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President Barack Obama greets departing Associate Counsel to the President Alison J. “Ali” Nathan, left, Meg Satterthwaite, and their twin sons Oliver and Nathan, in the Outer Oval Office, Jase Bolger and the Michigan Legislature to July 7, 2010. OfficialW hite House Photo by Pete Souza amend the Elliot-Larsen Civil Rights Act. Jon Hoadley, the Unity Michigan Coalition director, pointed out that in Michigan more amining foreign law and not supportive enough that Nathan is well-qualified to serve as a feder- than 60 percent of people believe that no one of the death penalty. He said her willingness to al judge, the majority did. And Nathan’s rating, should lose his or her job based on sexual- review the values behind foreign law is Nathan’s he said, “is equal to or better than the rating ity. Hoadley also noted that with Michigan’s strategy for finding law to reach a result that received by 33 of President Bush’s confirmed ju- unemployment rate of 10.9 percent, it is es- U.S. law would not support. dicial nominees.” pecially timely to enhance the state’s non- “Her record,” said Sessions, “evidences an ac- Nathan is counselor to the New York state discrimination law to ensure that everyone is tivist viewpoint…. She has the real potential to solicitor general and, prior to that, served as judged solely on their performance and qualifi- be an activist judge.” a special assistant to President Obama. Nathan cations. Hoadley believes that the support for During her confirmation hearing, Nathan said clerked for now retired U.S. Supreme Court Jus- an amendment is there and that an increased foreign law would have “no relevance to my tice John Paul Stevens, as well as 9th Circuit vocalization of that support will lead to legis- OutServe has interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.” But U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Betty Fletcher. lative change. she acknowledged that there is “an important She is a former assistant professor of law at “The campaign is a project of the Unity historic meeting debate” on “what role the Supreme Court’s ref- Fordham University, a former associate of the Michigan Coalition,” Hoadley said. “There have The board members and chapter leaders of erence to foreign law is playing in the Court’s Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr law firm, been a lot of really good groups in Michigan OutServe—the association of actively serv- decision….” She has also written that the and a former fellow at New York University Law that have been working on gay and transgen- ing LGBT military personnel—met Oct. 15 in three-drug protocol for implementing the death School. der issues for a while, but they came together a conference leading in to the first-ever Out- penalty inflicts “severe pain,” violating the 8th So far, the Senate has cleared two of President over the last year and said, ‘We really want to Serve Armed Forces Leadership Summit, ac- Amendment’s guarantee that the federal govern- Obama’s four openly gay judicial nominees. In kick this up into high gear. How do we work cording to an organizational press release. ment will not inflict “cruel or unusual punish- addition to Nathan, the Senate has confirmed together to tackle some really big projects?’ This was the first time that most members of ment.” Paul Oetken, also to the U.S. District Court for We decided to go all in and have a coalition, the online-based organization were meeting in Republican Senators Charles Grassley of Iowa the Southern District of New York. share expenses, work efficiently and tackle person. and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma hinted strongly in Obama’s most recent openly gay nominee, Mi- these really big projects. We chose to work “After working together online for so long, July that they would likely oppose Nathan’s con- chael Fitzpatrick, a nominee for the federal dis- [first] on non-discrimination issues.” there was an instant connection,” said Air firmation on the floor of the Senate. Both cited trict court in Los Angeles, appeared before the The timing could not be better given that Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Engle, one of 48 chap- what they saw as Nathan’s lack of experience Senate Judiciary Committee Oct. 4. A committee the day before the campaign launched state ter leaders worldwide. “We had a lot of agree- with litigation, and Coburn suggested she would vote on his nomination is expected in the com- Rep. Tom McMillin, R-Rochester Hills, proposed ment about where we want to go, and how we been an “activist judge.” ing weeks. a bill that would forbid civil-rights protections wanted to help the OutServe organization and On the floor of the Senate Oct. 13, Coburn did However, federal appeals court nominee Ed- that go beyond Michigan’s current law—in ef- the military.” More than half the chapter lead- not speak. However, Grassely, ranking minority ward DuMont has still not received even a com- fect, rolling back protections that at least 18 ers attended. member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, re- mittee hearing. A committee staffer said Repub- local governments have enacted dealing with Discussions focused on issues as well as iterated Republican criticism of Nathan, noting licans are still “reviewing” his qualifications. sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill concerns of OutServe members, including ways the American Bar Association suggests “at least With her confirmation, Nathan becomes the would also prohibit school districts and state to involve veterans and allies in the organiza- 12 years’ experience in the practice of law” and third openly gay judge in that federal district— agencies from offering enhanced protections. tion; how to support partners and families in “substantial courtroom and trial experience” for along with Deborah Batts and Oetken. She be- “I think that the current political climate is the absence of military recognition; and ways judicial nominees. comes the fourth openly gay federal judge in the a wake-up call for anyone who wants to say to improve connections between local Out- Nathan “graduated only 11 years ago,” said country—along with Emily Hewitt of the U.S. that, in Michigan, discrimination doesn’t hap- Serve groups and their local commands and Grassley, and has been practicing law for only Court of Federal Claims. Batts and Hewitt were pen,” Hoadley said. “If that’s the case, then communities. eight years. both appointed by President Clinton. why do opponents of equality feel the need Photos online at http://www.WindyCityMe- The ABA standards also note that there is mer- ©2011 by Keen News Service. All rights re- to introduce legislation that would prohibit us diaGroup.com by Todd Burton it in “experience that is similar to in-court trial served. from creating a solution? What is clear, based work—such as appearing before or serving on WINDY CITY TIMES Oct. 19, 2011 5 GAY HISTORY MONTH PROFILE Langbehn to receive discrimination against gay men and lesbians in hospital-visitation policies—called Lang- ONLINE AT presidential medal behn to apologize for what she endured in the WINDYCITYMEDIAGROUP.COM Benjamin Franklin: The White House announced that former hospital. Lambda Legal client Janice Langbehn will be The recipients will be honored Oct. 20. NATIONAL NEWS Writer, inventor one of 13 recipients of the 2011 Presidential statesman and Citizens Medal, the nation’s second-highest ci- vilian honor, according to a press release. friend to gays “We’re proud that Janice will receive the Presidential Citizens Medal from the White By VICTORIA A. BROWNWORTH House in recognition of her tireless advoca- Exclusively for Windy City times cy beginning in a Florida hospital more than National Gay History Project three years ago,” said Kevin Cathcart, Ex- —Alan Cumming (left) ecutive Director for Lambda Legal. “Because joins Bi Social Network There is no more fascinating character among Janice boldly told her story, President Obama the Founding Fathers than Benjamin Franklin. heard about her and issued the directive last —Male high schooler An intellectual powerhouse credited with an ex- year that led to the new federal rules that will suspended for traordinary number of inventions and writings, protect same-sex couples and their families kissing another boy he also was one of the three most pivotal play- across the country.” ers in the solidifying of the new colonial govern- When Langbehn’s domestic partner of 18 —Westboro Baptist ment, along with George Washington and Thom- years, Lisa Pond, was rushed to Miami’s Jack- as Jefferson. Historian Walter Isaacson, author to protest at son Memorial Hospital, officials initially de- Janice Langbehn and Sharon Gless (star of of the definitive biography of Franklin, described the Ohio State Univ. nied visitation rights to Langbehn. After hours Chicago-made lesbian-themed movie Han- him as “the most accomplished American of his of waiting, Langbehn accompanied a priest nah Free, which dealt with the issue of hos- age and the most influential in inventing the who said last rites for Pond. pital visitation and same-sex couples) at a type of society America would become.” It was Earlier this year, President Obama—who June 2010 release party for the DVD and Franklin who edited the Declaration of Indepen- signed a memorandum calling for an end to book. Photo by Hal Baim dence as Jefferson wrote it, making significant changes, which altered the course of history. 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their city peers, especially in communities AFTAH banquet Queer suburban where LGB youth issues have yet to be priori- tized. youth face “It’s a lot harder for, particularly adults, to say ‘not in my school, not in my home, not in picketed, vandalized alarming rates my neighborhood,’” said Sullivan. “It’s going to be huge in terms of advocacy to say that we BY KATE SOSIN by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Many gay of violence have this data.” activists argue that Lively’s work in Uganda, in- BY KATE SOSIN The annual banquet for anti-gay organizations cluding a 2009 visit, have fed anti-gay hate and Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AF- violence that country. A new analysis of a survey in suburban Cook Attorney TAH) stirred protest from local LGBT activists GLN’s Bob Schwartz, Andy Thayer and Fraser County has found that LGB high school stu- and also resulted in vandalism Oct. 15. gave speeches. dents outside of Chicago face violence, de- suspended over Just hours before the event, the windows were According to Fraser, the demonstration drew pression and substance abuse at rates that far smashed at the Christian Liberty Academy in Ar- greater police presence than years past but exceed their straight peers, sometimes by up anti-gay slurs lington Heights, where the banquet was held. fewer protesters. Fraser estimates that just 30 to four times. BY KATE SOSIN Gay Liberation Network (GLN), who organized people picketed the banquet. Windy City Times reported last month that Fraser suggested that many who have protest- findings on the Youth Risk Behavior Survey A Chicago lawyer who allegedly hurled anti- ed the banquet in years past were siphoned off (YRBS), administered nationally but issued for gay slurs at colleagues is facing a month-long this year by Occupy Chicago, the ongoing pro- the first time for suburban Cook County alone suspension and two years professional proba- test downtown against alleged corporate greed. last year, found that 10 percent of students tion. The protest ended without incident. were bullied for being perceived as gay. Thomas Guadagno signed an agreement with AFTAH responded to the vandalism that oc- The Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, which ad- the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disci- curred earlier in the day on its website, stating vocates for LGBT youth in schools, requested plinary Commission (ARDC) that suspends him that “pro-homosexual activists” were respon- a special analysis of the data and released the from practicing law for a month and commits sible for the damage. findings exclusively to Windy City Times. him to anger management therapy. An anonymous post on the Chicago Indymedia The new analysis shows that 39 percent of According to the agreement, Guadagno’s website took credit for the vandalism, stating LGB suburban youth have been teased because “misconduct involved multiple incidents over that the attack was in anticipation of the AFTAH of their sexual orientation, while more than 45 an extended period of time” during which he banquet. percent had been in a physical fight (transgen- called other lawyers “faggot” and “gay scum.” “These chunks of concrete were thrown der is not included on YRBS surveys). In May 2009, Guadango was found guilty in through these windows and doors for two rea- At 25 percent, queer youth were also more a criminal case of disorderly conduct for call- sons: to show that there is a consequence for than four times as likely to have been forced ing another lawyer