Chicago
Cris Avery's anatomy brought him and Armani Dae together in 2014. The two artists officially met for the first time at a Community Kinship Life conference in Philadelphia, where Dae lived at the time. Avery, a ... |
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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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