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PARTON ME Dolly Parton talks new music, LGBT following. Photo from Dolly Records 22 Donald Trump and Mike Pence. Photo by Michael Key/Washington Blade

JIM KECK JEN RICHARDS LATONYA MALEY A lifetime of activism. Trans actress on Emmy nom for ‘Her Story.’ Director of Broadway Youth Center.

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4 July 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES Center on Halsted hosts sex-positive discussion BY NINA MATTI tions at parties to encourage newcomers to safely get involved in the fun. The latest installment of the Center on Halsted While Cross sees Men’s Room as more of a Chats, a monthly series of conversations host- place for “people who have been doing this for ed by leaders in the LGBTQ community to ad- a while,” he said that safe sex education is an dress relevant issues, was held last Wednesday important component of the party. “Some of and led to a lively discussion of sex parties and the guys that come don’t use protection,” he BDSM clubs in Chicago. said, “and that’s definitely a weight over the Sky Cotton, founder of Vespertine, and Harry party. We want to make sure everyone’s being Cross, co-founder of Men’s Room, were the eve- safe. We provide resources to go get tested and ning’s guests. Despite having the shared expe- prepped.” rience of founding their respective sex clubs, they had surprisingly narratives of how they achieved that goal. “You guys had it way easier than we ladies did,” Cotton said to Cross. “We had hard labor [when Vespertine first started].” Cotton noted that, when she first came onto the Chicago leather scene, it was a male domi- nated space. Her frustration with the lack of spaces for women inspired her to create her Protesters at event marking 50th anniversary of Freedom summer. first ladies only play space in the basement of Jackhammer. “We would have to spend like Photo by Vern Hester three days leading up to the event cleaning,” she said. “We would literally clean and bleach and bleach and clean for days… But we did it and it was worth it.” Protest marks The women of Vespertine since have moved out of the leather shop basement and into their own dungeon space in Chinatown. “The parties 50th anniversary there are packed,” she said. “They’re always Harry Cross and Sky Cotton. packed. The ladies want to play just as much as Photo by Nina Matti the boys.” More than just the physical spaces have Vespertine also puts an emphasis on safe sex. of MLK event changed in the leather communities though. It partners with Howard Brown Health to pro- by Vernon Hester the North Lawndale police station and were ar- Both Cotton and Cross think that they’re spac- vide testing kits and other tools to promote rested for obstructing traffic. es reflect a more inclusive environment than sexual health within the community. On July 20, the #LetUsBreathe Collective and Ordinance 4878, also known by the tag “Blue they once did. “It’s important to create spaces “I am and always have been a safe sex advo- its offshoot, Breathing Room, staged a protest Lives Matter,” is a bill that seeks to elevate po- for your audiences. As long as everyone feels cate,” Cotton said. “I think you should be able march and rally to commemorate the 50th an- lice officers to a special class by offering them comfortable, it’s fine to create spaces for ev- to engage when the occasion is right… Do it niversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Chicago more protections. eryone… I want to create space for a mixed as often as you can with as many people as you Freedom Summer in Lawndale. As police officers looked on, protesters chant- crowd,” Cross said. “At Men’s Room, we wel- can, but wrap it up and play it safe.” The protest addressed community issues ed, “I love Black people, I love Black trans come everyone. But do they all feel comfort- Vespertine and Men’s Room may have start- plaguing Lawndale, such as poverty, mass people, I love Black queer people” as well as “I able there? Do women feel comfortable?” ed out as places for people to get it on, but school closures and police brutality. The rally love being Black, I love the texture of my hair, Vespertine, Cotton said, is having more suc- they’ve become so much more than that. also touched on the murder rate of trans wom- and I love to rock it in the air.” cess creating a party that will feel welcoming “When you feel this energy from other peo- en of color, addressed the issue of Ordinance As of the night of July 24, protesters were on to diverse audiences. “Women of all shapes, ple, you know you’ve made something special,” 4878 and rebuilding the community by invest- day three of a takeover of the Homan Square sizes, ethnicities, gender identities, have been Cotton said. ing and creating in local assets. area, tweeting with the has tag #Freedom- coming to Vespertine. We’ve been having [par- Cross agreed. “You see people interacting The march ended at Homan Square, where Square, saying they won’t leave until the City ties] for 12 years now,” she said. “Our last party with each other in ways that they don’t at a protesters chained themselves to the entry of Council cancels plans for 4878. in May had the highest number of genderqueer, video bar or a wine bar,” he said. “People do nonconformist, nonbinary, trans inclusive peo- what they want. People feel free. Everyone ple all together learning and watching demos.” comes together more and they feel like they She said they present informative demonstra- can be themselves.” nington, a staff attorney at the Transgender Kenosha trans Law Center. student alleges The state of Wisconsin is one of 11 that has like a brick wall; others wore bedsheets for sued the Obama administration for its guide- Chicagoan takes ponchos to similarly represent the wall. school bias lines on transgender students. The issue has “We knew that we wanted a wall, but we By Matt Simonette arisen in many Chicago-area schools as well, part in ‘Wall Off didn’t know at first what it would look like,” most notably at the Palatine-based Township said Unzueta, who was planning on taking part High School District 211, where a group of Trump’ protest A 16-year-old transgender boy sued the By Matt Simonette in a July 25 demonstration at the Democratic Kenosha (Wisconsin) Unified School District students and their families sued in May, after National Convention in Philadelphia. a trans girl was allowed access to the girls’ in federal court July 19, according to Mil- A Chicago immigration activist was among “We’re doing a march around deportation locker room and restrooms. waukee Journal Sentinel. those who took part in a large-scale “Wall Off there,” she added. “We are asking Clinton to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s story is at The district’s superintendent was also Trump” protest outside the Republican National tell Obama to put a moratorium on the depor- http://bit.ly/2agnaAy. named in the suit, which alleges that the Convention in Cleveland July 20. tations.” plaintiff, Ash Whitaker, was discriminated The protest was a response to Republican against on the basis of his gender identity. Steinem at Personal nominee Donald Trump’s promise to erect a The lawsuit was filed by the Oakland, Califor- wall that would prevent Mexican citizens from Monthly gatherings nia-based Transgender Law Center on behalf PAC luncheon crossing the U.S. border. of Whitaker and his mother. for LGBTQ APIs Personal PAC announced that this year’s “It really seemed that the groups organiz- Christ Church of Chicago (Tri-C) and Invisible According to the suit, school officials de- guest speaker at its Annual Awards Luncheon ing opposition protests to Trump were rather to Invincible: Asian Pacific Islander Pride of nied Whitaker access to the boy’s restrooms, will be Gloria Steinem. small, so we were glad to do something like Chicago (i2i) are sponsoring a monthly gather- regularly used his birth name and female The luncheon will be held at 12 p.m. on this,” said Tania Unzueta of the organization ing for LGBTQ Asian and Pacific Islanders (API) pronouns to refer to him and issued to him Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Hilton Chicago, 720 Mijente. “There were about six or seven people as well as their family members. a green wristband to more easily monitor S. Michigan Ave. from Chicago, who are queer and/or immigra- The meetings take place on the fourth Sun- which restroom he was using. Whitaker previ- Steinem is a writer, lecturer, political activ- tion activists, who took part.” day of each month, 3-5 p.m., at Tri-C, 6047 N. ously tried to run for prom king at his school; ist and feminist organizer. In 1972, she co- She estimated that a total of somewhere Rockwell Ave. the district initially refused to let him but founded Ms. magazine, and remained one of between 200-300 people in took part in the The sponsors said they would like to “create later reversed its decision. its editors for 15 years. Her books include the protest, which was organized by Mijente, the a space where people can share stories, infor- “These lawsuits are about the equal treat- best-sellers Revolution from Within: A Book Ruckus Society and Iraq Veterans Against the mation and resources, discuss [as well as] pro- ment of transgender students and making of Self-Esteem, Outrageous Acts and Every- War, among other organizations. Unzueta add- vide support to one another.” sure they are treated just like every other day Rebellions and Moving Beyond Words. ed protesters had few problems with police or Email [email protected] or pastor@ student in their schools,” said Alison Pen- See PersonalPAC.org. security at the event. christchurchchicago.net. The protestors carried a large sign painted WINDY CITY TIMES July 27, 2016 5 said Trapani. “We first met each other while working for the IGLTF. Everyone who knew him Schock grand Longtime activist thought of him as an unselfish person who dug in and got the work done. He was great man jury dismissed and he’ll be missed by the community.” Sidetrack co-owner and activist Art Johnston with no indictment Vernon Huls dies added, “Vernon was a longtime volunteer and After more than a year of investigation, By Carrie Maxwell a debt of gratitude for fighting for us when few leader of the IGLTF, which took on much of the a federal grand jury involving former U.S. did.” civil rights work for our community in Spring- Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Illinois) ended June Vernon Huls, 67, a longtime Chicago-area LG- “Vernon was a stalwart in the LGBTQ com- field in the ‘80s. Committed, soft-spoken and 30 without indicting him. BTQ activist and accountant, died July 21 at munity before that type of activism was fash- intelligent, Vernon was one of the most reliable “Our position has been and remains that Northwestern Hospital of heart failure. ionable,” said Cannon. “People like Vernon, activists in Chicago. He was especially known while administrative errors may have been Lori Cannon—herself a longtime commu- Joanne Trapani and the late Bill Verrick set a for his thorough analyses of vote counts on made during Mr. Schock’s time in Congress, nity HIV/AIDS activist and founder of Open gold standard for community activism which LGBT bills.” no aspect of this matter involves anything Hand Chicago (now a division of the Heart- would morph into organizations we’ve come “He was an active member of Town Hall the criminal,” said George Terwilliger, Schock’s land Health Outreach)—relayed Huls’ death to to know as IMPACT, the Federation for Human entire time he lived there including planning lead attorney. Windy City Times. Rights, now known as Equality Illinois, and var- events such as the monthly potlucks in the It was a case that involved, at one point, At the time of his death, Huls was a resident ious local gay rights organizations that blos- Rainbow Room as well as hanging out with Schock’s lawyers submitting approximately of Town Hall Apartments, the new facility for somed during the early days of organizing for friends,” said friend and fellow Town Hall resi- 3,000 records—most of them emails, text LGBTQ seniors just south of Center on Halsted. LGBTQ human rights. It was these early efforts dent George Garcia. “He’ll be missed by myself messages and documents—to federal pros- He previously lived in the Lincoln Park neigh- that set the foundation from which human and everyone else at Town Hall.” ecutors. Schock resigned from the U.S. borhood. rights legislation eventually passed to protect A private cremation ceremony will take place House of Representatives in March 2015 Huls was born Sept. 12, 1948, in Champaign, the day-to-day lives within the LGBTQ commu- at Ewald-Barlock Funeral Home in Chicago. His amid questions about his campaign and of- nity of those who had no voice. We must never ashes will be spread at the family farm in Flat- fice spending. forget the early heroes like Vernon who decided ville at a later date. Schock is not free of possible federal to do the right thing despite overwhelming Town Hall Apartments will be holding a me- charges, as a grand jury in Springfield odds. Vernon leaves a remarkable legacy that morial service Saturday, July 30, at 3 p.m. Con- could take up his case. we will all remember.” tact George Garcia for more information and to “Vernon was really proud of where he came confirm attendance at 773-732-4897. from and had a tremendous love for his family,”

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Illinois, and grew up on a farm in Flatville, Il- linois, before moving to Chicago. He graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. He worked as an accountant at various firms until his retirement. Huls is survived by his mother, Margie L. nee Olson, his sisters Velma and Vera, his brother Virgil, two nieces (Amy Hennigh and Angela McCabe), a nephew (Brandon Boastick), two great-nephews, two great-nieces, two great- great-nephews and one great-great-niece. His father, Ernest J. Huls, preceded him in death. Huls was a member of the now-defunct Il- linois Gay and Lesbian Task Force (IGLTF), in which he served as treasurer for many years. He also spent most of his non-working hours on LGBTQ activism. “We got to know each other when Vernon moved into Town Hall Apartments about two years ago,” said former LGBTQ activist and friend Pat Cummings. “I was already living there and when he arrived we became fast friends. We spent time hanging out together talking about mutual friends and politics in what we call the Rainbow Room. I’ll miss seeing him and talking to him about today’s political climate. He will be greatly missed among the Town Hall community.” “Long before we had six-figure salaried CEOs of LGBTQ organizations, Vernon lobbied City Hall and Springfield as an advocate for the community,” said LGBTQ-rights activist Rick Garcia. “I knew him during the days when he did this work on his own time and his own dime. We would travel to Springfield in his car on day trips to do this work when it wasn’t popular. The work he did was cutting edge and laid the foundation for the successes we’ve had today. We stand on his shoulders and owe him

