Category: From Windy City Times

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

An international law firm and a coalition of LGBTQ and healthcare advocacy groups filed a complaint Wednesday challenging a Florida rule that excludes transgender-related medical care from Medicaid reimbursements.  The lawsuit was filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida against the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration by Lambda Legal, […]

A court in Iran has sentenced two LGBTQ and intersex activists to death after their arrest for “promoting homosexuality.” Iran Human Rights, a Norway-based NGO that champions human rights in Iran, on Tuesday noted the Urmia Revolutionary Court in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province sentenced Zahra (Sareh) Sedighi, 31, and Elham Coobdar, 24, to death after it convicted […]

The independent U.N. expert on LGBTQ and intersex issues has expressed concern over efforts to curtail the rights of LGBTQ and intersex people in states across the U.S. “I am deeply alarmed by a widespread, profoundly negative riptide created by deliberate actions to roll back the human rights of LGBT people at (the) state level,” […]

Owners of Port 251, a gay-owned bar and restaurant in Rehoboth Beach, Del., are accusing local police of discrimination and harassment, claiming on-duty officers regularly sit outside the venue for the duration of its popular drag brunches. Tony Sacco, an owner of Port 251, said police began to routinely visit the venue during drag performances […]

A southwest Florida district put parental “advisory notice” on over 100 books, many of which are race or LGBTQ-themed.  A great number of books in Collier County Public Schools, either digital or physical, now have warning labels writing “Advisory notice to parents,” according to an NBC report, The label, tweeted by nonprofit free-speech-promoting group PEN […]

Pride Live, a social advocacy and community engagement organization for the LGBTQ+ community, announced plans this week to open the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center (SNMVC). When open, this will be the first LGBTQ+ visitor center within the National Park Service (NPS), system of parks and monuments. According to organizers, the center marks a landmark […]

CHICAGO, IL: Organizers and activists from the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Breaking the Chains Magazine, ANSWER Chicago, Code Pink, Make Noize for Change, and others will be rallying on Wed., May 11, at 6

Back in March, Jose Cueva got an unexpected phone call from the president of Kennedy-King College: Cueva’s perfect 4.0 GPA meant he would be graduating as salutatorian. “I was in shock; I wasn’t expecting that,” Cueva

On May 5, President Biden announced Karine Jean-Pierre has been promoted to be assistant to the president and White House press secretary, according to a White House media release. Jean-Pierre will step into the press secretary