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Legacy Project hosts luncheon
- Video link below - The Legacy Project held its Spring Gala Luncheon in the Empire Room of the Palmer House Hilton May 10. This year's luncheon theme, "The Legacy Project: Making a Difference in the Lives of LGBT Youth," was an introduction to the candidates nominated for the Legacy Walk's 2013 Phase II on the rainbow pylons of Halsted Street, and a promotion of ...
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Angela Davis speaks on 'Feminism and Abolition'
- World-renowned scholar, activist and feminist Angela Davis was in Chicago May 4 to deliver the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture Annual Public Lecture, in collaboration with the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. Both institutions are at the University of Chicago, and the event was held at Rockefeller Chapel on the university's campus. Davis' ...
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Historian John D'Emilio to be honored by historians
- From a press release - Bloomington, IN—John D'Emilio, University of Illinois at Chicago, has been selected by the Organization of American Historians (OAH) to receive the 2013 Roy Rosenzweig Distinguished Service Award, which is given annually to an individual or individuals whose contributions have significantly enriched our understanding and appreciation of American history. On Saturday, April 13, OAH President Albert M. Camarillo and OAH President-Elect ...
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Harvey Milk Champions of Change announced
- From the White House blog - In August 2009, President Obama honored Harvey Milk posthumously with America's highest civilian medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, with the following citation: Harvey Bernard Milk dedicated his life to shattering boundaries and challenging assumptions. As one of the first openly gay elected officials in this country, he changed the landscape of opportunity for the nation's gay community. Throughout his ...
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'Out at CHM' looks at global LGBTQ issues
- Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Chicago History Museum (CHM) presented "From Chicago Out to the World: Advancing International LGBTQ Human Rights" as part of its Out at CHM program on March 21. This year marks Out at CHM's 10th year; however, this event is the first highlighting LGBTQ issues and how they link people on a global scale. The panel leading the presentation (which had ...
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Gay history at Chicago Metro History Fair
- The Chicago Metro History Fair was held at the Illinois Institute of Technology March 16. Contestants from Juarez High School, who were interested in the history of ACT UP/ Chicago, focused their entry on the life and times of Chicago's legendary AIDS activist Daniel Sotomayor. Pictured, from left: Ana Villa, Ana Martinez and Karina Saucedo. Additional exhibits chronicled "Chicago's Stonewall" ...
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A Trip to Wilton Manors and Stonewall Museum
- Wilton Manors is a 1.94-square-mile gay resort/retirement village in what Wikipedia calls the "Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area." I recently visited friends there, to look at the price of property, and to escape, albeit briefly, the Chicago winter. The price you pay for living in this Midwestern metropolis—in my opinion, Chicago is the most vibrant and beautiful city in ...
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D'Emilio receives Triangle award
- John D'Emilio is the 2013 recipient of the Publishing Triangle's Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement, named in honor of the legendary editor of the 1970s and 1980s. D'Emilio will be honored Thursday, April 25, as part of the 25th annual Triangle Awards, which honors the best lesbian and gay fiction, nonfiction and poetry published in 2012. The event will ...
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Out at CHM: Chicago's work for international LGBTQ human rights
- From a news release - From Chicago Out to the World: Advancing LGBTQ Human Rights, will be presented Thursday, March 21. This program focuses on important Chicago-based work directed toward ensuring the human rights of LGBTQ people internationally. It is moderated by Sid Mohn, president of Chicago's Heartland Alliance, and includes presentations on asylum policies, LGBTQ rights abroad, and queer political identities by Keren Zwick ...
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'The Bridge to Darrow' marks 75 years since Darrow's death
- From a news release - CHICAGO — On the seventy-fifth anniversary of Clarence Darrow's death, this year's annual Darrow commemoration on Wednesday, March 13, seeks to build a bridge between Darrow's ideals and the social injustices of our own time. This year's program is titled "The Bridge to Darrow" with speakers Tom Geoghegan, Juan Perea and Anita Weinberg The day begins with a brief ceremony ...
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'Out at CHM' marks 10 years with a night of blues
- On Jan. 31, crowds swayed, couples danced and one member of the audience jumped in with the band for an impromptu solo harmonica performance—and that was just the opening reception. The Chicago History Museum kicked off the 10th anniversary year of "Out at CHM"—its program series dedicated to exploring Chicago through the lens of gender, sexuality and nonconformity—with an event ...
