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|  | Windy City Times Election Guide, candidate interviews and printable chart - PRINTABLE CHART ONLY For the printable chart only, please follow the link: . INTERVIEWS AND ELECTION NEWS For all candidate ...  | | | HRC urges Congress to pass FAMILY Act - The Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) called on Congress to advance the FAMILY Act—a measure the organization called critically ... | | | Patricia Nell Warren, author of first gay novel on NYT Best Seller List, dies - LOS ANGELES - Patricia Nell Warren, age 82, died on Saturday February 9th at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa ... | | | PASSAGES Writer Patricia Nell Warren dies at 82 - Best-selling novelist Patricia Nell Warren has died at 82, several outlets reported. Warren's 1974 novel, The Front Runner, told the ... | | | Women rule Grammys - It may have been a man ( Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover ) who won for Song and Record of ... | | | Canadian serial killer gets life sentence - Canadian serial killer Bruce McArthur, 67, received a life sentence for murdering eight men—some of them close friends, BBC.com reported. ... | | | Committee passes inclusive curriculum bill - The Illinois House Education School Curriculum Committee has passed the Inclusive Curriculum Bill ( SB 3249 and HB 5596 )—legislation ... | | | Equality Illinois PAC endorses Lori Lightfoot for Mayor of Chicago - The Equality Illinois PAC has endorsed Lori Lightfoot for Chicago mayor. The PAC is the only statewide political action committee ... |
| | DePaul U. College of Law to hold summit, panels on combating sex trafficking - CHICAGO — The state of affairs of sex trafficking in the city of Chicago and what can be done to ... | | | Howard Brown annual meeting March 21 - Howard Brown Health is inviting staff, patients and community supporters to its annual meeting, to be held Thursday, March 21, ... | | | Equality Illinois PAC endorses Lori Lightfoot for Mayor of Chicago - The Equality Illinois PAC has endorsed Lori Lightfoot for Chicago mayor. The PAC is the only statewide political action committee ... | | | Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Support Trans Military Service, Groups Respond - ( Washington, D.C., Feb. 7, 2019 ) — Earlier today, in a joint and bipartisan effort, the Senate and the ... | | | Committee passes inclusive curriculum bill - The Illinois House Education School Curriculum Committee has passed the Inclusive Curriculum Bill ( SB 3249 and HB 5596 )—legislation ... | | | Black Lesbian Archives Chicago Tour 2019 at Gerber/Hart Feb. 23 - Maekdo Productions' Black Lesbian Archives Chicago Tour 2019 opening event will take place Saturday, Feb. 23, 6-9:30 p.m., at Gerber/Hart ... | | | Clarence Darrow Commemoration, two events March 13 - The Clarence Darrow Commemorative Committee will hold the annual wreath-tossing and symposium commemorating Darrow on the 81st anniversary of Darrow's ... | | | New Network of Black HIV Policy Advocates Tackle HIV in Black Communities in the South - Dallas, Texas - Today, the Southern Black Policy & Advocacy Network, a non-profit focused on improving health outcomes and reducing ... | | | DNC on Trump's Promise to Help Discriminate Against LGBTQ Families - Today, President Trump vowed to "always protect our country's long and proud tradition of faith-based adoption" and praised a Michigan ... | | | Canadian serial killer gets life sentence - Canadian serial killer Bruce McArthur, 67, received a life sentence for murdering eight men—some of them close friends, BBC.com reported. ... | | | PASSAGES Brian Patrick Donegan, Air Force veteran - Brian Patrick Donegan—a U.S. Air Force veteran and much-loved dog-walker and house sitter who was a native of Algonquin—passed away ... | | | Trans military item to be heard Feb. 19 - A public hearing involving a resolution about President Trump's anti-transgender military ban is slated to go before the Cook County ... | | | ELECTIONS 2019, MAYOR Willie Wilson talks 10-point plan, Ed Burke and more - Willie Wilson was a Chicago mayoral candidate in 2015 and a U.S. presidential candidate in 2016. He was born in ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | ELECTIONS 2019, MAYOR. Amara Enyia on innovation and equity for Chicago - "What I would want 40 years from now is for 2019 to be a watershed moment in the city where ...
Author: Angelique Smith | | | ELECTIONS 2019, MAYOR. Paul Vallas on background, minimum wage, LGBT issues - Paul Vallas ran as a 2002 Democratic gubernatorial candidate and was the 2014 Lieutenant Governor candidate alongside then Democratic incumbent ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | ELECTIONS 2019, MAYOR. La Shawn Ford on Marshall Plan, LGBT issues - With a focus on fighting poverty, La Shawn Ford hopes to become the next mayor of Chicago. When he spoke ...
