[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> PARIS SCHUTZ HAS THE EVENING OFF.

>> ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... 50 YEARS AGO TODAY, A 37 WORD CLAUSE CHANGED THE FUTURE OF WOMEN AND SPORTS.

LOOKING AT THE IMPACTS OF TITLE IX.

>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SAYS NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDERWAY ON AN ETHICS REFORM PACKAGE INTRODUCED MONTHS AGO.

WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG?

>> I WAS LIKE THANK GOD FINALLY SOMETHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT RACISM.

>> THE FIGHT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY WE'RE LIVE FROM CHICAGO'S NORTH HALSTED NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> AND DOCUMENTS THE REALITIES OF BEING TRANSGENDER IN A NEW JOURNAL AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

>> THE TRUST IS NOT THERE.

>> AMONG ALL ETHNIC GROUPS LATINO MEN ARE THE LEAST LIKELY TO SEEK OUT MEDICAL CARE AND A LOOK AT THE REASONS WHY.

>> I STARTED ROQ INNOVATION FOR MY KIDS.

A CHICAGO ENTREPRENEUR WITH A PASSION FOR PROBLEM SOLVING AND SHARES HER JOURNEY AND WHAT LANDED HER ON SHARK TANK.

>> AS I'M REPORTING LIVE FROM NORTH HALSTED IN CHICAGO'S LAKEVIEW CHICAGO AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

THE PRIDE PARADE IS BACK THERE IS AN ONGOING FIGHT FOR MORE INCLUSIVITY FOR WOMEN, TRANSFOLKS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AND RESIDENTS AND LEADERS ARE CALLING FOR INCREASED SECURITY.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AND MORE COMING UP.

BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

AND TOP STORIES... ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER TOOK CENTER STAGE AT THE LATEST CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON JANUARY 6.

THE FOCUS OF TODAY'S HEARING WAS ON THEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP EFFORTS TO USE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO HELP OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION.

THREE FORMER SENIOR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS TESTIFIED TO THE PRESIDENT'S EFFORTS TO INSTALL GEOFFREY CLARK A LOYALIST AS THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT.

THEY TOLD TRUMP THEY WOULD RESIGN IF HE WENT THROUGH WITH THE PLAN.

ADAM KINZINGER LED THE QUESTIONING AND PONDERED WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IF THE OFFICIALS HAD NOT STOOD FIRM.

>> WE KNOW THE MEN BEFORE US DID THE RIGHT THING.

BUT THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THESE JUSTICE OFFICIALS MAKE A DIFFERENT DECISION?

WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY BOW TO THE PRESSURE?

WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO US AS A DEMOCRACY AS A NATION?

IMAGINE A FUTURE WHERE THE PRESIDENT COULD SCREEN APPLICANTS TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WITH ONE QUESTION: ARE YOU LOYAL TO ME?

OR TO THE CONSTITUTION?

AND IT WOULDN'T TAKE LONG TO FIND PEOPLE WILLING TO PLEDGE THEIR LOYALTY TO THE MAN.

>> ILLINOIS' RICHEST MAN IS PULLING UP STAKES FROM CHICAGO AND TAKING COMPANIES WITH HIM.

BILLIONAIRE HEDGE FUND MANAGER KEN GRIFFIN WHO HAS A NET WORTH OF $25 BILLION ANNOUNCED THE MOVE IN A MEMO TO EMPLOYEES.

GRIFFIN MOVED HIS FAMILY TO MIAMI AND THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS OF THE CITADEL HEDGE FUND WITH CITADEL SECURITIES WOULD BE RELOCATED THERE.

SAYING CHICAGO WILL CONTINUE TO BE IMPORTANT, HE NOTED THAT HIS STAFF IN CHICAGO HAD ASKED TO RELOCATE TO MIAMI, NEW YORK AND OTHER CITIES AROUND THE WORLD.

GRIFFIN HAS BEEN A FOCAL CRITIC OF THE CRIME RATE AND TAXES.

>> A PLEA FROM THE CHICAGO BOARD OF ELECTIONS AHEAD OF TUESDAY'S PRIMARY ELECTION.

THE CHAIRWOMAN MARISEL HERNANDEZ IS CONCERNED THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE REQUESTED TO VOTE-BY-MAIL HAVE NOT YET DONE SO.

>> WE CURRENTLY HAVE RECEIVED ALMOST 124,000 APPLICATIONS TO VOTE-BY-MAIL.

AND ONLY HAVE 31,000 RETURNED VOTE-BY-MAIL BALLOTS.

THAT'S A LOT OF UNRETURNED BALLOTS.

WE URGE YOU TO COME OUT AND VOTE.

>> ALL 51 EARLY VOTING CENTERS IN CHICAGO ARE NOW OPEN.

TO FIND YOUR POLLING PLACE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

THERE YOU CAN ALSO HEAR FROM THE CANDIDATES IN THEIR OWN WORDS.

ON WHY THEY WANT YOUR VOTE.

UP NEXT, WE'RE LIVE IN LAKEVIEW'S NORTH HALSTED NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEE HOW THE COMMUNITY IS CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS, CHICAGO'S NORTH HALSTED AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD WILL PLAY HOST TO THE CITY'S PRIDE PARADE.

NORTH HALSTED KNOWN TO MANY AS BOYSTOWN LOCATED IN THE LAKEVIEW COMMUNITY AREA HAS FACED CALLS IN RECENT YEARS TO MAKE THE AREA MORE INCLUSIVE TO ALL OF THE CITY'S LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

AND SOME RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE ALSO CALLING FOR INCREASED SECURITY.

ESPECIALLY AHEAD OF SUNDAY'S PARADE.

AS PART OF OUR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES" REPORTER NICK BLUMBERG AND PRODUCER ACACIA HERNANDEZ SPENT THE DAY IN NORTH HALSTED.

NICK?

>> IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE CHICAGO LAST SAW A PRIDE PARADE THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT THAT THAT CELEBRATION IS RETURNING.

ALD TOM TUNNEY REPRESENTED THIS AREA SINCE THE EARLY 2000'S VISITORS ARE BACK MORE THAN EVER HE HOPES THIS MONTH PRIDE CELEBRATIONS CAN BE A CALL TO ACTION AS WELL AS A CELEBRATION.

>> THOSE RIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCRUED OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS ARE PRETTY MUCH THREATENED.

YOU'VE HEARD THE MAYOR SPEAK ABOUT THIS AND THE CONNECTION WITH THE LGBTQ RIGHTS AND ROE VS. WADE AND YOU ARE SEEING THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY BEING MANIPULATED BY CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE LARGEST SOCIETY AND YOU KNOW, MY BELIEF IS OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN IN OUR CITY FOREVER.

IT'S SAFE FOR THEM TO COME OUT IN MOST OF OUR CITY AND FOR THEM TO BE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS.

>> TOM TUNNEY IS CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY FOR SUNDAY'S PARADE AND IN GENERAL IN THIS AREA.

THE POLICE DISTRICT THAT COVERS NORTH HALSTED IS DOWN MORE THAN 100 OFFICERS.

>> I HAVE TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE PEOPLE WHO PUT ME IN OFFICE.

AND THEY ARE NOT FEELING SECURE.

WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS WEEKEND IS SAFE FOR ALL THE VISITORS AND OUR CHICAGO RESIDENTS TO COME ENJOY CELEBRATE PRIDE IN A MANNER THAT EVERYONE GETS HOME SAFE.

>> SUPERINTENDENT DAVID BROWN SAID YESTERDAY C.P.D.

