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THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

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“Black people and people of lor have been stmental the gay rights movement, but ’s an area where we haven’t gotten the acknowledgement we serve, ” Rice said. "Always gonna be safe, always gonna be welg and will not jt celebrate our queerns, but our culture as Black and Brown folk, " said Adrienne Armer wh Pri South said the fifth year of Pri South Si is even more meangful light of the Supreme Court lg favor of a weddg webse signer who ref to work wh gay upl. Photographer Kathleen Hkel ptured dozens of special plac and events Chigo where members of the queer muny n fd a home, get support — and unapologetilly be o to Chigo’s LGBTQ muny:Cred: Kathleen Hkel/Block Club ChigoNicknamed the Pri hoe, this Anrsonville home rais money for the ternatnal nonprof Men Havg Babi, which is dited to providg gay men wh tnal and fancial support to achieve parenthood.

CHIGO PRI PARA 2022: MAP, TRANSPORTATN TAILS AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS CHIGO

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class="articleContent__Wrapper-sc-1rqfqf-0 bDtujo le-mon__article-ntent pi-ntent le-mon__gutenberg-ntent le-mon__gutenberg-ntent--articleContent" id="pi"><p>SOUTH SHORE — As the South Si fac a “lack of culturally petent LGBTQ+ servic,” rints told lol lears a recent survey they largely wele a new health and muny center on the South Si — if ’s done a way that meets muny’s needs.</p><p><a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">Howard Brown Health</a>, an LGBTQ-affirmg health provir, plans to open a center for health re and human servic on the South Si by late 2024.</p><p>The project received $15 ln state fundg om the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">Rebuild Illois</a> astcture plan of 2019, which budgeted $465 ln statewi toward health re and human servic over six years.</p><p><a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">Pri Actn Tank</a>, a project cubator through the AIDS Foundatn of Chigo, and Howard Brown led a survey last summer to gather feedback on which servic and programs should be offered through the center.</p><p>“This is historic,” said Kim Hunt, Pri Actn Tank executive director. “I wanted to make sure that the voic of existg efforts, anizatns [and] folks who don’t n anizatns but are dog great work were also clud this procs.”</p><p>Of the 233 survey participants, most intified as lbian or gay and cisgenr, and about half were Black. Rints of area s 60615 and 60637 — which ver portns of Grand Boulevard, Greater Grand Crossg, Hy Park, Kenwood, Washgton Park and Woodlawn — were most reprented.</p><p>Participants ced an “overwhelmg dissatisfactn” wh the existg number of servic and programs for LGBTQ+ South Sirs — particular, a lack of LGBTQ-specific and genr-affirmg physil and mental health servic.</p><p>Food, hog, employment and other wraparound servic are also need the muny and should be nsired durg the project’s velopment, rponnts said.</p><p>“Not only were LGBTQ-specific servic at the top of the list, but also ensurg accsibily [and] makg sure that ’s close to public trans,” said Channyn Parker, Howard Brown director of strategic partnerships. “Also, those thgs that we need on an everyday basis … don’t have ‘LGBTQ’ slapped on them, right? We need a lot of thgs outsi of what would be nsired to be LGBTQ-specific.”</p><p>At a panel discsn about the survey Thursday, atten said they wanted elr and end-of-life re at the center, as well as programs that n bridge health and wellns gaps between South and North si muni.</p><p>To read the full survey report, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">click here</a>. Communy put will be “the drivg force behd any cisn that’s ma regardg the facily,” Parker said.</p><p>Some survey participants also had ncerns about Howard Brown Health, which is based Uptown, leadg the charge for a South Si center. The provir also operat clics Hy Park, New Cy and Englewood.</p><p>Participants urged Howard Brown to llaborate wh smaller, lol groups as velops the muny center, which mt cultivate “strong relatnships wh Black-led anizatns.”</p><p>Brave Space Alliance operat Chigo’s only Black- and transgenr-led LGBTQ+ center Hy Park. The anizatn is planng a <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">separate survey of trans Cook County rints</a>, which will lnch June wh the goal of fluencg public policy and securg rourc for trans muni.</p><p>Survey participants said they’ve also received LGBTQ-specific servic on the South Si om anizatns like <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">Affy Communy Servic</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">Chigo State Universy</a> and <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">Transformg Reentry Servic</a>.</p><p>The new center “will only be an extensn of the work” anizatns like the already perform, albe “ a larger space,” said state Rep. Lamont Robson, a Democrat reprentg the area.</p><p>“Regular and transparent munitn” wh existg anizatns will be required as the project mov forward, and muny advot will be able to participate on the project’s planng board, Parker said.</p><p>Cy, state and feral officials mt provi addnal fundg to sta the center “for generatns to e,” Robson said.</p><p>“We need this same type of center on the Far South Si of Chigo, we need the same type of center on the Far Wt Si of Chigo,” he said. “This is jt a start; we need the centers all across the state.”</p><p>To provi feedback or ask qutns about the planned center, email <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=""></a>. A replay of Thursday’s panel discsn is available <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">here</a>.</p><p><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href=" target="_blank">Subscribe to Block Club Chigo</a>, an pennt, 501(c)(3), journalist-n newsroom. 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