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| | Windy City Times 2018 Election Guide printable charts
VIEW AND PRINT OUT voting charts at the link: www.windycitymediagroup.com/pdf/October2018electionchart.pdf . Charts include endorsements, recommendations and questionnaire scores of a number of organizations. Individual races for which none of the ... | |
| | Retired officers, Surgeons General, veterans, states oppose trans military ban
Retired Military Officers and Surgeons General, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Service Women's Action Network, NAACP, the Korematsu Center, Military Historians, National Women's Law Center, 19 States, and Others ... | |
| | Groups respond to Tree of Life shootings
National LGBTQ Task Force Condemns the Anti-Semitic Attack at the Tree of Life Synagogue WASHINGTON-DC: On the anti-Semitic attack at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh today, National LGBTQ Task Force Executive Director Rea Carey ... | |
| | Trans advocates rally to press police to solve murders of trans women of color
Several dozen community members, among them many transgender activists and their allies, gathered at Chicago Police Department Headquarters (CDP), 3510 S. Michigan Ave., the evening of Oct. 25 to demand that the recent murders of two ... | |
| | Rally to demand progress on Chicago murders of transgender women
Following the unsolved murders of two black transgender women in Chicago in 2018 and as the Trump administration readies a new attack on transgender people across the country, transgender advocates in Chicago will hold a press ... |
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| | CELEBRATIONS Wanda B, Stephanie Green renew vows after 25 years
On Oct. 12, Wanda Bfound of the social club Stud ("Solidarity, Trustworthiness, Understanding and Dependability") 4 Lifeand wife/First Lady Stephanie Green renewed their vows after being together for 25 years. ... | |
| | Routledge Handbook of LGBTQIA policy out
The Routledge Handbook of LGBTQIA Administration and Policy, with Wallace Swan as editor, is now available. It is the first book to utilize up-to-the-minute empirical data to examine "post-factual" changes ... | |
| | Wachowskis to sell Chicago studio space
Lilly and Lana Wachowskitransgender sibling filmmakers behind the Matrix trilogy and the lesbian-themed thriller Boundare attempting to sell their Ravenswood Avenue studio space, Crain's Chicago Business reported Oct. 22. The ... | |
| | MOMBIAN Children's and YA books on LGBTQ history
LGBTQ History Month offers us a wonderful opportunity each October to look at the growing number of books for children and youth on LGBTQ historyincluding several that are new this year. Elementary school Pride: The Story ... | |
| | LGBT HISTORY Tea With No Shade
Tea With No Shade By Rebecca Huff
A gloomy, rainy Sunday in September couldn't stop what was originally planned as an outdoor tea dance among the trees and fountains of Washington Park in Cincinnati. The gay tradition, revived last year in Ohio by ... | |
| | LGBT HISTORY San Francisco trans cultural district slowly moves forward
by Alex Madison
It's been a little over a year since San Francisco designated the nation's first transgender cultural district in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood. But efforts to establish the historical area have been delayed ... | |
| | Marsha P. Johnson Institute GoFundMe page started
A GoFundMe page for the Marsha P. Johnson Institute has been started at https://www.gofundme.com/trans-people-will-never-be-erased . According to a description, "The Marsha P. Johnson Institute is a community organization working to ... | |
| | ELECTIONS 2018
Lamont Robinson Jr. wants to be the 5th District's 'champion'
"I want to be a safety net for the citizens of the 5th district and make sure that they have somebody listening, looking out for their best interests and being a champion for their issues and ... | |
| | ELECTIONS 2018 Sam Yingling re-election campaign focused on economy
Rep. Sam Yinglingan openly gay Democrat in the Illinois House's 62nd Districtfaces familiar challenges this year as he seeks re-election. Following his original election in 2014, Yingling focused his efforts ... | |
