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|  | U.S. Supreme Court to rule on marriage - The U.S. Supreme Court may rule once and for all if the constitutional guarantee of equal protection under the law ...  | | | Legislation banning conversion therapy in Illinois is reintroduced - Equality Illinois announced Jan. 20 that it was launching an initiative to promote passage of a bill banning anti-gay conversion ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Immigration and
LGBTQs: Immigrants
tell their stories - Part two - On July 4, 2012 at 11 in the morning, 25 U.S. military service members met President Barack Obama at the ...
Author: Gretchen Rachel Hammond | | | Supreme Court: The nagging question behind Friday's announcement - There is at least one small nagging question looming over the happy news Friday that the U.S. Supreme Court will ...
Author: Lisa Keen, Keen News Service | | | Gay Catholics differ with Pope's remark on gay marriage - From a press release - "DignityUSA is disturbed and disappointed by Pope Francis' remarks in the Philippines referring to support for same-sex marriage as 'ideological ... | | | Palm Center to Pres Obama: Address trans military ban in State of the Union - From a press release - SAN FRANCISCO, CA — On the eve of next week's State of the Union speech, Aaron Belkin, Director of the ... | | | Bisexual Organizing Project announces 2015 Board of Directors - From a press release - Minneapolis, MN, USA Bisexual Organizing Project ( BOP ) held its annual meeting and board elections on Sunday January 11, ... | | | Community responds to Rauner's nomination of Meeks as ISBE Chair - From a press release - The Illinois Safe Schools Alliance has joined with other groups in opposing the nomination of Reverend James Meeks to lead ... | | | Obama includes LGBTs in State of the Union - From the White House - The following are the remarks from President Obama as prepared for delivery Jan, 20, 2015. He included gay, lesbian, bisexual ... | | | World news: Marriage in Vietnam; speedskater; Irish pol comes out - Gay-rights advocates in Vietnam are celebrating after the government repealed a nationwide ban on same-sex marriage, but there's a catch: ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | Chamber of
commerce looks
to year ahead - Members of the Chicago Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce ( CAGLCC ) gathered for their first 2015 meeting ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Equality Illinois
introduces 'Growing
Your Family' series - Equality Illinois ( EQIL ) introduced a new talk series, Growing Your Family: A Guide for Prospective LGBT Adoptive Parents, ...
Author: Lauren E. Childers | | | Upcoming: Mr. Chicago Leather; Cornel West; Her HRC event - Mr. Chicago Leather 2015 this weekend The official competition to choose Mr. Chicago Leather ( MCL ) 2015 will ... | | | Chicago City Council prohibits police profiling of trans* people - By a unanimous vote January 21, the Chicago City Council approved the expansion of an existing city ordinance prohibiting police ...
Author: Gretchen Rachel Hammond | | | IGLHRC, MADRE on alleged executions for sodomy by ISIS in Iraq - From a press release - The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission ( IGLHRC ) and MADRE, the global women's rights group, condemn the ... | | | Area church reaffirms
commitment to
LGBT leadership
- Special to the online edition of Windy City Times by Patrick Erwin - When Rev. Scott Talbot Lewis began his ministry recently at Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation ( UTUUC ) in Oak ... | | | Local LGBT branch of Mensa to relaunch - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - After nine years of dormancy, Chicago's LGBT Mensa group is in the process of reactivating with a new name—the LGBT ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | VIEWS Martin Luther
King Jr.'s
expansive dream
- Martin Luther King Jr.'s actual birthday is Jan. 15, and I believe if MLK were alive today he would be ...
Author: Rev. Irene Monroe | | | EI to honor TransLife; Out at CHM presents Transmopolitan - Equality Illinois to honor TransLife Project The TransLife Center of Chicago House is the recipient of the 2015 Equality Illinois ... | | | Pope speaks against
same-sex marriage - Speaking in the Philippines, Pope Francis made one of his strongest calls as pope against movements to recognize same-sex unions ... | | | Study: Bisexual women face poorer mental health - Bisexual women experience poorer mental health than lesbians and both were worse off than heterosexual women in England and Wales, ...
