7+ hour, 48+ min ago  (131+ words) Windy City Times On the evening of April 30, a full room of LGBTQ+ activists, allies and supporters, among them Mayor Brandon Johnson, welcomed Antonio King as the first and only Director of LGBTQ+ Affairs in the nation. A well-known figure…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (594+ words) Chicago could elect its first openly trans nonbinary alderperson in 2027, as Far Northwest Side organizer'S Gronkiewicz-Doran'launches a bid for the 45th Ward seat. Gronkiewicz-Doran, a Jefferson Park resident and longtime neighborhood advocate, is challenging incumbent Ald. Jim Gardiner with a campaign…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (141+ words) Pride in the Pews rebrands with new focus on Black LGBTQ+ health and wellness'Windy City Times The five-year-old Pride in the Pews organization has a new name, Powering Institutions Toward Pride (Toward Pride) which officials announced at its A Celebration…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (662+ words) A national gathering of transgender advocates is heading to Puerto Rico this fall amid escalating attacks on trans rights'with several Illinois organizers helping lead the effort before it comes to Chicago in 2027. The'National Trans Visibility March'(NTVM) takes place Oct....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (156+ words) windycitytimes. com Valencia, Spain, is getting ready to host the 2026 Gay Games and tourism boosters are already preparing to put the city's best face forward with the hopes of converting some of the estimated 8, 000-12, 000 attendees to return again and again....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (228+ words) Out the Archives is a recurring feature diving into the Windy City Times collection, offering a look back at the rich history of LGBTQ+ Chicago. In this edition, we look back at the April 1997 issue of BLACKlines. Some sects of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (871+ words) A gay Christian who spent years in conversion therapy shares his story in a new memoir that pulls back the curtain on megachurch culture'arriving as a'recent Supreme Court ruling threatens bans on the practice'across the U. S. Conversion Therapy Dropout'by Timothy Schraeder…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (184+ words) The two-day street festival is a vibrant celebration of LGBTQ+ life, culture, and community. It is located on'Halsted Street between Addison & Grace in Chicago's historic LGBTQ+ business district. (3600 N. Halsted St to 3800 N. Halsted St, Chicago, IL, 60613) The festival runs 11 a. m. - 10 p. m. daily and…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (247+ words) In the early evening of April 12, Trident International Windy Cityand Leather Archives and Museumpresented the 13th Annual Trident Cupcake Wars. The event raises funds for Howard Brown Health's Broadway Youth Centerand serves each year as a traditional social gathering for LGBTQ…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (556+ words) One of my favorite memorabilia pieces is a Cosmopolitan from January 1959 signed by Betsy Palmer. Palmer, perhaps best known for playing Mrs. Voorhees in the original'Friday the 13th,'had graduated from the Goodman School of Drama (now Theatre School at De…...