HAS PUT IN A LOT OF PREP TIME FOR SUNDAY'S EVENT INCLUDING A LOT OF OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY LEADERS AND BUSINESSES.

ONE OF THE LONG TIME BUSINESS OWNERS IS ARI COHN HE CO-OWNS KIT-KAT LOUNGE AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH HALSTED BUSINESS ALLIANCE DURING MUCH.

PANDEMIC.

FOR HIM A RETURN TO MORE NORMALCY IS VERY, VERY WELL COVID-19 PANDEMIC COME.

>> YOU CAN ACTUALLY PLAN WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT A RULE BEING CHANGED.

AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE PLANS AND R AND STAFF ACCORDINGLY AND PEOPLE ARE MUCH MORE STABLE NOW.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS A DREAM TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

OR A LITTLE BIT OF A NIGHTMARE.

>> DURING THAT TIME, NATIONWIDE PROTESTS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE CAME TO THIS AREA WITH CALLS FOR GREATER REPRESENTATION AND INCLUSIVITY OF PEOPLE OF COLOR IN PARTICULAR IN CHICAGO'S HOSPITALITY SPACES AND DRAG COMMUNITY.

>> I WAS LIKE THANK GOD FINALLY SOMETHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND PRETTY MUCH ALL OVER THE WORLD.

IT WILL BE GOOD TO SEE OTHER GAY BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WOMEN.

WE HAVE A FEW WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE LESBIAN.

BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF -- WE EMPLOY A LOT OF TRANSPEOPLE HERE AT KIT-KAT OBVIOUSLY.

AND IT'S HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE STREET.

BUT YOU KNOW I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PEOPLE OF COLOR STARTING TO OWN BUSINESSES HERE IN NORTH HALSTED.

>> INCLUSIVITY IS A KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE CENTER ON HALSTED WHICH IS THE MIDWEST'S LARGEST LGBTQ COMMUNITY CENTER.

THE LARGE LOBBY IS A GATHERING PLACE FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE CHICAGO AREA OF ALL AGES AND ALL NEEDS.

>> WE HAVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

WE HAVE HIV TESTING AND EDUCATION.

WE DO A PROGRAM FOR SENIORS AND HAVE SENIOR HOUSING NEAR THE CENTER AT ADDISON AND HALSTED.

>> WE DO YOUTH SERVICES INCLUDING HOUSING AND HOMELESS YOUTH SERVICES.

AND A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL EVENTS.

IT IS A PLACE WHERE ANYBODY CAN COME AND FEEL FREE AND BE THEMSELVES.

AND NOT JUST LGBTQ COMMUNITY.

>> COMING UP WE'LL HEAR MUCH MORE ABOUT THE CONTINUED FIGHT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN NORTH HALSTED AND AROUND CHICAGO'S QUEER COMMUNITY AND TALK WITH A WELL-KNOWN HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROVIDER WITH A FOCUS ON LGBTQ CHICAGOANS.

BACK TO YOU.

>> SEE YOU IN A LITTLE BIT.

>> AND NOW TO AMANDA VINICKY FOR A LOOK AT THE ANNIVERSARY OF A MONUMENTAL LAW.

AMANDA?

>> BRANDIS, 50 YEARS AGO TODAY PRESIDENT NIXON SIGNED A SWEEPING EDUCATION BILL.

IN IT WAS A 37-WORD KA CLAUSE.

IT WOULD CHANGE THE FUTURE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS.

TITLE IX BANS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEX AND REQUIRES EQUAL ACCESS TO ANY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY THAT RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDING.

THE LAW OPENED DOORS TO GIRLS AND WOMEN IN ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION AND OPENED THE DOOR FOR FEMALE SPORTS PROGRAMS.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THIS GROUNDBREAKING LAW AND THE STATE OF SPORTS TODAY ARE NANCY LIEBERMAN, FORMER PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER AND COACH PLUS BASKETBALL HALL OF FAMER.

TATUM MILAZZO, DEFENDER FOR THE CHICAGO RED STARS.

AND JILLIAN EID EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE ORGANIZATION GIRLS ON THE RUN.

WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US.

NANCY, SHOULD I CALL YOU LADY MAGIC?

IN 72 YOU WERE PLAYING BASKETBALL.

CAN YOU TAKE US BACK WHAT WERE THINGS LIKE BEFORE TITLE IX?

>> WELL I'M FORTUNATE ACTUALLY BECAUSE I GOT MY FIRST SCHOLARSHIP I WAS ON THE CUTTING EDGE IN 1976.

A LOT OF THE PEOPLE AND FRIENDS COMPETITORS NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A SCHOLARSHIP.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT TITLE IX BACK IN 1972, 3, 4, 5.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT TITLE IX IS IN 2022.

THE MESSAGING HAS BEEN SLOW.

BUT THE ATHLETES THE PERFORMANCES HAVE BEEN POWERFUL AND WE ARE MAKING GROUND.

>> AND LET'S MOVE ON TO YOU TATUM AS A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE TODAY WHAT ARE THINGS LIKE FOR YOU ON THE FIELD AS A WOMAN?

>> OH, I MEAN IT'S BEEN SUPER INSPIRATIONAL.

IN SOCCER THE LEAGUE IS REALLY YOUNG BUT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, THE STRONG WOMEN BEFORE US PAVED THE WAY AND CREATED THE FIRST CBA FOR WOMEN'S SOCCER.

SEEING THE GIRLS I'M ON TEAMS WITH NOW AND BEFORE ME THEY DID SOME PRETTY AMAZING THINGS, EYE-OPENING THINGS TO CHANGE THE GAME.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO GIRLS IN MY POSITION TO INSPIRE YOUNGER PEOPLE TO ALWAYS BE AIMING FOR MORE.

BECAUSE WE DESERVE THE MOST AND IT'S TIME THAT THE WOMEN GET EQUAL PAY AND PAVE THE WAY FOR EVERYONE BELOW US.

>> AN EQUAL PLAYING FIELD.

JILL, FOR THOSE OF US WHO DON'T ASPIRE TO BE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, I KNOW I'M SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP WHO HAD EASY ACCESS PLAYING ON A SOFTBALL, SOCCER, BASKETBALL TEAM AND DID EVEN IF I DIDN'T PLAY ALL TOO WELL.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOUNG GIRLS TO HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES EVEN IF THEY DON'T WANT TO GO PRO?

>> I THINK THAT TITLE IX IS ALMOST UNREMARKABLE TO OUR GIRLS.

BECAUSE THEY GREW UP IN A WORLD WHERE THEY HAD ATHLETES LIKE NANCY AND TATUM AND OTHERS TO LOOK UP TO.

AND SO MUCH SO THAT WE ARE AT COMPETITIVE AND FOCUSING ON BRINGING IN THE ELEMENT OF SPORT.

THINGS LIKE SELF CONFIDENCE BOOSTING AND NAVIGATING CONFLICT, RIGHT?

I THINK THAT TITLE IX HAS PAVED THAT WAY FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE US TO BE ABLE TO THRIVE AND SUPPORT GIRLS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

>> DO YOU TEACH ANYTHING PARTICIPANTS AND GIRLS ON THE RUN ABOUT TITLE IX ABOUT THE BEFORE?

>> WE DON'T SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT TITLE IX.

BUT WE ARE FOCUSED ON CRITICAL LIFE SKILLS IT CARRIES THROUGH SPORTS IN SO MANY WAYS.

WE ARE TEACHING GIRLS WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.

