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Randy Rainbow brings his Pink Glasses Tour to The Chicago Theatre TOMORROW! Friday, October 22. Don’t miss out. Get tickets here: https://bit.ly/3iG6OC3
Randy Rainbow brings his Pink Glasses Tour to The Chicago Theatre TOMORROW! Friday, October 22. Don’t miss out. Get tickets here: https://bit.ly/3iG6OC3
Local business gives historic Edgewater storefront new life with holiday pop-up
Windy City Times News - Oct. 20, 2021 - Chicago, IL - The iconic former Granville Pictures storefront at 6200 Broadway in Edgewater is getting a second life with a holiday pop-up from local business City Grange. For nearly 90 years
Reeling Chicago LGBTQ International Film Fest names winners
Windy City Times News - CHICAGO, Illinois — The 39th Reeling: Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival today announced the winning films from its 2021 program, which included 33 feature films and 54 short films curated in nine programs. This year's submissions
Out of the Shadows, Into the Streets, LGBTQ Representation in the Media panel Nov. 4
Windy City Times News - In recent years LGBTQ+ people have increasingly seen representations of themselves, celebrations of their lives and stories, and coverage of LGBTQ+ issues across media channels. This has led to a worldwide rise in understanding, cultural acceptance,
Lyric Opera presenting Florencia en el Amazonas Nov. 13-28
Windy City Times News - During Nov. 13-28, Lyric Opera of Chicago will run the company premiere of Florencia en el Amazonas the first Spanish-language work to be presented as part of Lyric's mainstage opera season. There will be evening performances on
Chicago Bulls win season opener
Windy City Times News - On Oct. 20, the Chicago Bulls defeated the Detroit Pistons 94-88 in the Motor City to win the team's first season opener since 2016, according to NBA.com. It's also the first time the team (1-0) has
Celebritie support trans employees in Netflix walkout with video
Windy City Times News - As the Netflix walkout in response to the company's continued support of Dave Chappelle's special The Closer was underway at the streamer's Los Angeles headquarters Oct. 20, a video that includes activists and Netflix talent alike
SAVOR by Andrew Davis: Lure Fishbar
Windy City Times News - Recently, I had a biscuit sandwich in the Gold Coast. The item was very good but I'm not sure it was worth the $11 price tag. This was the same feeling my dining companion and I had after dining at Lure Fishbar,
Black Alphabet returns to host annual film festival in Novemberr
Windy City Times News - The Black Alphabet Film Festival (BAFF) is returning to Chicago after the pandemic forced the organization to cancel last year's event. On Nov. 5-7, BAFF will showcase 21 films and shorts about the Black q***r experience
Alphawood chooses LGBTQ individual to head foundation
Windy City Times News - Alphawood Foundation Chicago announced Chirag G. Badlani as its newest executive director, effective Nov. 8. Badlani succeeds Jim McDonough, who retired this month after leading the foundation since 2012 and who will remain Alphawood's legal counsel
Two more states and DC removed from Chicago's COVID travel advisory
Windy City Times News - The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) removed two states and the District of Columbia from its weekly COVID-19 travel advisory on Oct. 19. The advisory now includes 45 states and two territories following the removal
Gov. Pritzker announces campaign to increase COVID-19 booster rates among older Illinoisans
Windy City Times News - CHICAGO With 1.5 million Illinoisans currently eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination booster shot and millions more set to become eligible in the coming weeks, Gov. JB Pritzker and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
Giordano Dance Chicago returns to the Harris Theatre on Oct. 22 & 23 with a dynamic and joyous program of classic and contemporary jazz works! Lauded as “one of our city’s foremost cultural treasures” by See Chicago Dance, GDC’s performances promise to astound even the most seasoned of dance enthusiasts. https://tinyurl.com/48dv2k7p
Giordano Dance Chicago returns to the Harris Theatre on Oct. 22 & 23 with a dynamic and joyous program of classic and contemporary jazz works! Lauded as “one of our city’s foremost cultural treasures” by See Chicago Dance, GDC’s performances promise to astound even the most seasoned of dance enthusiasts. https://tinyurl.com/48dv2k7p
Portrait series, coming film, 'Still Searching' highlight missing Black women, children
Windy City Times News - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. On Friday, Oct. 22, 2021 from 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m., Damon Lamar Reed, Nicole So Random, and 345 Art Gallery will collaborate to present Still Searching Art Exhibition at 345 Art Gallery in Chicago,
Still Searching Sizzle Reel from Latoya Charisse Flowers on Vimeo
LGBT History Project Tee A. Corinne, Photographer of le***an sexuality
