Windy City Times

08/18/2025

https://windycitytimes.com/2025/08/18/brave-space-alliance-inaugurates-5k-dignity-dash/

On the morning of Aug. 17, Brave Space Alliance kicked off its first Dignity Dash from the AIDS Garden, 3003 N. Lake Shore Dr., along Chicago lakefront. Titled “Running for Our Lives,” the event welcomed over 40 participants who gathered to run, bike, or walk a 5K course, with a goal of raisi...

08/18/2025

By Angelique Smith — “A Whisper of AIDS,” Mary Fisher’s impassioned speech at the 1992 Republican National Convention—in which she revealed her own HIV diagnosis as a heterosexual, married white woman from a prominent political family—is often ranked as one of the best American speeche...

08/18/2025

The new Focus Features film Honey Don’t! is the second part of a lesbian-themed trilogy following last year’s Drive-Away Dolls. Actress Margaret Qualley returns as the muse for director Ethan Coen, who co-wrote the piece with his wife, Tricia Cooke. Cooke identifies as q***r, which is reflected ...

08/18/2025

—Tri, tri again: The Chicago Triathlon By Supertri returns Aug. 23–24 and is on track to be the largest in the event’s history and Supertri’s biggest triathlon yet.There were more than 7,500 participants in 2024, and 2025 registration already has exceeded expectations. Aug. 23 will feature t...

08/16/2025

Non-binary, multitalented performer Kat Cunning is on a mission to take over the world of entertainment with several new projects. Born in Gresham, Oregon, Cunning began dancing at three years old and eventually received a BFA in dance at SUNY Purchase in New York. They made their Broadway debut in....

08/15/2025

On Aug. 1, a joint Catholic funeral was held in Novara, Italy (near Milan), for couple and Barbie-doll designers Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi, who perished together in a car crash—but their personal bond was not acknowledged, according to New Ways Ministry. Despite the public nature of their re...

08/15/2025

Melissa Etheridge & The Indigo Girls bring the Yes We Are Tour to Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park on Sunday, August 17 🌻Tickets are on sale now! Grab your seats for an evening of big hits and even bigger singalongs 🎵

https://www.axs.com/events/776145/melissa-etheridge-and-indigo-girls-yes-we-are-tour-tickets/

08/14/2025

Sunday Sauce—a new short film starring Oscar nominee Cathy Moriarty (Raging Bull)—has been officially selected for the 2025 Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, per a press release. The 14-minute LGBTQ+work, directed by and co-starring Matt Campanella, “takes audiences on a rollercoaste...

08/14/2025

Sniffies came to Market Days with one mission: to cruise. The app—known for its unapologetically sex-positive vibe—made its first appearance at Chicago’s largest street festival in Northalsted this past weekend, teaming up with Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted St., to put cruising culture front and ...

08/14/2025

A case asking the U.S. Supreme Court decision to reverse its 2015 decision striking down state bans on same-sex marriage is not keeping Lambda Legal Senior Counsel Jenny Pizer awake at night. She has two reasons: One, because Congress passed and then-President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage A...

08/14/2025

Spread my ashes around a tree in the Hudson Valley. My mother planned her death carefully—body donated to medical research, final documents in order and she chose when she stopped taking her medication. She told me that she wanted her ashes to be spread around a tree in upstate New York’s Hudson...

08/14/2025

‘Bring Me Some Water,’ Melissa Etheridge to play Millennium Park again
https://windycitytimes.com/2025/08/13/bring-me-some-water-melissa-etheridge-is-playing-in-millennium-park-again/