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Updates on Chicago’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community and its allies, and LGBTQIA+ news from around the country.
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Sun-Times columnist and host Ismael Perez was joined by drag performers Jakki Love, Starr Stallion and Allegra Dee Love for this family-friendly storytelling experience.
Chicago Pride Guide
You can enjoy an ocean-themed drag show at the Shedd or mingle at other mixers to kickoff Pride Month in Chicago.
The Shedd kicked off Pride month with an evening event that included an ocean-themed drag show, animal exhibits and music.
You can move through this list to view some key places and events in the city’s LGBTQ+ communities and history.
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‘It used to be you could get denied service if you were gay. Now people are welcome everywhere. No one bats an eye, and she’s responsible for some of that,’ said Ms. Summit’s friend David Boyer.
State Sen. Neil Anderson, R-Andalusia, told lawmakers that he would “beat the living p---” out of any man who walked into a restroom with his daughter. State Senate Majority Leader Kim Lightford said GOP critics “don’t understand that life is evolving.”
Red state busybodies are coming for Maybelline, iconic Chicago brand.
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A nonprofit that was launched to oppose diversity initiatives in medicine has evolved into a significant leader in statehouses to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youths.
Huggins used the slur to refer to Xavier fans on Monday while also denigrating Catholics during an appearance on Cincinnati radio station WLW.
The law will require schools to provide written notification to a child’s parent or guardian if the child asks to be called a different ‘pronoun, title, or word.’
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The Chicago Marathon added a nonbinary division in the fall. So has the London Marathon, which is Sunday.
The main Twitter account of the Chicago Police Department this week liked a tweet by country singer Travis Tritt that is seen as having an anti-LGBTQ message.
The Hawks are the latest NHL team to get in the middle of a controversy around Pride jerseys.
Murphy, Seth Jones and coach Luke Richardson commented Thursday on the Hawks’ organizational decision not to wear Pride jerseys on Pride Night on Sunday.
The Hawks have three players born or with family in Russia, where a law was passed in December banning “gay propaganda.” Conversations with security officials prompted an organizational decision to scrap the jersey plans, sources say.
“Closing our doors is the direct result of the horrific attacks, endless harassment, and unrelenting negative misinformation about our establishment in the last 8 months,” the owner said.
“This may be my most personal thing I ever share and it’s that I’m proudly and happily part of the [LGBTQ+] community,” 23-year-old pitcher Anderson Comas wrote.
Why are trans rights so endlessly agonized over? Illumination comes from an unexpected source.
The Food and Drug Administration released a proposal Friday to do away with the current three-month abstinence requirement for donations from men who have sex with men.
In a letter, Pritzker told the nonprofit College Board that Illinois will reject a revised African American Studies course if it doesn’t include “a factual accounting of history, including the role played by black queer Americans.”
“What saddens me was the amount of hate that surfaced during all of this,” Onesti Entertainment CEO Ron Onesti said.
Lake View theater isn’t commenting on its decision to pull ‘Actors,’ a movie about a male filmmaker who re-identifies as a woman for attention.
The owners of R Public House say a hammer-wielding man yelled gay slurs at patrons and broke a glass door Monday evening. ‘We’re not afraid,’ co-owner Sandra Carter says.
The action comes after 61 union employees were laid off Friday.
Wahl, one of the most well-known soccer writers in the United States, collapsed and died early Saturday while covering the Argentina-Netherlands World Cup match.
A Francis W. Parker School administrator was secretly recorded by an operative with the group Project Veritas posing as a conference attendee.
Supreme Court ruling might open door to businesses closing doors on certain customers.
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is sounding sympathetic to a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples.
The first openly gay owner of a major American sports team seeks to share her experience ‘that other people just don’t have’ following MLB’s recent controversies
By 1984, after graduating with a journalism degree — and being a very out lesbian — I knew mainstream newsrooms were not for me. I was not going back into the closet for my career.
A journalist’s coming-out story in the 1970s. Straight reporters taking on the gay beat. Where are we now?
Stroman announced donations to Brave Space Alliance In Chicago, Hetrick-Martin Institute and The 519 in honor of Pride Month.
Sixteen LGBTQ+-owned and friendly businesses selling baked goods, clothing, candles, scents and jewelry set up booths in Gallagher Way before the Pirates game.
He greeted thousands at the old Ditka’s on Chestnut Street in the Gold Coast.
Pride Month is well underway, with events nearly every day happening around the city. Take a look.
The move came hours before Bass was set to catch a ceremonial first pitch from Toronto LGBTQ+ activist leZlie Lee Kam.
The new law doesn’t criminalize those identifying as LGBTQ, but still prescribes the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” which includes sexual relations involving people infected with HIV.
With more than 99% of votes counted, unofficial results showed Recep Tayyip Erdogan with 52% of the vote, compared with 48% for his challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
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