 |  | President George H.W. Bush dies at 94 - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush—the 41st chief executive of the country, and one of only two individuals to be ...  | | | National Black Justice Coalition on Impact of HIV/AIDS Epidemic on Black communities
- WASHINGTON — In recognition of World AIDS Day on December 1 and to call public attention to the disproportionate impact ... | | | Democrats nominate Pelosi as speaker - On Nov. 28, U.S. House Democrats resoundingly picked current Speaker Nancy Pelosi as their nominee for the same position Pelosi ... | | | Planned Parenthood launches initiative reaffirming reproductive care as standard care - NEW YORK, NY — Today, Planned Parenthood launches "This is Health Care," a national awareness effort aimed at reinforcing that ... | | | Lambda sues for couple blocked from foster parenting, govm't seeks dismissal - ( Washington, DC, Nov. 30, 2018 ) — A federal district court today heard oral argument in the Trump administration's ... | | |
Planned Parenthood Doubles Down on HIV/AIDS Prevention on World AIDS Day - WASHINGTON, DC — Today, on the eve of the 30th annual World AIDS Day, Dr. Leana Wen, president of Planned ... | | | Affinity Community Services plans Burning Bowl 2018, will honor Kim Hunt - Chicago, Illinois- December 3, 2018—Affinity Community Services, is hosting their annual kick-off event, Burning Bowl 2019. The theme this year ... | | | Women & Children First Books plans holiday season events - The holidays have arrived at Chicago's Only Feminist Bookstore. Care for Real Toy Drive Nov. 30 to Dec. 14 Come ... | | | DignityUSA responds to Pope Francis' new book, excluding gay people - Boston, MA, December 3, 2018. DignityUSA, the world's oldest and largest organization of Catholics committed to justice, equality, and full ... | | | Study finds young Black men have higher HIV rates, despite less unsafe sex - A new Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine study says that young Black men who have sex with men ( ... | | | Biden Foundation shares stories of acceptance, rejection by families of LGBTQ youth - Launches "As You Are" story map - WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Biden Foundation today announced it has collected almost 500 stories of family and community acceptance and rejection as ... | | | Vida/SIDA marks 30 years with gala - On Dec. 1, The Puerto Rican Cultural Center-Vida/SIDA celebrated its 30th anniversary and acknowledged World AIDS Day with an anniversary ...
Author: Vern Hester | | | 'Stand Up for Red' marks World AIDS Day - On Nov. 29, Center on Halsted partnered with DIFFA/Chicago to host the second annual Stand Up For Red indoor street ...
Author: John Stadelman | | | Double Door to reopen in Uptown - The nightspot Double Door—which originally closed in 2016 and which hosted acts as varied as Common and the Rolling Stones—will ... | | | 'Santa Speedo Fun Run' on Dec. 8 - The annual Santa Speedo Fun Run will take place Saturday, Dec. 8, at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted St. Sign-in and ... | | | WORLD Chile's pro-trans bill, gay wrestler, Russian courts - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera signed into law a bill that allows transgender people over 14 to legally change their name ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | NATIONAL Gay doctor, PFLAG death, Emma Gonzalez, 'pumping' - NBC News recently profiled Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who the outlet called the "radical gay doctor" behind New York City's declining ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | 'Haunted Christmas' Dec. 7-8 in suburbs - The creators of the 13th Floor Haunted House Chicago, 1940 George St., Melrose Park, will host "Krampus: A Haunted Christmas" ... | | | LETTER A matter of urgency - In recognition of World AIDS Day ( which took place Dec. 1 ) and to call public attention to the ... | | | World AIDS Day 2018 ramblings - I arrived at Naval Station Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, ready and eager to be honorably discharged, on March ...
Author: Joey McDonald | | | Chicago sees fewest new HIV infections in decades - According to Chicago Department of Public Health ( CDPH ), the City of Chicago saw 752 new HIV infections in ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | LGBTQ-inclusive La Casa Norte to open new facility - Sol Flores, like her first name's meaning in Spanish ( which translates into "sun" in English ), lights up when ...