in traffic court “gay” and “a hatred and homophobia in our community and to have unwanted sex than straight students. bad person.” The agreement goes on to state to directly cause this event to be shut down,” The study further suggests that 41 percent that Guadango continued to make disparaging the statement said. of LGB youth thought about attempting sui- remarks even after a sheriff’s deputy told him The statement went on to say that such at- cide, while over 31 percent of queer youth re- to stop. tacks on the academy will continue so long as ported actually attempting suicide compared Guadagno lost an appeal of that case. anti-gay trainings and events do. with 7.3 percent for straight students. The ARDC agreement notes that Guadango GLN leaders said in a statement that they were LGB students also reported using marijuana “acknowledged that his conduct was inappro- Scott Lively. Photo courtesy of the Gay not responsible for the vandalism nor did they at more than double the rate of straight peers priate and expressed regret for it.” Liberation Network know who was. The group also said they “would and four times more reported using ecstasy However, despite signing the agreement, his not put it past [AFTAH] to commit this minor (16 percent). lawyer, William Harte, told Windy City Times the protest, said it was not involved in the van- vandalism against the Academy themselves so “These are young people screaming at us to his client denies wrongdoing. dalism. that they could put upon themselves the mantel do something,” said Shannon Sullivan, execu- “He claims that people were giving him a GLN has picketed the event in years past as of “victim.” tive director of the Alliance. Sullivan said that real hard time, and he was resisting,” said well as other AFTAH events. Drawing controversy “It says something about the profound narcis- such numbers suggest that queer youth could Harte. “He’s a very decent person.” this year in particular was the organization’s de- sism of American political life that political be using drugs as coping mechanisms to deal According to Harte, Guadagno maintains cision to give its “American Truth Teller” award leaders and organizations who advocate for wars with depression and anxiety. that he never used the slurs. to Scott Lively, Abiding Truth Ministries Presi- upon millions overseas, and repression of whole However, she said, the numbers are not sur- Asked why his client signed a document dent, who many activists blame for anti-gay vio- groups of people at home and abroad, are taken prising, given similar findings by the Illinois he disagreed with, Harte said that Guadagno lence in Uganda. aback when minor vandalism is visited upon YRBS as well as the Chicago Public Schools “wanted to get it over.” “These guys are professional bigots,” said Rog- them,” GLN said in a statement.” version. Both of those surveys showed that Harte said his client has been attending an- er Fraser, an organizer with GLN. “They’ve made Several GLN members attended the Occupy LGB youth in the city and throughout the ger management class for the past two years. a career of it, and they’re on the march.” Chicago protest in Grant Park after the AFTAH state experience depression, violence and drug In his criminal appeal last year, Guadagno Both AFTAH and Lively’s Abiding Truth Min- protest. One was arrested, said Fraser. and alcohol use at rates far greater than their was represented by the Thomas More Society. istries are classified as anti-gay hate groups straight peers. That firm is currently representing three Cath- Further, Sullivan believes that the findings olic charities in their battle against the state point to a larger trend. Despite attempts by for foster-care contracts they were denied af- LGBT youth advocates to talk to young people, ter refusing to place children with same-sex statistics remain relatively bleak. If anything, civil union partners and single parents. Sullivan said, risk behaviors for straight stu- In March, the Thomas More Society de- dents are on the rise. nounced President Obama’s declaration that “You don’t have to gay to be called with an- Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional. ti-gay language,” she said. “The non-gay peers “Laws that reserve marriage and the benefits are unfortunately catching up.” of marriage to opposite-sex couples promote Nearly 9 percent of straight students re- the State’s legitimate, indeed compelling in- ported being teased for being perceived as terests, in providing a stable environment in LGB. Heterosexual students have also reported which to procreate children and in providing higher rates of other risk behaviors in recent the benefits of being raised in a household years. with both a mother and a father,” the firm said Other areas where LGB students differ less in a statement on their website. drastically from straight students point to According to Peter Breen, an attorney with more complicated trends. While nearly 27 per- the Thomas More Society, Guadagno also de- cent of LGB students reported going 24 hours nied the accusations in his criminal appeal. without eating to lose weight (compared to “No one testified that they heard him say 10 percent for straight youth), just 42 percent the words that he was alleged to have said,” reported engaging in physical activity for at Breen told Windy City Times, adding that his least an hour a day. Fifty percent of hetero- firm was concerned with Guadango’s rights to sexual students reported exercising for an hour free speech in a criminal case and not content the movement were arrested Oct. 15 for stay- daily. of the alleged slurs. Occupy Chicago ing in Grant Park past the site’s closing time. The difference in exercise statistics might be Breen, upon reading the slurs in another The next day, people gathered at LaSalle Street small, Sullivan said, but it could suggest that newspaper, expressed surprise and commented protest continues that he could not imagine repeating the epi- More than three weeks after starting, Oc- and Jackson Boulevard to march back to the some LGB students feel less comfortable join- thets. “If [Guadagno’s] got an issue, I’m glad cupy Chicago—a branch of the anti-corporate park, the Chicago Tribune reported. ing school sports teams. he’s getting it taken care of,” Breen said. protest that initiated on New York City’s Wall Protesters in the photo are at the Oct. 16 The suburban Cook County findings should Street—is still taking place. daytime Occupy Chicago events at LaSalle and dispel some misconceptions that suburban Approximately 175 people connected with Jackson streets. Photo by Tracy Baim, more queer youth face different challenges than online at www.windycitymediagroup.com WINDY CITY TIMES Oct. 19, 2011 7 8 Oct. 19, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES

Frank Kameny was recognized by President Obama during his remarks at the June 29, 2009 LGBT Pride Month reception at the White House. Photo by Pete Souza, courtesy of the White House Gay-rights leader Kameny has died BY Tracy Baim Earlier this year, Kameny’s 1961 petition to administration, represented by openly gay John When Chicago’s chapter of the early national the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to reclaim his Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Man- gay organization One Inc. hosted an annual One of the gay movement’s most important pio- government job, was put on display at the Li- agement, apologized to Kameny for the treat- banquet in early 1974, Kameny was among the neers, Dr. Franklin E. Kameny, died Oct. 11 of brary of Congress. ment he received from the U.S. government, and national movement leaders who attended. natural causes. He was 86. The Library of Congress exhibition states: he gave Kameny the Theodore Roosevelt Award, Kameny’s home in D.C. was designated a his- Kameny, a World War II Army veteran, was “Frank Kameny, a founder of the American gay- his office’s highest honor, on June 29, 2009. toric landmark by that city in 2009. The “Doctor” among the first gays to protest outside of the rights movement, was the first person to file a OPM’s Berry issued a statement about Kameny: in his name is from a Ph.D. in astronomy from White House, on April 17, 1965 (he helped or- petition to the Supreme Court for a violation of “Dr. Frank Kameny was an American hero who Harvard University. Longtime Chicago activist ganize the protest), and later the Pentagon, his civil rights based on sexual orientation after transformed our nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual William B. Kelley had known Kameny since 1966, Independence Hall in Philadelphia and other being fired by the Army Map Service [he was an and transgender community. His courage, his when both participated in the National Planning institutions. He fought against anti-gay bias in astronomer] in 1957. Although Kameny argued brilliance, his force of will led to victory in a Conference of Homophile Organizations, a meet- federal hiring, against the American Psychiatric that the government’s actions toward gays were decades-long fight for equality. He helped make ing in Kansas City that created NACHO. Association’s classification of homosexuality as an ‘affront to human dignity,’ his petition was it possible for countless of patriotic Americans On learning of Kameny’s death, Kelley said: a mental disorder, against the District of Colum- denied by the Supreme Court.” to hold security clearances and high govern- “I’m glad Frank began to receive wider recogni- bia’s sodomy law, and for a wide range of other Almost 50 years later, Kameny was invited to ment positions, including me. And in so doing, tion in recent years for those decades of stub- LGBT rights. the White House to right that wrong. The Obama he showed everyone what was possible for every born and self-sacrificial battles for gay equality. employer in our country. He was known for be- Besides his commitment and achievements, I ing feisty and combative, but he was also big- admired his great intelligence, his meticulous, hearted. utterly honest self-presentation, and his ready “He honored me personally by attending my wit. He could sometimes appear sure of himself swearing-in, and showed his ability to forgive and of what he had done, but he deployed that by accepting my official apology on behalf of certitude for all of our sakes, not for his own. the government for the sad and discredited ter- And even if it had been otherwise, he would mination of his federal employment by the U.S. have been entitled: He was a giant figure in our Civil Service Commission, the predecessor of the history, and now one sadly missed.” agency I now head. We presented and he ac- Long-time Chicago historian, writer and activ- cepted OPM’s highest honor, the Theodore Roos- ist Marie J. Kuda also reflected on Kameny. “I did evelt Award, given to those who are courageous not know Kameny but knew his cohort Barbara in defense of our nation’s Merit Principles. I am Gittings well and she told many tales of his mis- grateful for his life, his service to his nation in chievous side,” Kuda said. “Chicago witnessed it WWII, and his passion and persistence in help- when The Chicago Gay Crusader [May 1974 edi- ing build a more perfect union. He was a great tion] ran a front-page pic of Kameny ‘streaking’ man, and I will sorely miss him.” through the Beckman House community center Despite that 1961 setback, Kameny continued on Halsted Street (editor Mike Bergeron added to be an activist for the next five decades. He a tasteful fig leaf). Gittings always said ‘if we co-founded the Mattachine Society of Washing- weren’t having fun we couldn’t have survived ton in 1961 with Jack Nichols. He was the first the rigors of the movement.’” Joining Kameny openly gay person to run for Congress, in 1971. for that streaking incident during the Beckman In 2007, the Smithsonian Institution’s National House reception was Morris Kight of Los Ange- Museum of American History included Kameny’s 1965 White House picket signs in an exhibit. les. Photos of the incident were sold to benefit Kameny visited Chicago several times. He at- the New Orleans Memorial Fund, to help those tended the North American Conference of Homo- recovering from a June 24, 1973 fire at a gay phile Organizations (NACHO) in Chicago just four club. The arson attack on the Upstairs Lounge days before the Democratic National Convention killed 32 men and injured dozens. in 1968. NACHO was a coordinating group made The staff and board of directors at the Ameri- up of 26 organizations, and the Chicago event can Foundation for Equal Rights extended heart- was its third annual conference. At that Chicago felt condolences to the friends and family of Ka- conference, he coined and secured the group’s meny. AFER noted that his passing, on National approval of the slogan “Gay Is Good,” represent- Coming Out Day, came less than a month before ing official defiance of the then-still-prevailing the planned celebration of the 50th anniversary views of homosexuality as an illness or a sin, if of Kameny’s founding the Mattachine Society of not a crime. Washington. Kameny