Out at CHM

06/27/2018

Check out this awesome and thorough recap of our last program by Liz Baudler! And a big thank you to everyone who attended as well as our moderator Owen Keehnen and panelists Michelle Citron, Patric McCoy, and Andie Mckenzie Meadows.

Inside the Center on Halsted's auditorium, while q***r community vendors tabled their wares over a DJ, an open bar, and plates of hors d'oeuvres, Chicago History Museum board member Matt Blakely called q***r history and Chicago history inextricably linked. Blakely introduced Q***r Expression In Publ...

04/19/2018

Don't miss this powerful evening featuring Antonio Gutierrez of the Community Activism Law Alliance - CALA, Tania Unzueta of Mijente, a new political home for Latinx & Chicanx organizing, and Mike Jarecki, named one of the best LGBT lawyers under 40 by the National LGBT Bar Association

Join us as we showcase the struggles and activism of undocumented q***r people in this age of uncertainty. Delve into the history of the fight for immigrant rights in Chicago’s LGBTQ community. Take a closer look at the gripping stories, legal avenues, and layered past of undocumented q***r person...

04/17/2018

Next Tuesday, April 24th, join us for our 2nd program of 2018: OUT at CHM: Undocumented and Q***r!

Hear the gripping stories of struggle, activism, and organizing among our q***r and undocumented community members.

In this age of uncertainty, learn about the legal avenues and policy landscape for undocumented immigrants and Chicago's place in that history.

Grab your tickets here: https://bit.ly/2HFzabT

04/10/2018

Take a closer look at the gripping stories, legal avenues, and layered past of undocumented q***r persons in this lively panel discussion with Antonio Gutierrez of Community Activism Law Alliance - CALA and LGBTQ immigration attorney Michael Jarecki. www.chicagohistory.org/event/chm-undocumented-q***r/

04/04/2018

Q***r fashion never goes out of style

OUT at CHM ( Chicago History Museum ) proved q***r fashion never goes out of style with its program Celebrating and Contextualizing Q***r Fashion on March 22. OUT at CHM, now in its 15th year, examines and displays various topics within the history of Chicago's LGBTQ communities. Celebrating and Con...

03/20/2018

Meet our next designer: GNAT who will be showcasing an entirely new collection for our upcoming event OUT at CHM: Celebrating and Contextualizing Q***r Fashion

"GNAT, by Gnat Rosa Madrid, provides the babes of the world with glittering femme-centric fe**sh and bo***ge gear. Made for q***r femmes by q***r femmes, GNAT gear will decorate your gorgeous, bodacious body so that you can harness your s*xuality. GNAT promotes safe, exciting, and consensual s*x, B**M, body positivity, gender fluidity, trans liberation, and femme4femme love. GNAT gear is about helping q***r folks feel in control and empowered by their own s*xuality. GNAT wants babes wrapped in her harnesses to experience themselves in a new, heightened way so that they may tap into their desires and their erotic sense of self."

Have you gotten your tickets yet? They're going FAST and we are so excited to see the LQQKS you turn out for us.

Photo by Miss Meadows & Tovar

https://www.chicagohistory.org/event/out_fashion/

03/15/2018

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03/15/2018

We are one week away from OUT at CHM's first event of 2018!!

We'll be showcasing collections from contemporary q***r Chicago designers An Authentic Skid Mark, GNAT and Rebirth Garments followed by a discussion panel on Q***r Fashion History with Ciera Mckissick, Jojo Baby and Kelly Lynn Reddy-Best.

Stay tuned for more sneak peak images and make sure you snag your ticket today (Discount available for students)!!
https://www.chicagohistory.org/event/out_fashion/

Pics by Miss Meadows and Tovar

03/05/2018

Tonight, at the 90th Annual Academy Awards, history was once again made. From the historic win of A Fantastic Woman to out directors and producers winning for their work, LGBTQ people shone during the Oscars.