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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.

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.