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AIDS: Jerry Pritikin, history through the camera's lens - Technically, Jerry Pritikin lives in a small high-rise apartment in River North for independent seniors. But anyone who's been inside ...  |
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AIDS: Chicago's DIFFArent approach to HIV/AIDS - By Julia Borcherts Over the last quarter-century, DIFFA/Chicago has granted nearly $2 million to HIV/AIDS-related charities across the area, developed ...  |
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AIDS: Vezino in marathon, running to fight AIDS - Patrick Vezino is set to run the annual Chicago Marathon on Sunday morning, Oct. 9, marking his fourth marathon. His ...  |
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AIDS: Viread loses its VOICE - By Enid Vázquez There was disappointing news last week on HIV prevention. The VOICE study looking at HIV prevention in ...  |
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AIDS: Dr. Margaret Ogola dies - Dr. Margaret Ogola, renowned Kenyan author and medical director of Cottolengo HIV and AIDS Hospice, passed away Sept. 22. At ...  |
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Census Bureau releases estimates of same-sex married couples - From a press release, posted Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011 - The U.S. Census Bureau released Sept. 27 new statistics on same-sex married couple and unmarried partner households. According to revised ...  |
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Center on Halsted receives $1.6M for HIV prevention - News update posted Sept. 30, 2011 - The Center on Halsted and CALOR have both been awarded more than $1.6 million dollars each by the Centers of ...  |
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Obama speaks at HRC National Dinner on DADT, DOMA, visitation - From a news release, 8:45 p.m. Oct. 1, 2011. - President Barack Obama spoke to the 15th annual National Dinner of the Human Rights Campaign Oct. 1 in Washington, D.C. ...  |
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Obama keynote speaker at HRC's national dinner - News update posted Oct. 3, 2011 - Before going out to dinner with the First Lady to celebrate their 19th wedding anniversary, President Obama dropped by the ...  |
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Major changes announced for Chicago Pride Parade - News posted Wed., Oct. 5, 2011 - Responding to a steep jump in attendance and chaos at last year's Pride Parade, parade officials announced several changes intended ...  |
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Stage-collapse survivor files suit - News update posted Sept. 28, 2011 - Alisha Brennon has filed suit for tens of millions of dollars for the death of her wife Christina Santiago, the ...  |
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Judge denies Catholic Charities "stay" in foster care case - News posted Sept. 27, 2011 - A Sangamon County judge has denied a stay in his ruling against Catholic Charities over state foster care contracts, a ...  |
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Survey: Society 'dramatically' more accepting of gays and lesbians - Americans are becoming "dramatically" more accepting of gay men and lesbians, according to a new report from a respected, long-running ...  |
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Feds update transgender prison guidelines - In a settlement with a transgender inmate who sued for the right to transition behind bars, the Federal Bureau of ...  |
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Court refrains from ruling on DADT - News posted Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011 - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco refused Sept. 29 to rule on the constitutionality of the ...  |
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Gay Chicago stops print publication - News posted Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 - Gay Chicago issued a press release Sept. 29 announcing it will cease publication of its print newspaper. However, it will ...  |
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1000s at Chicago AIDS Walk - News update posted Oct. 2, 2011 - Close to 5,000 people joined together Oct. 1 for the 2011 AIDS Run & Walk Chicago. There was a new ...  |
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Trans-health group's new standards of care - The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) released its new "Standards of Care" (SOC) for transgender people, the first ...  |
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Professor discusses prison industrial complex at UIC - Ruth Wilson Gilmore was in Chicago to deliver a lecture, "Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex: The World We Want Is ...  |
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Komen to honor Rep. Harris Oct. 13 - The Chicagoland Area Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® has announced the inaugural class of Pink Tie Guys, ...  |