Windy City Times News - Over her decades as a le***an photographer and artist, Tee Corinne said, I'm one of the most obscure famous artists. Famous? Yes. Obscure? Certainly not within artistic circles nor within the q***r art world where she
Equality Illinois celebrates Pritzker for increase in LGBTQ leaders appointed to state boards
Windy City Times News - CHICAGO On October 1, 2021, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker released his 2021 Boards and Commissions Appointment Demographics Report. The bottom line of the report is that a wider cross section of Illinoisans are applying and
Ald. Maria Hadden encourages community to be active participants
Windy City Times News - AIt was Chicago Ald. Maria Hadden's friends who convinced her to run for city council as the 49th Ward's alderperson. Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Hadden moved to Rogers Park 20 years ago after graduating from The
Lightfoot, Chicago to celebrate WNBA champion Chicago Sky Oct. 19 with parade, rally
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Legacy Walk plaques added for Pauli Murray, Matthew Shepard
Windy City Times News - The Legacy Project unveiled two bronze plaques recognizing LGBTQ+ historical figures Pauli Murray and Matthew Shepard on Oct. 16. The plaques, part of Northalsted's half-mile Legacy Walk, recognized Murray and
3Arts awards nearly 1M to women artists, artists of color Deaf, disabled artists
Windy City Times News - CHICAGO, IL (OCTOBER 18, 2021) 3Arts, the Chicago-based nonprofit grantmaking organization, will award Chicago artists with nearly $1 million in unrestricted cash grants during the 14th annual 3Arts Awards, taking place
Billy Masters on David Hernandez and more
Windy City Times News - But we can curl your hair and put lotion on your face at the same time. William Shatner's response to Prince William's criticism of space tourism. Are there any people less likely to be discussing hair than
Colin Powell dies from COVID 19 complications
Windy City Times News - Colin Powell the first Black U.S. secretary of state, whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape the country's foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st died from
Colorado becomes first state to require trans care as essential health-benefit
Windy City Times News - Colorado has become the first state in the country to include transition-related care for transgender people as part of the requirements for essential healthcare in the state, The Washington Blade reported. As part of the change,
Twelfth and final Boystown cover revealed
Windy City Times News - Boystown author Jake Biondi has revealed the cover of the twelfth book of his series while simultaneously sharing that the next installment will be the final one. Boystown: Season Twelve: The Final Season will be released in
News notes from around the nation: Foster parent case, stars speak out, Texas youth, Q***r Eye, HIV
Windy City Times News - Americans United for Separation of Church and State and Lambda Legal, together with the law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), along
News notes from around the world: Plus magazine, The Guardian, Dutch princess, anti-trans ruling
Windy City Times News - The largest circulated HIV publication in the country, Plus, unveiled its 25 Amazing People of the Year, per a press release. Just a few of the individuals are actor Billy Porter; Mandisa Nikita Dukashe: South African
News notes from showbiz: Superman, TheWrap, Oscar Wilde, Billy Porter, Cher, Dragula
Windy City Times News - The ongoing comic Superman: Son of Kal-El, by writer Tom Taylor and artist John Timms, launched in July and saw Jon Kent officially take up the mantle of the Man of Steel now that his father,
Red Stars top KC 2-1 on Fan Appreciation Night
Windy City Times News - On the team's Fan Appreciation Night (Oct. 16) at SeatGeek Stadium, the Chicago Red Stars (10-8-5) defeated Kansas City (3-13-6) 2-1 in NWSL action. The Red Stars scored behind an own-goal from Kansas City's Kristen Edmonds
Wizard World Comic Con returns to Chicago
Windy City Times News - After being canceled last year because of the COVID pandemic, Wizard World Comic Con Chicago returned to Rosemont's Donald E. Stephens Convention Center on Oct. 15-17 and thousands of people attended. People ranging from attendees to vendors
Theater review: This Wide Night
Windy City Times News - Title: This Wide Night. Playwright: Chloe Moss At: Shattered Globe Theatre/Interrobang Theatre Project at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Tickets: $25-$45; SGTheatre.org. Runs through: Nov. 13 The landlord calls
Jury selection in Smollett trial starts Nov. 29
Windy City Times News - The Jussie Smollett saga continues. Almost three years since out actor Jussie Smollett (TV's Empire; the film Alien: Covenant) was allegedly attacked in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood, Cook County Judge James
LGBT History Month: 40s and 50s instant photography gave LGBT people 'Safe-Haven'
Windy City Times News - Two men dressed in drag for a tea party, and two women cuddled up at the beach. Today these might be benign photographs but, in the early 1950s, they were memories shuttered away from public view.