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6 July 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES James Keck reflects on lifetime of activism By Matt Simonette sky’s organization in the phone book. “I’m 15 years old and I call the office and I Longtime activist James Keck said he believes ask for Saul D. Alinsky, because I want to meet that there is tremendous validity to the expres- with him. The woman on the other end said, sion “truth to power,” and that the best exem- ‘Saul is out of town but there is a local orga- plars of of that are young people. nizer named Tom Gaudette who you can talk to.’ “Young people have their own insight,” he He was a Chicago organizer and an icon in his explained to Windy City Times. “Their tenacity own right. He met with me for three hours and and challenges to the status quo [are] healthy explained Alinsky-organizing to me.” as all get out.” Gaudette encouraged Keck to try to convince An exuberance and passion to do what’s right his local pastor to try to raise $5,000 for a for the community has long fueled Keck, who neighborhood organizer. Keck and his father has been involved with organizing since he was met the pastor. in his teens. He took part in the work surround- “He wouldn’t give it to us,” Keck said. “As ing Rev. Martin Luther King’s Chicago campaign a typical 15-year-old, I’m really ticked off be- in the mid-’60s, and went on to become “a full- cause this guy won’t do the right thing.” blown professional community organizer” for The incident stuck with him for two years, labor and social-justice causes. Now a profes- until a sports injury sidelined him for a sum- sional addictions and mental health counselor, mer. A local priest whom Keck described as “a Jim Keck. he’s also taking on his former employer, which radical” invited Keck to help out at a priory Photo courtesy of Keck he alleges promoted an abusive working atmo- in Garfield Park. One day, as he was mopping sphere. the floor, he overheard the priest take part in King,’ and ‘Old Mayor Daley Outwitted Him’— ery. But lately he’s been making public appeals A native of the West Side, Keck began his a meeting about the racial politics in Keck’s wrong. That’s not what happened,” he said. for persons in the mental health professions to activist work when he was a student at Quigley neighborhood. Keck explained that King was invited to Chi- adopt a grassroots-style embrace of organizing Preparatory Seminary North. “From that day on, I was going to be a civil- cago by local civil-rights groups who had a and unionizing, a stance fueled by the treat- “The neighborhood was going through racial rights worker,” he said. “That was in ’64 or ’65.” hard time coalescing themselves. ment of employees he alleges he saw at his change,” he said. “In those days, my home was In 1965, groundwork for Rev. Martin Luther “He was given carte-blanche, but his team former employer. right on the border where change was taking King’s Chicago Campaign began. Officially an- couldn’t step foot into Chicago without the Keck said he’s been distressed seeing mental place. It could be extremely violent—house nounced in early 1966 by King and the South- infighting starting all over again,” he said. health service providers favor models of lead- burnings, gang fights. It was extremely ugly.” ern Christian Leadership Conference, the Chi- “It immediately focused on Rev. James Bevel, ership and decision-making that benefit the He became interested in studying about ra- cago Campaign was an expansion of their work who was a genius when it came to strategy. bottom line more than patient outcomes and cial politics and went to the library and asked from the South to the North, where they would There were civil-rights leaders who fought him employee morale. He has long been waiting to for a book on the topic. A librarian provided fight inequities in housing, education and tooth-and-nail, and undermined him and what hear back from the Illinois Department of Hu- him with a copy of Saul Alinsky’s Reveille for employment. Keck said his recollections were Dr. King was trying to do here.” man Rights about a complaint of discrimina- Radicals. significantly different than how King’s time in One such example, Keck explained, was when tion and retaliation he registered against that “I read it, and I fell in love with it. I thought Chicago was portrayed in the press at the time. Daley and King met in order for Daley to pre- previous employer, the Gateway Alcohol & Drug this was the greatest thing since Wonder “The Chicago press loves to frame things as vent a march in suburban Cicero, a location the Treatment Centers. Bread,” recalled Keck. He saw in the book that one person against another, so when Dr. King mayor feared would lead to a violent outbreak. In November, 2015, Keck summed up his Alinsky was from Chicago. Keck looked up Alin- came to Chicago, it was ‘Old Mayor Daley vs. Dr. “[Cicero] was a scary place for Black people,” position in an opinion piece he published for Keck said. “Black people may have worked in LinkedIn Pulse. businesses there, but they had to clear out “Just as the use of idioms and metaphors is before dark. In the middle of that agreement essential in our clinical work, the same can be [meeting between Daley and King], two of the said for organizing and advocacy,” Keck wrote. Chicago leaders lead a march in Cicero, in defi- “However, when dealing with adversaries as ance of Dr. King. They took his hand away from slick and amoral as can now be found lead- him. It turned out to be a bust. The people ing all too many service providers, we must of Cicero stayed away from the march. … It understand that pleasantries and appeals to weakened Dr. King’s bargaining position with conscience or reason are, for all intent and the mayor. It fizzled.” purposes, exercises in futility. Such folks will Keck lamented that many of the city’s orga- not concede wealth and dominance so easily nizers stayed in their positions for too long, or without a fight. We must, therefore, learn effectively making Chicago a parochial, small together to carry a new tune.” town, adding, “Alinsky said that, for anyone with an organization for more than five years, it was time to move on. There’s a lot of truth to that.” Report shows more Keck now marvels at his own chutzpah at the bisexuality—and time, and admitted that he at one point butted heads with King’s team. When he was assigned relaxed attitudes as a marshal surrounding King, and was wear- A new report, “Changes in American ing a hard-hat, one of King’s colleagues asked Adults’ Reported Same-Sex Sexual Expe- THANK YOU FOR Keck to remove the hat per King’s request, riences and Attitudes, 1973–2014,” has since it was “theoretically provoking violence found a rise in bisexuality among U.S. resi- ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL RIDE! by anticipating violence.” dents—as well as an increasingly relaxed Keck refused. “I looked at him and said, ‘You reaction to it. tell Dr. King, when it comes to this march, I Using data from the General Social Sur- know my people, and if I’m going to keep an vey (GSS), social scientists found that the eye on my own people, I need to protect my percentage of men reporting male sexual head.’ Here I was, 18 years old, and I said that.” partners had nearly doubled from 1990 He eventually married, and did not come out to 2014, and the percentage of women of the closet as a gay man until the mid-’80s. reporting same-sex experiences had more “It had a lot to do with my becoming an al- than doubled during the same period. coholic; I’m a recovering alcoholic. I had kind Their study, published in the journal OUR TOP FUNDRAISERS of a classic coming-out thing—I went to the Archives of Sexual Behavior, also shows a Jazmina Aguilar Edmarc Brian Else Tom Hunter Shane Rasmussen bars every night. In my age group, that’s what dramatic increase in the percentage of in- Clyde Alpert Jane Erb Je Kendall Nirmalpal Sachdev Je Berry Mark Franklin Patrick Lannon Mary Schlunsen you did if you were closeted. You showed up dividuals who find these sexual interactions Carl Branch Robert Garofalo John Paul Lawless James Schmitt at the bars, and they were the social scene. I acceptable. It also found that increases in Suzanne Broverman Ryan Genson Anthony MacArthur Gregory Schweickert had a high tolerance for beer, and I was stupid same-sex sexual behavior were largest in Alecia Burley Gerard Grant Peter Mcvey Crystal Simmons Mario Camacho Gregg Hagen Randy Mitchell James Sumers enough to think drinking beer couldn’t hurt the South and Midwest and among whites, April Cheverette Jess Hanebury Michael Murphy Mark Sumpter me. I was very fearful because I was a political were mostly absent among Blacks and were Scott Cook Dan Hansvick Larry Nona Fred Tompkin James Craig Anne Havrilla John Oswald Meg Valentini personality in the city. Nobody picked up on smaller among the religious. Shannon Cunningham James Henderson Steven Parker Mark Williams it,” Keck said. The article can be found at http://link. 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Available as ebooks or in paperback at amazon.com and mlrpress.com and mlrbooks.com More information at markzubro.com 8 July 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES rant treatment. eschewed by government agencies and service “Literally, the question to [physicians like] providers for being too expensive. But Adey- Advocates: State puts Dr. Adeyemi is, ‘Is this because I’m Black? Is emi said those concerns about cost are mis- this because I’m poor?’” Wolf said. “The answer guided. A negative result incurs a testing cost is, ‘Yeah, that’s why.’” of about $7. A positive result will indeed yield Illinois’ law is in violation of federal Medicaid more medical expenses for the patient, but not persons with hep C laws, according to Ruth Edwards, managing at- as many as allowing hepatitis C to go undiag- torney for Legal Council for Health Justice. Her nosed and untreated for longer. According to organization is looking for specific instances Adeyemi, increased testing would save about and Medicaid at risk wherein Ilinoisans have been denied coverage 120,000 lives and about $2.5 billion. because their hepatitis C was not advanced “Other countries have a plan for hepatitis C,” By Matt Simonette patients of Hepatitis C in a matter of weeks. enough; legal and service organizations in oth- she said. “It’s really not that complicated.” “These two therapies leveled the entire scene er states have filed suit against their state gov- Deaths from hepatitis C overtook the number While the treatment and detection of hepati- of hepatitis C,” said Bashar Attar, MD, gastro- ernments to get similarly onerous rules lifted. of deaths from HIV/AIDS in 2007. There are tis C have become significantly less difficult enterology and hepatology chair at Cook Coun- But medical providers frequently refrain from about 5.2 million individuals around the world in recent years, the state of Illinois Medicaid ty Health and Hospital System. writing the prescriptions for Medicaid patients with the disease; for most people who are in- system won’t cover treatment for the disease But Harvoni and Epclusa, both manufactured since they know the coverage will be denied, fected, it becomes a chronic disease, according until patients reach Stage 4, when their liver by by Foster City, California-based Gilead Sci- but advocates say they should write them any- to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- becomes cirrhotic, according to advocates and ences, are extremely expensive. A full regimen way, to build up a history of denials within the tion. healthcare providers. of Harvoni, for example, costs about $94,500. state. Among those also speaking at the July 21 “It’s heartbreaking, and it’s not why I signed Various providers and insurers have negotiated Ramon Gardenhire, vice president of policy panel were Dr. Jim Lando of U.S. Department up to be at County,” said Oluwatoyin Adeyemi, lower prices for Harvoni, but all too often, ac- for AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC), said of Health and Human Services (DHS); Clelita MD, an infectious diseases physician at Cook cording to Jill Wolf, hepatitis C program direc- that, while those state rules are obviously Mathole of Gilead Sciences; Peter McCloyd of County Health and Hospital System. tor for Caring Ambassadors, Inc., agencies and cause for concern, advocates need to address Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center; Edwin Ervin of Adeyami was among several speakers July 21 other stakeholders use those price tags to shut the medication prices, too. Broadway Youth Center; Augustine Sharp of Na- at the daylong forum The Silent Epidemic: In- down conversation about the drug’s availabil- “We have to make sure that we are holding tional Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, pharmaceutical companies accountable, so Inc.; and Cynthia Tucker of AIDS Foundation they putting out these drugs priced in such a of Chicago. Sanford Gaylord of DHS’ HIV/AIDS way that it allows a state to access it as much Regional Resource Network Program was the as they can, particularly a state like Illinois emcee. The forum was sponsored by Chicago where we still face a huge fiscal crisis,” he said. Department of Public Health (CDPH); Chicago “We applaud the amount of work that goes into Area HIV/AIDS Integrated Service Council (CA- these drugs but we have an ethical responsibil- HISC); the Primary Prevention Early Identifica- ity to make sure there is access to them—uni- tion Committee (PPEI); HHS Regional Resource lateral access, not just people with commercial Network Program, Region V; Caring Ambassa- insurance.” dors; and the Black Treatment Advocates Net- Advocates are also pressing for increased work (BTAN Chicago) as well as AFC and Gilead hepatitis C testing, which is also sometimes Sciences.

Activists sue City State Rep. Sandack Council over to resign open meetings By Matt Simonette By Matt Simonette State Rep. Ron Sandack (Downers Grove), one of the Republican legislators who voted for LGBT- and housing-rights activists, on July 14, marriage equality, is resigning from the Illinois announced they were filing a lawsuit against House, citing both “cybersecurity issues” and Oluwatoyin Adeyemi. the Chicago City Council for violation of the a desire to spend more time with his family as Photo by Matt Simonette Illinois Open Meetings Act. The announcement reasons, the Daily Herald reported July 25. was made in front of mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Some of Sandack’s social-media accounts had creasing Access to Hepatitis C Treatment Care, ity. She said that treatment for hepatitis C is at office on the fifth floor of Chicago’s city hall. disappeared in recent days. He engaged heavily held in observance of the National African “exactly the same place” HIV/AIDS was in the Activists contend that, despite being first in on Twitter and Facebook, and on July 20 told American Hepatitis C Action Day and as part early ‘80s in terms of awareness. line—and arriving about 90 minutes early—for the Capitol Fax blog that someone had tried of an ongoing #BlackLivesMatter discussion se- “We’re the poster child of the state not to the May and June monthly meetings of the City hacking his accounts. ries. live in if you have Hep C and Medicaid,” said Council, they and others were denied entrance, “It has been a tremendous honor and privi- The medication Harvoni, which has greatly Wolf. “…There obviously are a lot of issues go- while guests and employees of the council and lege to serve the people of the 81st district eased treatment of hepatitis C, was first mar- ing on in our state. But hep C is very different mayor were ushered inside by staff, ahead of for the past four years in Springfield,” said keted in 2014, and yet another medication, Ep- than HIV, and mobilizing a community that is the line, according to a statement. Sandack in a statement. “But after some cyber clusa, was just approved in June of this year. extremely diverse is really hard.” The lawsuit was filed by activist Rick Garcia security issues arose, I began to re-evaluate Prior to Harvoni, the standard treatment was She added that patients with the financial re- and Andy Thayer of Gay Liberation Network and my continued public service. highly toxic and promised a much lower rate of sources can now be cured, but poorer patients Uptown Tent City Organizers. The suit aims to “I have always recognized there is no greater success. Harvoni and Epclusa both have had a must do without. Those patients without the nullify a $15.8-million deal for Montrose Clar- privilege than being a father and husband. My success rate of well-over 90 percent in curing means are told they’re not sick enough to war- endon Partners LLC that the council approved duties in Springfield has meant missing a lot of at its June meeting, according to DNA Info. events in the lives of my children. I am no lon- Garcia said at the announcement that he and ger willing to miss important family events.” a friend were fourth and fifth in line prior to Sandack was facing off against Democratic the June 22 meeting, and that city personnel candidate Greg Hose to retain his seat; it’s now repeatedly let in a number of individuals they up to Republican leaders to determine his re- Family. Friends. referred to as “interns.” placement. “At 10 a.m., the officers informed us that the Sandack narrowly won his second House city council chambers were full,” Garcia said election in 2014 with just more than 150 July 14. “For more than two hours we stood votes. His challenger in that race, Downers Community. there, and not one was let in. We could not Grove social studies teacher Keith Matune, hear or witness the proceedings of the City played on Sandack’s 2013 vote in favor of mar- Council. …I have never seen the general public riage equality. Matune’s supporters distributed excluded in this fashion, or such disregard for Linda Kuczka, Agent campaign flyers that showed Sandack speaking We’re all in this together. the general public.” at a marriage equality rally and implied that he 954 W Webster ® Chicago, IL 60614 State Farm has a long tradition of being there. Garcia alleged that as audience members left, was thus a radical. But Sandack said that he Bus: 773-975-9111 That’s one reason why I’m proud to support new audience members were not let in. supported marriage equality because it was a [email protected] the LGBT community. “This intentional icing-out of the public— positive reflection of “family values.” ® the public who has the right to see, and hear, Daily Herald’s article is at http://bit. Get to a better State . and participate in council meetings—is wrong, ly/29ZE81d. Capitol Fax broke the news at and I believe it violates the Open Meetings http://bit.ly/2a685m0. Act,” he said. DNA Info’s article is at http://dnain. 1211007 State Farm, Bloomington, IL fo/29Gtv98.

