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AIDS Without shame: An interview with author Andrew Skerritt - The following is an interview with Andrew Skerritt, author of Ashamed to Die: Silence, Denial, and the AIDS Epidemic in ...  |
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AIDS; Ashamed to Die by Andrew Skerritt Lawrence Hill Press - BOOK REVIEW - What if those around you began rapidly losing weight and withering away to a debilitating state of perpetual illness? For ...  |
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AIDS: Why is the Black Community Still Contracting HIV? - As a first-hand eyewitness to the rising of America's Black HIV/AIDS industry, starting in the mid 1980s, this topic is ...  |
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AIDS: Whitman-Walker does not forget roots in the LGBT community - Whitman-Walker Health, located in Washington, D.C., helps people living with HIV in the LGBT community get free care. It is ...  |
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AIDS: Jason Hess, Fighting stigma one mile at a time - Jason Hess has endured the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS on numerous occasions. So too has Brandon McGuire. Others who participate ...  |
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AIDS: Undisclosed, Secrets of the AIDS Epidemic - Undisclosed: Secrets of the AIDS Epidemic from some Unlikely Survivors is a new book by Michal Milstein and Marlin Marynick, ...  |
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Man discharged under DADT reinstated - News posted Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 - FROM A PRESS RELEASE Servicemembers Legal Defense Network ( SLDN ) and the law firm of Morrison & Foerster announced ...  |
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Hollendoner leaving Howard Brown Health Center - News posted Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 - Joe Hollendoner, a founding director of Broadway Youth Center and most recently chief program officer and a vice president at ...  |
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Huffman leaves State's Attorney position - News update Dec. 9, 2011 - Just two weeks after receiving word that her position would not be cut, LGBT Hate Crime Victim Specialist Anne Huffman, ...  |
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HUD holds housing summit for LGBT elders - News updated Dec. 10, 2011 - Service providers from across the country attended the first-ever federal summit on housing for LGBT elders at the U.S. Department ...  |
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Brennon speaks about Santiago, stage collapse - In August, Alisha Brennon, became instantly famous among Chicagoans for the worst possible reason. Her wife, Christina Santiago, died in ...  |
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Barney Frank: Leaving the arena but not the fight - Something changed for U.S. Rep. Barney Frank between February and November of this year. In February, he announced he would ...  |
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Cocktail liquor license revoked again - News update posted Dec. 6, 2011 - Boystown bar Cocktail is closed for the second time in recent months due to a failure to pay taxes owed ...  |
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Anita Hill keynotes Illinois' 5th annual Jane Addams Day tribute - Anita Hill, senior advisor to the provost and professor of social policy, law and women's studies at Brandeis University, was ...  |
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VIEWS Hillary Clinton's historic speech provides hope and change - Hillary Clinton's soaring speech on international LGBT issues was game-changing. A historic address of this magnitude was desperately needed to ...  |
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Halsted Street development in Boystown on hold - The proposed mixed-use development that would replace the parking lot next to the IHOP on the corner of Halsted and ...  |
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Report: LGBT groups recovering from economic downturn - News update posted Dec. 7, 2011 - LGBT organizations nationally are finally recuperating from the economic recession, according to a report released Dec. 6 by the Movement ...  |
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Youth Pride Services holding food drive - Youth Pride Services ( YPS ) , a national organization engaging LGBT youth of color, aims to feed low-income Chicagoans ...  |
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Transgender Taser victim fighting potential charges - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - A California transgender woman seen in a recent video being Tasered by police wants potential charges against her dropped. Brooke ...  |
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Women to make history in March 20 election - The first day for filing petitions is always exciting, but this year it will also be historic. For the first ...  |
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Prop 8 arguments in, decision expected soon - There was some drama in the courtroom as attorneys litigating Proposition 8 in a San Francisco federal appeals court Dec. ...  |
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Paula Basta fundraiser Dec. 15 in Andersonville - Friends of Paula Basta are holding a fundraising reception Thursday, Dec. 15, 6-9 p.m., at the Swedish American Museum, 5211 ...  |
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LGBT intimate violence report released - The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) released its report, "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Intimate Partner Violence in ...  |