Author: Ariel Parrella-Aureli | | | AFC holds World AIDS Day breakfast talk - AIDS Foundation of Chicago ( AFC ) held a World AIDS Day breakfast event Nov. 30 at AFC headquarters in ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | Buffalo Grove Pride parade, festival on track for June - A Pride parade and festival is scheduled to take place June 2 in Buffalo Grove, the first time such an ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Appellate court denies trans student's injunction motion - An Illinois appellate court ruled Nov. 30 that a trans student's appeal of a trial court's earlier ruling in favor ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Gaylon Alcaraz on new job, activism and campaign lessons - Longtime activist and marathon runner Gaylon Alcaraz has been speaking out on LGBTQ equality, anti-violence initiatives, housing rights, gender equality, ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | Nigerian LGBT activist on his journey and fight for equal rights - Davis Mac-Iyalla has been an LGBT activist in his home country of Nigeria and across West Africa for decades, first ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | Judge says transgender artist's suit can proceed - A federal judge ruled in mid-November that a transgender woman's lawsuit against the City can move forward. Judge Andrea Wood ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | N.Y. center starts Stonewall project - The Center in New York, NY, has launched Stonewall Forever, a project to find, preserve and share the untold stories ... | | | Historians looking for survey participants - Writers/historians Sukie de la Croix and Owen Keehnen are collaborating on an upcoming project, tentatively called "Tell Me About It," ... | | | Chicago braces for long mayoral season - The announcement this past fall that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel would not be seeking another term in the 2019 election ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Asians & Friends holiday party Dec. 16 - On Sunday, Dec. 16, at 5 p.m., LGBTA organization Asians & Friends Chicago will hold its annual holiday party at ... | | | Event focuses on revolutionary Cuban punk-rock band - Nonprofit arts and education group QUEER, ILL AND OKAY brought a neglected component of Cuban history to the mainstage with ...
Author: Ariel Parrella-Aureli | | | World of Chocolate provides dessert for a good cause - Hundreds of community members visited AIDS Foundation of Chicago's ( AFC ) annual World of Chocolate celebration and fundraiser at ...
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| | John Grant weaves 'Magic' spell on fans - Out singer John Grant was born in Michigan, started a band called The Czars in Denver and eventually moved to ... | | | Red Bull festival features LGBT talent - Red Bull Music Festival Chicago presented a late-night music event called Futurehood & Friends at the Wicker Park nightspot Subterranean. ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | The Buttcracker, A Nutcracker Burlesque - Playwright: Scripted by Jaq Seifert and choreographed by Darling Shear At: ( Sub )version Productions at Reggie's Music Joint, 2105 ...
Author: Mary Shen Barnidge | | | HeLa - Playwright: J. Nicole Brooks At: Sideshow Theatre Company at the Greenhouse, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. Tickets: 773-404-7336; GreenhouseTheater.org; $30. Runs ...
Author: Jonathan Abarbanel, Windy City Times | | | A Christmas Carol - By: Tom Creamer At: The Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. Tickets: GoodmanTheatre.org; $25-$119. Runs through: Dec. 30 Charles Dickens' ...
Author: Amelia Orozco | | | SPOTLIGHT on The Book of Merman - The Book of Merman: Merman meets Mormons in the musical tale of Missionaries attempting to "save' the legendary Broadway belter. ... | | | Familiar - Playwright: Danai Gurira At: Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1650 N. Halsted St. Tickets: 312-335-1650; Steppenwolf.org; $20-$109. Runs through: January 13 The ...
Author: Kerry Reid | | | Jane Lynch, Kate Flannery make the yuletide swing - Actresses Jane Lynch and Kate Flannery are teaming up this holiday season and hitting the road. The album—A Swingin' Little ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | Fiction round-up, LGBTQ+ YA fantasy - As winter blows into Chicago—and freezing temperatures with it—the temptation to curl up in front of the fire with a ...
Author: Lauren Emily Whalen | | | She Wants It - By Jill Soloway $27; Pegasus Random House; 241 pages Jill Soloway can tell a story. Celebrity memoirs are a dime ...