@windycitytimes1 /windycitymediagroup @windycitytimes www.windycitymediagroup.com WINDY CITY TIMES July 27, 2016 9 has been smooth and beneficial. “Their priority is to make people feel loved, Netanyahu calls for Youth center supporting so I think they take a step back from the more dogmatic things to provide the space,” she solidarity with LGBTs said. “They’ve been really supportive of us, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- LGBT young adults, at the same time have been really good about yahu, on July 21, stressed the importance letting us do our thing how we want. There may of the LGBT community as part of society. be some people that self-select out of coming Calling the Jerusalem Pride Parade changing workspaces to this space, but I think a lot of people do (which took place the same day) a “march of unity,” Netanyahu said in a video that By NINA MATTI come here and they don’t feel like they’re in a church, so they don’t experience the pain that people at the event would “be marching for one principle: All human beings are equal, Tucked away in the basement of the Welling- churches may have caused them in their past. Our space doesn’t feel like a church; it feels all human beings were created in God’s im- ton Avenue United Church is a refuge. It’s not age, all human beings have a right to live a place to find comfort in spirituality, as one like a clinic or a day care [center].” Once BYC settles in its new location, Maley their lives as they choose, with dignity and may guess, but a place for LGBTQ youth to find security.” support in social services, medical care and eventually sees herself returning to nursing school while BYC is run entirely by people who Netanyahu also paid tribute to 16-year- much more. The Broadway Youth Center (BYC) old Shira Banki, who was murdered at last of Howard Brown Health is this safe haven. formerly accessed BYC’s resources and services. “We have to remember to move out of the year’s parade at the handsof an ultra- BYC Director Latonya Maley, 28, is working Orthodox radical, with the prime minister her “dream job,” she told Windy City Times, way,” she said. “Even though I’m a Black lesbian, I’m not in the group that most affected calling her a “brave, talented and loved” coordinating the day-to-day operations of the child.” (That attack came shortly after the center. Maley has always been interested in LG- by HIV. A Black trans woman leading the BYC is a wonderful idea. I’ve got to move over to make extremist had been released from prison BTQ health services. “In college, I was a baby after stabbing several people at the 2005 space. Those that are most impacted by these dyke rabblerouser,” she said. “I was involved in pride march.) health disparities should be leading the efforts student organizing for LGBT folks, LGBT folks of Shortly after the original Facebook post, that address them.” color, feminist organizing, sexual reproductive Netanyahu released a video in English that justice organizing, organizing for folks that differed from the Hebrew version in that it were undocumented. I wanted to find a way to Latonya Maley. emphasized the way Arab countries treat mush that all together.” Photo courtesy of Maley the LGBT community. To do that, she pursued a master’s degree in public health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “Social inequities have a consequence on people’s bodies,” she said she realized during her time in school, which eventually led her to a research position at Howard Brown and the BYC. “Our mission [at the BYC] is to improve the quality of life and to advocate for the well- being of young people,” she said. “Especially young people that are LGBT-identified or are experiencing homelessness. At the center of our mission are queer homeless folks, but if you take care of the most vulnerable, you’re taking care of everybody else by having a body- positive framework of providing healthcare.” While her work can be rewarding, dealing with the “overwhelming need for the little bit of resources we have is really hard,” Maley said. “But then there’s also your own self-care. Bal- ancing sustainability and self-care is difficult, but at the same time you know that this place isn’t really about you. It’s about the clients and their needs.” In order to better fulfill meet those clients’ needs, BYC is designing a new space for its workspace, 4009 N. Broadway, that will open in January. “We’ve got to have a safe space, a bubble, where [people seeking the BYC’s services] can be loved,” Maley said. “They can be queer; they can be trans. Their gender is wonderful. They’re not at risk. They’re safe. But then our programs end,” Maley said. “I’m trying to be more thoughtful about how the loving, emotional healing and physical healing space ripple out into the community and create opportunities for neighbors to get involved too.” That’s why, Maley said, she’s even more excited for the new space, which the center is designing exactly for their needs. “We believe in an integrated service model,” she said. “It’s important that healthcare also means emotional care; it means social care. If you want someone to be undetectable in their HIV status, they need housing, good food and can live in the body they want. We take mental health very seriously. They need opportunities for growth and development, which is why we offer youth development programming, drop- in programming, therapy services, and GED classes. The dream is all at the same time and the same place, which can’t happen here [in our temporary location], but it will in the new space.” Initially, Maley said she was a bit hesitant about using the basement of the church as the center’s transitory space. “It’s interesting that this space we’re in now is in a church—a space that a lot of LGBT people might be afraid to enter,” she said. However, Maley said she thinks that the relationship between the church and the center 10 July 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES REPUBLICAN NAT’L CONVENTION Donald Trump. Day 4: Trump Photo by Michael Key/Washington Blade makes history with LGBT inclusion in acceptance speech

Although Trump hasn’t had as much vitriol for 2016 hopeful LGBT people as he has had for other minority groups, Trump has told social conservatives to accepts Republican “trust” him to oppose same-sex marriage, said he would “strongly consider” appointing U.S. “We are going to build a great border wall to Mexico border was apparently the source of ire nomination, Supreme Court justices who would reverse mar- stop illegal immigration, to stop the gangs and for a “Code Pink” protester who made it into riage equality and offered conditional support the violence and to stop the drugs from pour- the Quicken Loans Arena with a banner read- for the First Amendment Defense Act, a federal invokes Orlando ing into our communities,” Trump said. ing, “Build Bridges Not Walls.” As she was be- “religious freedom” bill seen to enable anti- Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights ing escorted out, Trump said, “How great are LGBT discrimination. shooting Campaign, pointed out on Twitter Trump’s at- our police and how great is Cleveland?” Moreover, Trump delivered the LGBT-inclusive tacks on other minority groups in response to But the newly anointed Republican presi- speech in the same week delegates at the Re- By Chris Johnson, Washington Blade the LGBT inclusion in the candidate’s accep- dential nominee generally strived for a tone of publican National Convention ratified a party tance speech. inclusion throughout his speech. Although he platform considered the most anti-LGBT in his- CLEVELAND—On the final night of the Repub- “LGBTQ people ARE women, Muslim, Latinx, maintained his priority would be “struggling tory. Among other things, the platform seeks lican National Convention (July 21), Donald Jews, Black, immigrants, those w/ disabilities. citizens,” he said he’d be “considerate and to overturn the Supreme Court decision for Trump made history with an explicit pledge to @realDonaldTrump has attacked & maligned compassionate to everyone.” same-sex marriage through either judicial re- protect LGBT people during his speech accept- all of us.”— Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) July Introducing him on speech was his daughter consideration or a constitutional amendment. ing the GOP presidential nomination. 22, 2016 On Twitter, Hillary Clinton pointed out when Trump made the remarks when invoking the Trump’s pledge to build a wall along the U.S.- Turn to page 11 mass shooting last month at a gay nightclub in Trump thanked his audience for supporting Orlando, saying the 49 left dead at the hands LGBT inclusion in his speech, the Republican of a shooter who pledged allegiance to Islamic platform indicates support for widely discred- REPUBLICAN NAT’L CONVENTION extremists were “wonderful Americans.” ited “ex-gay” conversion therapy: “Only weeks ago, in Orlando, Florida, 49 won- “Your party’s official platform supports ‘con- derful Americans were savagely murdered by version therapy, @realDonaldTrump. https://t. Day 3: Pence omits an Islamic terrorist,” Trump said. “This time, co/RhgfCSNSxR”—Hillary Clinton (@Hillary- the terrorist targeted the LGBTQ community. Clinton) July 22, 2016 No good, and we’re going to stop it. As your Later in his speech, Trump may have under- ‘religious freedom’ law president, I will do everything in my power to cut his pledge to LGBT rights by recommitting protect our LGBTQ citizens from the violence himself to appoint conservative justices to the and oppression of a hateful foreign ideology. judiciary—a move critics contend could led to in acceptance speech Believe me.” a reversal of the Supreme Court’s decision on The audience at the Quicken Loans Arena ap- same-sex marriage. plauded those words, a stark contrast to the “We are also going to appoint justices to the Speakers enumerate Republican National Convention in 1992 when United States Supreme Court who will uphold attendees chanted “Family Rights Forever/Gay our laws and our Constitution,” Trump said. LGBT inclusion in Rights Never” during a speech delivered by “The replacement of our beloved Justice Scalia anti-gay conservative leader Pat Buchanan. will be a person of similar views, principles, In response to applause, Trump ad-libbed and judicial philosophy. This will be one of the unprecedented way most important issues decided by this elec- from his prepared remarks and said, “And I By Chris Johnson, Washington Blade have to say, as a Republican, it is so nice to tion.” Trump also singled out evangelical Chris- hear you cheering for what I just said. Thank CLEVELAND—The third night of the Republican tians—a group that has historically opposed you.” National Convention (July 20) featured unprec- the LGBT community—to thank them helping Those words mark the first time a Republican edented LGBT inclusion from speakers on stage, in winning the Republican presidential nomi- presidential nominee invoked the LGBT com- but that embrace was undercut by omission of nation, saying, “the support they’ve given me, munity in a positive way during an acceptance anti-LGBT histories and hints of support for and I’m not sure I totally deserve it, has been speech at a GOP convention. In 2012, then- anti-LGBT policy. so amazing, and has been such a big reason Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney Republican vice presidential nominee Mike why I’m here tonight.” took the opportunity of his acceptance speech Pence exemplified the omission of a history of To assist the evangelical community, Trump to “honor the institution of marriage” at a time anti-LGBT action during his speech accepting said he’d “work very hard” to repeal the 1954 when the LGBT community was seeking the le- the No. 2 position on his party’s presidential Johnson Amendment, which prohibits tax-ex- galization of gay nuptials. ticket. The candidate stayed away from the “re- empt organizations from endorsing or opposing Ric Grenell, a gay Fox News commentator and ligious freedom” bill he signed last year seen political candidates. Undoing that language delegate from California pledged to Trump, to enable anti-LGBT discrimination. That law would “protect free speech for all Americans,” told the Washington Blade on the floor of the sparked outrage by LGBT advocates and the Gov. Mike Pence (right) with Donald Trump. Trump said. Quicken Loans Arena he doesn’t think “anybody business community forcing him to sign a “fix” Photo by Michael Key/Washington Blade While Trump pledged to the defend the LGBT is surprised” by Trump’s inclusion of LGBT peo- limiting its impact. community during his speech as opposed to ple in his acceptance speech. The omission was most glaring during a por- appoint conservative justices to the Supreme seeking to marginalize it, the candidate did “Trump has always made perfectly clear that tion of his speech on the economic prosperity Court, raising fears about the judiciary using stoke fears about undocumented immigrants in he has a lot of gay friends, that he is totally for he says Indiana has enjoyed during his tenure “unaccountable power to take unconstitutional the United States. equality,” Grenell said. “And for me, it’s actu- as governor. actions.” Although Pence didn’t enumerate on “Of all my travels in this country, nothing has ally, I know we have a lot of work to do within “Indiana is a state that works because con- stage the Supreme Court decision in favor of affected me more deeply than the time I have the Republican Party on gay rights, but it’s re- servative principles work every time you put same-sex marriage, conservative critics have spent with the mothers and fathers who have ally emotional for me to be here on my seventh them into practice,” Pence said. “Today, while charged that was one of the rulings in which lost their children to violence spilling across convention.” the nation suffers under the weight of $19 tril- justices overstepped their bounds. our border,” Trump said. “These families have Recalling being present in 1992 listening lion in a national debt, we in Indiana have a $2 Jim Obergefell, lead plaintiff in the lawsuit no special interests to represent them. There to Buchanan, Grenell said, “To be here and to billion surplus, the highest credit rating in the that won marriage equality nationwide and are no demonstrators to protest on their be- really see the acceptance, we made dramatic nation, even though we cut taxes every year supporter of Hillary Clinton, said in a state- half. My opponent will never meet with them, progress in four years. I just think it’s time that since I became governor four years ago.” ment the impact of Pence’s decision to sign the or share in their pain.” the gay left leadership in Washington D.C. real- But according to a study earlier this year law shouldn’t be forgotten. Invoking the names of individuals who were ize that we can remove this issue from being a from Visit Indy, Indianapolis’s convention and “Donald Trump’s selection of Mike Pence is allegedly killed by undocumented immigrants partisan issue.” tourist organization, Indiana lost up to 12 con- a clear message to the LGBTQ community in in “sanctuary cities,” Trump renewed his pledge But Trump’s enumeration of the LGBT com- ventions and an estimated $60 million in rev- Ohio and across the country: he doesn’t believe to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and munity during his speech and pledge to protect enue after Pence signed into law the “religious we matter and he doesn’t believe we count,” said Clinton wants to pursue a policy that LGBT people against terrorism stands in con- freedom” bill. Obergefell said. “In Indiana, Pence supported, amounts to “mass amnesty, mass immigration trast to positions on LGBT rights he has staked Pence also made the case that Trump would out on the campaign trail. and mass lawlessness.” Turn to page 11 WINDY CITY TIMES July 27, 2016 11 REPUBLICAN NAT’L CONVENTION