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Fewer companies excel in HRC index - The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released the 2012 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) and, because of more stringent ranking criteria, 148 ...  |
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Civil unions: Halfway through the first year - News feature posted Dec. 9, 2011, special to the online edition of Windy City Times - On Oct. 21, Martha Fourt and Patricia Benjamin joined the 129 Rogers Park residents who have tied the knot in ...  |
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PASSAGES Writer, activist Paul Varnell dies - News update posted Dec. 10, 2011 - Paul Varnell, a longtime columnist for the gay press, died Dec. 9 of complications from pneumonia and a stroke. He ...  |
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Mr. Gay Namibia assaulted; Australian city has world's first intersex mayor - World news: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Mr. Gay World 2012 will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, April 4-8, 2012, according to a press release. Events ...  |
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WWE stars, divas speak against anti-gay bullying in new PSA - Stars join Shaquille O'Neal, Russell Simmons, Rev. Al Sharpton, Naya Rivera, Chaz Bono - FROM A GLAAD NEWS RELEASE New York, NY, December 13, 2011 - The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), ...  |
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Troy, Mich., mayor uses anti-gay slur in Facebook post - Troy, Mich. Mayor Janice Daniels used an anti-gay slur in a Facebook post she made back in June. The comment, ...  |
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Settlement in school tuxedo-photo case - The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Mississippi reached an agreement with the Copiah County School District in ...  |
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First out gay soldier in Indiana re-enlists - Art Martinez Jr. saw a lot of things when he was stationed in Iraq in 2008, but the one thing ...  |
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VIEWS Time for a new way of thinking - According to the United States government, in 2009 there were 423,773 children in the foster-care system. The population of children ...  |
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Illinois Gender Advocates elects new leaders - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times, posted Dec. 8, 2011 - Illinois transgender policy organization Illinois Gender Advocates ( IGA ) is under new leadership after Dec. 6 elections confirmed a ...  |
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Belgium has gay prime minister - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - French-speaking Socialist Elio di Rupo has become the first out gay leader in the European Union, having been elected the ...  |
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Fired Roosevelt Univ. professor suing school - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Robert Klein Engler, a former adjunct professor with Roosevelt University, was surprised to learn that he had been accused of ...  |
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National LGBT Cancer Network expands list of screening facilities - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The National LGBT Cancer Network recently expanded its directory of LGBT-friendly cancer screening facilities to include medical centers outside of ...  |
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Greaves part of international confab - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Bill Greaves—director and community liaison of the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations' Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual ...  |
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Center on Halsted has new website - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., has launched a re-designed website at www.centeronhalsted.org. Brian Richardson, director of public affairs, ...  |
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Newt's lesbian half-sister supporting Obama; Romney's heated exchange with gay Vietnam War vet - NATIONAL ROUNDUP Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - A new Williams Institute report finds that the total spending on wedding arrangements and tourism by same-sex couples and their ...  |
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PASSAGES Robert Rolofson - Robert Rolofson, 78, passed away from complications of esophageal cancer Nov. 23, according to the Chicago Tribune. Born April 28, ...  |
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EI hosts strategy summit for leading Midwest LGBT groups - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Equality Illinois hosted LGBT-equality organizations from across the Midwest this past weekend to discuss issues facing the LGBT community and ...  |
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Remarks in Recognition of International Human Rights Day - Special Feature - December 6, 2011 Palais des Nations, United Nations Geneva, Switzerland Good evening, and let me express my deep honor and ...  |
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Barry Manilow, Nicki Minaj and Glee's goodwill - Entertainment news: From a news release - The Beastie Boys, Donovan, Guns N' Roses, the late Laura Nyro, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Small Faces/The Faces ...  |
