Category: From Windy City Times

The LGBTQ+ sports website Outsports named WNBA star Brittney Griner as its 2022 Person of the Year. Some of the previous honorees include figure skater Adam Rippon, former NFL player Michael Sam, soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe

CHICAGO, IL — December 13, 2022 — In its continual efforts of creating and protecting “brave spaces” for transgender and queer Black people to affirm their dignity, Brave Space Alliance (BSA) is providing a free name

(New York, NY – December 8, 2022) — GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is responding to the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act in the U.S.

For longtime Chicago activist Jeff Berry, becoming the first executive director of the Reunion Project a national alliance centering aging persons living with HIV, which Berry co-founded in 2015 was a significant

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments for the case of 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis. The case will either protect the fundamental equality of LGBTQ+ people —

WASHINGTON — Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, in partnership with The

On the evening of Nov. 20, the close of Transgender Awareness Week was acknowledged with Trans-Giving, an event both celebrating transgender lives and accomplishments, and remembering those lost to anti-trans violence in 2022. The sold-out dinner,

Lambda Legal filed a legal challenge to the U.S. military policy that prevents people living with HIV from enlisting in the U.S. Armed Forces, according to a press release. The current policy requires that applicants for

Patrick Haggerty was the first of his kind. Long before Ty Herndon, Paisley Fields, Brandi Carlile, Orville Peck, Andrew Sa, or Trixie Mattel, Haggerty recorded what is widely cited as the first gay Country music album

WASHINGTON, D.C. On Oct. 31, news broke that a business based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Donut Hole, was vandalized when someone threw a Molotov cocktail a hand-thrown incendiary weapon after hosting an event

When we think about how LGBTQ+ age, helping people feel connected and “seen” is just one of the many ways a community can care for LGBTQ+ elders. It can contribute to their mental health as they

WASHINGTON Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, issued a statement following Elon Musk completing his purchase

A Russian court has denied an appeal from WNBA player Brittney Griner’s appeal of a nine-year prison sentence on drug charges, according to NBC News. Griner had been hoping for a reduction to the sentence after

Andersonville Chamber of Commerce (ACC), in partnership with Dynamic Cooperative, will host “Re-imagining Health, Safety and Racial Justice in Andersonville” a free, one-day collaborative learning environment to explore the meaning of

Black Alphabet a nonprofit committed to promoting equity awareness on behalf of the Black LGBTQ+ community through the use of media and the arts announced the 9th Annual Black Alphabet Film Festival (BAFF) will kick off with the

U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor dismissed a challenge to Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law on technical grounds, per The Bay Area Reporter. The ruling took place Sept. 29. Winsor, a Donald Trump appointee, dismissed the