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Couples get civil-union licenses - News update posted June 1, 2011 - Dozens of same-sex couples lined up outside the Vital Records office at the Daley Center June 1 as the Cook ...  |
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Civil unions to start - Months following the hard-fought and emotional legislative battle that ultimately resulted in Illinois' new civil-union law being signed into law ... |
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Showdown looming over Tennessee's anti-gay law - Gay legal activists are already working on a legal challenge to a new state law in Tennessee, signed into law ... |
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AIDS: Long road back: Chad Hendry running against HIV - Chad T. Hendry remembers the moment like it was yesterday, one of those where-were-you-when lifetime moments. It was Dec. 30, ... |
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AIDS: Whoopi Goldberg at Chicago House event - Whoopi Goldberg is coming to Chicago for the annual Speaker Series Luncheon, presented by and benefiting Chicago House and Social ... |
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AIDS: Sex and seniors in the city, Forum and film on HIV/AIDS and older gays - A room of more than 75 people broke into cheers when Hope Barrett, Center on Halsted senior director of public ... |
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AIDS warrior: Chicagoan Keith Green - As the HIV/AIDS epidemic carries into the second decade of the 21st century, Keith Green has emerged as a strong ... |
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AIDS: 45,000 walkers raise $6.2 million at New York AIDS Walk - The 26th annual AIDS Walk New York (AWNY) drew a massive crowd of 45,000 participants to Central Park May 15. ... |
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AIDS: HIV treatment stops transmission - International research led by the National Institutes on Health ( NIH ) now has strong evidence that HIV treatment helps ... |
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State legislature refutes latest anti-gay attempt - News update posted Thursday, May 26, 2011 - The most recent attempt to exempt religiously affiliated child welfare agencies from providing adoption and foster-care services to gay couples ... |
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Catholic Charities in Rockford drops adoptions - Based on a news release, posted May 26, 2011 - Catholic Charities in Rockford announced May 26 that it will end its adoption and foster services, according to The Civil ... |
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Anti-gays rally for 'traditional marriage' in the Loop - News update posted Friday, May 27, 2011 - "What do we want? EQUAL RIGHTS! When do we want them? NOW!" Imagine that chant from a group of more ... |
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Local activist Thayer arrested again in Moscow during Pride event - News update posted Saturday, May 28, 2011 - Gay Liberation Network ( GLN ) co-founder Andy Thayer is among several people who have been arrested for participating in ... |
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Diocese stops adoption, foster services in wake of anti-bias law - News update posted Sunday, May 29, 2011 - The Rockford diocese announced that it would halt state-funded adoption and foster-care services at Catholic Charities rather than comply with ... |
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Obama issues LGBT pride month proclamation - From a News Release, May 31, 2011 - THE WHITE HOUSE, LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2011 A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ... |
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Moscow flouts Euro Court ruling, arrests 32 at Moscow Pride, - Undeterred by the April ruling from the European Court of Human Rights that banning Moscow Pride is illegal in multiple ... |
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New group aims to instill Latino pride - United Latino Pride will be holding a weeklong event June 5-12 to celebrate "who we are and who we love," ... |
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Vital Bridges to merge with Heartland Alliance - News update posted Wed., June 1, 2011 - Vital Bridges clients will soon have access to a range of new services. The 23-year-old AIDS service agency will merge ... |
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Servicemembers United Statement on the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act - Hunter, Akin DADT and DOMA Amendments Called "A Waste of Time" - FROM A NEWS RELEASE Posted May 27, 2011 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Servicemembers United, the nation's largest organization of gay and ... |
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Open Letter from Andy Thayer - Posted May 31, 2011 - Moscow Pride 2011: A Response to the Obama Administration's Statement by Andy Thayer, Gay Liberation Network (Chicago), participant in Moscow ... |
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Transgender report presented at Center - Quantifiable proof of injustice against transgender and gender non-conforming individuals now exists in the form of a new national study. ... |
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LGBT Chicagoans host Obama events - Posted May 29, 2011 - Two events were staged in Chicago May 25 as benefits and outreach events for the President Barack Obama 2012 re-election ... |
