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AIDS: Couple runs to fight AIDS - Kinnier Lastimosa and Jennifer Cheng will celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary on May 18 and will be running the annual ...  |
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AIDS: Robert Bray, decades of activism add up - For a man whose work may be often overlooked, not counted among the public face of the LGBT rights movement, ...  |
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AIDS: Chicago House helps clients with employment concerns - During his first several years at Chicago House, CEO Stan Sloan noticed an alarming trend. Every year, hundreds of clients ...  |
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AIDS Chicago House expands beyond housing - With an operating budget of nearly $5 million and programs dispersed throughout the city, the Chicago House and Social Service ...  |
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Sen. Kirk suffers stroke - News posted Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., underwent surgery Jan. 23 after suffering a stroke, according to the Chicago Tribune. "On Saturday, ...  |
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Christie nominates gay mayor for state court - News posted Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 - N.J. Gov. Chris Christie has nominated gay GOP mayor Bruce Harris to the state supreme court, according to Advocate.com. Harris, ...  |
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Gay alderman on Emanuel, cardinal - For many in LGBT community, James Cappleman is not just the 46th Ward alderman. He and 44th Ward Ald. Tom ...  |
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Romney's tax returns reveal donations to anti-LGBT groups - Romney gave to Massachusetts-based goup advocating for ex-gay movement - From an HRC news release, posted Jan. 24, 2012 Washington — The tax returns for Mitt Romney's charitable foundation reveal ...  |
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Activists launch anti-bullying petition after Chicago attack - News update posted Jan. 20, 2012 - A change.org online petition against bullying has picked up nearly 16,000 signatures after a 17 year old was attacked by ...  |
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Lakeview business Pie Hole closes temporarily - The latest chapter in the wild tale of the Pie Hole Pizza Joint went down Jan. 18, when officials from ...  |
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Gingrich-Jones: Kelly Cassidy is the next Tammy Baldwin - Candace Gingrich-Jones, the half-sister of Republican Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, said she sees state Rep. Kelly Cassidy as "the next ...  |
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Debra Shore holds fundraiser - Eric Nelson and his husband, Jess Jose, hosted a fundraising brunch at their home for openly lesbian Metropolitan Reclamation Water ...  |
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Breast-cancer studies to examine lesbians, bisexual women and transgender individuals - Lesbian and bisexual women as well as transgender individuals will be the subjects of upcoming breast cancer studies taking place ...  |
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Two lesbians in gallery for State of the Union address - Posted Jan. 24, 2012 - Colonel Ginger Wallace, an openly lesbian intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force, will be one of two openly gay ...  |
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Campaign leads to torture-clinic shutdown in Ecuador - Posted Jan. 24, 2012 - In Ecuador, the ministry of health has started investigating and closing hundreds of so-called "ex-gay" torture clinics after more than ...  |
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Volunteers needed to join the 2012 HIV Planning Body - From a news release - CDPH is looking for volunteers to join the 2012 Chicago Area HIV Integrated Services Council ( CAHISC ) The Chicago ...  |
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Maryland governor introduces marriage-equality bill; L.A. porn stars required to wear condoms - NATIONAL ROUNDUP: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley introduced a marriage-equality measure with clarification on protections for religious entities, according to Advocate.com. Last year, ...  |
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Couple reveals child's gender after five years; gay teen on trial for killing schoolmate - World news: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - In England, Beck Laxton and partner Kieran Cooper have revealed the sex of their child, Sasha, who was raised gender-neutral: ...  |
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VIEWPOINTS In Defense of Cynthia Nixon: Why 'Born This Way' Doesn't Matter - Cynthia Nixon is in hot water with some gays for comments she made to The New York Times about whether ...  |
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Letter to the editor: By George - LETTER - Dear Cardinal George, It is deeply disappointing that you would compare gay people organizing for their rights to the Ku ...  |
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Suppressing the sissy: My complex relationship to gender - VIEWPOINTS - Sissy/'sisé/ ( noun ) : A person regarded as effeminate or cowardly. I was the little boy America is supposedly ...  |
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Forum looks at feminism and Steinem's legacy - A recent panel discussion at Northwestern University focused on feminism and Gloria Steinem's legacy. The event featured four panelists: Veronica ...  |