returned to Chicago in 1972 to par- The president of AFER’s board of directors, ticipate in the first national conference to set Chad Griffin, released the following state- Prominent gay activists and leaders were among those honored in Philadelphia in April-May a gay political agenda. The meetings were held ment: “America has lost a hero today. Out and 2005 in events marking the 40th anniversary of the nation’s first organized public demonstra- in Chicago Feb. 11-13 at a North Side church. proud, Frank Kameny was fighting for equality tions—in Philadelphia July 4, 1965. Here they are at a dedication for a plaque honoring their A 17-point “Gay Rights Platform in the United long before the rest of us knew we could.” He 1965-1969 efforts in Philadelphia. From left: Chicagoan William B. Kelley, Ada Bello, Randolfe States” was passed by the more than 200 del- added, “Because there was one Frank Kameny, Wicker, Franklin E. Kameny, Barbara Gittings, Kay Tobin Lahusen (in wheelchair), Carl Engelkey egates who were representing some 80 organiza- trailblazing and honest enough to speak out 50 (a local organizer), and Mark Segal (Philadelphia Gay News publisher and event organizer). tions, according to writer and activist Marie J. years ago, there are now millions of Americans, Photo by Chen Ooi Kuda. coming out, speaking out and fighting for their WINDY CITY TIMES Oct. 19, 2011 9 basic civil rights. His is a legacy of bravery and and our movement have lost a tireless advocate tremendous impact and will live on in the hearts At the HRC event in Oc- for LGBT rights,” he said. “Kameny’s long and and minds of every American who values equal- tober 2006, many of hard work laid the foundation for much of the ity and justice.” Kameny’s original 1960s progress we see today, and certainly none more In the landmark ruling striking down Proposi- gay protest signs were so than the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ It tion 8, AFER said the U.S. District Court refer- displayed, as was his was his great wish to see that law relegated to enced the efforts of Kameny and the Mattachine Congressional campaign the history books, and we are so proud that he Society to chronicle the history of state-en- sign, “KAMENY” in big was able to see that day and be a key part of forced discrimination against gays and lesbians. letters on a banner. Pho- that shared victory. At SLDN, we mourn the loss The court cited the famous 1966 letter from the to by Tracy Baim of our friend and ally, and we rejoice that Frank chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission could join SLDN for special events and provide rejecting the Mattachine Society’s request to re- us with encouragement and wise counsel at scind the policy banning “active homosexuals” critical stages as we followed in his footsteps from federal employment. and lifted posters to lobby Congress, the White The Gertrude Stein Democratic Club, co-found- House and the Pentagon for recognition and our ed by Kameny in 1976, called him the father of equality.” the District of Columbia’s gay rights movement. Kameny sent a letter in 2007 to author and “Frank was the most instrumental person in “The American Psychiatric Association includ- have the honor of meeting him, but who embody retired journalist Tom Brokaw, Random House the history of the gay movement,” said Paul ed homosexuality as a mental disorder,” stated the very future he knew would come true one Publisher Gina Centrello and Random House Ex- Kuntzler, Stein Club co-founder. “I went to San Malcolm Lazin, executive director, Equality Fo- day. Indeed, Frank, Gay is Good.” ecutive Editorial Director Kate Medina regarding Francisco on Thursday, June 6, 1963 to see Hall rum in Philadelphia. “Frank Kameny and Barbara “Kameny’s life spanned the baddest old days Brokaw’s book, Boom! Voices of the Sixties. It Call, the president of the San Francisco Mata- Gittings successfully demonstrated at the 1971 of the McCarthy-style witch hunts to the ela- sums up Kameny’s passions and commitment to chine Society. Hall had never met Frank at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric As- tions of winning marriage equality in the District gay rights very well. In it, he attacked the lack time, but Hall was already complaining to me sociation. At the 1972 annual meeting, Kameny of Columbia and beyond,” said Sue Hyde, direc- of inclusion of LGBTs in the book. about him. He said to me ‘that Frank Kameny and Gittings presented a program with Dr. No, tor, NGLTF’s National Conference on LGBT Equal- “As a long-time gay activist who initiated gay keeps openly using the word homosexuality. a gay psychiatrist, who was disguised to avoid ity: Creating Change. “In 1957, Frank lost his activism and militancy at the very start of ‘your’ Doesn’t he know he should remain quiet and let recognition. With Dr. No, they explained why job, but he never lost his fierce fighting spirit, Sixties, in 1961; coined the slogan ‘Gay is Good’ the civil libertarians speak on his behalf.’” The pervasive homophobia was the cause of emo- his blunt and witty command of language, or in 1968; and is viewed by many as one of the Stein Club was founded in Kuntzler’s living room. tional problems, not being gay. A committee his commitment to eradicating homophobia. ‘Founding Fathers’ of the Gay Movement, I write The Stein Club plans to annually honor a pio- was formed to study the issue. On December 15, Frank was equally confident and strategic on the with no little indignation at the total absence of neering member of the LGBT community with the 1973, homosexuality was removed as a mental streets in front of the White House in 1965 as he any slightest allusion to the gay movement for Dr. Frank Kameny award. The first award, given illness.” was attending a White House meeting in 1977 civil equality in your book Boom! Voices of the at the 35th Anniversary Leadership Awards on “We mourn the loss of one of the pioneers of at which he and a dozen other members of our Sixties,” Kameny said. “Your book simply deletes Oct. 27, will be awarded to Kameny posthumous- our movement and a man who never stopped community briefed then-Public Liaison Midge the momentous events of that decade which led ly. They are asking members of the community fighting for LGBT equality,” said Kevin Cathcart, Costanza on much-needed changes in federal to the vastly altered and improved status of gays to email photos of Frank Kameny to president@ Lambda Legal’s executive director. “When Frank laws and policies. As the LGBT movement began in our culture today. This change would have steindemocrats.org. Kameny first stood up for his rights in the late to win in legislatures, courtrooms, and in public been inconceivable at the start of the Sixties 1950s, he stood up for all of us, and the fight opinion, Frank’s papers, artifacts and memories and would not have occurred at all without the that he helped to ignite more than fifty years gained value. Frank Kameny wasn’t only a keeper events of that decade totally and utterly ignored ago is still our fight today. There has been so of our history, Frank created our history. His life by you. Mr. Brokaw, you have ‘de-gayed’ the en- much progress toward LGBT equality since then, and legacy carry us into our future.” tire decade. ‘Voices of the Sixties’??? One does it is sometimes hard to imagine the courage and Army Veteran and Servicemembers Legal De- not hear even one single gay voice in your book. vision it took to do what he did: he spoke up, fense Network Executive Director Aubrey Sarvis The silence is complete and deafening.” organized, took to the streets and also took his also commented on Kameny’s death. “Our nation See www.kamenypapers.org challenge to the Supreme Court. … Those of us in the LGBT rights movement owe him a great deal of gratitude and respect—and the country owes him that, as well, for insisting that we live up to our ideals as a nation.” “Mr. Kameny’s commitment to equality and justice serves as an inspiration to millions and Kameny attended the annual One of Chicago his legacy will continue to inspire for years banquet in 1974. This picture is from The to come,” said National Minority AIDS Council Chicago Gay Crusader, May 1974 edition. Deputy Executive Director Daniel C. Montoya. From left: Eldon Murray (Gay Peoples Union “All people, regardless of race, gender, sexual of Milwaukee), Jim Gates (chairman of One orientation or HIV status, deserve to live with of Chicago and also owner of Little Jim’s dignity. On behalf of NMAC, its staff and its bar), and Kameny. constituents, we thank Mr. Kameny for his de- cades of leadership and dedication and express our deepest sympathies to his loved ones.” Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmo- nese issued the following statement: ”Frank Ka- meny led an extraordinary life marked by heroic activism that set a path for the modern LGBT civil rights movement. From his early days fight- ing institutionalized discrimination in the feder- al workforce, Dr. Kameny taught us all that ‘Gay Is Good.’ As we say goodbye to this trailblazer on National Coming Out Day, we remember the re- markable power we all have to change the world by living our lives like Frank—openly, honestly and authentically.” “The death of Frank Kameny is a profound loss and he will be greatly missed,” said Rea Carey, executive director of the National Gay and Les- bian Task Force. “No Washington LGBT event or White House meeting was complete without Frank. I always appreciated that he gave the 50-plus-year perspective, the long view. While so many have been impatient about the pace of progress, there was Frank, insisting we recog- nize that, in the last two years, he was regularly invited as a guest of honor by the very govern- ment that fired him simply for being gay. Yet, he The Chicago Gay Crusader May 1974 edition never slowed down in demanding what should ran a front-page photo of Kameny ‘streak- be, showing us what was possible and pushing ing’ through the Beckman House community for the very equality and liberation we are still center on Halsted Street in Chicago. See ar- fighting for. As the history books are written on ticle for details. the LGBT movement, no doubt Frank’s life will serve as an inspiration to those who will never 10 Oct. 19, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgen- it was called “gay liberation.” Then this very der people in all matters governed by civil law. young movement, in its infancy, when the num- Cleve Jones coming ... We do that hard work with them to help them bers attending pride parades could be counted understand and support their LGBT brothers and in hundreds… we got hit by the pandemic. sisters. We had to reach out. We had to raise more to Chicago for WCT: What is your take on Occupy Wall money, and that is when we really started going Street and our community? after those corporate dollars. I guess that we CL: This is a populace economic movement had to do that, but what happened is that it cre- challenging the entire system under which we ated a new style of leadership that was very cor- Legacy Project event operate right now. porate. The new leaders were no longer people Now go to any of the big LGBT organizations’ like Harvey Milk or Harry Hay or Frank Kameny BY KATE SOSIN websites, as I did yesterday … and with only … or whoever you want to remember. The new a couple exceptions….if you go to those web- leaders were the rich, the philanthropist types Cleve Jones has some words for his community, sites, you’re not going to find one mention, not who could write fat checks. They suddenly had and not all of them are flattering. a word, about what’s going on. What you will great power, whereas before they were in the A historian by virtue of experience (coming find are the logos of Goldman Sachs, of Wells closet. … I’m not putting these people down, into activism under the wings of Harvey Milk, Fargo, Bank of America, British Petroleum. If we need those services. creating the AIDS Memorial Quilt and organizing you Google U.S. progressive organizations… If We created this new class of leaders, and these the 2009 LGBT March on Washington to name a you look at all of those organizations’ websites, folks by nature are cautious. If you take money few), Jones is well-acquainted with the virtues you’re not going to find any corporate branding. from the higher corporation, whether you can and the faults of his community. So you get to the gays, and that’s what we’re admit even to yourself or not, you are going to The veteran activist is making his way to Chi- about. be affected. I would even go further and ask the cago this month for a keynote address at the WCT: Why do you think that is? pride committees “Do we really want our pride Legacy Project Luncheon Oct. 25. Windy City CL: Well, I don’t know, but it’s fucked up. celebrations turning into giant advertisements Times caught up with Jones to talk about the What happened to GLAAD … GLAAD suffered a for Budweiser or Absolut Vodka?” I find it trou- importance of keeping LGBT history alive, why huge hit. NGLTF (National Gay and Lesbian Task bling. he connects labor and LGBT rights and why he Force Executive Director) Rea Carey got caught WCT: What do you think of Equality Califor- has choice words for some major LGBT organiza- in the same thing. They got a request from AT&T nia’s decision not to take Proposition 8 to the tions in the wake of Wall Street protests. to write a letter, and suddenly the leaders of ballot box? Windy City Times: Cleve, how did you get the LGBT community have put us on record as CL: I think that’s actually probably a wise de- involved with the Legacy Project? Cleve Jones. Photo by Daniel Nicoletta opposing net neutrality. I don’t recall the town cision at this point in history. If we were going Cleve Jones: I’ve known Victor Salvo for many hall meeting on that one. to go after Prop. 8, we probably should have years. We were introduced by Lori Cannon, who So that to me is the tip of the iceberg. Now … already had $10 million in the bank. Given the is one of my dear friends in Chicago. They asked who has been dead for 30 years would react to I think it is perfectly okay and appropriate for us late date, given the uncertainty of the outcome me to help, and… how could I say no? changes and situations none of us could have to ask for and receive contributions from corpo- and the extraordinary cost, those factors alone WCT: Why do you think the project is impor- anticipated 30 years ago. But I think he would rations to support social services and to support would give me pause. tant? feel the way most people my age feel which is cultural work. But I draw the line at political Cleve Jones will give the keynote address at CL: We’re talking a couple of days after the that we’re very amazed and proud and grateful advocacy, including for those organizations the the Legacy Luncheon fundraiser Tuesday, Oct. death of Frank Kameny. He truly was one of the at what’s been accomplished. And I think that serve a multiplicity of purposes. 