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NCLR marks 34th anniversary - SAN FRANCISCO—Minutes after the Honorable Donna Hitchens accepted the Founder's Award here at the 34th Anniversary Celebration, held May 21, ... |
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Organizations discuss civil-union nuts and bolts - Debated, negotiated, compromised and tabled—but civil unions are now a reality for same-sex couples in Illinois. Effective June 1, same-sex ... |
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Emanuel comments on civil-union event for 30 couples - From a news release, posted May 26, 2011 - In celebration of the first day of civil-union ceremonies in Illinois, the City of Chicago Commissionon Human Relations' Advisory Council ... |
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IL Department of Insurance publishes civil unions guidance - Civil Union law provides new insurance benefits, protections with civil unions - FROM AN IL DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE NEWS RELEASE, posted May 26, 2011 CHICAGO—May 26, 2011. The Illinois Department of Insurance ... |
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Rev. Eddie Long settles with accusers - News update posted Thursday, May 26, 2011 - Megachurch leader Bishop Eddie Long has reached an out-of-court settlement with four young men who accused him of sexual coercion, ... |
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Ex-Palin aide bad-mouths her; KKK vs. Westboro Church at a rally - National News: Special to the Online Edition of Windy City Times - Dharun Ravi, 19, has said that he is not guilty of 15 charges related to allegedly spying on former Rutgers ... |
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Legacy Project appoints board of directors - News update posted Sunday, May 29, 2011 - The Legacy Project—a non-profit corporation committed to fostering awareness of the vital roles LGBT people have played in the advancement ... |
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State Dept. issues statement on Russian gay pride protests - News update posted May 29, 2011 - Statement from Mark Toner, deputy spokesperson from the U.S Dept. of State We note with concern that in Moscow on ... |
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Diversion program involves transgender women - A group of Chicago legal experts has instituted a new diversion program (one run by a police department or some ... |
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Human Rights Campaign endorses President Barack Obama for reelection - From a News Release - WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, today announced its ... |
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LGBT vets honored on Memorial Day - Update posted May 30, 2011 - American Veterans for Equal Rights ( AVER ) saluted and celebrated LGBT veterans on Memorial Day in Chicago. The service ... |
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Teen historians in nat'l contest - More than 60 of the most accomplished teen historians from the Chicago area will represent Illinois in a national historical ... |
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Renee Hanover memorial July 16 - The family and friends of longtime lesbian attorney and activist Renee Hanover has been set for Saturday, July 16, 1-4 ... |
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VIEWS A small town's transformation - Do any of these names ring a bell: Joel Drake Johnson ( playwright ) , Ronald Reagan ( actor/president ) ... |
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LETTERS: History; Catholic Charities; Stevie Nicks - History in New York Dear friends and colleagues, I have been truly blessed having had the opportunity to meet ... |
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'Out of the Office' Pride Month event June 7 - Real-estate firm Baird & Warner has announced that its annual Pride Month networking event, "OUT of the Office," will be ... |
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Vital Bridges Pride kickoff event June 5 - HIV/AIDS agency Vital Bridges will host a "Kick-off to Pride" event at ACRE restaurant, 5308 N. Clark, on Sunday, June ... |
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Stalemate develops in transgender situation - Transgender activists from the group Illinois Gender Advocates (IGA) are facing off with the ACLU over a lawsuit that by ... |
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PEPFAR Seeks to Include Gay, Bi Men in Programs - From a News Release, May 31, 2011 - The US government has taken a step to ensure that gay and bisexual men are included in programs supported by ... |
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SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT Playing AIDS for comedy and tragedy on Broadway - In the 30th-anniversary year of the first reported cases of HIV/AIDS, it's interesting to note that the Broadway shows The ... |
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Pop Making Sense - MUSIC - Lady Gaga returns with the highly anticipated album Born This Way. The title track still gets me pumped up with ... |
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Knight at the Movies: L'Amour Fou; The Tree of Life; film notes - French fashion genius Yves St. Laurent and Pierre Berge, his lover and business manager for 50 years, created a dynasty ... |
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Artemis Singers concert June 11 - Artemis Singers, Chicago's lesbian feminist chorus, will celebrate Pride month with a concert and dance Saturday, June 11, at Broadway ... |
