Queer to the Left was active from the late 90s through 2005. courtesy Therese Quinn
Heading into the 21st century, queer activism was at a crossroads. While the AIDS epidemic was far from over for the millions of people who lacked access to adequate health care and could not afford expensive antiretroviral therapy which cost thousands of dollars a year even with insurance many larger gay organizations had moved on from the issue. With gay marriage and access to military services held up as preeminent issues by groups like the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the more radical impulses of groups like AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) shifted from center stage and into the margins of the community.
May 24, 2021
In the early morning hours on Friday, May 21st, Galesburg Police were dispatched to the 600 block of Home Boulevard for a physical domestic taking place. When GPD arrived, witnesses told police 25-year old Davon Barber of Galesburg got into a physical altercation with the mother of his son – slamming her against and breaking a 6-foot mirror, then slamming her head into a door frame causing her to lose consciousness. Police then went to the apartment of Barber’s mother in the same complex to make contact. Before entering the apartment, police could hear a female say, “D, you done dragged that girl down the whole hall and pushed her into the wall.” Barber was taken into custody and transported to the Knox County Jail. The female victim was transported to OSF St. Mary’s Medical Center where police informed her of the steps needed to obtain an order of protection. Barber was charged with Domestic Battery causing Bodily Harm with a prior conviction, Trespass to
Police investigating after exchange of gunfire last week wgil.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wgil.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Provided
It can be magic, transformative, dangerous and dreadful.
This wet, white shapeshifter falling in pillows across Chicago this month was delivered silently and softly, adding a new room to the city’s already isolated house of coronavirus.
Snow’s footprint in my life has been a big one; an occupying force staying well beyond welcome in the states of my youth: North Dakota and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
The Dakota wind was so cold and strong, it seemed to blow snowflakes across the prairie for miles before landing. The U.P. winter drifts were high and deep and beyond the patience of length.