25, at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel, 17 E. parents of our movement, and his name I think my generation always harbors a fear that this WCT: Sure. Monroe St. Tickets and information are avail- was being lost to history. And I think Harvey could all be swept away with a blink of an eye. CL: A lot of this goes back to the epidemic. able at http://www.legacyprojectchicago.org/ Milk’s name was being lost to history before the Harvey saw the struggle for gay liberation as When the movement began… When I joined, Luncheon_Tickets.html. film came out. I could tell as I traveled around part of the broader movement for peace and so- to high schools and universities that people cial justice. This is one thing that I do wonder were losing the history of his story, of his con- about as we look at the years ahead. Will we, as tribution. LGBT people under the law, as we achieve great- In the LGBT community we face a particu- er acceptance, will we continue to see ourselves Women’s group marks 40 years lar challenge because mainstream historians, as part of the larger social movement? mainstream educators have ignored us and our WCT: Part of that for you has been union stories and our contributions, and we can’t al- work. How do you connect that with your low that to happen. Frank Kameny, who has jus- LGBT activism? tifiably received a great deal of attention this CL: As a child growing up in a middle-class week, I’m sure that most of the LGBT folk read- neighborhood, I knew from infancy the value of ing the obituary of Frank Kameny were learning unions. Those are my values. I’m also an activ- of his life for the first time. ist, and I want to build power for gay and les- WCT: Yes, absolutely. bian people so that we can continue to move CL: And that is sad. He was an extraordinary forward. We’re a small population. We need al- man. He was calling for full equality when I was lies. Who are our allies? in diapers. But there is a part of this that is The passage of Proposition 8 happened to a not just important to history, it’s about the fu- large degree because our community failed com- ture. How do we maintain the distinct identity pletely to engage racial and ethnic minorities of LGBT neighborhoods? I think that the Legacy and immigrants. Project is part of that. My union, UNITE HERE, we represent those WCT: Do you imagine what Harvey Milk people. So we’re fighting for those workers, and would say about the state of our movement many of those workers are LGBT. But we’re also a today? full ally in the larger struggle for equality. This CL: With each year that passes, I get more was the first union to pass years ago a compre- uncomfortable trying to imagine what a man hensive resolution on record as supporting full

Chicago’s Dedicated and Comprehensive LGBT Program the Chicago Area Women’s History Council (CAWHC) celebrated its 40th anniversary Oct. ALEO 16 with a celebration in the West Loop. VAT CHICAGO LAKESHORE HOSPITAL Valeo at Chicago Lakeshore Hospital the program, “Celebrating Women’s Activism: Why History Matters,” featured a panel of provides comprehensive psychiatric Chicago women leaders, a display of women’s posters and art courtesy of Rebecca Sive, and and addiction-related treatment for an exhibit of women’s movement photographs by Dori Jacobsen-Wenzel. gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender cAWHC President Mary Ann Johnson and Rima Lunin Schultz, co-editor of Women Build- and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals. ing Chicago, 1790–1990, A Biographical Dictionary, addressed the crowd of about 100 The program offers a safe, affirming therapeutic environment for members people. of the LGBTQ community. The Valeo Panelists were U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky; Heather Booth, women’s movement activist and staff is comprised of well-trained, president of the Midwest Academy; Maria Pesquiera, executive director, Mujeres Latinas experienced gay and gay-sensitive on Accion; Jacky Grimshaw, political activist and vice president of the Center for Neigh- behavioral health professionals from borhood Technology; and Tracy Baim, publisher, Windy City Times. Cheryl Johnson-Odim, a wide variety of disciplines. historian and provost at Dominican University, moderated the panel. schakowsky and others spoke of the Occupy movement and how important it was to sup- 4840 N. MARINE DRIVE port those efforts. She also said in 2012 the goal should be to “occupy” the voting booth. CHICAGO, IL 60640 see http://www.cawhc.org for details on CAWHC. The event was videotaped for later view- 1-800-888-0560 ing. Pictured are Jacky Grimshaw (upper right), Heather Booth (lower left) and U.S. Rep. www.chicagolakeshorehospital.com Jan Schakowsky (lower right); pics by Hal Baim WINDY CITY TIMES Oct. 19, 2011 11

soon changed as he began to take a leadership Anti-gay senate bill involves Elmhurst College role in the LGBT movement. He joined GAA hosts lecture on (Gay Activist Alliance) which, with its radical foster-care placement bent, gelled with Russo’s personality. Russo AIDS activist Russo also set up cabaret nights, when people could BY KATE SOSIN By Carrie Maxwell perform for each other and watch screenings of LGBT movies (Firehouse Flicks). From these A proposed amendment to the civil-union law State Sen. Dr. Michael Schiavi presented a lecture, “Vito screenings he put together the Celluloid Closet that would grant religious foster-care agencies Kyle Russo: Celluloid Activist and Gay Hero,” Oct. lecture, traveling all over the world to give his the right to turn away civil-union couples has McCarter. 12 at the Frick Center’s Founders Lodge at talk. His talk later turned into a book and a been filed in the Illinois Senate. Elmhurst College. Schiavi’s lecture concluded documentary. State Sen. Kyle McCarter introduced an amend- the college’s annual LGBT guestship named in When Russo was taking care of his lover, ment Oct. 12. honor of alumnus Dr. William R. Johnson (class Jeffrey Sevcik, who contracted AIDS in 1985, According to the bill’s synopsis, it “provides of 1968). About 100 people attended the talk, he discovered he had AIDS as well. At that that a child welfare agency that is religiously email to contact McCarter directly and ask him including Johnson and luminaries from the time, there were no drugs available so Russo based or owned by, operated by, or affiliated to withdraw the bill. college. felt he would die, like Sevcik did. Starting in with a bona fide religious organization may de- “All agencies—including religious ones—that Schiavi commenced by saying, “The goal of 1985 and until his death five years later, Russo cline an adoption or foster family home applica- accept public funds to offer any services on be- my talk tonight is to introduce you to Vito became an AIDS activist, co-founding GLAAD tion, including any related licensure and place- half of the state should not be allowed to dis- Russo.” He then mentioned details of Russo’s to combat negative images of LGBT people in ment, from a party to a civil union if acceptance criminate,” wrote Bernard Cherkasov, executive life, such as the late activist being a found- the media; he also co-founded ACT UP in 1987. of that application would constitute a violation director of Equality Illinois, in the email. er of GLAAD (the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Schiavi said that another reason for Russo’s of the organization’s sincerely held religious be- Joe Murray, executive director of Catholic LGBT Against Defamation) and ACT UP (AIDS Coali- AIDS activism was President Ronald Reagan’s liefs.” organization Rainbow Sash Movement, argued tion to Unleash Power), and author of The Cel- silence on the issue. The bill comes after months of dispute be- that the Catholic charities are seeking special luloid Closet. He did all of this by the age of Throughout the presentation, Schiavi played tween a group of Catholic charities and the privileges in trying to continue foster care work 44—when he died, in 1990, of AIDS-related audio and video clips of Russo talking about State of Illinois, which denied the charities $30 while discriminating against civil union couples. complications. important events in his life. One of the most million foster care contracts after they refused “This mentality that ‘I’m doing good in other A clip from the new documentary Vito moving of these was his speech in Washing- to place children with civil union couples and areas so I should get a pass on this’ is curious to (which will be shown at Chicago’s Reeling Film ton, D.C., on the steps of the Health and single people. The charities lost a court battle me,” Murray said. “This will only shrink the pool Festival Nov. 7 at Landmark’s Century Centre Human Services Building in 1988. Russo was earlier this year over the contracts and have of those responsible and loving couples who Cinema) was shown before Schiavi launched protesting what he perceived as the federal stated their intention to appeal the ruling. wish to adopt, should this amendment pass.” into his PowerPoint presentation highlighting government’s inaction regarding the AIDS cri- The Civil Rights Agenda (TCRA) vowed to fight Veteran activist Rick Garcia said that while important moments in Russo’s life. sis due to their homophobia and fear of the off the bill in a press statement issued Oct. 14. the risk is serious, he believes the bill will be Schiavi began by talking about Russo’s early disease. “Obviously, the civil institutions behind this defeated. years, when he felt alienated while living in Schiavi closed his talk by saying that Russo affront to LGBT civil rights are not backing “I think it would be hard to get that bill out East Harlem and New Jersey because of his was a fighter until his death and asked the down,” said Anthony Martinez, TCRA executive of a senate committee, don’t think it could make homosexuality. Schiavi went on to say that to audience to consider Russo’s legacy, which is Director, in the statement. “We will not either. it to the House floor and even if it did I believe escape this feeling Russo moved to New York visibility at any cost and standing up for LGBT We had hoped to kill this bill quietly as has been the governor would veto it,” Garcia said. City’s Greenwich Village after college so he equality. done in the past. Unfortunately, that strategy is McCarter, who introduced the bill believes that could express his pride and immerse himself in Previous Johnson guestship (formerly LGBT no longer an option and our opposition has now “marriage is meant to be between a man and a gay life. Guestship) lecturers include the Rev. Joan been galvanized.” woman” according to his website. The Republi- When the Stonewall Riots occurred, Russo re- Martin in 2008, historian John D’Emilio in Three similar bills were defeated in the senate can senator graduated from Oral Roberts Univer- treated and stayed on the fringes of gay life— 2009, Windy City Times Publisher Tracy Baim last session. sity, the school founded by anti-gay televange- but that didn’t last long. Russo’s whole life in 2010 and Harry Knox last year. Equality Illinois urged its supporters in an list Oral Roberts.