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Talking 'History' with Leah Stewart
- BOOKS Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - In her new novel, The History of Us ($19.99; 384 pages), Cincinnati-based author Leah Stewart examines family feuds, love and commitment. After her sister dies in a tragic car accident, Eloise Hempel leaves Harvard behind and returns her childhood home in Cincinatti to raise her two nieces and her nephew. Two decades later, Eloise prepares to sell her mother's century-old ...
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D'Emilio, Freeman book wins book prize
- A book co-edited by prominent University of Illinois at Chicago gender historian John D'Emilio has received an award from the American Historical Association. My Desire for History: Essays in Gay, Community, & Labor History, co-edited by D'Emilio, professor of gender and women's studies and history at UIC, and Stanford University historian Estelle Freeman, is a retrospective on the life and ...
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'Queer Black History' Feb. 9
- "Queer Black History: Leaving the Shadows Behind" will take place Saturday, Feb. 9, 4-6 p.m., at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th St. The program will start with a screening of "Leaving the Shadows Behind," a short video that features interviews with Black LGBT activists from the mid-'90s. A panel discussion with activists such ...
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'50 Shades of Blues' Jan. 31 at CHM
- The Chicago History Museum's annual "Out at CHM" series will kick off with "50 Shades of Blues" Thursday, Jan. 31, at the museum, 1601 N. Clark St. Through conversation and live performance, Sharon Bridgforth and Dr. Omi Osun Joni L. Jones will discuss how blues expressed taboos and called for greater freedoms during the 1920s and '30s. There will be ...
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Chicagoan Jon Phillips reflects at 91 on a life well-lived
- His small, quaint, well-kept, one-bedroom Evanston apartment is filled with a first-hand view of world history, including photos, business and legal documents, handwritten notes, books and the still-sharp memory of 91-year-old Jon Phillips, who talks openly and certainly knowingly about World War II, President Truman, Queen Elizabeth II and Mayor Richard J. Daley, and celebrities such as Bette Midler, Rod ...
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Harry Belafonte to be keynote speaker on Dr. King
- Northwestern schedules celebratory events - From a News Release EVANSTON, Ill. —- World-renowned actor, singer, civil rights activist and humanitarian Harry Belafonte, who made the songs "Jamaica Farewell" and "Banana Boat (Day-O)" hits on the Billboard charts, will deliver the keynote address commemorating Martin Luther King Jr., at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28, at Northwestern University's Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. The Jan. 28 Evanston campus evening ...
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Out at CHM 10th anniversary: 50 Shades of Blues
- From a news release - The Chicago History Museum celebrates the 10th anniversary of Out at CHM the program series dedicated to exploring Chicago through the lens of gender, sexuality and nonconformity. The year is kicked off with Fifty Shades of the Blues: Song, Soul and Sexuality on Thursday, January 31. The night will explore how blues vocalists brought gender fluidity to their music through ...
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Fla. postmaster issues Harvey Milk stamps
- A commemorative Harvey Milk private local post stamp was issued Nov. 27 on the 34th anniversary of the late, first openly gay politician's assassination—and Panama City, Fla., postmaster Douglas Sandler created the stamp. A stamp collector, Sandler said h is interested in honoring historic individuals and renewing the public's interest in stamp collecting. "I want to make sure he's honored ...
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Legacy Project plaques removed for reprocessing
- Several of the Legacy Walk plaques that have dotted the Boystown section of Halsted Street have been temporarily removed to be reprocessed. According to Legacy Project Founder/Executive Director Victor Salvo, "the [Harvey] Milk, [Reinaldo] Arenas, [Dr. Antonia] Pantoja and [Oscar] Wilde plaques removed and sent back to be stripped and reprocessed to fix the faces." The Legacy Project launched the ...
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Kinsey Institute welcomes "Gay Gene" scientist's collection
- From a news release - The Kinsey Institute welcomes the addition of the Dean Hamer collection to the Kinsey Institute Library at Indiana University. Best known as the discoverer of the "gay gene," Dr. Hamer's papers, correspondence, news clips and videos provide fascinating insights into the excitement and controversy that surrounded one of the most important periods in the scientific study of human sexuality. Hamer, ...
