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AIDS: HIV advocacy groups launch new online resource HIVHealthReform.org - A leading group of HIV advocacy organizations announce the launch of a new Website to serve as the go-to source ...  |
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AIDS Phill Wilson stays focused on fighting AIDS - Over the last three decades, Chicago native Phill Wilson has firmly established himself as one of the country's most outspoken ...  |
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AIDS: Mike Barnes: Overcoming heartache - He rarely cries anymore, despite decades of personal and professional pain and heartache, combined with many, many deaths. Mike Barnes ...  |
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AIDS: 'Patient Zero' discussed at history association panel - A panel of historians set to work deconstructing the "Patient Zero" myth Jan. 7, as the American Historical Association ( ...  |
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AIDS: 100,000 homes campaign in Chicago enjoys success - Chicago's single most vulnerable woman—HIV-positive, alcoholic mother of seven, homeless for many years—now has a home. This holiday season, she ...  |
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AIDS: History panel looks at healthcare and identity issues - The American Historical Association ( AHA ) 's Committee on LGBT History continued its conference programming Jan. 7 with a ...  |
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Lawsuit challenges Springfield's pro-civil union vote - News posted Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 - The Civil Rights Agenda (TCRA) announced that a reporter has filed suit against the City of Springfield over a recent ...  |
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Residents furious at North Side ward remap meeting - News posted Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 - More than 400 people packed into a room at DePaul University Jan. 11 to voice their concerns over the ward ...  |
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Canada DoJ triggers marriage scare - News posted Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 - The Canadian Department of Justice told a court in Ontario this week that a lesbian couple from the United States ...  |
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van der Sloot sentenced for killing reported lesbian - Posted Jan. 13, 2012 - Joran van der Sloot was sentenced Jan. 13 to 28 years in a Peruvian prison for the 2010 murder of ...  |
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Worldwide LGBT march announces Chicago leader - News update posted Jan. 17, 2012 - The committee coordinating a "Worldwide" LGBT march has announced a lead Chicago organizer. Noa Shayden, 23, a rising activist in ...  |
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U.S. District Court releases transcript of hearing in case challenging constitutionality of DOMA - From a news release, posted Jan. 17, 2012 - ( San Francisco, CA, January 17, 2012 ) -- The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ...  |
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Rep. Kelly Cassidy calls public safety meeting to quell violence - Posted Jan. 12, 2012 - CHICAGO— State Representative Kelly Cassidy ( D-Chicago ) is convening a special meeting of her Public Safety Community Advisory Committee ...  |
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Trial for immigration activists continued - Posted Jan. 13, 2012 - Six youth immigration activists, arrested while protesting an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) Secure Communities public hearing, ...  |
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Okla. state rep wants DADT for Nat'l Guard troops - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Oklahoma state Rep. Mike Reynolds has introduced a bill that would effectively reinstate "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" for the state's ...  |
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President Barack Obama returns to Chicago - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times, posted Jan. 12, 2012 - President Barack Obama returned to his hometown of Chicago Jan. 11 to raise re-election campaign funds. He spoke at three ...  |
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Statement by Washington United for Marriage on the introduction of Marriage Equality in the legislature - SB 6239 would allow same-sex civil marriage, while protecting religious freedom - From a News Release OLYMPIA — Washington United for Marriage, a broad statewide coalition of organizations, congregations, unions and business ...  |
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Dr. Martin Luther King Day proclamation signed by the President - From a news release, The White House, Office of the Press Secretary - January 13, 2012 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., FEDERAL HOLIDAY, 2012 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A ...  |
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Marilyn Urso, HBHC MACS "mother," dies - News posted Jan. 17, 2012 - Marilyn C. Urso, a "second mother" to many HIV-positive Chicagoans through her nursing at Howard Brown Health Center (HBHBC), died ...  |
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Queer Rising protests Cuomo on budget for homeless youth, four arrested - From a news release, posted Jan. 17, 2012 - Hours after New York State Governor Cuomo released his 2012 budget proposal — which neglected to add a single penny ...  |