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Five years later, he became director. “I have a tough time thinking that the ordi- As written by Cutliff’s ity. He loved working, especially with his “Moms” Windy City Times obtained an email that nary mechanics of the City of Chicago will take partner, Jim O’Donnell and with new employees. Many former co-workers Greaves sent to members of that particular care of the LGBT community,” Duffy told Windy On Wed., Sept. 14, a beautiful man named Jay have said that Jay was their first boss, and he was advisory council. “At a meeting this morning City Times. “I think [this change] signals a lack Cutliff passed away. Jay was our son, our brother an excellent teacher and trainer. Commissioner [of the Department of Human of recognition, and I think it signals an igno- and our uncle, our lover and our partner. As much On Feb. 14, 1996, Jay met his future partner and Relations Mona] Noriega informed me that as rance of impact.” as any of these, Jay was our friend and we miss his soulmate, Jim. They fell in love, and would re- of January 1 I will no longer be employed by Council member Bob Zuley said the news him very much. main so thereafter and forever. Their home in Lin- the City of Chicago,” the email states. “There raises questions about the mayor’s connection Jay was born James Arthur Cutliff, Jr., in Lou- coln Park also included the other object of their will be reorganizations of the Advisory Coun- to LGBT Chicagoans. isville, Ky. He grew up there in a warm and loving affection, their dog Dottie. Jay and Jim adored cils, which we can discuss at our meeting Oc- “The larger question is what input will our home with his mom and dad and his two sisters. Dottie from the moment they met. Dottie, though tober 19. community have in the Emanuel administra- Later, his maternal grandmother, “Granny,” would she may have had two masters, had only one true “I have been told by the Commissioner that tion now that the future of the LGBT advisory come and live with Jay and his family, also. The love and that was Jay. At age 13, Dottie died just my only responsibilities between now and the council appears in doubt, Zuley said. “At stake summers and most weekends of his childhood one week before Jay passed away. Jim mourns the end of my tenure as Director are to request let- is what investment will the city make in serv- were often spent outside of Louisville, visiting his loss of both of them, but also is thankful for the ters from the Mayor for the Hall of Fame in- ing the unmet needs of LGBT people through grandparents in Lake Cumberland, Ky., and later many years of fun, goofiness and love shared with ductees and to assist with the transition.” substantive policy and practice.” camping at Barren Lake State Park near Scotts- Jay and Dottie. (Greaves and First Deputy Commissioner of One area whose budget did not suffer is HIV/ ville, Ky. Jay wasn’t a member of any church or religious the Chicago Commission on Human Relations AIDS care. Proposed budgets for HIV/AIDS pre- Jay remembered his youth as a very happy time, congregation, nor any club, society or associa- Ken Gunn referred Windy City Times to the vention and services, however, have not been riding his Big Wheel up and down the roads at the tion of any kind. He loved a party, though, and mayor’s press office. The office had not re- cut. The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) lake, swimming with his nieces, or playing with was always ready to join the group and tag along, sponded as of the print deadline.) praised the news but cautioned against pro- his cousins until late in the evening. When he’d wherever it was going. He truly sparkled among a Other than the email, council members ap- posed cuts to public health services. go to bed, he would listen to his parents and his crowd. His joyful attitude and his engaging per- peared not to have been briefed on the chang- “In the midst of an over $600 million bud- aunts and uncles outside, and he would fall asleep sonality gained him many friends. He was easy es. William Kelley declined to comment be- get deficit, significant layoffs of city workers, to the sound of their laughter. When he would to talk to and an excellent listener. Jay was a cause he said did not have enough information proposed closing and consolidation of police wake up the next morning, Jay recalled that there very warm and sensitive individual, trusting of to do so. Gary Chichester and Robert Castillo and fire stations and other austerity measures, everyone, and ready to invite you into his life. He also said there were uncertain as to what the level funding for HIV programs comes as a re- thought of all his friends as his family. changes would mean for the council. Lawrence lief for AIDS advocates and service providers,” In 2003, Jay was diagnosed with an advanced Perea declined to comment but added that the organization said in a statement. form of HIV, and he became permanently disabled he “was sad to get the news of the sweeping “AFC is glad that Mayor Emanuel understands from it the following year. In February 2011, Jay changes to the commission and advisory coun- the importance of HIV prevention, which is was diagnosed with cancer. His fight against it cils.” what the city’s HIV funding supports,” added was heroic, to say the least. The disease was, State Rep. Deb Mell, who also sits on the Pete Subkoviak, a policy coordinator at AFC. however, more than his body could overcome, and council, said she, too, received no information “Over the past 10 years new HIV infections in eventually cancer would claim his life. He was beyond Greaves’ email but expressed concerns Chicago have decreased by 30 percent, and only 44 years old when he died. over the changes. that would not have been possible without fi- Jay brought much love and much laughter to a “I know firsthand how hard Bill [Greaves] nancial backing from City Hall.” lot of lives. For a few of us, just seeing someone works,” Mell said. “It’s a loss. I think ... he’s a AFC urged the mayor to reconsider plans to roll his eyes will forever remind us of Jay. Possibly valuable asset there.” lay off 17 percent of public health workers and at a club or at a party some evening, we’ll hear Beth Kelly, chair of the council, called both transfer 29,000 city clinic patients to non- someone say “Mmmmkaaay!” and we will definite- Greaves’ proposed departure and the reorgani- profit agencies. ly remember Jay. For all of us, holidays won’t be zation of councils an “affront to LGBT commu- In addition, libraries have been hit hard. Jay Cutliff. Photo courtesy of Jim O’Donnell the same without one of Jay’s homemade greet- nities in Chicago” and a “symbolic erasure.” Emanuel is proposing a total of $42,289,501 ing cards, starring Dottie. Jay was an energetic, “I think it’s really important for people to be devoted to personnel next year; the 2011 fun, and happy person. He was an easy person to think about the practical and symbolic con- total is $50,573,254. In its Oct. 12 issue, love. He will be remembered often, and missed as sequences of this proposal should it come to Windy City Times reported that the John Merlo were usually 15 or 20 relatives sleeping some- much. fruition,” Kelly said. “It sends a message that Library, 644 W. Belmont, might be in danger of where in the same room. He said he was lucky Jay is survived by partner Jim O’Donnell. In Chicago does not care about this community.” closing. This particular branch is known for its if he woke up in a chair, and not on the floor Chicago he is survived by his close friends Frank Kelly said that she had not been given direc- extensive collection of LGBT materials. or ground. His life growing up was centered with and Ken, Claudia, Amy, Dan and Lou, Mike, Chip, tion on who might head the new council on Chicago Public Library Director of Marketing his family. His favorite memories were of Saturday Eddie, Wayne, Michael, Mary and Jim and Kevin, gender and sexuality, but said that she person- Ruth Lednicer said Oct. 13 that no public li- mornings with his mom, sitting at the kitchen Chris and Xavier, and Niall; his sisters, brother, ally had no interest in the position. Further, brary would be closed but that hours at certain table and scanning that week’s grocery store cir- nieces and nephews from Jim’s family; and many she said, she is not sure she would want to branches would be affected by budget cuts. culars. Then they would both get in his mom’s more friends in Chicago, Louisville and elsewhere. serve on the new council, given the name. Details about which libraries would be affected Bonneville and go shopping, usually hitting three In Kentucky he is survived by his parents Art and Kelly also argued that there are practical and to what extent are still being worked out, or four grocery stores, according to what was on Ivy of Scottsville, Ky; his sisters and brothers An- concerns in reorganization. Kelly worries that she said. sale. etta, Donna, Steve and Chuck; his nephews Pat- the changes will undo progress the LGBT com- Among the many other items in Emanuel’s Jay attended Frayser and Perry elementary ton, Chris, Travis and LaRon; and his nieces Char- munity has made with the Chicago Police De- proposal are an increase in fees for larger vehi- schools, and Noe Middle School in Louisville. He ity, Erin, Missy, Jennifer, Stephanie, Kristin and partment and that by not naming “LGBT” spe- cles, such as trucks and sports-utility vehicles; also was a very proud 1985 graduate of duPont Lindsey, all of the greater Louisville area. There cifically, the community will be less likely to an increase in parking fees in downtown lots Manual High School there. He remained in Lou- are also many cousins, aunts and uncles. report incidents of discrimination. and garages; laying off approximately 500 city isville for a few years after high school, working A service to celebrate Jay’s life was held in Lou- Greaves’ position as LGBT liaison to the workers; a revamping of the garbage-collection at Berman Leathers and later at The GAP. He also isville Sept. 19, and Jay was buried at Resthaven mayor was established in 1984 when Mayor system (grid-based from ward-based); and, worked at The Annex, then a popular gay night Memorial Park there. No services in Chicago are Harold Washington appointed Kit Duffy to the perhaps most controversial, the closures of club in downtown Louisville. planned. Arrangements were c/o Arch L. Heady volunteer position. Following his passing and three of the city’s 25 district police stations. In 1992 Jay moved to Chicago, to work at GAP and Sons Funeral Directors, Resthaven Memorial Duffy’s consequent departure from the job, the Warehouse. He worked for The GAP for most of his Park and Chapel, 4400 Bardstown Road, Louisville, position became a funded job with added re- Ky., 40228; 502-491-5950. Contribu- sponsibilities. tions sent to the hospice program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital or to the Chicago Anti-Cruelty Society are Visit GlobalPharmacyDirect.net appreciated. for your prescription drug needs We wish to thank the staff diverse individuals. 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Positive Sheryl Lee Ralph: Justice Project members Both an actor and AIDS activist endorse By Erica Demarest REPEAL HIV Sheryl Lee Ralph has done it all. The Tony Members of the Positive Justice Proj- Award-winning actress was an original Broad- ect, a national coalition dedicated to way Dreamgirl; she’s acted opposite stars like ending the targeting of people with Denzel Washington and Robert De Niro on the HIV for unreasonable criminal pros- big screen, and has graced the small screen with ecution, voiced their support for the roles on Moesha and ER. REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act that But the role Ralph is most proud of is that of Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) HIV/AIDS activist. In addition to running her introduced Sept 23. own not-for-profit (the Diva Foundation), Ralph The bill calls for review of all federal is the spokeswoman for REYATAZ’s “Fight HIV and state laws, policies, and regula- Your Way” photo-essay contest. We spoke with tions regarding the criminal prosecu- Ralph about the project, which will culminate in tion of individuals for HIV-related of- New York City on World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) with fenses. It is the first piece of federal an original Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater legislation to take on the issue of HIV performance inspired by the winning photos. criminalization, and provides incen- windy City Times: Can you tell us why you tives for states to reconsider laws and decided to join this campaign? practices that unfairly target people Sheryl Lee Ralph: I got started with “HIV Your with HIV for consensual sex and con- Way” three years ago when I realized [and also duct that poses no real risk of HIV felt] there’s room for the arts in the fight against transmission. HIV and AIDS. I loved it when I saw the photos The proposed bill is being met with and how people were expressing themselves … widespread support. Ronald Johnson, by simply just picking up their cameras and tak- vice president for policy and advoca- ing shots of themselves, of the things that they cy at AIDS United (a Positive Justice saw, revealing how they felt about themselves in Project member) said, “AIDS United connection with the disease. supports the REPEAL HIV Discrimina- I believe the arts have a way of touching tion Act. It’s long past time for a re- people’s hearts and moving them to a different view of these criminal and civil com- position on subjects, especially when it comes mitment laws and we welcome Rep. to a subject as deep and emotional as HIV and Barbara Lee’s efforts to help local and AIDS. state officials understand and make wct: You’ve been a pretty vocal activist needed reforms.” since the very beginning of the epidemic. Thirty-four states and two U.S. ter- SLR: Well, it all started for me as an original ritories have laws that make exposure company member on Dreamgirls on Broadway. I or non-disclosure of HIV a crime. Sen- say that I was there for that ugly time. Dream- tences imposed on people convicted girls debuted 30 years ago [December 20, 1981 of HIV-specific offenses can range in New York]. HIV and AIDS made its debut in from 10-30 years and may include sex America about 30 years ago. When we opened offender registration even in the ab- sence of intent to transmit HIV or ac- in December, I never knew by that time we’d tual transmission. Though condom use be missing cast members due to this mysterious significantly reduces the risk of HIV disease that nobody wanted to talk about. transmission, most HIV-specific laws I said I had to do something that would for- do not consider condom use a mitigat- ever raise up the memory of the many wonderful ing factor or as evidence that the per- people that I worked with during that time, and son did not intend to transmit HIV. that’s really how I found my voice on the dis- Sheryl Lee Ralph. Courtesy of Ralph For example, a man with HIV in Iowa ease. received a 25-year sentence for a one- wct: What was the atmosphere like on this. Just shut up.’ let other people define who you are. You’ve got time sexual encounter during which he Broadway when AIDS first struck? wct: Has it gotten better over time? to be wonderful to yourself … . That takes guts; used a condom and HIV was not trans- SLR: Oh my God! There was a time when peo- SLR: On the Internet, there’s a nice photo of that takes life; that takes living; that takes un- mitted; although the sentence was ple got sick, and they died. You could dance me and RuPaul walking side-by-side on stage. derstanding. It’s not easy either. eventually suspended, he still was re- with somebody in the show one night, and [Just last year] a church told me that they could wct: I have to say, I love listening to you quired to register as a sex offender and they wouldn’t be there the next day. Sometimes not assist me in my HIV and AIDS awareness talk. You’re so passionate and direct, almost is barred from unsupervised contact people developed those strange purple marks on due to ‘certain people.’ That ‘certain person’ was like you’re preaching. with children. People also have been their body, and they died. There was no dying RuPaul. Stigma is alive. Homophobia is alive. It’s SLR: [laughs] I hear that often, and I’m never convicted for acts that cannot trans- process like the one we’ve become used to. still happening. aware of it … . I think I know who I am, and I mit HIV, such as a man with HIV in There was just a deadly silence, and it was wct: That must be so hard to deal with. don’t want to beat around the bush—especially Texas who currently is serving 35 years awful. Nobody wanted to talk about it. When I What keeps you going? on the topic of HIV and AIDS. It’s just too im- for spitting at a police officer. first started talking about it, people would tell SLR: I’ve seen the positive teenager. I’ve seen portant. There’s no more time for people to wrap Scott Schoettes, HIV Project Di- me to shut up—that it wasn’t my fight. It had the child walk out … shocked that they’re posi- it all up in a pretty bow. We’ve got to just tell rector at Lambda Legal, summarized nothing to do with me. Why would I risk my ca- tive. As a mother of two teenagers, I say: Not on folks how it is, so that they can get this mes- the support of many. “Lambda Legal reer talking about this? Why do I spend so much my watch. When I look at that child, I realize sage and hear it quicker. We’ve got to break the wholeheartedly supports the REPEAL time with those people? I could never figure out that child could’ve just as easily been [mine] stigma, and we’ve got to see some new stories. HIV Discrimination Act,” he said. “It is who those people were because in my mind we … . When you look at some of these photos and Now is the time, and we’ve got to be the people high time the nation’s HIV criminaliza- were all those people. I felt we were all in this essays at “Fight HIV Your Way,” and at some of we’ve been waiting for. tion laws were reformed to reflect the together. the things that the kids say, how can you even See, I did it again! [laughs] modern reality of living with HIV, both wct: People told you not to speak up? think of giving up the fight? You can’t. to learn more about “Fight HIV Your Way,” from medical and social perspectives. SLR: Oh my God, they were awful to me! It was wct: Can you tell us about your new book? visit: http://www.fighthivyourway.com. Except for perhaps the most extreme awful! People don’t remember those times. Peo- [Redefining Diva is set for release Spring to learn more about the Diva Foundation, cases, the criminal law is far too blunt ple went out of their way to be unkind to you. I 2012.] visit: http://www.thedivafoundation.org. an instrument to address the subtle remember a very important man who eventually SLR: It’s a self-help inspirational book for a to talk to Ralph directly, hit her up on Twit- dynamics of HIV disclosure.” died because of the disease said to me, ‘You’re a new generation of young women to let them ter @thesherylralph. star. Stars don’t get involved in real issues like know: You’ve got to know yourself. You cannot WINDY CITY TIMES Oct. 19, 2011 15

Dwight Okita Book readers gone, (left) and Jimmi B. Photo but not forgotten by Clyde Okita

By Dwight Okita found himself getting weaker, and as a result was reluctant to go out to movies or to eat. He It’s hard to estimate how many authors we’ve was afraid he’d fall asleep. lost to AIDS over the past 30 years. How many Once during that time he threw a party for me. books will never be written, will never be read. But overall, he definitely kept a lower profile. The names of the lost include those known and No more late nights dancing, no more 3 a.m. less known: LeRoy Whitfield, Harold Brodkey, pancakes at Golden Nugget. Paul Monette, Manuel Ramos Otero, Essex One day I called his house only to find his Hemphill, Michael Foucault, Reinaldo Arenas, home phone was disconnected. I thought that James Merrill, John Preston, Vito Russo and was odd. I called the hospital where he worked. Randy Shilts. They mingle on the list like guests “Could I speak to Jimmi B.?” I asked. They had at a cocktail party. me hold for what seemed like an eternity. Then But the plague inspired some powerful works a man returned to the phone and said four words of literature as well: Borrowed Time by Paul which I’ll never forget: “Jimmi B. has expired.” Monette. Angels in America by Tony Kushner. And Not “I’m sorry to tell you that Jimmi B. has the Band Played On by Randy Shilts. The Normal passed away.” Not even “I’m sorry to tell you Heart by Larry Kramer. The Tale of Plagues and that Jimmi B. has expired.” Just the facts, man. Carnivals by Samuel R. Delany. Someone Was Just the facts. When I asked for the cause of Here: Profiles in the AIDS Epidemic by George death, they said they couldn’t tell me anything us aware of how lucky we are to have experienced A lot happens in 20 years. Jimmi’s death Whitmore. Brother to Brother: New Writings by else. that beauty so completely, so ravishingly. And pre-dates Facebook, the horror of 9/11, the Black Gay Men edited by Essex Hemphill. The I tried to reach his mother, but I knew that she we feel sorry for any other human who cannot advent of iPods, the Harry Potter books, the Farewell Symphony by Edmund White. Heaven’s and Jimmi had a very common last name, and experience this feeling. And maybe because movie Brokeback Mountain, the Tea Party, and Coast by Mark Doty. The titles themselves, when I didn’t know her first name. I thought of our we sense how sad we’ll be when the beautiful the first African-American president. Sometimes read together, are poetic enough to form a mutual friends. Kenneth would have been the moment is over. The way Jimmi B’s life is over. I wonder how I would explain these things to virtual haiku. They also make me curious to read best lead, but I didn’t have his number. About He died circa 1990. It’s strange to think there him. If Jimmi had lived, if he had not contracted the works with which I am unfamiliar. a month later, I bumped into Kenneth on the are young people who have never known a world the virus, he would be fifty-something today ... But there has been little discussion of the street and he told me Jimmi had, in fact, died without AIDS in it. I hope someday they will. instead of always being thirty-something in my many readers we’ve lost to the disease over the of AIDS-related pneumonia. That his mother had Jimmi did not live to see the birth of the mind. I think I’d still recognize him. He’d have past three decades. That’s right. The book lovers. a small, private funeral and did not invite his Kindle, though he would have adored the some gray hairs by now, and maybe a wrinkle The nameless, faceless audience of people who friends. He would have called me but he didn’t gadget and surely have bought one. Likewise his here and there. won’t be sitting in on that monthly book club have my number either. passing spared him the bittersweet closing of And he’d have a Kindle. He would definitely meeting, or hovering around the water cooler So let’s have a moment of silence for all the Borders bookstores across the country. I think have a Kindle. One of those little electronic championing the latest new novel. But just readers, all the lit lovers, we’ve lost to AIDS. he would have enjoyed the droll, acid wit of books from the future. A future that some of us because they haven’t been counted properly For the Jimmi B.s and Julie C.s of the world. David Sedaris—though it would have left him are still lucky enough to be a part of. doesn’t make their absence any less real. Allow Some who we knew personally, most we will hungry for books with a little more meat on their dwight Okita’s novel The Prospect of My me to tell you about one such reader of books never know. Here’s to a good friend who loved bones, a little more gravitas. I think he would Arrival, is now available. He is also a member who was lost. He wasn’t famous and he didn’t beauty. A beautiful poem or story would make have found a novel like Michael Cunningham’s of Invisible to Invincible (i2i), Chicago’s travel in fashionable circles. He wasn’t the first him wince. Why does beauty make some people The Hours breath-taking for its language, and cool, queer Asian alliance. book reader to be taken, and sadly he won’t be wince? I think because for that moment it makes clever interweaving of eras. the last. His name was Jimmi B. I keep his last name hidden behind a single initial because his mother would have preferred it that way. I’m not sure if she is still living, but I know she did not accept her son’s orientation. She blamed Jimmi’s gay friends for making him gay, for giving him the gay disease, for taking her beloved son so far away from her that she could never again hear her sweet son’s laugh. His laugh used to bubble up from deep inside of him such that, once it started, it could not be stopped. I have a series of amazing black-and-white pictures of Jimmi and I in front of a wall of graffiti near Clark and Wrightwood. My brother Clyde Okita took these photographs. This was years before my brother suffered a stroke, squelching his photographic aspirations. (The pictures with this column are from the series.) The huge words “DREAM/FAST” are painted on the wall. In another picture from the series, Jimmi and I are leaping exuberantly in front of the wall. We are magical, we are flying, we never come down. Jimmi worked as a nurse at a large hospital in Chicago and aspired to be a writer. He was African-American and was a very close friend. For a few sweet years on Surf Street, we were neighbors, too. Losing him was one of my deepest losses during the plague years. “If I ever test positive, I’ll kill myself,” he once confided in me. Well, of course, he did test positive. In the few years that followed, he didn’t show many symptoms. Though he said he Dwight Okita and Jimmi B. Photo by Clyde Okita 16 Oct. 19, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES

Nation’s largest AIDS conference to spotlight Chicago groups

By Kate Sosin Halsted will host the first on Nov. 12, while the second will feature both CALOR and Vida/SIDA Chicago is gearing up to host the country’s larg- at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center later that est AIDS conference, bound for the city on Nov. evening. 10. The U.S. Conference on AIDS (USCA) will The conference itself will be held downtown at make its first appearance in the city as it cel- the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers. ebrates its 15th year running. The 3-day event is expected to exceed atten- “We are really eager to share with other folks dance of past years, Tucker said. The event could what we are doing,” said Cynthia Tucker, chair of draw as many as 4,000 people. It will also bring the host committee on behalf of AIDS Founda- in an estimated 150 vendors and feature work- tion Chicago (AFC). shops on drug use, domestic violence, transgen- Sponsored by the National Minority AIDS der health and HIV prevention in communities Cynthia Tucker. Courtesy of AIDS Foundation of Chicago Council and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control of color. and Prevention, this year’s conference will be Speakers will include CNN anchor Don Lemon, themed “Make Change Real: Unite. Speak. Act.” Office of National AIDS Policy Director Jeffrey The theme will focus on men who have sex with Crowley, Elton John AIDS Foundation Chairman men. David Furnish, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tucker believes the conference is a rare op- Health Dr. Ronald Valdiserri, and Dr. Mary Wake- portunity for Chicago-based service providers to field from the Health Resources and Services Ad- show off their efforts in combating the virus. ministration. The city will get to showcase its Service Pro- A special memorial will be held on Nov. 11 viders Council, which convenes local HIV/AIDS at St. James Temple in North Chicago to com- organizations. That coalition allows local service memorate those who have died of AIDS-related organizations to better track the spread of the illnesses and providers who fought against the HIV without doubling up services. virus. “We are a really well-organized wheel here in Tucker said that Chicago service providers Chicago,” Tucker said. “We always merge to work have invited politicians from all over the state in collaboration and that’s different than some to the conference in hopes that they will show other states.” their support for the fight against AIDS by at- Despite stiff competition for dwindling funds, tending. Chicago groups have been able to support each A pre-conference institute will be held on Nov. other through the Council, Tucker said. 9. That institute is free. The host committee, comprised of 127 local More information on conference can be service providers, will be showcasing local orga- found at http://www.nmac.org/index/2011- nizations in two separate receptions. Center on usca. WINDY CITY TIMES Oct. 19, 2011 17