Peter Thiel. Day 4: Thiel declares, Tim Carroll Photography ‘I am proud to be gay’ at GOP convention

a prime speaking slot at the convention less Paypal co-founder than an hour before Donald Trump gave his acceptance speech to claim the Republican presi- rejects anti-LGBT dential nomination. It was the first time since 2000 that an open- platform, debate on ly gay speaker addressed a Republican National Convention. At that time, then-Rep. Jim Kolbe spoke to the crowd. Although Kolbe didn’t about how to defeat the Soviet Union, and we got after his, ‘I am gay, I am Republican, I am bathrooms mention his sexual orientation and discussed won,” Thiel said. “Now we are told that the an American’ line was a continued reinforce- great debate is about who gets to use which ment that the body politic of the GOP is for By Chris Johnson, Washington Blade trade policy, delegates on the floor turned their backs as he spoke. bathroom. This is a distraction from our real an inclusive party for the LGBTQ community,” problems. Who cares?” Moran said. For the first time in 16 years, an openly gay Much of Thiel’s speech consisted of promot- ing a positive climate for business growth Again, it’s unclear whether Thiel was being Counterbalancing Thiel as an openly gay speaker took the stage at the Republican Na- critical of LGBT advocates for seeking to pro- speaker were speeches on the same day from tional Convention—but the meaning of his as well as attacks on Hillary Clinton, but the Trump supporter also referenced LGBT rights. tect transgender people against discrimination Tony Perkins, president of the anti-LGBT Family words on LGBT rights is unclear. in bathroom use or whether he was speaking Research Council, and Jerry Falwell, Jr., presi- Peter Thiel—a co-founder of PayPal and In the aftermath of delegates at the Repub- lican National Convention ratifying a platform out against laws barring them from using the dent of Liberty University, which has an anti- Facebook, and a California delegate support- restroom consistent with their gender identity. LGBT reputation. ing Trump—proclaimed his sexual orientation considered the most anti-LGBT in the party’s history, Thiel sought to minimize its impact. Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights The day after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) refused to attendees at the convention on July 21. Campaign, interpreted Thiel’s remarks as belit- during his speech at the convention to endorse “Of course, every American has a unique “I don’t agree with every plank in our party’s platform, but fake culture wars distract us from tling efforts to ensure transgender people have Trump, Perkins said he plans to cast a vote for identity,” Thiel said. “I am proud to be gay, I access to the restrooms consistent with their the nominee in November, citing the candi- am proud to be a Republican, but most of all I our economic decline,” Thiel said. Based on the remarks, whether Thiel was gender identity and rebuked him. date’s pledge to appoint conservative justices am proud to be an American.” “@peterthiel had an opportunity to push to the Supreme Court. The audience at the Quicken Loans Arena ap- rejecting the anti-LGBT platform language or those who would express outcry against it is @GOP forward at #RNCinCLE. Disappointed Falwell touted Trump’s pledge to repeal the plauded when he made the declaration. Con- he used it to dismiss attacks on our commu- 1954 Johnson Amendment, which prohibits vention officials in neon-colored hats rallied hard to say. Amid national debate on whether transgen- nity.”—Chad Griffin (@ChadHGriffin) July 22, tax-exempt organizations from endorsing or the crowd in a chant of “U-S-A! U-S-A!” 2016 opposing political candidates. As he spoke, three other openly gay delegates der people should be able to use the restroom consistent with their gender identity, Thiel was After the speech, Moran told the Washington “I truly believe Mr. Trump is America’s blue- from California—Charles Moran, Ric Grenell and Blade Thiel delivered “a great message on eco- collar billionaire,” Falwell said. “He is down to Juan Hernandez—were positioned in seats in dismissive of the argument. “When I was a kid, the great debate was nomic prosperity and freedom.” earth, loves America and the American people. the front row of the stage. Thiel was given “And the enthusiastic standing ovation he He is a true patriot and a champion of the common man. Mr. Trump has added a plank to this party platform to repeal IRS rules sponsored PENCE from page 10 peal for support for Trump based on the shoot- “Freedom means religious freedom, whether by Lyndon Johnson in 1954 barring churches ing in his state at a gay nightclub that left 49 you are Christian or Jew, Muslim or atheist,” and non-profits from expressing political free fought for, and signed into law the ability for people dead and 53 wounded. Cruz said. “Gay or straight, the Bill of Rights speech.” businesses to discriminate against individual “I cried with the grieving moms and dads and protects the rights of all of us to live according On the other hand, Steve Bailey, superinten- members of the LGBTQ community. Trump brothers and sisters of the 49 people slaugh- to our conscience.” dent of the North Coast District United Method- and Pence are in lockstep when it comes to tered by an ISIS-inspired terrorist,” Scott said. Under this articulation, Cruz suggests “re- ist Church, delivered the invocation that night repealing marriage equality and opposing non- “This war is real. It is here in America. And the ligious freedom,” often invoked as excuse to using the term “whom you love”—a term of art discrimination protections. Together, they rep- next president must destroy this evil.” engage in anti-LGBT discrimination, should often used to indicate gay people. resent the most divisive ticket I can imagine.” Last month, Scott acknowledged exclusively take precedence over gay rights. That would “We know that it’s not right when lives are to the Washington Blade gays and Latinos were be consistent with his presidential campaign destroyed by addiction, when our justice sys- Speakers include LGBT people in unprec- the victims of the Orlando shooting, but his in which he spurned civil rights laws penalizing tem favors some, and punishes others,” Bailey edented way words forget his lack of support for marriage businesses owned by individuals who refused said. “When children and women are trafficked Other speakers on Day Three of the conven- equality or non-discrimination for LGBT people. service to LGBT people for religious reasons. in our streets. Or when people are denigrated tion, titled “Make America First Again,” enu- Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Cruz also made a veiled threat to the Supreme because of who they are or whom they love.” merated LGBT people in the remarks in an Campaign, said on Twitter the LGBT-inclusion Court marriage decision when he said courts unseen way at any time in history during a on stage at the convention was heinous con- shouldn’t make the states take uniform action Republican National Convention. sidering the anti-LGBT positions of the party throughout the country. Lynne Patton, vice president of the Eric Trump and the speakers. “Freedom means recognizing that our Consti- TRUMP from page 10 Foundation, invoked the LGBTQ acronym three While some speakers made an effort for LGBT tution allows states to choose policies that re- inclusion, others pledged Trump would pursue flect local values,” Cruz said. “Colorado may de- times and said during the recent mass shooting Ivanka Trump, who made the case so heavily policies that might undermine LGBT rights. cide something different than Texas. New York in Orlando an Islamic terrorist “targeted mem- her father would champion gender equality she Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, mak- different than Iowa. Diversity. That’s the way bers of the LGBTQ community.” seemed as though she were speaking at a con- ing the case the president should obey of law, it’s supposed to be. If not, what’s the point of A Black woman, Patton said, “As a minority, vention with Democrats as opposed to Republi- said she knows Trump and feels assured he’d having states to begin with?” I personally pledge to you that Donald Trump cans. “roll back Obama’s unconstitutional executive At the end of his speech, Cruz made head- knows that your life matters, he knows that my “There have always been men of all back- orders.” That could apply to executive ac- lines when was booed by convention attend- life matters, he knows that LGBTQ lives matter grounds and ethnicities on my father’s job sites tions Obama has undertaken on behalf of LGBT ees. After a bruising primary with Trump, Cruz and he knows that veterans’ lives matter and and long before it was commonplace you also rights, including a 2014 executive order pro- said during his speech attendees should go to he knows that blue lives matter.” saw women,” Ivanka Trump said. “My father hibiting federal contractors from engaging in the polls on Nov. 8, but told them “vote your Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the U.S. values talent. He recognizes real knowledge anti-LGBT workplace discrimination. conscience,” not necessarily for the designate House and failed 2012 Republican presidential and skill when he finds it. He is colorblind and Bondi also said Trump would “appoint con- Republican presidential nominee. candidate, took note in his remarks of anti-LG- gender-neutral. He hires the best person for servative justices who will defend, rather than John Fluharty, who’s gay and former chair of BT persecution at the hands of Islamic extrem- the job.” rewrite, our Constitution.” Although she didn’t the Delaware Republican Party, said the LGBT- ists. Closing his speech, Trump reinvigorated use explicitly identify the Supreme Court’s deci- inclusive words from speakers at the Republi- “If our enemies had their way, gays, lesbi- of the slogan that helped propel him to win sion, the ruling was implied. can National Convention doesn’t make up for ans and transgender citizens would be put to the Republican nomination to run for the White Although Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) didn’t policy positions. death as they are today in the Islamic State House against Clinton. make a live appearance at the convention, he “Dribbling out a little lip service in front of and Iran,” Gingrich said. “So to every parent who dreams for their also hinted at the possibility of Trump revers- the TV cameras does not, and should not, dis- But those words come from the same Repub- child, and every child who dreams for their fu- ing the Supreme Court marriage ruling based tract attention away from the fact that LGBTQ lican who saw the Defense of Marriage Act be- ture, I say these words to you tonight: I’m with on judicial appointments. Republicans need to double-down on efforts to come law under his leadership as speaker in you, I will fight for you, and I will win for you,” “Unlike Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, he bring change to the GOP,” Fluharty said. 1996, called marriage equality a “temporary Trump said. “To all Americans tonight, in all of is committed to appointing constitutionalist “Just because we were thrown a bone tonight aberration” and signed a pledge committing our cities and in all of our towns, I make this judges who will respect the proper role of the doesn’t mean we should unleash our check- him to support a U.S. constitutional amend- promise: We Will Make America Strong Again. judiciary,” Rubio said. books or manpower until the party commits ment that would ban same-sex marriage na- We Will Make America Proud Again. We Will Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was more clever, to inclusion and the protection of our civil tionwide. Make America Safe Again. And We Will Make invoking gay inclusion in a way that actually rights.” Florida Gov. Rick Scott made an emotional ap- America Great Again.” served as a threat to undermine LGBT rights. 12 July 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES

Michelle Obama at the DNC. Photo by Michael Key/Washington Blade

DEMOCRATIC NAT’L CONVENTION of Sports Illustrated, I came out privately to tell your daughters they are empowered if their the Clinton family. I have known their family president reduces women to their physical ap- for almost 20 years,” Collins said. “I knew that pearance?” they would accept me for who I was; and that Other openly LGBT speakers at the event in- Day 1: Democratic they would help pave a path for others to do cluded Randi Weingarten, a lesbian and presi- the same. I am forever grateful for their words dent of the American Federation of Teachers, of wisdom back then and their unconditional and Mary Kay Henry, a lesbian and internation- stars take stage, support. They know that my sexual orientation al president of the Service Employees Interna- made no difference in my ability to play bas- tional Union. ketball, just as someone’s gender makes no dif- Gay former Rep. Barney Frank, chair of the defuse drama ference in his or her ability to lead our nation.” rules committee for the convention, made brief

By Chris Johnson, Washington Blade “I remember her as a great first lady who broke precedent in terms of the role that a first PHILADELPHIA—Democrats appealed to both lady was supposed to play as she helped lead emotion and intellect while encouraging sup- the fight for universal health care,” Sanders port for Hillary Clinton on the first day of their said. “I served with her in the United States national convention, often peppering remarks Senate and know her as a fierce advocate for with references to LGBT rights. the rights of children. Hillary Clinton will make The most well-received speech came from an outstanding president and I am proud to First Lady Michelle Obama, who made a case to stand with her here tonight.” elect Clinton based on her tenacity and shared Sanders in part made the case for Clinton by Photo by Michael Key/Washington Blade commitment to family. saying her appointments to the U.S. Supreme “And make no mistake about it: This Novem- Court would protect LGBT people. ber, when we go to the polls, that is what we’re “Her Supreme Court appointments will also deciding—not Democrat or Republican, not defend a woman’s right to choose, workers’ left or right,” Obama said. “No, in this elec- rights, the rights of the LGBT community, the tion and every election is about who will have needs of minorities and immigrants and the Above: Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Below: Openly gay retired NBA basketball player Jason Collins the power to shape our children for the next government’s ability to protect the environ- and his brother Jarron Collins at the DNC. ment,” Sanders said. four or eight years of their lives. And I am here Photos by Michael Key/Washington Blade tonight because in this election there is only A noteworthy appearance was made by co- one person who I trust with that responsibility, median and Sanders supporter Sarah Silverman. only one person who I believe is truly qualified Declaring she’ll vote for Clinton in the general to be president of the United States, and that election, Silverman told the “Bernie-or-Bust” is our friend Hillary Clinton.” crowd at the convention, “You’re being ridicu- U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a favor- lous.” ite among progressives, delivered the keynote Similar to 2012, speakers at the Democratic speech of the night and sought to take down National Convention enumerated support for Donald Trump for policies—as well as a per- the LGBT community throughout their remarks. sonal history—she said undermines America. In a speech titled “We Will Rise,” Sen. Cory “What kind of a man roots for the economic Booker (D-N.J.) referenced gay people when crash that cost millions of people their jobs?” touting the founding principles of the nation Warren said. “Their homes? Their life savings? based on the Declaration of Independence. What kind of a man cheats students, cheats in- “I am so proud that it was upon this founda- vestors, cheats workers? I’ll tell you what kind tion that we built a great nation and today, of man. A man who must never be president of no matter who you are, rich or poor, Asian or the United States.” white, man or woman, gay or straight, any re- At one point, Warren slammed Trump for se- ligion or none at all, you are entitled to the lecting Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running civil rights and responsibilities of citizenship,” Appearing on stage with Collins was his twin opening remarks when he asked the convention mate, saying he’s “famous for trying to make it Booker said. brother, Jarron Thomas Collins, a professional to ratify the rules proposed for the event. Also legal to openly discriminate against gays and Among the openly LGBT speakers on stage basketball coach and a retired player in the appearing briefly on stage without speaking as lesbians.” was Jason Collins, who was the first openly gay NBA. a vice chair of the convention was Chad Griffin, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Clinton’s ri- man to play for a team in the NBA and said the “How do you tell your kids not to be a bully president of the Human Rights Campaign. val during the primaries, sought to unify Demo- Clinton knew he was gay long before he came if their president is one?” Collins said. “How See more photos from day one of the Dem- crats on a day when “Bernie-or-Bust” protest- out publicly. do you tell your kids to respect their heritage ocratic National Convention on facing page. ers raised their voices. “Before I came out to the world on the cover if their president disparages it? How do you

More DNC coverage online at www.windycitytimes.com and in next week’s print edition. WINDY CITY TIMES July 27, 2016 13 DEMOCRATIC NAT’L CONVENTION tion Fund—and boasts a 100-percent rating on the Planned Parenthood Action Fund score- card.” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka also Clinton selects Kaine praised the move, saying Kaine “has a strong record on workers’ issues, ranging from raising the minimum wage to securing equal pay as running mate for equal work. He has always been a strong leader and will be an asset to the ticket.” Presumptive Democratic presidential candi- Kaine is fluent in Spanish; he took a year off LGBT groups also issued statement lauding date Hillary Clinton has chosen Tim Kaine as from Harvard Law School to run a technical the selection of Kaine. ““While Donald Trump her vice president. school in Honduras. He actually gave a 14-min- doubled down on discrimination by picking Clinton selected Kaine after evaluating 24 ute speech on immigration entirely in Spanish Mike Pence, Hillary Clinton has bolstered her contenders, and he was the only one of the on the Senate floor in 2013. campaign’s historic commitment to LGBTQ contenders who met with Clinton twice. Clin- Some contend that the selection of Kaine is equality by choosing Tim Kaine,” said HRC ton also considered individuals such as Sens. a divisive one. For example, the Progressive President Chad Griffin. “Having proven time and time again that they have the experi- Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker, Agriculture Change Campaign Committee was among the Sen. Tim Kaine. ence, determination, and leadership needed Secretary Tom Vilsack and Labor Secretary Tom organizations not happy about Kaine’s past Official headshot Perez. support for big trade deals. (Interestingly, of- to move equality forward for all Americans, we Kaine is an experienced politician who is cur- ficial Republican presidential candidate Donald will face difficult and far-reaching challenges are confident Clinton and Kaine will tear down rently the junior senator of Virginia. He is one Trump has criticized these deals as well.) How- during the next four years, and Tim Kaine is a the walls of discrimination that hold all of us of only 20 people to have served as a mayor, ever, Kaine has reportedly changed his position proven leader who has rightly been called ‘cou- back. The stakes for LGBTQ people in this elec- governor and U.S. senator, and he headed the regarding such deals. rageous, principled and value-driven.’” tion couldn’t be higher, and the choice for pro- Democratic National Committee from 2009 to Also, the Associated Press spoke to conven- Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parent- equality voters couldn’t be clearer.” 2011. Kaine was first elected to office in 1994, tion delegates and found that Clinton support- hood Action Fund, said in a separate state- In addition, Equality California Executive Di- serving as a city councilmember and, then, ers consider Kaine a “solid” choice who will ment, “Senator Kaine is a thoughtful running rector Rick Zbur said, “With her selection of mayor of Richmond. He became lieutenant gov- appeal to a range of voters, while Sanders sup- mate with integrity, whose Senate record has Sen. Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton has highlighted ernor of Virginia in 2002 and was inaugurated porters are reportedly unhappy with Kaine. proven he will stand strong against politically the stark differences between her ticket and as Virginia’s 70th governor in 2006. Several groups came out in support of Clin- motivated efforts to restrict patient access to her opponent’s. In contrast to the extremes of He is a ranking member of the Armed Services ton’s choice. National Organization for Women critical, often lifesaving health care. Senator racism, xenophobia, sexism, and homo- and Readiness Subcommittee and the Foreign Rela- President Terry O’Neill said, “From day one, Tim Kaine has made it clear that he will protect transphobia on vivid display by Donald Trump tions Subcommittee on State Department and Kaine will be a vice president who will work women from government interference when it and his running mate, Kaine presents an alter- USAID Management, International Operations to break down the barriers that hold women comes to their right to safe, legal abortion—a native: a pragmatist who works across ideolo- and Bilateral International Development. and marginalized communities back. Women position supported by Planned Parenthood Ac- gies and across the aisle to get things done.”

