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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 […]

On Friday, April 3, the Trump administration released its Fiscal Year 2027 discretionary budget. In budgeting, it’s often said that you “shouldn’t tell me where your priorities are. Show me where you spend your […]

On Tuesday, March 24 at 8:30 a.m., HIV advocates from across the state, along with AIDS Foundation Chicago’s (AFC) Policy & Advocacy team, arrived at AFC’s downtown offices to travel to Springfield for our annual Advocacy Day. The excitement and energy of the team was […]