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Chicago's 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
Chicago's 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, which traditionally falls on the last Sunday in June as a culmination of Pride month. As Chicago's fi...
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 diversity to an organization that was once criticized for its perception as a fundraising club of white...
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 met that night, José Pepe Peña, became the love of his life. Together they opened Sidetrack, one o...