2016 Democratic National Convention: Day One DEMOCRATIC NAT’L CONVENTION Photos by Michael Key/Washington Blade Transgender activist to speak at DNC Sarah McBride to deliver historic speech on Thursday

By Michael K. Lavers, Washington Blade

PHILADELPHIA — Sarah McBride this week will become the first openly transgender person to Sanders supporters were vocal at the DNC Monday. speak at a major party convention. McBride — who is the national press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign Founda- tion — is scheduled to speak at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday. She is slated to take the main stage inside the Wells Fargo Center alongside U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Malo- ney (D-N.Y.), who co-chairs the Congressional LGBT Caucus. “I’m honored for this opportunity to share my story and to be the first transgender person to speak at a major party convention,” said Sarah McBride. McBride in an HRC press release. “People must understand that even as we face daily harass- Photo from Human Rights Campaign ment, tragic violence and an onslaught of anti- LGBTQ political attacks across the country, we her to make full legal and social equality a real- New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker speaking Monday night at the DNC. are real people merely seeking to be treated ity.” with the dignity and respect every person de- McBride is scheduled to speak at the Demo- serves.” cratic National Convention a week after Donald “I’m so proud to stand with the LGBT Caucus Trump formally accepted the Republican Party’s and speak out in support of Hillary Clinton, be- presidential nomination in Cleveland. cause we know she stands with us,” she added. Delegates to the Republican National Con- McBride is a former staffer at the Center for vention last week approved a party platform American Progress. The American University that, among other things, opposes the use of graduate who is from Wilmington, Del., also federal funds to ensure trans people can use played a leading role in securing passage of bathrooms consistent with their gender iden- bills that added gender identity to Delaware’s tity. Caitlyn Jenner on July 20 criticized North anti-discrimination and hate crimes laws in Carolina’s controversial House Bill 2 — which 2013. bans people from using bathrooms in public “Sarah’s personal story and unending com- buildings that are consistent with their gender mitment to LGBT rights makes her an invalu- identity and prohibits local municipalities from able voice to have in the conversation,” said enacting LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination or- U.S. Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.), co-chair of dinances — during her appearance at an event Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign (fourth from left) and Cubs co- the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, in a the American Unity Fund held at Cleveland’s owner Laura Ricketts (next to Griffin) on stage at the DNC Monday. statement. “We look forward to working with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 14 July 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES National Archives event focuses on LGBTQ rights, YEPP

By Carrie Maxwell as we gather here, but we can provide a forum for talking, connecting and moving forward.” The National Archives and Records Administra- A video featuring Rep. John Lewis (National tion (NARA) hosted an event focused on LGBTQ Conversation on Rights and Justice honorary human and civil rights July 15 at the Center on spokesperson) and narrated by journalist and Halsted (the Center). commentator Cokie Roberts followed Gardner’s This was part of a two-day series of events remarks. The video focused on the Constitution under the banner—Amending America: LGBTQ as a living document. Human and Civil Rights. The evening also included a performance, Modesto “Tico” Valle (CEO of the Center), “Making It Home,” from the Youth Empower- Jane Markham (vice-president of public affairs ment Performance Project (YEPP). The per- at AT&T) and Jim Gardner (executive for Legis- formance featured a mixture of spoken word, lative Archives, Presidential Libraries and Mu- dance, songs, performance art and video clips. seum Services for the National Archives) were Each performer showcased a snapshot of their the featured speakers. lives with the other performers participating in Valle told the approximately 150 people in those narratives. They received a standing ova- From left: Michael Hussey, YEPP performers Henri, Apollo, Zizi, Kariel, Bonsai Bermudez, attendance that the Center is approaching its tion at the close of their performance. Ahniyha and Atlantis (sitting). 10th anniversary. Following the performance, YEPP Executive Photo by Carrie Maxwell “Our work is as relevant today as the day and Artistic Director Bonsai Bermudez and the when the building opened in 2007,” said Valle. performers participated in a Q&A with NARA being a oppressor was really hard. NARA and the National Archives Foundation “It’s just as important as when a group of vol- Educational Specialist Michael Hussey. When asked how one can support YEPP in partnered with the Center and the CHM for unteers gathered together in 1973 to form Gay A number of the performers said what would the work they do, Bermudez and the perform- these weekend events. Horizons, our predecessor.” make for a better and more just world are end- ers said monetary and food donations would be Sponsors included AT&T, the Seedlings Foun- Valle noted last summer’s Obergefell mar- ing barriers for transgender people, everyone greatly appreciated. dation, the Ford Foundation, the Chicago Com- riage-equality Supreme Court ruling and the being able to have the same privilege as ev- This conversation continued the following munity Trust and the Elizabeth Morse Genius response to that decision—what’s next? eryone else and stripping labels away because day at the Chicago History Museum (CHM) with Charitable Trust. “For all of us who do this work to promote they create stigma and oppression. a keynote speech by openly gay poet Richard See https://www.archives.gov/, https:// full equality, the response [to that question] As for what is was like to be a part of each Blanco and discussions on legal and socioeco- www.archivesfoundation.org/amendin- is, ‘Everything is next,” said Valle. “Indeed over other’s story, one performer said communica- nomic issues as well as a transgender and gen- gamerica/ and http://www.wesayyepp.com/ this past year and perhaps even more impor- tion is the key while another performer noted der non-conforming focused panel. for more information. tant this past month it’s clear that our work isn’t done. The Orlando massacre is a painful three decades through his advocacy against we staunchly stand alongside the Holy Bible reminder that LGBTQ people are still the fo- Michigan activist violence, homelessness, HIV, and the recogni- and its tenets, Israel United does not teach or cus of hate and discrimination. The underly- tion of the diversity of family, sex and sexual- condone violence against any person. ... We ing racial discord around Black lives further Montgomery dies ity.” (Montgomery was one of the founding pray that Gerald can acknowledge his sins and Michigan LGBTQ-rights activist Jeffrey illustrates gross racial injustice in our country. board members of the Woodhull Freedom repent.” Montgomery, the founding executive director {We’ve also learned] that the transgender com- Foundation, also known as the Woodhull Sex- At least 15 trans people are known to have of the Triangle Foundation, died July 18 at munity is underserved and face legal, employ- ual Freedom Alliance.) been murdered in the United States this year, age 63, The Metro Times reported. ment, educational and health barriers. “Jeff’s work leaves a lasting legacy and im- with the majority being individuals of color. In 1991, Montgomery, Henry D. Messer and “Fortunately, we’re not alone in this work. print on the LGBTQ movement in the United John Monahan co-founded the foundation, Conversations like these are important because States and beyond. We are deeply saddened which later merged with Michigan Equality to by the loss of this most precious friend,” said OUTspoken! LGBT often the work we do can seem daunting, iso- become Equality Michigan. Montgomery was Sue Hyde, director of the Creating Change lating and insurmountable. Let us use [this spurred to form the foundation by the fatal Conference, in a separate statement. storytelling to mark event] as a reminder that we’re in this together shooting of his boyfriend, Michael, outside a The Metro Times article is at MetroTimes. and that with love and compassion for one an- Detroit gay bar; people allegedly did noth- two years Aug. 2 com/Blogs/archives/2016/07/19/michigan- other equality will prevail.” ing about the shooting, considering it just Retell. Relive. Relate. OUTspoken!, Chicago’s lgbtq-activist-jeffrey-montgomery-dies. Markham praised NARA and the Center for another “gay homicide.” monthly evening of LGBTQ Storytelling cel- the work they’re doing to advance equality and Equality Michigan Executive Director Steph- ebrates its two-year anniversary on Tuesday, noted that AT&T has been committed to human anie White said, “We mourn his loss and send Trans woman shot in Aug. 2. The August evening of storytelling rights for many years. She said that because of love to all of his family, including the vast and celebration will include special moments this she feels very optimistic about the future. network of chosen family who have loved him Ind.; church disputes and surprises for the audience. “The conversations that the National Ar- from all across the country and here in Michi- OUTspoken!’s second year included going on chives Foundation is hosting is all about cel- gan. Jeff leaves a giant legacy that won’t be suspect’s link the road with a feature spot in Lifeline The- ebrating our successes, but to put them into forgotten. We are eternally grateful for all of In Evansville, Indiana, a trans woman was ater’s Fillet of Solo, a special joint event with context of where we’ve been and how far we the work that he’s done for our community.” shot in the jaw by a 26-year-old man who has Chicago Public Libraries to present at Sulzer have to go, and that only together will be able Sean Kosofsky, executive director of The Ty- been connected to a hate group. Library as part of Pride Month, and being a to progress,” said Markham. ler Clementi Foundation and former policy di- Gerald Duane Lewis was arraigned in the featured workshop at Creating Change 2016 “[This year] marks the 225th anniversary of rector for Triangle Foundation, added, in part shooting of Crystal Cash at her place of busi- in Chicago. the ratification of the Bill of Rights [which] (via Facebook), “Jeff help build a team of ness. Cash survived the attack and was able OUTspoken! is curated by David Fink (co- constitute the first 10 amendments to the Con- bold and, dare I say, radical staff, board and to provide a description of the attacker. founder of Acorn Theater in Three Oaks, Mich- stitution and are the catalyst for the Amending interns. His brilliant tactical and communica- Lewis, using the name Gadiell Ben Israel, igan), and emceed by Kim L. Hunt (executive American initiative launched this year by the tions skills helped build Triangle Foundation had been connected with the Israel United in director of Pride Action Tank) and Art John- National Archives,” said Gardner. into a nationally respected institution feared Christ Church—a group the Southern Poverty ston (co-founder of Equality Illinois). August Gardner noted that of the 27 total amend- by the right wing and admired by LGBT groups Law Center lists as a hate group. The congre- storytellers scheduled to appear are Hadeis ments to the U.S. Constitution, there have nationally. ... His contributions to the world gation has condemned homosexuality, inter- Safi, Brad Lippitz, Erin Marshall, M Shelly Con- been more than 11,000 attempts to amend it. are too many to enumerate. His absence from racial marriage and even voting. ner, Ella Nelson and Johnston. He said these conversations are designed to the professional activism is a gap too huge However, the group disputes the link. Its OUTspoken! is presented at the Boystown look at the ways in which everyone can ensure to explain.” website, IsraelUnite.org, has stated, “In light bar Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted St. Storytellers rights and justice in the 21st century. Gardner In a press release, Woodhull Freedom Foun- of the unfortunate situation that has trans- identify as LBGTQ but audiences of all walks explained that these conversations have be- dation President/CEO Ricci Levy said, in part, pired in Evansville, Indiana, Israel United in of life are welcome. come more urgent in the past year. “Jeff was a brilliant strategist, a remarkable Christ Church finds it necessary to make it OUTspoken! occurs on the first Tuesday of “Tonight we’re beginning the discussion teacher, a powerful leader, and, above all, my clear that Gerald Duane Lewis aka Gadiell is every month at 6-9 p.m. Doors open at 6 about a particularly important issue at a criti- friend. For all the ferocity of his refusal to let not a member of our organization. p.m., with the stories beginning at 7 p.m. cal moment—we all know too well that LGBTQ others suffer harm, Jeff was a gentle soul. He “Gerald was removed from the congrega- There is no charge for this event. Storytell- rights remain contested today,” said Gardner. cared deeply for those he served for so long, tion months prior due to not adhering to the ers vary month to month, but all identify as “The horrors of Orlando were just a month ago speaking out for human rights for almost stringent guidelines of our organization. As LGBTQ. … We can’t fix all the problems that trouble us

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parent household tend to be physically and and cultural revolution upon the American peo- WINDY emotionally healthier, more likely to do well ple by wrongly redefining sex discrimination to in school, less likely to use drugs and alcohol, include sexual orientation or other categories.” engage in crime or become pregnant outside of Among other things, the Obama administration CITY marriage.” Even if that’s true (a point I leave has used Title IX to support transgender stu- Dana aside for now), it doesn’t lead to what the Plat- dents’ right to use the bathroom of their iden- RUDOLPH form calls the “inescapable conclusion” that tity. Republicans in contrast want to restrict TIMES “Every child deserves a married mom and dad.” Title IX to stopping gender-based discrimina- Two-parent households can just as easily have tion against (presumably cisgender) women VOL. 31, No. 44, July 27, 2016 MOMBIAN The combined forces of Windy City Times, two moms or two dads. and girls. founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, The Republican I do agree with the platform’s statement, And not LGBTQ-specific, but worrisome after founded May 1987. “Families formed or enlarged by adoption Orlando and other recent shootings, is the pas- platform: Leaving strengthen our communities and ennoble our sage, “We oppose ill-conceived laws that would nation” and even “Private entities which fa- restrict magazine capacity or ban the sale of PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR out love Tracy Baim cilitate adoptions enrich our communities.” I the most popular and common modern rifle…. I had a good time poking fun at the plagiarism balk, however, when it says we should “ensure We oppose federal licensing or registration of ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis and grandstanding of the Republican Conven- these entities do not face government discrimi- law-abiding gun owners, registration of ammu- nation because of their views on marriage and nition, and restoration of the ill-fated Clinton ASSOCIATE EDITOR Matt Simonette tion, as did many of my left-leaning friends. My BUSINESS MANAGER Ripley Caine amusement quickly turned sober, however. The family.” Yes, truly private entities may have gun ban.” That rifle they mention? It’s the DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright fact remains that the 2016 GOP platform di- that right. But when private adoption agen- AR-15, which the NRA called “America’s Most ART DIRECTOR/NIGHTSPOTS EDITOR Kirk Williamson SENIOR REPORTER Gretchen Rachel Hammond rectly targets LGBTQ families and LGBTQ youth. cies receive public funds and contract with the Popular Rifle” in a January 2016 blog post. A state, as many do, to place children who are version of the weapon was used in the 2012 Senior Account Executives Terri Klinsky, Kirk The platform asserts bluntly, “We do not ac- Williamson, Amy Matheny, Chris Cheuvront, Gretchen cept the Supreme Court’s redefinition of mar- in the state’s care, it’s a whole different ball shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. 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Morgan the states.” It would defund Planned Parenthood and simi- There is much more in the platform related CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight Jr. This view of marriage is tied directly to child- lar organizations, which provide vital health to education, immigration, health care, voting SPORTS WRITER Ross Forman ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS raising: “Traditional marriage and family, based care to LGBTQ youth, among other services. rights, protecting the environment, and other It would also “[replace] ‘family planning’ areas that impact our families (and many oth- Mary Shen Barnidge, Lawrence Ferber, Mel Ferrand, on marriage between one man and one woman, Jerry Nunn, Jonathan Abarbanel is the foundation for a free society and has for programs for teens with sexual risk avoidance ers). Read the whole thing at GOP.com. 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‘Paint’ house 18 26 26 Patti LuPone (above) co-stars with Christine Ebersole in War Paint. Photo by Joan Marcus Uncle Julio’s. Jim Flint’s 75th at Park West.

