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|  | ELECTIONS 2014 Printable Charts - Printable election charts at the link: . Related stories in this issue: ELECTIONS 2014 Guide to the gays at the ...  | | | Fed judge in KY orders recognition of out of state marriages - A federal judge in Kentucky today ordered the state to recognize marriage licenses obtained by same-sex couples from other states. ...
Author: Lisa Keen, Keen News Service | | | ELECTIONS 2014 Guide to the gays - The next primary elections, to be held March 18, feature a number of openly gay and lesbian candidates. The following ... | | | Crossroads Fund to honor marriage groups, ISSA, Alphawood - The annual Crossroads Fund Seeds of Change benefit will honor Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, Illinois Unites for Marriage Equality, the ... | | | ORAM advises on LGBTI Ugandan refugees
- From an Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration news release - Feb. 27, 2014 ( San Francisco, California ) - Despite international criticism from human rights defenders, governments, and the United ... | | | Planned Parenthood renews global LGBT rights push - From a press release - WASHINGTON, DC—Tewodros Melesse, Director-General of the London-based International Planned Parenthood Federation ( IPPF ), has posted a blog on the ... | | | PASSAGES David A. Cohen, PINK Magazine founder, dies - David A. Cohen, 59, who was the founder and publisher of the LGBT publications the PINK Pages, Pride Magazine, and ... | | | D.C. announces comprehensive coverage for transgender - From a press release - Washington, DC - Today, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray announced that public and private health insurance plans that the D.C. government ... | | | Queer Chicago Rabbi Benay Lappe does TEDx - Rabbi Benay Lappe delivered a TEDx Talk entitled "CRASH! 1-2-3: How to Navigate Inevitable Change" Jan. 28, 2014 at TEDx ... | | | Chicago Police Torture Reparations Ordinance debated - From a news release - More than 110 African American men and women were reportedly tortured by Chicago police officers and forced into giving confessions ... | | | Racial disparities smilar among gay, straight couples
- From a news release - LOS ANGELES — Similar patterns of racial disparities in income and employment exist among individuals in same-sex and different-sex couples, ... | | |
Equality Illinois PAC gathers to support pro-marriage legislators - Officials of Equality Illinois PAC, as well as many of its supporters, gathered at Hubbard Inn, 110 W. Hubbard St., ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | State Dept. issues global rights report - From the U.S. Dept. of State - On February 27, 2014, Secretary Kerry submitted the 2013 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices ( commonly known as the ... | | | LGBTI Ugandans targeted after signing of law - From International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission - ( 28 February 2014—Johannesburg ) Barely one day after President Yoweri Museveni signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law, Ugandan tabloid ... | | | DHS finalizes Prison Rape Elimination Act - From a news release - WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) finalized Prison Rape Elimination Act ( PREA ) regulations ... | | | Torres speaks on Latina lesbian history - Video links below - Lourdes Torres, professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at DePaul University, spoke at the March 1 Lavender University, a ... | | | Very gay Oscars has 'Dallas' wins, Ellen as host - The 86th Academy Awards, which aired March 2 on ABC, could have been the most LGBT-oriented Oscars ever. —Start with ... | | | Gay Oak Park gay trustee says farewell - Video link below - At the end of the March 3 Oak Park Village Board of Trustees meeting, Ray Johnson's resignation from that governing ...
Author: Gretchen Rachel Blickensderfer | | | Arroyo gets LGBTQ endorsement for Cook Co. commissioner - "I'm very proud," said Illinois state Rep. Luis Arroyo. He watched his colleagues alongside young professionals, activists and leaders in ...