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NUNN ON ONE Chaz Bono on transitions, Cher and offensive words - The public has seen Chastity Bono grow up before their very eyes as the daughter of Sonny and Cher. She ... |
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Billy Masters - "At the end of the day, of course I'm gonna have a gay son. I'm not gonna have a straight ... |
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Neon Trees' Tyler Glenn on '80s music, Glee and more - NUNN ON ONE: MUSIC - Rock group Neon Trees hit number one on the alternative chart with its song "Animal.' Talking to Tyler Glenn the ... |
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Fifty Words - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Michael Weller. At: Profiles Theatre, 4147 N. Broadway. Tickets: 773-549-1815; www.profilestheatre.org; $35-$40. Runs through: June 26 Jan and Adam ... |
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Brothers of the Dust - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Darren Canady. At: Congo Square at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, 777 N. Green. Phone: 312-733-6000; $30. ... |
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CRITICS' PICKS - The King and I, Porchlight Music Theatre at Stage 773, through June 5. Porchlight Music Theatre's first Rodgers and Hammerstein ... |
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'Darkest Before Dawn: A Gay Cabaret' in June - Following its sold-out premiere in Oak Park, Passion Theater's "Darkest Before Dawn: A Gay Cabaret" transfers to Center on Halsted ... |
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Trogg! A Musical - THEATER REVIEW - Written by: David Cerda. At: The Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division. Phone: 800-838-3006; $15-$28. Runs through: July 3 The gang ... |
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The Outgoing Tide - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Bruce Graham. At: Northlight Theatre at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie, Skokie. Phone: 847-673-6300; ... |
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SPOTLIGHT Brigadoon - If you've never seen Lerner and Loewe's classic 1947 Broadway musical Brigadoon about two New Yorkers who stumble upon a ... |
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Porgy and Bess - THEATER REVIEW - Composer: George Gershwin; Libretto: DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, Ira Gershwin . At: Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis. Phone: 773-753-4472; $45-$65. ... |
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Hundreds attend IML - Memorial Day weekend means lots of vacationers—and it also means the annual attendance of hundreds of International Mr. Leather ( ... |
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'Democracy Remixed': Cathy Cohen on Black youth and LGBT politics - BOOKS - by Rod McCullom Cathy J. Cohen offers a rare and unique perspective on the intersection of race, sexuality, social movements ... |
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'Jersey Shore,' Lady Gaga and Glee 3-D - Entertainment news: Special to the Online Edition of Windy City Times - Jersey Shore castmates Ronnie "Fist Pump Brah" Magro and Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino have come to blows in the Italian ... |
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SUGAR & SPICE Union Sushi + Barbeque Bar - Special to the Online Edition of Windy City Times - For a truly unique Asian dining experience right here in Chicago, head to River North. Newcomer and instant hot spot ... |
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You're Being Ridiculous...my first time - THEATER REVIEW - Directed by: Eric Hoff. At: Gorilla Tango Theatre, 1919 N. Milwaukee. Phone: 773-598-4549; $15. Runs through: June 3 Jeremy Owens ... |
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'Remembrance' with Bob Smith - BOOKS - Bob Smith's new novel, Remembrance of Things ( 272 pages; Univ. of Wisconsin/Terrance; $26.95 ) I Forgot has done the ... |
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Lesbian-owned B&B puts a modern twist on the business - Tucked onto a quiet street in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood, Nina's Bed and Breakfast brings a distinctly modern yet homey feel ... |
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Peter Murphy, to the 'Ninth' power - NUNN ON ONE: MUSIC - The music legend Peter Murphy survived the breakup of goth group Bauhaus to carve out his own niche as a ... |
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DJ legend and a night of Sinz - Special to the Online Edition of Windy City Times - Frankie Knuckles partied like a porn star with his DJ set at V Live on Milwaukee Avenue May 30th. Sunday ... |
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Take a gamble on Las Vegas - TRAVEL Special to the Online Edition of Windy City Times - What does Las Vegas mean for tourism? Literally, the words translate to "The Meadows" in English. Located in the middle ... |
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Recent and upcoming DVDs - Disc and That: Special to the Online Edition of Windy City Times - —Biutiful (already released; $27.98): This movie definitely deserves every accolade it's received so far. Released on Lionsgate, the movie features ... |
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Gay chef talks about Pilsen eatery - DISH LIST Special to the Online Edition of Windy City Times- Openly gay chef Cesar Pineda is one of the minds behind Ciao Amore, an almost-two-year-old Italian eatery located in the ... |
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