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CTA unveils Pride trains
- On June 23, the Chicago Transit Authority ( CTA ) unveiled four rainbow-themed Red Line trains in honor of Pride Month, according to CTA's Facebook ...
Pentagon Considering 6 Month Delay in Policy Change Allowing Trans Recruits
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From a press release
- WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) responded to reports that the Pentagon may delay implementation of the final piece of ...
Some Tito's recipes for Pride
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From a press release
- Tito's American Mule INGREDIENTS — 1.5 oz Tito's Handmade Vodka — 0.5 oz freshly squeezed lime juice — 3 oz ginger beer INSTRUCTIONS Fill a ...
LGBT advocates and allies denounce Senate health care plan
- Advocates decried details of the U.S. Senate's HR 1628, a.k.a., the Better Health Care Reconciliation Act, after logistics of the plan were finally released on ...
Springfield, Illinois, bishop issues edicts against Catholics in same-sex marriages
- Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, on June 12, published extensive guidelines that could curtail participation by married LGBT persons in his diocese's parishes. Paprocki's guidelines ...
Jason Collins at Chicago Sky events
- Chicago—The Chicago Sky and retired NBA trailblazer Jason Collins will host Diversity and Inclusion celebrations July 6-8, 2017. Collins became the first active male athlete ...
HRC Opposes Senate GOP Proposal to Rip Health Coverage from Millions
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From a press release
- WATCH: HRC Releases Video on Consequences of Destroying ACA for Countless LGBTQ People WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) strongly condemned ...
Chicago-area Constituents Protest TrumpCare with Mobile Billboards and Rallies
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From a press release
- WHEATON, IL, June 22, 2017 — A mobile billboard truck that holds our representatives accountable and spreads awareness about the harm of the American Health ...
LGBT-friendly Logan Square housing gets CHA approval
- An LGBT-friendly housing complex planned for Logan Square is one step closer to breaking ground. Curbed Chicago reported, on June 21, that Chicago Housing Authority ...
LGBT veterans' monument in national cemetery vandalized
- An LGBT veterans' monument located in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois has been defaced. A vandal or vandals poured roofing tar on the ...
Clerk David Orr announces he will not seek 2018 re-election
- Cook County Clerk David Orr, on June 21, announced that he will not seek re-election in 2018. In a statement, Orr, who has been County ...
Dykes on Bikes support Asian-American group in trademark effort
- Score one for "Dykes on Bikes." The long-standing organization of lesbian motorcycle enthusiasts filed a brief recently with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting an effort ...
EY executive urges workplace leaders to value diversity
- Beth Brooke-Marciniak's decision to publicly come out as lesbian in 2011 made her one of the most senior out executives in the world at the ...
Pulse shootings remembered at Pride
- View memorial photos of the 49 murder victims of the Orlando shooting at Pulse nightclub June 12, 2016 at the link: . The display of ...
Vancouver link to European court ruling against Russia's 'gay propaganda' law
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From a press release
- June 21, 2017 ( Vancouver, BC ) - A top European court has issued a sharply worded rebuke to the Kremlin over its so-called "gay ...
Pride Feat 2017 photos
- Northalsted Business Alliance presented Chicago Pride Fest June 17 and June 18 from Addison to Grace with performers 16 Candles, and Kristine W among others. ...
The Golden Girls, The Lot Episodes, extended through Aug. 26
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From a press release
- CHICAGO ( June 20, 2017 ) — Thank you for being a friend, indeed! Due to popular demand Hell in a Handbag Productions' campy world ...
GUEST COLUMN From the Inside Out
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By Gabe Guzman with Nicole Erin Morse
- In prison, everything gets around by word of mouth, and that's how I first heard about Black and Pink. When I was in segregation a ...
Serbia has first lesbian leader
- Serbia leader Aleksandar Vucic has named public administration minister Ana Brnabic as the new prime minister, Deutsche Welle reported. Brnabic is now the first woman—as ...
Pride brunch promotes reflection on religion, inclusivity
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By Nina Matti
- The Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches ( CCWC ) gathered June 17 for its first-ever "Sharing Light, Sharing Faith in Divided Times" Pride Brunch and ...
Local attorneys make LGBT Bar's list
- Four Chicago-area attorneys made The National LGBT Bar Association's "Best Under 40" list this year. They are Tony Neuhoff, a vice president of legal and ...
3rd District Rep. Lipinski faces another challenger
- While no Republican contender has yet come forward, Democratic U.S. Rep. Daniel Lipinski, of Illinois' 3rd District, continues to gain challengers from his own party. ...
UIC launches injectable PrEP study
- The University of Illinois at Chicago ( UIC ), on June 16, announced that it will begin recruiting participants for a clinical trial to compare ...
Panel examines trans, GNC individuals of color and the police
- On June 16, a Minnesota jury acquitted the police officer who shot an innocent Black man Philando Castile multiple times during a traffic stop. Beloved ...
Vernita Gray LGBT Youth Fund seeks donations for yearly grant
- People are being asked to donate to the Vernita Gray LGBT Youth Fund, which makes yearly grants to grassroots non-profit organizations that provide services to ...
'Lives: Visible' film June 23, 28 at Siskel
- Lives:Visible—the new film by Chicagoan Michelle Citron that looks at the working-class butch/fem world of pre-Stonewall Chicago, and the film-based snapshot that recorded everyday 20th-century ...
Kathy Bates to headline Oct. 2 event
- Kathy Bates, an Academy Award-winning actress ( Misery ) and two-time cancer survivor, will headline the 2017 Fall Benefit Luncheon hosted by the Lynn Sage ...
Art expo announces DuSable tie-in
- Expo Chicago, The International Exposition of Contemporary & Modern Art—with the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the Institut francais and The DuSable Museum of African ...
Hall of Fame hosts annual 'Pride and Joy' reception
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by Emagin Tanaschuk
- Friends of the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame showed their appreciation to the community June 16 by hosting the 24th annual Pride and Joy Reception ...
TPAN returns to Edgewater location
- U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky ( D-9 ) and Ald. Ariel Reboyras ( 30th ), on June 19, were among those who joined Test Positive Aware ...
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