THEATER FEATURE McElroen could only guarantee that the latter avoid being tainted by bigotry, self-assessment would be seen by first-nighters, but fully ac- leading the most devoted crusaders to think knowledges the role that Brecht’s “Alienation their positions unassailable. Klingenstein has Effect” plays in the conceptualization of this chosen to shine a light on some of these indi- ‘Douglass’ provides American Vicarious production. viduals with an eye to examining our perspec- “Our goal is to acknowledge that the events tives on racism today.” about to unfold are events in a play, and that Asked what audience response the company alternative view of play is happening today,” said McElroen. “We anticipates, Ulrich did not hesitate. He said, “I are in a theater, and will use this medium to imagine the audience will be moved by Doug- look back at our shared history in order to have lass’ monumental strength of character. Here a conversation about events that remain pres- was a man born into slavery, denied a formal African-American hero ent in our society today.” education or even the right to literacy—yet he Why does Klingenstein feel it necessary, at embarked on a life of voracious intellectual cu- by MARY SHEN BARNIDGE lectual detachment over emotional fervor. this particular point in our history, that we riosity, self-education, human refinement and The text for this “multimedia” production, confront the imperfections of our past? Actor intrepid leadership that make him one of the In the gallery of African-American freedom directed by Christopher McElroen—founder of Mark Ulrich, who plays Garrison, offered an an- most important figures in our nation’s history. fighters, the face of Frederick Douglass is pos- the Classical Theater of Harlem company and swer: “The abolitionists deserve our admiration Looking back at Frederick Douglass, we hope, sibly the most readily identifiable, his photoge- familiar to Chicago theatergoers recalling Court and gratitude. Many dedicated their lives to will help us to look forward.” nic visage immediately recognized by even the Theatre’s Jeff-winning Invisible Man in 1012— their ideals against vehement opposition, and The American Vicarious production of most rudimentary of scholars. precedes each scene with a summary of its ac- in doing so, putting themselves, their families Douglass is at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont This star status is not unfounded: Born in tion, in addition to excerpts from speeches by and their careers at great risk. Ave. Tickets are $25; call 773-975-8150 or 1817, the Maryland slave served under three the key figures. As of a week before opening, “Nevertheless, for as long as the movement visit TheaterWit.org. masters before escaping to New Bedford, Mas- was controlled by white citizens, it could not sachusetts, where his shipbuilding skills en- abled him to find work as a common laborer. His gift for stirring oratory soon led to his hire De’Lon Grant in by the Massachusetts Antislavery Association, Douglass. one of many abolitionist organizations prolif- Photo by erating in the northern states, where he later Evan Barr mentored under newspaper publisher William Lloyd Garrison. Fearing recapture by slave hunters, Douglass emigrated to England, where supporters negotiated with his former owner to purchase his freedom. Upon returning, Doug- lass settled in Rochester, New York, to publish his own paper, significantly titled The North Star. This isn’t exactly the story that author Thom- as Klingenstein is content to narrate, though. In this world premiere docudrama, Douglass’ Yankee supporters, while devoted to the cause of bringing an end to slavery, cannot help but invoke the prejudices of white privilege, however inadvertently. Thus, we see Garrison, reluctant to lose his popular columnist, repeatedly caution Doug- lass against haste in pursuing his own business. British activist Julia Griffiths, visiting the United States, slips the married Douglass the key to her room at the local inn—assurance that the conspirators will have a place to con- fer in private, or invitation to an assignation with the handsome blackamoor? Further contributing to Klingenstein’s central argument are Martin Robison Delany, an advocate of re- patriation for Africans cruelly kidnapped from their native homelands, along with a shipyard owner called only “Mr. Davis.” Klingenstein is far from the first playwright to espouse a social agenda, but what distin- guishes him from his confreres is his rejection of shock tactics in preference to a subtle revi- sionism amplifying a point of view often ne- glected today. His re-interpretation of popular myth, however, is designed to promote intel- 18 July 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES THEATER REVIEW AD HOC [HOME]. AD HOC [HOME] Photo by Emily Schwartz Playwrights: The Ensemble At: About Face Youth Theatre at Chicago Cultural Center’s Claudia Cassidy Theater, 78 E. Washington St. Tickets: 773-784-8565 or AboutFaceTheatre.org; Pay-what-you-can admission Runs through: July 31

BY SCOTT C. MORGAN

More and more LGBTQ youth have bravely started to come out at earlier ages from the generations before them. So it’s great that Chicago’s About Face Youth Theatre (AFYT) serves as an artistic resource to capture and theatricalize some of their stories. The latest AFYT world premiere is AD HOC [HOME], and its diverse 13-member ensemble (who range in age from 14 to 23) are posed the simple question “What does home mean to you?” The answers are very specific and individual—especially to each performer who into the lives of those onstage. Mendoza and Elliot Hobaugh who relate stories personas, it is very good that AD HOC [HOME] self-identifies along the LGBTQ spectrum or Framed against an idealized house-shaped of disdainful parental glances or arguments proves to be so inclusive in bringing together as heterosexual allies. But the answers in AD backdrop with a series of explanatory text and over preferred pronoun usage. All the perform- actors with so many different backgrounds and HOC [HOME] can also be universal, especially if animated images (a credit to set designer Arnel ers also tap into the notion of safe spaces, experiences. audiences find reflections of their own experi- Sancianco and projection designer Paul Deziel), which for many was shaken in light of the mass The run of AD HOC [HOME] may be short, but ences of negotiating relationships within birth AD HOC [HOME] wisely weaves the performers’ shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando this pieces of the show will live on via a condensed families throughout time or in creating chosen stories along a chronological progression from past June. outreach version that will be performed in the families of friends and loved ones. before infancy to where they are today. This Toward the end, the ensemble spends a good coming months at schools and other places by A big credit goes to Ali Hoefnagel and Kieran provides a firm structure to the piece even as it portion of time sharing how AFYT itself served About Face’s Youth Task Force. The message of Kredell. This co-directing duo help to theatri- jumps around from actor to actor. as a supportive family of friends through the the show resonates, especially since there is cally shape the performers’ personal stories Some ensemble members dig very deep into rehearsal process. Though it does appear that such a need among LGBTQ people to find and into an hour-long series of fragmentary mono- the past and current hurts they’re experienc- some performers are more comfortable onstage create supportive homes through preexisting logues and dialogues that serve as snapshots ing—particularly trans performers like Isis than others based upon their engaging stage and constructed families of friends and allies.

THEATER REVIEW Rychlewski fits snugly into the genre launched youthful Kaki is curiously erudite—but gradu- time to connect the dots when we’re having by David Mamet, whose tales of small-time hus- ally turns to memories of their glory days hob- such an entertaining good time (did I mention Chops tlers continues to define the “Chicago style” of nobbing with the high rollers on Rush Street. the storytelling contest)? Playwright: Michael Rychlewski dramatic literature. Soon Philly proposes a deal involving smug- None of this would be possible without the su- At: Dashnight Productions at The bar, in this case, is Vince’s tavern, lo- gling illegal jewels into the country. It’s not perlative ensemble acting that is also Chicago’s Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. cated on the northwest side, but exhibiting a just about the money, though. hallmark. Anchoring the action under Richard Tickets: $35 decor shared by neighborhood watering-holes Well, of course it isn’t! Did you think it was Shavzin’s deft direction are veteran hard-guys Runs through: Aug. 14 the world over—notably, a juke box whose in- just the period libations (when was the last Larry Neumann, Jr. and Randy Steinmeyer (the ventory is devoted to 1950s-era jazz. On this time you ordered a sidecar?) that render the latter of whom is no slouch at swing dancing, BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE slow summer Sunday in 1984, Vince is ready to men unable to remember Kaki’s name? Did you either) in the roles of the cautious Vince and close early when his old buddy, Walt, waltzes dismiss Philly’s claims to cameratismo with shrewd Walt, while Clare Cooney’s Kaki oozes When the author is a hometown boy and the in—almost literally, since he’s accompanied by goodfellas in both Los Angeles and Miami as sleek sensuality and Daniel Patrick Sullivan’s stage picture consists of three guys over the a conspicuously younger female companion. empty braggadocio? How does a barely post- Philly displays just the right level of nervous age of thirty swapping Big Talk in a bar, the Later, another boyhood chum arrives—this is adolescent babe come to reel off playlists with sweat. Hobbyist writers often get a bad rap, odds are that at least one of them is trying to Philly, just in from the coast, flush with lu- the expertise of Nat Hentoff? Did you forget but if Rychlewski has more plays like this one, put one over on the others. This auspicious de- crative prospects. At first, the chat is mostly that jazz is based in improvisation? Playgoers he can look forward to a second career after but by CPS teacher-turned-playwright Michael focused on the music—a topic on which the listening closely may detect clues, but who has collecting his pension.

THEATER REVIEW powerful duets in Act I, “If I’d Been a Man” c and “Face to Face,” but they concern their War Paint Christine professional lives not their personal ones. CRITICS’ Playwright: Doug Wright (book), Scott Ebersole in As noted above, LuPone and Ebersole are Frankel (music), Michael Korie (lyrics) War Paint. extraordinary as women who are powerful, PICKS At: Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. Photo by controlling and never lose their cool. They Tickets: 312-443-3800; Joan Marcus play larger-than-life characters but their per- Between Riverside and Crazy, Steppenwolf GoodmanTheatre.org/WarPaint; formances are deft and specific, never over- Theatre, through Aug. 21. Cop shootings, eco- $44-$182 sized. Musically they are wonderfully paired, nomic insecurity and the troubles of margin- Runs through: Aug. 21 not only in the duets already mentioned but alized citizens aren’t funny in 2016, but at in back-to-back solos at the close of the Steppenwolf, playgoers can expect to be enter- BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL show, “Pink” for Ebersole/Arden and “Forever tained as well as enlightened. MSB Beautiful” for LuPone/Rubenstein. Still, fans Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf, War Paint is an elegant and lavish show, with 1915. Focusing almost exclusively on their expecting each to cut loose number in a re- Writers Theatre, Glencoe, through Aug. 14. Tim a lush, jazz-inflected score, gorgeous looks professional rivalry, War Paint never shows ally big number will be disappointed. Like the Ryder and Tim Sniffen’s comic mashup of great (especially Catherine Zuber’s slightly-exag- how the two women invented themselves characters themselves, the score sometimes American theater dramas by the likes of Ten- gerated 1930s-1960s costumes, gown heav- (both were foreign-born and twice-married) is intense but it’s always carefully modulated nessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee en with matching massive jewelry) and star or what obstacles they had to overcome. without musical explosions. LuPone and Eb- and Thornton Wilder is a laugh riot. SCM performances. War Paint demonstrates again In real life they intentionally never met al- ersole receive strong and charming support Little Shop of Horrors, American Blues The- that Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole are though living within close proximity. In War from Douglas Sills and John Dossett as mar- ater at Greenhouse Theater Center, through superb singing actors fully dedicated to their Paint they meet once in old age at the end of keting gurus who start with one beauty queen July 31. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s roles, thoughtful yet ardent. Still, War Paint is the show, a funny and tender scene beautiful- but switch allegiance. Dossett’s character also classic campy off-Broadway musical about a missing something. ly directed by Michael Grief with an exquisite is Arden’s first husband, their divorce provid- killer plant returns in a wonderfully sung and What it lacks is character development. unhurried pace. They comprehend that each ing impetus for the switcheroo, which really intimate production. SCM From the opening moments set in 1937 New one is the only person who fully understands happened. Space Age, Free Street Theater at Pulaski York City, its twin protagonists are fully the other. Like Blanche and Baby Jane, they In its approach to story, character and mu- Park Field House, through Aug. 1. Its scant- formed, mature and near the summit of their might have been friends. Instead they have sic War Paint has great integrity, even though ily clad performer/authors may try to cram in ferociously competitive careers. Both Helena gone tit-for-tat as business titans for two- it’s still missing something essential. It con- too much, but this confessional performance Rubenstein (LuPone) and Elizabeth Arden plus hours without either one making a life- denses and alters biographical facts, but not art piece shares some very personal perspec- (Ebersole) were sixtyish and presiding over changing personal choice. The audience can’t beyond the permissible. The issue isn’t what tives from a gay Latino and African-American multimillion-dollar cosmetics empires, hav- take an emotional journey if the characters War Paint changes but what it leaves out. angle. SCM ing established themselves internationally by don’t take one. Arden and Rubenstein have —By Barnidge and Morgan WINDY CITY TIMES July 27, 2016 19 “AN INTRIGUINGLY JUICY AND “STARRING A DELICIOUSLY PAIRED GLAMOROUS NEW MUSICAL.” PATTI LUPONE AND CHRISTINE EBERSOLE. –Chicago Tribune BOTH ARE KNOCKOUTS.” –The New York Times “LUPONE AND EBERSOLE WRAP THEIR PRODIGIOUS VOICES AROUND “BRILLIANT, POIGNANT AND SUPERBLY PERFORMED. A SWINGING AND A MUSICAL WHOSE BEAUTY IS SOARING SCORE.” FAR MORE THAN SKIN DEEP.” –The Washington Post –Chicago Sun-Times

