“There’s no community around Black women with HIV and AIDS.”
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The Century Landmark Theater in Evanston was the scene of a Proposition 8-related protest on Saturday, November 22.
Your gay union card, the grey metallic one, with an embossed pink triangle? Shredded.
The Chicago Ordinance on Human Rights, which banned discrimination against gays and lesbians and other minorities, was passed on December 21, 1988. Gerber/Hart Library, 1127 W. Granville, recently organized a panel discussion to mark the occasion.
Why are we fighting for the specious rights granted by an outmoded institution?
Five years ago, the Cook County Clerk’s Office established a domestic-partnership registry, with John Pennycuff and Robert Castillo being the first to register. Since then, 1,500 couples have registered for domestic partnership benefits, with the most recent (as of Oct. 1) being Jim Konold and Tim Hackett.
The Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, recently hosted a silent and live auction-events that had previously been part of its annual Human First Gala. This year, according to Leslie DeMonte, director of special events and volunteer services, the decision was made to separate the two functions so that the gala could draw more focus to itself.
Bayard’s recreation of 1818 Paris is devoid of sentimentality.
But even more fascinating to me is the extent to which we hold on to the idea that we’re all just part of a struggling middle class, despite mounting evidence that a lot of us are just plain poor.
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich recently cut spending at state agencies. Among the hardest-hit was the Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse [DASA], which lost 21 percent of its budget.