Author: Lauren Emily Whalen | | | Steppenwolf to honor Gurira Dec. 10 - Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced that Obie-, Helen Hayes- and NAACP Award-winning actress/playwright Danai Gurira as the honoree at the ... | | | Kahlo works at Glen Ellyn campus in 2020 - College of DuPage, in partnership with the McAninch Arts Center and Cleve Carney Art Gallery, expanded upon the plans to ... | | | Trending ethnic hairstyles for the new year - By Vee L. Harrison - Chicago barber Andrew Martinez goes by "Dreux" behind the chair. He works at Urbane Blades, a barber shop at 948 ... | | | SHOWBIZ 'Handmaid,' Kristen Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Viola Davis - Margaret Atwood is currently writing a sequel to her best-selling dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale, TheWrap.com noted. Due out in ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | Elton John tribute show Dec. 8 - On Saturday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. at the Gallery 1070 Auxillary Building, 1101 W. Granville Ave., the Edgewater Artitsts ... | | | MEASURE FOR MEASURE Yuletide tunes - We don't think any music director would program "Oh, Holy Night" and "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" back-to-back, ...
Author: Jonathan Abarbanel, Windy City Times | | | The Best Party of Our Lives: Stories of Gay Weddings - By Sarah Galvin $18.95; Sasquatch Books; 226 pages Your summer is filling up quickly. It starts with graduations and confirmations. ...
Author: Terri Schlichenmeyer | | | The Revolutionists - Playwright: Lauren M. Gunderson At: Strawdog Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice Ave. Tickets: Strawdog.org 773-644-1380; $35-$40. Runs through: Dec. 29 You ...
Author: Mary Shen Barnidge | | | 'Unicorn Ball' Dec. 15 at The Shapiro - The 2018 Unicorn Ball—Brave Space Alliance's largest annual fundraiser—will take place Saturday, Dec. 15, at 9 p.m.-2 a.m. at The ... | | | 'When Adonis Calls' through Dec. 9 at Pride Arts - Thompson Street Opera Company is collaborating with Pride Films & Plays on the production When Adonis Calls, which will run ... | | |
3Arts announces award winners - Chicago-based nonprofit grantmaking organization 3Arts awarded 20 Chicago artists with unrestricted grants at the 11th annual 3Arts Awards Celebration at ... | | | Billy Masters - "I thought the stain was going to be bigger. Y'know, it was so low. To me, it was probably he ...
Author: Billy Masters | | | Critics' Picks - The Safe House, City Lit Theatre at Edgewater Presbyterian Church, through Dec. 16. The occupants of the title dwelling may ... |
| | SAVOR Conrad's Grill; Swissotel's Santa Suite - DISH Dining Guide - Apparently, students at Michigan State University know how to party—and how to eat after one. The fast-casual restaurant Conrad's Grill ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | 10 Questions by Vic: Greg Louganis - Greg Louganis is the greatest diver in history. In the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Louganis achieved gold medals ...
Author: Vic Gerami | | | DINING Gift drive, Theater on the Lake, 'Charlie Brown' Christmas - —Caffe Umbria, in Logan Square ( 2545 W. Armitage Ave. ) and River North ( 346 N. Clark St. ), ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | SWZLE, part of the reusable straw revolution - GIFT GUIDE EXTRA - Reusable straws have become a central focus in helping to preserve the environment—so much so that banning plastic straws was ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | Pro-LGBTQ sports group looks to increase membership - Just more than four years ago, Chicago's Jake Lenz was searching for other LGBTQ individuals who worked in sports and ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | A Cradle Song, Part Eight - by Mark Zubro; Illustrated by W.S. Reed - A Cradle Song, written by Mark Zubro and illustrated by W.S. Reed, debuts in the Windy City Times as the ... | | | WINDY CITY TIMES HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2018 Part two - Ross examination Diana Ross puts her indelible spin on holiday classics such as "The Christmas Song," "Winter Wonderland" and the ... |
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