Chicagoan Noel C. Green reflects on a life in community advocacy
For Noel C. Green, social work is a family tradition. He’s the sixth generation of his lineage to pursue community advocacy, and has built a career uplifting Black and queer communities. Green, CEO and founder of the organization CoLiberate USA, was recently named this year’s Sydney Thomas Health Advocacy Inductee by the Chicago Black Gay…
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WORLD Pride Awards, Korean benefits, French bill, Grindr
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and ILGA World (the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association) jointly announced the launch of the International Pride Awards. The 2024 award categories are: 1) movement building in the face of hostility; 2) celebrating diverse lives; 3) emerging leader; 4) lifelong pursuit of equality; and 5) extraordinary ally.…
Nation & World
UK bars puberty-blocker prescriptions for trans youth
In one of its final acts before the general election, the UK government has introduced guidelines to stop new private prescriptions of puberty blockers for minors, PinkNews reported. The government’s move comes after the release of the Cass report and a similar decision by National Health Service (NHS) England to stop prescribing the medicine to trans…
Theater / Dance
THEATER ‘Lavender Men’ re-imagines the life of the Lincolns
Could it be that Mary Todd Lincoln is becoming a contemporary drag icon? One of the hottest tickets in New York so far this year was the sold-out off-Broadway run of Oh Mary! The critically acclaimed comedy starred its playwright, Cole Escola, in drag as the troubled 19th century first lady as she strangely seeks out a…
Music
SHOWBIZ Billie Eilish, ‘Queer Planet,’ Caitlin Clark, Joshua Bassett, Hulu
Billie Eilish released the video for the single “Lunch,” off her new album Hit Me Hard and Soft, a media release announced. In a commentary, Vulture stated, “On ‘Lunch,’ Eilish is serving up a spicy queer anthem,” adding that the musician, “who opened up about being queer last year, goes on to fully detail an encounter with a…
Film / TV / Gossip
Author Hoff to shine spotlight on ‘Mommie Dearest’ at Music Box event
For years, Christina Crawford remained tight-lipped about the infamous 1981 film adaptation of her memoir Mommie Dearest. To say that audiences had an unexpected reaction to the film, which at times depicts the physical, verbal and emotional abuse Christina maintains she suffered at the hands of her movie star mother, Joan Crawford (played in the…
Books / Art
Trans
NATIONAL Drag performer dies, gender act, trans hermit, X’s restriction
David “Dae” Manley, also known as the drag performer Daelicious O’hare Mizani, has passed away at age 23, Philadelphia Gay News reported. Another drag performer, Dalyla Mizani Cristal, said that Manley was attacked days before his death. “He had bruising all over his body and was in a lot of pain,” Seth (who Manley resided with at…
Lesbian
Artemis Singers’ summer concert reaches for a better future
Lesbian feminist chorus Artemis Singers’ summer concert, “Never Doubt: We Are Here,” encourages listeners to imagine and embody a better future. “The show’s theme came out of a desire to say that we live best if we live out of love and out of community, and a sense of belonging,” said Karen Mooney, one of the…