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History shows San Francisco has long been a gay mecca
- LGBT HISTORY MONTH SERIES - It's a commonly accepted fact that the world has always perceived San Francisco as a gay mecca. The city has been at the forefront of LGBT political and cultural movements, and is home to a vast array of support networks, nonprofit organizations and government institutions that are symbolic of the intellectual and financial capital that exist. That capital is leveraged ...
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Rustin's partner remembers the activist
- Walter Naegle, partner of the late civil-rights activist Bayard Rustin, spoke at an Equality Illinois briefing Oct. 11 at the law offices of Quarles & Brady. Naegle was in town for the unveiling of Chicago's Legacy Walk, which honored Rustin with a plaque in the Boystown part of North Halsted Street. Rustin is best known for his service as Dr. ...
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Political activist helps mark LGBTQ Heritage Month at UIC
- Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - "If you look at the newspaper reports, the pictures, [it] only reinforces that impression that there are no people of color who are part of the marriage equality movement, there are no queer people in communities of color, and, of course, nothing could be further from the truth." Helen Zia, political activist and the former executive editor of Ms. Magazine, ...
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Legacy Walk launches on Halsted Street
- On the 25th anniversary of the start of National Coming Out Day, more than 200 people attended a dedication ceremony and reception for the Legacy Walk, an outdoor museum created by The Legacy project to honor the work of LGBT pioneers. The event took place on a balmy, sunny fall afternoon Oct. 11 on Halsted Street between Belmont and Waveland. ...
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Legacy Walk dedication Thursday: Our community's legacy
- Special coverage of The Legacy Walk dedication, schedule - A huge event will take place Thursday, Oct. 11, as the Legacy Walk dedication takes place in the Boystown area of Halsted Street. There will be VIPs, musical guests such as singer Matt Alber, and hundreds of attendees who will witness the induction of LGBT icons such as Jane Addams. The following is the text of the official dedication ...
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Kay Lahusen: The woman behind the lens
- LGBT HISTORY MONTH SERIES, by Jen Colletta - Kay Lahusen has seen a lot in her 82 years of life—much of it through the lens of a camera. Lahusen, hailed as the first out LGBT photojournalist, spent decades capturing some of the most seminal moments in the LGBT-rights movement, crafting a stockpile of photographs that can be used to trace the pitfalls and progress of the community. While ...
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Legacy Walk installation honors LGBT historical figures
- Downloadable walking map linked below - The Legacy Walk — an international, multi-cultural installation — will consist of a series of 18" x 24" cast bronze plaques affixed to the celebrated "Rainbow Pylons" which define the stretch known as the "Northalsted Corridor" as the center of Chicago's diverse GLBT population. Each plaque will bear a laser-cast image of an inductee along with a 300-word biographical paragraph ...
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Ruth Ellis: Age knew no bounds
- LGBT HISTORY MONTH SERIES by Susan Horowitz - She was the matriarch of Detroit's LGBT community—and more than a decade after her passing, her memory lives on. Ruth Charlotte Ellis lived to be 101 and was an active and much-beloved member of the community right up until the end. She danced her way—literally—into the hearts of many, impressed with her warmth and quiet dignity and inspired with her ...
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Rainbow pylons issues addressed; Legacy Walk releases ceremony details
- Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - With the Legacy Walk dedication ceremony just a week away—on Oct. 11, National Coming Out Day—concerns have been raised about the look of the rainbow pylons ahead of the installation of the inductees' bronze plaques. The plaques are scheduled to be installed Oct. 4-7. Minor damage has been reported on a number of the 14-year-old pylons ranging from missing paint ...
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LGBT HISTORY MONTH: Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
- "There are few historians today who would doubt that Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben was gay." That's how this article began last year, and since its publication, no accredited historian has refuted its main theme that without von Steuben there would be no United States of America and that von Steuben, in today's terms, would be considered a gay man. ...
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DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz's recognizes LGBT History
- From a news release - Washington, DC — DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement recognizing October as LGBT History Month: "Today, we begin a month-long tribute to the incredible history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. It's a history that began long before the Stonewall riots of 1969, and it's one that continues to this day — from the courageous ...
