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NCLR Files Brief Highlighting Stories of LGBTQ Asylum Seekers
SAN FRANCISCO—The National Center for Lesbian Rights ( NCLR ) yesterday filed an amicus brief highlighting the stories of LGBTQ asylum seekers in a case challenging the Trump Administration's "asylum ban" — the rule and presidential ...
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Hart steps down as Oscars host after anti-gay comments draw response
Only two days after being announced as the host of the 2019 Oscars, actor/comedian Kevin Hart has stepped down over a situation involving anti-gay tweets. Again using Twitter, Hart announced he was stepping down as host. ...
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Carlile, Monae, Lamar get Grammy nods
The 2019 Grammy nominations were announced Dec. 8—and rapper Kendrick Lamar led everyone with eight nominations. Drake scored seven, and Brandi Carlile and producer Boi-1da followed with six nods apiece. Drake, Carlile and Lamar were all ...
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'Versace,' 'Rhapsody,' 'Pose' receive Golden Globe nods
The nominations for the 76th annual Golden Globes were announced Dec. 6 at the Beverly Hilton, with 25 categories spanning films and TV shows involving drama, comedy and animation. In the TV categories, The Assassination of ...
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Fiction round-up, LGBTQ+ YA fantasy
As winter blows into Chicago—and freezing temperatures with it—the temptation to curl up in front of the fire with a good book is strong. As the world burns with political dissent, the desire to escape to ...
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She Wants It
By Jill Soloway $27; Pegasus Random House; 241 pages Jill Soloway can tell a story. Celebrity memoirs are a dime a dozen, and often require one of two elements to be legitimately good reads: a specific ...
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Billy Masters
"I thought the stain was going to be bigger. Y'know, it was so low. To me, it was probably he hadn't pulled up his pants and just hit her with a wet tip!"—Wendy Williams' takeaway from ...
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LETTER A matter of urgency
In recognition of World AIDS Day ( which took place Dec. 1 ) and to call public attention to the disproportionate impact of the AIDS epidemic on Black communities, National Black Justice Coalition ( NBJC ) ...
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N.Y. center starts Stonewall project
The Center in New York, NY, has launched Stonewall Forever, a project to find, preserve and share the untold stories of the Stonewall Riots of 1969 and the early years of the LGBTQ rights movement. The ...
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Study finds young Black men have higher HIV rates, despite less unsafe sex
A new Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine study says that young Black men who have sex with men ( MSM ) are 16 times more likely to have an HIV infection than their white peers—despite ...
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SHOWBIZ 'Handmaid,' Kristen Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Viola Davis
Margaret Atwood is currently writing a sequel to her best-selling dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale, TheWrap.com noted. Due out in September 2019 from publishers Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, The Testaments is set 15 years after Offred's final ...
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NATIONAL Gay doctor, PFLAG death, Emma Gonzalez, 'pumping'
NBC News recently profiled Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who the outlet called the "radical gay doctor" behind New York City's declining HIV rate. Daskalakis—deputy commissioner for the Division of Disease Control at the New York City Department ...
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The Best Party of Our Lives: Stories of Gay Weddings
By Sarah Galvin $18.95; Sasquatch Books; 226 pages Your summer is filling up quickly. It starts with graduations and confirmations. You've already got a pile of "Save the Date" cards for a bunch of weddings, and ...
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President George H.W. Bush dies at 94
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush—the 41st chief executive of the country, and one of only two individuals to be the father of another president—has died at 94 in Houston. Bush's death happened several months after ...
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Lambda sues for couple blocked from foster parenting, govm't seeks dismissal
( Washington, DC, Nov. 30, 2018 ) — A federal district court today heard oral argument in the Trump administration's effort to have Lambda Legal's lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ( ...
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Planned Parenthood Doubles Down on HIV/AIDS Prevention on World AIDS Day
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, on the eve of the 30th annual World AIDS Day, Dr. Leana Wen, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund, is doubling down on Planned Parenthood's commitment ...
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National Black Justice Coalition on Impact of HIV/AIDS Epidemic on Black communities
WASHINGTON — In recognition of World AIDS Day on December 1 and to call public attention to the disproportionate impact of the AIDS epidemic on Black communities, David Johns, Executive Director of the National Black Justice ...
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Democrats nominate Pelosi as speaker
On Nov. 28, U.S. House Democrats resoundingly picked current Speaker Nancy Pelosi as their nominee for the same position Pelosi was nominated as speaker in a closed-door meeting by a vote of 203-32 vote. However, some ...
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Planned Parenthood launches initiative reaffirming reproductive care as standard care
NEW YORK, NY — Today, Planned Parenthood launches "This is Health Care," a national awareness effort aimed at reinforcing that reproductive and women's health services are standard medical care. "Reproductive health care is health care. Women's ...
