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Pride Action Tank, a project of the AIDS Foundation Chicago and organizer of the Community Restroom Access Project (CRAP), and Rainbow Café are collaborating to present the 2026 Restroom Rally. This event will take place in two locations, The Hideout (located in Chicago, […]

HIV/AIDS was first mentioned in a medical journal 45 years ago, and while so much progress has been made, certain things persist from the early days of the epidemic—including HIV stigma. Unfortunately, stigma has continued […]

On June 3, Windy City Times held its annual 30 Under 30 Awards at Chicago History Museum.   Every year, Windy City Times honors 30 outstanding LGBTQ+ individuals (and, occasionally, allies) who live […]

Pride is just as much a reclamation of queer joy as it is a remembrance of our history.  That is why this Pride Month, Illinois LGBTQ+ communities honor the anniversary of the Pulse […]

Concluding a frenzied last day of the 2026 spring legislative session, Illinois lawmakers passed a record $56 billion Fiscal Year 2027 budget (HB111) in the early morning hours of Monday, June 1st.   Amid the harmful […]

To kick off Pride this year, we are joining the Seven Days in June campaign – a national call to elevate health as a governing priority. Last year, Congress passed $1 trillion in healthcare cuts with the […]

Who do you think of when you hear “LGBTQ+ Elder”? Perhaps we think of the trailblazers, such as Marsha P. Johnson and Silvia Rivera. Or, perhaps we struggle to think […]

AIDS Foundation Chicago’s (AFC’s) Ryan White Community Advisory Board (CAB) has met at the foundation’s offices every other month since 2010. The CAB does everything from evaluating case management policies […]

ACT UP Chicago emphasized urgent, intersectional, and direct action to advance the rights of people living with HIV and AIDS in an era of neglect and persecution by a private national healthcare system and neoliberal government. Today, we see striking parallels between the activism […]

AIDS Foundation Chicago announced today that President and CEO John Peller will step down in December 2026, concluding more than a decade of transformational leadership. Since joining AFC in 2005 […]