When the COVID-19 pandemic began in the U.S. in earnest in March 2020, the legacies of HIV and AIDS were a clear reference point when trying to decipher the incomprehensible reality of a world overturned. Groups like the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, or ACT UP, offered a vital historic touchstone, as their quest to […]
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Editor’s note: I remember
The who’s who of local journalism gathered recently at the Newberry Library for the 83rd annual Chicago Journalists Association awards. As the organization’s first in-person ceremony since the pandemic took its grip, a buoyant feeling was in the air (aided perhaps by an open bar), as Chicago journalists rocked their finest duds (props to Sun-Times […]
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Hidden no more
One of my favorite passages in Chicago journalist Michael J. O’Loughlin’s new book, Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear, opens like an old-school joke. A nun named Sister Carol Baltosiewich is sitting in a New York City gay bar and eyeing the men around her, when […]
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The cost of living
Despite a move to make HIV prevention drugs free through insurers, those living with the virus fear high prices and endless red tape.
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A transformative year
Trans Latina Frances D’allesio talks survival, mental health, and food.
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Roz and Ray, Turtle, and eight more new stage shows
A tables-turning HIV drama and a world premiere from Redtwist are among this week’s best bets.
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Chicago Teachers Union protests state budget crisis, and other news
Also, the Center on Halsted may not be able to continue free HIV testing much longer without state funding.
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The new story collection Let Me See It should show more
A collection of linked short stories about two gay cousins coming of age in the 70s and 80s partially avoids the plague of the writing workshop.
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Lisa Martain Hoffer, the outreacher
The People Issue: Lisa Martain Hoffer, patient care coordinator at South Suburban HIV/AIDS Regional Clinics
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6/26 — Free HIV Testing Fair at Christian Community Health Center
Dress It Up!, a National HIV Testing Day event, is Sat 6/26 from noon to 3 PM at Christian Community Health Center.
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Fighting HIV/AIDS with fine dining
Scores of Chicago restaurants are participating in this year’s Dining Out for Life fund-raiser, next Thursday, April 30.
