Category: Reporting

Articles that involve reporting and analysis

“Forget Stonewall,” in The Gay and Lesbian Review

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date April 27, 2019

The point in forgetting Stonewall is to hold on to the much more difficult task of thinking about “event-ness” and history in more complicated ways.

Chicago Chronicles Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

Talking with prison abolitionist Mariame Kaba

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date May 11, 2016

Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Jim Oleson, partner of historian John D’Emilio, dies

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date May 4, 2015

Jim Oleson, 77, a longtime Chicago resident and partner of gay historian John D’Emilio, died at their home on April 4, surrounded by loved ones. He had severely weakened lungs and heart, and had recently begun home hospice care.

Chicago Chronicles Feminism Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Statue stolen from HBHC Peace Garden again

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date April 13, 2014

A statue commemorating the late Mary York, the lesbian attorney and community activist who died of cancer in 2008, has been stolen from the Howard Brown Health Center ( HBHC ) Peace Garden.

Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

As Munar leaves, John Peller discusses taking over AFC

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date April 2, 2014

Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

David Munar will head Howard Brown center [includes video interview]

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date February 12, 2014

Longtime AIDS and LGBT health advocate David Munar will take over the troubled Howard Brown Health Center ( HBHC ) as its new president and CEO starting April 1.

Feminism Film, Art, Television, and Media Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

Pratibah Parmar discusses Alice Walker’s ‘Truth’

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date February 5, 2014

Pratibha Parmar is an acclaimed filmmaker, among the first of a generation of queer British filmmakers who were also people of color. Among her many noteworthy films are Reframing AIDS (1987) and Khush (1991). In 1993, she made Warrior Marks, a film about female genital mutilation, based on a book by Alice Walker and Parmar. Warrior Marks was controversial amongst many who opposed Walker and Parmar’s political stance against FGM, but cemented a long-standing collaboration and friendship between the two women.

Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Howard Brown terminates several staff

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date January 9, 2014

Following whispers that Howard Brown Health Center is set to hire a new leader of the organization, as reported last week in Windy City Times, comes news of employment terminations at the agency.

Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

HBHC could see new director soon

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date January 6, 2014

Howard Brown Health Center is due to make significant changes in the following weeks, including possibly hiring a new leader, according to sources contacted by Windy City Times.

Film, Art, Television, and Media Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Russian film about LGBTQ youth seeks funds

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date November 5, 2013

Children 404, a Russian-made documentary about Russian LGBTQ children and youth, is at the heart of a fundraising campaign, and North American scholars and activists are working to help the anonymous filmmakers make it a reality.