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Gay attorney Mike Forti eyes judicial seat - ELECTIONS '12 - Mike Forti has had such a long and successful enough career that if he wanted, he could sit back and ...  |
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Basta survey sparks tension in race against Cassidy - Reports of a phone survey from 14th District residents have spurred tensions between Illinois Representative Democratic candidates Paula Basta and ...  |
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U.S. Sen. Franken joins Americans for Marriage Equality - From a news release - WASHINGTON — Today the Human Rights Campaign — the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization — ...  |
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Kelly Cassidy and Linda Bubon protest library cutbacks - In a last-minute protest, 14th Dist. State Rep. Kelly Cassidy and Women & Children First bookstore owner Linda Bubon met ...  |
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CHM hosts talk on leather community - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The Chicago History Museum (CHM) hosted a panel discussion titled "Chicago in Leather," on the city's leather community. The event ...  |
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Indiana license plate is first for LGBT youth - A new license plate in Indiana is the first of its kind—one that celebrates LGBT youth. It is believed to ...  |
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'Aging with Pride' forum at Rush Jan. 25 - "Aging with Pride"—a discussion on health issues facing LGBT older adults—will take place Wed., Jan. 25, at Rush University, Room ...  |
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Freedom to Marry reception Feb. 22 - Lambda Legal is hosting the 11th Annual Freedom to Marry Reception Wed., Feb. 22, 6:30-9 p.m. at the National Museum ...  |
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Starbucks, Google, Alcoa latest big corporations to endorse marriage equality in Washington State - They join 100+ small, medium and large businesses supporting equal civil marriage - From a news release OLYMPIA — Washington United for Marriage, a broad statewide coalition of organizations, congregations, unions and business ...  |
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Letter to the editor: Err apparent - Err apparent Dear Editor: I would prefer not to enter this debate between the Catholic Church and gay people initiated ...  |
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Nine movies get top Oscar nods - Posted Jan. 24, 2012 - Nine movies received Best Picture nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards. The films are the silent film The Artist; ...  |
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Glenn Close on 'Albert Nobbs', gender-bending and 'Damages' - Twenty-four hours before the Golden Globes ceremony, for which she's been nominated as Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama, ...  |
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Kathy Griffin's very gay show - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Hometown girl Kathy Griffin returned once again to perform two nights at The Chicago Theatre. Gays and girls fought a ...  |
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Dance fever: Wim Wenders talks Pina Bausch - MOVIES - High atop a cliff, a man dances madly about, his steps bringing him dangerously close to the edge. Behind him ...  |
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Knight at the Movies: Albert Nobbs; Tomboy; film note - Glenn Close first played the character of Albert Nobbs—a woman passing herself off as a man working as a waiter ...  |
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Everything's coming up Klea! - SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT - When Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace announced that its revival of the 1959 Broadway musical Gypsy would star Klea ...  |
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Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Ed Schmidt. At: Lookingglass Theatre at the Water Works, 821 N. Michigan Ave. Phone: 312-337-0665. http://www.lookingglasstheatre.org; $27.50-$68. Runs through: ...  |
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Billy Masters - "Having sleepovers with little boys ... and you're a 40-year-old man? Uh, NO. You're like a child molester."—Kurt Loder shares ...  |
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Pop Making Sense - MUSIC - After her performance of "Blue Jeans" and the haunting "Video Games" on a recent Saturday Night Live, Lana Del Rey ...  |
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dark play or stories for boys - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Carlos Murillo. At: Collaboraction, 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave. Tickets: 312-226-9633; http://www.collaboraction.org; $15-$25. Runs through: Feb. 26 Nick, the central ...  |
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Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Ed Schmidt At: Lookingglass Theatre at the Water Works, 821 N. Michigan Ave. Phone: 312-337-0665. http://www.lookingglasstheatre.org; $27.50-$68. Runs through: ...  |
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Band 'Kills' it in Riviera - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The band The Kills—U.S. singer Alison Mosshart and British guitarist Jamie Hince—played before a packed audience at the Riviera Jan. ...  |
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E. Faye Butler's 'Valentine' Feb. 13 at Millennium Park - The series Cabaret with a View returns to the Jay Pritzker Pavilion Monday, Feb. 13, with theater actress and singer ...  |
