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HRC, Drones, and Space Aliens

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It’s hard to not admire HRC in the same way: Like the Alien, it’s a perfect beast, unclouded by liberal or left delusions about parity or justice.  


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Capitalism, Class, Inequality Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Why Is America Turning to Shit?

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If we are to truly reimagine the place of shit in our lives, we need to consider the harsh realities of who gets to shit in peace, and who gets to clean it up afterwards. Toilet in Uganda, by Sustainable Sanitation.


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

Trans activist Dean Spade holds court at DePaul

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Noted trans activist, attorney, Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) founder and author Dean Spade was in Chicago presenting on his book, Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law. The event took place Sept. 24 in the DePaul Student Center.


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

Bars For Life: LGBTQs and Sex Offender Registries

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“Within the next couple of years, we’re going to have a million sex offenders, people found guilty or who plead guilty. That’s an enormous population we’re going to isolate from mainstream society.”


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Chicago Chronicles Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Activists protest sexual abuse of incarcerated youth

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On July 30, approximately 50 people gathered outside the Bilandic Building, 160 N. LaSalle St., to participate in a silent protest against the sexual abuse of incarcerated youth. The event, which began at 8:30 a.m., was scheduled before the Illinois House Restorative Justice Committee held a hearing in response to response to a recent Department […]


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Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Queer: What is it good for? Language and the LGBT movement

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The word “queer” has been around since the 16th century and at first meant simply something out of order, mis-aligned, with occasional references to mental disorders. Over the years, it gradually took on a term of abuse directed at those considered sexually deviant.


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Capitalism, Class, Inequality Immigration Queer Politics, Culture, and History

Romancing the Border: Or, Making (Self) Deportation Sexy

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Stop buying this bullshit, people, and start asking the hard questions.


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Capitalism, Class, Inequality Gay Marriage Queer Politics, Culture, and History

Illinois’ Gay Marriage Disaster: An Autopsy

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Illinois has the highest foreclosure rate in the country in 2012, and the highest unemployment rate.  Marriage can’t prevent either.


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Sukie de la Croix’s Chicago Whispers book now available

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St. Sukie de la Croix has been a Chicago fixture since the English native moved to this city in1991. He is a former writer for Windy City Times, has been a reporter and columnist for several publications, and is often seen at LGBTQ events, recording people and speeches with his camera and notebook. He currently […]


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Chicago Chronicles Feminism Immigration Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

Chicago Dyke March Collective hosts immigration forum

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Since 2008, the Chicago Dyke March Collective (CDMC) has held its annual march in locations outside the city’s traditional Andersonville neighborhood. The CDMC has also, in recent years, sought to engage communities by organizing forums on topics relevant to the area it marches in.


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