| | ELECTIONS 2018 J.B. Pritzker addresses reasons for candidacy
Businessman J.B. Pritzker has been locked for months in an aggressive challenge to Gov. Bruce Rauner's incumbency. Each man has spent millions in order to win the post Nov. 6, leading to one of the most ... | |
| | ELECTIONS 2018 Kash Jackson mounts run for governor
Longtime military veteran Grayson "Kash" Jackson has been running for governor on the Libertarian Party ticket. Jackson spoke with Windy City Times about why he is seeking the post, and his thoughts on fighting discrimination, among ... | |
| | HRC's newest Congressional Scorecard out
With elections taking place next week, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), released its Congressional Scorecard measuring support for LGBTQ equality in the 115th Congress. Members of Congress were scored based on a range of key indicators ... | |
| | LGBTQ activists start expenditure committee
LGBTQ activists have created Fair and Equal Illinois, an Illinois independent expenditure committee. According to a press release, "the purpose of this committee is to allow those who care about LGBTQ equality to aggressively support candidates ... | |
| | ELECTIONS 2018 Free Divvy bikes on Election Day
Chicago is among the cities making it easier for people to vote with free rides. According to Mashable, the code BIKETOVOTE will work on the bike-share apps in all participating citiesexcept Chicago. However, in Chicago, Divvy ... | |
| | ELECTIONS 2018
LGBT candidate Maggie Trevor takes on conservative incumbent
Having received endorsements from the LGBTQ Victory Fund and the Equality Illinois PAC, Maggie Trevor is an out lesbian running as a Democratic candidate for the 54th District of the Illinois House of Representatives. The district ... | |
| | ELECTIONS 2018 Civil-rights activists to donors: Stop funding anti-LGBTQ candidates
Representatives from Equality Illinois, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and community activists held a press conference Oct. 24 at Federal Plaza downtown to call on major donors like Citadel Founder and CEO Ken Griffin and Uline Founder ... | |
| | Annual S.O.S. ball, panel discussion held at CSU
The 16th annual S.O.S Ball and panel discussion, Respect for Equality, took place Oct. 27 at Chicago State University (CSU). Panelists included Evangelicals for Social Action Associate Fellow Darren Calhoun ... | |
| | Rugby to return to Chicago Nov. 3
USA Rugby and TLA Worldwide (TLA), along with host city partners Chicago Sports Commission (CSC) and Soldier Field, announced that world-class international rugby will again return to Soldier Field in Chicago for the latest edition of ... | |
| | ELECTIONS 2019
Tunney supporters celebrate alderman's achievements at fundraiser
Supporters of Chicago Ald. Tom Tunney (44th Ward) warned of "dark money groups" targeting the first openly gay alderman during an Oct. 24 fundraiser at the Boystown nightspot Sidetrack, supporting his run for re-election in 2019. ... | |
| | 'The City That Werqs' drag exhibit opens Nov. 10
"The City that Werqs: A History of Chicago's Drag Revolutionaries" is an exhibit that will open at Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, 6500 N. Clark St., on Saturday, Nov. 10, 6:30-9 p.m. (The exhibit will run through ... | |
| | Marge Summit to receive Jon-Henri Damski Award Nov. 4
Businesswoman Marge Summit will receive the 22nd Annual Jon-Henri Damski Award Sunday, Nov. 4, 2-4 p.m., at The Call, 1547 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. There will be videos, guest speakers and former honorees at this free ... | |
| | ELECTIONS 2018 Guide to the LGBTs
This year's primary elections featured a record number of openly LGBT candidates thorughout Illinois. From those races, several of those individuals are vying for various political offices in November: Kelly ... | |
| | ELECTIONS 2018 Early voting info; election judges needed
Early voting for the Nov. 6 general election has started. Currently, early voting is taking place at at 69 W. Washington St. on the fifth floor and on the pedway for suburban Cook County voters. For ... | |
