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We’re proud to be recognized for our work uplifting LGBTQ+ youth on Chicago’s West Side. Explore recent media coverage and press highlights that showcase how TaskForce is advancing health, equity, and opportunity in our community and beyond.
- Windy City Times
Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame honors 2025 class at induction ceremony
The Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame honored 19 LGBTQ+-identified individuals and 4 LGBTQ+-identified organizations at its 34th induction ceremony, including TaskForce's Director of Programs, Reyna Ortiz.
- Windy City Times
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.
- Windy City Times
TaskForce Prevention and Community Services invites Chicagoans to ‘Vogue for Good’
TaskForce Prevention and Community Services (TaskForce) held its annual Vogue for Good celebration of community, culture and resilience event Oct. 9 at the Columbus Park Refectory, 5701 W. Jackson Blvd.
- Outside the Loop Radio
TaskForce Celebrates Inclusion on the West Side
Get the lowdown on how TaskForce works to promote inclusion on the city’s West Side from communications director Hannah Pewee.
- Inspira Advantage
Our Interview With Hannah Pewee, Associate Director of Communications at TaskForce Prevention and Community Services
An interview with Inspira Advantage on healthcare barriers for LGBTQ+ communities, the need for culturally competent care, and how PrEP4Teens empowers youth in HIV prevention.
- WTTV | PBS
Black-Led HIV Prevention Groups Push for More Equitable Funding Amid Federal Cuts
Advocates said funding inequities are leaving several Black-led HIV and AIDS prevention groups struggling to keep doors open and provide care.
- WBEZ Chicago
Leaders in Chicago’s HIV and AIDS community call for equitable funding in the face of federal cuts
Black-led HIV and AIDS service organizations struggle for equitable access to funding.
- Chicago Tribune
Groups that support LGBTQ+ individuals brace for funding cuts that could affect HIV care, prevention
Chicago-area groups that support LGBTQ+ individuals are navigating an uncertain landscape while bracing for federal funding cuts that could affect HIV care and prevention.
- Windy City Times
Taskforce Prevention celebrates its 35th anniversary: The Evolution of the Gay Black Revolution
To some, the organization is unheard of. But to most within the Black and Brown LGBTQ+ community, Taskforce Prevention has been a haven—a space to exist authentically even amid a time, a city and a Presidential administration that tells them their existence is a stain or a fallacy.