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Congresswomen, civil-rights leaders, black
trans woman demand protections for Black LGBTQ community
WASHINGTON—In honor of Transgender Awareness Week ending Nov. 17, the National Black Justice Coalition ( NBJC ) and and the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls ( CCBWG ) released statements calling for the end ...
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BOOK REVIEW Death Checks In
By David S. Pederson $18.95; Bold Strokes Books; 235 pages It's a nice little getaway. That's all you wanted: two days alone, just you and your amour, with nothing to do but follow your whims. ...
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Ripe. Letters, by Alan Semrow, seeks to redefine relationships
People live in a world of relationships. When one hears "relationship," that person may think boyfriend, spouse or girlfriend. Alan Semrow's latest book seeks to expand one's understanding of what a relationship actually is. Ripe: Letters ...
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Remembering Harvey Milk
Excerpt by Cleve Jones
Nov. 27 marked the 40th anniversary of the death of Harvey Milk. Below is an adapted excerpt friend and activist Cleve Jones sent to Windy City Times from Jones' book, When We Rise, to mark the ...
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Feminism meets coffee-table books in 'HERstory,' 'Revolution'
The Revolution is Female Author: Kristen Blush. $61; Blush; 128 pages Modern HERstory Author: Blair Imani, $17.99; Ten Speed Press; 208 pages What does Trump's America mean for feminism? For one, the rise of activism ...
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Howard Brown editors publish 'holistic' resource on TGNC health, aging
A new book edited by professionals from Howard Brown Health aims to make information on transgender and gender nonconforming people as they age more accessible to healthcare providers. Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Health and Aging, which ...
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VEHICLE TIPS, ADVICE Are you really ready for winter?
It is no wonder why people love to live in or visit places such as Palm Springs and South Florida during the winter. Half of the nation gets to deal with snow, ice, sleet and colder ...
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Advocates seek gov't accountability in death of trans asylum-seeker
Transgender Law Center ( TLC ) and the Law Office of Andrew R. Free announced that they have filed a notice of wrongful death tort claim in New Mexico—the first step, they said, in holding all ...
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SHOWBIZ Rippon retires, 'Moulin Rouge,' Katy Perry, trans actresses
Olympian and U.S. national figure skating champion Adam Rippon told CBS News he will no longer skate competitively—meaning the 29-year-old will effectively retire from professional skating. Rippon competed for the United States in the Winter Olympics ...
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VIEWPOINT A short film for World AIDS Day has arrived. Watch it now.
Stop what you're doing. An exhilarating new short film produced especially for people living with HIV ( PLHIV ) is about to grab your heart and make you stand up and cheer. To commemorate World AIDS ...
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NATIONAL AIDS memorial, HIV news, Texas A&M, Nancy Pelosi
As people from around the world come together on Saturday, Dec. 1, to commemorate World AIDS Day, the National AIDS Memorial ( in San Francisco ) will bring together more than 1,600 supporters, friends and loved ...
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Billy Masters
"Me in the clouds searching for @ZacEfron's nudes."—Gus Kenworthy's caption for an Instagram shot looking at the sky. Silly boy, you won't find nudes of Zac Efron up there. You'll find them on BillyMasters.com. Gossip doesn't ...
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A Cradle Song, Part Seven
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 ...
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U.S. Supreme Court to conference on big three
Three big LGBT cases will be part of a private discussion at the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, Nov. 30, when the justices meet to "conference" about what appeals to hear in the coming months. All ...
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NUNN ON ONE MUSIC Rapper CupcakKe, staunch ally on her new CD, 'Eden'
Raunchy rapper CupcakKe is bringing her Chicago rhymes to the masses. Elizabeth Eden Harris was born in Illinois and raised on South 63rd Street and Martin Luther King Drive by a single mother. The now-21-year-old started ...
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Trump asks Supreme Court to rule on trans military ban
The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court Nov. 23 to quickly hear a challenge to President Donald Trump's policy that bans most transgender individuals from military service. So far, district courts across the country ...
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Lambda says Request for Supreme Court Review on Transgender Military Ban Premature
( SEATTLE, November 23, 2018 ) — The U.S. Department of Justice ( DOJ ) today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review three preliminary federal district court rulings that have kept the Trump administration from ...
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Billy Masters
"Broadway's Disastrous 'King Kong' is a $35 million crime against puppets."—Rex Reed's headline for his review of King Kong: The Musical. I haven't read any further, so don't ruin it for me. But do you think ...
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A Cradle Song: Part Six
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 ...
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Does the GOP have a racist cutoff point?
President Donald Trump traffics in racial epithets. Since his first year in office, Trump's displays of xenophobic, misogynistic, LGBTQ-phobic and racist remarks ( to name just a few from his laundry list of bigotry ) appear ...