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Clutter: The True Story... - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Mark Saltzman. At: MadKap Productions at the Greenhouse, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. Phone: 773-404-7336 or http://www.greenhousetheater.org; $40. Runs through: ...  |
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CRITICS' PICKS - Blizzard '67, Chicago Dramatists, through Feb. 12. A battered Ford in a snowstorm is like a bunker under enemy fire ...  |
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Love and Money; Don't Act Like a Girl - DOUBLE REVIEW - Love and Money Playwright: Dennis Kelly At: Steep Theatre, 1115 W. Berwyn Phone: 312-458-0722; $20-$22 Web: http://www.SteepTheatre.com Runs through: Feb. ...  |
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New anthology showcases Chicago's LGBTQ literary culture, reading, reception coincides with AWP - From a news release - ( Chicago ) . On Friday, March 2, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., Editor Kathie Bergquist joins contributors ...  |
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Jennifer Hudson back in Chicago - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Actress and singer Jennifer Hudson made two recent hometown Chicago appearances—first at Weight Watchers on the South Side and then ...  |
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TCM to celebrate late gay director James Whale Jan. 27 - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - Frankenstein (1931) remains the most famous creation of James Whale. Like the frightened man-made child who was pieced together from ...  |
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'One Life to Live' stars say goodbye at Sidetrack - Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The broadcast of the final episode of One Life to Live was celebrated at Sidetrack Jan. 13 with several of ...  |
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The Wanted: British band hopes to make splash in the U.S. - MUSIC Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - There's a new boy band in town—The Wanted—and it's predicted to be the next big British thing. The members came ...  |
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Second 'Ab Fab' episode Feb. 6; Neil Patrick Harris and partner talk about their love- Entertainment news: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times - The second of three new Absolutely Fabulous 20th-anniversary specials will premiere in the United States Monday, Feb. 6, on Logo, ...  |
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Huge 'Morbid Curiosity' exhibit at Cultural Center - One of the Chicago Cultural Center's largest exhibitions to date, "Morbid Curiosity: The Richard Harris Collection," runs through July 8. ...  |
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Sugar and Spice: Tapas Las Ramblas - DISH Weekly Dining Guide in Windy City Times - I finally made it to Tapas Las Ramblas, a cheery tapas lounge on the South end of Andersonville. When Tapas ...  |
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Philip Hitchcock blends mythological with the erotic - ART - Sculptor Philip Hitchcock will be merging the worlds of mythology, realism and eroticism in a new exhibition entitled "Of Myth ...  |
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Phi Phi part of Chicago charge of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' - NUNN ON ONE: TV - Chicago is lucky and talented enough to have three contestants on RuPaul's Drag Race for the fourth season on the ...  |
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Jim Flint at Center on Halsted Jan. 25 - The Center on Halsted will host a chat with Jim Flint, Wed., Jan. 25, 7:30-9 p.m., at 3656 N. Halsted ...  |
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Music of Webber at Mayne Stage Feb. 12 - A glimpse at the inspiration of some of Broadway's biggest hits, "Kevin Moore Presents Score-by-Score, The Best of Broadway Musicals: ...  |
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Carol Burnett: Icon on Joan Rivers, Betty White and her '70s show - NUNN ON ONE - The Carol Burnett Show made television history, running for 11 years and receiving 25 Emmy Awards. Burnett's winning streak didn't ...  |
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Clarke, Gore collaborate on 'Ssss' - Electronic-music pioneers Vince Clarke (Erasure/ Yaz/ Depeche Mode) and Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode) have joined forces for the first ...  |
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'W.E.' soundtrack to be released Jan. 31 - The Golden Globe-nominated music from Madonna's upcoming film W.E.—composed, orchestrated and produced by Abel Korzeniowski—is scheduled to be released digitally ...  |
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EQ IL's 'Justice for All' gala Feb. 11 at Hilton - The annual Equality Illinois "Justice for All" gala will take place Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Hilton Chicago, 720 S. ...  |
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Lorna Luft at the Paramount Theatre Feb. 12. - From a news release - JUDY GARLAND'S DAUGHTER LORNA LUFT CELEBRATES THE LEGEND, THE MUSIC AND THE MEMORIES WITH SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME ON ...  |
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Spotlight - THEATER - A Chorus Line is the third production in the Paramount Theatre's inaugural season of presenting its own Broadway musicals. This ...  |
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