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12/01/2025

On Dec. 1, World AIDS Day, tune in for a 30-minute panel sponsored by Gilead Sciences featuring three Choose U ambassadors who will share real stories of resilience, empowerment, and life with HIV.

Learn more about HIV at ChooseUHIV.com. Talk to your doctor today about an HIV treatment that's right for you for the long term.


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12/01/2025

Most recognizable for her portrayal of seasoned triple-threat Ivy Lynn in NBC’s musical drama Smash, Tony nominee Megan Hilty has consistently been recognized as a dynamic performer. Hilty is currently playing the role of Madeline Ashton in the hit Broadway musical Death Becomes Her, earning a Ton...

Today is World AIDS Day, which is a time to honor those we’ve lost, support people living with HIV and recommit to endin...
12/01/2025

Today is World AIDS Day, which is a time to honor those we’ve lost, support people living with HIV and recommit to ending the epidemic.

Across Chicago, community groups, clinics and advocates are hosting events to raise awareness, expand access to care and bring people together in remembrance and action.

Explore our roundup of World AIDS Day events in this week’s Chicago Social Butterflies newsletter:
https://loom.ly/rUK9tQ4

On Dec. 1, World AIDS Day, tune in for a 30-minute panel sponsored by Gilead Sciences featuring three Choose U ambassado...
12/01/2025

On Dec. 1, World AIDS Day, tune in for a 30-minute panel sponsored by Gilead Sciences featuring three Choose U ambassadors who will share real stories of resilience, empowerment, and life with HIV.

Learn more about HIV at ChooseUHIV.com. Talk to your doctor today about an HIV treatment that's right for you for the long term.

12/01/2025

—Large and in charge: Avli Winnetka, the original location of founding partner Louie Alexakis’ modern Greek restaurant group, is undergoing a significant expansion and revamp in downtown Winnetka. The new Avli will debut in December. The project will extend the restaurant to occupy 50% of The ...

11/28/2025

LGBTQ+ P***y Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova’s exhibition POLICE STATE will run at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art through Nov. 30. For the activation, Tolokonnikova has converted the Edlis Neeson Theater into a makeshift prison cell. Monitored in constant, all-seeing surveillance, the ...

11/26/2025

The New York theater season is bustling with new shows, especially Off-Broadway. November has been particularly busy, as shows open in time for the large holiday season audience. Indeed, Rockefeller Center’s annual Radio City Music Hall holiday spectacular has been up-and-running s...

11/26/2025

Rapornzel, PrideArts’s 2025 holiday ‘panto’ performance, characteristically delves deep into fairy-tale lore and comes back up with a script combining the centuries-old tale of the princess with the famous coif with cheeky references to—in no particular order—BDSM, oral s*x, p***c hair, ma...

11/26/2025

Black transgender social-media influencer Girlalala, 21, was shot to death in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, The Advocate noted. Boyfriend Shanoyd Whyte Jr., 25, was charged with first-degree murder and ordered held without bond. Whyte told Broward County sheriff’s officers that in the car, the two ha...

11/26/2025

NOTE: This week’s column mentions su***de. If you or someone you know needs mental health resources and support, please call, text, or chat with the 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline or visit 988lifeline.org for 24/7 access to free and confidential services. The documentary Stop the Insanity: Finding ...

11/26/2025

NOTE: This week’s column mentions details of a s*xual assault. In Bangladesh, authorities arrested Dhaka University chemistry professor Ershad Halim for allegedly s*xually assaulting male students over an extended period, Erasing 76 Crimes reported. Halim said he was not guilty while in a court he...

11/26/2025

In Illinois, Democratic candidate and Chicago attorney Reed Showalter, an ally of the q***r community, responded to a Christian group’s anti-transgender candidate questionnaire—with glitter, The Advocate noted. Running for the state’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representat...

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