I'M SURE THAT IS TRUE ELEMENTS AND LESSONS THAT OUR ATHLETES ARE LEARNING AT THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL THAT CAN BE INSTILLED EARLY ON THAT CARRIES BEYOND THE FIELD OR THE RACETRACK WHICH IS POWERFUL.

>> TATUM, WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL SOCCER HAS BEEN ON THE FRONTLINES IN A FIGHT FOR EQUALITY WHEN IT COMES TO PAY.

THERE ARE NOT TITLE IX GUARANTEES THERE.

THE U.S. SOCCER TEAM, THE WOMEN'S TEAM MAY HAVE WON WOMEN'S SALARY PARITY, BUT WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR OTHER FEMALE ATHLETES?

CAN YOU MAKE ITS A PRO IN THIS DAY AND AGE?

>> I THINK THE GAME IS DEFINITELY GROWING.

I KNOW GIRLS 5 OR 6 OLDER THAN ME DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE LEAGUE COULD BE.

ONCE I CAME INTO IT IT'S YOUNG ONLY 10 YEARS.

SO I THINK THE POTENTIAL IT HAS IS REALLY GREAT.

I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A REACHING GOAL FOR YOUNG GIRLS BECAUSE IT IS GROWING SO MUCH.

JUST LIKE STAY INSPIRED AND I THINK WE CAN GROW IT TO BE A BIGGER GAME IN THE U.S. FOR WOMEN.

>> AND NANCY, THERE IS SOMETIMES PUSHBACK PARTICULARLY AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL WHERE WORD IS MEN'S SPORTS, FOOTBALL TEAMS, BASKETBALL TEAMS, BRING IN MORE MONEY.

SO IT'S UNFAIR TO HAVE TO SPLIT THOSE PROFITS ESSENTIALLY 50/50.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT?

>> TITLE IX WAS NOT ABOUT PROFITS.

TITLE IX IS THE EDUCATIONAL ACT OF 1972 ON THE 23rd OF JUNE BY RICHARD NIXON OUR THEN PRESIDENT.

TITLE IX TO ME IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES OF LEGISLATION IN THE 20TH CENTURY.

TITLE IX IS NOT AN OPINION.

TITLE IX IS A 0 LAW LIKE VOTING LAW AND EQUAL PAY RIGHTS.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING SOME PARITY, LOOK AT IT THE WNBA IS IN YEAR 26, AND THEY HAD BETTER BENEFITS, SALARIES, WENT HIGHER BUT WE ARE NOT THERE YET.

WOMEN ARE STILL EARNING 80 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR TO MEN.

AND WOMEN OF COLOR MY SISTERS OUT THERE ARE EARNING 57 TO 68 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR AND THAT IS NOT EQUITABLE.

AND PEOPLE THROW THE FANCY WORDS AROUND LIKE EQUALITY AND INCLUSION.

I'M COACHING IN THE BIG 3 THIS IS MY FOURTH SEASON WORKING FOR ICE CUBES AND ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID NANCY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY YOU.

YOU WILL BE THE HIGHEST PAID COACH.

YOU WILL BE PAID WHAT Dr. JAY MAKES AND MICHAEL COOPER MAKES AND GARY PAYTON, AND YOU WILL BE HAVE EQUALITY.

THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY TO US AT U.S.A. SOCCER OR THE WNBA IS THIS IS YOU'RE DIAGNOSE TO BE PAID EQUAL TO YOUR MALE COUNTERPARTS.

AND TITLE IX IS NOT ABOUT LIKE I SAID, IT'S ABOUT PROPORTIONALITY.

IF YOU READ THE LAW IT SAYS 55% OF YOUR SCHOOL IS WOMEN AND 45% IS MEN, THAT FEDERAL FUNDING GETS DIVVIED UP.

BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT THE FOOTBALL TEAM HAS TAKEN THEIR MONEY FOR THEIR PROGRAM AND WHATEVER IS LEFT IS PITTING MINORITIES AGAINST MINORITIES.

AND MINORS SPORTS AND WOMEN'S SPORTS ARE FIGHTING OVER THE DOLLARS.

SPORTS IS HUGE.

>> WHO NEEDS TO STEP UP?

>> FIRST OF ALL, COMPLIANCE.

BUT PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF COMPLIANCE BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID THEY ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR JOB IF THEY SPEAK UP.

ATHLETES ARE AFRAID IF THEY SPEAK UP THEY WILL CLUES THEIR SCHOLARSHIPS.

YOU HAVE TO BE BOLD.

TATUM, HOW OLD ARE YOU?

>> 24.

>> YOU ARE A PIONEER.

THERE'S KIDS, 7, 8, 9 YEARS OLD WHO WILL MAKE A MILLION A YEAR BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE WOMEN YOU KNOW THAT ARE OLDER ATHLETES ARE DOING.

>> OUR PRODUCER SAID THAT SHE GOT TEARY SHE HAS A YOUNG DAUGHTER WATCHING VIDEO TO CUT FOR THIS SEGMENT BECAUSE OF HOW MEANINGFUL THAT IS.

TATUM WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?

>> I MEAN I'VE LOVED BEING AROUND KIDS AND COACHING KIDS AND THERE SHOULD BE MORE FEMALE COACHES THAT ARE INSPIRING THE YOUNGER GIRLS THAT WANT THEM TO BE BIGGER AND BOLDER AS WOMEN AND SAY WHAT YOU WANT.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS TO SEE BIGGER, BODDER WOMEN IN SPORTS THAT MAKE A NOISE AND SAY LIKE HEY WE'RE HERE AND I THINK YOU SHOULD GIVE US WHAT WE DESERVE.

>> WHAT DO YOU SEE FOR THE FUTURE OF TITLE IX?

WE HAVE FRESH REVISIONS FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THAT MOSTLY TACKLE THINGS SUCH AS SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS AND ALSO START TO GET TO BUT NOT FULLY, WHAT THE TRANSCOMMUNITY WANTS GET TO THE HEART OF NO DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTIFICATION.

>> I THINK ABOUT THE PIECE ABOUT OUR TRANSGIRLS THERE IS A FALSE NARRATIVE THAT WE'RE PITTING TRANSGIRLS AGAINST THE SUCCESS OF GIRLS THEY ARE A THREAT TO THE SUCCESS OF GIRLS.

AND TRANSGIRLS ARE GIRLS.

WHEN A TRANSGIRL BREAKS A RECORD THAT IS A RECORD BANK ROB FOR ALL GIRLS.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT TITLE IX CAN EXPAND TO AND INCLUDE AND CONTINUE TO INCLUDE GENDER IDENTITY IS IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE NOT PLAYING A GAME WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES.

TRANSGIRLS ARE GIRLS.

AND WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT AT THAT AND WELCOME THEM AND LET THEM PLAY.

>> AND LAST WORD TO YOU NANCY, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE FUTURE FOR NOT JUST TITLE IX BUT WOMEN IN SPORTS?

>> WE HAVE TO CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR GENDER EQUITY, EQUALITY ALL THE THINGS ON THE TABLE.

AND THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES WITH BENEFITS AND TRANSGENDER.

I MIGHT SEE IT DIFFERENT THAN JILL DOES.

BUT I THINK THERE IS 100% THERE NEEDS TO BE PEOPLE FIGHTING, PUSHING AND CELEBRATING TRANSGENDER ATHLETES.