Author: Gretchen Rachel Blickensderfer | | | Gay 4th district candidate promises direct involvement - At 26, Jorge Zavala, Jr., is currently the youngest Illinoisan currently running for U.S. Congress. A native of the Logan ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | More than 250 marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples - From the Cook County Clerk's Office - More than 250 marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples Cook County Clerk David Orr's office issued more than 250 marriage ... | | | CDPH looks at past year - Chicago Department of Public Health on March 4 updated partners and community members on its progress in the past year, ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Kentucky AG won't defend state's ban on marriage equality - From an HRC press release - WASHINGTON - Today Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway announced he will not appeal a judge's order to recognize same-sex marriages ... | | | Center on Halsted holds Red Carpet Oscars event - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Supporting the LGBT community, Center on Halsted held its Oscar party once again this year. On March 2 at Park ... | | | Gay men talk about parenting journey - By Jason Carson Wilson - Grayson has two daddies. Proud fathers Rob and Jason Colosi-McCann of Chicago describe Grayson as a typical 2-year-old who runs ... | | | Fundraiser held for Mychal Judge Legacy Walk plaque - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Dignity/Chicago and The Legacy Project held a small party to kick off a drive to raise $5,000 still needed to ... | | | AG Madigan: Other counties can issue marriage licenses
- Attorney General Lisa Madigan said in a March 4 letter to Macon County Clerk Stephen Bean that all Illinois counties ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | ELECTIONS 2014: JUDGES LGBT candidates Rice and Crawley eye the bench - It's been 20 years since Tom Chiola's historic win made him the first openly gay elected official in Illinois, and ...
Author: Kate Sosin, Windy City Times | | | Early voting through Saturday, March 15 - Early voting for the March 18 primary election will be offered through Saturday, March 15. Voters registered in the City ... | | | Religion: What Is It? - Open To Thinking: A recurring column - Religion, for better and for worse, is a fundamental force in all human cultures, including our contemporary 'secular' civilizations, allegedly ...
Author: Nick Patricca | | | Number of extremist groups declines - The number of far-right extremist groups fell significantly in 2013 for the first time in a decade, according to a ... | | | Bass speaks out in Miss.; ex-Miss Kentucky comes out - National roundup: Special to the online version of Windy CIty Times - The Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) is calling on Mississippi lawmakers to reject anti-gay legislation that would allow businesses ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | New Chicago group helps asylum-seekers - The recently launched Chicago LGBT Asylum Support Program ( CLASP ) stands as a source of support and safety for ...
Author: Melissa Wasserman | | | Sidetrack GM Chuck Hyde to leave post
- Longtime Sidetrack General Manager Chuck Hyde will be leaving his post soon. The bar released this statement: "Over the next ...
Author: Tracy Baim, Windy City Times | | | Genetically modified cells may be effective in treating HIV - According to a March 5 White House statement, researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have reported ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | HIV is Not a Crime conference June 2 in Grinnell, Iowa - HIV, LGBT, and social justice groups unite to end HIV criminalization - From a Press Release GRINNELL, IA, March 5, 2014 — The first-ever national HIV is Not a Crime conference ... | | | Wyoming marriage lawsuit filed - ( Cheyenne, WY, March 5, 2014 )—Today, four same-sex couples and Wyoming Equality filed a lawsuit in state court in ... | | | PASSAGES Quentin Elias French model/singer dies at 39 - Quentin Elias, the leader of the popular '90s French boy band Alliage, died in his New York City home of ... | | | Lambda Legal Chicago announces new co-chairs - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Lambda Legal's Chicago Leadership Council ( CLC ) has announced that its newly elected co-chairs are April Callen and Ryan ... | | | Facebook co-founder at Elmhurst on March 6 - Chris Hughes, the openly gay co-founder of Facebook, will be at Elmhurst College's Frick Center Thursday, March 6, at 7 ... | | | Powell's fashion show March 14 at Block 37 - Fashion designer Borris Powell will unveil his new accessories collection at his "Freedom" show on Friday, March 14, at 8:30 ... | | | LETTERS Rise to the hate - Open Letter to LGBT Roman Catholics in the Chicago Archdiocese Cardinal Francis George has stated that married gay couples cannot ... | | | VIEWS Ron Dorfman's impact on journalism - Many of you know Andy Shaw from his long TV reporting career and now his watchdog work at the Better ...
Author: Andy Shaw | | | Cassidy introduces gun-registration measure - State Rep. Kelly Cassidy ( D-Chicago ) has introduced a bill requiring the registration of firearms in the State of ... | | | PASSAGES Renowned plastic surgeon dies unexpectedly - Dr. Rodger Wade Pielet, 52, renowned and respected plastic surgeon, died Jan. 18 due to the effects of a stroke. ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | World news: Uganda fallout; IGLTA scholarships offered - Special to the online edition of Windy City Time - Barely one day after President Yoweri Museveni signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law, Ugandan tabloid newspapers began running articles publishing ...
