Zahara Bassett fell on the floor of her best friend’s house exhausted from a long day of making $9 an hour and barely getting by. She was working as a housing monitor for TransLife Care at Chicago House, a transitional housing program for transgender people who have nowhere to stay or are reentering society. All […]
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Posted inFilm
Bros Before is stupid and horny—and wonderfully queer
Over the course of 19 jam-packed minutes, Hanson plays with the storytelling conventions of rom-coms, reality dating shows, and pornography to tell a comedically rock ‘n’ roll story about unrequited love and some of queer culture’s unspoken taboos.
Posted inMusic
Pixel Grip celebrate the club as a sacred queer space
Chicago goth trio Pixel Grip invite you to dance on straight white capitalism’s grave.
Posted inNews & Politics
‘If they cannot hear you when you whisper, watch when you say a cuss word’
Black and trans activists build networks of support and mutual aid at Brave Space Alliance.
Posted inNews & Politics
The burden of proof
How immigration court is especially challenging for LGBTQ asylum seekers
Posted inNews & Politics
Nobody’s business
The push to make all single-stall public restrooms in Illinois gender-neutral
Posted inMusic
Bodymilk Tapes invites a crowd of queer and trans musicians to Noise Prom II
Bodymilk Tapes invites a crowd of queer and trans musicians to Noise Prom II, the Chicago Humanities Festival hosts a discussion of Jim DeRogatis’s new R. Kelly book, and more.
Posted inBlogs
Talking about God, the air force, and Britney Spears with Chicago rapper KC Ortiz
This weekend Alabama transplant KC Ortiz performs at a showcase hosted by local label Futurehood, which supports gay and trans musicians of color.
Posted inBlogs
The radical queer punks at Fed Up Fest throw a fund-raising Rock Lotto show
Fed Up Fest fights for LGBTQ rights with an anarchic DIY concert where every band drew its lineup out of a hat six weeks ago.
Posted inBlogs
Dorian Electra celebrates 2,000 years of drag with a crowd of dazzling Chicagoans
Dorian Electra’s video “2,000 Years of Drag: A Musical Odyssey” aims to teach compassion for trans-feminine people and an understanding of their history.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Don’t blame ‘identity politics’ for what went wrong in 2016
We marginalized folks didn’t start this garbage fire.
Posted inBlogs
The Reader wants your music stories against Trumpism
This publication is committed to telling stories that refute Trump’s bigotry, sexism, and hate—and that goes for the music section too.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Activists won’t let Chicago forget that black trans lives matter
A community in pain rallies for TT Saffore, a black trans woman killed in Chicago last month.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Performance artist to Chicago: Get off our areolas
Bea Cordelia thinks the city’s liquor-license law has a gender-bias problem.