Author: Tim Peacock | | | ELECTIONS 2019, MAYOR. Bob Fioretti seeks to be an LGBT ally in City Hall - In a recent interview, former 2nd Ward Ald. Robert "Bob" Fioretti told Windy City Times he wants to be "an ... | | | PASSAGES Joseph 'Patrick' Miska - On Dec. 9, 2018, San Francisco resident Joseph "Patrick" Miska passed away unexpectedly in Chicago, The Bay Area Reporter noted. ... | | | Film on Chicago trans woman running Feb. 19 - The ACLU of Illinois, Pride Action Tank and the Transformative Justice Law Project are hosting a special screening of Chicago ... | | | At DuSable, Black LGBTQ leaders talk HIV/AIDS awareness - Bringing awareness and creating conversations is just one of the many ways individuals from Black communities can change the way ...
Author: Ashley Collins | | | Library foundation president named - The Chicago Public Library Foundation ( CPLF ) announced that Brenda Langstraat is its new president. Langstraat comes to the ... | | | 'FACES: Out and Proud' debuting March 1 - The Center on Halsted is presenting "FACES: Out & Proud," an exhibition of the fine art photographs by Chicagoan Chuck ... | | | Business workshop held on being an ally of trans, GNC people - Andersonville Chamber of Commerce ( ACC ), Praxis Group and Upswing Advocates hosted "Being a Stronger Ally: Trans and GNC ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | Gay Van Dyke juror talks ex-officer's sentencing - Will Harpest—a gay man who this past fall sat on the jury that convicted Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Chicagoan among Pedro Zamora scholarship honorees - Karlo Manzo-Arroyo, a freshman at the University of Illinois in Chicago, is among 10 undergraduate students nationally who have been ... | | | PASSAGES Writer Patricia Nell Warren dies at 82 - Best-selling novelist Patricia Nell Warren has died at 82, several outlets reported. Warren's 1974 novel, The Front Runner, told the ... | | | Congressional resolution for open trans military service put forward, groups comment - WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Joe Kennedy III ( D-MA,4 ) led efforts for a resolution opposing President Trump's ban on ... | | |
ELECTIONS 2019, 48TH WARD. Ald. Harry Osterman shares ward priorities - Harry Osterman has been alderman for the 48th Ward since 2011, serving parts of Andersonville, Uptown and Edgewater. For 11 ...
Author: Angelique Smith | | | ELECTIONS 2019, Alderman, 48th Ward. David Earl Williams III challenges incumbent - David Earl Williams III was born in Evanston and grew up in Uptown, attending Senn High School in the 48th ...
Author: Angelique Smith | | | Patricia Nell Warren, author of first gay novel on NYT Best Seller List, dies - LOS ANGELES - Patricia Nell Warren, age 82, died on Saturday February 9th at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa ... | | | ELECTIONS 2019, 49TH WARD. Joe Moore talks LGBT
issues, ethics reforms - Joe Moore has been the 49th Ward alderman since 1991. His ward is among the most economically, culturally and racially ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | ELECTIONS 2019, 40TH WARD. Andre Vasquez on why running, LGBT issues - The son of Guatemalan immigrants, Andre Vasquez was born and raised in Chicago and is currently an AT&T area manager ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | ELECTIONS 2019, 35TH WARD. Ramirez-Rosa seeks second term, promotes economic reform - Seeking a second term serving Chicago's 35th Ward, Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa offered Windy City Times a bold vision for the ...
Author: Tim Peacock | | | HRC urges Congress to pass FAMILY Act - The Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) called on Congress to advance the FAMILY Act—a measure the organization called critically ... | | | NATIONAL Trans military ban, Black icons, Edie Windsor, trans art exhibit - A high-ranking officer in the California National Guard said that the group will not comply with Donald Trump's transgender military ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | WORLD Alan Turing, Mexico murder, 'Boy Erased' - The late Brit Alan Turing—known as the father of the modern computer—was recently named the greatest person of the 20th ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | LETTER Miscarriages of justice - Dear Editor: The lenient sentencing of Jason Van Dyke for his murder of LaQuan McDonald calls to mind the White ... | | | THE AMAZON TRAIL How to celebrate Valentine's Day - Valentine's Day is one of those do-it-yourself celebrations. There are no parades or feasts or family gatherings. When I was ...