| | Intersex-rights activists stage train 'takeover'
About 25 activists observed Intersex Awareness Day Oct. 26 with a protest on Chicago Transit Authority trains, calling attention to a local hospital's performing of what they say are medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex youngsters. Many ... | |
| | Tree of Life vigil draws hundreds
On Oct. 28, hundreds of people attended a candlelight vigil in Chicago's Federal Plaza that commemorated the 11 victims from a Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and the two African-American people killed Oct. 24 in a seemingly racially ... | |
| | WORLD Taiwan march, Brazilian politics, monument desecrated
More than 100,000 people marched through Taiwan's capital of Taipei on Oct. 27 to press the government to deliver on its promise of marriage equality amid an increasingly heated debate over whether civil laws should recognize ... | |
| | NATIONAL Medical first, Tim Cook, N.Y. intersex protest
Two married womenAshleigh and Bliss Coulterhave become the first couple to carry the same baby, People.com reported. Typically, one mother will hold and birth the child, and the couple will use a sperm donor; however, fertility ... | |
| | Immigration Equality video on asylum features LGBTQ refugees
Video below
New York, NY - Today, amid reports that the Trump administration plans to continue its attacks on the asylum system by completely shutting down the U.S.-Mexico border, Immigration Equality released a new video featuring the stories ... | |
| | Mercer's, Marsh's BRGs hosts inclusive benefits discussion
Mercer Global Benefits Consultant Dr. Diego Ramirez was the featured speaker at an Out & Equal Chicagoland Citywide Pride event Oct. 16 at Mercer's Chicago offices. The Pride Business Resource Groups (BRG) of both Mercer, a consulting ... | |
| | Social-justice activists meet with Roskam's staff
Sister Simone Campbell and the Nuns on the Bus took their Tax Ju$Tice Truth Tour to Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam's West Chicago Office in the DuPage County Airport. They asked to meet with the congressman, ... | |
| | LGBT HISTORY Frances Kellor and the Birth of Multiculturalism
by Victoria A. Brownworth
Few topics in American politics under President Trump elicit more controversy than immigration. The same was true in early 20th century America when waves of immigrants flooded Ellis Island, causing fears that the country would become ... | |
| | Covenant House Illinois to host 2nd annual Sleep Out in support of homeless youth
Covenant House Illinois (CHIL) will host its 2nd Annual Sleep Out on Thursday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. at St. James Commons, 65 E. Huron St. Members of the community, celebrities, business leaders and young professionals ... | |
| | Chicago Jewish groups kick off Keshet's LGBTQ inclusive Leadership Project
Keshet, a national organization working for LGBTQ equality and inclusion in Jewish life, announced today that 21 Chicago-area Jewish organizations will participate in Keshet's first Chicagoland Leadership Project. The year-long ... | |
| | Michelle Obama giving book-tour tickets to groups
Michelle Obama and Live Nation have announced a selection of the local and community organizations that will receive free admission to the former first lady's upcoming book tour, Becoming: An Intimate Conversation With Michelle Obama. Obama's ... | |
| | Indivisible Aurora, Nicole Maines honored at HRC Chicago gala
Amidst the usual fundraising and celebration were on the table, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Chicago's Oct. 27 gala at the Marriott Downtown perhaps had a more somber tone than usual. Speakers often referenced the day's earlier ... | |
| | Intersex-Affirming Hospital Policy Guide Published
New York, NY Friday, October 26 marks Intersex Awareness Day. interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, Lambda Legal, and Proskauer Rose LLP have recently released the nation's first intersex-affirming hospital ... |
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| | Montgomery Clift
films at Siskel in Nov.
