CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—November 15, 2016. The Center on Halsted, 3656 North Halsted in Chicago, will host ‘A Call to Rise’ on Wednesday, November 16 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Center’s John Baran Hall. The event is free and open to the public. The Center on Halsted stands here for[Read More…]
Life and Living
Calls to LGBT Suicide Hotlines Are Coming In at Five Times the Normal Rate This Week
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2016 By Jen Hayden A Trump supporter proudly displays his bigotry and hatred People across the nation are terrified, but LGBT Americans are truly suffering deep pain, fearful that their livelihood and even their very lives are in danger. From Mother Jones: Two LGBT suicide prevention hotlines told Mother Jones that calls[Read More…]
Center on Halsted to Host 2016 Gay Film Festival November 11 – 13
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—November 8, 2016. This fall, Pride Films and Plays’ developmental work with writers from around the country continues with Gay Film Weekend for new screenplay development. Five finalists have been named in PFP’s 2016 Great Gay Screenplay Contest, an international contest for screenplays with LGBT characters and themes. The five[Read More…]
Rainbow Café to Screen ‘Hurricane Bianca’ on Friday, November 18
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2016. The Rainbow Café will screen the movie ‘Hurricane Bianca’ at its monthly social event on Friday, November 18 beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Rainbow Café is located in the Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC),70 Sycamore Drive in Park Forest. ‘Hurricane Bianca’ tells the story of[Read More…]
Before I Do: In Conversation with Author Elizabeth Schwartz at the Center on Halsted Wednesday, November 16th
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—November 1, 2016. On Wednesday, November 16 at 7 p.m., leading gay rights attorney Elizabeth F. Schwartz will spell out the range of practical considerations couples should address before tying the knot, and explore the rights marriage provides – and those it does not. The event will be held at the Center[Read More…]
Santa Speedo Run – Boystown on December 3 to Benefit Center on Halsted’s Youth Housing Initiative
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—November 1, 2016. The Center on Halsted will hold its Santa Speedo Run – Boystown on Saturday, December 3 from noon to 5. GET YOUR SANTA ON! Better yet, take it off – when you run with us this December. The Santa Speedo Run – Boystown is more than an[Read More…]
Supreme Court Will Hear ACLU Case About School Policy Forcing Transgender Students to Use Separate Restrooms
U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, DC Fourth Circuit Ruled Schools Can’t Bar Transgender Students From Using Restrooms Consistent With Their Gender Identity WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2016. The Supreme Court today announced it will review a decision from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that found that federal anti-discrimination law protects the[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It — Slate: A Trump Employee Is Suing for Extreme Anti-Gay Harassment and Discrimination
NEW JERSEY–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2016 By Mark Joseph Stern Shortly after Eleazar Andres took a job as a maintenance worker at New Jersey’s Trump National Golf Club in 2014, his life became a living hell. When he told his co-workers that he was gay, Andres became the target of intense homophobic[Read More…]
Rainbow Café at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church to Screen ‘Those People’ on Friday, October 21
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 15, 2016. This month’s Rainbow Café will feature the movie ‘Those People’ on Friday, October 21 at 6:30 p.m. ‘Those People’ is the story of Charlie, a young painter living on Manhattan’s gilded Upper East Side, who finds the man of his dreams in Tim, an older[Read More…]
ACLU Takes Legal Action to Protect Rights of Minnesota Transgender Student
St. Paul, MINN. —(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2016. The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota and the ACLU filed a motion yesterday to intervene on behalf of a transgender student in a lawsuit that seeks to bar trans students from using locker rooms consistent with the student’s gender identity. The transgender girl, identified as[Read More…]
