June 25, 2009
By the year 2000, GLBT characters and plots had found a comfortable home on both network and cable television. In fact, during the latter part of the first decade, GLBT specific networks such as Logo and... Full Story / Comment
Youth plug into online activism
When the 1990s came to an end, gays and lesbians had just started to embrace a new tool that was still considered a luxury to most people: the Internet... Full Story / Comment
What’s Cookin’ Now? Center on Halsted youth: Catering to the community
For the past three issues of this special Pride Month retrospective we’ve looked back at food, dining and drinking articles I’ve written since the 1970s. This week’s column starts with the present and looks... Full Story / Comment
Finding someone online: A guide for the perplexed
It’s impossible to reflect on this last decade of GLBT life without taking a long look at the revolutionary power of the internet. The way we consume our news, talk to our friends, meet potential dates... Full Story / Comment
Batwoman begins: A lesbian superhero takes over Batman’s old digs
The crook flees, frightened, huffing and puffing down the alley, but there’s no escaping his pursuer. Glancing quickly over his shoulder, he spies the dreaded emblem of The Bat—followed moments later by a faceful of boot. Just another night in Gotham... Full Story / Comment
The Evolution of the Gay Neighborhoods
When Chicagoan Ben Bodelson first moved to Chicago in the late 1980s, he settled in East Lakeview, a low-key neighborhood that was on the cusp of revitaliza... Full Story / Comment
Freestyle
Watch his mouth: an interview with gay rapper Cazwell
Gay rapper Cazwell has a way with words. On his full-length disc “Watch My Mouth” (PeaceBiscuit), the potty-mouthed poet spits rhymes that inspire arousal and blushing simultaneously. Trademark numbers such as the title track... Full Story / Comment
CFP reviewes 'Little Brother', 'A Perfect Relationship', '5th of July' & 'Mud People'... Full Story / Comment
Check out this week's Live Performance listing... Full Story / Comment
Girl in a Coma effortlessly avoids the sophomore slump with “Trio B.C.” (Blackheart). This soaring collection of tunes touches on the band’s various influences, including rockabilly, Southern blues and American and UK punk, but it never feels... Full Story / Comment
Page-turners: A summer reading list
Aye. The temperature is steamy. The sun is high. The beach is crowded. And you’ll laugh with each splashing wave on the shore as you read “The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin” by Colette Moody. The Bold Strokes Book is a bold, comical lesbian romance... Full Story / Comment
Home
GLBT seniors might benefit from reverse mortgage loan
With the economy down the tubes, and no signs of improvement, some GLBT seniors are in danger of losing their homes or are barely scraping by... Full Story / Comment
Freetime
Midlife Crisis #268: Slap, Snatch, Run, And Burn!
I recently read that a man who tore the wig off a Taiwanese legislator’s head received a jail sentence of five months for “depriving the MP of his freedom to look good... Full Story / Comment
News
Controversial senator comes out against DADT
U.S. Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) stood alongside gay veterans and GLBT rights advocates Monday, voicing his opposition of the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy at the Chicago office of Equality Illinois... Full Story / Comment
Obama: More benefits for gay workers only one step
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama signaled to gay-rights activists June 17 that he’s listening to their desire for greater equality in “a more perfect union.” But he didn’t give them even... Full Story / Comment
US official urges new hate crimes law
WASHINGTON—Attorney General Eric Holder said June 16 that recent killings show the need for a tougher U.S. hate crimes law to stop “violence masquerading... Full Story / Comment
Thousands rally against budget cuts
Thousands rallied against the state budget cuts, warning that if lawmakers don’t take action, many of Illinois’ most marginalized will be deeply impacted. The protesters, many representing state... Full Story / Comment
Local activists discuss next steps after Prop 8 debacle
In addition to victories, like winning marriage equality in Iowa, same-sex marriage advocates have also taken a series of blows the last several months... Full Story / Comment
Kids meet gay dad’s partner on Father’s Day
ATLANTA—Eric Mongerson’s kids couldn’t meet his partner of two years, much less join the couple for ice cream. His friends couldn’t cheer on the children at concerts or Little League baseball... Full Story / Comment
White House: Census to better count gay couples
SAN FRANCISCO—U.S. Census Bureau officials said June 19 that married same-sex couples will be counted as such in the 2010 national tally, reversing an earlier decision made under the Bush administration... Full Story / Comment
Gay couples can use married names on passports
BOSTON—Gay couples can now put their married names on U.S. passports if their state recognizes their marriage or civil union... Full Story / Comment
Lesbian groups bring healthcare into focus
Representatives from several local lesbian organizations recently discussed the state of queer women’s healthcare in the U.S. The discussion, titled, “Un-Twisting Our Panties: LBTQQ Responses to Health Care... Full Story / Comment
Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) just received a large grant to help fund HIV mental health and substance abuse problems. The Chicago Department of Family and Support Services awarded the longtime HIV/AIDS agency the $331,000 grant... Full Story / Comment
Opinion
As the gay rights movement has become electrified over the past year, some people ask this question: Where is our great LGBT civil rights leader... Full Story / Comment
You remember that old advertisement for a medical alert device in which an old woman lies sprawled on the floor and says, “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up?” Shown as... Full Story / Comment
Editorial
We’re wrapping our month-long Pride Series with a look at change that has come about in the 2000s, and how that is bringing our community into its own in the 21st Century. Though this decade has been fairly dismal for many people... Full Story / Comment
Dear Leaders of Illinois Government: On behalf of the estimated 44,000 people living with HIV in Illinois, and the 150 member agencies of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago’s (AFC) Service Providers Council, I am writing to express deep concern about the looming state budget cuts... Full Story / Comment
