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|  | Gay marriages halted in Alabama - In the latest development in the tug-of-war over marriage equality in Alabama, the state's supreme court ordered all the state's ...  | | | LGBTQ Creating Change 2016 in Chicago - WASHINGTON, DC, March 3, 2015 —The National LGBTQ Task Force has announced that the 28th National Conference on LGBT Equality: ... | | | White Sox legend Minnie Minoso passes away - Minnie Minoso, the first Black player for the Chicago White Sox, passed away March 1, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. ... | | | Deb Mell appears to win tight race in 33rd Ward, some ballots left to count - ELECTIONS 2015 - Incumbent 33rd Ward Ald. Deb Mell, the city's only openly lesbian alderman, may have won the race now that absentee ... |
| | White Sox legend Minnie Minoso passes away - Minnie Minoso, the first Black player for the Chicago White Sox, passed away March 1, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. ... | | | Entrepreneurs event hosted for youth - Windy City Times, StartOut, Center on Halsted and MB Financial Bank hosted a one-day seminar on entrepreneurship Feb. 28. About ... | | | Rauner cuts hit
anti-bullying programs - Among the budget cuts handed down in the Feb. 18 budget from Gov. Bruce Rauner was the elimination of funding ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Military chaplains
go anti-LGBT route - "Three major institutions stand in the way of LGBT equality: the military, marriage and ministry. Like a three-legged stool of ...
Author: Angelique Smith | | | GLAAD Hatter brunch April 4 will support the work of GLAAD - From a press release - GLAAD Hatter is a celebration of national and local leaders advancing LGBT equality. Brunch and cocktails will be 11 a.m. ... | | | IPERGAY trial suggests effectiveness of intermittent PrEP - Study results announced Feb. 24 by the French national HIV research agency ANRS at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Same-sex married war veteran denied veterans benefits - From a press release - WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the American Military Partner Association, the nation's largest organization of LGBT military families, strongly condemned a ... | | | Facebook adds free-form field for gender identity
- From press releases - From GLSEN NEW YORK ( Feb. 26, 2015 ) — GLSEN Executive Director, Dr. Eliza Byard, applauded Facebook's decision to ... | | | GLAAD launches new HIV and AIDS awareness campaign - From a press release - The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation joins campaign that includes new style guide for media, as well as public service announcements ... | | | Tennessee couples ask Supreme Court to end checkerboard of marriage laws - From a press release - ( Washington D.C., February 27, 2015 )—Three couples challenging Tennessee's marriage ban filed a brief in the Supreme Court of ... | | | KY Senate passes "Bathroom Bully Bill",
Republicans join opposition - From a press release - ( Frankfort, KY ) After a rare double committee vote—one virtually in secret—the Kentucky Senate passed Senator C.B. Embry's anti-transgender ... | | | Deb Mell appears to win tight race in 33rd Ward, some ballots left to count - ELECTIONS 2015 - Incumbent 33rd Ward Ald. Deb Mell, the city's only openly lesbian alderman, may have won the race now that absentee ... | | | Jeb Bush maintains anti-marriage equality stance - From a press release - WASHINGTON — During the Conservative Political Action Conference ( CPAC ) this week, some media reports have suggested that Jeb ... | | | Ohio marriage case brief filed at U.S. Supreme Court - From a press release - ( Washington, February 27, 2015 ) - Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ) and Ohio-based Gerhardstein ... | | | NUNN ON ONE: MUSIC
Midge Ure talks
Moby, Boy George, touring - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Scottish singer Midge Ure has had great success in the '70s and '80s fronting groups like Thin Lizzy and Ultravox. ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | LGBTQ Creating Change 2016 in Chicago - WASHINGTON, DC, March 3, 2015 —The National LGBTQ Task Force has announced that the 28th National Conference on LGBT Equality: ... | | | LGBT, HIV advocates welcome Obama policing recommendations - From a Lambda Legal press release - ( New York, NY, March 3, 2015 ) - Following the release of the Interim Report of President Obama's Task ... | | | AMPA to SCOTUS: Marriage inequality harms military families - From a American Military Partner Association press release - WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the American Military Partner Association ( AMPA ), the nation's largest organization of LGBT military families, ... | | | People's brief for marriage equality to go to Supreme Court - From an HRC press release - WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign announced that 207,551 Americans from all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico, ... | | | Gay marriages halted in Alabama - In the latest development in the tug-of-war over marriage equality in Alabama, the state's supreme court ordered all the state's ... | | | Portal looks at
gay parenting,
conversion therapy - A new research portal focused on public policy issues has chosen gay parenting and conversion therapy as its first topics ...
