Chicago
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Rome. Power. Queer Desire. Chicago Gets Scandalous Boy.
If we are all totally honest wth ourselves, there are very few gay men who wouldn’t like the whole idea of being with a scandalous boy. It is after all hardly a new concept as the one who is featured in a new play is about the intoxicating most famous queer relationship in Roman…
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Chicago’s Gerber + Hart Library presents Hal Shipman’s “Forbidden Love at the Desert’s Edge”
“Forbidden Love at the Desert’s Edge” presents Hal Shipman’s innovative photography-based work, inspired by found archives. The opening reception will feature an artist’s talk with Shipman and an opportunity to discuss family secrets, lost archives and the inspirations behind his works. The exhibit includes selections from the Gerber/Hart collections; featuring hidden stories, precious found artifacts and loves denied. Hal…
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OPEN SPACE ARTS presents new films in its QUEER EXPRESSION program which confronts homophobia head-on.
Hot on the heels of Chicago’s Reeling LGBTQ Film Fest that kicked off today the City’s gay community is being spoilt for its choice of queer cinema. Next up, OPEN SPACE ARTS presents new films in its QUEER EXPRESSION program. which confront homophobia head-on. Their goal is simple yet profound: to foster understanding, acceptance,…
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My Kinda (QUEER) Town Chicago Is ……….now that Chicago Social Butterflies are here to tell us what’s what
So Chicago seems very much the city where it is all happening for the queer community right now. Firstly holding one of the most succesfull DNC Conferences of all time culminating with the anointing of Kamala. Then there is the launch of the city’s Reeling Film Fest the second longest-running film festival of its…