Author: Bob Roehr | | |
National roundup: Pol backs Leelah; GLSEN's week; gay Nikon ad - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - In Cincinnati, Ohio, the city's first openly gay councilman is offering his support to youth who are struggling with being ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times |
| | 'The Imitation Game' gets multiple Oscar nods - The Imitation Game—a movie about the life of the late gay British codebreaker Alan Turing—received eight Academy Award nominations when ... | | | 'On the Red Carpet'
Feb. 22 at Park West - Center on Halsted will hold its annual "On the Red Carpet" Academy Awards party Sunday, Feb. 22, at the Park ... | | | Jesse Tyler's project; Streisand's honor; an offer to Bieber - Entertainment news: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Jesse Tyler Ferguson's Tie The Knot bowtie collection has released three limited-edition items inspired by Ira Sachs' movie Love Is ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | Theater Spotlight and Critics' Picks - The percussive dance revue STOMP has been playing off-Broadway since 1994 and wowing the world through a series of international ... | | | THEATER REVIEW
Edith Can Shoot
Things and Hit Them - Playwright: A. Rey Pamatmat. At: First Floor Theater at the Flatiron Arts Center, 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave. Tickets: 312-857-6406; ; ...
Author: Mary Shen Barnidge | | | Obama part of new edition of Rustin's writings - Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin - Barack Obama and Barney Frank add their words of wisdom to the new edition of Bayard Rustin's Time on Two ...
Author: Lauren E. Childers | | | Jennifer Hudson
'Turns It Up' at
Chicago event - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Partnering with singer Jennifer Hudson and the Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ), the W Chicago Lakeshore Hotel, 644 N. ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | THEATER REVIEW A Map of Virtue - Playwright: Erin Courtney. At: Cor Theatre at Rivendell, 5779 N. Ridge Ave. Tickets: 866-811-4111; ; $25. Runs through: Feb. 14 ...
Author: Jonathan Abarbanel, Windy City Times | | | THEATER REVIEW
Keys of the Kingdom - Playwright: Penny Penniston. At: Stage Left at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Tickets: 773-975-8150; ; $20-$32. Runs through: Feb. ...
Author: Mary Shen Barnidge | | | WINTER THEATER SPECIAL Risk and resurrection:
Theater classics, revivals - Plays drawn from the repertoire of Western drama are usually dismissed as "safe options" for theaters—what could be more reliable, ...
Author: Mary Shen Barnidge | | | THEATER REVIEW
The Book of
Merman - Book and Score: Leo Schwartz. At: Pride Films and Plays at Mary's Attic, 5400 N. Clark St. Tickets: 800-838-3006 or ...
Author: Scott C. Morgan, Windy City Times | | | Upcoming events: Art and performance - Sosa exhibit at Nat'l Museum of Mexican Art UNICEF, the AIDS Foundation of Chicago and the National Museum of Mexican ... | | | Billy Masters - "I'm not playing the race card. I'm playing the rice card."—Margaret Cho Tweets a response to people who felt her ...
Author: Billy Masters | | | Beck Kramer shines
with sci-fi Web comic - Beck Kramer created a comic to submit for an anthology from LGBTQ writers and artists, yet her work was not ...
Author: Ross Forman, Windy City Times | | | MOVIES
Queer couple addresses
Alzheimer's in 'Still Alice' - By Gary M. Kramer - In Still Alice—writer/directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland's beautiful, intelligent adaptation of Lisa Genova's novel—Alice ( Julianne Moore ) is ...
Author: GayWheels.com | | | WINTER THEATER SPECIAL Winter premieres: Something new - It's a new year with another 800 or so productions, the typical annual total of plays, revues, musicals, one-person shows, ...
