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1 week ago | 
windycitytimes.com | Vern Hester
On April 9, Lambda Legal held a small event focused on reaching out to the BIPOC community while making a progress report on pending federal cases against the LGBTQ+ community by the Trump Administration. The event, titled Evening Tea, was held at Nobody's Darling, 1744 W. Balmoral Ave., and featured speakers from the local and national chapters of Lambda Legal, all with a call to take action.
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2 weeks ago | 
windycitytimes.com | Vern Hester
An estimated 30,000 Chicagoans gathered at Daley Plaza for a protest rally and march in downtown Chicago on the morning of April 5 as part of a nationwide action against the Trump Administration.
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3 weeks ago | 
windycitytimes.com | Vern Hester
On March 30 The Leather Archives and Museum, 6418 N. Greenview Ave., and Trident International Windy City hosted the 12th Annual Trident Cupcake Wars. The yearly fundraiser hosts leather, kink and other LGBTQ+ social organizations in a friendly baking competition to raise money for Broadway Youth Center. This year eight competitors slugged it out for the Master Baker cap, along with awards for most money raised and audience favorite.
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1 month ago | 
windycitytimes.com | Vern Hester
On March 20, Out Professionals held a fundraiser and industry networking party at The Hubbard Inn benefitting Cara Collective. Celebrating the organization’s first year in existence, Out Professionals Chicago founder Keith Douglas noted that the group has grown to include 500 members—with the second floor of The Hubbard Inn packed with about 200 of them that evening.
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1 month ago | 
windycitytimes.com | Vern Hester
On March 12, Maria’s Poetas Collective and DePaul University held a concert event featuring spoken word, poetry, music and comedy. The event, titled Latina Lesbian Lives-Our Lived Experiences, featured writers, poets and storytellers ranging from senior citizens to current DePaul University students. The event was held in the Schmitt Academic Center, 2320 N. Kenmore Ave., on DePaul’s Lincoln Park Campus.
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1 month ago | 
windycitytimes.com | Vern Hester
On March 13, DIFFA (The Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) filled Lincoln Hall, 2424 N. Lincoln Ave., to capacity for its annual fundraising event, Lip Sync for Life. Industry members from the fields of architecture, design, construction and textiles raised money while enjoying an evening of homemade videos, gourmet sliders, live drag performances and networking.
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1 month ago | 
windycitytimes.com | Vern Hester
On March 15, the first day of La Decima Musa—a two-day event which is part of the Sor Juana Festival—pretty much leveled the South Side of Chicago with a multi-cultural, multi-discipline happening featuring live music, live painting, performance art, poetry, fashion design and sculpture at The National Museum of Mexican Art, 1852 W.
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1 month ago | 
windycitytimes.com | Vern Hester
On March 9, Dyke Night and drag artist Tiki Vonté got in one last ribald nod to Black History month with Aphro Punk: An All-Black Cabaret. The event, which took place at the Color Club, 4146 N. Elston Ave., was created as a showcase highlighting sapphic talents from all over the city—with the added allure of being a Black lesbian curated show. The evening’s organizers intended to build bridges between people of varying communities and identities while celebrating Black lesbian queerness overall.
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1 month ago | 
windycitytimes.com | Vern Hester
On March 1, Center on Cottage Grove, 6323 S. Cottage Grove Ave., in partnership with Glovan Entertainment, presented a jazz brunch marking the end of Black History Month, with a focus on the LGBTQ+ community. The packed audience enjoyed a buffet brunch from Daley Restaurant and live performances by the musical group Sonic Healing as well as a talk from jazz historian Mike Medina and jazz photographer and musician Tony Smith.
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1 month ago | 
windycitytimes.com | Vern Hester
On Feb. 28, trans producer K. J. Whitehead, in partnership with the Chicago Therapy Collective, presented the latest edition of Afterglow, the queer flavored semi-monthly event aimed at celebrating LGBT+ community, family, art and performance. This latest edition, which took place at The Bramble Arts Loft, 5545 N. Clark St., offered a variety show with spoken-word performance, drag performance art, dance, comedy and African drumming.