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LGBT Legacy Project to debut on Halsted
- The rainbow pylons along Halsted Street will soon feature plaques commemorating notable LGBT people from around the world and throughout history. The Legacy Walk plaques will be unveiled at a dedication ceremony on Oct. 11—the 25th anniversary commemoration of National Coming Out Day. According to the organization's website, the mission of the Legacy Project (the non-profit corporation overseeing the creation ...
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Coming Out Day: Legacy Walk to bring GLBT history to Halsted
- From a news release - The Board of Directors of the Legacy Project announces the plans for the upcoming dedication of the Legacy Walk to take place on Oct. 11, 2012. This unique multi-faceted celebration will be a community first. Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, 2 p.m. — 7 p.m. $100 general admission. $200 VIP admission. The Legacy Walk — to be located on one-half-mile of ...
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Equality Forum announces LGBT History Icons
- Equality Forum has announced the 31 icons for LGBT History Month 2012 in October. The individuals selected are: Roberta Achtenberg (government), author Gloria Anzaldua, writer Ann Bannon, songwriter Katherine Lee Bates ("America the Beautiful"), attorney Mary Bonauto, athlete Glenn Burke, artist Paul Cadmus, novelist Truman Capote and actor Chris Colfer (from TV's Glee). The list continues with comedian Kate Clinton, ...
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Gary Chichester talks life of activism at 'Fireside Chat'
- According to Gary Chichester, Chicago's first Pride parade permit allowed for circus animals. Chichester would know—the permit bore his signature. Never having organized the parade before, organizers played it safe by asking the city for everything, horses and elephants included. Chichester revisited that story and others from his decades of activism in a "Fireside Chat" with leatherman author Douglas O'Keeffe ...
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Legacy Project hosts first Pride Month celebration
- More than 100 people attended the Legacy Project's first-ever Pride Month celebration at the Center on Halsted rooftop terrace June 30. The night featured DJ FLX spinning tunes, piano jazz by Bruce Kamsler and entertainment by Angelique Munro, Cyon Flare, Kayla Polanco and Madame X. Attendees perused mock-ups of the Legacy Walk exhibit and watched a video overview of the ...
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Interview with lesbian pulp novelist Marijane Meaker
- At a time when women were unable to find a publishing house to take a chance on them (never mind lesbian women) in the 1950s, there was an inspired gal by the name of Marijane Meaker on the scene. Using the alias of Vin Packer, Meaker created her own literary house where multiple aliases were her "clients" and she could ...
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The Legacy Project announces education initiative
- With Pride upon us and the dedication of the Legacy Walk on National Coming-Out Day—Oct. 11—fast approaching, come two announcements from The Legacy Project. The Legacy Walk—a walking museum along the Boystown area of Halsted Street showcasing biographies of notable LGBT people from history—will consist of commemorative bronze plaques affixed to the rainbow pylons. Many of these plaques have already ...
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VIEWPOINTS The trouble with Harry: A 100-year legacy
- The trouble with the late Harry Hay was, according to some, his outrageously blunt candor. There's no question that he spoke his mind freely, and let the chips fall where they might. But agree with him or not, you always knew that whenever Harry Hay opened his mouth, he spoke his truth and had the courage of his convictions. Hay ...
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Library of Congress accepts Frank Kameny items
- From a news release - WASHINGTON, D.C., June 7, 2012 — The Library of Congress has acquired 10 color fine art prints from photographer Robert Dodge's Vietnam 40 Years Later portfolio, Robert Dodge Photography announced today. The images come from an ongoing project by Dodge that documents what has happened to Vietnam since the end of the war with the United States nearly 40 years ...
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Legacy Project event June 30
- The Legacy Project will host its first-ever Pride Month party and birthday celebration on the rooftop terrace of Center On Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., on Saturday, June 30, 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. The event will celebrate LGBT history coming to Halsted Street; a kick-off for the Legacy Project's summer/fall series of bar parties and programs; and Legacy Project founder Victor ...
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Dr. Antonia Pantoja honored as Pride Month starts
- A tribute honoring lesbian Puerto Rican educator and activist Dr. Antonia Pantoja was held June 1 at the Institute for Puerto Rican Arts and Culture. About 50 people attended the event, which kicked off both Puerto Rican Independence Month and Pride Month. Hosted by The Legacy Project and ASPIRA Inc. of Illinois, the tribute began with a reception followed by ...