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Knight at the Movies: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - The homoerotic bantering between Robert Downey, Jr. (as master sleuth Sherlock Holmes) and Jude Law (as sidekick Dr. Watson) in ...  |
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Nyro among Hall inductees - The Beastie Boys, Donovan, Guns N' Roses, the late Laura Nyro, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Small Faces/The Faces ...  |
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Sinfonietta tribute to King Jan. 15-16 - Maestro Mei-Ann Chen and guest conductor Jeri Lynne Johnson will lead the Chicago Sinfonietta through works that celebrate the late ...  |
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Gaga at White House to discuss bullying - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Singer Lady Gaga visited Obama administration officials at the White House Dec. 2 to discuss bullying prevention. On a White ...  |
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'Housewife' Kim Zolciak: On drama and family life - NUNN ON ONE: TV - Bravo reality star Kim Zolciak from The Real Housewives of Atlanta is bringing her act to Spin Nightclub this season. ...  |
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Don we now our drag - SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT - The late gay Canadian novelist and playwright Timothy Findley (1930-2002) gives a clue about what his final drama, Elizabeth Rex, ...  |
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Graffiti6 shows Brit 'Colours' - NUNN ON ONE: MUSIC - British duo Graffiti6 is showing its true "Colours" with a tour coming to Chicago, not once but twice. The six ...  |
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Joan Jett: Nominated but not inducted - "I Love Rock 'n Roll." But she loves rock 'n roll. She lives it, breathes it, exudes it. In September ...  |
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Lalah Hathaway: Soul royalty on her CD, Prince and gay fans - WINTER MUSIC - Lalah Hathaway is the daughter of the late R&B icon Donny Hathaway—but she has certainly forged her own path. Over ...  |
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Kate expectations: Lesbian band member talks songwriting, Chicago - WINTER MUSIC- Lesbian bandmates Shaina Rae (lead vocals) and Kate Alabaster (lead guitar and lyrics) join Marlon Deppen (bass guitar), Joe Bosslet ...  |
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Elizabeth Rex - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Timothy Findley. At: Chicago Shakespeare Theater (Navy Pier). Tickets: 312-595-5600; http://www.chicagoshakes.com/rex; $44-$75. Runs through: Jan. 22 It's 1601 and ...  |
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Porchlight's 'Affair' Feb. 18-April 1 - Porchlight Music Theatre will present the Chicago premiere of John Bucchino and Harvey Fierstein's A Catered Affair, directed by Nick ...  |
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SAM thru Dec. 15 - SAM—an all-female improv show—will take place at Second City's Skybox Theatre, 1608 N. Wells, Thursdays through Dec. 15. This fully ...  |
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'Naughtier & Nicer' at the Apartment - The Flaming Dames will conclude the holiday-themed burlesque revue, "Naughtier & Nicer," Dec. 17 at the Apartment Nightclub, 2251 N. ...  |
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Tracy Letts in Steppenwolf's 'Penelope' - Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced that ensemble member Tracy Letts has joined the cast of Penelope, by Enda Walsh and ...  |
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Hannukatz: The Musical - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: book and lyrics by Terry Abrahamson, music by Michael Carlson. At: National Pastime Theater at the Old Speakeasy, 4139 ...  |
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Spring Awakening - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: music by Duncan Sheik, lyrics and book by Steven Sater, based on the play by Frank Wedekind. At: Griffin ...  |
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Spotlight - If the holiday shows on tap this season are too heartwarming for your personal taste, then be sure to catch ...  |
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A Christmas Carol: The Silent Bah-Humbug; Charles Dickens Begrudgingly Performs 'A Christmas Carol.' Again. - DOUBLE REVIEW - A Christmas Carol: The Silent Bah-Humbug Playwright: The Ensemble At: Silent Theatre at NNWAC St. Paul's Church, 2215 W. North ...  |
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Sugar & Spice - DISH Weekly Dining Guide in Windy City Times - What will you choose for your last meal of 2011? Chicago's restaurants have all kinds of dining options to help ...  |
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Piper Laurie attends Camp Midnight's "A Very Carrie Christmas" at the Music Box - David Cerda, Alex Grelle, Ed Jones, Piper Laurie and host Richard Knight, Jr. at the Carrie movie Christmas camp screening ...  |
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Pop Making Sense: Musicians and the movies - There is Oscar buzz in the air, but there also is talk of upcoming films about beloved musicians as well ...  |
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LGBT doctors, lawyers hold mixer at Scarlet - Members of Chicago chapters of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association ( GLMA ) and the Lesbian and Gay Bar ...  |
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Billy Masters - "I don't give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else... They go on and on with ...  |
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