AND HOW THAT COMES TO PLAY IT WILL BE DIFFERENT FOR EACH ATHLETE BIOLOGICALLY SOME OF THE TRANSGENDER ATHLETES AND I WAS IN THE OLYMPICS MY TEAMMATE WAS BRUCE JENNER.

WE ARE OPINING AND THEY ARE TELLING YOU EXACTLY HOW THEY FEEL ARE THEY BIOLOGICALLY BIGGER, STRONGER THAN THE FEMALE COUNTERPARTS AT THIS POINT?

>> TIME WILL TELL.

>> AND TO GIVING ALL PEOPLE ALL OPPORTUNITY.

>> ON THE FIELD AND OFF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

OUR THANKS TO NANCY LIEBERMAN, TATUM MILAZZO AND JILLIAN EID.

AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IN JUST A MOMENT.

STAY WITH US.

>> THE CHICAGO ENTREPRENEUR WITH A PASSION FOR CREATION IS GROWING HER BUSINESS ONE INVENTION AT A TIME.

RAQUEL GRAHAM THE FOUNDER OF ROQ INNOVATION STARTED HER COMPANY IN 2014 AND SINCE THEN HAS BEEN DEVELOPING PRODUCTS DESIGNED TO AS SHE PUT IT IS TO MAKE LIFE EASIER.

BECOMING ONE OF THE FEW BLACK-OWNED COMPANIES TO APPEAR ON SHARK TANK, BUSINESS HAS BEEN BOOMING.

>> I STARTED ROQ INNOVATION FOR MY KIDS.

>> FOR RAQUEL GRAHAM BECOMING AN ENTREPRENEUR STARTED OUT WITH A PROBLEM.

GETTING HER KIDS TO DRESS WARM FOR THE WINTER.

>> DURING THE POLAR VORTEX MAYBE SIX YEARS AGO THEY WOULD NOT WEAR SCARVES.

THEY DECIDED THEY WERE BULKY AND ITCHY AND IT WAS SO COLD YOU HAVE TO HAVE EVERY BIT OF YOUR SKIN COVERED.

I WENT ON-LINE TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE THERE WAS NOTHING.

>> WITH THAT ROQ INNOVATION WAS BORN WITH HER FIRST PRODUCT.

CAME GRAHAM'S PRODUCT HEADLIGHT BEANIES.

WHAT STARTED OUT AS A FIX TO A PROBLEM IS NOW A BOOMING BUSINESS OPERATING OUT OF THIS WEST TOWN WAREHOUSE.

>> ALL OF MY PRODUCTS COME FROM MY LIFE.

I DON'T JUST THINK OF PRODUCTS OUT OF THE BLUE.

IT'S USUALLY I'M DOING SOMETHING IN MY EVERYDAY AND THERE IS A FRUSTRATION I LOOK TO SEE IF THERE IS A PRODUCT OUT THERE IF THERE'S NO PRODUCT THEN I MAKE IT.

>> THAT INNOVATION THAT PUT GRAHAM'S COMPANY ON THE MAP, APPEARING ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA, OPRAH'S MOST FAVORITE THINGS AND SHARK TANK.

>> I'M RAQUEL GRAHAM COMING TO YOU FROM CHICAGO ILLINOIS.

>> WHEN YOU ARE IN THE TANK IT IS ALL A BLUR.

AS YOU CAN TELL THERE'S SO MANY QUESTIONS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.

BUT YES, THEY WERE ALL REALLY RECEPTIVE.

AND IT FELT GREAT.

>> GRAHAM WALKED OUT OF THE TANK WITH A DEAL FROM TWO SHARKS.

SHE CAN'T SHARE THE SPECIFICS OF THAT PARTNERSHIP BUT SHE CAN SAY HER APPEARANCE ON SHARK TANK HAS BEEN A GAME-CHANGER.

>> THE EXPOSURE OF SHARK TANK YOU CAN'T BEAT IT.

>> WITH EXPOSURE THE DEAL GIVES GRAHAM THE FUNDING BLACK AND BROWN ENTREPRENEURS OFTEN STRUGGLE TO LAND.

A 2021 ANALYSIS OF FEDERAL RESERVE DATA BY NERDWALLET FOUND 80% OF WHITE BUSINESS OWNERS RECEIVE A PERCENTAGE OF THE FUNDING THEY REQUEST FROM A BANK COMPARED TO 66% OF OTHERS.

>> ENTREPRENEURS IN GENERAL IT'S HARD TO GET FUNDING TO BE A BLACK FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR IT IS CLOSE TO IMPOSSIBLE.

SO IN ORDER FOR ME TO GROW MY BUSINESS, I BOOTSTRAPPED.

I GOT FUNDING FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

AND NOW AT THIS STAGE I'M ABLE TO GET FUNDING FROM BANKS AND THERE ARE A LOT OF INVESTORS THAT ARE INTERESTED.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU ARE AN ENTREPRENEUR STARTING OUT, YOU NEED THE MONEY AT A LOWER LEVEL IN THE BEGINNING.

>> GRAHAM SAYS SHE EXPECTS TO LAUNCH AT LEAST THREE NEW PRODUCTS THIS YEAR INCLUDING A YEAR-ROUND VERSION OF HEADLIGHTS THAT CAN BE WORN IN COLD AND WARM WEATHER.

>> WE ARE GROWING TREMENDOUSLY.

AND NOW I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK IN THE LAB BECAUSE I HAVE SO MANY PRODUCTS THAT I WANT TO LAUNCH.

SO I'M IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT NOW.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPANDING, SCALING WITH MORE PRODUCTS.

>> ONE THING GRAHAM CAN GUARANTEE IS ALL HER PRODUCT ALSO MAINTAIN HER MISSION TO MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT MY PRODUCTS IT'S GOT TO BE SOME KIND OF BIOGRAPHY ATTACHED TO T BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE HAPPENED IN MY LIFE THAT MADE ME CREATE THIS.

>> EXPECT THAT FIRST ROUND OF NEW PRODUCTS IN JULY.

>> STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THE MAYOR SAYS NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDERWAY ON AN ETHICS REFORM PACKAGE AFTER IT WAS INTRODUCED MONTHS AGO.

WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG?

A NEW AND IMPROVED LGBTQ HEALTHCARE CLINIC UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN NORTH HALSTED.

>> NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IS TRYING TO IMPROVE COVERAGE OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN ACADEMIA WITH A JOURNAL BY AND FOR TRANSPEOPLE.

AND HOW TO ADDRESS MEN'S HEALTH CONCERNS IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY BY PAYING ATTENTION TO PREVENTATIVE CARE.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER TODAY LAMBASTED FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AS HAVING A FRAGILE EGO THAT MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO ACCEPT THAT HE LOST THE ELECTION.

KINZINGER LED QUESTIONING ON THE CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS FOR DISCUSSIONS ON TO PRESSURE JUSTICE OFFICIALS TO BACK CLAIMS OF ELECTION FRONT.

KINZINGER SAID HE WAS TOLD THE CLAIMS OF FRAUD WERE FALSE WAS WILLING TO SACRIFICE DEMOCRACY TO HOLD ON TO POWER.

>> WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THE FACTS WERE IRRELEVANT TO PRESIDENT TRUMP.

IT WAS ABOUT PROTECTING HIS REAL POWER AND FRAGILE EGO.

EVEN IF IT REQUIRED RECKLESSLY UNDERMINING OUR ENTIRE ELECTORAL SYSTEM BY WILDLY CASTING BASELESS DOUBT UPON IT.

HE WAS WILLING TO SACRIFICE OUR REPUBLIC TO PROLONG HIS PRESIDENCY.

>> THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TODAY STRUCK DOWN A NEW YORK LAW THAT PLACED RESTRICTIONS ON THE ABILITY TO CARRY I ACONCEALED GUN OUTSIDE THE HOME.

THE COURT VOTED TO EXPAND GUN RIGHTS AFTER A TEENAGER KILLED 19 STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS AT A TEXAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

KAMALA HARRIS CONDEMNED TODAY'S RULING.

>> WE, THE PRESIDENT AND MYSELF, MANY OF US ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED AND TROUBLED BY THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING TODAY.

IT I BELIEVE DEFIES COMMON SENSE.

AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

I WAS IN BUFFALO.

I ATTENDED ONE OF THE FUNERALS.

WE HAVE SEEN THE MASSACRE OF 19 BABIES AND THEIR TEACHERS IN UVALDE.

WE CAN GO ON DOWN THE LIST.

>> SEVERAL ALDERPEOPLE GATHERED TODAY TO CONDEMN THE ABRUPT CLOSURE OF AN ALDI'S SUPERMARKET ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

>> IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT STORE CLOSING.

TO ME I KNOW FOR A FACT IT'S ABOUT DISCRIMINATION.

IN NAPERVILLE FOR EVERYONE PERSON THERE'S 11,000 STORES.

ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE THERE'S A STORE FOR 110,000 PEOPLE.

THAT IS A PROBLEM DEALING WITH EQUITY.

>> CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DAVID MOORE, STEPHANIE COLEMAN AND RAYMOND LOPEZ CONDEMNED THE DECISION TO CLOSE THE STORE.

IT COMES AS WHOLE FOODS ANNOUNCED IT WAS CLOSING THE ENGLEWOOD LOCATION.

>> SINCE 1969, 37 MEMBERS OF THE CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME.

THERE IS A MEASURE THAT HOPES TO TAKE AIM THAT THAT CORRUPTION BUT IT'S REMAINED STALLED AT CITY HALL FOR MONTHS AND WON'T GET A VOTE UNTIL JULY AT THE EARLIEST.

WTTW NEWS REPORTER HEATHER CHERONE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

REMIND US WHAT THIS MEASURE CALLS FOR?

>> WELL, THIS MEASURE WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY THE CHICAGO BOARD OF ETHICS IS WIDE RANGING.

BUT PERHAPS THE BIGGEST CHANGE IT WOULD MAKE, IT WOULD INCREASE THE FINE FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CITY'S ETHICS CODE FROM $5,000 TO $20,000.

AND IT WOULD ALSO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF COMPANIES THAT WOULD BE LIMITED IN THE AMOUNT OF CAMPAIGN CASH THEY COULD GIVE TO CITY OFFICIALS.

>> THIS MEASURE WAS UNVEILED IN APRIL BY ALDERWOMAN MICHELLE SMITH THE CHAIR OF THE ETHICS COMMITTEE BUT IT STALLED DESPITE THAT SUPPORT AS YOU SAID FROM THE CHICAGO BOARD OF ETHICS.

WHY HASN'T IT GOTTEN A VOTE?

>> IT'S BECAUSE THE MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT WHO CAMPAIGNED ON A PLATFORM OF ROOTING OUT CORRUPTION IN CHICAGO HAS YET TO BACK IT AND IN FACT, STOP IT FROM FROM ADVANCING IN MAY WHERE IT STALLED AND REMAINS TODAY.

>> YOU ASKED MAYOR LIGHTFOOT ABOUT HER NEGOTIATIONS WITH SMITH.

>> WE DID TALK AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME AMENDMENTS AND WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE.

AND WHEN THAT WORK IS DONE WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.

>> WHAT PROMPTED THE DISCUSSIONS?

>> WELL, THE CHAIR OF THE CHICAGO BOARD OF ETHICS MADE A POINT OF CALLING ON THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO PASS THIS PACKAGE OF REFORMS SWIFTLY.

AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT USUALLY HAPPENS AND CLEARLY UPPED THE ANTE AND THE ATTENTION ON THIS PACKAGE OF REFORMS AND GOT THE MAYOR AND HER HAND PICKED ETHICS CHAIR TALKING.

>> WHAT HAPPENS NOW?

>> WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT-AND-SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN JULY.

ALDERMAN SMITH'S STAFF TOLD ME THAT SHE PLANNED TO INTRODUCE AN AMENDED VERSION OF THIS PROPOSAL FOR A VOTE DIRECTLY TO HER ETHICS COMMITTEE.

WE'LL BE WATCHING TO SEE IF THAT HAPPENS OR IF IT CONTINUES TO LINGER IN LEGISLATIVE LIMBO.

>> HEATHER CHERONE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS, BRANDIS.

>> AND YOU CAN READ HEATHER'S STORY ON WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> AND WE'RE BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> TO NICK WHO SPENT THE DAY IN NORTH HALSTED LOCATED IN THE LAKEVIEW COMMUNITY AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

>> WE'RE HERE NOW WITH JO MAMA A PERFORMER AND ORGANIZER WITH THE CHICAGO BLACK DRAG COUNCIL AND DRAG MARCH FOR CHANGE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> YOU ARE RECENTLY PART OF THE RECLAIM PRIDE DEMONSTRATION.

WHY IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT?

>> PRIDE MEANS MANY THINGS TO MANY PEOPLE.

FOR ME PRIDE HAS BEEN ABOUT SELF REFLECTION AND CELEBRATION A MOMENT TO LOOK BACK IN POST REELECTION WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH AND RECHART A COURSE AND THAT CULMINATES TOGETHER IN PROTESTS.

EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS SINCE 2020, SINCE THE RECKONING I ORGANIZED THE MARCH SO THE COMMUNITY CAN COMBINE THEIR VOICES AND CALL ATTENTION TO THESE THINGS AND PUSH IT FORWARD TO TOUCH ON ALL THE POINTS.

>> WHAT ARE A FEW OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IF YOU CHART THAT COURSE FORWARD?

>> WE'VE OVERCOME QUITE A FEW BUT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE INCREASED PROTECTIONS FOR TRANSPEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BLACK TRANSWOMAN.

IF YOU DISCOVER WHAT THEY ARE AND CHANGE THOSE AND IMPROVE THEIR LIVES YOU IMPROVE THE LIVES OF EVERYONE.

WE'VE GOT INCREASED GUN CONTROL RESTRICTIONS AND THAT IS HOT BUT ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT.

A HOT ISSUE IS A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IMPORTANT TO TOUCH ON AND ONE ISSUE AFFECTS ALL.

PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE SCOTUS END UP FROM THE SUPREME COURT COULD AFFECT NOT JUST THEIR LIVES BUT YOUR LIFE AS WELL.

WE ARE LOOKING INTO RECLAIMING PRIDE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE NOT AWARE THAT THE PRIDE PARADE IS OWNED BY ONE PERSON AND WE WERE PUSHING THAT BE MOVED INTO A NONPROFIT CONTROLLED BY A BOARD OF INDIVIDUALS.

>> DESPITE THE ISSUES YOU HAVE WHETHER IT'S THE PARADE OR THE RETURN OF SOME OF THE PRIDE MONTH EVENTS, IS THERE A SENSE OF EXCITEMENT AS WELL THAT THAT COMMUNITY IS RETURNING?

>> OH, YEAH, ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS PAST FEW YEARS OF LOCKDOWN EVERYONE CANNOT WAIT TO GET OUT AND CELEBRATE.

I'M ALL FOR IT.

