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Chicago’s first Black & lesbian mayor Lori Lightfoot loses reelection bid
“I stand here with my head held high and a heart full of gratitude,” Lightfoot said in her concession speech.
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Students say Florida school play shut down over Don’t Say Gay
The show was about how detrimental censorship is. “I don’t need to point out the irony,” said one student.
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A bomb threat was made at a Chicago school after right-wing media published an edited sex-ed video
Far-right group Project Veritas published an edited, undercover video implying students were being indoctrinated into queer sex.
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Gay puppeteer slammed for racist performance with a Black puppet
After a recording of Halliday and “Sista Girl” hit the internet, the reaction was ferocious.
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Poet witch Annie Hex is spreading love & inclusion & she’s an LGBTQ Nation 2022 Hometown Hero
“Right now I’m working on painting a van bubblegum pink, to be my queer-mobile to go around town and take me to all my gigs and be this kind of message… that ‘queer joy belongs here.'”
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Community unites to create Pride display after couple was targeted by MAGA vandal
“This hopefully shows this person, especially the mural, that love wins.”
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Anti-LGBTQ activist rants against children’s hospital for exposing kids to “radical gender theory”
Christopher Rufo described what he believes to be a “profoundly disturbing collusion” between LGBTQ-affirming schools and hospitals.
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Chicago police & families search for answers after hit-and-run kills 3 outside Black gay bar
As a group of young men tried to stop a fight outside of a local gay bar, a car suddenly plowed into them, killed three and injured a fourth.
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Bakery cancels family-friendly drag event after windows shattered & feces left by vandals
“There was a letter taped to the door that said pedophiles work here.”
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Trans activist Precious Brady-Davis is running for office to protect Chicago’s water
“Here in Cook County, there’s a philosophy that if you haven’t been sent for, there’s not a seat for you at the table, and I’m here to tell you I’m bringing the chair with me,” said Precious Brady-Davis.
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Family of missing Chicago trans activist seeks public’s help
The missing transgender woman is due to receive a Transgender Visibility Award for her contributions to the community on March 31.
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Chicago’s new queer bar is nobody’s darling & they welcome the outcasts
Boystown has long been known as Chicago’s gayborhood, but racist, sexist and transphobic policies prevalent in the area’s bars have made some feel like only certain members of the LGBTQ community are welcome. Nobody’s Darling is decidedly the opposite.
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Conservatives blast pastor who dressed in drag to teach kids about joy
The pastor said he dressed in drag as a way to way to illustrate the idea that “You bring me all the joy in the world just by being you.”
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Gay man shot in head in friend’s doorway. No one knows who did it.
Suraj Mahadeva had recently earned his neuroscience degree, worked as a medical clinician, and often volunteered with the homeless and people with disabilities. He was only 26 years old.
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Will Jussie Smollett’s hoax conviction affect public perception of hate crimes?
Smollett may well have suckered us all in the beginning with his hoax. However, not taking each report of a hate crime seriously would be a crime too.
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McDonald’s CEO makes shockingly racist comments about murdered Black kids’ parents
A seven-year-old Black girl was shot while sitting in the McDonald’s drive-thru with her dad. The rich white CEO of McDonald’s told out Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot that the girl’s parents “failed” her.
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Trans woman Briana Hamilton murdered in alley & misgendered by media
“My daughter was a victim of a ruthless murder,” her mother said as she’s raising funds for funeral expenses.
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Catholic school reverses decision to fire a gay coach after students erupt in anger
Benet Academy is now willing to hire a woman married to another woman after the school community showed they have her back.
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School community rallies for lacrosse coach fired for being a lesbian
Over 2,200 people & alumni – including comedian Carmen Esposito – are speaking out about the school firing a woman because she’s married to another woman.