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Susan Anderson dies - News update posted Oct. 3, 2011 - West Suburban lesbian activist Susan Anderson, 62, died suddenly of natural causes Oct. 2. A memorial service to celebrate her ...  |
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HRC searching for new president - The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced the beginning of the search process that will culminate in the appointment of a ...  |
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Gay attorney running for 8th Subcircuit - ELECTIONS '12 - After eight years, openly gay city attorney John Ehrlich has announced that he is back for more. Ehrlich, who lost ...  |
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LGBTQ forum addresses key immigration issues - The Chicago-based LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Organization hosted a town hall forum to discuss immigrant issues Sept. 27 at the Adler ...  |
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Alliance brunch honors Quinn, Kraft and Evanston senior - Nearly 250 Illinois Safe Schools Alliance supporters filled downtown steakhouse ZED451 for the organization's annual brunch fundraiser and celebration Oct. ...  |
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VIEWS: Flying while gay - Southwest Airlines has issues. Those issues, on any given day or flight, with its customers appear arbitrary. For example, little ...  |
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VIEWS: Uncovering America's gay history - This week's Philadelphia Gay News ( PGN ) , along with 30 newspapers across the country, will begin to celebrate ...  |
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James Buchanan: America's first gay president? - GAY HISTORY MONTH PROFILES - By Timothy Cwiek Exclusively for Windy City times, National Gay History Project More than 150 years before America elected its ...  |
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William Rufus King: First gay U.S. vice president? - GAY HISTORY MONTH PROFILES - By LOU CHIBBARO JR. Exclusively for Windy City times National Gay History Project William Rufus DeVane King, the 13th United ...  |
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BOOKS: A smorgasbord - Windy City Times receives hundreds of books to review each year, but we can only read and review a fraction ...  |
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Michael Musto: 'Knife' as we know it - BOOKS - Michael Musto is known for his column in The Village Voice where he writes La Dolce Musto. He just released ...  |
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Women's Voices Weekend debuts at Women and Children First Bookstore - On Oct. 15-16, Women and Children First Bookstore will host its first-ever Women's Voices Weekend to celebrate women writers and ...  |
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BOOKS: Gay in America - Gay in America portraits by Scott Pasfield, Welcome Books, 224 pages, hardcover, $45. Fifty states, three years, 52,000 miles, 140 ...  |
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BOOKS: Tiny Satchel Press gives LGBT youth of color a voice - INTERVIEW BY David-Elijah Nahmod Victoria Brownworth understands the power of words. A writer since childhood, her first book of poetry ...  |
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BOOK REVIEW: Gay San Francisco through the eyes of Drummer Magazine - Gay San Francisco: Eyewitness Drummer by Jack Fritscher , Palm Drive Publishing, 714 pages, $39.95. Jack Fritscher, founding San Francisco ...  |
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BOOK REVIEW: Get used to this, 'We're Here, We're Queer' covers the gay (19)90s - We're Here, We're Queer by Owen Keehnen , Prairie Avenue Productions, 485 pages, softcover, $19. I have a few conflicts ...  |
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Don Lemon: CNN anchor on race, coming out - In his accurately titled memoir, Transparent, out gay CNN anchor Don Lemon (who once worked for NBC's Chicago affiliate) discusses ...  |
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BOOK REVIEW: Local LGBT history comes 'Out' - Out in Chicago: LGBT History at the Crossroads by Jill Austin and Jennifer Brier, editors; $19.95; Chicago History Museum; 153 ...  |
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BOOK REVIEW 10 Days with Minor - BOOK REVIEW 10 Days with Minor, by Nsedu B. Onyile, $9.99; AuthorHouse; 168 pages REVIEW BY SALLY PARSONS What would ...  |
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Sean Maher of 'Playboy Club' on coming out, gay history and Chicago - NUNN ON ONE - Actor Sean Maher makes his mark on NBC with Playboy Club in Chicago this month. Having worked on the small ...  |
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Book briefs - Baim at Woodson Library discussing Obama Windy City Times Publisher Tracy Baim will lead a discussion on her book, Obama ...  |
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Taverna 750 - Paul Cannella, owner of the sultry Boystown lounge Scarlet, has been serving us drinks for a few years. Cannella recently ...  |
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