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Repeal of the HIV criminalization law was one of four bills Governor J.B. Pritzker signed on July 27 that he says "advance Illinoisans’ ability to live their fullest lives as their truest selves."
Posted inNews & Politics

Pritzker has repealed the state’s HIV criminalization law

by Adam M. Rhodes July 28, 2021August 18, 2021

The 32-year-old statute was enacted during the height of homophobic panic about HIV and AIDS.

Thing published ten issues between November 1989 and summer 1993. Zine cofounder Lawrence Warren appears on the cover of the third issue, pictured here at lower left.
Posted inMusic

Thirty years ago, a Black queer zine captured the scene that birthed house

by Leor Galil June 9, 2021August 18, 2021

Robert Ford and Trent Adkins shaped the bold, subversive, gossipy, funny, deeply engaged voice of Thing, which was felled by the AIDS pandemic in 1993.

Posted inNews & Politics

When crime goes viral

by Adam M. Rhodes June 7, 2021August 18, 2021

Activists say Illinois’s law that makes it illegal to expose others to HIV is racist and homophobic. Now they’re close to changing it.

Posted inArts & Culture

Pink Orchids and The Green Bay Tree look back at the bad old days of 20th-century queer life

by Dan Jakes June 20, 2018August 18, 2021

The AIDS crisis! The evil gay villain!

Posted inNews & Politics

The hidden ME too: 100,000 people in Illinois could suffer from debilitating disease

by Megan Doherty May 10, 2018August 18, 2021

Chicago researchers are searching for a cure for ME, which is more widespread and serious than previously thought.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

‘Help, my penis is bent up at a 90-degree angle!’

by Dan Savage May 9, 2018August 18, 2021

WTF? A urologist explains. Plus: Dan counsels a lad newly diagnosed as HIV positive and a married man with an uncooperative member.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Should a hookup who lied about his HIV status get a second chance?

by Dan Savage March 29, 2017August 18, 2021

Dan weighs in. Plus: tips for a sexually frustrated young wife and a sexually frustrated young woman

Posted inBlogs

If Trump cuts HIV funding it could devastate public health, LGBTQ groups warn

by Nico Lang January 24, 2017August 18, 2021

A failure to reauthorize the Ryan White Care Act, coupled with the possible repeal of Obamacare, could be devastating for people living with AIDS.

Posted inArts & Culture

Tseng Kwong Chi, downtown New York’s photographic ambassador

by Tal Rosenberg September 29, 2016August 18, 2021

The Block Museum hosts a retrospective of one of the most overlooked artists of a vibrant era.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

No vasectomy, no more open marriage?

by Dan Savage September 22, 2016August 18, 2021

A wife wants her husband snipped—or else. Plus: a solution for the sexually fickle, a possible dastardly dick, and a self-described straight 64-year-old who wants to try “the gay side of life”

Posted inBlogs

LGBTQ people were especially screwed by Illinois’s budget impasse

by Nico Lang August 26, 2016August 18, 2021

Even with the stopgap deal, government inaction was bad news for queer and trans people.

Posted inBlogs

The alleged David Cameron-Brexit-O’Hare-pizza connection, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd June 27, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, Chicagoan Raj Fernando is at the center of a Trump-Clinton feud.

Posted inBlogs

Orlando shooting renews debate on blood donations from gay and bisexual men

by Dawn Reiss June 15, 2016August 18, 2021

Men who’ve had sex with men in the past year are still prohibited from giving blood. Researchers and politicians in Illinois say that needs to change.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

The Savage guide to taking a man’s virginity

by Dan Savage April 23, 2015August 18, 2021

Dan Savage’s advice on taking the virginity of a 25-year-old Muslim virgin, coping with a BDSM master who thinks he owns you, and more

"You wanna show respect for your sister, of course, but you don't wanna respect your sister to death."
Posted inColumns & Opinion

Is a sister’s privacy more important than her health?

by Dan Savage October 31, 2013August 19, 2021

Dan on family health secrets, gender-neutral fashion, and how to get the group sex experience you deserve.

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