Welcoming, sensitive atmosphere at Bandy’s for annual Rainbow Cafe gathering Sunday
CARBONDALE — When Rainbow Cafe LGBTQ+ Center and community members gather this Sunday for...
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | Oct 5, 2023 | Features, 2023, Archives, Home Page Lead, Illinois, LGBTQ+, News, October 2023, Rainbow Cafe Pages, Southern Illinois
CARBONDALE — When Rainbow Cafe LGBTQ+ Center and community members gather this Sunday for...
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | Jul 19, 2023 | 2023, Archives, Health, Home Page Lead, Illinois, Illinois Lead, July 2023, News, Rainbow Cafe Pages, Southern Illinois, Special Sections, Women
Inspired by a breast cancer survivor, this southern Illinois congregation is focusing on providing comfort bags for people experiencing abortion care.
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | Jun 30, 2023 | June 2023, 2023, Archives, Home Page Lead, Illinois, LGBTQ+, News, Rainbow Cafe Pages, Southern Illinois
CARBONDALE, Ill. — If you’re looking for a way to help transgender people seeking to relocate from conservative, rejecting communities to accepting ones, check out the online art auction from the Carbondale Assembly for Radical Equity (CARE).
The auction will continue through 9 p.m. Saturday night. It’s part of a multi-faceted effort in this town of 22,000 known as “little Chicago,” in southern Illinois, to answer regional need for communities that offer sanctuary or haven to transgender or nonbinary people. The new CARE group aims to generate funds that will subsidize food, lodging and apartment deposits for those who feel unsafe, unwelcome, or outright threatened in their current communities.
The bidding is open to anyone, anywhere.
“You do not have to be local to bid on items,” organizers wrote on their event page. “We are happy to ship things to you just for shipping cost.”
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | Jun 7, 2023 | Rainbow Cafe Pages, 2023, Archives, Home Page Lead, Illinois, June 2023, LGBTQ+, News
CARBONDALE – Whether you’re LGBTQ, female-identifying, or a Person of Color, the Rainbow Cafe...
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | Feb 25, 2023 | Features, Archives, Arts, Home Page Lead, Illinois, Illinois Lead, LGBTQ+, Men, News, Rainbow Cafe Pages, Southern Illinois, Topics
Kamrah is a trans-masculine belly-dancer from Chicago who defies stereotypes and will headline the Rainbow Variety Show in Carbondale tonight.
As someone who also studies microbiology and anatomy, and identifies as autistic and a “geek,” Kamrah also brings a new level to the term “intersectional.”
Read about Kamrah and other local performers who will take the Rainbow Variety Show stage tonight in Carbondale. The featured performers include author Rafael Frumkin, dancers Kimea Rhines and Darryl clark, vocalist and sound healer Pat York, and acoustic performers Shane Bruce, Jacqui, Elana Floyd-Kennett, Shane Bruce, and Curt Wilson.
The show raises money for the Rainbow Cafe LGBTQ Center and its work of LGBTQ support and social opportunities, HIV and AIDS testing, harm reduction, and more.
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