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By Gretchen Rachel Hammond diminished humanity of those who enact this Duriel E. Harris as Elle in Thingification. madness on others. We all become less than we Photo courtesy of Harris Poet, performance artist and activist Duriel E. could become. Harris has accomplished something rare—she WCT: That is a running theme in Aime Ce- has elevated poetry from a medium that is usu- saire’s 1955 Discourse on Colonialism that ally read or studied and, instead, given it a you cited as part of the inspiration for the more vibrant, multidimensional life on stage. title. As you wrote, “Colonialization=Thing- The co-founder of Call & Response (“a dy- ification.” namic of Black women and performance”) and DEH: One of the reasons I was so excited to the Black Took Collective (described as an study literary theory in college was that I was “avant-garde poetry/performance trio”) and given language for things that I had started to associate professor of English in Illinois State understand but had no language for. The Ce- University’s graduate creative writing program saire did that. It was reinforced, complicated has published three poetry collections, includ- and enriched by my reading of Elaine Scarry’s ing Drag and Amnesiac. Body in Pain [The Making and Unmaking of the Her one-woman show Thingification is the World (1985)] and thinking about the role of embodiment of living poetry, Harris’ own expe- people in a social construct and how we serve riences and an extension of the “race, gender, as instruments and creators in the world. Books that a challenge? How do you make it when the deck is stacked class and sexuality” explored in her books. The by people like Eckhart Tolle helped me think DEH: Yes—in kind of the same way that against you? You don’t have many choices. show takes poetry and frees it from the bound- spiritually about what it is to be living in and Shawn is a manifestation of and an expansion That’s the nature of oppression. But one choice aries of print by endowing it with a cast of contributing to a particular moment. How do of these different parts of myself, A-Diva! is an is to embrace yourself and turn and support vivid characters and music. you have an impact on your own conscious- exploration of himself and all of the possibili- each other. A press release describes Thingification as ness in order to transform your situation even ties that lie there. When we think about more WCT: Many performers describe the feeling transforming “trauma into transcendence and though there are things that are out of your explicit performance, it can open up spaces for of being on stage as euphoric. How has it challeng[ing] the way we define difference. control? us that we don’t access in our day-to-day lives. been for you? Set in various public and private spaces, Har- WCT: I was particularly fascinated with the A-Diva! is a part of that for Shawn as he is DEH: It is an experience that helps me recon- ris’ play transports audiences through time characters in Thingification such as Mammy moving toward his own most full articulation stitute myself from childhood trauma, sexual and space by enacting their collective ritual and Sarah. In your essay Let Us Consider Sar- and realization of himself. A-Diva! gives him abuse and date rape. I have dissociative am- participation in the struggle against thing- ah: Notes Toward Withness, Affect, Making, permission to do that. These creations help us nesia so I struggle to stay present in my body. ification—the annihilating objectifying force and the US Imagery, you wrote about coming live more fully and be more expressive of all Doing this show is quite amazing. Since I am at the core of all oppressions.” across a highly racist image of a stereotypi- these different parts of ourselves and who we the writer, composer and the performer, all of Thingification started out life in 2010 and cal Mammy in an 1862 edition of Harpers could be. We are never static. There’s always the choices reflect and enrich my experiences. has since played in New York and Chicago. It Weekly and, at first, not knowing what to potential and possibility. Creating and performing Sarah and the other returns to Chicago for one night only on July think of it. You go on to say that “The figures WCT: Would the same hold true for the characters and the pain—and joy—that I ex- 30 at the Greenhouse Theater Center in Lincoln are activated, re-envisioned, re-presented in other characters? perience exploring them impacts me both as a Park. performance.” Will you expound upon that? DEH: They come out of research and my ex- writer and as a performer. Harris talked with Windy City Times about DEH: When I first discovered the image, I was perience with other people. I studied blues so The bounty of it is I am able to bring to- the show, its characters and the journey that thinking about the rhetorical gesture of a cari- Patricia, as a character, has come from a lot of gether my emotional self and my mind with audiences can take. cature being placed in Harper’s and the role it work that I have done with blues as a living, my music, poetry and performance—all things Windy City Times: Can you tell us about was serving at the time. I had an aversion to breathing art form [as well as] its legacies and that feed me. The folks who see the show are the genesis of Thingficiation? exploring her as a character because it hurt my its use of improvisation, protest and indirec- witnesses to my transformations as a person Duriel E. Harris: A long time ago, people feelings. The very core of me is shaken when I tion and how that worked when folks could not and as the characters on stage. It’s hard work would read poetry to entertain the family. Now consider the reality that enslaved people en- straightforwardly say what they wanted to say because I have to access parts of myself that I you have other art forms that, for some people, dured in this country and elsewhere and then and not be lynched. don’t always want to look at but I need to do seem to be more dynamic and relevant. what people continue to endure because we It feels so relevant right now because you it. It is my responsibility. As someone committed to poetry as a trans- have these manifestations of domination still can be Black, lying on the ground with your For tickets to Thingification, visit http:// formative art form, I was thinking about ways existing today. It is obscene. My ancestors had hands up and still get shot by the law. Like www.thingification.org/#!tickets/c24vq. to get poetry to people and to have them ex- to say “I will continue and endure” or “I be- real people, all the characters have struggles: perience the power of the word in utterance. I lieve it will get better” or just have the will to wanted a way to make poetry be central so that survive or I would not be here. I don’t have to I could reach more people—not just those who carry it around with me all the time but I can go to poetry readings and some of the kinds of face it and make something with it to help us performances that I do that serve a more spe- with our own transformation. cific audience. I was in an adult acting work- WCT: But are people transforming or even shop in Bloomington [Ill.] and talked to the progressing? Oppression, whether economic, SPOTLIGHT teacher about the idea. or within the prison industrial complex or at Then I got an invitation to Penn State to do the hands of police, is still very much a part e a performance on sexuality. I started thinking, of society. Steppenwolf Theatre may be offering an acclaimed take on Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Pulitzer “What can I do that I have never done before?” DEH: We are now hearing about many things Prize-winning 2014 drama Between Riverside and Crazy, but Eclipse Theatre Company has dedi- I pulled the Phaneric Displays—assertive, that we would not have before because of glo- cated its entire season to this playwright famed for such works like Jesus Hopped the “A” Train empowering dramatic monologues—from my balization and the way media works. Much of and The Motherfucker with the Hat. The second play of Eclipse’s Guirgis season is his 2003 books. I put them in order and came up with a it is traumatizing. Using social media, people off-Broadway comic drama Our Lady of 121st Street. See how a group of diverse and tough narrative to link them. I meditated on a title can speak hatred with anonymity and there’s a New Yorkers react when the body of a well-respected (and feared) nun goes missing from a that would connect all the Phaneric Displays violent momentum that feels like we are dial- funeral home. Our Lady of 121st and the narrative that I had already starting ing back to a terrifying past. Street continues through Sun- putting together. This system isn’t working. It’s distressing, day, Aug. 21, at the Athenaeum WCT: How is that narrative linked to your it’s hard to simply be knowing that there are Theatre, 2936 N. Southport Ave. own experiences? people who know nothing about me but want Tickets are $30 and $20 for stu- DEH: I came into Black feminist conscious- me dead just because of the color of my skin dents with ID; call 773-935-6875 ness when I was in college where I was exam- or what they perceive to be my sexuality. And or visit eclipsetheatre.com. ining multiple oppressions. Then, in graduate that they can act with impunity. Racism, sex- Caption: Gail (Matt Thinnes) school, I embraced the idea of intersection- ism, homophobia, classism—that shit hurts us and Flip (Gregory Geffrard) are ality—that all these oppressions are linked. and it doesn’t satisfy the hunger or the need in Eclipse Theatre’s production In order to make progress towards our own of the people who are putting it out there. It’s of Our Lady of 121st Street by liberation, we must move toward liberation never enough. I can’t watch the news because Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed for everybody because oppressive forces work I will be paralyzed. by Sarah Moeller. Photo by Scott together. It really made so much sense to me WCT: In Thingification, you also bring life Dray. to talk about it as thingification. This is not to a drag performer named Shawn and then just about what happens to people who are his persona, A-Diva! So you are playing a victims or targets of oppression but also the character who is playing a character. Was WINDY CITY TIMES July 27, 2016 21

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EMAIL [email protected] FOR AN ORDER FORM Shows, locations, dates/times subject to change. No requests for alternate dates will be guaranteed. 22 July 27, 2016 WINDY CITY TIMES country-radio stations not playing a lot of in-cheek kind of song. One day I will get it out. Dolly Parton. female artists? Thanks for asking. PR photo DP: I think we have a lot of wonderful female Question: What accounts for your LGBT artists in the business today. I am really proud following? of them too like Taylor and all of the great gals DP: Well, I don’t really know for sure—I’m who are hot on the charts. I have always been just happy that it is. I feel people don’t come proud to be a woman and I have always been to see me be me but, instead, come to see me treated well. Of course we would like to get be them. I have had a big following and ben- played all the time. We certainly should be re- efited so long that a lot of people just grew up spected and appreciated for our talent just like with me. I feel like a family member, like an everybody else. I think we are. aunt or a sister. I am different and have fought Question: When is your dance album with for the right to be myself as well. I think that the song “Just a Wee Bit Gay” coming out? is why gays and lesbians relate to me. They DP: Every time I start to work on that, some- know I appreciate everyone for who they are. thing else comes up. This big tour is keeping I think we should accept everybody for who me busy through December and had to record and what we are. Why can’t we be allowed to an album to go with that. I have to put that be that? I’m not out to preach no sermons but dance album on the shelf again. One of these I am here to do work, sing my songs, and love days I promise you I’m going to get that out. people. That is one of the cute songs on it: “Just a Wee Bit Gay.” It is a fun light-hearted tongue- Turn to page 28

