Chicago’s LGBTQ+ youth: Why their zip code still matters
On Chicago’s West Side, the ballroom scene doubles as a lifeline for LGBTQ+ youth. Every week, teens are drawn into TaskForce Prevention & Community Services for its popular Vogue School.
A House That Legacy Built: Reflecting on 35 Years of TaskForce and Paris is Burning
Released in 1990, the same year TaskForce Prevention and Community Services (TaskForce) was founded, Paris is Burning is a portrait of how ballroom culture became one of the earliest models of community-centered care for Black and Brown LGBTQ+ people.
