Sean Lewis, a nearly two-decade veteran at WGN-TV who has anchored the weekend morning broadcast since 2010, was among several reporters and anchors laid off Monday
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Sean Lewis, a nearly two-decade veteran at WGN-TV who has anchored the weekend morning broadcast since 2010, was among several reporters and anchors laid off Monday
From confronting AIDS stigma to building relationships with LGBTQ+ organizers, Jackson’s approach reflected a broader vision of the Rainbow Coalition that included communities often left out of political power.
Read more: windycitytimes.com/2026/02/20/j...
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@columbiachi.bsky.social laid the foundation for my career by giving me real-life journalism experience and so many industry connections I still lean on today.
It's a full-circle moment to now teach @windycitytimes.com's community journalism cohort back at my alma mater.
SCOOP: Ammar Campa-Najjar’s campaign circulated a memo that Democrats say was a dog whistle against the electability of LGBTQ+ candidates running for Congress in California.
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@jakewittich.bsky.social on Chicago's new LGBTQ Director: Antonio King.
Watch full interview here: youtube.com/live/fWqw1Q7...
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Pikachu sighting 🥹
Wrote my first op-ed on a subject that is dear to me. The Pride flag at Stonewall is more than just a symbol. Its removal is an astounding move to erase our history. newsisout.com/2026/02/the-...
Mayor Brandon Johnson surprised the Chicago LGBTQ+ Advisory Council during its quarterly meeting tonight to thank outgoing chair Jin-Soo Huh for his service.
Among Huh's accomplishments as chair is advocating for the city to hire an LGBTQ+ Affairs Director—a promise fulfilled last month with the appointment of Antonio King (pictured here). Tonight was King's first meeting with the advisory council in this new role.
Story to come for @windycitytimes.com.
Mayor Brandon Johnson surprised the Chicago LGBTQ+ Advisory Council during its quarterly meeting tonight to thank outgoing chair Jin-Soo Huh for his service.
Tamara Leigh of @blaqueoutmagazine.bsky.social explains why journalists need to be embedded in the communities they cover.
This convo is part of The Map of Us pod, a series from @newsisout.bsky.social bringing the LGBTQ+ Media Mapping Project to life.
🎧 Listen: newsisout.com/the-map-of-us-podcast
Giancarlo Guerrero, artistic director and principal conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival, in what he called a “beautiful surprise,” had nine days notice to join the top-secret musical lineup of the Super Bowl halftime show, which featured powerhouse vocalists Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.
The second that people are getting sick of you, that’s when you have to go 👏 even 👏 harder 👏
Let's go!!!! I'm so thrilled to embark on this journey!
We'll teach key community journalism practices, including non-extractive interviewing, building trust and other best-practices when covering underserved communities.
Join me in congratulating this year's cohort members!
I was out sick for a week and a half in January and my email inbox still never recovered 😭
Equality Illinois CEO Channyn Lynne Parker set the tone at the organization’s 2026 gala, calling the night “a sanctuary."
She praised @govpritzker.illinois.gov and @mayorofchicago.bsky.social for affirming that “dignity is not conditional,” and drawing cheers with a forceful call to “abolish ICE.”
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, and we're honoring Black LGBTQ+ history through the Windy City Times archives.
From 1996–2004, BLACKlines was a Black queer community newspaper documenting Chicago’s Black LGBTQ+ life, leadership, and organizing.
At last night’s Equality Illinois Gala, Gov. JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) compared MAGA Republicans’ attacks on trans people, immigrants and people of color to tactics used in Nazi Germany.
“We’ve seen it before in Germany in the early ‘30s, and now they’re invading American cities.”
and when Lady Gaga performs LoveDrug at the Grammys then what
They’re not ending anytime soon.
They will fail in court. They’re cool with that. Because it’s not about winning a conviction.
This is about intimidating us with the high potential pain for doing journalism
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
Members of Chicago’s small business community are joining Friday’s nationwide general strike to protest the violent federal immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota and beyond. blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/30/g... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social
What an honor to be in conversation with Tammye Nash from @dallasvoice.bsky.social about this important topic.
Check out our managing editor, @jakewittich.bsky.social, on today's episode of @citycastchicago.bsky.social, where he discusses Chicago’s new LGBTQ+ Affairs Director, the legacy of Lorraine Sade Baskerville, and this weekend’s Equality Illinois Gala.
Listen here: chicago.citycast.fm/podcasts/bov...
I’m on today’s episode of @citycastchicago.bsky.social with Justin Laurence from Crain’s Chicago. Our conversation spanned from Chicago’s new Director of LGBTQ+ Affairs to the news around Greg Bovino’s ousting as Border Patrol chief.
Listen here:
chicago.citycast.fm/podcasts/bov...
NEW FROM OUR PUBLISHER: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s "Abolish Trump's ICE" language is a “bad apples” argument dressed in a trenchcoat.
Read more of this analysis in our RESHAPE newsletter ⬇️
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The @chicago.suntimes.com has now posted a public tracker of federal criminal cases tied to Operation Midway Blitz, with a small update: We've now tied 32 defendants to the campaign.
The bottom line remains: 15 cleared and no one convicted, so far: chicago.suntimes.com/2026/tracker...
I'm not saying he didn't do pro-LGBTQ+ things as mayor...but wasn't it under Rahm that the LGBTQ+ liaison role was eliminated in the first place? And the LGBTQ+ Advisory Council dismantled?
