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AIDS in America: By the numbers - It began as a rare flu for five Americans, but by the end of 1981 more than 100 cases of ...  |
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AIDS: A day in the life of HIV in America - Rick Guasco came across a website last year called, A Day in the Life of Africa, an AIDS-awareness campaign sponsored ... |
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AIDS: BTAN reception Sept. 1 - The Black Treatment Advocates Network ( BTAN ) -Chicago will hold a reception regarding the local fight against HIV Thursday, ... |
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AIDS Preparing for PrEP - Community HIV prevention leaders are trying to figure out what role, if any, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) might play in helping ... |
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Gay man becomes CEO of Apple - News update posted Wed., Aug. 24, 2011 - Tim Cook, a gay man, is the new CEO of Apple after Steve Jobs resigned Aug. 24, according to Advocate.com. ... |
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Indiana state lawmaker in gay sex scandal - News update posted Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011 - Indiana state Rep. Phil Hinkle has admitted that he paid 18-year-old Kameryn Gibson $80 on Aug. 6 for sex, according ... |
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Fire reportedly destroys Grab publisher's home - News update posted Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 - An Aug. 27 fire in Lakeview reportedly destroyed the office of Grab magazine. The blaze took place in the afternoon ... |
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Solmonese leaving HRC - The Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) announced in a press release Aug. 27 that its president, Joe Solmonese, "will ... |
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Death of Iowa teen not a hate crime, say police - News update posted Aug. 23, 2011 - A 19-year-old Iowan has died from injuries from an altercation during which attackers allegedly yelled anti-gay slurs at him. However, ... |
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Elmhurst College first to poll LGBT applicants - News update posted Aug. 25, 2011 - It may come as a surprise to many that not even the most progressive colleges ask applicants about their sexual ... |
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Cocktail sold in wake of lawsuit - News update posted Aug. 27, 2011 - After months of tumult between bar owners and its landlord, popular Halsted gay bar Cocktail is changing hands. John "Geno" ... |
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Judge: What's the difference between Prop 8 trial transcript and videotape? - News update, posted Aug. 29, 2011 - A federal district court judge in San Francisco Monday (August 29) heard vigorous arguments over a request to release for ... |
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Catholic Charities to appeal foster care decision - News update posted Aug. 30, 2011 - Four catholic charities have announced that they will appeal a decision by a circuit court judge to allow the state ... |
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LGBT students: Safer this year? - Anti-LGBT bullying took the national stage last fall after the highly publicized suicides of several teens bullied for being gay ... |
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PASSAGES "R.J." Chaffin, services Sept. 10 - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times- One of Chicago's most visible gay businesspersons for more than 30 years and a reliable volunteer for LGBT community organizations ... |
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EQCA: Teaching law opponents are 'extremists' - News update, posted Aug. 29, 2011 - The people who want to repeal California's new law requiring teaching of LGBT history are "extremists" who persecute gays, says ... |
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More departures at Howard Brown - A key member of the senior leadership team at Howard Brown Health Center (HBHC), David Grazman, has left the organization. ... |
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Victory Fund's Robin Brand on LGBT politics - As 2012 presidential candidates take to the road, The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund will be rolling into Chicago Thursday, ... |
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Hall of Fame's future hangs in the balance - The question is as old as the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame (GLHF) itself, but never has it ... |
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Caribou Coffee taking donations for Lakeview fire victims - News update, posted Aug. 30, 2011 - A Caribou Coffee shop in Lakeview is collecting donations of clothing, bedding and personal items for victims of a fire ... |
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Chicago NOW's 'Women Who Dare' Sept. 21 - The Chicago chapter of the National Organization for Women will hold its 14th annual "Women Who Dared" cocktail reception and ... |
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'Garden of Eve' Sept. 16 - "Garden of Eve"—an annual gala benefiting the Lesbian Community Care Project at Howard Brown Health Center—will take place Friday, Sept. ... |