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San Diego names street after Harvey Milk
- In San Diego, Blaine Avenue was renamed Harvey Milk Street during a May 22 ceremony, SanDiego6.com reported. City officials believe the street is the first in the country to honor the late gay-rights activist, who would've turned 82 that day. Milk was one of the first openly gay politicians to hold public office when elected to the board of supervisors ...
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Pantoja tribute June 1
- A tribute to Dr. Antonia Pantoja will take place Friday, June 1, at the Institute for Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, 3015 W. Division St., 6:30-9:30 p.m. Pantoja was an educator and social-justice advocate who founded Aspira, "the only national Hispanic organization dedicated exclusively to developing the educational and leadership capacity of Hispanic youth," according to its website. In 1996, ...
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Martha Shelley reflects on Stonewall, writing and activism
- Martha Shelley was in Greenwich Village the night of the Stonewall Riots in New York City on June 28, 1969. The event would not only change the course of her life forever, but that of the entire LGBT community. "It was a hot, clear night and I was taking two women from Boston on a tour of the Village and ...
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Pantoja tribute June 1
- A tribute to Dr. Antonia Pantoja will take place Friday, June 1, at the Institute for Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, 3015 W. Division St., 6:30-9:30 p.m. Pantoja was an educator and social-justice advocate who founded Aspira, "the only national Hispanic organization dedicated exclusively to developing the educational and leadership capacity of Hispanic youth," according to its website. In 1996, ...
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Dr. Antonia Pantoja to be honored by ASPIRA, Legacy Project
- From a news release - The Legacy Project and ASPIRA of Illinois are proud to announce a special evening tribute to Dr. Antonia Pantoja, legendary Puerto Rican Educator and Social Justice Advocate whose bronze plaque will become part of THE LEGACY WALK's historic dedication on October 11, 2012. Please join us June 1st, 6:30p — 9:30p, at the Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture ...
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Sudberry Awards held at Scarlet
- Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - IVI-IPO's (Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization) Independent Gay & Lesbian Caucus held its Glynn Sudberry Awards April 30 at the Boystown nightspot Scarlet. The leadership awards went to state Rep. Greg Harris, the Latino/a HIV/AIDS organization Vida/SIDA and the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago. The Civil Rights Agenda's Rick Garcia served as emcee. Photos by Ed Negron ...
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'Keith Haring: 1978-1982' at Brooklyn Museum
- ART REVIEW by Kelsy Chauvin - Seeing the origins of an artist is a fascinating privilege for those of us who have endured enough years to reflect on them. With the work of Keith Haring, whose early work (1978 to 1982) is now a large-scale exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, it is an especially beguiling nostalgia trip. His was a well-documented life, whether it was his ...
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Tours to shed light on LGBT history
- If you think Chicago's LGBT neighborhood history consists of Boystown and Andersonville, you might be especially qualified for a new tour being offered this summer by Chicago Neighborhood Tours through the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture. "Out and Proud: LGBT Chicago" will allow Chicago natives and visitors both gay and straight to experience the city's rich LGBT history and ...
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Legacy Project, ASPIRA honor Dr. Antonia Pantoja
- From a news release - The Legacy Project and ASPIRA of Illinois are proud to announce a special evening tribute to Dr. Antonia Pantoja, legendary Puerto Rican Educator and Social Justice Advocate whose bronze plaque will become part of THE LEGACY WALK's historic dedication on October 11, 2012. Please join us June 1st, 6:30p — 9:30p, at the Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture ...
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Vernita Gray talks history, racism in 'Fireside Chat'
- Longtime LGBT activist Vernita Gray spoke April 25 at the Center on Halsted as part of its 'Fireside Chat' series, designed to highlight local luminaries. Known for her charismatic sense of humor and deadpan style, Gray regaled the audience with stories from her four decades of community service, which has included a stint in the state's attorney's office and trips ...
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Vernita Gray the subject of 'A Fireside Chat' April 25
- Longtime Chicago activist Vernita Gray will be the subject of a live-on-stage interview at the Center on Halsted Wednesday April 25, at 7:30 p.m. Following a formal interview in which Vernita will speak about her history, her community, and her activism, the floor will open for audience questions. Come and hear one of Chicago's own legends in her own words. ...