Author: Lee Lynch | | | ELECTIONS 2019, 33RD WARD. Lesbian alderperson Deb Mell talks feats, LGBT issues - Deb Mell has been the 33rd Ward alderman since 2013 and previously served in the Illinois General Assembly as a ...
Author: Carrie Maxwell, Windy City Times | | | CFW announces 'Talk It Out' series - Chicago Foundation for Women ( CFW ) announced the fourth annual Talk It Out—a week-long conversation series designed to spark ... | | | ELECTIONS 2019 Guide to the LGBTs - This year's mayoral/aldermanic elections featured a record number of openly LGBT candidates thorughout Illinois. From those races, several of those ... | | | 10 questions with Vic: Ashlee Marie Preston - Ashlee Marie Preston is an award-winning Media Personality, Producer and Civil Rights Activist. She is historically the first trans woman ...
Author: Vic Gerami | | | Windy City Times Election Guide, candidate interviews and printable chart - PRINTABLE CHART ONLY For the printable chart only, please follow the link: . INTERVIEWS AND ELECTION NEWS For all candidate ... | | | ELECTIONS 2019, MAYOR. Gery Chico on LGBT issues, policing, Ald. Ed Burke - Gery Chico is a lawyer who is aiming to be Chicago's next mayor. He is a former Chicago Park District ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | ELECTIONS 2019, MAYOR. Susana Mendoza on accusations, LGBT platform - Illinois state Comptroller Susana Mendoza is among the many individuals aiming to be Chicago's next mayor. Her supporters say she ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | Daley discusses his mayoral run - Attorney and administrative official William Daley has a last name that, for many Chicagoans, instantly brings to mind the word ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | ELECTION 2019, 47th WARD. Angie Maloney on hopes for aldermanic post - Educator Angie Maloney, who is one of several openly LGBT candidates running in the Feb. 26 citywide elections, hopes to ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | ELECTIONS 2019, 44TH. Tom Tunney on accomplishments, LGBT issues, Wrigley Field - Tom Tunney has been alderman of Chicago's 44th Ward—which includes Lake View—for more than 15 years, and was the first ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | ELECTIONS 2019, 44TH WARD. Austin Baidas on challenging Tunney for council seat - Lake View Austin Baidas is attempting to do something few have tried over the past 15 years: unseat Tom Tunney ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | Bird-Martinez vies for 31st Ward City Council spot - Openly gay automotive software designer Colin Bird-Martinez is currently running to represent the 31st Ward in the Feb. 26 citywide ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | ELECTIONS 2019, 50th WARD. Rowlas competes for city council seat - Openly gay retired educator Andrew Rowlas is running in the Feb. 26 citywide elections to replace longtime Ald. Debra Silverstein ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | ELECTIONS 2019, MAYOR. Lori Lightfoot talks LGBTQ policy, police accountability - by Tim Peacock - Standing out in a crowd of qualified competitors can be difficult, but openly lesbian mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot is up ... |
| | TELEVISION Who is John Presloid? Gay Jeopardy! champ makes waves - Telegenic research assistant John Presloid opened eyes last month when he appeared on the game show Jeopardy!—and won $94,200 in ... | | |
'Evan Hansen' digital lottery announced - Broadway In Chicago and the people behind Dear Evan Hansen have announced there will be a digital lottery held for ... | | | Alan Menken to perform March 30 - Legendary songwriter Alan Menken comes to Chicago for "A Whole New World of Alan Menken"—a one-night-only performance at the historic ... | | | Lipstick & Lyrics: Band Together, live-singing drag show takes up songs of protest - CHICAGO, February 7, 2019 — Chicago's largest live-singing drag show returns with Lipstick & Lyrics: Band Together featuring songs of ... | | | A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - Playwright: Book by Robert L. Freedman, music by Steven Lutvak, lyrics by Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak. At: Porchlight ...
Author: Mary Shen Barnidge | | | Chicago Theatre Week February 7 - 17 - Chicago — Tickets for Chicago Theatre Week ( #CTW19 ), an annual celebration of the rich tradition of theatre-going in ... | | | Chicago floral designer discusses Grammys role - One decade ago, Chicago-based horticulturalist/landscaper Tu Bloom heeded the advice of a mentor: Never be afraid to ask for something, ...
