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AIDS conference opens with Sebelius and Crowley - News update posted Nov. 10, 2011 - The U.S. Conference on AIDS, held this year in Chicago for the first time, opened with a welcoming plenary breakfast ...  |
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AIDS: Largest AIDS conference brings thousands to Chicago - An estimated 2,600 people flocked to downtown Chicago Nov. 9-13 for the nation's largest annual AIDS conference. This year marks ... |
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AIDS: Don Lemon, Mondo Guerra and Jennifer Holliday at AIDS confab in Chicago - By KATE SOSIN A star-studded cast took the stage at the U.S. Conference on AIDS in downtown Chicago Nov. 10 ... |
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AIDS/HIV art show Nov. 18 - The fifth HIV/AIDS art exhibit opens Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m. at the Center on Halsted. The Art Therapy Studio Group ... |
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AIDS: Sec. Clinton speaks about 'Creating an AIDS-Free Generation' - Clinton picks DeGeneres as special envoy - Remarks delivered by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Nov. 8, 2011 at the National Institutes of Health's Masur ... |
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Senate committee passes bill to repeal DOMA; committee faces wall - News posted Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, on Nov. 10, voted to recommend passage of a bill to repeal the Defense of ... |
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Meeks not running for re-election - News posted Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 - State Sen. James Meeks, the pastor of Salem Baptist Church who has been known to LGBT audiences for his anti-gay ... |
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Longtime Oak Park resident Jim Boushay dies - News posted Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011 - Jim Boushay—who lived in Oak Park, Ill., for 26 years before moving to Harvey, La.—died Sept. 21 at age 63, ... |
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Political victories for gays and lesbians across the nation - News posted Wed., Nov. 9, 2011 - Various elections took place nationally Nov. 8—and the results were generally positive for the LGBT community. Lesbian Houston Mayor Annise ... |
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Hauff takes the stand in hate-crime trial - News update posted Nov. 9, 2011 - Daniel Hauff, the victim of an alleged anti-gay hate crime, took the stand on Nov. 7 and described how three ... |
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'LGBT' to remain in city advisory council name - News update posted Nov. 9, 2011 - LGBT groups are praising the city's budget committee for opting to include the acronym "LGBT" in the current proposed advisory ... |
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Naiad Press co-founder Barbara Grier dies - News update posted Nov. 10, 2011 - Barbara Grier, co-founder of Naiad Press, died Nov. 10 at age 78. Generations of lesbians grew up on the novels ... |
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Gay fed appeals nominee withdraws - News posted Nov. 12, 2011 - The White House sent out notice Thursday night that it was withdrawing the nomination of openly gay attorney Edward DuMont ... |
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LGBT positions in States Attorney's office cut - News update posted Nov. 14, 2011 - Both LGBT-specific positions in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office have been axed in budget cutbacks, Windy City Times has ... |
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EAG statement on Karen Lewis' attack on Sec. Arne Duncan - From a EAG news release, posted Nov. 16, 2011 - The following is a statement by Kyle Olson, CEO of Education Action Group: On Monday morning, Education Action Group released ... |
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75,000 demand Ecuador shut down lesbian torture clinics - From a news release - WASHINGTON, DC — 80,000 people in over 124 countries have joined an explosive campaign on Change.org calling on Ecuador's Minister ... |
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Catholic charities drop foster care suit - News update posted Nov. 14, 2011 - After months of battle with the state, a group of Catholic charities have dropped their lawsuit over foster care contracts ... |
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City of Chicago Veterans Day tribute includes gay speaker - News update posted Nov. 12, 2011 - The annual City of Chicago Veterans Day tribute, held at Soldier Field, included an openly gay speaker for the first ... |
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AVER hosts 19th Veterans Day Dinner - The Chicago Chapter of the American Veterans for Equal Rights had a special reason to celebrate during their 19th Annual ... |
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TPAN awarded $100,000 from Alphawood Foundation - HIV/AIDS agency Test Positive Aware Network ( TPAN ) has received a $100,000 grant from the Alphawood Foundation, according to ... |
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Transgender Day of Remembrance events - These are some of the Transgender Day of Remembrance events taking place around Chicago: —"Night of the Fallen Stars: a ... |
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Terez Elmore, aka 'DJ Stoney' - PASSAGES - Longtime LGBT DJ Terez Elmore, known to many simply as "DJ Stoney," passed away last week. He was 41. Stoney's ... |
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Gay state rep candidate hosting Nov. 16 event - Friends of Alex Arroyo, an openly gay candidate running for state representative of Illinois' 84th District (which includes Aurora), will ... |
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VIEWS Crying for Barbara Grier - She could raise you like a glorious garden. She could plough you under with the sharp tines of her raking ... |
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Matthew Shepard Foundation vying for Giving Award - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The Matthew Shepard Foundation is competing to receive one of five cash awards from the American Giving Awards, presented by ... |
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Mass. poised to be 16th state with transgender protections - From Lambda Legal, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force news releases, posted Nov. 16, 2011 - WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force applauds the Massachusetts legislature's passage today of a bill ... |