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Lesbian bar owner plans reunion
- Augie's & C.K.'s, a popular lesbian bar in the 1970s and '80s, will host a reunion May 12, 2012. Founded as two separate bars, Augie's and C.K.'s merged, making its home at 3726 N. Broadway, where the bar Charlie's is now located. C.K.'s first opened at 1425 W. Diversey Ave. around August 1972, but moved to 2417 N. Milwaukee Ave. ...
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Legacy Project hosts Alvin Ailey performance
- Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The Legacy Project hosted a benefit performance of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Company at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre April 12. The lobby featured a display of Ailey's plaque on the project's full-size pylon replica, plus mounted posters describing The Legacy Walk and its mission. The endorsement letters from Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn were also on ...
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'Out in Chicago' at CHM hosting April 14 tag sale
- The Chicago History Museum is hosting a tag sale of some of the items exhibited during the recent Out in Chicago exhibit. The sale is Saturday, April 14, 1-4 p.m. Prices range from $5 to $200-plus. Proceeds benefit the "Out in Chicago" documentary project. Sample items include sexicon words from the walls, gallery title graphics, prop bar, entry welcome graphic, ...
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Film star and director Ida Lupino
- STARRLIGHT Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - In 1931, English actress Connie Emerald took her daughter Ida along when she auditoned for a role in the film Her First Affair. It was a part Emerald wanted badly. Once they were there, Ida was asked to play the part and won the role. The movie was released in the United Kingdom in 1932, and eventually Ida became a ...
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Frank Millet, Archie Butt and the Titanic at 100
- On the 100th anniversary of the death on the Titanic of painter Frank Millet, OutHistory.org has published transcriptions of all Millet's letters to writer Charles Warren Stoddard. The letters indicate that the two had a loving, sexual affair in Venice in 1875. The intimacy of Millet and Stoddard is also described in a chapter republished on OutHistory from Jonathan Ned ...
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UIC celebrates Rustin centennial
- A Bayard Rustin Centennial Conference took place in Chicago last weekend to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the gay African-American civil-rights activist's birth. The University of Illinois ( UIC ) at Chicago Gender and Sexuality Center sponsored the March 30-31 conference. Rustin is probably best remembered as Martin Luther King Jr.'s right-hand man during a significant portion of the civil-rights ...
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Chicago Neighborhood Tours include LGBT, Pullman, Bronzeville
- From a news release - Journey downtown and beyond with Chicago Neighborhood Tours, easy and affordable excursions that cover all corners of the city. From new microbreweries to historic boulevards, modern art to landmark hotels, Chicago Neighborhood Tours has expanded to include even more diverse offerings. This summer, choose from 25 different tours every weekend from June through August, and let an expert local guide ...
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Bayard Rustin: A complex legacy
- The gay civil-rights activist Bayard Rustin was born a hundred years ago, on March 17, 1912. Considered the key organizer of the historical 1963 March on Washington, Rustin was involved in movements for racial and economic justice till his death in 1987. Yet, he is relatively unknown today and often deliberately stayed in the background, in large part because public ...
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Flash mob out to thank the Chicago History Museum
- Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - There was a flash mob to thank the Chicago History Museum for its "Out in Chicago" exhibit March 25. The "Out in Chicago" exhibits displayed 150 years of urban history through the lens of gender, sexuality and nonconformity. It closed March 26. Photos by Ed Negron ...
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Queer Bronzeville: African American LGBTs on South Side, 1900-1985
- Third of a multi-part series - Part III: Constructing Black Homosexuality on Chicago's South Side: The Black Press, Queer Identities, and the Civil Rights Movement, 1950-1965 During the 1950s, Chicago's most important Black publications redefined African American sexuality and acceptable sexual behavior in Black communities. An original discourse aimed at explaining the limits of certain sexual behaviors was created. Beginning in 1952, Ebony, Jet and the ...
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Out in Chicago exhibition wins Allan Berube Prize
- From a news release - CHICAGO (March 23, 2012) - The Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History (CLGBTH) proudly announces the Out in Chicago exhibition, produced by Chicago History Museum(CHM), as a winner of Allan Bérubé Prize. The award recognizes outstanding work in public or community-based lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer history. The CLGBTH received 11 submissions for the Bérubé Prize and ...