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Marriage equality: A busy 2012 - Proactive efforts got underway this month to establish marriage equality in at least three more states. Democratic leaders in the ...  |
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Transgender controversy with Girl Scout troops - Girl Scout cookies have already caused a firestorm long before the first Thin Mints, Samoas or Peanut Butter Patties have ...  |
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Huntsman drops out - GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman dropped out of the race Jan. 16, and called for peace within his political party. ...  |
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Proposed protest ordinance worries LGBT activists - Anti-war activists have berated Mayor Rahm Emanuel in past weeks for his proposed Pride/protest ordinance rewrites, which they say will ...  |
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Vida/SIDA to open youth shelter in March - Posted Jan. 13, 2012 - Humboldt Park-based LGBT and AIDS service organization Vida/SIDA has finalized plans to open its much-anticipated LGBTQ homeless youth shelter, El ...  |
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Gay attorney receives MLK award - An openly gay attorney is the recipient of this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award in Elgin. John Dalton, ...  |
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Gubin's reception at Sidetrack - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The campaign of Judge Deborah Jean Gubin for Circuit Court of Cook County held a fundraiser Jan. 11 at the ...  |
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Gay Calif. student commits suicide; why Suze Orman can't vote for a Republican president - NATIONAL ROUNDUP: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Another gay California student has taken his life. According to the Huffington Post, 18-year-old Jeffrey Fehr hanged himself Jan. 1 ...  |
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Store's specialty: transgender women - The yellow-brick boutique across from the Arlington Heights Village Hall was the talk of the town when it set up ...  |
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Religious leaders cry bigotry - A group of nearly 40 conservative religious leaders released an open letter Jan. 12 that seeks to reframe the battle ...  |
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Local activists: Anti-gay Catholic remarks signal national desperation - Just days after Chicago's Catholic Cardinal Francis George apologized for comparing the Pride Parade to a Ku Klux Klan gathering, ...  |
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MLK Day reflection for LGBTQ justice in the Black church - VIEWPOINTS - Monday was MLK Day. I am proud to count myself among the many people working for social justice today who ...  |
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Kelly Cassidy fundraiser Jan. 18; Gingrich-Jones to attend - State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-14th Dist., will hold a fundraiser Wed., Jan. 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the home of Brad ...  |
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LGBT advocates launch national strategy for black gay youth - Posted Jan. 16, 2012 - In conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a group of national LGBT activists has launched the National Strategy for ...  |
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LGBTQ historians reveal survey results at confab - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The LGBTQ historian task force open forum took place at the 126th annual meeting of the American Historical Association (AHA), ...  |
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The pleasures and perils of LGBTQ history - AHA CONFERENCE - As part of the American History Association's recent conference in Chicago, a great deal of discussion was devoted to the ...  |
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LGBT academics on bringing history to communities - AHA CONFERENCE Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The struggle to get LGBT history into classrooms may have had at least one adverse consequence, according to historians- that ...  |
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Historians talk Southern lesbians and respectability - AHA CONFERENCE Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The debate about whether LGBT people should aim to be seen as "respectable" by mainstream society may seem like a ...  |
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Malaysian official cleared of sodomy charges; artist of homoerotic work attacked -World news: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Former Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was cleared of sodomy charges after the validity of DNA evidence was questioned, ...  |
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CHM hosts queer teacher mixer - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The Queer Teacher Mixer group held a gathering at the Chicago History Museum recently, and guests had a chance to ...  |
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Earl P. Fisher Jr. - PASSAGES - Earl P. Fisher Jr., an attorney, passed away after a brief illness Dec. 25, 2011. He was 56. A native ...  |
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Bill Ortleb - PASSAGES - Bill Ortleb, a longtime Chicago resident, died Dec. 18, 2011. He was 53. Ortleb moved to Chicago from Bloomington, Ill., ...  |