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Southern Poverty Law Center, Lambda sue for records on rollback of trans prisoner protections
( NEW YORK, November 20, 2018 ) — Today, Lambda Legal and the Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC ) sued the U.S. Department of Justice ( DOJ ) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons ( ...
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NATIONAL Mich. lawsuit, Michelle Obama, Harvey Milk, gay teen politician
Lambda Legal and Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service ( MPAS ) announced the successful settlement of a 2015 lawsuit filed on behalf of John Dorn against the Michigan Department of Corrections ( MDOC ), a Lambda ...
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SHOWBIZ Mariah Carey, Rami Malek, Jussie Smollett, Rachel Maddow
Mariah Carey got an unexpected gift last week when her 2001 Glitter soundtrack album suddenly shot to number one on the iTunes chart, thanks to a social-media push from fans, Page Six noted. "Back on the ...
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LGB adults half as likely to have guns at home compared to heterosexuals
LGB adults are more likely than heterosexuals to support gun control policies. An estimated 18.8% of lesbian, gay, and bisexual ( LGB ) adults in the United States have guns in their home, compared to 35.1% ...
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10 Questions with Vic: Paula Abdul
Paula Abdul is a rare superstar. Despite her remarkable career, immense talents and global popularity, she is as accessible as she is iconic, as sweet in person as she is on TV, and as authentic as ...
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Sukie de la Croix weaves real-life 'Fairy Tale'
Sukie de la Croix made such an indelible mark on Chicago's LGBTQ scene when he lived in the Windy City from 1991-2014 that the Chicago Sun-Times proclaimed him "The Gay Studs Terkel." During his time here, ...
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10 Questions with Vic, talking with
Rose McGowan
Often, it isn't until after a long time has passed that people fully appreciate and acknowledge a star's legacy. But that is not the case with Rose McGowan, whose natural talents have earned her immense success ...
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'Drag Race' guest judges announced
VH1 announced the guest judges set to join the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. RuPaul will be joined by a star-studded line-up of celebrities alongside show regulars Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley and Ross ...
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GLAAD applauds record-high percentage of LGBTQs on TV
GLAAD has released the findings of its annual "Where We Are on TV" report—and results show a record-high percentage of LGBTQ regular characters on broadcast television. "Where We Are on TV" analyzes the overall diversity of ...
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Griffin to step down as HRC president
The Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) announced that President Chad Griffin has informed the board of directors that he will depart the organization in 2019, after seven years at the helm, according to the organization. ...
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Ike Holter: The 'Right(lynd)' stuff
Last week's midterm elections taught us that political engagement is more crucial than ever. This makes Ike Holter's Rightlynd—opening this week at Lincoln Park's Victory Gardens Theater—more timely than ever. Helmed by Lisa Portes, Holter's drama ...
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THE AMAZON TRAIL Going to the doctor
"Visiting the doctor doesn't have to be all gloom and doom," said my sweetheart. "We can make it fun." Remember the all-powerful, usually white male doctors of childhood? From the waiting room you could hear kids ...
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Governors St. offers LGBTQIA scholarship
University Park's Governors State University Foundation has announced announced the creation of a new scholarship for Governors State University students. The Jackie McKethen Scholarship aims to to support students who are part of the LGBTQIA community ...
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AMA policy supports services for LGBTQ survivors of intimate partner violence
CHICAGO — While intimate partner violence ( IPV ) can occur between heterosexual or same-sex couples, efforts to address this public health problem have remained mostly focused on heterosexual women despite other populations experiencing IPV at ...
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Tig Notaro adopts a new role in 'Instant Family'
Out comic, actress and writer Tig Notaro has a new movie this November called Instant Family. The film also stars Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne and Octavia Spencer, telling the story—based on director Sean Anders' real-life experiences—of ...
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Inclusive Chicago Fashion Week takes place
By Vee L. Harrison
Chicago Fashion Week was a seven-day celebration of designers, models and absolute flyness presented by FashionBar Chicago. FashionBar is a fashion marketing firm and they are destined to create Chicago into a fashion capital. On Oct. ...
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NATIONAL Don Lemon, Kan. governor, LGBT electoral wins
Don Lemon took President Donald Trump to task for the president's thoughts about the migrant caravan traveling through Mexico, The Huffington Post reported. The CNN Tonight host suggested Trump should have instead been focused on tackling ...
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WORLD Scottish curriculum, Mexico bill, St. Lucia LGBT group
Scotland's government announced plans to introduce an extensive world first LGBTI curriculum in schools across the country, Gay Star News noted. All state schools will now teach themes like LGBTI terminology and identities; tackling homophobia, biphobia ...
