Carrie Maxwell

Chicago

Contributing Writer at Windy City Times

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Naperville school board meeting brings out pro- and anti-trans forces over trans girls' sports participation

3 weeks ago | windycitytimes.com | Carrie Maxwell

The June 2 Naperville CUSD 203 board meeting's public comment section focused on trans girls' sports participation for a second month in a row. This comes after a trans girl athlete won multiple events at a recent girls track meet held at Naperville CUSD 203's Jefferson Junior High School. After that meet, some parents expressed outrage that a trans girl was allowed to participate and showed up at the packed May board meeting to speak out.
One Roof Chicago holds spring gala

3 weeks ago | windycitytimes.com | Carrie Maxwell

One Roof Chicago hosted its Spring Gala May 31 at the Chatham home of the organization's executive director, Jim Harvey. This year's honorees included Chicago City Council 3rd Ward Ald. Pat Dowell; Diasporal Rhythms co-founder, professor, art curator and African Art: The Diaspora and Beyond author Daniel Texidor Parker; and surprise awardee Pride Action Tank Executive Director and AIDS Foundation Chicago Policy and Advocacy Special Projects and Innovation Vice President Kim Hunt.
Katie Chandler on her new book, story inspiration, writing process

3 weeks ago | windycitytimes.com | Carrie Maxwell

Katie Chandler's queer-women focused contemporary romance novel, Backhanded Compliments, came to fruition due to what she calls "a particular burnout with a fantasy novel I'd been trying to write for years."Chandler, who identifies as queer, had spent many nights agonizing over her writing and calmed herself by watching the 2022 Australian Open and that is when the idea for this novel was born.
Equality Illinois kicks off Pride with annual brunch and interim CEO announcement

3 weeks ago | windycitytimes.com | Carrie Maxwell

Equality Illinois held its annual Pride Kick-Off brunch June 1 at Venue West in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood, with the occasion marked by the announcement that Brave Space Alliance CEO Channyn Lynne Parker would be pulling double duty as Equality Illinois's interim CEO.
PASSAGES Navy veteran, Chicago AVER president Ben Diseroad

4 weeks ago | windycitytimes.com | Carrie Maxwell

Chicago American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER) chapter President and Navy veteran Ben Diseroad died suddenly in his Chicago home on May 19. He was 44. Diseroad was born Sept. 3, 1980, in Beech Grove, Indiana and raised in Martinsville, Indiana. He graduated as a valedictorian from Martinsville High School in 1999 and received his BA degree in Economics summa cum laude from Northwestern University in 2003.
Frank Pizzoli's debut book illuminates LGBTQ+ literary movement

1 month ago | windycitytimes.com | Carrie Maxwell

Gay journalist and writer Frank Pizzoli's debut book, Passionate Outlier: Gay Writers and Allies on Their Work, was released this past February and features 20 interviews and reviews from his extensive body of work. Pizzoli grew up in Pennsylvania's Anthracite Coal Region which is home to many ethnicities, cultures and languages. His path towards a journalism career began when he was 10 years old and started a publication called The Daily Blab with his friend David and David's sister, Joan.
Vivent Health + TPAN holds community open house

1 month ago | windycitytimes.com | Carrie Maxwell

Vivent Health + TPAN held a community open house May 14 at its Edgewater neighborhood health center location on Broadway. Earlier in the day, they held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the site. TPAN joined forces with Vivent Health two years ago to maintain its foothold in the community and expand its wraparound services. This new health center comprises 20,891 square feet and has 45 clinicians, case managers and support personnel to assist clients with whatever needs they may have.
PASSAGES Fred Anzevino - Windy City Times

1 month ago | windycitytimes.com | Carrie Maxwell

Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre (Theo) Co-Founder and Artistic Director Fred Anzevino died April 28 in his Evanston home after a brief illness. He was 67. Out gay artist Anzevino was open about his longtime HIV-positive status. He was born Sept. 3, 1957 in Providence, Rhode Island. During his youth, he displayed potential as a baseball player but instead decided to study theater at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City and Rhode Island College.
TaskForce Prevention and Community Services holds "Empower and Engage" event

1 month ago | windycitytimes.com | Carrie Maxwell

The multi-service, grassroots TaskForce Prevention and Community Services (TaskForce) held an "Empower and Engage" event May 8 at Room 1530 in the West Loop.
LGBTQ+ Intergenerational Dialogue Project artists showcase their work at third annual art exhibit

2 months ago | windycitytimes.com | Carrie Maxwell

Resisting Erasure is the theme of the third annual LGBTQ+ Intergenerational Dialogue Project exhibition which held its opening reception April 25 at Center on Addison in Chicago's Lake View neighborhood. Founded in the Summer of 2019, the LGBTQ+ Intergenerational Dialogue Project is a partnership between Center on Halsted, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Chicago.