Windy City Times

06/05/2026

City officials and local advocates gathered June 2 for Bridging Community Voices and Legal Advocacy, a Pride month forum examining the current LGBTQ+-rights landscape and effective advocacy strategies supporting meaningful, community-driven change. The discussion took place at the downtown Chicago h...

06/05/2026

Trump didn’t drop his $1.8 billion slush fund because of political backlash. Worshipped by the nation’s lowest IQ foot soldiers and propped up by tax-and-regulation-averse donors no matter his crimes, Trump doesn’t care about the midterms because he doesn’t have to. If his suppression effort...

06/05/2026

PASSAGES Anthony Galloway. Read more in comment.

06/05/2026

Longtime LGBTQ+ advocates/activists Evette Cardona and Mona Noriega are among this year’s Chicago Pride Parade Community Grand Marshals. Cardona and Noriega were chosen alongside author, Press Forward Chicago Executive Director and Windy City Times Co-Founder/Owner Tracy Baim and the Alliance of I...

06/04/2026

Important update: Tomorrow's candlelight vigil is moving indoors to the Center on Halsted—still happening at 7:30 p.m.

Same time. Same speakers. Just indoors.

06/03/2026

I don’t have the bonafides of a true cheesemonger, but I do fancy myself as sort of a minor cheese expert. I come from a small town in southwest Wisconsin, whose high school sports team was known as the Cheesemakers. I know enough to accurately guess how long a cheddar has been aged for, and […]

06/03/2026

June is Pride Month for LGBTQ+ communities nationwide—and parades abound. As we all rev up each June for Pride, so, too, do the fault lines of race, gender identities, class and more. This Pride Month also serves as a reminder that the struggle for LGBTQ+ civil rights is far from over, particularl...

06/03/2026

Howard Brown Health CEO Dr. Travis Gayles warned that proposed federal health funding cuts could undermine HIV prevention efforts and healthcare access for many LGBTQ+ Chicagoans.

Howard Brown Health CEO Travis Gayles, MD, said proposed federal health funding cuts could undermine healthcare access, HIV prevention efforts and other services that many LGBTQ+ Chicagoans rely on. Gayles said healthcare providers are operating under “uncertainty, confusion and chaos” as federa...

06/02/2026

For Logan Square native Robert Castillo, the Pride Flag ceremony is a reminder that LGBTQ+ people have long been part of the neighborhood's fabric, even if it wasn't always recognized as a q***r destination.

“When I was growing up, everybody said that Lake View was the gay area,” Castillo said. “Welcome to Logan Square, baby.”

Read more: https://windycitytimes.com/2026/06/02/logan-square-kicks-off-pride-month-with-reminder-lgbtq-communities-exist-everywhere/

06/02/2026

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – The Illinois General Assembly has passed legislation that supports patients’ access to prescription hormone therapy by requiring insurance policies to cover up to a six-month supply. HB 5492 is the initiative of Equality Illinois, Planned Parenthood Great Rivers Action, and P...