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Chicago Filmmakers to present Reeling Pride Month Film Showcase
Chicago Filmmakers is thrilled to announce the Reeling Pride Month Film Showcase, a special program celebrating Pride Month this June. Presented by MUBI, this showcase is a prelude to the highly anticipated Reeling: The 41st Chicago ... more

•	Dodgers re-invite LGBTQ+ group
•	Dodgers rescind Pride Night invitation to legendary drag group
•	ART on THE MART's summer programs include Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project, Pride celebration
•	Artemis Singers presents June 10 "Better Times Will Come" Pride Concert and Dance
•	WORLD Pride parades, Japanese activists, UN expert, anti-LGBTQ+ attack

Local

IML visitors are off to (the leather) market
International Mr. Leather visitors shopped and took part in demonstrations at the event's famous (infamous?) Leather Market at the Congress Hotel over Memorial Day weekend. Several dozen vendors took part in the event; a portion of ... more

•	Raoul responds to Archdiocese of Chicago's comments about child sex-abuse report
•	IML 2023 begins
•	Chef Art Smith talks upcoming dinner and activism
•	State Rep. Kelly Cassidy denounces violent acts stemming from political speech
•	SAVOR Cafe Robey: Laid-back vibes and enticing cuisine

Nation & World

British Cycling to ban trans competitors from female category
After a nine-month investigation and review, British Cycling will ban transgender women from the female category in a change that will be implemented by the end of the year, the BBC reported. Under a new policy ... more

•	SHOWBIZ Warhol, Sarah Paulson, upcoming books, Rufus Wainwright, Elliot Page
•	NATIONAL Google Doodle, drag laureate, Nebraska bill, NYC AIDS Walk
•	WORLD Japanese bill, 'HRC Equidad CL,' center closes, UN expert, amFAR gala

Film / TV / Gossip

SHOWBIZ Warhol, Sarah Paulson, upcoming books, Rufus Wainwright, Elliot Page
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled seven to two that the late artist Andy Warhol wasn't allowed to use a photographer's portrait of Prince for a series of pop-art images, per The Hollywood Reporter. Associate Justice Sonia ... more

•	Openly gay experimental artist/filmmaker Kenneth Anger dies at 96
•	Billy Masters: And Anderson doesn't makes three
•	WORLD Spain, South Korea festival, Eurovision, marriage items, Sri Lanka

Theater / Dance

IML 2023 begins
Visitors from around the world gathered in the Florentine Room of the Congress Hotel on May 25 to kick off the opening ceremonies of the 2023 installment International Male Leather. The event was emceed by Thib ... more

•	About Face Theater hosts Leppen Leadership Awards
•	Hair coming to Skokie Theater June 23 - July 30
•	SHOWBIZ Cynthia Erivo, 'Next Level' winner, 'All Out,' Madonna, Omar Ayuso

Music

•	WORLD Spain, South Korea festival, Eurovision, marriage items, Sri Lanka
•	SHOWBIZ Cynthia Erivo, 'Next Level' winner, 'All Out,' Madonna, Omar Ayuso
•	Belting for Life returns for an 8th edition

Books / Art

Chef Art Smith talks upcoming dinner and activism
More than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, including more than 230,000 Illinoisans. Additionally, more than 11 million family members and friends serve as dementia caregivers, with more than 383,000 caregivers in Illinois. Unti ... more

•	Screenwriter Guinevere Turner book launch June 4; book chronicles growing up with infamous Lyman Family cult
•	Joy heals: Artist Hannah Sellers's works explore gender, trauma and clothing
•	CAKE Chicago taking place June 3-4 at Broadway Armory

Trans

•	British Cycling to ban trans competitors from female category
•	HRC condemns Ohio state senate for passing education censorship bill
•	Louisiana Senate Health & Welfare Committee kills bans on gender affirming care, HRC responds

AIDS & Health

State Rep. Kelly Cassidy denounces violent acts stemming from political speech
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago, along with members of the House Dobbs Working Group responded to increasing acts of violence and threats stemming from political attacks on reproductive rights and the LGBTQ community ... more

•	WORLD Japanese bill, 'HRC Equidad CL,' center closes, UN expert, amFAR gala
•	TaskForce Chicago's ED talks organization, AIDS stigma and queerness
•	Board of Commissioners unanimously passes Bodily Autonomy Ordinance Amendment with support of Equality Illinois, ACLU Illinois

Lesbian

NATIONAL Google Doodle, drag laureate, Nebraska bill, NYC AIDS Walk
D.C. poet/activist/journalist Ivy Young passed away at age 75, per a press release. Among other things, Young worked at Chicago's VISTA; the Center for Black Education and Drum and Spear Book Store in D.C.; the ... more

•	Screenwriter Guinevere Turner book launch June 4; book chronicles growing up with infamous Lyman Family cult
•	PASSAGES Longtime LGBTQ+ activist and community organizer, former bar owner Marge Summit
•	PASSAGES Chicago cultural and music advocate, poet, educator Diane Gomez

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Chicago Fire FC launches Play Proud League; Fire's Pride Night on
Chicago Fire FC announced the launch of the Play Proud League as a new addition to the Chicago Fire Rec Soccer (CFRS) programming. The league is being launched in conjunction with Common Goal's Play Proud initiative, ... more

•	British Cycling to ban trans competitors from female category
•	Fire FC advances to Lamar Cup quarters with win
•	Chicago Sky beat Griner-led Mercury

Youth

San Francisco's Harvey Milk School celebrates birthday of its namesake
Students at the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy in San Francisco's LGBTQ Castro neighborhood took to the streets Monday, May 22, and marched on Harvey Milk Day. The day of special significance in California honors the ... more

•	Illinois middle-school teacher loses job for promoting 'This Book Is Gay'
•	NCLR, GLAD, Trevor Project, coalition of groups support Biden administration's proposed Title IX Athletics Rule
•	UIC's 'lavender' graduates step out into the world

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