Showcasing noted filmmakers and actors, the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 164 N. State St., celebrates gay icon Montgomery Clift as part of its November Spotlight along with ... |
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| | Cole Escola, from Craigslist to the Park West
The home page of Cole Escola's website features an irreverent commercial parody. Decked out in a brunette wig, pink lipstick and a sensible pastel plaid button-down, Escola plays a stay-at-home mom who breezily describes her devotion ... | |
| | Radio Culture
Authors Maxim Dosko, Natalia Fedorova and Amber Robinson At TUTA Theatre, 4670 N. Manor Ave. Tickets: TUTATheatre.org; $20-$30. Runs through: Dec. 2 TUTA Theatre has concocted one of the most tightly packed, powerful theater experiences from ... | |
| | Measure for Measure, classical music in Chicago
As part of its newly expanded arts coverage, Windy City Times is resuming Measure for Measure, a monthly digest of news about classical music in Chicago that first appeared in 2000 but has been on hiatus ... | |
| | SIDEBAR Filmmakers reflect on original 'Suspiria,'LGBT appeal
From its intense visuals and color schemes to its focus on female protagonists, Dario Argento's original Suspiria has not only inspired director Luca Guadagnino with his reimaging, but other creators as well. Here, Chris Moore, the ... | |
| | Small Mouth Sounds
Playwright: Beth Wohl At A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells Ave. Tickets 312-943-8722 or ARedOrchidTheatre.org; $30-$40. Runs through: Dec. 9 The wordlessness of A Red Orchid Theatre's Small Mouth Sounds takes getting used to, at ... | |
| | Author talks new book about overlooked LGBT tragedy
by Larry Nichols
Author Robert Fieseler's new book, "Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation" dives deep into the events leading up to and the aftermath of the Up Stairs ... | |
| | pronoun talks about name, breakups
Out singer Alyse Vellturo (aka pronoun) is attempting to outdo her counterpartsand going by the name pronoun is just the start. The songwriter grew up in Boston and graduated from the Berklee School of Music. She ... | |
| | 'This Bitter Earth': LGBT play tackles class, race and political apathy
By Sheri Flanders
Political apathy has dire consequences for everyone, but especially for marginalized groups who bear the brunt of draconian conservative policies and police shootings. So when a white gay activist confronts his mild-mannered Black boyfriend's lack of ... | |
| | SHOWBIZ: Jamie Lee Curtis, Latifah, Jim Parsons, 'Heathers'
Halloween star Jamie Lee Curtis revealed to People magazine that she struggled with an opioid addiction she kept secret from the world since the late '80s, Page Six noted. She explained that she was prescribed painkillers ... | |
| | Quilt + Resist: Art, Politics, Storytelling at Woman Made Gallery
CHICAGO Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is pleased to present 'Quilt + Resist: Art, Politics, Storytelling,' an exhibition juried by Marcia Grubb and Adelia Moore. The history/herstory of quilts spans ... | |
| | The Lonesome West
Playwright: Martin McDonagh At: AstonRep (sic) Theatre Company @ Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark. Tickets: 773-828-9129; AstonRep.com; $25. Runs through: Nov. 18 If we believe Irish drama, the wild men of Ireland's Galway and Mayo counties ... | |
| | SPOTLIGHT The Crystal Spider
Still searching for (something free, cool and fascinating) to do Halloween? It's final call for Director's Haven 2018, Haven Theatre's showcase of early-career directors. Charlotte Drover's directs Madame Rachilde's "horror ... | |
| | Critics' Picks
Flyin' West, American Blues Theater @ Stage 773, through Nov. 3. In all-Black Nicodemus, KS in 1898, four feisty farming women deal with a rogue male. An endearing cast puts over this enjoyable melodrama-comedy blend. JA ... | |
| | 'Suspiria' casts suspicion on the artistic mindset
It's 1977, and Berlin is still divided by eastern and western borders. Lufthansa Flight 181, with several prominent Germans onboard, has been hijacked by the Commando Martyr Halima and the country is still bowing under the ... | |
| | In the Canyon
Playwright: Calamity West At: Jackalope Theatre at the Broadway Armory, 5719 N. Broadway. Tickets: JackalopeTheatre.org; $30. Runs through: Nov. 25 Here's the thing about abortions. Despite what Republicans and many men of ... | |
| | LGBT HISTORY Legendary Maurice Hines talks seven decades of keeping toes tapping
Out dancer, performer, choreographer and actor Maurice Hines has been in show business since he was 5 years old, which means almost 70 years in the game. A New York City native, Hines has seen and ... | |
| | Tenor shines on stage in 'Idomeneo,' finds true love off stage
David Portillo makes his role debut as Arbace in Mozart's Idomeneo at Lyric Opera of Chicago. The tenor has been out on social media for years, but his interview with Windy City Times marks coming out ... | |
| | Hello, Dolly!
