Issue Archives
Jun 25 - Jul 8, 2020
Arts & Culture
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‘It was really a freeing kind of feeling’
Gary Chichester reflects on the riotous roots of the first-ever Pride parade.
by Devlyn Camp | Jun 23, 2020
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Queer self-care straight from the Vine
Lifestyle and event brand Peach launches a digital headspace.
by S. Nicole Lane | Jun 23, 2020
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The new face of DEI work
Tiffany Hudson and her partners are bringing diversity, equity, and inclusion to Chicago businesses their way.
by Brianna Wellen | Jun 23, 2020
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Amplifying Sally Banes 1
A remembrance and projection
by Asimina Chremos | Jun 24, 2020
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COVID can't stop the Pride celebration
This year, queer performers dismantle digital boundaries while creating their own spaces.
by Catey Sullivan | Jun 24, 2020
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Chicago’s gay grandaddy of tattooing
How Cliff Raven changed the city’s ink culture forever
by Micco Caporale | Jun 24, 2020
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#QTTRs make their mark
These four queer artists are building their own community in the tattoo world.
by Taryn Allen | Jun 24, 2020
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No cops at Pride? 1
by Rachel Hawley | Jun 24, 2020
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A dance-world wallflower finds digital sustenance with Fly Honey
Practicing self-love and community in an age of pandemic and protest
by Sallyann Price | Jun 23, 2020
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Finding love on Instagram Live
Media broadcasting network COVIDtv takes on dating.
by S. Nicole Lane | Jun 25, 2020
News & Politics
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Inside the 19-hour occupation of the University of Chicago Police headquarters 9
"I’m fighting for my future, I’m fighting for my safety, I’m fighting for the people who come after me."
by Grace Del Vecchio | Jun 18, 2020
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Cops appear to violate use-of-force rules dozens of times at protests 3
An investigation into the use of batons raises questions about the police department’s road to reform.
by Andrew Fan | Jun 23, 2020
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Activists say mayor’s police reform promises ring hollow 8
Lori Lightfoot has hampered the process of installing a police oversight council, activists say, despite making it a major part of her public safety platform during her mayoral run.
by Maya Dukmasova | Jun 24, 2020
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Puerto Rican flags fly high in June
On returning home and finding joy at the 42nd annual Puerto Rican People's Day Parade
by Justin Agrelo | Jun 24, 2020
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Listen to The Ben Joravsky Show 45
by Ben Joravsky | Jul 2, 2020
Columns & Opinion
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Trump in Tulsa 2
Get off the couch, America, we’ve got a racist despot to defeat.
by Ben Joravsky | Jun 23, 2020
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Winds of change hit the Poetry Foundation and the Field Museum 7
Two legacy institutions wrestle with issues of diversity and economic justice.
by Deanna Isaacs | Jun 24, 2020
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An ex-coworker keeps sexting my man 2
You’re “fine” with flirting, but she won’t stop blowing up his phone.
by Dan Savage | Jun 23, 2020
Food & Drink
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Farmer Vera Videnovich is raising Balkan sisters the Native American way
She’s bringing corn, beans, and squash back to where they came from.
by Mike Sula | Jun 23, 2020
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Pride is alive this year at Lost Lake's Chick-Feel-Gay 2.0 2
Don't let Christian-corporate fast food tell you anything different: fried chicken is queer.
by Mike Sula | Jun 26, 2020
Music
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J. Cole’s insecurities aren’t Noname’s problem
In “Snow on tha Bluff,” he complains from the sidelines about how a Black woman fights for her people.
by Tyra Nicole Triche | Jun 18, 2020
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Damon Locks’s greatest moment in Chicago music history 1
The founder of the Black Monument Ensemble still feels the ripples from Soul Train 50 years after its Chicago premiere.
by Damon Locks | Jun 22, 2020
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Adam and Eve hunt for apples on the gig poster of the week
by Salem Collo-Julin | Jun 24, 2020
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Reunion Chicago, Slo ’Mo, and Open Television throw a three-night virtual Pride party
Plus: Brent Gutzeit of TV Pow assembles a massive compilation to benefit the fight for racial justice, and rapper Roy Kinsey teases a new single with an all-star cast of Chicago women.
by J.R. Nelson | Jun 23, 2020
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Chicago punk was born queer 8
How three gay bars—La Mere Vipere, O’Banion’s, and Oz—became the cradle of the city’s punk scene
by Leor Galil | Jun 23, 2020
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Scott Free reinvents himself as a radical queer socialist balladeer 1
The Homolatte founder and longtime queercore scene staple is releasing his first solo album in 12 years, The Last Revolution.
by Monica Kendrick | Jun 26, 2020
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Blu & Exile explore history, time, and influence on Miles: From an Interlude Called Life
by Dave Cantor | Jun 19, 2020
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Drab City build a bleak but dreamy world on Good Songs for Bad People 1
by Jamie Ludwig | Jun 19, 2020
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Englewood’s F.A.B.L.E. brings his charming warmth and vigor to Chicago’s bustling hip-hop ecosystem
by Leor Galil | Jun 19, 2020
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Indian death-metal band Heathen Beast tell fascists to fuck off 4
by Noah Berlatsky | Jun 19, 2020
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Improvising trio Icepick renew jazz’s love affair with the El on their third LP, Hellraiser
by Bill Meyer | Jun 19, 2020
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Minneapolis-via-Chicago rapper Longshot takes his protests against police brutality to the mike
by Leor Galil | Jun 19, 2020
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Nearly 50 years after they formed, Wire are still doing it right
by Luca Cimarusti | Jun 19, 2020
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Run the Jewels reflect 2020’s unrest with the sociopolitical Molotov cocktail of RTJ4
by Scott Morrow | Jun 19, 2020
Film
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Film has always been queer 5
Pioneers of Queer Cinema highlights the history of LGBTQ stories in movies.
by Cody Corrall | Jun 23, 2020
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Black in Film is diversifying the industry
The new database is working to connect and hire Black creatives in front of and behind the camera.
by Noëlle D. Lilley | Jun 25, 2020
Reader
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Classifieds
| Jun 18, 2020
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Chicago through the lens of queer novels
David Jay Collins introduces LGBTQ fiction and horror, set right here at home
Sponsored Content
| Jun 29, 2020
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It’s simple: Democracy works better when more people are involved
Chicago Votes has programs and initiatives that encourage advocacy, voting, and mobilization.
Sponsored Content
| Jun 30, 2020
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It took me a while to stop trusting the world's opinion.
Sponsored Content
by Jackson C. Santy | Jun 24, 2020
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Classifieds
| Jun 25, 2020
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Matches
| Jun 25, 2020