![illustration of a lion standing on 2 hind legs wearing a vest and jean shorts at a bar. The lion is pointing right toward a zebra sitting at the bar with drink in one hoof and waving back at lion. Zebra is wearing an orange sweater. A lonely otter sits on a stool between them, staring at a phone that has a broken heart emoji in a word bubble above it](http://i0.wp.com/chicagoreader.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/deLise-crop.jpg?fit=300%2C156&ssl=1)
Are rainbow-festooned events full of glitter, sequins, and boas signs of progress? Strides made by LGBTQ+ people are increasingly under fire in the forms of violence, rhetoric, and quasi-legal attacks on the rights of the community. Has the LGBTQ+ community unwittingly played a role in this by seeking assimilation? Some might say that the idea […]
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