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09/24/2026

Q***r Chicago performance artist, director, producer and playwright Scott Bradley died Sept. 8 surrounded by family in Half Moon Bay, California after a brief battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. He was 60. Bradley was born July 27, 1966, in Des Moines, Iowa and spent his ch...

09/24/2026

Christian Mitchell—a former Illinois state representative and deputy governor—is on the statewide election ticket alongside Gov. JB Pritzker in a bid for lieutenant governor, as his running mate seeks a third term. (Outgoing Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton is running for the U.S. Senate.) Mitchell gra...

09/21/2026

Gender(Cool) theory: The GenderCool Gala—featuring the theme “Together We Thrive”—will take place Sept. 24, 5-8 p.m., in Chicago. Organizers promise a magical evening supporting 1) families raising transgender kids and 2) LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion. Early-bird tickets, a VIP reception, and c...

09/20/2026

In the first chapter of My Way of Life, Joan Crawford’s 1971 tome intended (according to its dust jacket) “for every woman who wants to live beautifully and successfully,” Crawford pontificates on the idea of regret. “People are always asking me if there’s anything I regret, or would chang...

09/18/2026

Warning: This column mentions details of violent activities. NATIONAL The Georgia Department of Administrative Services paid $250,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by former Georgia Southern University employee Gemma Skuraton, who said she was fired after opposing decisions affecting LGBTQ+ students, WT...

09/18/2026

Evanston-based LGBTQ+ business owner and executive coach Skip Sams posted an Aug. 10-15, 2026, Gay Men of Integrity Leadership Summit virtual event on his Gay Pride Music Page. He paid $10 on Aug. 5 for this to be ad boosted for one day as a test to see if this would help with engagement numb...

09/17/2026

On Friday, Sept. 18, at 8 p.m. CT, PBS will premiere Joffrey Ballet: The Next Movement, a new documentary produced by Kartemquin Films that follows the winners of the 14th annual Joffrey Ballet’s Grainger Academy of Dance’s Winning Works program. (The program showcases emerging minority choreogr...

Join Ge**er Hart Library and Archives on Sept. 24th at Rockwell on the River, and be a part of their 45 year legacy!  It...
09/17/2026

Join Ge**er Hart Library and Archives on Sept. 24th at Rockwell on the River, and be a part of their 45 year legacy!

It's going to be a night to remember with Emmy Award winner Matthew Rodrigues as host for the evening, and the illustrious Coco Sho-Nell as a special guest. These are just two of the special guests who will make it a night to remember!

Community is the foundation of Ge**er/Hart's work; collecting, preserving, and making accessible LGBTQ+ history and literature in Chicago and the Midwest. We’re thrilled to support their mission and hope to see you at the very first !

💙 Tickets are available through their website at gerberhart.org/sapphiregayla

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09/17/2026

Some mystery plotlines are less straightforward than the ones seen on Murder, She Wrote and Columbo reruns. Amateur sleuths who love solving those more emotionally complex puzzles will find plenty to enjoy with Open Space Arts’ current production of Guillem Clua’s The Swallow. What begins as a s...

09/17/2026

Q***r Black South Shore-based performing artists and married couple Storie Devereaux and Tovi Khali met each other as fellow performing artists about 14 years ago. They discovered they had a shared dream of owning a theater or creative space so they could curate and produce multidisciplinary work. T...

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