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6 days ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Violet Miller
Hyacinth Piel came out as genderqueer 16 years ago when they went to a meeting with other transgender folks who finally gave them the words to understand their identity. They were among a crowd of about 250 gathered in Federal Plaza on Saturday afternoon to protest last week’s Supreme Court decision upholding a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Piel said they came to the protest to stand up for trans kids who reminded them of themselves at a younger age.
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6 days ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Violet Miller
The first place Rene Garza, a 62-year-old Army veteran, felt comfortable coming out was Chicago Pride Fest in 1986. He said it was one of the first places where he felt he could let his guard down, between hiding his sexuality while he was enlisted, as well as at home for fear of how his family would react. “When I came here, I could be myself,” Garza said. “But when I went home to Garfield Ridge I had to hide again. … But that’s what I love here, I love the freedom. I’m gay and I’m proud.
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1 week ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Violet Miller |Cindy Hernandez
El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. Una ola de calor extrema está llegando al área de Chicago este fin de semana. Se espera que las temperaturas alcancen los 90 grados durante varios días a partir del sábado, según el Servicio Nacional de Meteorología (NWS). La combinación de calor y humedad elevará el índice de calor a más de 100 grados.
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1 week ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Violet Miller
A Chicago man who was wrongfully convicted of murder and served 35 years in prison was granted a certificate of innocence from the Cook County Circuit Court on Monday, his attorneys said. Brian Beals’ 35 years behind bars is the fifth longest term of wrongful incarceration in Illinois history, according to the National Registry of Exonerations. He was 22 when he entered prison; he was 57 when he was released in December 2023.
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1 week ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Jake Wittich |Violet Miller
When Brian Sleeth opened his mailbox in Florida last month, he could already feel something exciting was inside. “The energy and the power that was coming from that package was amazing,” Sleeth said. “I called my mom on the way back to the house, and I said, ‘Mom, this package feels like there’s something in it. It just has an energy.’”And Sleeth was right.
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