Pride Ball 2024
The International Vogue League’s Pride Ball 2024 is the ultimate ballroom showdown! Get ready to witness the most iconic “Houses” face off in an electrifying competition that brings the vogue […]
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Home of House at Navy Pier
Exhibition closes October 31, 2024 Chicago is the birthplace of House music. House evolved through the early 1980s and brought together Chicagoans of different races, ages, cultures, and orientations like […]
Ballroom is Still About Black Queer Joy
Ballroom continues to be an essential place for Black and Brown LGBTQ people to find care, connection, and chosen family.
Interviews from SPEW
In 1991, SPEW brought together artists, writers, editors of zines, performers, video-makers, activists, and bands from throughout the US and Canada. As the first queer zine convention, SPEW marked the […]
Three Brothers, Two ‘Zines, One Legacy
by Ken Hare, courtesy of Defending Chicago – “… Someone can be famous because THING thinks they’re famous.” In 1987, three Black men from the South Side of Chicago created […]
Nick Cave Forothermore at Chicago’s MCA
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presented the first career-spanning survey of the internationally renowned Chicagoan Nick Cave. Nick Cave: Forothermore is an ode to those who, whether due to […]
The 2021 Met Gala
Diverse, vibrant, beautiful, and intersectional. The 2021 Met Gala took place on Monday, September 13, 2021 with the theme “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.” The extravagant event, a fundraising […]