LGBTQIA+
Updates on Chicago’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community and its allies, and LGBTQIA+ news from around the country.
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Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy.
Chicago Pride Guide
The 53rd annual Chicago Pride Parade steps off at noon on June 30, when over 1 million people are expected to pack the parade route.
The 53rd annual parade, set for June 30, will limit its entries and start an hour earlier.
You can move through this list to view some key places and events in the city’s LGBTQ+ communities and history.
Local News
For the people upset with the change in Vatican policy, the pastor at St. Sabina on the South Side said blessings for same-sex couples are a recognition of people’s humanity.
The event was held a day before the annual observance on Monday and was hosted by Brave Space Alliance, Chicago Therapy Collective, Life is Work and other organizations.
Workers in the manufacturing, warehousing, food service, janitorial and restaurant industries gathered to protest workplace harassment, including intimidation, degradation and identity-based targeting.
National News
A nonprofit that was launched to oppose diversity initiatives in medicine has evolved into a significant leader in statehouses to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youths.
The language of young love and lust, and the actions behind it, are evolving. That isn’t being properly captured in studies, say experts — including high school students.
The law will require schools to provide written notification to a child’s parent or guardian if the child asks to be called a different ‘pronoun, title, or word.’
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Less than a year after the Stonewall Riots on June 28, 1969, the group Gay Liberation won recognition as a campus organization at the University of Chicago.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot made the remark — which lit up the Twitter-verse — during a weekend appearance at Pride Fest in Grant Park. Six mayoral challengers said they were outraged by the comment.
People were thrilled about the return of the Pride Parade after two years of pandemic-related cancellations, but many also worried about the Supreme Court moving to restrict gay rights after its ruling Friday on abortion.
As Chicago marks Pride Month with its biggest celebration on Sunday, Becca Sebree, Mark Liberson, Coco Sho-Nell and Christy Webber talk about their lives and how things have changed.
We asked Sun-Times readers to give us their essential Chicago House tracks — and they did not disappoint. Whether you’re a longtime house head or a newcomer to the genre, stream the full reader-curated mixtape here.
An officer was hospitalized with a back injury and a 20-year-old man was arrested during the chaotic incident early Monday.
Libraries, bookstores deal with patrons trying to keep titles on Black and LGBTQ people out of sight.
Hendriks will be on the injured list when the Sox host their event on June 23.
“We are going to be vigilant to ensure that this event, as well as others, go off safely,” Police Supt. David Brown told reporters Monday.
The organizers of Sunday’s event are pushing to turn the city’s Pride parade into a nonprofit entity with a “diverse board” focused on protecting its “true soul.”
The Pride Train started running Monday on the Red Line as a way to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.
Homophobic chants during a soccer match at Soldier Field and an anti-Pride protest by some Tampa Bay Rays players show we have a long way to go.
A number of Tampa Bay players decided not to wear rainbow-colored logos on their uniforms as part of the team’s annual “Pride Night” on Saturday during a game against the White Sox.
The game at Soldier Field was paused late in the second half after a chant was directed at Ecuador goalkeeper Alexander Dominguez.
Cristina Nichole Iglesias has been fighting for years to have the procedure. She is serving a 28-year prison sentence for threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction.
Transplanting ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to the LGBTQ beach destination allows actor-writer to explore how ‘people communicate across class lines.’
Ellen DeGeneres and guests Jennifer Aniston, Billie Eilish and Pink shared memories and affection as the gabfest concluded its Emmy-winning, 3,200-plus episode run that began in September 2003.
Comedian draws backlash for ‘anti-gay rhetoric’ on his stand-up show ‘SuperNature’
“It’s important to really over-communicate and over-share the fact that this space is safe for everyone,” Fire executive Evan Whitfield said, “and that sports are for everyone.”
With lawmakers in Texas and several other states mostly in the South advancing legislation that aims to ban trans youth from school activities and gender-affirming medical care, “a genocide on trans identity is underway,” Chicago activists say.
Cristina Nichole Iglesias has been trying for years to get the surgery. She’s set to be released from prison later this year.
Van Ness invites readers along for a journey across 11 educational chapters involving queer history, body shaming and impostor syndrome.
Because it’s all about ginning up imagined harm as an excuse to bully somebody.
On Thursday, Life Is Work will host its first Chicago Trans Visibility Pageant in an effort to “uplift trans community leaders across the Chicagoland area.”
The five-story facility at 3501 N. Halsted St. will expand services for LGBTQ patients.
Transgender female swimmer Lia Thomas has raised some thorny issues by competing against biological women.
Friends of Elise Malary gathered for a vigil in Andersonville to honor her and call for better protections for Black trans women.