Author: Jonathan Abarbanel, Windy City Times | | | WINTER DANCE SPECIAL
Plenty of dance to
heat up the winter - Winter took a while to officially land in Chicago; the dance scene, on the other hand, has yet to take ...
Author: Lauren Warnecke | | | Theater news: Upcoming events - Dead Writers mark 'A Wilde Affair' Dead Writers Theatre Collective announces its 2015 season "A Wilde Affair," focusing on the ... | | | WINTER THEATER SPECIAL
LGBTQ theater has plenty to offer - If you're looking for theater that explores LGBTQ issues, then you're in lots of luck this winter. Gender non-conformity, bullying ...
Author: Scott C. Morgan, Windy City Times | | | OUTMusic Awards
ceremony postponed - The OUTMusic Awards event—which honors LGBTQA artists, and which were supposed to be held Jan. 19—has been postponed. "Due to ... | | | BOOK REVIEW
Soldier of Change - The phone call began another very long day. It arrived approximately 10 seconds after you walked to your desk—the first ...
Author: Terri Schlichenmeyer | | | NUNN ON ONE: MUSIC
Singer performs
'Wright' from the heart - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Dylan Wright is an up-and-coming queer singer/songwriter based in Chicago. His sound is a mixture of folk and acoustic, with ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | DINING
'Dinner Party' kicks off fourth year
- "The Dinner Party with Elysabeth Alfano," held at City Winery, kicked off its fourth year Jan. 12 with a pre-event ... | | | BENT NIGHTS
Homo for the Holidays;
Glitter Creeps;
Laura Ann Grace - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - For those already stuck in the funk of January 2015 ( new semester, spent Christmas cash, broken Christmas toys, used ...
Author: HESTER |
| | In the Life: Charles Bonanno - Charles Bonanno, known to most as simply Charlie, formerly was the part-owner of a chain salon here in Chicago. "I ...
Author: Ross Forman, Windy City Times | | | Thousand Waves Martial Arts and Self-Defense Center celebrates 30 years - From a press release - Thousand Waves Martial Arts and Self-Defense Center kicks off a year of events marking the 30th anniversary of its founding ... | | | Sugar & Spice: Osteria Langhe - An Italian newcomer in an easy-to-miss Armitage Avenue space in Logan Square has made quite a splash on the Chicago ...
Author: Meghan Streit | | | Dining news: Red Dress Party funder; American Junkie sold - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - —Several restaurants will take part Thursday, Jan. 29, 6-10 p.m., in a fundraising project for the Chicago Red Dress Party. ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | Forum looks back at
a lesbian love triangle - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Anya Jabour, Ph.D. visited University of Chicago's Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality ( CSGS ) to present ...
Author: Melissa Wasserman | | | Briefs: Entertainment and news - 'Imitation Game' gets multiple Oscar nods The Imitation Game—a movie about the life of the late gay British codebreaker Alan ... | | | BOOK REVIEW
The Tolerance Trap - By Suzanna Danuta Walters $14.87; New York University Press; 316 pages Tolerance is a good thing, right? How could ...
Author: Sally Parsons | | | Aon devotes various
resources to diversity - 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 | | | Longtime banker
hooked on triathlons - Bernard T. Bartilad has participated in the Chicago Triathlon every year since 2006, including this past summer, when he competed ...
Author: Ross Forman, Windy City Times | | | Show lets attendees see the world in one venue - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Wild animals descended upon Rosemont, Illinois, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center over the weekend of Jan. 17-18. The ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | Man makes impression as a nude model - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - As a freshman at the University of Michigan, Roger Billhardt saw flyers on campus for various clubs, organizations, and more. ...
Author: Ross Forman, Windy City Times | | | Performance series highlights youth, seniors, LGBTQ isolation - From a press release - Many in the LGBTQ community are or have at one point experienced loneliness or isolation because of how they identify. ... |
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