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Kevin Evans - PASSAGES - Kevin Evans—a longtime Chicagoan and well-known poet, musician and artist—died Jan. 13 after a battle with non-alcohol related liver disease. ...  |
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Chicago History Museum explores intersections of race, sexuality, and feminism -From a news release - CHICAGO, IL- January 12, 2012— This February for African American history month, the Chicago History Museum's Out in Chicago exhibit ...  |
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Suit questions Springfield's pro-civil unions vote - The Civil Rights Agenda (TCRA) announced that a reporter has filed suit against the City of Springfield over a recent ...  |
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Roe v. Wade anniversary celebration Jan. 24 - Planned Parenthood Illinois Action (PPIA) will celebrate the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that ...  |
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The marrying kind - LETTER - Dear Editor: As Windy City Times recently reported, a number of North Side state legislators are collaborating with LGBT- and ...  |
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Reality show has former gay-porn star; James Franco to portray Mapplethorpe -Entertainment news: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - When Bravo launches the reality-TV show Million Dollar Listing: New York, it will feature a former gay-porn star. According to ...  |
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Kathie Bergquist gives Chicago queer literature a stage - BOOKS - Chicago may be America's "Second City" but for Kathie Bergquist, editor of Windy City Queer; LGBTQ Dispatches from the Third ...  |
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Rosie O'Donnell to moderate Q&A at You've Been Trumped screening at Gene Siskel Center - From a news release, posted Jan. 17, 2012 - Chicago--This Friday, January 20, at 8:15 pm, the Gene Siskel Film Center will present the Chicago premiere of You've Been ...  |
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Gay baker makes great impression - DISH Weekly Dining Guide in Windy City Times - Sean Whittington got his first true taste of cooking while attending Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences. He chose food ...  |
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Book spotlights gender inequality in Cambodia - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Cambodian citizens, women especially, are taught not to question. Critical thinking skills in school are overshadowed by emphasis on rote ...  |
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Gay promoter on past demons, Janice Dickinson - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Paul Anderson is no longer under the spotlight of TV lights. His 15 minutes of media fame has, for the ...  |
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NUNN ON ONE: TV Suze Orman on her new show, civil unions and more - Famous financial advisor Susan "Suze" Orman was born on the South Side in Chicago, and then studied at the University ...  |
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Knight at the Movies: Dirty Girl; Extremely Loud...; Pina; Coriolanus; film note - Juno Temple, a young British spitfire with an angelic face and sassy manner, certainly made her mark in queer cinema ...  |
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Man Boobs: Play tackles body image, sex and identity - Winter Theater Special - A gym-built body and ripped abs ("cum gutters" in porn parlance) can make some gay men fizzy with lust, but ...  |
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Patti LuPone: A Memoir by Patti LuPone, with Digby Diehl - BOOK REVIEW - When you were 4 years old, you were already an expert. Okay, so you were an expert at play, but ...  |
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LGBT winter theater preview - In the Windy City Times' Fall Theater Preview I noted a distinct absence of LGBT-themed fare, but I predicted that ...  |
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Frank DeCaro dishes on 'Dead Celebrity Cookbook' - NUNN ON ONE: BOOKS - Comedian, writer and XM Radio personality Frank DeCaro has it all rolled up into one. He has appeared on the ...  |
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Getting 'Dirty' with writer/director Abe Sylvia - MOVIES - Out writer-director Abe Sylvia spent close to seven and a half years getting his debut feature, Dirty Girl, made and ...  |
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Come Fly Away - THEATER REVIEW Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Playwright: Conceived and choreographed by Twyla Tharp. At: Bank of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St. Tickets: 800-775-2000; http://www.BroadwayinChicago.com; $32-$95. ...  |
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Titanic - Playwright: Christopher Durang. At: Cock & Bull Theatre at Athenaeum Theatre, 2136 N. Southport Ave. Phone: 773-935-6860; $12-$17.50. Web: http://www.CockandBullTheatre.org. ...  |
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Blowing hot and cold: Theater for a Chicago winter - WINTER THEATER SPECIAL - What a winter this is turning out to be! Can there be any excuse for not going out see a ...  |
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The Ghost Is Here - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Kobo Abe, translated by Donald Keene. At: Vitalist Theatre of Chicago at the Storefront, 66 E. Randolph Dr. Phone: ...  |