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| | Columbia students demand diversity in film - There was barely a single open seat remaining in the screening room of Columbia College Chicago's downtown campus. On Feb. ... | | | Steve Grand: New music and a very successful campaign - Openly gay singer Steve Grand made national headlines last year when his video for the song "All American Boy"—which featured ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | Knight Movies: Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me; Grand Piano - It's rather appropriate that Chiemi Karasawa's glorious documentary Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me begins with the legendary "Stritchie" performing a portion ...
Author: Richard Knight, Jr., for Windy City Times | | | Elaine Stritch: Still dancing - The 89-year-old stage and screen legend reveals all in the new film Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me "If somebody doesn't ...
Author: Lawrence Ferber | | | Lorde at Aragon March 18
- New Zealand singer Lorde—who has risen to fame thanks to her single "Royals"—will perform at the Aragon Ballroom, 1106 W. ... | | | Color Purple and Liberace! among Milwaukee Rep shows - From a press release - February 25, 2014 — [Milwaukee] —Artistic Director Mark Clements has announced Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 2014/15 Season. "Next season will offer ... | | | Anita Hill film at River East April 4 - From a press release - An entire country watched transfixed as a poised, beautiful African-American woman in a blue dress sat before a Senate committee ... | | | Gay, HIV-positive filmmaker crowdfunds ambitious movie - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - N. Mabasa-Mathope is a gay, homeless, HIV-positive writer/director/producer from South Africa who was raised as an orphan. Highly educated—he got ...
Author: Terri-Lynne Waldron | | | Matt Gold: Gay Midwestern singer on covers, authenticity - NUNN ON ONE: MUSIC Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Singer Matt Gold released his first album, Drown Before You Swim, in 2012. It ranked him on Amazon.com's Top 20 ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | THEATER REVIEW Golden Boy - Playwright: Clifford Odets. At: Griffin Theatre Company at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Tickets: 773-975-8150 or ; $28-$33. Runs ...
Author: Scott C. Morgan, Windy City Times | | | Billy Masters - "And I have to say, one of the most amazing Liza Minnelli impersonators I've ever seen in my entire life. ...
Author: Billy Masters | | | Spotlight: Heartbeat of Home - The producers of the international hit dance sensation Riverdance are back again with a new revue titled Heartbeat of Home, ... | | | THEATER REVIEW Three Soldiers (for Sisters) - Playwright: Aaron Sawyer. At: Red Theater at the Den, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. Tickets: 773-733-0540; ; $10-$20 . Runs through: ...
Author: Mary Shen Barnidge | | | THEATER REVIEW A Tale of Two Cities - Playwright: adapted by Christopher M. Walsh from the novel by Charles Dickens. At: Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N. Glenwood Ave. Tickets: ...
Author: Mary Shen Barnidge | | | CRITICS' PICKS - Cock, Profiles Theatre, through April 6. No chickens are harmed in this fast-paced, intensely physical and veddy British three-way ( ... | | | THEATER REVIEW Miss Marx - Playwright: Philip Dawkins. At: Strawdog Theatre Company, 3829 N. Broadway. Tickets: 1-866-811-4111; ; $28. Runs through: March 29 I'm always ...
Author: Jonathan Abarbanel, Windy City Times | | | SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT Lesbian playwright on 'Mammoths' task - When New York-based lesbian playwright Madeleine George found out that the old Pratt Museum of Natural History was going to ...
Author: Scott C. Morgan, Windy City Times | | | Gay Play and Musical Contest finalists at Center in May - Chicago, IL — PFP's Gay Play Weekend includes a dynamic musical about a tragedy in gay history, and a historical ... | | | Brahman/i: One-Hijra Stand Up comedy show features Mirza
- From a press release - CHICAGO ( February 26, 2014 ) About Face Theatre and Silk Road Rising are pleased to present the Chicago premiere ... | | | Fans fund gay country star's fundraising in 17 hours - Steve Grand, All-American Boy - From a press release Just yesterday, Steve Grand — whose same-sex music video "All-American Boy" went viral last summer — ... | | | GayCo holds Fives of March, $5-themed fundraiser - From a press release - CHICAGO—-Beware the ides of March, and be generous in the FIVES OF MARCH. That's what Chicago sketch comedy mainstay GayCo ... | | | Gay rapper wows crowd at Empty Bottle - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Out, outspoken and controversial New York rap artist Le1f ( real name: Khalif Diouf ) hit the Empty Bottle Feb. ... | | | Court Theatre presents M. Butterfly May 8-June 8 - Chicago, IL — Court Theatre closes its 2013-2014 season with the Chicago premiere of M. Butterfly written by David Henry ... | | | BENT NIGHTS 'Music Frozen Dancing'; White Mystery - MUSIC: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - As I was walking into the Empty Bottle's "Music Frozen Dancing" event March 1, I couldn't decide if the club ...
