With increased drug resistance, local health officials warn of gonorrhea
Local health officials are updating their gonorrhea prevention strategies following stark new findings released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention detailing the sexually transmitted infection’s increasing resistance to commonly prescribed antibiotics. Healthcare providers have been urged to start using a more powerful
Body-positive safe space created with pie contest, dance party
Attracting a host of various body types and identities, a local queer body-positive group, Heavy Rotation, hosted its first pie baking contest at Parlour Wednesday. More than 40 people showed up for simultaneous dance party and pie competition. Simply titled “Baked,” the body positive soirée
Trans, homeless youth navigate an angry Boystown AFT’s ‘What’s the T’
Diversity in a city like Chicago is hardly uncommon. But when tempers flare and citizens of the city are faced with oppression on the basis of race, class, gender and sexual orientation, activists do what they can to tackle the issue head on. That’s why
HRC benefits from Midsummer Fashion Show
Ten models took to the runway at a fashion show benefitting the Human Rights Campaign at the MINI Cooper of Chicago dealership in Lincoln Park Friday. Decorated and curated for an extraterrestrial, “Universal Love” theme, the Midsummer Fashion Show raised $4,615 for the national
Second annual Dancing with the Queer Stars
More than 75 people packed the Provision Theater on Roosevelt Road for a night of free ballroom dance lessons and to cast votes in the second annual Dancing with the Queer Stars event Saturday night. The event, created by Lanita Joseph, brought several couples
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Honoring the community: the 6th annual Esteem Awards
People gathered under clear skies on the rooftop of Sidetrack for the 6th annual PrideIndex.com Esteem Awards Saturday. The event, lead by Philip Esteem, honored 24 individuals with recognition and thanks for their contributions to the LGBT community. PrideIndex.com honors people who have contributed greatly within
KOKUMO talks ‘artivism,’ transgender pride and progress
“I want to create a world that I didn’t grow up in,” said KOKUMO, 23, a transgender woman who hails from Jeffery Manor, a secluded community on Chicago’s South Side. She never imagined that she would create the means to make her dream a
Dyke March 2012 finds acceptance in Uptown
Inclusion was the name of the game at this year’s Dyke March, which kicked off the first of its two year stint in the Uptown neighborhood on the city’s North Side. “This march is about inclusion, not just in some shallow way – everybody’s welcome
Rights are rights: A Screening of ‘The A Word’, discussion with activists
Gaylon Alcaraz, Executive Director of Chicago Abortion Fund and Linda Garcia Merchant, Founder of Voces Primeras are working diligently to educate the Chicago community on a variety of topics from reproductive justice,
Vida/SIDA celebrates Puerto Rican heritage and pride
Thousands celebrated Puerto Rican heritage and pride at parades downtown and in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Saturday, marking 47 years of the annual celebration. Several organizations, including Vida/SIDA, an extension of the Puerto Rican
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