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January 2017
OUT at CHM
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OUT at CHM | Our Bars: Community, Safety, Violence, Sex, and Activism
5:30 p.m reception, 6:30 p.m. program
How have bars helped to shape Chicago's LGBT community?
March 2017
OUT at CHM
03
OUT at CHM | Art, AIDS, and Activism in Chicago
5:30 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. program
How was art used to speak out about the AIDS pandemic, advocate for its victims, and critique public response to this health crisis?
May 2017
OUT at CHM
18
OUT at CHM | From New Town to Boystown to Lakeview
5:30 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. program
Explore the triumphs of the nation's first officially recognized gay village, born of activism in 1970 when residents marched here in Chicago's first Pride Parade.
March 2018
OUT at CHM
22
OUT at CHM | Celebrating and Contextualizing Queer Fashion
5:30 p.m.
Take in an array of head-turning designs that flip the script on gender norms, celebrate young contemporary fashion designers and discover how we've arrived at today's Instagram-fueled hypervisible boom in queer fashion.
April 2018
OUT at CHM
24
OUT at CHM | Undocumented and Queer
5:30 p.m.
Join us as we showcase the struggles and activism of undocumented queer people in this age of uncertainty.
June 2018
OUT at CHM
14
Disruptive Touch: Queer Expression in Public Spaces
5:30 p.m.
Join us at the Center on Halsted for a cocktail reception, panel discussion, vendor marketplace, and viewing of the short film.
March 2019
OUT at CHM
27
OUT at CHM: How It’s Written
6:30 p.m.
Discover the storied history of Chicago’s LGBTQIA communities with the Museum’s popular and proactive series.
April 2019
OUT at CHM
24
OUT at CHM: Out of This World
6:30 p.m.
Discover the storied history of Chicago’s LGBTQIA communities with the Museum’s popular and proactive series.
June 2019
OUT at CHM
12
OUT at CHM: Quiet as a Riot
6:30 p.m.
Discover the storied history of Chicago’s LGBTQ communities with the Museum’s popular and proactive series.
April 2020
OUT at CHM
21
SOLD OUT: OUT at CHM | Chicago LGBTQ Activism: Back to the Future
6:00 p.m.
This year's OUT at CHM series kicks off with a screening of and discussion centering around the award-winning documentary, Short Fuse: Story of an AIDS Activist, about the life of Daniel Sotomayor.
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