WE'VE OVERCOME A LOT AND WE CONTINUE TO OVERCOME A LOT.

AND I BELIEVE IN RADICAL JOY AND THAT IS FINDING JOY IN DARK PLACES AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS.

>> HOW DO YOU HOPE TO SEE THE NORTH HALSTED COMMUNITY IN THE QUEER COMMUNITY IN GENERAL CHANGE FOR THE BETTER OVER THE YEARS?

>> I HOPE FOR A CONTINUED GLOATER OF DIVERSITY.

I'VE SEEN NEW FACES OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE AS WE'VE OPENED UP AS WELL AS MORE EQUITY TO WHERE MORE BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES, BLACK AND BROWN BODIES IN MANAGEMENT SO WE CAN SOLIDIFY THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> WHERE CAN FOLKS SEE YOU PERFORM?

>> YOU CAN FIND ME AT FAT POUR SATURDAY AT 12:00 P.M. FOR A DRAG BASERUNNER: BERLIN NIGHTCLUB BARTENDING.

PRIDE IN THE PARK SUNDAY.

AND YOU WILL FIND ME AT CHICAGO VOTE THEY ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL THING IN PILSEN ON ELECTION DAY AND VOTE ON THE 28TH.

>> JO MAMA THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THAT WAS JO MAMA OF THE CHICAGO BLACK DRAG COUNCIL AND DRAG MARCH FOR CHANGE.

WE'LL TALK WITH A LOCAL HEALTH LEADER ABOUT A CLINIC OPENING UP HERE.

FOR NOW, BACK TO YOU.

>> GOOD MOVE WHERE WE CAN SEE JO MAMA THIS WEEKEND.

>> UP NEXT AN ACADEMIC JOURNAL MADE FOR TRANSPEOPLE BY TRANSPEOPLE.

STAY WITH US.

THE LIVES OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE BEING BETTER DOCUMENTED IN A NEW ACADEMIC JOURNAL OUT OF NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

RESEARCHERS SAY THE WORLD OF TRANSGENDER STUDIES HAS NOT BEEN WELL REPRESENTED IN THE BULLETIN WILL CHANGE THAT.

STARTING AS THE FIRST JOURNAL TO HAVE AN ENTIRELY TRANSEDITORIAL BOARD.

JOINING US IS GTJ BILLARD ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION STUDIES AT NORTHWESTERN AND THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE STATE OF TRANSSTUDIES?

>> TRANSGENDER STUDIES IS NOT AS HIGH OF MASSIVE GROWTH IN THE WAY THAT SAME PUBLIC ATTENTION IS IN GROWTH.

TRANSPEOPLE HAVE BEEN AROUND FOREVER AND STUDIED FOR A LONGTIME.

FOR A LONGTIME TRANSPEOPLE WERE OBJECTS OF STUDIES FOR MEDICAL PROVIDERS INTERESTED IN THE SCIENCE OF HORMONES OR IN SOCIOLOGISTS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS STUDYING WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE GENDER IN SOCIETY AND TRANSPEOPLE WERE KIND OF EXPERIMENTS FOR THEM TO TEST THE LIMITS OF THAT.

ONLY MORE RECENTLY THAT TRANSLIVES HAVE BEEN CENTERED AS IMPORTANT IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.

SO TRANSSTUDIES AS THE WORLD CARES MORE TO KNOW ABOUT WHO TRANSPEOPLE ARE AND WHAT TRANSLIFE LOOKS LIKE HAS STARTED TO COME INTO ITS OWN THAT IS NOT JUST PRODUCING KNOWLEDGE THAT IS KIND OF FASCINATING OR CURIOUS TO PEOPLE BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY DEDICATED TO STUDYING WHAT ACTUALLY IS HAPPENING TO TRANSPEOPLE AND WHAT IS IT TRANSPEOPLE NEED TO ORDER TO LEAD HAPPY, HEALTHY AND FULFILLING LIVES.

WHAT IS THE EXAMPLES OF THE WORK WE'LL SEE?

>> SO FAR WE'VE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO PUSH BEYOND THE TYPICAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE FOCUS ON TRANSLIVES.

WHAT DO TRANSPOLITICAL LIVES LOOK LIKE AND SOCIAL LIVES?

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TERMS OF ACTIVISM IN TRANSCOMMUNITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE AS TRANSPEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES IN POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTS IN A WAY WE HADN'T.

LOOKING AT HEALTH CONTEXT BUT HOW DO WE LOOK BEYOND THE MEDICAL PART OF HEALTH TO LOOK AT THE SOCIAL.

WE PUBLISHED INTERESTING RESEARCH OUT OF THE U.K.

RECENTLY LOOKING AT WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS LIKE FOR TRANSKIDS GOING THROUGH GENDER CRACKS.

THE FOCUS IS NOT ON PUBERTY BLOCKERS AND DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A SCARED POWERLESS CHILD TRYING TO NAVIGATE A LARGE COMPLICATED BUREAUCRACY WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO REMAKE THE INSTITUTIONS IN WAYS THAT WORK FOR TRANSPEOPLE AND ARE NOT A BARRIER FOR TRANSPEOPLE FACE.

>> YOU ARE THE FIRST JOURNAL TO HAVE AN ENTIRELY TRANSEDITORRIAL BOARD.

TELL US ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT ENTIRE BOARD BEING CREATED BY MEMBERS ARE THEMSELVES, TRANS?

>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN A LOT OF WAYS.

IT'S IMPORTANT IN THAT TRANSSCHOLARS ARE LIKE ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD CONSISTENTLY DEVALUED IN THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.

SO CREATING A SPACE WHERE ALL OF US CAN COME TOGETHER TO REALLY FOCUS ON WHAT IT IS THAT WE HAVE AS UNIQUE KNOWLEDGES.

WE DON'T JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO TRANSPEOPLE AS EXPERTS IN OUR AREAS OF INQUIRY WHICH WE ARE.

BUT ALSO AS PEOPLE WHO LIVE LIVES THAT REFLECT THE TOPICS WE STUDY.

THE AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU CAN HAVE AS A TRANSPERSON STUDYING TRANSTOPICS IS RICHER IN A WAY THAT ANYONE CAN HAVE IN THE SAME WAY THAT TO HAVE MUCH DEEPER KNOWLEDGES OF WHAT THEY ARE STUDYING THAN ANYWAY A PERSON COULD.

CREATING A PLACE WHERE TRANSSCHOLARS WERE OFTEN EXCLUDED HAVE SPACES TO COME TOGETHER AND ALSO WHERE THEY CAN PRODUCE KNOWLEDGE THAT IS GOING TO BE OF A HIGHER QUALITY AND MORE RIGOROUS BECAUSE YOU ARE AN EXPERT IN MULTIPLE IS FUNDAMENTAL TO HELPING US MOVE FORWARD THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT TRANSPEOPLE.

>> HOW DO YOU HOPE THE JOURNAL WILL HELP FIGHT MISINFORMATION?

>> I THINK ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS WHY WE WERE INSISTENT ON CREATING A JOURNAL AND CREATING A JOURNAL THAT IS PLATINUM OPEN ACCESS IT IS PUBLISHING INDUSTRY JARGON THAT MEANS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY TO PUBLISH IT OR READ IT.

IT'S FREE TO EVERYONE INVOLVED.

AND THE [INAUDIBLE] THERE'S SO MUCH MISINFORMATION ABOUT TRANSPEOPLE THAT IS CIRCULATING IN PUBLIC AND INFORMING POLICY MAKING FREQUENTLY.

IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CREATE A SPACE WHERE THERE ARE NO BARRIERS TO THAT KNOWLEDGE.

IF YOU ARE A PERSON WHO IS CONFUSED OR LOST, IF YOU ARE A PARENT OF A TRANSKID AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TRANSMEANS AND YOU ARE AFRAID OF WHAT YOUR TRANSCHILD LIFE'S WILL LOOK LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN TO A PARENTING BLOG WHERE YOU CONSUME MISINFORMATION.

YOU CAN FIND THIS ADMITTEDLY ACADEMIC, YOU CAN FIND REAL SUBSTANTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND THERE IS NO BARRIERS.

AND IF YOU'RE POLICYMAKERS THERE IS NO EXCUSE TO BE [INAUDIBLE] OFF OF MISUNDERSTANDING BECAUSE THE REAL SCHOLARLY KNOWLEDGE IS OUT THERE AND FREELY AVAILABLE.

SO WE HOPE THAT TO THE EXTENT THAT ANYONE ENGAGES WITH ACADEMIC RESEARCH THAT IT CAN BE A TOOL FOR PEOPLE IN BOTH THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMPASSTIES WHATEVER THOSE ARE TO ADDRESS TRANSPEOPLE AS THEY ARE AND ADDRESS TRANSEXPERIENCES AS THEY ACTUALLY HAPPEN.

>> CONGRATS ON THE NEW JOURNAL AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US GTJ BILLARD.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> UP NEXT, WE'RE LIVE IN LAKEVIEW'S NORTH HALSTED NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... WE CHECK BACK IN WITH NICK WHO SPENT THE DAY IN NORTH HALSTED IN THE LAKEVIEW COMMUNITY AREA AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".

NICK?

>> BRANDIS WE'RE HERE WITH DAVID MOORE PRESIDENT -- DAVID MUNAR PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF HOWARD BROWN HEALTH.

>> HOWARD BROWN HAS A BIG NEW CLINIC IT'S OPENING UP HERE.

WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES FOR WHAT THAT FACILITY CAN PROVIDE.

>> WE'RE EXCITED WE ARE BUILDING A NEW ANCHOR SITE FOR THE LAKEVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT WILL BE THE LARGEST CLINIC IN THE NETWORK REPLACING A CLINIC THAT IS TOO ST. PAUL.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCEPT NEW PATIENTS FOR THREE YEARS.

WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE 70,000 SQUARE-FOOT, FIVE STOREY BUILDING THAT WILL HAVE TWO FLOORS FOR PRIMARY CARE, DENTAL CARE AND HOUSE A PHARMACY, LABS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

AND WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO SERVE AN ADDITIONAL 15,000 PATIENTS WHEN WE OPEN.

NEXT YEAR IN LATE JULY OR AUGUST.

>> YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF MONITORING AND MESSAGING AROUND ISOLATED OUTBREAKS OF MONKEYPOX.

WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO FOLKS WHAT TO WATCH FOR AND HOW TO STAY SAFE?

>> IT IS A GREAT MESSAGE FOR PRIDE.

THE OUTBREAKS THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE HAVE BEEN MOSTLY AMONG GAY MEN BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY.

IT IS A CONTAGIOUS VIRAL INFECTION AND TRANSMITTED THROUGH CONTRACT WITH -- CONTACT WITH RASH OR BLISTERS THE HALLMARK OF MONKEYPOX THEY CAN BE VERY PAINFUL AND IT CAN CAUSE SWELLING AND LONG-TERM SCARRING.

AND SO REALLY, FOR FOLKS THAT SHOULD EVALUATE THEIR SEX PARTNERS BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THE OUTBREAKS IN SEX VENUES FOR MONKEYPOX THEY SHOULD EVALUATE THEMSELVES AND IF THEY HAVE CONCERNS, SWELLING OR NEW RASHES IT CAN CAUSE FEVER, AND FATIGUE.

THEY SHOULD SEEK MEDICAL CARE AND WE ARE CONCERNED WE PROBABLY ARE NOT EVALUATING AS MUCH OF THE CASES THAT ARE OUT THERE.

>> HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO COMMUNICATE ACCURATE INFORMATION MAKING SURE PARTICULAR PEOPLE IN THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY KNOW THIS IS GOING ON WITHOUT CREATING A STIGMA AROUND THE ILLNESS?

>> THAT IS A GREAT POINT.

WE WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT IT IS NOT A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE IT'S SPREAD FROM SKIN TO SKIN CONTACT WITH THE LEGIONS OR BLISTERS OR PROLONGED FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE AND THEIR DROPLETS.

THOSE CASES HAVE BEEN MOSTLY AMONG GAY MEN.

NOT EXCLUSIVELY.

WE HAVE SEEN CASES AMONG WOMEN AND THIS IS UNUSUAL BECAUSE THESE OUTBREAKS ARE IN COUNTRIES THAT TYPICALLY DO NOT HAVE MONKEYPOX.

IN PLACES WHERE IT IS ENDEMIC, WE SEE IT NOT DEFINED TO ONE POPULATION.

>> WE HAVE 30 SECONDS OR SO LEFT.

YOUR ORGANIZATION IS A LEADER IN HEALTHCARE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE.

HOW MUCH MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE HEALTHCARE FIELD TO MEET THE QUEER COMMUNITY'S SPECIFIC NEEDS.

>> THERE IS A TON TO BE DONE.

LGBTQ PEOPLE HAVE POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR ALMOST EVERY DISEASE AND EVERY CONDITION.

HIGHER RATES OF SUICIDE.

HIGHER RATES OF DRUG USE, TOBACCO USE, CANCER, HIV, STI'S AND IT'S ALL DRIVEN BY STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION.

AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.

SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE TRYING TO TEND TO THE NEEDS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND ALSO TRYING TO ADDRESS THE SOCIETAL ISSUES THAT RESULT IN THOSE INEQUITIES.

>> THANK YOU FOR TALKING WITH US.

AND SPENDING TIME WITH US.

>> HAPPY PRIDE.

>> HAPPY PRIDE.

AND BRANDIS THAT IS DAVID MUNAR PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF HOWARD BROWN HEALTH.

>> AND BEFORE WE LET YOU GO THROUGHOUT THE SHOW WE'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE PRIDE PARADE.

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THE PARADE THIS WEEKEND?

>> THAT IS RIGHT IT KICKS OFF AT NOON FROM MONTROSE AND BROADWAY AND SOUTH THROUGH LAKEVIEW.

THERE IS A CROWD A LOT OF DEMAND FOR THAT.

WE MENTIONED SECURITY CONCERNS.

CHICAGO POLICE SAY THERE IS NO PARTICULAR THREAT AGAINST THE PRIDE PARADE HERE.

THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER PRIDE EVENTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE BEEN TARGETED.

CITY LEADERS HAVE BEEN DOING A TO PREP TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN ENJOY THE CELEBRATION SAFELY AND SECURELY.

PUT ON SUNSCREEN AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR WTTW FOLKS THAT WILL BE WALKING AS WELL.

>> FIRST ONE IN THREE YEARS.

A LOT OF PENT UP DEMAND.

NICK BLUMBERG THANK YOU, HAPPY PRIDE.

>> HAPPY PRIDE THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, WE LOOK AT WHY LATINO MEN ARE THE LEAST LIKELY ETHNIC GROUP TO SEEK OUT NEEDED HEALTHCARE.

AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT.