Author: Charlsie Dewey | | | Coming up: Barney Frank; Patner memorial; LGBTQ leaders in education - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Barney Frank event at Center on March 25 "Frank: An Evening with Barney Frank" will take place Wed., March 25, ... | | | Aguda, A Wider Bridge
discuss U.S., Israeli
LGBT communities - Representatives of the forty-year-old Israeli national LGBT taskforce the Aguda returned to Chicago in February alongside leaders of A Wider ...
Author: Gretchen Rachel Hammond | | | VIEWS The second coming
of the man who
would be queen - There are times when you read an article that's nothing more than a screed, a scream of resentment, in this ...
Author: Dana Beyer | | | Parenting/teaching
conference focuses
on trans youth - About 200 teachers, principals, support staff, social workers, healthcare professionals and parents gathered for a day-long conference "A Day in ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | Schock hires team
to handle troubles - Congressman Aaron Schock ( R-Ill. )—who has come under fire for his spending on office decor as well as travel—has ... | | | Open To Thinking: Remembering Selma - A recurring column - Civil Rights is personal. You either feel the issues in your gut or you don't. No set amount of rhetoric ...
Author: Nick Patricca | | | CROI 2015 findings
call for bringing PrEP for
HIV prevention to scale - by Jim Pickett - "There is an urgent need to mobilize clinical efforts, service delivery, education, implementation research, and policy to optimize PrEP access ... | | | Notes: Pantry to move; New Pastoral; Jim Brickman; Auto show's figures - Auto show's final figures are in The Chicago Auto Show concluded a nine-day run Feb. 22 with a 7-percent increase ... | | | PASSAGES Barbara "Robbie" Smith, services March 7 - From Affinity - Affinity announces with sadness the services of a beloved community member and mentor to many, Barbara "Robbie" Smith. Robbie was ... | | | World news: HIV study; Ambassador Wally Brewster; UKIP chair leaves - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - For the first time, a study showed that a drug used to treat HIV infection also can help prevent it ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | National roundup: Marriage in Ala. and Neb.; trans suicide - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley vowed he would "never do anything to disobey a federal court ruling" when asked about the ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | Diversity and inclusion
are priorities at
Hinshaw & Culbertson - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - This profile is part of a series about some local businesses that have scored perfectly on HRC'S Corporate Equality Index ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | National news shorts: Wedding in Texas; Autopsy, report differ; Gay priest dies - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Lesbian couple weds in Texas The Texas Supreme Court has issued an emergency order blocking gay couples from obtaining marriage ... | | | Gay Wheaton College
student makes waves - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - When Justin Massey entered Wheaton College almost four years ago he never imagined being out as a gay man while ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | Latin School teacher
devotes entire week
to gay history - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Every year the Latin School of Chicago hosts a project week where students explore a topic in-depth and for the ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times |
| | Entertainment: Wanda Sykes; Gaga; Mo'Nique; Eddie Redmayne - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Comedian Wanda Sykes says she was treated like a unicorn after coming out gay, On Top Magazine noted. Sykes, 50, ... | | | Gaga, Vaughn take polar plunge; Michael Sam to take up 'Dancing' - Lady Gaga, Vaughn take polar plunge In Chicago, singer Lady Gaga and actor Vince Vaughn were among several thousand people ... | | | Local entertainment: Queen Latifah; Madonna; Gay horror-movie screening; gay marriage exhibit - Queen Latifah starring in 'Bessie' May 16 HBO has confirmed the debut date for Bessie, with the HBO Films presentation ... | | | Billy Masters - "She's a hard act to follow! I just relate to that character, and I've loved it since I was a ...
Author: Billy Masters | | | MUSIC
Jimmy Somerville celebrates
disco, Bronski Beat past - Last year marked the 30th anniversary of the song "Small Town Boy," the breakthrough hit by Bronski Beat. Former lead ...
Author: Terri-Lynne Waldron | | | Local entertainment events: Homestretch; Tret Fure; Louder than a Bomb; African-American films - 'The Homestretch' screening March 14 Community Cinema, WTTW, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, and the Polk ... | | | MOVIES
Documentary looks at
women's-rights movement - As the hot-button topic of same-sex marriage wiggles its way into the mainstream at an ever-hungry pace, there is another ...