Author: Vern Hester | | | BOOK REVIEW I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples... - BENT NIGHTS: BOOKS - By Greg Kot, $19.71; Scribner; 320 pages As one of Chicago's most influential and celebrated figures in music, it ...
Author: Vern Hester | | | Dustin Lance Black at Elmhurst on May 8 - Openly gay and Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black ( Milk ) will be at Elmhurst College's Frick Center Thursday, May ... | | | 'Hannah Free' showing March 21 - The Rainbow Alliance of the Unitarian Church of Evanston ( UCE ), 1330 Ridge Ave., will present Hannah Free on ... | | | CGMC concert March 8 - Chicago Gay Men's Chorus ( CGMC ) will present its second winter cabaret show, "Let's Do It!" March 8 at ... | | | Oprah, Lindsay clash; Travolta on Menzel's name - Entertainment news: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The first trailer for the reality show Lindsay Lohan filmed for Oprah Winfrey's network shows the two stars clashing, according ...
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Sami Grisafe's 'Carousel' video out - "Carousel" is a new music video release by Chicago's Sami Grisafe. Grisafe is an out award winning singer-songwriter and all-star ... |
| | Five-time Olympic champion headlines Open Door event - From a press release - Greg Louganis, widely considered the greatest diver in history, is the featured speaker for New Beginnings, the April 12 fund-raiser ... | | | Women & Children First bookstore March events, honor - Nominated for Publishers Weekly Bookstore of the Year - From a press release Women & Children First has been named one of five finalists for this year's Publishers Weekly ... | | | 'Olympic City' photo exhibit in Loop - Chicago Loop Alliance ( CLA ) is presenting photographers Jon Pack and Gary Hustwit's The Olympic City project as part ... | | | CLLAW on March 8 - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers ( CLLAW ) will be featured at CLLAW XVIII on Saturday, March 8, ... | | | Exhibit incorporates queer thought, feminism - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - #FOLLOWUS, which opened Feb. 28 at the Gray Center Lab, 929 E. 60th St., is presented as a history of ... | | | The fairy gardener: Evolutionary ghosts - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - It may be stretching it a bit to include the concept of "evolutionary ghosts" in a garden column but I ...
Author: Jim Edminster | | | Chocolate-themed event has a jazzy vibe - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - For the ninth year in a row, The French Pastry School hosted "For the Love of Chocolate," a sweet experience ... | | | 'The Tease' tantalizes - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Chicago House raised the bar when it comes to fundraising events with its new event, "The Tease." Created by Keith ... | | | DIFFA issues grants - DIFFA/Chicago ( The Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS ) recently awarded $200,000 in grants to 26 Chicago community service agencies ... | | | CELEBRATIONS Sholl-Burkhart wed - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Longtime couple and LGBT community activists Starla Sholl and Deborah Burkhart were wed March 1, 2014, one week after same-sex ... | | | Gay in the Life: Gregory Hyder - Gregory Hyder was contacted 13 years ago when The Peninsula Chicago Hotel in downtown Chicago was under construction. "I really ...
Author: Ross Forman, Windy City Times | | | Dining news: Caffeinated Club launches; Lent specials - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - —Caffeinated Club—a lightly flavored soda water with caffeine—held its launch Feb. 25 at the Public Hotel, 1301 N. State St. ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | Halsted Vodka moving to statewide launch - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Stoller Wholesale Wine & Spirits, Inc. is distributing Halsted Vodka: The Spirit of the Gay Community. The move is part ... | | | DISH WEEKLY DINING GUIDE: Big & Little's - Big & Little's, a River North burger and po' boy joint, was put on the map after being featured on ...
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