THAT IS IN A CONVERSATION HOSTED BY ALEX HERNANDEZ AND FIRST AIRED ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT: LATINO VOICES".

FIRST, A LOOK AT EVENTS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND.

HOPEFULLY THE GATHERINGS WERE USED AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE FATHERS, GRANDFATHERS AND BROTHERS AND SONS A NUDGE TO SEE THEIR DOCTOR, ESPECIALLY LATINO METROPOLITAN.

AMONG ALL ETHNIC GROUPS THE LATINO MEN ARE THE LEAST LIKELY TO SEEK OUT HEALTHCARE UNTIL IT IS A EMERGENCY.

AND WITH MANY HEALTH ISSUES EARLY INTERVENTION CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN LONG-TERM OUTCOMES.

THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH ARE COVID-19, HEART DISEASE, CANCER, STROKE, AND UNINTENTIONAL INJURY.

JOINING US ARE JOINING US WITH MORE ARE LISA SANCHEZ-JOHNSON DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE VICE-CHAIR FOR RESEARCH AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER.

Dr. JAVIER GUEVARA, JR., A FAMILY PRACTITIONER AT NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND FRANK MEDINA, A MEDICAL STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

AND A MEMBER OF LATINO'S UNITED FOR CANCER EDUCATION RESEARCH AND OUTREACH.

Dr. JAVIER GUEVARA, JR.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE.

I WANT TO START WITH YOU DOCTOR, WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS YOU SEE AMONG LATINO MEN IN YOUR PRACTICE?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

CURRENTLY I'M WORKING AS A HOSPITAL IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND WE SEE A LOT OF STROKE, HEART DISEASE, HEART ATTACKS.

ESPECIALLY IN THE LATINO POPULATION THE MEN IN LATINO POPULATION N MY PREVIOUS JOB AS A CLINICIAN, IN THE WEST SIDE OF CHICAGO WITH A LARGELY HIP POPULATION, MEN WERE LARGELY DIABETIC WITH COMPLICATIONS, KIDNEY DISEASE, BLINDNESS, HEART ATTACKS, STROKES.

>> AND FRANK, WHAT ARE CANCER RATES AMONG LATINO MEN?

AND WHICH TYPES OF CANCER ARE MORE LIKELY TO AFFECT THEM?

>> YES.

SO AMONG LATINO MEN YOU KNOW, THE LIFETIME PROBABILITY OF DEVELOPING CANCER IS ONE IN THREE.

AND THERE ARE DIFFERENTS AMONG WHAT TYPES OF CANCERS ARE AFFECTING LATINO MEN.

SPECIFICALLY LIVER CANCER, COLON CANCER AND PROSTATE CANCER HIGHER PREVALENCE RATES AFFECTING LATINO MEN.

AND LIVER CANCER, WHILE RATES ARE SIMILAR AMONG LATINO MEN COMPARED TO THE WHITE COUNTERPARTS IN THE UNITED STATES LATINO MEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM LIVER CANCER.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSS SECOND LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE BEING A BARRIER.

SOMETIMES JUST EVEN THERE MIGHT BE FEAR OF SPEAKING A CERTAIN LANGUAGE AND SOMETIMES BIASES THAT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE IF YOU ARE SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE THAT MIGHT BE LOOKED AT AS NOT A SOURCE OF STRENGTH WHICH IT IS.

MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE BILINGUAL.

AND ANOTHER REASON TO BE NOT ENOUGH PROVIDERS THAT FOR THE MATCH THEIR ETHNIC AND RACIAL BACKGROUND.

NOT THAT THAT IS THE ONLY CONSIDERATION BECAUSE OVERALL WE NEED MORE CULTURALLY COMPETENT AND CULTURAL HUGH MILT THROUGHOUT OUR PHYSICIANS AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.

>> HOW CAN HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS THEN MAKE PREVENTION AND SCREENING MORE APPEALING TO LATINO MEN?

>> YES, THAT IS A TOUGH ONE AND I THINK THE LITERATURE SHOWS THE TRUST IS NOT THERE.

TYPICALLY, LATINO MEN WILL TRUST MORE THEIR BARBERS OR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS RATHER THAN THEIR PHYSICIANS.

AND IT'S CULTURALLY FOR ANY OTHER REASONS.

THINK WHAT DOCTORS CAN DO IS REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY CENTERS AND REACH OUT TO PLACES OF WORSHIP THAT PEOPLE FIND MORE TRUST ON AND TRY TO ORGANIZE EVENTS WHERE SCREENINGS CAN HAPPEN AND EDUCATION AS WELL.

>> FRANK, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT PLAY A PART OF THE CANCER PICTURE FOR LATINO MEN?

>> YOU LOOK AT MAPS OF AIR POLLUTION IN CHICAGO, MAINLY IN THE SOUTH, SOUTHEAST SIDE, WEST SIDE, PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST SIDE AND THE SOUTH SIDE AND MAPS OF DISTRIBUTIONS WHERE LATINOS LIVE THOSE TWO MAPS OVERLAP.

SO YOU KNOW HE SEE HIGHER RATES OF ASTHMA AND HIGHER RATES OF COPD.

AND TOO THERE ARE CARCINOGENS WHICH CAN BE AGENTS THAT CAN BE CANCER-CAUSING THAT CAN BE WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE AFFECTING THE SOIL AND AFFECTING THE AIR.

>> GOING BACK WITH YOU LISA, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE THE DIFFERENCES IN LATINO SUBGROUPS THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN YOUR RESEARCH?

>> WE SEE SOME POPULATION DIFFERENCES ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT HEALTH ISSUES.

I STUDY PRIMARILY OBESITY AND AS A PSYCHOLOGIST AND RESEARCHER, WE FIND THAT PUERTO RICAN MEN IN PARTICULAR HAVE MUCH HIGHER RATES OF OBESITY COMPARED TO FOR EXAMPLE SOUTH AMERICAN MEN AND A LOT OF THE DATA HAS COME FROM THE HISPANIC STUDY OF LATINOS.

IT IS A LARGE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY THAT MEN AND WOMEN WERE RECRUITED FROM FOUR CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

WE ARE GETTING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE.

AND THERE'S DINS IN RATES OF SMOKING OVERALL.

YOU SEE THAT.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN SAY THAT LATINOS DON'T HAVE HIGH RATES OF SMOKING.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE SUBPOPULATION DIFFERENCES IN MY RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGED RESEARCH, AGAIN PUERTO RICAN MEN HAVE HIGHER RATES OF SMOKING THAN OTHERS.

>> WHAT ROLE WOULD YOU SAY DIET AND NUTRITION PLAY IN THE HEALTH OF LATINO MEN?

>> IT'S ESSENTIAL.

WE HAVE TO CUT DOWN ON OUR CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE, INCREASE PROTEIN AND BE ACTIVE.

150 MINUTES EVERY WEEK FOR SURE.

>> LASTLY, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A MEN'S HEALTH EXPO.

CAN YOU TELL BUS THAT.

I WANT TO COMMENT, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, SO IT'S ABOUT BRINGING MEETING RESOURCES TO PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AT.

MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AT WHERE THEY EXIST AND LIVE WHERE THEIR FAMILIES ARE.

ON JUNE 25 SATURDAY FROM 10:00 A.M.-NOON, WE ARE HAVING A MEN'S AND FAMILY HEALTH FAIR WHERE YOU CAN GET CANCER SCREENING TESTS AND INFORMATION TO GET CONNECTED WITH A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER.

>> AND YOU WILL FIND MORE RESOURCES ON THIS TOPIC ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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