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Lightfoot, city’s only openly gay mayoral candidate, unveils LGBTQ policy agenda

The only openly gay candidate in the crowded race for mayor on Thursday chose “National Coming Out Day” to lift the veil on her policy agenda for the politically potent LGBTQ community. If Lori ... read more

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, With the 2020 Presidential Election Nearing, Slams Trump As Threat to LGBTQ Rights

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the first black woman and openly gay person to lead the nation’s third-most-populous city, says Donald Trump is a major threat to LGBTQ civil rights ... has pursued a ... read more

Anti-LGBT flyers aimed at Lightfoot are sad, pathetic — and an odd sign of progress

And now South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg may become the first openly gay presidential candidate, expected to join the crowded field vying for the Democratic presidential nomination. What Lightfoot ... read more

Moments in the Public Health Response to AIDS, CDPH LGBTQ Outreach Keynote June 28

King, CDPH Public Health Administrator—LGBTQ Health & Outreach Liaison, introduced Chicago Reader Publisher and Windy City Times cofounder Tracy Baim. Mayor Lori Lightfoot was ... running twice as an ... read more

In Politics and Gay? Many US Voters Say, 'So What?'

while a third earned a spot in a runoff to be mayor of Kansas City ... openly gay elected officials nationwide nearly doubled last year, to 682, according to the Victory Fund, which supports the ... read more

In politics and gay? So what, say most US voters

The number of openly gay elected officials nationwide nearly doubled last year, to 682, according to the Victory Fund, which supports the election of LGBTQ candidates. The group backed Lori Lightfoot, ... read more

In politics and gay? So what, say most US voters

Chicago mayor elect Lori Lightfoot ... wave" of gay and lesbian candidates across America in 2018, even as Donald Trump's administration has chipped away at protections of the LGBTQ community. The ... read more

46th Ward race takes turn for the negative in final days

Phelan's communications and policy director Owen Brugh described the claims of homophobia by the Cappleman campaign as "a desperate attack against Molly." Brugh identified Phelan's agenda on LGBT ... read more