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WCT's Jerry Nunn is among inaugural Critics Choice LGBTQ+ celebration organizers
Entertainment journalist Jerry Nunn. Photo courtesy of Nunn Chicago-based entertainment writer Jerry Nunn, a regular contributor to Windy City Times, is among the organizers of the upcoming Critics...
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GLAAD releases 19th 'Where We Are on TV' study
Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi in the canceled LGBTQ series Our Flag Means Death. Photo by Aaron Epstein and HBO Max Los Angeles, CA – Tuesday, April 30, 2024 – GLAAD released its 19th edition of the...
View Article2024 LGBTQ+ Advocacy Day happening May 8
On Wednesday May 8th, 2024, Equality Illinois and LGBTQ+ community partners from across the state are hosting the annual LGBTQ+ Advocacy Day. At a time when anti-equality governors and legislators are...
View ArticleHalf of LGBTQ+ college faculty surveyed consider moving to another state due...
Anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) laws have negatively impacted the teaching, research, and health of LGBTQ+ college faculty, according to a new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School...
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United Methodist Church repeals ban on LGBTQ+ clergy
On May 1, United Methodist delegates repealed their church's longtime ban on LGBTQ+ clergy, removing a rule banning "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" from being ordained or appointed as ministers,...
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Chicago Red Stars lose to the Washington Spirit
In a midweek match, the Chicago Red Stars fell to the Washington Spirit 4-2. Red Stars rookie Leilanni Nesbeth scored her first professional goal tonight in the 92nd minute, while Ally Schlegel became...
View ArticleSixth Circuit hears appeal of ruling upholding Tennessee's discriminatory...
(Nashville, TN, May 2, 2024) — Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit heard oral argument in Lambda Legal's appeal of a district court ruling upholding Tennessee's discriminatory birth...
View ArticleHoward Brown Health ratifies first-time contract agreement with...
CHICAGO — May 2, 2024 — Howard Brown Health and its workers represented by the Illinois Nurses Association have reached an agreement on a first-time contract that will cover nearly 400 administrative,...
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President Joe Biden honors Judy Shepard with Presidential Medal of Freedom,...
WASHINGTON — Today, President Joe Biden will award Judy Shepard, founding president of the Matthew Shepard Foundation Board of Directors and its first executive director, with the Presidential Medal of...
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Fortune Feimster & Jax Smith Named Grand Marshals for 2024 Chicago Pride...
The celebrity comedienne and her wife will join Community Grand Marshals, Art Johnston & Jose ‘Pepe’ Pena and Myles & Precious Brady-Davis From a press release: PRIDEChicago, the...
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The Artistic Alphabet Mafia offers a queer crafting glitch in reality
By Charlie Kolodziej “The first core tenant is silliness,” said Lelia Woods of their Artistic Alphabet Mafia (TAAM), a LGBTQ+ crafting group for Covid-cautious queers. “I think the second is creating...
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Apply now for Windy City Times’ 2nd annual community journalism cohort
Windy City Times is accepting applications for the second year of its paid community journalism course for anyone interested in storytelling for marginalized communities. Our Stories, Our Power is a...
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