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Chicagos monthly evening of LGBTQ storytelling – known as OUTspoken - returns Tuesday, March 8 with an exciting line-up of featured storytellers."The key is, we all have full, rich lives," curator David Fink

Chicagos monthly evening of LGBTQ storytelling – known as OUTspoken - returns Tuesday, October 5 with an exciting line-up of featured storytellers."The key is, we all have full, rich lives," curator David Fink told GoPride.com. "Talking about significant moments connects us. Although

In celebration of Pride month, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her wife, Amy Eshleman, made a stop in the Northalsted neighborhood on Saturday afternoon. The couple toured the busy entertainment district, commonly referred to as Boystown, stopping at Replay Lakeview where they were greeted by owner Mark Liberson. Later they were hosted by Sidetrack owners Art Johnston and Jose “Pepe” Pena. This strip of North Halsted Street is the primary route for the annual Chicago Pride Parade, w...

Equality Illinois hopes deputy will bring people of color, trans to their work Mon. May 24, 2021 10:07 AM by Gerald Farinas photo credit // facebook.com/monyrv Equality Illinois—the largest LGBTQ lobby group in Illinois—has hired attorney Mony Ruiz-Velasco as its first deputy director. She will assume the position on July 15. Ruiz-Velasco, a Latinx woman who has long advocated immigrant rights in her legal profession, helps bring leadership div...

A Love Story That Birthed an Iconic Gay Bar and a Lifetime of Activism Chicago activist and bar owner Art Johnston and his partner in life and business, Pepe Peña, star in the upcoming film, Art and Pep. May 15 2021 12:09 PM EDT A guy walks into a bar — and it changes his life, along with the lives of many other LGBTQ+ people. That’s what happened to Art Johnston, who found his life partner and life’s calling because he went into a Chicago gay bar in 1973. The attractive bartender he ...

Art and Pep spotlights the life and love of Chicago civil rights leaders Thu. April 1, 2021 9:20 AM by Ross Forman photo credit // artandpep.org ART AND PEP is the love story behind the long battle to love – and live – freely, says director Mercedes Kane Art Johnston was doing a two-year theatre program at Northwestern University when some guys in the theatre department told him that about bars in Chicago “for people like us.�...

When will it be my turn to get the COVID-19 vaccine? And how will I know? Vaccine deliveries are starting to ramp up again, and Canadians everywhere are asking themselves the same questions. When will it be my turn? And how will I know? Social Sharing