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- News & Politics, Feature Jul 3, 2019
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Dyke March
What does Dyke March mean to you?
- Arts & Culture, Feature Jun 27, 2019
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Queer parenting
The beauty of the sometimes less-visible modern family
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jun 20, 2019
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'Black women are everything'
Centering the voices and experiences of Black lesbians in Chicago
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jun 19, 2019
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Pride 1976
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 19, 2018
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Talking about God, the air force, and Britney Spears with Chicago rapper KC Ortiz
This weekend Alabama transplant KC Ortiz performs at a showcase hosted by local label Futurehood, which supports gay and trans musicians of color.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 6, 2018
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Activists protest pro-life event at Holy Trinity Church
Attendees circled the entrance of the church holding signs and yelling chants including "Pro-life, your name's a lie, you don't care if women die."
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 26, 2018
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Why should the government interfere with the very personal process of gender identity?
Days after a Trump administration memo calls for a strict binary definition of gender, the Intersex Justice Project marches to protest surgeries on babies and children with ambiguous genitalia.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 22, 2018
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‘Tackling Taboos’: A conversation on redefining our own truths
From parental career pressure to porn, no topic was off the table at this Chicago Ideas Week event.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 11, 2018
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Humboldt Park kids' store Peach Fuzz gives hugs
Claire Tibbs's LGBTQ-friendly Humboldt Park children's boutique is also a place to read and explore.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 4, 2018
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Gone too soon: five films by directors who died young
These final films by five directors who died too young give a taste of what was left unrealized.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 7, 2018
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Meet Kidd Kenn, Chicago’s hottest openly gay 15-year-old rapper
Kidd is unapologetic about who he is—so of course he has a cosign from Queen Key.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 30, 2018
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Trans woman Strawberry Hampton reports continued assaults while detained at men’s prisons
Despite filing multiple complaints against guards and inmates, Strawberry Hampton is being denied a transfer to a women's prison.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 9, 2018
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Nerds unite at Challengers for Women’s Comics Night
Nonbinary folks and dudes are welcome too.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 29, 2018
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Pride double standard? Bars upset after police forced some to close early after parade
"It’s anti-hospitality and counterproductive to the community and our celebration of our culture,” one bar owner said.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 22, 2018
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What I learned about gay pride from the Mattachine Society
Gay pride is a daily protest.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 21, 2018
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Alicia Swiz wants to make you a better feminist—by taking her online course
"I've always been a huge advocate of people becoming more critical thinkers of media."
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 20, 2018
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Queer filmmaker Derek Jarman gets a Pride Month retrospective at FilmStruck
FilmStruck celebrates Pride Month with a retrospective on queer British filmmaker Derek Jarman.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 11, 2018
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Drag queens find unlikely spot to perform—on a 50-foot climbing wall
Brooklyn Boulders, which recently hosted Out to Climb, plans to hold a monthly climbing meet-up for the LGBTQ community.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 4, 2018
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Chicago Underground Film Festival at 25: A look back
As the 25th Chicago Underground Film Festival approaches, here are ten stand-out features from festivals past.
- Blogs, Bleader May 18, 2018
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The city's only black-owned gay bar, the Jeffery Pub, in photos
The south-side club's drag shows are spectacular, true, but this venerable club has much more to offer.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 24, 2018
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The film shorts program ‘I’m Not Sure What You Mean?’ spotlights queer coming-of-age experiences
Curated by guest programmers Rebecca Ladida and Jess Lee, the free program at Comfort Station features work from Canada, Iran, and the U.S.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 26, 2018
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A year before Stonewall, there was The Boys in the Band, the first successful mainstream play with all gay characters
Mart Crowley's controversial drama about gay liberation turns 50.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 23, 2018
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Five gay films from an era when queer themes were invisible in Hollywood
Films by Hitchcock, Cukor, and Minnelli turn up on this list of classics from before the Stonewall era.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 19, 2018
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Fellow Travelers brings the 1950s ‘lavender scare’ to opera
Boy meets boy amid McCarthy-era witch hunts in Fellow Travelers, the opera.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 9, 2018
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Five must-see films about film
Five extraordinary films about film, by five extraordinary filmmakers.