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Photographer Irene Young launches book with stellar concerts

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Photographer Irene Young launches book with stellar concerts
"Something About the Women" was appropriately the closing song for two sold-out, stellar concerts at Berkeley's Freight & Salvage November 19, in celebration of the new book of the same name by Irene Young, the legendary ... more

•	Berlin Nightclub closes after nearly 40 years, following boycott
•	Chicagoans gather to mark the 2023 Trans Day of Remembrance
•	PASSAGES: Mexico's first out nonbinary magistrate Jesus Ociel Baena Saucedo
•	YEPP 'rises' to occasion at fall fundraiser
•	Scotland announces five-year plan to help nonbinary people

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World AIDS Day commemorated at AIDS Garden Chicago
On the rainy morning of Dec. 1, Chicago Parks Foundation and the AIDS Garden Chicago Board of Directors hosted a World AIDS Day commemoration at AIDS Garden Chicago, just south of Belmont Harbor on the Lakefront. ... more

•	ALMA Chicago holds second annual community reception
•	'She was here...and she is here': Street to be renamed after Elise Malary
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•	Wrightwood 659 to present 'Daniel Goldstein: The Marks We Leave Behind' on World AIDS Day
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Catching up with The Cottages: How have tiny homes for the
Walking along the sidewalk, the smell of homemade stew wafts out of a window a few feet away. Cats and their kittens gather under trees and in between the gray, green and brown tiny houses. Freshly ... more

•	Jussie Smollett loses appeal, might head back to jail
•	Santos voted out of Congress
•	GLAAD marks World AIDS Day with launch of global resource hub, new HIV report

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SHOWBIZ 'Bodyshop,' Beyonce, Ani DiFranco, Billie Jean King
The Breaking Glass Pictures film Bodyshop will be out on digital on Dec. 5, per a press release. The plot is described thusly: "The ghost of a young soldier sexually assaulted by his lieutenant says goodbye ... more

•	GLAAD marks World AIDS Day with launch of global resource hub, new HIV report
•	Jussie Smollett loses appeal, might head back to jail
•	May December film blossoms on Netflix

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THEATER Nelson Rodriguez talks boxing, queerness and his very personal play
On Saturday, Dec. 9 at the Chicago Cultural Center, there will be a reading of New Personalidad—a play by actor, playwright and former Windy City Times 30 Under 30 honoree Nelson Rodriguez. The program, part of ... more

•	SHOWBIZ 'Bodyshop,' Beyonce, Ani DiFranco, Billie Jean King
•	PERFORMANCE Teatro Zinzanni's Carisa Hendrix talks magic, queerness and Canada
•	Jerry Mitchell bops into Boop!

Music

•	Jerry Mitchell bops into Boop!
•	SHOWBIZ Billy Porter, queer novel, 'Tammy Faye,' queer DJ, Bella Ramsey
•	Photographer Irene Young launches book with stellar concerts

Books / Art

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GLAAD marks World AIDS Day with launch of global resource hub,
New York, New York — Friday, Dec. 1 — GLAAD marked World AIDS Day this year by sharing the results of its fourth annual State of HIV Stigma Report, a national survey among U.S. adults measuring ... more

•	BOOKS Lucas Hilderbrand reflects on gay history in 'The Bars Are Ours'
•	Wrightwood 659 to present 'Daniel Goldstein: The Marks We Leave Behind' on World AIDS Day
•	BOOKS Owen Keehnen takes readers to an 'oasis of pleasure' in 'Man's Country'

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WORLD Queer teen dies, trans activist honored, HIV drugs, mpox, British
In India, queer makeup artist Pranshu reportedly died by suicide—at age 16—after being subjected to relentless attacks online, PinkNews noted. On social media, LGBTQIA+-rights advocacy collective Yes, We Exist claimed ... more

•	Martina Navratilova continues anti-trans comments
•	'She was here...and she is here': Street to be renamed after Elise Malary
•	Fla. students walk out after school board's anti-trans actions

AIDS & Health

•	GLAAD marks World AIDS Day with launch of global resource hub, new HIV report
•	Wrightwood 659 to present 'Daniel Goldstein: The Marks We Leave Behind' on World AIDS Day
•	'When Black queer people win, everybody wins': Foundation releases report to improve equity at community orgs

Lesbian

•	May December film blossoms on Netflix
•	Martina Navratilova continues anti-trans comments
•	BOOKS Lucas Hilderbrand reflects on gay history in 'The Bars Are Ours'

Sports

Martina Navratilova continues anti-trans comments
Lesbian tennis legend Martina Navratilova has been in the news lately for anti-trans comments, although she has been making them for quite some time. She recently sparked controversy with her remarks on a tribute by UK ... more

•	Trans women banned from playing cricket
•	Chicago Red Stars provide 2023 roster update
•	WORLD Latvia, nonbinary magistrate, Gay Games end, Israel soldiers

Youth

NATIONAL Tenn. law, banned books, rainbow complex, journalists quit
Under pressure from a lawsuit over an anti-LGBTQ+ city ordinance, officials in Murfreesboro, Tennessee removed language that banned homosexuality in public, MSNBC noted. Passed in June, Murfreesboro's "public decency" ordinance ... more

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