Authors Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart At Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St. Tickets: BroadwayInChicago.com; $27-$95. Runs through: Nov. 17 Broadway in Chicago's touring Hello Dolly! is a gigantic spectacle that has everything a lavish ... | |
| | The Real Life Adventures of Jimmy de las Rosas
BY AMELIA OROZCO
By Ricardo Gamboa At Free Street Theater, 1419 W. Blackhawk St. Tickets: http://clata.org/destinos-main; $20-$25. Runs through: Nov. 2 Here are the ingredients for a Ricardo Gamboa production: A community, strong Latino, black and queer characters, and ... | |
| | Queer singer Mary Lambert on her poetry collection
Mary Lambert first experienced what she calls "radical vulnerability" at age seven, when she started a group therapy session at a friend's sleepover. "I've been in therapy since I was 5," said the queer performer and ... | |
| | Chicago-based Transit Tees launches LOOP: The Elevated Card Game
CHICAGO (October 29, 2018)Chicago-based Transit Tees, an official manufacturer of Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) products that also designs and produces its own local and transit-themed merchandise, is excited to launch ... | |
| | Women of Soul (With a Tribute to Aretha Franklin)
Playwright: Daryl D. Brooks At: Black EnsembleTheater, 4450 N. Clark St. Tickets: BlackEnsemble.org 773-769-4451; $55-$65 Runs through: Jan. 27 Federico Garcia-Lorca once defined "duende" as "a mysterious power that all may feel and no philosophy can ... | |
| | Deconstructing spaces to include LGBTQ, minority architects
Architecture is gaining diversity from women and minority professionals. In 2016, 36 percent of newly licensed architects were women and 15 percent of new architects and 30 percent of new exam candidates identified as non-white, according ... | |
| | The Dinah accepting artist applications
The Dinahadvertised as "the largest queer girl party music festival in the world"will take place April 3-7, 2019, in Palm Springs, California. What is new is that event organizers are offering a chance for an unsigned ... | |
| | Master Class
Playwright: Terrence McNally At: TimeLine Theatre Company, Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. Tickets: 773-327-5252; TimelineTheatre.com; $42.50-$56.50. Runs through: Dec. 9 Terrence McNally first wrote about Maria Callas in 1989's ... | |
| | Video program explores Art, AIDS and activism in Chicago
Documents: Art, AIDS & Activism in Chicagoa traveling screening that Visual AIDS and QUEER, ILL + OKAY presentedwas showcased Oct. 20 at Pride Arts Center. The video program showed the history of fighting AIDS and HIV ... | |
| | Amiyah Scott
10 Questions with Vic
Before her upcoming role as "Cotton," a transgender hustler and sometimes dancer on Lee Daniels' series Star, Amiyah Scott attracted attention in the New Orleans underground ballroom scene. Windy City Times: Modesty aside, how would you ... | |
| | Out of Halloween ideas? Dress as these celebrities
by VERONICA HARRISON
Let's face it. Halloween is the one day where anyone can dress as anything and that is one exciting notion for queers! This Halloween, though, let's turn our neighborhood blocks to red carpets and our Halloween ... |
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| | A Cradle Song: Part Three
by Mark Zubro; Illustrated by W.S. Reed
A Cradle Song, written by Mark Zubro and illustrated by W.S. Reed, debuts in the Windy City Times as the new holiday classic. Filled with travail and woe, warmth and great joy, it is a story for the ages. It will ... | |
| | Festival celebrates queer punk rock for people of color
On Oct. 20, the Black, Brown, and Indigenous Collection presented the 2018 edition of "Will It Explode?," an annual festival celebrating queer punk rock for people of color. The festival featured afternoon workshops such as "Punk ... | |
| | DINING VU event, Fleetwood Mac pop-up, Sunda feast
Newly opened VU Rooftop Bar, 133 E. Cermak Ave., will mark the upcoming Day of the Dead with a Dia de los Muertos Celebration on Halloween night, Oct. 31, in partnership with FINO Tequila. Doors will ... | |
| | SAVOR Brunch at etta; The Florentine's aperitivo
DISH Dining Guide
Let's get one thing out of the way: the new Bucktown spot etta (1840 W. North Ave.; https://ettarestaurant.com/), from the creators of Gold Coast restaurant Maple & Ash, is not named after singer Etta James or ... | |
| | AUTOS 2019 GMC Sierra, Denali recalls classic
Suburban pickups
Back in 1955, GMC introduced the Suburban pickup, a companion to the luxurious Chevy Cameo fleetside that was essentially a show truck for the streets, stoked with GM's new small block V8 engine. It was the ... |
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