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Concerns linger over strip club owner’s online posts, even after female customers policy reversed

Johnson’s, the Florida-based strip club planning an expansion into the former Berlin Nightclub space, has reversed its controversial policy requiring all women to be accompanied by a man, but petitioners still want to block the business from opening based on concerns with the owner’s social media posts. Matt Colunga, owner of the male strip club, announced on the business’s Facebook…

by Jake Wittich

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Nation & World

WORLD Australian law, soccer players, Grindr suit, South Korean situation

In Australia, Queensland has updated its Anti-Discrimination Act to explicitly protect non-binary and gender-diverse people for the first time, PinkNews reported. The changes came into effect on April 29, and they impose tougher penalties for hate crimes and improve vilification protections under law in the northeast Australian state. The penalties apply for crimes "motivated by…

by Andrew Davis

Theater / Dance

Shining a spotlight on girl in red

Bathed in a crimson-gelled spotlight, girl in red entered the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom on the night of April 27. She was accompanied by a backing band and wore a striped suit jacket. For those that have not caught onto the queer singer from Horten, Norway, Marie Ulven Ringheim began writing bedroom pop and released…

by Jerry Nunn

Music

Artemis Singers presents June 8 "Never Doubt: We Are Here" Pride Concert & Dance

CHICAGO─Artemis Singers, http://www.artemissingers.org, Chicago's lesbian feminist chorus, presents "Never Doubt: We Are Here" Pride Concert & Dance, Saturday, June 8, at First Congregational Church of Evanston UCC, 1445 Hinman Ave., Evanston, Ill. The concert begins at 7 p.m., followed by the dance, which runs until 11 p.m. Both are accessible. Artemis Singers will perform "Fast…

by Windy City Staff

Film / TV / Gossip

GLAAD releases 19th 'Where We Are on TV' study

Los Angeles, CA – Tuesday, April 30, 2024 – GLAAD released its 19th edition of the annual Where We Are On TV study, which maps the presence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) characters for the 2023-24 television season. This edition meets the entertainment industry at a time of immense shift with changing…

by Windy City Staff

Books / Art

Trans

Sixth Circuit hears appeal of ruling upholding Tennessee's discriminatory birth certificate policy

(Nashville, TN, May 2, 2024) — Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit heard oral argument in Lambda Legal's appeal of a district court ruling upholding Tennessee's discriminatory birth certificate policy. Tennessee's policy does not allow transgender people born in Tennessee to correct the gender marker on their birth certificates, leaving them…

by Windy City Staff

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