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Cherkasov to head Illinois Holocaust Museum
Windy City Times News - Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center is proud to announce the appointment of national nonprofit leader Bernard Cherkasov as the Museum's Chief Executive Officer. [Cherkasov is gay and has been a longtime advocate for LGBTQ+ rights.]
AFC's World of Chocolate on Feb. 17
Windy City Times News - After a nearly three-year hiatus, AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC) will host the return of its famed World of Chocolate fundraiser on Friday, Feb. 17, at Union Station, 225 S. Canal St. This event features a menu
Navratilova diagnosed with two types of cancer
Windy City Times News - Out le***an tennis legend Martina Navratilova revealed on Jan. 2 that she has been diagnosed with throat cancer and breast cancer, ESPN reported. In a statement released by her rep, the 18-time Grand Slam singles champion
VIEWPOINT by Nick Patricca: It's The End—again and again and again …
Windy City Times News - Jesus thought the end of the world would occur during his lifetime.* As Jesus hanged dying on the cross, he had to deal with the fact that the world had not ended. Paul thought he understood
News notes from showbiz: Best in theater, TV, film and music; Obama's favorites; 'Glass Onion'
Windy City Times News - Deadline's Broadway critic revealed his picks for the best of 2022. Leopoldstadt topped his list, but other productions included Kimberly Akimbo, Some Like It Hot, Into the Woods, Hangmen, Ain't No Mo', A Strange Loop, Topdog/Underdog,
News notes from around the world: Conversion therapy, Indian school, trans boxers, anti-LGBTQ+ move
Windy City Times News - South Florida Gay News noted that efforts to ban so-called conversion therapy gained a lot of traction around the world in 2022. For example, Canada and France introduced LGBTQ+-inclusive bills to ban conversion therapy for minors
News notes from around the nation: Indiana's 'Don't Say Gay,' drag show, Citi, new LGBTQ+ terms
Windy City Times News - GOP lawmakers in Indiana have said that a proposal to restrict discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools modeled after Florida's Don't Say Gay bill will be drafted in the new year, according to INTO. The
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Gay GOP congressman admits to lying about background
Windy City Times News - Long Island Rep.-elect George Santos a newly elected gay GOP U.S. congressman who defeated an openly gay Democrat in November told The New York Post that he lied on the campaign trail about his education and work experience, the publication
In memoriam LGBTQ community obituaries
Windy City Times News - The LGBTQ community lost many members in 2022, including at least 35 people in incidents of hate violence against individual transgender people and against patrons of the Club Q bar in Colorado. Here are other memorable
2022: Gains made against a backdrop of attacks
Windy City Times News - There was no shortage of dramatic and consequential events to consider as the top stories for the LGBTQ+ community in 2022, and most of those events threaten to spill over into 2023: the Supreme Court's interest
Howard Brown Health staff prepares for January strike
Windy City Times News - Illinois Nursing Association (INA) filed an intent-to-strike notice against the Howard Brown Health medical organization on Dec. 23, after negotiations between the two sides have further strained in recent months.
News notes from around the nattion: Office vandalized, George Santos, HRC official dies at 24, law students
Windy City Times News - Protestors vandalized an openly gay New York City Council member's office and entered his apartment building, The Advocate reported. Erik Bottcher whose district includes Greenwich Village, Chelse and Hell's Kitchen, among
News notes from around the world: Scottish pro-trans law, Ukrainian bill, trans activist, Olympics
Windy City Times News - On Dec. 22, Scotland's parliament approved disputed reforms that make it easier for trans people to change their legal gender, including removing the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria and lowering the minimum age
News notes from showbiz: Janelle Monae, Harvey Guillen, Whitney Houston, 'Drag Race,' Greg Berlanti
Windy City Times News - Janelle Monae has teased a new album, joking that they now has a clone for music who has been hard at work in the studio, NME noted. Monae whose leading part as Helen Brand in the new Glass Onion:
OPINION Remember the youngest victims of anti-LGBTQ discrimination
Windy City Times News - On Dec. 13, the Ohio State Board of Education voted 10-7 in favor of a non-binding resolution opposing proposed changes to the federal government's Title IX protecting LGBTQ+ students. It was just one more blow for
News notes from around the nation: Testifying in D.C., Brittney Griner, marriage law, school policies
Windy City Times News - WARNING: This week's news contains graphic content. Survivors of the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs that killed five people and injured approximately 20 others joined GLAAD and other advocates in providing testimony before the House
News notes from showbiz: Best and worst films, Broadway, Adam Lambert, 'Proud Family,' women's hockey
Windy City Times News - IndieWire revealed its list of the best LGBTQ+ films and TV series of 2022. Just some of the selections included Benediction, Bros, Do Revenge, Fire Island, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Inspection, Los Espookys, P-Valley,
News notes from around the world: Ghana funding, Latvia measure, Russia items, trans princess
Windy City Times News - Some Western governments who pledged to support LGBTQI+ rights have also funded supporters of a controversial bill in Ghana that could introduce harsh sentences for advocating for sexual and gender minorities' rights, CNN reported. In the
Report released on online hate and gender-affirming providers
Windy City Times News - The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC Foundation) has released Online Harassment, Offline Violence: Unchecked Harassment of Gender-Affirming Care Providers and Children's Hospitals on Social Media, and its Offline Violent Consequences.