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Flash mob to support 'Out at Chicago' exhibit March 25
- A local activist, Elaine O'Sullivan, is organizing a flash mob to "Just say, thank you" to the Chicago History Museum for its Out in Chicago exhibit, according to a press release. Supporters will gather at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 25, at the Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St., "as we circle the building in thanks," she said. The "Out ...
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MOVIES
'Brother Outsider' filmmaker Bennett Singer talks Bayard Rustin
- Out filmmaker Bennett Singer is the co-director and co-producer, with Nancy D. Kates, of the critically acclaimed 2003 film, Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin, about the gay, African-American civil-rights activist whom many consider the main organizer behind the historic 1963 March on Washington. Rustin, who was also an adviser to Martin Luther King Jr., was born in 1912 ...
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Evening commemorates induction of Alvin Ailey onto the Legacy Walk
- From a news release - The Legacy Project, in cooperation with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Foundation and the Auditorium Theater, presents a one-of-a-kind evening commemorating the 2012 induction of Alvin Ailey onto The Legacy Walk Thursday, April 12th, 7:30p at the Auditorium Theater. A Special Lobby Display of THE LEGACY WALK will feature a full-size replica of a North Halsted Street "Rainbow Pylon" ...
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SLDN hosts first post-DADT national dinner
- Active duty military members, now free to attend in uniform without repercussions, were a large and visual part of the approximately 900 attending the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) annual dinner in Washington, D.C., March 3. "History in the Making" was the first national dinner after repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT). SLDN was originally created in ...
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Judy Shepard takes stage at the Center
- Judy Shepard, LGBT-rights activist and mother of hate-crime victim Matthew Shepard, spoke at the Center on Halsted on March 10, touting a message of acceptance and education. Shepard's talk was the opening event for H.E.R. Day, an afternoon of workshops dedicated to women's health, education and recreation. Matthew was a Wyoming man who, in 1998, was tied to a fence, ...
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Legacy Project, Affinity co-host screening of Brother Outsider
- From a news release - The Legacy Project and Affinity Community Services are proud to announce a special screening of "BROTHER OUTSIDER: The Life of Bayard Rustin" featuring a rare Q&A with the award-winning film's creator and co-director Bennett Singer. CINEMA Q — II WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 6:30p CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER Claudia Cassidy Theater 78 E. Washington, Chicago Five years in the making and the ...
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Bayard Rustin confab at UIC
- From a news release - The life and impact of Bayard Rustin, a key figure from the American civil rights movement, will be the focus of a conference at the University of Illinois at Chicago, March 30 - 31. The Bayard Rustin Centennial Conference, organized by UIC's Gender and Sexuality Center, will bring together artists, scholars, and community organizers to examine Rustin's legacy and discuss ...
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Queer Bronzeville
- A History of African American LGBTs on Chicago's South Side, 1900-1985 - Part II: Being Black and Queer in 1940s Bronzeville: Race, Class and Queer Identities in Black Chicago, 1940-1950 This is the second of a multi-part series. In the 1940s, queers were certainly present in all social strata of Bronzeville's society, silent and visible at the same time. Just like Bronzeville's heterosexuals, Bronzeville's queers organized themselves around the urban spaces ...
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Altgeld, Haymarket Riots subjects of Darrow event March 13
- From a news release - CHICAGO—Clarence Darrow aficionados will gather at the Darrow Bridge in Jackson Park Tuesday, March 13, at 10 a.m. for the annual ceremony commemorating Darrow's death in Chicago on March 13, 1938. Darrow is remembered for his crusading role as "attorney for the damned" in such controversial cases as the Scopes Monkey Trial, the Leopold and Loeb murder case, and the ...
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Queer Bronzeville: African American LGBTs on Chicago's South Side, 1900-1985
- The emergence of African-American queer cultures on Chicago's South Side, 1920-1940 - This is the first of a multi-part series. In the early 1920s, African American LGBTs were integrated to Bronzeville's mainstream culture and accommodated by its inhabitants, religious figures and political leaders, much unlike their white counterparts who had already created their own "gay" enclave of "Towertown" on the North Side. From State Street to Cottage Grove Avenue, along 43rd and ...
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