5 p.m.: King WCT Theatre 7 p.m.: Lez Zeppelin Series launches 8 p.m.: Chicago DJs The 2016-17 Windy City Times Theatre Se- Aldine Stage ries has launched. 1 and 6 p.m.: The Cabaret Project The cost is $265 for all eight shows; 60 percent of all the possible subscriptions have Belmont Stage already been sold. 1:30 p.m.: Drag Revue The shows in the series are: 4:15 p.m.: ABBA salute —Thursday, Oct. 6: Hand to God, by Robert 6 p.m.: Lizzo Askins, at Victory Gardens Theater, 2433 N. 7:30 p.m.: La Bouche Lincoln Ave. Dolly Parton: 8:45 p.m.: Deborah Cox —Saturday, Nov. 12: I Am My Own Wife, by Doug Wright, at About Face Theatre Living the ‘Simple’ life —December: Holiday show, TBD —Sunday, Jan. 8: Men on Boats, by Jaclyn Backhaus at the American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron St. —Friday, March 3: The Scottsboro Boys (book by David Thompson; music and lyrics by Kander & Ebb) at Porchlight Music The- by Jerry Nunn writing. It comes out on August 19. atre, 4200 W. Diversey Pkwy. Question: Do you come up with new things —Tuesday, April 18: Shakespeare in Love The legendary Dolly Parton started performing throughout the tour? (based on the screenplay by Marc Norman for churches at age 6 and now, at 70, she shows DP: Yes, because I love the fans and they are and Tom Stoppard) at Chicago Shakespeare no signs of stopping. Over the years Parton has all different. Just like you have lots of friends Theater, 800 E. Grand Ave. carved out a career with hits like “Here You and they are all different, but you love them —Wed., May 24: Parade, by Alfred Uhry and Come Again” and “Jolene.” Her song “I Will all. I know my fans for that night have not seen Jason Robert Brown at Writers Theatre, 325 Always Love You” was actually written about the show so I play to that particular crowd. I Tudor Ct., Glencoe her professional break from Porter Wagoner but love doing concerts and it is a love fest for my —Hir, by Taylor Mac, at Steppenwolf The- has gone on to have a life of its own making audience and myself. I really enjoy doing it. atre, 1650 N. Halsted St. millions. Question: How do you make the tour bus Email [email protected] for She created a theme park, Dollywood, that feel like home? an order form. still continues to this day and has starred in DP: First of all, I stay on that bus. I have many films, from 9 to 5 to Joyful Noise. it stocked with everything I like. I’ve got my Parton’s new tour, “Pure and Simple,” lands favorite pillows, makeup and food on there. I Market Days her in Highland Park at the Ravinia Festival. cook before we go on the tour and I put stuff talent unveiled Windy City Times spoke to her about her pos- in the freezer so I have some good country Northalsted Market Days has announced Deborah Cox. sible upcoming dance album and her LGBT fol- food. We used to have caterers cook for us the musical acts for the Aug. 13-14 event PR photo lowing at a press conference. but I always have to have a little taste of that that will take place on North Halsted Street Question: Can you start off with describ- Southern stuff like chicken and dumplings or between Belmont Avenue and Addison Street, Sunday, Aug. 14 ing this new show? pork roast or fried corn or whatever it is I may 11 a.m.-10 p.m. North Stage at Addison fix. I can’t eat it all the time because I have to Dolly Parton: We try to have a little some- Among the acts performing Aug. 13 are 1 p.m.: Drag revue wear my show clothes. thing for everybody. I try to be as entertain- Deborah Cox (“Nobody’s Supposed To Be 3 p.m.: Girl Power Night When I am away from home, the food makes ing as I can be. We do all the hits that people Here,” at 8:45 p.m. on the Belmont Stage), 5 p.m.: FHB me not so homesick. expect me to do, “9 to 5,” “I Will Always Love Diana King (“Shy Guy,” 4:30 p.m. on the Ad- 5:10 p.m.: Kaycee Ortiz You,” “Two Doors Down,” “Here You Come Question: What is next after the tour? dison Stage) and Lez Zeppelin (7 p.m. on the 5:45 p.m.: Alex Newell Again,” “Jolene” and more. I do a family seg- DP: Well, I haven’t done this extensive a tour Nissan Innovation Stage). 6:45 p.m.: Autograf (DJ set) ment where I do a lot of the songs from back in about 25 years. I have done a lot of Europe- The following day has these stars, among 8 p.m.: DJ Ryan Kenney home. I reminisce about who I am and how I an touring, but not like this. Afterward, I want others: Alex Newell (5:45 p.m. on the Ad- got to be that way. I do some gospel stuff and to get more involved in producing television dison Stage), Amy & Freddy (6 p.m. on the Nissan Innovation Stage try to be funny. and films. I want to continue with Dollywood Aldine Stage), Erika Jayne (8 p.m. on the 1:30 p.m.: Sidewalk Chalk It is a small band with three of us on the and my other business things. Belmont Stage) and Windy City Cowboys (3 3 p.m.: Windy City Cowboys stage. It is easy to hear and the simplest show Question: The TV movie Coat of Many Col- p.m. on the Nissan Innovation Stage). 4:30 p.m.: Drag revue I have ever done. We don’t have a lot of big ors was a huge hit. How do you feel about There is a $10 suggested donation to Mar- 6:30 p.m.: Rod Tuffcurls and the Bench- music and lighting. It is called Pure and Simple it? ket Days. Visit Northalsted.com. press and it basically is. DP: It has always been my favorite song that 8:30 p.m.: 16 Candles Question: How do you describe the new I have written. So many people can relate to Saturday, Aug. 13 album? that and being made fun of for something you North Stage at Addison Aldine Stage DP: It is called Pure and Simple. There are wore and made to feel less. It addresses a lot 1 p.m.: Lakeside Pride Jazz Combo 1:30 and 3:45 p.m.: The Cabaret Project love songs I have written because I was mar- of things like love and kindness. There is not a 2:30 p.m.: The Gingers 6 p.m.: Amy & Freddy ried 50 years this past year to Carl Dean, my lot of family faith-based shows on TV anymore. 4:30 p.m.: Diana King husband. I thought it would be a good time to I think people are hungry for that. I think 6 p.m.: Chicago DJs Belmont Stage do an album of love songs. something simple and homey struck a nerve 8:30 p.m.: Sir the Baptists 2:30 p.m.: Wedding Banned They are also pure in nature and pretty sim- with people. We are doing another one called a 5 p.m.: RJD2 ple from the old records that I used to record Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love. It fol- Nissan Innovation Stage 6:15 p.m.: Catfight long ago, which I think my true fans will re- lows the same family. I’m excited about it and 1:30 p.m.: Jake Miller 8 p.m.: Erika Jayne ally appreciate. It is nice at this age to still be touched it did so well. 2:45 p.m.: Slo ‘Mo 9 p.m.: Boy Band Review making records. I’ve always loved singing and Question: What is your opinion about WINDY CITY TIMES July 27, 2016 23 Richards said said she hasn’t yet made any Jen Richards in Her Story. money from Her Story. “I’ve had some great Photo courtesy of Richards things happen, but Angelica [Ross, her co-star and friend] and I are in a strange place. … We are at a point where we have to show up on red carpets with hair and makeup, and be put together, and ‘on’—but you’re not actually being paid for any of it yet. I’m getting by, but mostly through the charity of friends. I’ve living with a couple in LA who have an extra room.” But she called such kindnesses “a queer thing. People in the queer community have in- vested in me. They want me to succeed. They take me out to dinner, give me a place to stay, let me borrow their cars, so I can do this work.” Another project in which Richards has a hand is More Than T, an upcoming documentary series exploring issues pertinent to the transgender community; she worked on that alongside Silas Howard, one of the directors of the Trans- parent series. Their project pairs longer-form documentaries with several short public service announcements, which are titled Trans 102. The first of those PSA’s, about anti-transgender Jen Richards talks bathroom bills, was recently released online. “We’re taking for granted that there’s a little bit of knowledge out there about trans people now, and we’re going to try to push that con- Emmy nomination versation a little further. We shot the PSA’s earlier this year. We fast-tracked the bathroom PSA because of HB 2,” Richards said. The rest and Trans 102 of the PSA’s, she added, will likely be ready by late-summer or fall. As for now, she’s savoring the Emmy nomination. “The best thing of all is that everyone else is so excited, as if they got the nomination By Matt Simonette there and that it would mainly be a “labor of other’s work,” Richards said, comparing it to too,” noted Richards. “It feels like an affirma- love” with a small audience. the group that had formed around filmmaker tion for people of color, for queer people, for For former Chicagoan Jen Richards, who is “Everything changed when a producer out in Judd Apatow. trans people. Everyone feels like they have a transgender, the Emmy nomination for Her Sto- L.A., Katherine Fisher, came across the script,” “I feel it’s like that, like we’re going to be share in this nomination and that’s really a ry—the web series she co-wrote and co-stars Richards recalled. “Her only requirement was ‘the’ next group of people,” she explained. “But nice feeling.” in—seemed surreal. that we move production from Chicago to L.A. it won’t be a group of straight white men—it’ll “It was a lot to process,” said Richards, who But she brought many more resources there be a group of everyone but that.” now lives in Los Angeles. “I didn’t think we than we could have done in Chicago, and were going to get it—not because I didn’t people like our director, Sydney Freeland; our think it was deserving. I think it was. It’s just director of photography, Bérénice Eveno; and that it was a longshot because we are such our editor, Bryan Darling. They were very pro- a small, independent production. We had no fessional people and, collectively, this kind of CULTURECULTURE CLUBCLUB studio-backing, marketing budget or celebri- magic began happening. People would drop ties attached.” their fees. People would shift their schedules. Her Story is a six-part series centered on Los People saw something special in the script and Angeles trans women; it debuted online last they wanted to be part of it.” January. Its Emmy nomination in the Television Richards, who was also a regular on Caitlyn Academy’s new Outstanding Short Form Comedy Jenner’s I am Cait series, has been living in or Drama Series category was the only one in Los Angeles for about a year. “I’ve had my first its category not associated with an existing L.A. winter, and I’m never doing another one in television program. Chicago,” she joked. “We’re such an outlier,” Richards said. “We’re But she added that she also likes the scene the only indie show, the only YouTube show, she found in Los Angeles, a community of kin- the only queer show.” dred-spirit creative professionals. Richards and co-creator Laura Zak conceived “They’re content creators who aren’t straight of Her Story back when she was still living white men, basically. We’re creating our own in Chicago. They expected to film the project content, working together and supporting each

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Salute the Peanut: Honoring the DISH George Washington Carver Weekly Dining Guide in Shrimp tacos WINDY CITY TIMES at Uncle Julio’s. Photo by SAVOR Andrew Davis Uncle Julio’s Thu., July 28, 7 pm BY NINA MATTI Elixir Lounge, 3452 N. Halsted St. An event filled with peanut-y drinks and Originally opened in Dallas, Uncle Julio’s (855 W. treats to honor George Washington Carv- North Ave. and other Chicagoland locations; Un- served as a perfect appetizer to start a meal. churros came tumbling down. I would honestly er’s birthday. Presented by The Legacy cleJulios.com) has now spread to locations across I ordered the jalisco fajitas for my entree. Our return to Uncle Julio’s just for that chocolate pi- Project, Northalsted Business Alliance the country, but its Texas roots are still strong. server recommended them, and they did not dis- nata. The fruit was all juicy and delicious; the shell and Center on Halsted. Everything from its south-of-the-border-inspired appoint. They were a lovely combination of mes- was chocolate, so how could it be bad? And the decor to its mesquite-grilled fajitas and “go big or quite-grilled jumbo shrimp, chicken and steak homemade caramel sauce paired perfectly with the go home” portions transports it patrons away from topped with a garlic-butter sauce. fallen items for dipping. the busy Lincoln Park streets and into a truly laid The real icing on the cake that was this meal, As if the chocolate pinata isn’t reason enough CGHA Beer Bust and back Texan experience. though, was the chocolate pinata my dining com- to make a trip to Uncle Julio’s, the atmosphere Hot Jock Contest Everything from my first sip of the strawberry panion and I ordered for dessert. It was delivered should be. Even at 3 p.m. on a Friday, the bar was guava lemonade to the very last bite of dessert in the form of a large, hollow chocolate ball sus- pleasantly full of happy hour drinkers. Families was well-made, delicious and something I would pended over a platter that was nearly the size of and couples surrounded us in the dining area. The definitely order again. our table. Our server handed me a wooden baton decor was charming and the staff was friendly and A few must-try items: The ceviche fresca was a and told me to hit the pinata. When I did, an welcoming, but the food puts Uncle Julio’s over wonderfully light and refreshing medley of shrimp, assortment of fresh fruit and bits of homemade the top. scallops and tilapia marinated in citrus juices that Fri., July 29, 8-11:30 pm Crew Bar + Grill 4804 N. Broadway Chicago Gay Hockey Association hosts this beer bust fundraiser. $20 wristbands entitle you to 50 cent Lagunitas IPA. Raffle with great prizes. Hot jock contest with the players of the CGHA at 11.

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Sat., July 30, 6:30-9:30 pm Second Unitarian Church of Chicago, 656 W. Barry Ave. Lauren Peckman will be calling and music will be provided by John Huber and Steve Hinds. To help pay for the band, SIDETRACK caller and dance hall, we request at- Gorgeous things at the special Absolutely Fabulous ‘Sync It party, Wed., July 20. tendees donate $10. Photos by Jed Dulanas WINDY CITY TIMES July 27, 2016 27 Billy Masters

“I used to think that I would be like Keith Har- ing or Robert Mapplethorpe. But instead I’ve become Neil Patrick Harris—only not as cool ‘cause I can’t tap dance.”—Agustin (Frankie J. Alvarez) HBO’s new movie isn’t worth “Looking” at, shares a secret with Patrick (Jonathan Groff) on Billy says. Looking: The Movie. How does Paddy respond? Photo of Jonathan Groff and Russell Tovey “You could learn.” And you wonder why the show from the TV series from HBO was cancelled. In these troubled times when you don’t know best acting came from 1983 Best Actress Emmy who to trust, let me assure you that I, Billy Mas- Award winner Tyne Daly! ters, have written each and every word of this One member of the Looking cast had reason to column every week for more than two decades. celebrate last week. Daniel Franzese (formerly Why, I was just telling my children Sasha and best known for his role in Mean Girls) got en- Malia about how this started—when their father gaged. The proposal took place at the same North and I were community activists in Chicago. Hold Hollywood Starbucks where he met his beau, Jo- on. I might be channeling my inner Michelle seph Bradley Phillips, more than a year ago. Dan- Obama—something we all do occasionally. Who iel gave the barista a ring and had him put it in could blame Melania for that? Plus, Melania/Ma- a cup labeled “Mr. and Mr. Franzese.” Needless to lia—they’re very similar! While the hopeful First say, Phillips said yes. “Joseph has given me the Lady is trying to find her way, might I suggest best of his heart. Finding my soulmate has made a niche which may fit her to a T: she can be the all the years I struggled with myself worth it,” first First Lady to have intentionally posed top- said Franzese. Congrats! less! Oh, sure, Jackie Kennedy was a Hustler cen- Someone who didn’t necessarily believe in mo- terfold, but at least Melania had the good sense nogamy was Peter O’Toole. According to Peter to get paid for it. Unless someone can prove me O’Toole: Hellraiser, Sexual Outlaw, Irish Rebel, wrong with photos of a spread-eagle Eleanor the acclaimed actor had 1,033 lovers—give or Roosevelt (a sight precious few would ever want take. The book includes quite juicy exploits. to see), I think Melania’s place in history is se- One of the most outrageous is about an evening cured. Am I the only one to note her resemblance he shared with Richard Burton and Ava Gard- to Caitlyn Jenner? ner while they were filming Night of the Iguana Political conventions are always big money- near O’Toole’s home in Puerto Vallarta. After a makers. And you know who made out well with night of heavy drinking, Gardner allegedly said the Republicans? Gay escorts. We hear the GOP to the duo, “There’s a fire raging inside me. And I couldn’t get enough of men for hire. In fact, think that it will take two stout-hearted men—a hookers were actually carpooling and being Welshman and an Irishman—to extinguish the bused into the Cleveland area! The New York Post flame.” got a few of the rentboys on the record—without O’Toole later told his business partner, “She was actually using their names, naturally. They pro- right. It took the both of us to satisfy her that vided such tantalizing morsels as, “Business has night.” What makes the book even more timely is been way better. I’ve seen 10 clients so far;” “I the inclusion of an affair Peter had with one of normally only make $200 to $300, but I’ve been my dear friends. Lady April Ashley is noted as seeing lots of guys in hotels downtown” and being one of the first Brits to have gender-reas- “Most of them were first-timers. You could tell signment surgery. As a woman with an unknown they were nervous, but once they became more past, April was a successful model and actress in comfortable, they seemed to be having a good the ‘60s and was wooed by O’Toole. She didn’t 1 Month time.” Apparently, the female prostitutes did not share her secret until they were at the height of experience a proverbial bump in business. But I passion. “I was born a boy,” she told him. “Peter FREE bet they’ll be doing banner business in the City was too far gone at that point to worry about with promo code: of Brotherly Love! what sex I had been born,” said Ashley. You know how after you’ve broken up with Our “Ask Billy” question comes from Sander in WCT someone, you start to romanticize the relation- Illinois: “A friend of mine just showed me a video ship? It wasn’t that bad. Maybe you shouldn’t of Zayn Malik (formerly of One Direction) suck- have broken up. After a while, you give the ex ing dick. It sure looks legit to me. Thoughts?” a call and get together ... just to see. And you Looks real to me, too. And the woefully over- know what you will invariably discover? That you worked Filth2Go forensic examiners have told me were right to break up in the first place. That that no editing or altering has been done to the sums up the long-awaited Looking: The Movie. footage. But our legal team wants me to make it Spoiler alert: HBO has found a way to unmemo- clear that we cannot say without any doubt that rably tie up the loose ends of a show that was this is Zayn. We can say, however, that if you’d unmemorable to begin with. like to see someone who appears to be Zayn Only time will tell if this film will also (er- sucking on what appears to be an enormous dick roneously) be regarded fondly upon reflection. (and sucking it rather enthusiastically), then go But it reminded me of every reason why initial to BillyMasters.com. viewers tuned out in droves. For the first half When Melania needs a birth certificate to use hour, I kept wondering, “Who talks like this?” the restroom, it’s time to end yet another col- I distracted myself trying to figure out whether umn. I bet if she gave the speech in her native the problem was the writing, the direction, the Slovenian, nobody would have noticed—nobody Your place or mine? acting or (d) all of the above. Then, after 45 except moi. Because we always get to the bot- minutes, something finally happened. That oasis tom of things at www.BillyMasters.com—the site The mobile hookup site for gay and bi men lasted 10 minutes. Precious little has changed for that’s multilingual. If you have a question, send these characters since HBO put them out of their it to [email protected], and I promise to misery last March. But that didn’t stop the thir- get back to you before Zayn proves he doesn’t tysomethings from apologizing for being out of suck. Until next time, remember: One man’s filth touch. Hello? 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