Author: Sarah Toce | | | MOVIES 'Honest Liar' a revealing doc with gay magician - By Gary M. Kramer - There's a sucker born every minute, perhaps, but there are all too few people who try to expose the swindlers, ... | | | NUNN ON ONE
Michael Urie
airs his 'View' - Actor Michael Urie brings his past movie, WTC View, back to life this month with new distribution. Originally released in ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | Theater Spotlight and Critics' Picks - Fans of 1980s pop music and films by director John Hughes like Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles ... | | | DOUBLE REVIEW
Dunsinane; Macbeth - Dunsinane Playwright: David Greig At: National Theatre of Scotland and Royal Shakespeare Company at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, 800 E. Grand ... | | | THEATER REVIEW
Four - Playwright: Christopher Shinn At: Jackalope Theatre at Broadway Armory Park, 5917 N. Broadway Tickets: ; $20 Runs through: March 28 ...
Author: Jonathan Abarbanel, Windy City Times | | | THEATER REVIEW
The Sweeter
Option - Playwright: John Henry Roberts At: Strawdog Theatre Company, 3829 N. Broadway Tickets: 866-811-4111; ; $28 Runs through: March 28 There's ...
Author: Mary Shen Barnidge | | | THEATER REVIEW
The Glass Protege - Playwright: Dylan Costello At: Giant Cherry/Glitterati Productions at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Tickets: 773-975-8150; ; $30-$40 Runs through: ...
Author: Mary Shen Barnidge | | | SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT Garage activism - Steppenwolf Theatre Company's sixth annual Garage Rep is underway, and two of its three rotating repertory productions prominently focus on ...
Author: Scott C. Morgan, Windy City Times | | | NUNN ON ONE: MAGIC
Jeff Hobson bringing
flamboyant persona
to Chicago - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - "The Illusionists: Witness the Impossible" is coming to town, featuring a powerful mix of magicians who are ready to dazzle ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | Dining news: Iron Chef Jose Garces; Shaw's wine dinner - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - —On Thursday, March 5, at 7 p.m., Iron Chef Jose Garces highlights the work of renowned Spanish vineyards with "Spain ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | Disc and That:
Upcoming and recent DVDs - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - —50 to 1 ( April 28; $26.99 ): Based on the incredible true story of Mine That Bird—the longshot racehorse ... | | | The (drag) queen's
speech: Talking with
Terence Boyle - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Terence Boyle traces his ancestry to Protestant Northern Ireland, but he is, himself, Catholic and teaches at the Jesuit-affiliated Loyola ...
Author: Mary Shen Barnidge |
| | Humorous memoir 'Butch'
details pregnancy woes - In her graphic memoir, Pregnant Butch: Nine Long Months Spent in Drag, A.K. Summers chronicles her difficult journey as a ...
Author: Terri-Lynne Waldron | | |
PAWS Chicago honors
the late Paul Lutter - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The late gay attorney and activist Paul Lutter, who died last May, was honored at a PAWS ( Pets Are ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | Sports notes: Women's tourney March 7-10; Hockey event needs volunteers - Big East women's tourney March 7-10 The Big East women's basketball tournament will return to Allstate Arena in suburban ... | | | DISH: ENO Wine Bar; BellyQ brunch - Windy City Times Weekly Dining Guide - Sometimes a person just want to snack on something and drink a couple glasses of wine in a casual yet ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | Sox great Minnie
Minoso passes away - Minnie Minoso, a legendary, longtime baseball player and the first Black player for the Chicago White Sox, died unexpectedly on ...
Author: Ross Forman, Windy City Times | | | Chicago House pleases
with 'The Tease' - Chicago House presented its second annual burlesque event, The Tease, with two showings Feb. 28 at Moonlight Studios. Producers Keith ... | | | Gay Games 9:
Financial success
and lasting memories - Gay Games 9—the multi-day, multi-event LGBT sports spectacular, held last summer in Cleveland and Akron, Ohio—was a monster financial success ...
Author: Ross Forman, Windy City Times | | | VIEWS: MOMBIAN
Equity in the
doctor's office - A news story has been circulating about a Michigan pediatrician who, "after much prayer," refused to care for a newborn ...
Author: Dana Rudolph | | | VIEWS Gay or not,
polo harms horses - It was with extreme disappointment, but not surprise, that I learned that there is a Gay Polo League operating in ...
Author: Chris Murphy | | | SCOTCH bowling tourney
grows in second year - The 2nd annual SCOTCH—that's short for, Second City Open Tournament Chicago—bowling tournament has expanded by about 10 percent, and participates ...
Author: Ross Forman, Windy City Times | | | Employee-resource
group holds social - On Feb. 24, Egalite ( pronounced Eh-gah-lee-tay ) Chicago held a social at The Point to benefit The Center on ...
Author: Vern Hester | | | With Hip Chick Farms,
dinner is served - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - If you haven't eaten chicken fingers from Hip Chick Farms yet, chances are you will soon. The company, which was ...
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