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THEATER 'Mamma Mia!' returns to Chicago with 'Daddyhunt' star Jim Newman - "Who's your daddy?" That's the key plot question driving the global hit Mamma Mia! The global smash jukebox musical famously features the song hits of ...

ProudToRun poised to return in 2024, fighting through lack of resources - Chicago's 42-year-old LGBTQ+ running event, ProudToRun, is so far set to return June 2024 following the cancellation of last year's race. The city's original Pride ...

Reunion Project hosts Chicago town hall for people aging with HIV - The Reunion Project is holding a two-day town hall for long-term HIV survivors in Chicago. The town hall will happen 9 a.m.-5 p.m. May 17-18 ...

Queer artist Vin Ye prepares installation for SAIC exhibition - Chicago Artist Vin Ye's (they/them) sculptures resist both capitalism and gender roles, all the while challenging expectations of traditional art forms and modern technological art. ...

State Department human-rights report details worldwide LGBTQ+ abuses and advancements - On April 22, the U.S. State Department released its 2023 global human-rights report. According to the department's website, "The annual Country Reports on Human Rights ...

Toward a golden hour: Advocate Rodrigo Heng-Lehinthen predicts trans-rights breakthrough in U.S. - Two of the nation's biggest trans advocacy organizations are set to merge later this year. In early summer, the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) ...

Tatumn Milazzo wins NWSL honor for second consecutive week - --From a press release - CHICAGO (April 23, 2024) — Chicago Red Stars defender and Orland Park, Illinois, native Tatumn Milazzo earned National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Deloitte Impact Save ...

Local queer opera composer premiering her first show, a coming-of-age tale with LGBTQ+ themes - A Lake View woman is debuting her first opera as a composer, a coming-of-age story with LGBTQ+ themes. Gillian Rae Perry, a fellow with the ...

JoJo Siwa and Sapphira Cristal among Chicago Pride Fest headliners in June - --From a press release - Natasha Bedingfield, JoJo Siwa, Sapphira Cristál, Bob the Drag Queen, Amber Riley and Empress Of are headlining this year's Chicago Pride Fest®, taking place June ...

Queer activism through photography: Exhibit spotlights a 'revolutionary' moment in Chicago history - By Alec Karam - Artists hosted a panel at Dorothy, 2500 W. Chicago Ave., on April 20 to celebrate the debut of Images on Which to Build in Chicago, ...

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Red Stars beat Seattle Reign 2-1 - For the second time this season, the Chicago Red Stars took down the Seattle Reign FC, this time 2-1 on the road on April 21. ...

Cher, Dionne among Rock & Roll HoF honorees; Mariah snubbed - On April 21, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announced its 2024 inductees, per an ABC press release. In the performer category, the ...

Center on Halsted looks ahead to New Horizons at annual Human First Gala - New Horizons was the theme of this year's sold-out Center on Halsted (The Center) annual Human First Gala April 20 at The Geraghty in Chicago's ...

Chicago Red Stars place forward Ava Cook on season-ending injury list - --From a press release - CHICAGO (April 20, 2024) — The Chicago Red Stars announced the following health update on forward Ava Cook: Cook sustained a knee injury during Red ...

SAVOR 'Hot Ones,' 101 complex opening, Casati's closing, Crumbl - —Feeling hot, hot, hot: The addictive show Hot Ones is coming to Chicago, Time Out Chicago noted. First We Feast is teaming with Stella Artois ...

The importance of becoming Ernest: Out actor Christopher Sieber dishes about the Death Becomes Her musical - Out and proud actor Christopher Sieber is part of the team bringing Death Becomes Her to life as a stage musical in the Windy City ...

Legislation to increase HIV testing, Linkage to Care Act passes Illinois House with bipartisan vote of 106 - --From a press release - SPRINGFIELD — Thursday night, House Bill 5417, the Connection to HIV Testing and Linkage to Care Act, or the HIV TLC Act, championed by State ...

SAVOR Arshiya Farheen talks about her welcoming bakery, Verzenay - Just walking into the Lincoln Park bakery Verzanay, 2507 N. Lincoln Ave., is an experience. Somehow, the patisserie (named after a commune/town in France) simultaneously ...

LGBTQ+ Intergenerational Dialogue Project set to hold its second annual exhibition - The LGBTQ+ Intergenerational Dialogue Project will hold its second annual exhibition Friday, April 26 from 6-8 p.m. at Center on Addison, 806 W. Addison St., ...

HRC continues call for Title IX rules that protect transgender student-athletes - --From a press release - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced it has finalized a Title IX rule that clarifies the scope of nondiscrimination protections on ...

New Title IX rules protects LGBTQ+ students...to a point - New Title IX guidelines finalized April 19 will protect the rights of LGBTQ+ students by federal law and further safeguards of victims of campus sexual ...

Gerber/Hart Library and Archives holds third annual Spring Soiree benefit - Gerber/Hart Library and Archives (Gerber/Hart) hosted the "Courage in Community: The Gerber/ Hart Spring Soiree" event April 18 at Sidetrack, marking the everyday and extraordinary ...

WORLD Nigeria arrest, Chilean murderer, trans ban, Olivier Awards, marriage items - Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's (EFCC's) decision to arrest well-known transgender woman Idris Okuneye (also known as Bobrisky) over the practice of flaunting money ...

SHOWBIZ Celine Dion, 'The People's Joker,' Billy Porter, Patti LuPone, 'Strange Way' - I Am: Celine Dion will stream on Prime Video starting June 25, according to a press release. The film is described as follows: "Directed by ...

NATIONAL Ohio law blocked, Trevor Project, Rev. Troy Perry, ICE suit, Elon Musk - In Ohio, Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael Holbrook temporarily blocked a Republican-backed state law banning gender-affirming care (such as puberty blockers and ...

BOOKS Frank Bruni gets political in 'The Age of Grievance' - In The Age of Grievance, longtime New York Times columnist and best-selling author Frank Bruni analyzes the ways in which grievance has come to define ...

Kokandy Productions now accepting submissions for Chicago Musical Theater Fest returning Aug. 8-11 - --From a press release - CHICAGO (April 18, 2024) — Kokandy Productions is pleased to open submissions for the 2024 Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, returning this summer following a four-year ...

Schools are back in downsized Chicago Pride Parade after merging under 'welcoming schools' umbrella - At least four schools are back in the Chicago Pride Parade lineup after they were previously told they wouldn't be able to march in this ...

Hunter leads resolution declaring April 2024 as Minority Health Month - --From a press release - SPRINGFIELD — To raise awareness about the importance of cardiovascular health, particularly among minority communities, State Senator Mattie Hunter passed a resolution declaring April 2024 ...

Supreme Court allows Idaho ban on gender-affirming care for minors - The U.S. Supreme Court has granted a request by Republican Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador to lift a lower court's temporary injunction preventing the state ...

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