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Tiffany and Perabo at HRC gala - Golden Globe-nominated actress Piper Perabo and pop singer Tiffany headlined Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) Chicago's annual gala Nov. ... |
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Vital Bridges benefit at @mosphere Nov. 19 - A drag show benefiting the HIV/AIDS agency Vital Bridges will take place at the nightspot @mosphere, 5355 N. Clark St., ... |
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Chicago contest to award $7,500 in advertising - LGBT or AIDS nonprofits to benefit - CHICAGO—Windy City Media Group, publishers of Windy City Times, is running a Facebook contest through Dec. 20 to award $7,500 ... |
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QponChicago.com marks six-month anniversary - CHICAGO—QponChicago.com, Chicago's gay daily deals site, marks its six-month anniversary in November. The website has featured more than 100 deals ... |
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VIEWS: No golden years for queer seniors - The last thing in the world many LGBT people want to be is a queer senior. And with good reason: ... |
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LETTER: Bishops in the wrong - To the editor: In criticizing Gov. Pat Quinn for honoring a rape victim who also advocates for abortion rights, the ... |
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Dan Savage glitter-bombed; Wyoming coach resigns following anti-gay scandal -National Roundup: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has criticized the national law firm Foley & Lardner for making anti-LGBT arguments and lobbying ... |
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'Strategies to Improve LGBT Health Care' out - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - In January 2010, the Joint Commission, funded by the California Endowment, held a meeting of an expert advisory board to ... |
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CHM hosts panel on gays in the military - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The Chicago History Museum hosted a panel on "Gays in the Military" as part of its "In the K/now" series ... |
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Area men take part in 'Movember' - Movember has begun its fifth annual campaign to raise awareness and funds for men's health issues, specifically prostate cancer and ... |
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Vital Bridges fundraiser held at the Bridge - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The organization Vital Bridges continues to help the Chicago community impacted by HIV/AIDS with food, housing and other assistance ever ... |
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Cappleman's committeeman kickoff - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Openly gay 46th Ward Ald. James Cappleman held a campaign kickoff event for his run for Democratic committeeman Nov. 8 ... |
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Ida B. Wells statue being developed - The Ida B. Wells Commemorative Art Committee has announced the development of a monument to honor the life and times ... |
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Hall of Fame celebrates 21st class - News update posted Nov. 10, 2011 - In what many commented was an unusual 20th anniversary celebration, the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame ( GLHF ... |
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Lesbian 'Voice' finalist has CD out Nov. 21 - Beverly McClellan—one of the lesbian finalists on the first season of the NBC reality-competition show The Voice—will release her ... |
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Ally Sheedy: On lesbian daughter, mother, being an activist - She began her professional dance career with the American Ballet Theatre in New York City at age six; wrote her ... |
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Anti-gay slur ignites Oscar merry-go-round - Film director Brett Ratner has resigned as producer of the next Oscars telecast, set for February, after making a homophobic ... |
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Knight at the Movies: 3 (Drei); The Descendants; film notes - More than a decade after the worldwide success of his breakthrough picture, Run, Lola, Run, that's still German writer-director-musician Tom ... |
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An O'Hare homecoming - SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT - Out actor Denis O'Hare is having a Chicago homecoming with the Court Theatre's Midwest premiere of An Iliad, now in ... |
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OPALGA gala Nov. 19 - The Oak Park Area Lesbian and Gay Association (OPALGA) will hold its OPAL Awards Gala Saturday, Nov. 19, at the ... |
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Queer artist Riva Lehrer: Her exhibition and documentary - Queer Chicago artist, teacher and disability activist Riva Lehrer is set to debut her latest show, "Mirror Shards"—featuring mixed-media drawings ... |
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Kelly Osbourne: On her injury and being a Material Girl - Kelly Osbourne grew up in front of our eyes on her family's television show, The Osbournes, on MTV. She has ... |
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Ryan Van Meter: On 'If You Knew...' - BOOKS - We've read Sedaris and Burroughs and Kilmer-Purcell. In our Facebook-Linkedin-Grinder-nano-world of open books (or at least books turned to the ... |
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Meredith Baxter: Lesbian actress' family ties - NUNN ON ONE - Meredith Baxter dropped the Birney, came out as a lesbian and revealed personal matters in a book entitled Untied. The ... |
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Tori Amos: Classical music and her gay fans - NUNN ON ONE: MUSIC - Singer/songwriter Tori Amos gained fame from the piano and such songs as "Crucify" and "A Sorta Fairytale." She has been ... |
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Coyote Grace's LGBT benefit at Urbana Nov. 17 - The LGBT Resource Center of the University of Illinois and The UP Center of Champaign County are co-sponsoring a concert ... |
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Boston Pops Esplande and Rockapella Nov. 30 - The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra will join a capella group Rockapella Wed., Nov. 30, at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt ... |