Outgoing state Rep. Greg Harris teted at Baton retirement party
Windy City Times News - In recognition of his 16-year career in the Illinois House of Representatives, many efforts in public service, not to mention staunch support of the LGBTQ community, state Rep. Greg Harris, who is also the house majority
Life is a Cabaret for James Harkness these days
Windy City Times News - Out performer James Harkness is one of the many performers in Cabaret ZaZou's Luminaire, the latest project from the creative team behind the successful show Teatro ZinZanni. Currently in an open run since Sept. 7, 2022,
With President Biden's signature Respect for Marriage Act is law
Windy City Times News - WASHINGTON The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) the nation's largest le***an, gay, bisexual, transgender and q***r (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization celebrated today as President Biden signed the Respect
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Full WCT PDF: https://issues.chicagoreader.com/pdf/2022/120822-Windy-City-Times.pdf
Windy City Times News - Longtime Chicago activist Donald Bell, a resident of the Town Hall apartments in Lake View who has been especially active in LGBTQ+ senior-related issues is keenly aware of the the significance of intersecting identities. Bell explained,
Pfleger reinstated at St. Sabina after abuse investigation ends
Windy City Times News - On Dec. 10, the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago reinstated activist/St. Sabina leader Father Michael Pfleger following an investigation into abuse allegations against the priest, The Chicago Tribune reported. Pfleger was forced away from the church in
GLAAD post-election poll shows surge of LGBTQ+ voters in midterm elections
Windy City Times News - (New York, NY, TBD) GLAAD, the world's largest le***an, gay, bisexual, transgender, and q***r (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is releasing the findings of its 2022 post midterm election poll of
Memorial set for Charlotte Newfeld
Windy City Times News - Memorial set for Charlotte Newfeld Memorial services for LGBTQ+ community ally and Lakeview activist Charlotte Newfeld will be Tuesday, Jan. 24 at Ann Sather's on Belmont, from 6-8 p.m. Newfeld died Nov. 17 due to natural causes. She
Greg Harris outgoing state rep and majority leader discusses historic terms
Windy City Times News - In November 2021, Illinois House Democratic Majority Leader Greg Harris announced that he would not run for another term bringing an end to a historic era. Harris was first elected in 2006, succeeding former Rep. Larry McKeon,
Art and Pep film documents accomplishments by and love between Chicago activists
Windy City Times News - While giving a speech at a party early in the new documentary Art and Pep, activist and Sidetrack co-owner Arthur Johnston says, The only ones we gay people can rely on is each other. Art and
Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame and Imperial Court Holiday Social
Windy City Times News - Charlie's Chicago, 3726 N. Broadway, Chicago 60613, will hold a Holiday Social for the Imperial Windy City Court of the Prairie State Empire as a fundraiser for the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame on Friday, Dec.
Respect for Marriage Act passage important step but not equity says LGBTQIA+/ally Catholic group
Windy City Times News - Dec. 8, 2022. DignityUSA, the nation's foremost organization of Catholics working for justice, equality, and full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people in our church and society, is pleased that both houses of Congress have now passed the
Chicago LGBTQ activists respond to 3033 Creative SCOTUS case
Windy City Times News - In response to opening arguments being heard in the United States Supreme Court case 303 Creative, LLC v. Elenis, activists from Affinity Community Services, Chicago for Abortion Rights, National Organization for Women and the Gay Liberation
Congress passes Respect for Marriage Act, sends to President Biden for signature
Windy City Times News - (New York, NY - December 8, 2022) GLAAD, the world's largest le***an, gay, bisexual, transgender and q***r (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act in the U.S.
Brittney Griner released, national groups respond
Windy City Times News - GLAAD: GLAAD the world's largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, is responding to news that Brittney Griner has been released from prison in Russia. President Biden tweeted with photos of an elated President Biden, Vice President Harris
The new Chicago Reader is out! Great content in news and culture. Plus, it’s the quarterly Windy City Times insert, with special features on caregiving and aging. Direct link to the issue PDF:https://issues.chicagoreader.com/pdf/2022/120822-small.pdf … Direct link to the separate Windy City Times insert PDF:https://issues.chicagoreader.com/pdf/2022/120822-Windy-City-Times.pdf (also included in the full issue PDF, starting on page 57)
Annual STRUT event shines spotlight on World AIDS Day
Windy City Times News - On the evening of Nov. 4, the annual STRUT fashion show celebrated its 13th edition at Joe's on W**d St. As in the past, STRUT shined its spotlight on up-and-coming young fashion designers while raising funds for
Howard Brown Health set to lay off 15 percent of the staff, union members respond
Windy City Times News - Just two months after Howard Brown Health (HBH) leadership and non-nurse employees represented by the Illinois Nurses Association (INA) finalized a three-year union contract, the nonprofit has announced that about
PRCC-VIDA/SIDA event marks World AIDS Day with Vigil and Baton show
Windy City Times News - On Dec. 1, the Puerto Rican Community Center (PRCC) and Vida/SIDA celebrated World AIDS Day with a candlelight vigil in the afternoon and a commemorative show at The Baton Show Lounge in the evening. The earlier
Santa Speedo Run returns with plenty of holiday cheer
Windy City Times News - The 11th annual Santa Speedo Run took place at Sidetrack Video Bar Dec. 3. The event, a fundraiser for Center on Halsted, has grown exponentially year after year and has managed to take on a life
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