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City Life, Public Service Announcement Nov 20, 2020
Transgender Day of Remembrance ensures we don't forget

Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, transgender, Transgender Day of Remembrance, Center on Halsted, Howard Brown, Brave Space Alliance, Anti-Violence Project, LGBTQ, LGBT, South Side Community Art Center, COVID-19, visual art, The Spin

Music, Gig Poster of the Week Jan 22, 2020
Celebrating homegrown music infrastructure on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was created by local artist and musician Ethan D’Ercole.
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Gig Poster of the Week, gig poster, gig poster of the week, gig posters, concerts, show flyers, Smashed Plastic, Smashed Plastic Record Pressing, CHIRP Radio, Chicago Independent Radio Project, Sleeping Village, anniversary, Ethan D'Ercole, SuperKnova, Dyes, Space Gators, Intergalactic Swamp Songs, queer pop, transgender, vinyl pressing plant, vinyl records, records

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Sep 6, 2018
An essential point-of-view is missing in the one-woman show Big Giant Love

A mother's teenager comes out as trans, and all she can say is, "What about me?"
- By Jack Helbig
- Tags: Theater Review, Big Giant Love, Madison Street Theatre, Maureen Muldoon, Power of One, pansexual, transgender

Arts & Culture, Theater Review Jul 6, 2018
The family in Sagittarius Ponderosa can only truly see one another in dreams

But in dreams begin responsibilities.
- By Dmitry Samarov
- Tags: Theater Review, Sagittarius Ponderosa, Redtwist Theatre, Jaq Seifert, Brian Parry, Jacqueline Grandt, Kathleen Ruhl, MJ Kaufman, James Fleming, Christopher Acevedo, Kristen Martino, Daniel Friedman, transgender

Arts & Culture, Feature Feb 27, 2018
Owen Daniel-McCarter looks back on a decade of organizing in Chicago

“We live in a world that for the most part still doesn’t acknowledge that trans people exist.”
- By H. Melt
- Tags: Feature, Owen Daniel-McCarter, Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois, transgender, cisgender, trans rights, trans activism, Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, StreetWise, Jobs With Justice, Chicago Coalition to Protect Public Housing, Eli Clair, Miss Major, Stone Butch Blues, Leslie Feinberg, Sylvia Rivera, Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, GenderQueer anthology, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Dean Spade, name change, trans advocacy

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Oct 19, 2017
Help, my family member may be/was a perv!

Advice for the would-be sex-positive
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, cross-dressing, masturbation, women's panties, bras, Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, pornography, sex-positivity, incest fantasies, transgender

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Sep 20, 2017
When the nice lady has a penis . . .

Dan Savage advises a straight guy encountering a “mental block” after learning the woman he’s been seeing is transgender, and more.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, pre-op transgender, transgender, chicks with dicks, homophobia, transphobia, Evan Urquhart, Slate, nonmonogamy, monogamy, gaslighting, self-sabotage

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Aug 10, 2017
Hair, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and six more new stage shows to see now

"The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" and the unhinged Albee classic are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Decease, I Insist: A Funerarial Comedy, Mass St. Productions, Sophie Duntley, Rebecca Escobedo, Katie Ruppert, Engage! A Choose-Your-Own Sci-Fight Show, Stellar Productions, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hair: The American Tribal-Love Rock Musical, Liam Quealy, Mercury Theater, Gerome Ragni, James Rado, Galt MacDermot, Brenda Didier, Eugene Dizon, Michelle Lauto, Life in 35mm: An Improvised Documentary, the Annoyance, Jordan Wilson, improv, Mark Walsh, Monticello, Thomas R. Geoghegan, Thomas Jefferson, Edgar Allen Poe, slavery, the Declaration of Independence, Sally Hemings, A Puppet Playdate With Grandma D, Pride Arts Center Theatre for Youth, Blue's Clues, Jessica Herthel, Shelagh McNicolas, Jazz Jennings, transgender, I Am Jazz, The Taming of the Shrew, Ridgeville Park District, Shakespeare on the Ridge, Arc Theatre, Natalie Sallee, Teddy Boone, oudoor Shakespeare, Pulse Theatre, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee, Chris Jackson, Lewis R. Jones, Nicholia Q. Aguirre, Kate Robinson, Adam Zaininger

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Aug 2, 2017
Brave Like Them, The Bricklayers of Oz, and ten more new stage shows for the dog days