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Blizzard '67 - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Jon Steinhagen. At: Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago Ave. Phone: 312-633-0630 or http://www.chicagodramatists.org; $32. Runs through: Feb. 12 If ...  |
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SPOTLIGHT - eta Creative Arts Foundation commences a trilogy of plays focusing on reclaiming communities with Jackie Alexander's drama The Legend of ...  |
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Come Fly Away - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Conceived and choreographed by Twyla Tharp. At: Bank of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St. Tickets: 800-775-2000; http://www.BroadwayinChicago.com; $32-$95. ...  |
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CRITICS' PICKS - Elizabeth Rex, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, through Jan. 22. Last week for this well-acted, splendidly designed costume drama in which Gloriana—Elizabeth ...  |
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'Come Fly' with dancer Julius Anthony Rubio - WINTER THEATER SPECIAL - The song "Come Fly with Me" was written for Frank Sinatra back in 1957. Who knew all these years later ...  |
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Young Playwrights Festival through Jan. 29 - Pegasus Players will hold its 25th Annual Young Playwrights Festival—a professional production of winning one-act plays written by Chicago teenagers—at ...  |
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'Junk in the Trunk' burlesque Jan. 21 - Vaudezilla Productions will present "Junk in the Trunk: A Naughty Nostalgia Burlesque" Saturday, Jan. 21, at 10:30 p.m. at Stage ...  |
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'Color Purple' at GSU Feb. 8 - The Governors State University Center for Performing Arts, 1 University Pkwy., University Park, will host a production of the Broadway ...  |
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'Hunger' at Lifeline Theatre Feb. 12 - Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N. Glenwwod Ave., is presenting a world-premiere adaptation of Elise Blackwell's Hunger, by Lifeline Theatre ensemble member ...  |
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'Enron' at Timeline Jan. 27-April 15 - TimeLine Theatre Company—recently named one of the nation's top 10 emerging professional theatres by the American Theatre Wing, the founder ...  |
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Mary-Arrchie to run 'Superior Donuts' - Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. will open Superior Donuts, by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts, Thursday, Feb., 16 at 8 p.m. Performances ...  |
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Winter dance preview - The weather outside may be chilly, but temperatures are bound to rise indoors if you catch performances by any one ...  |
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Chicago half-day guided bus tours include "LGBT Chicago" - Chicago Neighborhood Tours offers new excursions, including "Pubs & Micro-breweries," "The Great Chicago Fire" - From a News Release CHICAGO (January 13, 2012) — The city's 77 distinct communities come alive on Chicago Neighborhood Tours, ...  |
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ABC cuts "Work It" - From a news release - Los Angeles, CA, January 14, 2012 - Today ABC announced that the series "Work It" has been cancelled after two ...  |
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Always...Patsy Cline to open - From a Theatre at the Center press release - Munster, IN — The hugely popular musical play about legendary country singer Patsy Cline and her most devoted fan, Always...Patsy ...  |
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AIDS: 'Pizza and Policy' Jan. 23 at AFC - Pizza and Policy—a roundtable-styled event that will focus on the latest HIV/AIDS policy and national and statewide politics—will take place ...  |
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Dining news - —Pennsylvania-based Bookbinder Specialties recently added four new flavors to its line of gourmet, ready-to-serve soups packaged in 15 oz., resealable ...  |
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Ecuador: Welcome to the jungle - TRAVEL - The Republic of Ecuador lies in South America, bordered by Colombia with the Pacific Ocean to its west. The word ...  |
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Making financial resolutions? Look back at last year - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Phillip Sitar is a financial advisor for Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., 307 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1818. He can be ...  |
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AChurch4Me on the move - From a news release Jan. 16, 2012 - Chicago- The members and friends of aChurch4Me MCC are pleased to announce that they will be moving to a new ...  |
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T in the Life - Preferred pronoun ( s ) : No pronouns/neutral pronouns; they pronouns, ze pronouns Identifies as: Many things depending on the ...  |
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A Gay in the Life: Registered nurse Brandy Hatcher - Knowing she is a registered nurse, many of her Chicago Force teammates often ask Brandy Hatcher for a sponge bath. ... 
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