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The Illinois House Human Services Committee approved a bill that would ban so-called "conversion therapy" for minors by a 9 to 6 vote on Wednesday.
Windy City Times, Chicago's LGBT newsweekly, and Affinity Community Services will host a summit May 2 through 5 on LGBTQ youth in the Chicago region, to assess the current issues impacting homeless youth, and find new so
Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN), Chicago's oldest peer-led HIV/AIDS service organization, Monday announced the appointment of Nancy Abbate as interim CEO.
The Obama administration said Friday that insurers must offer identical health coverage to spouses in a same-sex marriage as they offer to spouses in an opposite-sex marriage.
A housing facility for LGBT seniors officially opened last month in Philadelphia with a giant rainbow bow and a tag that reads "gift to the community."
David Ernesto Munar has been appointed President & CEO of Howard Brown Health Center effective April 1,2014. Munar, who served as President and CEO of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, will replace Karma Israelsen.
CVS Caremark announced Wednesday that it will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products at its more than 7,600 CVS/pharmacy stores across the U.S. by October 1, 2014.
A Superbowl ad featuring U2's latest single and sponsored by Bank of America aims to raise millions of dollars for the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) honored National Blood Donor Month and highlighted the need to reevaluate donation criteria that unfairly discriminates against men who have sex with men (MSM).
Today the Surgeon General's Health Consequence of Smoking: 50 Years of Progress report shows the impact of tobacco is even larger than previously known on health.
Members of South East Lake View Neighbors (SELVN) voted 41-21 Jan. 13 not to endorse Broadway Youth Center's (BYC's) bid for a zoning variance allowing it to stay in its present location at Wellington Avenue United Churc
Howard Brown Health Center (HBHC), one of the largest LGBT healthcare providers in the country, has eliminated six administrative positions, including the Associate Director of the Broadway Youth Center and the Vice Pres
The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) is recommending Chicagoans get an annual flu vaccination as flu activity has increased in Chicago over the last couple of weeks.
Howard Brown Health Center is due to make significant changes in the following weeks, including possibly hiring a new leader, according to sources contacted by Windy City Times.
Chicagoland native and active member of Chicago's LGBT community Tommy Holl is donning his red onesie and felt collar again this year to spread Christmas cheer as The Real Elf on the Shelf.
AIDS Foundation of Chicago's (AFC) commemorated World AIDS Day with its annual World of Chocolate event on Friday, Dec. 6.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday reiterated his pledge to achieve an AIDS-free generation.
President Barack Obama stated in a proclamation for World AIDS Day that an "AIDS-free generation is within our reach."
TimeLine Theatre hosts an hour-long panel discussion featuring top Chicago AIDS prevention and assistance advocates, Sunday, Dec. 1, following the theatre's production of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart.
In the darkest days of the AIDS pandemic, two very different women – Hollywood superstar Elizabeth Taylor and research scientist Dr. Mathilde Krim – joined forces to create amfAR (American Foundation for AIDS Research),
President Barack Obama on Nov. 21 signed the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act into law.
AIDS Legal Council of Chicago (ALCC) is pleased to announce the addition Jena Levin to the Board of Directors. Levin is currently an associate at Foley and Lardner LLP and member of the Business Litigation and Dispute Re
ALCC's long-time Executive Director, Ann Hilton Fisher, was honored on November 7, 2013, at the AIDS Foundation of Chicago's (AFC) Annual Meeting with the Impact Award.
This year marks the 11th annual observance of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) and Center on Halsted is marking the occasion on Thursday, Oct. 17 with community-centered events to unite the Hispanic/Latino comm