A "queer as f**k riot grrrl musical" and Chicago Dance Crash's latest story-length hip-hop showcase are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, An American in Paris, Christopher Wheeldon, George and Ira Gershwin, Gene Kelly, I Got Rhythm, Craig Lucas, McGee Maddox, Jerry Mulligan, Ryan Steele, About Face Youth Theatre, riot grrrl movement, Kathleen Hanna, Bikini Kill, 90s punk, Ali Hoefnagel, Kieran Kredell, Kyle Norton, Erin Kilmurray, Nicholas Davio, Brave Like Them, The Fair Maid of the West, Oak Park Festival Theatre, Thomas Heywood, 17th-century comedy, Amanda Forman, Zach Livingston, Kevin Theis, swordplay, Bobby Bowman, Teatro Vista, La Havana Madrid, Sandra Delgado, Latin nightclub, Carpacho y Su Super Combo, Latino immigrants in Chicago, Goodman Theatre, Lakeview, the Comrades, In the Wake, Lisa Kron, Rose Sengenberger, Alison Plott, Mike Newquist, Rachel Rauscher, Bush v. Gore, 2000 presidential election, Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, Ground Zero, Alex Mallory, Black Ensemble Theater, Rueben Echoles, Deverin Deonte, Last Dancer Standing (More Than Hip-Hop), Black Lives Matter, Huggable Riot, sketch comedy, Judgmental Institutions, the Annoyance, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare in the Parks, Marti Lyons, The Vagina Monologues, The Aleatoric Theatre Company, Eve Ensler, Refugee Alliance Group, transgender, Joette Waters, Sandy Smith

Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Jan 25, 2017
Can Chicago forgive Rahm Emanuel?

He’s starting with the “man in the mirror,” but will the DOJ report help him change his ways?
- By Derrick Clifton
- Tags: Identity & Culture, News, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Department, U.S. Department of Justice, Laquan McDonald, police misconduct, police brutality, police accountability, racism, implicit bias, LGBT, women, transgender, Loretta Lynch, City Hall

Blogs, Bleader Jan 13, 2017
Video
Dorian Electra celebrates 2,000 years of drag with a crowd of dazzling Chicagoans

Dorian Electra's video "2,000 Years of Drag: A Musical Odyssey" aims to teach compassion for trans-feminine people and an understanding of their history.
- By Lee V. Gaines
- Tags: LGBTQ+, Music, Dorian Electra, drag, Imp Queen, the Vixen, Refinery29, Andy Milad, Queen!, Smart Bar, London Jade, Stonewall Riots, trans, LGBTQ, 2000 Years of Drag: A Musical Odyssey, transgender, nonbinary, gender, nonconforming, Video

Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Dec 21, 2016
Don’t blame ‘identity politics’ for what went wrong in 2016

We marginalized folks didn't start this garbage fire.
- Tags: Identity & Culture, Identity politics, politics, social justice, economy, economic justice, socioeconomic status, race, racism, sexism, gender, sexuality, LGBT, class, inequality, year in review, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Rahm Emanuel, Donald Trump, election, Black Youth Project 100, BYP 100, Movement Advancement Project, transgender, trans, transphobia

News & Politics, Politics Nov 29, 2016
This lawsuit could have major impact on LGBTQ employment protections

A federal appeals court revisits the suit of an Indiana teacher who says she was fired for being gay.
- By Robin Amer
- Tags: Politics, Kim Hively, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, Greg Nevins, Lambda Legal, LGBTQ, gay, lesbian, transgender, employment, Title VII, 1964 Civil Rights Act, discrimination, Donald Trump, Antonin Scalia, William Pryor

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Nov 23, 2016
Roz and Ray, Turtle, and eight more new stage shows

A tables-turning HIV drama and a world premiere from Redtwist are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Beth in July, R.J. Tsarov, Antonio Brunetti, Lauren Demerath, Crazy for You, Girl Crazy, George and Ira Gershwin, Ken Ludwig, Clyde Alves, Matt Crowle, Lyric Opera, Jules Massenet, Don Quichotte, Chris Maravich, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Clémentine Margaine, Nicola Alaimo, Sir Andrew Davis, A Hedda Gabler, Red Tape Theatre, Nigel O'Hearn, Henrik Ibsen, ImprovOpoly, Under the Gun Theater, Lip Cervix, Ali Carney, Kate Nolan, McKenzie Morrell, Emma Macmillan, Tiffany Streng, Public House Theatre, Taco Tuesdays, Roz and Ray, Victory Gardens Theater, Chay Yew, Mary Beth Fisher, James Vincent Meredith, The Normal Heart, Larry Kramer, HIV/AIDS, TimeLine Theatre, Stomp, Savion Glover, Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk, Blue Man Group, Nothing Without a Company, The Living Canvas, [Trans]Formation, transgender, intersex, nonbinary, Turtle, Jake Jeppson, Redtwist Theatre, Emily Tate, Drew Johnson, Michael Sherwin, Carolyn Kruse, Daniel Friedman, Damon Kiely, Karen Hartman

Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Oct 10, 2016
Activists won’t let Chicago forget that black trans lives matter

A community in pain rallies for TT Saffore, a black trans woman killed in Chicago last month.
- By Derrick Clifton
- Tags: Identity & Culture, News, TT Saffore, black, trans, transgender, black trans lives matter, black lives matter, crime, murder, gender, antiblackness, racism, transphobia, misogyny, transmisogyny, LGBT, gender identity, Lakeview, Wellington United Church of Christ, LaSaia Wade, Chicago TGNC Collective, gender nonconforming

Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Sep 21, 2016
Performance artist to Chicago: Get off our areolas

Bea Cordelia thinks the city’s liquor-license law has a gender-bias problem.
- By Derrick Clifton
- Tags: Identity & Culture, #FreeTheNipple, Bea Cordelia, Bea Sullivan-Knoff, art, poetry, spoken word, gender, gender identity, trans, transgender, sexism, misogyny, transphobia, women, cisgender, cisgender women, gay, lesbian, bi, LGBT, nipple, nudity, aereolas, performance art, live performance, bars, venues, nightlife

Blogs, Bleader Aug 2, 2016
Talking to fans and bands at the pro-queer, anticapitalist Fed Up Fest

This weekend's Fed Up Fest brought together radical queer communities from all over the midwest.
- By KT Hawbaker
- Tags: LGBTQ+, Music, Fed Up Fest, queer, LGBT, LGBTQ, punk, music festivals, summer music festivals, DIY, queercore, transgender, gender

Blogs, Bleader May 31, 2016
What the Obama administration’s transgender policy means for bathroom bills in Illinois

The president’s groundbreaking support of trans students could spell the end for HB 4474.
- By Nico Lang
- Tags: News, Politics, LGBT, Barack Obama, Loretta Lynch, Pat McCrory, Thomas Morrison, House Bill 2, Vanita Gupta, U.S. Department of Justice, House Bill 4474, transgender, LGBTQ

Blogs, Bleader Dec 31, 2015
Transgender artists control their own narrative at Glass Curtain's 'Bring Your Own Body'

The Columbia College gallery's latest exhibit combines historical documents and contemporary art in an attempt to properly contextualize trans art and artists.
- By Kate Sierzputowski
- Tags: Arts, History, LGBT, Visual Art, Bring Your Own Body, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College, transgender, transgender art, Jeanne Vaccaro, Stamatina Gregory, Chris Vargas, Mark Aguhar, Kinsey Institute, Flawless Sabrina, Andy Warhol, Diane Arbus

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Jun 11, 2015
Should we really be OK with the surgical removal of healthy body parts?

Dan Savage weighs in on gender identity and sex-reassignment surgery. Plus: the plight of a submissive, the wisdom of middle-aged gay men
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Caitlyn Jenner, Vanity Fair, transgender, sex-reassignment surgery, Human Rights Campaign, submissive, BDSM, kink

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love May 14, 2015
When your partner is 'one of those women'

Advice for a married man put out by the female anatomy. Plus: more on the price(s) of admission
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, clitoris, orgasm, marriage, transgender, cisgender, online dating, ejaculation

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Apr 16, 2015
Outed by his back-street trans girl

Advice for a self-described nice guy betrayed. Plus: what to do about that diaper-play dilemma
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, transgender, Match.com, Bailey Jay, The Jim Norton Show, Vice, adult-baby, diaper play, age play

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Dec 11, 2014
Brave new (genderfluid) world

A few tips for those baffled by the host of new gender identities. Plus: what to do when your college-age child comes out as asexual.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, transgender, gender neutral, gender identity, Tumblr, tater tots, Washington Post, genderfluid, Wikipedia, Jezebel, asexuality, lesbianism, Asexuality Visibility and Education Network, threesomes

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Nov 20, 2014
The kind of letter that gets Dan Savage in trouble

It's that kind of kink. Plus: knives and other sticking points of consensual bondage
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, trans guy, transgender, Dan Savage, Savage Love, clitoris, fetish, BDSM, gerbiling, Brian Fitzsimmons, University of British Columbia, orgasm, Jodi Arias, Travis Alexander, Nancy Grace, Kim Kardashian, bondage

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Aug 21, 2014
Is it insensitive to be attracted to trans women?

Plus: When it’s OK to ask a woman her weight, and what to do when your snooping mother-in-law discovers gay porn and a butt plug.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, transgender, trans-girl porn, sex-reassignment surgery, Parker Marie Molloy, New York Times, the Advocate, Slate, BBW, Craigslist, Match.com, OkCupid, Gun Lovers Passions, threesome, monogamish, lube, butt plug, gay porn, religion

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