Savannah Ray Hugueley

1 week ago | chicagoreader.com | Micco Caporale |Savannah Ray Hugueley |Taryn McFadden |J. Patrick Patterson

It’s a great time for sapphics in Chicago—maybe not as good as it was five months ago, when there were more federal protections and resources allocated for women, nonbinary people, and the LGBTQ+ community. But it’s a better time than when homosexuality was pathologized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, women needed a male signatory to open a bank account, and most public trans women wanted husbands, never wives or girlfriends.

1 week ago | chicagoreader.com | Savannah Ray Hugueley |Salem Collo-Julin

I’ve never been very good at soccer, but I love it. In the summers, and even sometimes on snowy winter days, I play weekly with a queer and trans soccer club. The group formed about two years ago with the central tenets of being safe, fun, and free. The title of Sai Selvarajan’s short documentary about Swish—Chicago’s first QTBIPOC-centered basketball group, which inspired our soccer club—captures their, and our, central conceit perfectly: We Clap for Airballs.

3 weeks ago | chicagoreader.com | Savannah Ray Hugueley

Heading into their fourth year, founders and directors Moon Abbott and Alex Tammaru have big plans for their festival built by and for the Chicago’s filmmaking community.

Nov 13, 2024 | chicagoreader.com | Savannah Ray Hugueley

Jana Kinsman has a life all her own as a beekeeper, illustrator, and more. After falling in love with beekeeping, she began Bike a Bee, a project that places beehives all over Chicago. She does her honey extraction and equipment building out of the Plant in the Back of the Yards, and she sells her honey online and at the 61st Street Farmers Market in Woodlawn. She also runs Doodlebooth, a hand-drawn portrait service for weddings, markets, and events.

Sep 11, 2024 | chicagoreader.com | Savannah Ray Hugueley

Reader Bites celebrates dishes, drinks, and atmospheres from the Chicagoland food scene. Have you had a recent food or drink experience that you can’t stop thinking about? Share it with us at [email protected]. Sometimes, a restaurant is secretly beloved: you never hear about it, but once you mention it, it turns out everyone has loved it all along. Tostini is one of those places.