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SHOWBIZ Rihanna, 'Riverdale,' Glenn Close, Ezra Miller
Rihanna reportedly sent President Donald Trump a cease-and-desist letter after learning that her music was being used to hype up the crowd at his political rallies, Time.com noted. According to Rolling Stone, the singer's legal team ...
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Billy Masters
"I'm not gonna say that if you vote then I'll have sex with you, but if you don't then I can promise you that I won't."—Gus Kenworthy does his part to get out the vote. If ...
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Amy Ray on new album, acceptance and rock 'n' roll
Indigo Girl Amy Ray's September release, Holler, is a rich mixture of folk, Southern rock, mountain music, bluegrass and gospel, with her characteristic thoughtful and layered lyricism. Windy City Times talked with Amy about the album, ...
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Nationwide coalition of LGBTQ groups supporting Affordable Care Act outreach
WASHINGTON, DC — Out2Enroll announced today the expansion of its nationwide coalition of 70 national, state, and local LGBTQ and allied organizations committed to educating LGBTQ consumers about the health insurance options available under the Affordable ...
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Kyrsten Sinema wins key race, becomes first openly bisexual member of U.S. Senate
From The LGBTQ Victory Fund: Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema was tonight declared the winner in the U.S. Senate race in Arizona, becoming the first openly bisexual person elected to the U.S. Senate and ...
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SAGE, NCLR hosting meetings Nov. 14
SAGE and the National Center for Lesbian Rights ( NCLR ) are hosting two community meetings Wed., Nov. 14, regarding housing discrimination. The events will be 2-4 p.m. at Affinity Community Services, 2850 S. Wabash Ave., ...
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Massachusetts' Ballot Initiative to Uphold Transgender Protections
BOSTON, November 6, 2018 — The ACLU today issued the following statements in response to a winning ballot question to uphold Massachusetts' transgender nondiscrimination law and protect transgender people from discrimination in public places: Carol Rose, ...
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Billy Masters
"God's greatest gift to me."—Tim Cook tells Christiane Amanpour how he views being born gay. I couldn't have said it better myself. Some of our queer celebs had inventive costumes this year. The one that stuck ...
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My boss fired me from my funeral-home job for being transgender
VIWEPOINT By Aimee Stephens
I was in funeral services for nearly three decades before I was fired in 2013 for being transgender. In March, a federal appeals court agreed that it was wrong to fire me just because of who ...
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Historic Number of LGBTQ People Elected to U.S. House
LGBTQ Pickups Helped Strengthen New Democratic Majority
Washington, DC — Eight openly LGBTQ candidates have won their races for the U.S. House and one will head to a recount — ensuring a historic number of openly LGBTQ candidates in the U.S. Congress next ...
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First LGBTQ U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Defeats Anti-LGBTQ Opponent
Wisconsin voters also reelect U.S. Representative Mark Pocan
Washington, DC — U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, the first openly LGBTQ person ever elected to the U.S. Senate, was tonight reelected by Wisconsin voters in a race closely watched by both political parties and the LGBTQ ...
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Jared Polis Elected First Openly Gay Governor in U.S. History
Washington, DC — Tonight U.S. Representative Jared Polis of Colorado became the first openly gay man elected governor of a U.S. state, defeating his Republican opponent by a strong margin. Throughout the campaign Polis spoke with ...
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Sharice Davids Becomes First LGBTQ Member of Congress from Kansas
Washington, DC — Openly LGBTQ Congressional candidate Sharice Davids defeated U.S. Representative David Yoder tonight, a four-term incumbent and ally of Donald Trump in a seat considered critical to Democratic efforts to take back the U.S. ...
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NATIONAL Anti-Trump actions, suicide hotline, Jeff Bezos/Amazon
Groups and individuals filed 13 friend-of-the-court briefs supporting the plaintiffs in Doe v. Trump in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, an NCLR/GLAD press release noted. The case was filed by ...
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SHOWBIZ Streisand, GLAAD book, Spice Girls, Boy Erased, Rhapsody
Barbra Streisand has released an LGBTQ anthem that doubles as a statement against President Trump, NewNowNext.com reported. The legendary singer's latest album, Walls, includes plenty of shots at the current administration, including the title track. The ...
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God's trans-affirming vote on Question 3
Trump's administration is trying to define transgender Americans out of existence. Trump wants his administration to remove the word "gender" from UN human rights documents. And, he wants "gender" to be defined solely on the basis ...
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Conversion-therapy film 'Boy Erased' hits the big screen
The new film Boy Erased tells the story of Jared Eamons, the son of a Baptist pastor, who goes under conversion therapy after being outed at age 19. The head therapist is played by Joel Edgerton, ...
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New Nutcracker film not quite sure of its realm
If you've been longing to see a movie with Dame Helen Mirren cracking a bullwhip, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is your must-see movie of the fall. Otherwise, you might come away completely bewildered by ...
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