West Side Pride ends June with rally, ball and call to action
On June 30, West Side Pride closed Pride Month with a rally and call to action followed by a celebratory ball. The event—co-sponsored by Life is Work, Pride Without Prejudice, Brave Space Alliance and Taskforce Prevention—sought to spotlight the chronic neglect of Chicago’s West Side as well as Black and Brown communities.
COVID-19 Howard Brown, TaskForce announce collaboration in Austin neighborhood
Howard Brown Health and TaskForce Prevention & Community Services (TaskForce) announced a collaboration to provide expanded medical services in Chicago’s Austin community, offering free, confidential risk assessments for COVID-19.
Trans leader Reyna Ortiz on new book, being prom queen
Trans Latinx activist and advocate Reyna Ortiz’s upcoming book, “T: Stands for Truth,” will be released Nov. 7.
AFC partners with CBGMC, Taskforce
The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) has announced its plan to provide Taskforce Prevention and Community Services (Taskforce) and Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus (CBGMC) with development grants and support in long-term strategic planning.
Austin panel looks at violence against LGBTQ youth
Responding to the murders of two transgender women in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood this year, officials and LGBTQ youth came together Dec. 11 for a panel discussion about safety in the neighborhood.
As tensions in Lakeview increase, community groups step up efforts
With a fourth stabbing in recent weeks to hit Lakeview on July 16, the neighborhood continues to grapple with a perceived rise in crime and the anxieties of young people who feel blamed for it.
Chicago to run transgender TV show
Chicago may soon get due credit for having one of the most active and diverse transgender populations in the country. Locally based cable production company Towers Productions is looking for transgender youth for a new TV series, slotted to air as soon as early next year.
TaskForce and MINC-3: Reaching Out
This is the first of an occasional series that focuses on the Minority Intervention Network for Chicago Communities of Color (MINC-3).
AIDS Activist Robert Ames Remembered
It might be a cliché but Chicago AIDS activist Robert Lee Ames, Jr., ‘fought the good fight’ with grace, style and hope until recently taking his last breath.
