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01/24/2025

Declaring himself anointed by God, Trump said during his inaugural speech that God saved him from an assassination attempt to make America great again. Fusing God into MAGA and his own personage, through his words and post-inaugural deeds, Trump has made his monarchical intentions clear. Trump is bu...

01/24/2025

Thailand’s long-awaited marriage law took effect on Jan. 23, and hundreds of same-s*x couples received marriage certificates, the BBCreported. Activists said they were hoping to cross the 1,448-mark for registrations by the end of the day, as 1,448 is the clause in the Thai Civil Code covering the...

01/24/2025

The day before the country observed Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, Q***rty released a list of eight Black q***r documentaries that explore history, race, s*xuality, and identity. Some of them include Paris Is Burning, which examines ballroom culture of 1980s New York City; The Death and Life o...

01/24/2025

National Black Justice Collective (NBJC) CEO and Executive Director Dr. David J. Johns issued a statement in response to President Biden granting clemency to nearly 2,500 individuals convicted of nonviolent drug offenses who have been serving disproportionately long sentences. In part, he said, “W...

01/24/2025

In his new book, Hope: The Autobiography, Pope Francis addresses his record on controversial issues—including those involving LGBTQ+ people, according to America Magazine. At one point, the pontiff wrote, “Homos*xuality is not a crime, it is a human fact,” adding, “LGBTQ+ people “are not...

01/24/2025

CHICAGO—The Chicago Stars FC have released the club’s schedule for the 2025 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season. The Stars’ 2025 campaign features 26 matches, 13 at home and 13 on the road, and kicks off Friday, March 14, in Orlando. “We had a wonderful 2024 season, but that was j...

01/23/2025

How best to describe Fat Ham? How about: “An ingenious theatrical intersection of Shakespearean Drama and Black Joy.” Playwright James Ijames won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize winner for drama with Fat Ham, which cooks up a comically contemporary and playful LGBTQ+ riff on Shakespeare’s towering t...

01/23/2025

Artemis Singers, Chicago’s le***an feminist chorus, is celebrating love in all its forms at its upcoming winter performance. The “All About Love” show happens 7 p.m. Feb. 1 at Bronzeville’s VanderCook College of Music, 3125 S. Federal St. Tickets are available here. The show is themed aroun...

01/23/2025

On January 20, President Trump signed an executive order redefining the word “s*x” in federal programs and services to refer only to biological characteristics “at conception” and as unchangeable. A new report from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law provides an analysis of the orde...

01/23/2025

A day after receiving no nominations for the GLAAD Media Awards, the trans-centered musical Emilia Pérez led all films with 13 Oscar nominations. Among the movie’s nods were Best Film, Best Director (Jacques Audiard) and Best Actress for Karla Sophia Gascon—making her the first openly trans a...

01/23/2025

A new Chick-fil-A opening in Hyde Park is receiving backlash for moving into a prominent LGBTQ+ organization’s building despite the company’s history of anti-LGBTQ+ support. The new Chick-fil-A is slated to open later this year at 1512 E. 53rd St.—downstairs from Brave Space Alliance, a Black...

01/22/2025

CHICAGO – Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) is facing a financial shortfall brought on by rising health care costs for in-person care, increase in patient volume needing financial assistance, uncertain patient care landscape under a new national political administration, and the need to create...

01/22/2025

New York, New York – Wednesday, January 22, 2025 – GLAAD announced the nominees of the 36th GLAAD Media Awards. In a time of unprecedented challenges for LGBTQ people, LGBTQ stories are the antidote to anti-LGBTQ violence, legislation and disinformation. GLAAD’s mission to accelerate accept...

01/22/2025

Chicagoans are bracing for the impact of an anti-trans executive order signed by President Donald Trump stating the U.S. will only recognize two s*xes and rolling back other protections for transgender people. The executive order, signed by Trump hours after he took office Monday, mandates the gove...

01/21/2025

GLAAD: “President Trump claims to be a strong proponent of freedom of speech, yet he is clearly committed to censorship of any information containing or related to LGBTQ Americans and issues that we face. This action proves the Trump administration’s goal of making it as difficult as possible f...

01/21/2025

On Jan. 17, over 300 partygoers packed the Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave., for the Sapphic Factory: Q***r Joy Party, hosted by TSN Parties. Sapphic Factory began in 2023 as a traveling party with events held throughout North America. This marked the party’s second stop in Chicago. TSN Parties ...

01/21/2025

Fulfilling a campaign promise he made, President Donald Trump signed anti-LGBTQ+ executive orders on his first day in office. During his inauguration speech on Jan. 20, Trump said that the country would only recognize two genders. He later signed an order that requires the government to use the term...

01/20/2025

Chicagoans are bracing for a potential immigration crackdown amid reports that now-President Donald Trump’s incoming border czar called the city “ground zero” for mass deportations. A handful of public officials spent Monday morning canvassing high-traffic areas in Avondale to educate the comm...

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