Author: Matt Simonette | | | Pride Films and Plays offers Buyer & Cellar, comedy of life in Streisand's basement - Pride Films and Plays will mount Jonathan Tolin's one-man play BUYER & CELLAR in the Broadway Theater of the Pride ... | | | Afterglow opening at Pride Arts Center March 27
- Chicago, IL - Casting for the Chicago Premiere of AFTERGLOW, an off-Broadway hit from 2017 exploring the emotional, intellectual, and ... | | | Auto Show humming along, runs through Feb.18
- The Chicago Auto Show will take place through Feb. 18 at McCormick Place, 2301 S. Lake Shore Dr. North America's ... | | | Women rule Grammys - It may have been a man ( Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover ) who won for Song and Record of ... | | | Cider Summit at Navy Pier benefits Heartland Alliance - Part of a tour that takes place throughout the United States, Cider Summit took place Feb. 9 in Navy Pier's ... | | | THEATER REVIEW Pipeline - Playwright: Dominique Morisseau At: Victory Gardens Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave.. Tickets: $27-60; VictoryGardens.org . Runs through: March 3 Thinking ...
Author: Lauren Emily Whalen | | | THEATER REVIEW A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder - Playwright: Book by Robert L. Freedman, music by Steven Lutvak, lyrics by Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak At: Porchlight ...
Author: Mary Shen Barnidge | | | Critics' Picks - A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Porchlight Music Theatre at the Ruth Page Auditorium, through March 16. A score ... | | | SPOTLIGHT on Underscore Theatre's Chicago Musical Theatre Festival - Is the next Hamilton lurking in Chicago? Stranger things have happened. Underscore Theatre's ambitious 5th Annual Chicago Musical Theatre Festival ... | | | NUNN ON ONE, MUSIC. John Cameron Mitchell bringing 'Hedwig'-inspired songs - Two-time Tony winner John Cameron Mitchell is bringing moments of Hedwig and the Angry Inch back to life for Chicago ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | The Jeff Awards to present panel on Latinx Theater
- February 12, 2019, Chicago, IL - The Jeff Awards meeting on Monday, February 18, 2019 at the Greenhouse Theater will ... | | | Nederlander Theatre lights marquee - Broadway In Chicago's newly named James M. Nederlander Theatre recently lit its marquee for the first time. The venue, at ... | | | SHOWBIZ Troye Sivan, 'Perfectionists,' Janelle Monae, Oprah - SHOWBIZ Troye Sivan, 'Perfectionists,' Janelle Monae, Oprah COMPILED BY ANDREW DAVIS Troye Sivan candidly discussed the correlation between his sexuality ...
Author: Andrew Davis, Windy City Times | | | Trans art show launches Feb. 14 - Chicago Therapy Collective is presenting the exhibit "Trans Art Is: Love & Liberation." An opening ceremony will take place at ... | | | Gender pay-gap admission at MCA - On Saturday, Feb. 23, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 220 E. Chicago Ave., will open "Laurie Simmons: Big Camera/Little ... | | | Duncan receives arts academy award - On Feb. 9, longtime choreographer/teacher Randy Duncan was honored with The Chicago Academy for the Arts Faculty Legacy Award during ... | | |
NUNN ON ONE, MUSIC. Donna Missal talks tattoos, Valentine's Day - Singer Donna Missal comes from a long line of songwriters in her family. Her career began in 2013 with writing ...
Author: Jerry Nunn, Windy City Times | | | CONCERT REVIEW Cher entertains in United Center show - The United Center was packed Feb. 8 for Cher's show, filled to the rafters with the LGBT community, drunk middle-aged ... | | | Billy Masters - "I don't know why. I just ... I always feel like I know him. I mean, maybe I have a ...
Author: Billy Masters | | | The Baton Show Lounge at 50 - Over the past fifty years, the Baton Show Lounge helped to set a new standard for female impersonation; heightening the ...
Author: Owen Keehnen | | | THEATER REVIEW Fulfillment Center - Playwright: Abe Koogler At: A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells St. Tickets: $30-40; ARedOrchidTheatre.org. Runs through: March 24 ...
Author: Lauren Emily Whalen | | | 'Chicago Magic Lounge: A Family Show' Feb. 16 - "Chicago Magic Lounge: A Family Show" will take place Saturday, Feb. 16, 2:30-4:30 p.m. at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. ... | | | Before Stonewall, The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community restoration out in June - ( February 14, 2019 ) — First Run Features is proud to announce the theatrical re-release of the legendary documentary ... |
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