Join the Fun as Activists Celebrate Illinois Marriage Equality Victory
Andy Thayer of the Gay Liberation Network invites gays and allies to celebrate the successful vote by Illinois’s House (and Senate) on the state’s equal marriage rights. There will be a community victory rally at 7 p.m., Nov. 7th, at the corner of Halsted and Roscoe Streets in the heart of Chicago’s LGBT entertainment district. “Just two weeks […]
Press your luck with Dating for Nerds!
Get lucky during a fate-themed singles mixer. Find your charm over rounds of board games and trivia with other unattached LGBT smarties on Sunday, Nov. 11 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Will’s Northwoods Inn (3030 N Racine Ave.) or with hetero nerds on Wednesday, Nov. 14 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Rebel Bar […]
AIDS Researcher Volunteers at Center on Halsted, Shares Time and Talents
Mark Enselman, special events organizer at the Center on Halsted, says his volunteer position gives him “the feeling of being a professional in the big kid world.” Enselman, 24, is a senior volunteer at the center, which describes itself as “the Midwest’s most comprehensive community center dedicated to building and strengthening the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, […]
Boystown Churches Welcome All, Celebrate Easter
The scent of brownies and crumb cake fills the little chapel, welcoming people from the street before the Easter Sunday service. A small woman bustles around, making sure to greet everyone who walks through the door as well as fixing a broken lamp light and pouring Welches grape juice in place of the typical communion […]
Informal Street Survey: Crime Down in Boystown
According to Everyblock—a website that tracks crime— Boystown is one of the safer areas of the city. Within a four-day period, the neighborhood had 10 crimes ranging from theft, vandalism and robberies.
QPON CHICAGO – Pride with Perks: Online Coupons for Our Community
Qpon is the “Daily Deal” company with its roots, focus and vision linked to the LGBT community. QponChicago.com serves the greater Chicago area providing our community really great savings on all kinds of fun and interesting things to do such as restaurants, beauty salons, stores, music, gyms, health professionals, spas, special events, theater, schools, sports […]
The Night Ministry to Open Emergency Shelter for Homeless Youth
A shortage of shelter beds makes winter a difficult time for Lakeview’s homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual (LGBT) youth, and a new shelter will soon be opening to help the situation. The Night Ministry, a nonprofit group that helps the homeless and those in poverty, will be opening the 15-bed shelter at Lakeview Lutheran […]
A ‘South Side vs. North Side’ Thing: LGBT Youth In Chicago
In response to the number of gay teen suicides across the United States, efforts like the “It Gets Better Project” have sprung up online. Locally there are several resources available to young lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered (LGBT) Chicagoans. A minor who lives on Chicago’s North Side and decides to come out can find support and […]
CPS Guards, ‘Culture of Calm’ in Question
By Curtis Black, Newstips Editor Fifteen students, most of them from Orr High School, sat around a storefront in Humboldt Park last Wednesday night, taking turns role-playing situations encountered by security guards in their school – and discussing better and worse ways of handling them. One student, portraying a guard, watched an argument between two students […]
Center on Halsted Offers LGBTQ Speed Dating
A popular area within the neighborhood of Lakeview, better known as “Boystown,” is home to the Center on Halsted, one of the largest LGBTQ community centers in the nation. Famous for its annual gay pride parades held each summer, the area is also known for its off-the-wall nightlife and inviting ambiance. The Center on Halsted […]
Preckwinkle Focused While Tresser Takes on Corruption at Cook County Board President Debate on Violence Against Women
It was a full house, with over 200 women and a handful of men in an audience that was anxious to hear what the next Cook County Board president would do to protect and better serve women and men who are victims of violence. The forum, Violence Against Women, held at Loyola University, is one […]
Defining “Transgender” in Chicago
In this video feature, Chicagoans are asked to define what “transgender” means, with an inside perspective from someone who identifies as “trans.” Even within the LGBT community, there can sometimes be problems, like a lack of inclusiveness of transgender members. Featured is one of the most visible members of the transgender community. Click to play
Activists Trying to Build Support Now: Same-Sex Marriage Law to be Debated in Illinois this Spring?
While a new same-sex marriage law waits to be heard in the state Senate, Chicagoans and local activists remain divided on the issue of gay marriage. The proposed legislation would allow gay couples to wed in Illinois. As the new bill waits in the legislature until next year’s session, opinions vary widely on the issue […]
LGBT Youth Seeking More Support in Chicago Public Schools
By Curtis Black, Newstips Editor, Community Media Workshop A grassroots organizing campaign led by LGBT youth has won agreement from CPS chief Ron Huberman on a new advisory council to promote the school district’s policies against discrimination and harassment. The agreement comes weeks after another youth-led campaign won an expanded anti-discrimination policy from the Board […]