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Nilo Cruz's 'Father' through Nov. 19 - Urban Theater Company will present the Midwest premiere of the family drama Beauty of the Father, by openly gay playwright ... |
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Talk on gay composers Nov. 18 at Athenaeum - Jesse Revenig, a doctoral candidate at Northwestern University, will discuss openly gay composers Samuel Barber and Benjamin Britten in relation ... |
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Pop Making Sense - Predating The Runaways and The Go-Go's, Fanny was one of the first all-female rock bands signed to a major label. ... |
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Transgender shows on OWN Nov. 27 - Two new documentary specials related to transgender individuals will premiere on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Sunday, Nov. 27. Being Chaz ... |
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Essay Fiesta marks two years Nov. 21 - The free monthly reading series Essay Fiesta will mark its two-year anniversary with an event at The Book Cellar, 4736 ... |
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Billy Masters - "I've been rehearsing with 'fags' all my life and it's an honor—bye bye Bret RATnor."—the divine Julie Halston weighs in ... |
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Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Hershey Felder. At: Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted St. Tickets: 312-988-9000; http://www.theroyalgeorgetheatre.com; $55. Runs through: Dec. 30 With ... |
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Our Leading Lady - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Charles Busch. At: Project 891 Theatre Company at Edgewater Presbyterian Church, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Phone: 773-853-3210; $20. ... |
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CRITICS' PICKS - Ariadne auf Naxos, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Nov. 19 through Dec. 11. This comic opera by Richard Strauss and Hugo ... |
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'First Look' at Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf Theatre Company is presenting its 7th annual First Look Repertory of New Work—three developmental productions of new plays presented ... |
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'Dreamcoat' at Paramount through Nov. 20 - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat—Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical portrait of Joseph, the favorite son—will run through ... |
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SPOTLIGHT Sweet Confinement - SiNNERMAN Ensemble's award-winning Sweet Confinement is back in an all-new production. See what happens when five friends are reunited under ... |
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Goodnight Moon, The Musical; Walk Two Moons - DOUBLE REVIEW - Goodnight Moon, The Musical Book, Music and Lyrics: Chad Henry after Margaret Wise Brown At: Chicago Children's Theatre at Victory ... |
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Assisted Living - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Deirdre O'Connor. At: Profiles Theatre at Second Stage (fka Stage Left), 3408 N. Sheffield Ave. Phone: 773-549-1815;$35-$40. Runs through: ... |
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Reservoir Dogs - THEATER REVIEW - Original words by Quentin Tarantino, adapted by Roundhouse Productions. At: Think Tank, 1770 W. Berteau. Tickets: Online at brownpapertickets.com and ... |
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Indigo Girls show 'Power' in concert - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Amy Ray and Emily Saliers—better known as Indigo Girls—showed the "Power of Two" with two concerts at The Vic the ... |
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Jim Flint: The Boy From Peoria book available Nov. 20 - From a news release - CHICAGO— Burlesque meets Priscilla Queen of the Desert in the new biography of Jim Flint, founder and owner of the ... |
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Sugar and Spice: Joy Yee Plus Shabu Shabu - If you're looking for a fun meal in Chinatown, skip the dim sum and try shabu shabu instead. Shabu is ... |
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Dining news - Girl and the Goat chef and Top Chef winner Stephanie Izard debuted her cookbook, Girl in the Kitchen, earlier this ... |
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Antigone Rising honors Santiago - The all-female country/rock band Antigone Rising performed at Martrys' Nov. 9 to celebrate the life of the late local lesbian ... |
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Madonna, Miss Piggy and 'The A-List: Dallas' - Entertainment news: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Anderson Cooper's new talk show, Anderson, has been renewed for a second season despite so-so ratings, according to the Hollywood ... |
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Reeling closes - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival drew to a close after its 30th year. The festival spanned ... |
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At Circuit,'Art & Soul' celebrates life - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - "Art & Soul: The Anniversary Explosion" celebrated life and out hip-hop at Circuit Night Club Nov. 13. Poets, musicians and ... |
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Male pro soccer player comes out - News update posted Nov. 11, 2011 - David Testo, who has played professional soccer in North America since 2003, revealed Nov. 10 that he is gay. Testo ... |
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Gay in the Life: Doctor Tom Klein, Ma. - Thomas Klein, also known as Dr. Feelgood because of his bedside manner and way of pampering customers at his salon, ... |
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Celebrations: Aaron and Bash - David Aaron (below) and Johnny Bash, Chicago residents, have tied the knot as they approach their 30 years of partnership. ... |
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Gay pro bowler gets married - Scott Norton and Craig Woodward were married Oct. 22, at the Surf & Sand Resort in Laguna Beach, Calif., thus ... |
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Coach fired in wake of scandal - Legendary Penn State University football coach Joe Paterno has been fired in the wake of a child sex-abuse scandal, The ... |
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