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AMA criticizes Obamacare ruling
- Saying that the Affordable Care Act's ( ACA's ) mandate requiring people to buy health insurance is unconstitutional and the rest of the law cannot ...
Cavalcade of Queens take over Holiday Land in Visual Album, The Holiday Dragtacular
- December 17th, 2018 ( New York )- XS Studio brings you a stocking stuffed-holiday special from some of your favorite queens: Peppermint, Pandora Boxx, Cynthia ...
Fed. Court Orders Idaho Prison to Provide Medically Urgent Confirmation Surgery
- BOISE, ID.—The U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho issued a preliminary injunction late yesterday in Edmo v. Idaho Department of Correction ( IDOC ...
Christine Hallquist talks about 'Denial' documentary
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By Danielle Solzman
- A few weeks ago, Windy City Times had talked with former Vermont gubernatorial candidate Christine D. Hallquist about a new documentary, Denial. The film covers ...
Lambda Sues Social Security for Same-Sex Widower Denied Survivor's Benefits
- ( Las Cruces, NM, December 13, 2018 ) — Lambda Legal today filed a motion on behalf of a 63-year-old gay man arguing that the ...
Santa Speedo Run
- Charity: Check. Underwear: Check check! Debbie Fox and Dixie Lynn Cartwright host the annual Santa Speedo Run, Sat., December 8, to benefit Center on Halsted. ...
The Play That Goes Wrong
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Playwright: Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields At: Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St. Tickets: BroadwayInChicago.com . Runs through: Dec. 16. The conceit of ...
IN THE LIFE Lala Thomas
- Lala Thomas' life has been shaped by working hard, fighting for what she wants and speaking her mind on a myriad of issues. All that ...
NRA settles with 'The Bean' artist
- The National Rifle Association ( NRA ) has agreed to remove an image of the Millennium Park sculpture "The Bean" from a 2017 video, The ...
Providers launch statewide plan to stop new HIV infections
- AIDS Foundation of Chicago ( AFC ), Illinois Department of Public Health ( IDPH ) and Chicago Department of Public Health ( CDPH ), all ...
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Day With(out) Art screening Dec. 15
- Visual AIDS' Chicago marquee screening of Alternate Endings, Activist Risings on Saturday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. ...
'Activists and Icons' at Holocaust Museum through June 23
- "Activists and Icons: The Photographs of Steve Schapiro," an exhibit at Skokie's Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, will run through June 23, 2019. Schapiro, ...
152 LGBTQ Elected Officials Call on 116th Congress to Act on Four Key Initiatives
- Washington, DC — More than 150 openly LGBTQ elected officials and newly elected officials from across the nation are calling on the incoming U.S. Congress ...
Black LGBTQ/SGL Group Urges Courageous Conversations During Holidays
- WASHINGTON — This past weekend, Twitter and traditional media blew up after comedian D.L. Hughley called Trans actress Indya Moore a 'pussy' and Kevin Hart ...
DignityUSA condemns Pope Francis' book
- Pro-LGBTQ Catholic organization responded to Pope Francis' new book, The Strength of a Vocation, in which the pontiff is quoted in recent news reports as ...
Baton to relocate to Uptown
- Longtime River North nightspot Baton will relocate to an Uptown location on Broadway in Spring 2019, owner Jim Flint announced Dec. 5. In a statement, ...
Coming out to your kids in midlife
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How to navigate tough conversations and a new family model
- When the parents of Natalie Perry and her sister sat their girls down for a family meeting, Perry learned that their father, a chief judge ...
With Kavanaugh on the court, what now for LGBTQ rights?
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Viewpoint by James Esseks
- As the reality of a new and intensely conservative Supreme Court majority sinks in, some people are asking, "What's the use of fighting in the ...
Wrightwood 659 celebrates social justice, architecture
- The Chicago Architecture Center isn't the only major new venue dedicated to celebrating architecture in the city. A new space in Lincoln Park, Wrightwood 659, ...
MOMBIAN's LGBTQ children's book gift guide
- It's time for my annual roundup of some of this year's best LGBTQ-inclusive children's and middle-grade books! This is one of the first years when ...
BOOK REVIEW Honor Girl/Lost Soul, Be at Peace
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By Maggie Thrash $14.99; Candlewick Press; 267 pages ( Honor Girl ), $18.99; Candlewick Press; 190 pages ( Lost Soul, Be at Peace )
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A Cradle Song: Part Nine
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by Mark Zubro; Illustrated by W.S. Reed
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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 ...
Billy Masters
- "It would not have been possible without the help of the president, who not only gave us the impetus for this reboot but provided us ...
BOOKS Thom Bierdz talks about sex, and a lot more, In 'Young, Gay & Restless'
- In Young, Gay & Restless: My Scandalous On-Screen & Off-Screen Sexual Liberations, Thom Bierdz—an actor/artist/advocate who is probably best known for portraying heir Phillip Chancellor ...
SAG nominees include 'A Star Is Born,' 'Maisel'
- Awkwafina and Laverne Cox announced the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild ( SAG ) Awards nominees Dec. 12—and A Star Is Born and The Marvelous ...
Trans author talks 'gender outlaws,'prison breaks in novel
- The New York Times called Jordy Rosenberg's debut novel, Confessions of the Fox, "[a] mind-bending romp through a gender-fluid, 18th-century London … a joyous mash-up ...
Report shows most budget-friendly LGBTQ campuses
- Student Loan Hero commissioned a report that spotlights the most budget-friendly LGBTQ college campuses in the nation. This report features schools that offer LGBTQ-identifying students ...
Thrift shop exhibits AIDS artwork by homeless youth
- December usually means holiday cheer, hot cocoa and family gatherings. For Monarch Thrift Shop in Avondale, at 2866 N. Milwaukee Ave., it also means honoring ...
NATIONAL 24th trans death, HIV lab closing, Biden, asylum brief
- Three years after a trans woman in her Detroit neighborhood was killed, Keanna Mattel became the latest transgender victim of violence, INTO reported. Mattel died ...
Artist Tom Bachtell on exhibit and late partner Andrew Patner
- Self-taught artist Tom Bachtell's work is currently featured in a exhibit, "Tom Bachtell in AdventureLand," at AdventureLand Gallery, 1513 N. Western Ave. The free exhibit ...
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