Skys Vandersloot named to All-WNBA Second Team
Windy City Times News - Chicago Sky guard Courtney Vandersloot has been named to the 2021 All-WNBA Second Team, per a team press release. This is the fourth consecutive season and fifth time overall Vandersloot is an All-WNBA honoree. It also
Attorneys general file pro-transgender brief
Windy City Times News - A coalition of 20 attorneys general, including Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and New York counterpart Letitia James, filed an amicus brief in the case of Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools, opposing the plaintiffs' efforts
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AND THEN WE DANCED is "one of the most intimate, devastating and euphoric love stories ever told on screen" (GQ Magazine). After being met with homophobic protests at its premiere in Tblisi, Georgia, AND THEN WE DANCED went on to screen at the prestigious Cannes and Sundance film festivals, winning Sweden's top film award in the process. AND THEN WE DANCED opens this Valentine's Weekend at the historic Music Box Theatre. TICKETS: https://musicboxtheatre.com/films/and-then-we-danced
Madame Mayor’s got moves! Mayor Lightfoot joins Sheila E. and Deborah Cox on stage for a quick number at Northalsted Market Days. We do not own the rights to this music.
MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT is on stage now at Steppenwolf Theatre Company!
13 year-old Grand Marshall (and parade organizer) Molly Pinta at the inaugural Buffalo Grove Pride Parade!
Last week Center on Halsted, Lambda Legal - Midwest Regional Office, Pride Action Tank, Windy City Times, and countless activists and members of the LGBTQ community celebrated Tracy Baim's 35 years in LGBTQ media. We hope you consider making a donation to keep WCT a vibrant and free publication!
Polls are open until 7:00pm, Chicago!
Check out these GORGEOUS production pics from the world premiere of ANNA KARENINA at The Joffrey Ballet. Performances continue through 2/24! Photos by Cheryl Mann. joffrey.org
Check out this AMAZING teaser of THE PRODUCERS now playing at Paramount Theatre!
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Writer Eddie S Pierce Jr. share his powerful story.
Ashley Molin, Associate Director of Behavioral Health at Center on Halsted shares her story
Comedian Casey Dean Steckly Coppess shares his story.
Todd Williams from Center on Halsted shares his story.
We are sharing stories about coming out and living authentically today (National Coming Out Day).
10/11 is National Coming Out Day!
We need a laugh today. Spotted in a Macy’s. Last. Week.
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More folks! #HireTrans
Behind the scenes with #HireTrans!
Here's a cleaner cut of the #HireTrans stream from Monday!
Behind the scenes at #TransHire!
Thousands shut down Lake Shore Drive tonight in Chicago, lots of rainbow flags, bisexual flags, trans protesters, BlackLivesMatter protesters, immigrant justice warriors, and so many more.
Thousands shut down Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, part of nationwide protests against the Trump/Pence election.
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