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Quigley provides ENDA briefing - The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) partnered with OfficeMax and Chicago law firm Jenner & Block to present an Employment Non-Discrimination ... |
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House counsel at Lambda luncheon - Heather Sawyer, Democratic counsel for the House Judiciary Committee, spoke Aug. 26 at a luncheon that the Lambda Legal Defense ... |
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VIEWS Why can't puppets Bert and Ernie marry? - Sesame Street's most famous duo, Bert and Ernie, first appeared in 1969, the same year as the Stonewall Riots, which ... |
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LETTERS Boystown safety concerns; new coalition - Taking action Dear Editor: In light of ongoing safety concerns in Boystown, I'd like to offer my observations and advice ... |
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Women & Children First thriving in economy - Although many major chain bookstores in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs have closed, including the Borders at Clark, Broadway and ... |
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GLN looks at 9/11, Afghanistan war Sept. 10 - The Gay Liberation Network (GLN) will host a re-examination of the war in Afghanistan and the 9/11 tragedy that preceded ... |
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Bono to compete on Dancing with the Stars - America's most-famous transgender man will be lacing up his dance shoes this fall. Chaz Bono, the only child of Sonny ... |
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Kelly McGillis on 'Top Gun,' coming out and big hair - Kelly McGillis broke through to film audiences with her sensational performance in 1985's Witness and quickly solidified her position as ... |
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Glee's Dot Jones on Emmys, RuPaul and arm wrestling - NUNN ON ONE: TV - Dot Jones was breaking records even before her starring role as Coach Shannon Beiste on the hit Fox show Glee. ... |
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GLAAD statement on Chaz Bono joining ABC's Dancing with the Stars - From a news release - New York, NY, August 30, 2011 - The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual ... |
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'We Are Halsted' Aug. 31 - "We Are Halsted"—a special event created to bring the community together; to raise awareness about the challenges LGBTQ homeless youth ... |
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StreetWise's 'A Hand Up' gala Sept. 15 - StreetWise—which aims to assist Chicago area men and women,who are facing homelessness to achieve personal stability—will hold its "A Hand ... |
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Whoopi Goldberg at Chicago House event Nov. 4 - On Friday, Nov. 4, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., HIV/AIDS agency Chicago House will host its 3rd Annual Speaker Series Luncheon at ... |
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ALMA's closes summer with picnic - ALMA's picnic The Association of Latino Men for Action ( ALMA ) gathered once again Aug. 28 for a picnic ... |
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SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT Mapping out the Fringes - Fifty performance groups from 14 states (plus Canada and the United Kingdom) are set to perform in five venues in ... |
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'Lovefest' at Jackson Park - The Chicago Gay Black Men's Caucus (CBGMC) hosted its 7th Annual Lovefest Celebration at Jackson Park Aug. 28. The free ... |
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The Double - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Barbara Lhota. At: Babes With Blades at Lincoln Square in the Berry Methodist Church, 4754 N. Leavitt St. Phone: ... |
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Joffrey names chief marketing officer - The Joffrey Ballet and Executive Director Christopher Clinton Conway have announced that Brian Smith has joined the Joffrey's executive leadership ... |
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Billy Masters - "Can I say one thing that was really sad? The protesting outside of these weddings ... I thought was really ... |
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The Vanessa Davis Band; ZZ Top - BENT NIGHTS: MUSIC - Blues and more blues... The last time that I saw Vanessa Davis and her band was in 1982 and my ... |
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Celebrations: Bache-Holt Wedding - Longtime partners and well-known local athletes Linda Bache (left) and Yvette Holt were married recently in a private ceremony at ... |
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Gay Softball World Series begins play - Hours before the first pitch was thrown in the 35th annual Gay Softball World Series, Roy Melani of the North ... |
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A Gay in the Life: Actress/Business owner, Liz Pazik - Liz Pazik vividly recalls the sturdy dog doorstop that her grandparents had. She named the dog and remembers taking it, ... |
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Softball World Series profiles: Brian Sommer, Mark Febonio - Brian Sommer is making his debut in the Gay Softball World Series next month, in his hometown. Sommer, 37, a ... |
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