AIDS: The remembering By Trudy Ring And when he found out I was also a volunteer and board member for the Chicago chapter of When I walked up those stairs at Ann Sather’s the National Organization for Women, it became restaurant that evening in the fall of 1988, I clear we were political soul mates. Not that I ex- had no idea how much difference it would make pected to find many conservatives involved with in my life. Chicago House—although there were a few! I was going to a volunteer orientation for Chi- I quickly bonded even more closely with cago House and Social Service Agency, the first Ernest. In December 1988 he invited me to organization in Chicago to provide housing for the great Christmas party he and his wonder- people with AIDS. When a group of volunteers ful roommate, Jean Majeski, threw every year founded Chicago House in 1985, it was com- at their apartment. The revelry went into the mon for those with HIV or AIDS to be kicked out wee hours, and I met many of Ernest’s friends. of their homes by landlords, roommates, even I bonded with Jean too, and I’m happy to say their families. As the epidemic went on and we remain friends to this day. Like me, she was some people became a little more enlightened, from a small town in western Illinois and was the need for subsidized and supportive housing happy to escape to Chicago. Like me, she worked remained—some PWAs became homeless due to in journalism. She was (and is) also whip-smart the cost of treating their illness; others needed and extremely funny—she likely outstrips me in assistance with the tasks of day-to-day living. both those departments. I had wanted to do something about AIDS for A few days after the party, I was getting ready a while. Unlike most of the first wave of Chicago to leave my office to go to my Thursday volun- House volunteers, I hadn’t seen a friend or fam- teer shift at Chicago House. At that time I was ily member suffer from the disease. But I had working for a financial magazine, and most of many gay men among my friends, and since gay my journalist colleagues considered themselves Ernest Tripp and Trudy Ring in 1990, at the first Chicago House gala fundraiser. Photo by Lisa men had been hit particularly hard by AIDS, I liberal (certainly more liberal than the corporate Howe-Ebright felt a need to become involved. I was part of the types we covered), but they were not above the second wave of volunteers—people who hadn’t occasional derogatory gay joke, as was common witnessed the disease up close and personal, among even ostensibly liberal people in this era. tion of helping—I got great friends. work, but it soon became clear that while I but who realized it was a possibility. Our wave I always made it clear that I objected, and I On volunteer nights, stuffing envelopes while could easily perform and enjoy the grunt work was mostly gay men and their female friends, thought my coworkers had at least some respect conversing about politics and popular culture or at events, planning and overseeing them was both straight (like me) and lesbian, and the oc- for me and my point of view. I also thought we singing theme songs from old TV shows, I be- highly stressful, and the job was not a happy casional cool straight man. were friends. But this afternoon, just a few cubi- came close to so many terrific people. There was fit for me. So when an interesting opportunity That night the prospective volunteers sat in cles away, I could hear a group of them mocking Doug Doty, a paralegal with a quiet demeanor in publishing arose late that year, I gave notice. a circle of chairs in one of the meeting rooms something I had said along these lines recently. but a sly sense of humor, who shared my love Just before I left, I was at a Chicago House vol- upstairs at Ann Sather’s on Belmont. There were I was devastated. of movies, theater, and baseball—Ernest told us unteer recognition party, and Ernest, although about 20 of us, I think. I remember each of When I got to the Chicago House office, Ernest the latter was “the anomaly in both your lives.” he hadn’t been my supervisor in the staff job, us being paired with another volunteer to in- saw I was upset and took me aside, so I tearfully There was sweet, funny Judy DeVido, another gave a short speech praising my “dedication and terview, so instead of telling the group a little told him what had happened. He suggested that who worked in publishing. Michael Wynne, the tenacity.” It meant more to me than I can say. about ourselves, we told the group a little about I not try to do any work that night but meet him nicest MBA I’ve ever known, who laughed with Ernest left Chicago House soon after I did, go- the person we were paired with. I also remember and some friends for drinks at Annex 3 about me over the theme from The Patty Duke Show (“a ing to work for the Make-a-Wish Foundation and getting general information about the agency, 10 o’clock, when the volunteer shift was over. hot dog makes her lose control”). Dear Daniel then Horizons Community Services, but I stayed the various volunteer opportunities, the rules I did, and that night solidified our friendship Bartos, who managed a record store (when there in close touch with him and my other Chicago we’d have to abide by, the next steps to take if more than ever—so something wonderful came were record stores) and would bring me promo- House friends. He fell in love with a wonder- we decided to go through with volunteering. out of something painful. (I soon started look- tional posters of Bruce Springsteen, my favorite. ful man, Tim Higbee, and their wedding and re- But most of all I remember Ernest. ing for another job—I didn’t like writing about David Fronczak, a witty and good-natured civil ception in 1996 provided the opportunity for a Ernest Tripp was a Chicago House staff mem- finance anyway, and why put up with harass- engineer, who said there should be a TV show raucous celebration. I moved to Los Angeles in ber—volunteer coordinator—and he ran the ment when you’re doing a job you don’t care about Ernest called My Favorite Bitch. (Remem- 1997 to work for The Advocate, but saw them meeting. He was tall and thin, with wavy, san- about? And I’m happy to say that some of my ber, caring but acerbic.) Susan Nelson, a charm- during my periodic visits to Chicago. dy-colored hair—poufed up in ’80s style—and colleagues from those days have become much ing young woman who worked for a feminist Eventually AIDS touched my life more closely. attractive in an androgynous way. I’ve belat- more gay-friendly—I’m not in touch with most organization. A delightful law student named Kevin Dumyahn, a dear friend of mine since the edly realized he resembled Neil Tennant of the of them, but the few with whom I’m in contact Andrew Davis, who went on to be managing edi- early 1980s, died of AIDS complications in 1994. Pet Shop Boys. He was extremely animated and have turned out OK.) tor of Windy City Times. Many, many more. He had been diagnosed in 1989 or 1990, around obviously intelligent, and he exhibited a caring Chicago House became a bigger and bigger After almost every Thursday shift and many of the same time that Ernest told me he too was nature but an acerbic wit. We hit it off immedi- part of my life. For the next four years I vol- the events, I had drinks with Ernest and some HIV-positive. Ernest had several years of ups ately. unteered at the office almost every Thursday, of the volunteers, as well as other friends, at and downs in his health; the protease inhibi- I definitely wanted to sign on as a volunteer. I stuffing envelopes with fundraising appeal let- Annex or Roscoe’s or Buddies’ or His ’n’ Hers or tors worked for a lot of people, but not for him, didn’t want to work in one of the residences, as ters or event invitations, calling other volun- Big Chicks. On weekends I often went to dinner over the long term. He was very ill during most some volunteers did—I feared I’d get too emo- teers to schedule them to work at events, do- or a movie with my Chicago House friends, or of 2004, and one morning in December of that tionally involved with the residents, and hence ing whatever needed to be done. I volunteered sometimes just hung out at Ernest and Jean’s year Jean called me with the dreaded news—he depressed. But Chicago House also needed vol- at many fundraising events too. I stood on the apartment, eating pizza and watching Saturday had died the night before. I quickly got a flight unteers to work at its office—primarily perform- street to collect Tag Days donations during the Night Live. And there were the fabulous Christ- back for the funeral, where I was surrounded by ing tasks related to fundraising—as well as to Pride Parade. I spent most of a Friday night and mas and Oscar parties every year! others who loved Ernest. staff fundraising events. I knew I could handle Saturday doing setup for our first black-tie gala, My Chicago House work and friendships helped I’ll never stop missing him (or Kevin either, of those duties. then rang up sales from the auction that took sustain me through a long and frustrating job course), and there’s not a day when I don’t think Ernest told me there were regular volunteer place during the event. I made appeals for audi- search. I eventually became a volunteer team of one of Ernest’s funny, snarky sayings, about sessions at the office Wednesday and Thursday ence contributions at the Royal George and Wis- leader; Ernest assured me that he picked me not “America’s most embarrassing people” or some- evenings, and that I could work at fundraising dom Bridge theaters. There were so many other because we were friends but because he thought one who “wants to be important, but he’s not.” events on an as-needed basis. I found out he events I can’t remember them all, but I know I was the best qualified, which was something I I hope there’s a heaven where we’ll have drinks lived just a few blocks from me in Edgewater that I and my fellow volunteers helped assure needed to hear. I also became a member of the and long conversations and be just as witty and and didn’t have a car, so he asked if he could that many Chicagoans with AIDS had a roof over volunteer services committee, which worked to profound as we always thought we were. occasionally catch a ride home with me on vol- their heads and the other services they needed. improve volunteer recruitment, training, reten- So, thank you, Chicago House. I did a lot for unteer nights. I said of course. And I learned I soon realized that while I became a Chicago tion, and recognition, and in 1990 I received you as a volunteer, but you did more for me. And other things about him, probably not that night House volunteer to help people with AIDS, I was an award as one of Chicago House’s outstanding bless you for carrying on your good work—until but in the next few weeks, that told me we were reaping many benefits myself. Not that there volunteers—still one of my proudest achieve- there’s a cure. kindred spirits. was anything wrong with that—one thing Er- ments. trudy Ring is a former staff reporter for We both loved movies, theater, music, and nest made clear in the volunteer training was I finally left the financial magazine for free- Outlines (which purchased and merged with fashion. We appreciated each other’s sense of that volunteering can’t be all about altruism; to lance and temp work, and in 1993 I got a staff Windy City Times in 2000). She is now copy humor, although he teased me about my love keep you coming back, you have to get some- position with Chicago House, doing public re- editor for The Advocate. of puns, saying “bad pun” was a redundancy. thing in return. And I got not only the satisfac- lations and fundraising. I thought I’d like this 18 Oct. 19, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES WINDY CITY VIEWPOINTs TIMES founding principles of the gay rights movement: II. Gays were considered deviants. Regulations that we were a legitimate minority like Jews or excluded them from the military and if discov- VOL. 27 No. 2, Oct. 19, 2011 BOB The combined forces of Windy City Times, Negroes; that we were 10 percent of the popula- ered within the service, they were court-mar- founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, ROEHR tion as Dr. Kinsey had suggested, that we had tialed, dishonorably discharged and sometimes founded May 1987. the same rights to citizenship as every other incarcerated. human,” said historian Dudley Clendinen, co- At his induction, “They asked [about homo- PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR author of the seminal history of the gay rights sexual tendencies]; I didn’t tell, although, as a Tracy Baim movement Out for Good. healthy, vigorous teenager, there were indeed ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky Kameny instilled that vision and those values things to tell,” he would write years later. In- MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis into generations of gay men and women and fantryman Kameny saw combat in Holland and BUSINESS MANAGER Meghan Streit Gay is good: DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright they have stood the test of time. Germany and was awarded the bronze star for is ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson The life and times He founded the Mattachine Society of Wash- service. SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS: Terri Klinsky, Amy Matheny, Kirk Williamson, Dave Ouano, Kirk Smid of Frank Kameny ington in 1961, the first gay group in the city, “I didn’t fight to return to second-class citi- and sent its mimeographed newsletters to the zenship, or back of the bus status—or off the PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT Cynthia Holmes NIGHTSPOTS MANAGING EDITOR Kirk Williamson “If I am remembered for nothing else, I want to President and Congressman. The closeted FBI Di- bus altogether—as the homophobic opposition NATIONAL SALES Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 be remembered for coining ‘gay is good.’ It sums rector J. Edgar Hoover was so distraught that he would consign us,” he would say. SENIOR WRITERS Kate Sosin, Bob Roehr, Rex sent agents to knock on Kameny’s door, request- “I am proud of my military service but I have Wockner, Marie J. Kuda, David Byrne, Tony Per- up and epitomizes what I have worked for for egrin, Lisa Keen, Yasmin Nair, Erica Demarest half a century.” ing to be removed from the mailing list. Kameny resented for 64 years that I had to lie to my gov- THEATER EDITOR Scott C. Morgan That voice, that legend, the father of the refused. ernment in order to participate in a war effort CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight, Jr. modern gay rights movement is dead. Franklin He would help lead many of the first “pickets” which I strongly supported,” Kameny said at the BOOKS WRITER Yasmin Nair and demonstrations for gay rights, in Washing- Smithsonian and countless other occasions. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS Edward Kameny, 86, died at his home in Wash- Mary Shen Barnidge, Steve Warren, Lawrence ington, DC on the morning of October 11, appar- ton, in Philadelphia, in New York. He served on Kameny saw to it that removing the gay mili- Ferber, Mel Ferrand, Jerry Nunn, Alicia Wilson, ently in his sleep and of natural causes. the founding boards of national LGBT organiza- tary ban was one of the principle objectives of Jonathan Abarbanel tions. He ran for Congress in 1971—the first the D.C. Mattachine Society. It picketed the Pen- COLUMNISTS/WRITERS: Yvonne Zipter, Jorjet Frank Kameny was, in a way, an accidental Harper, Lee Lynch, Tully Satre, Lisa Keen, Charlsie activist. He moved to Washington in the mid- openly gay person to have his name on the bal- tagon in 1965 and 1966 and when Kameny ran Dewey, Michael Knipp, Lisa Klein, Joe Erbentraut, 1950s with a freshly minted Ph.D. in astronomy lot for federal office. for congress in 1971, he held a news conference Carrie Maxwell, Billy Masters, Chuck Colbert, from Harvard, poised to ride the nascent space He was at the center of the action in 1973 at the Pentagon in the outer office of the Secre- Micki Leventhal, Sarah Toce, Dana Rudolph, Sally when the American Psychiatric Association tary of the Army. Parsons, Emmanuel Garcia program into history. SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Kat Fitzgerald, Mel But he was denied a security clearance for a “cured” gays by removing homosexuality from He was one of the few people who were openly Ferrand, Hal Baim, Steve Starr, Emmanuel Garcia, civilian job with the government and that injus- the list of mental disorders. gay and quoted in the media during those de- Dave Ouano, Tim Carroll tice sparked a lifelong crusade for equality for Kameny coined his favorite phrase, “gay is cades and soldiers called him in the middle CIRCULATION good,” in 1968. It was inspired by a television of the night for help when they were being CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Jean Albright gays and lesbians. DISTRIBUTION: Ashina, Allan, Dan, John, Renee, “The Civil Service Commission had a gay ban newscast where Black civil rights workers were drummed out of the military. He became a self- Sue and Victor fully as strong as the present military gay ban, chanting, “Black is beautiful.” styled paralegal and soon the scourge of the WEB HOSTING: LoveYourWebsite.com (lead pro- the denial of security clearances, the sodomy “I realized immediately that the psychody- Judge Advocate corps. His Harvard-trained mind grammer: Martie Marro) laws—the general discrimination in those days, namics there were identical to ours,” he said. He quickly mastered the regulations and he helped if you were known to be gay, you never obtained passed on several options; “Homosexuality was to win the fairest possible treatment for count- Copyright 2011 Lambda Publications Inc./Windy City Media too clinical. Someone suggested, gay is great, less GIs, Group; All rights reserved. Reprint by permission only. Back or retained a job, or an apartment for that mat- issues (if available) for $5 per issue (postage included). ter. In some places like New York and Virginia, but that seemed a bit too colloquial.” He settled Kameny viewed enactment of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Return postage must accompany all manuscripts, drawings, on gay is good as a proactive and affirmative Tell” as simply a new incarnation of decades- and photographs submitted if they are to be returned, and you technically weren’t even allowed into public no responsibility may be assumed for unsolicited materials. places like bars,” Kameny told a reception at the statement. One of the first handmade buttons long discrimination against gays. He was elat- All rights to letters, art and photographs sent to Windy with that phrase is now in the Smithsonian. ed when the policy finally was laid to rest last City Times will be treated as unconditionally assigned Smithsonian Institution in 2007, when memora- for publication purposes and as such, subject to editing bilia from his life first went on public display. “No one had dared to say in public ever be- month. and comment. The opinions expressed by the columnists, fore, or really even to believe for the most part Clendinen summed up the institution that was cartoonists, letter writers, and commentators are their own He fought his firing, first before the Com- and do not necessarily reflect the position ofWindy City mission and then in court. Penniless and often in themselves—gay is good. Almost no one Kameny: “He never gave up. He never relented. Times. Publication of the name, photograph, or likeness of thought so, almost no one agreed with him” at He never gave an inch. He never yielded a single a person or organization in articles or advertising in Windy subsisting on little more than cans of beans, he City Times is not to be construed as any indication of the learned enough law to write his own legal briefs the time, said Clendenin. shred of his dignity. And, as time passed, things sexual orientation of such person or organization. While changed.” we encourage readers to support the advertisers who make and appeal the case all the way to the US Su- this newspaper possible, Windy City Times cannot accept preme Court. It was the first gay rights petition Military gay ban Most often it was because Frank Kameny made responsibility for advertising claims. to reach that body. The Court was not ready; One pillar of Kameny’s activism was opposi- things change. 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bark.’ I would fix my mind on anything and ev- gay” programs are a Religious Right marketing in this year’s LGBT Consumer Index For decades, John Smid had been the leader of erything to distract myself ... over time that program, not a legitimate movement. Survey. Out of approximately 100 Love in Action, the infamous “ex-gay” minis- process made me mentally disciplined enough to Needless to say, leaving the past completely print and online media partners who try that took away the underwear of clients if participated in the survey, Windy displace all lesbian thoughts, period.” (I photo- behind is not easy. Smid is still married to his the undergarments appeared too gay. The strict City was the best performing regional graphed her “ex-gay” poster boy husband John wife and on a journey to discover his inner Memphis, Tenn.-based ministry also used an egg media in the U.S. Only survey partners in a gay bar.) truth. He has one foot in the reality-based com- timer in the bathroom to make sure its clients with a nationwide footprint were Of course, such techniques can temporarily in- munity and one foot in a fantasy world. But the would not masturbate while showering. able to generate a greater number of still discipline to change sexual behavior—but first step in leaving the “ex-gay” charade behind Of all the “ex-gay” ministries this was the most responses.” ­­—David Marshall, Research not one’s sexual orientation. In a stunning ad- is admitting that the programs do not work. cult-like—with Smid keeping tight control over Director, Community Marketing, Inc. mission this week, Smid said that altering one’s It is never easy for one to acknowledge be- the social lives of his clients, who paid a pretty attractions are highly improbable—indeed so ing wrong, especially after decades of investing penny to live in the residential program. unlikely that he claims that he has not met a mentally, spiritually and financially in a big lie. The amount of mind control employed by Smid single man who truly prayed away the gay. Ac- I wish Smid the best of luck on his continued to turn gay people into heterosexuals was stun- cording to Smid: evolution and am grateful that he is beginning ning. In a 1997 interview with the Memphis “Yes, there are homosexuals that make dramatic to honestly discuss the limitations of “ex-gay” Flyer, Smid, spoke of his own special technique changes in their lives as they walk through the programs. for denying reality: “I’m looking at that wall and transformation process with Jesus. I have heard suddenly I say it’s blue,” Smid said, pointing to Turn to page 26 story after story of changes that have occurred a yellow wall. “Someone else comes along and as men and women find the grace of God in their WINDY CITY TIMES Oct. 19, 2011 19 GOINGS-ON WINDY CITY TIMES’ ENTERTAINMENT SECTION

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‘Anything Goes’ Jan Maxwell in Follies on Broadway. and ‘Follies’ in NYC Photo by Joan Marcus BY SCOTT C. MORGAN out hit after hit song (“I Get a Kick Out of You,” “All Through the Night,” “You’re the Top”), while NEW YORK—It’s an inconsequential quirk that a breezy and silly script set aboard a transatlan- Broadway theaters named after famed compos- tic ocean liner was cobbled together by the likes ers and playwrights rarely feature shows written of P.G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton, Howard Lindsay by the self-same artists on the marquee. and Russel Crouse. Take, for instance, the upcoming Broadway In actuality, though, the current Tony Award- revival of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. In- winning Broadway revival of Anything Goes is stead of playing at the George Gershwin Theatre really a “revisal.” Back in 1987, playwrights fun, fun, fun above all else. and Yvonne DeCarlo have all passed away). (where the blockbuster Wicked has been firmly Timothy Crouse and John Weidman revamped the Foster came across as a sweet Reno Sweeney, Follies is back on the Great White Way thanks in place since 2003), Porgy and Bess will play original dated script for a Lincoln Center Theater but was also appropriately brassy when called to a critically acclaimed Kenney Center revival at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (which hasn’t revival starring Patti LuPone. The score was also for (Foster was also a powerhouse with the cho- that transferred largely intact from Washing- hosted a show by its namesake composer in 46 reshuffled to restore songs cut from the origi- reography). Colin Donnell was a very handsome ton D.C. It’s the second Broadway revival of years). nal production and to interpolate other songs and funny Billy Crocker, while British actor Adam the show, following a critically drubbed 2001 Or look at the current Broadway revival of like “Friendship” and “It’s De-Lovely” from other Godley milked all the verbal and physical humor Roundabout Theatre Company revival (which co- Follies. This Kennedy Center transfer of Ste- Porter shows. out of the malapropism-prone Lord Evelyn Oak- incidentally featured choreography by Anything phen Sondheim and James Goldman’s landmark Purists may grumble, but the 1987 version of leigh. Goes’ Kathleen Marshall). 1971 musical is playing at the Marquis Theatre Anything Goes is generally accepted as the best This late into the run there were some notable Now some may find it odd that Follies, a mu- instead of the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (for- version for modern sensibilities. It’s also the cast replacements. Tony and Academy Award- sical about a reunion of former showgirls in a merly known as Henry Miller’s Theatre, but re- Tony Award-winning version that picked up even winner Joel Grey was sidelined with a foot in- soon-to-be-demolished theater, is playing in the named in 2010 in honor of the gay composer’s more Tony Awards this past season for star Sut- jury as Moonface Martin, but understudy Robert fairly new Marquis Theatre built in 1986. How- 80th birthday). The current tenant at the largely ton Foster as the sexy nightclub preacher Reno Creighton made the role his own with a welcome ever, theater historians will remember that three below-street-level Stephen Sondheim Theatre is Sweeney, for director Kathleen Marshall’s tap- youthful and James Cagney-esque take on the historic Broadway theaters were demolished to the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Tony Award- happy choreography and 2011 musical revival comical New York gangster. Erin Mackey was also make way for the Marriott hotel skyscraper that winning revival of Anything Goes. for the Roundabout Theatre Company. vocally and visually ravishing in Martin Pakle- houses the Marquis, so there is an added poi- I caught both Follies and Anything Goes dur- There are few things to quibble about the dinaz’s period costumes as the ingénue Hope gnancy to Follies playing in this particular the- ing a recent trip to New York City. Not only was Roundabout revival. In some ways you can tell Harcourt. ater. it interesting to compare and contrast two musi- it was done on the cheap, since a plush dog is Follies set designer Derek McLane has smartly cal revivals from different eras, but it was fun to used in place of a real one, while Derek McLane’s Looking back for tears covered the Marquis’ modern interior with gray find unexpected connections between the two pushed-to-the-front ocean liner set occasionally Garnering loads of laughs as the randy and tarps to make the auditorium look appropri- productions. wobbles where it shouldn’t. tipsy codger Elisha Whitney in Anything Goes ately run down, while the grayness extends to The broad jokester style of the show with is the perfectly timed John McMartin. Diehard the largely bare stage (until the colorfully floral Looking back for laughs cartoon-harmless gangsters and loads of sexual musical theater fans will know McMartin played Loveland set is startlingly revealed in Act II). Anything Goes has long been held as the innuendo is also bound to get on the nerves of Benjamin Stone in the original 1971 Broadway Turn to page 23 quintessential 1930s musical. For his 1934 some audiences. But I personally surrendered to cast of Follies (and that his leading Follies co- score, gay composer/lyricist Cole Porter knocked this revamped period show which emphasizes stars Alexis Smith, Dorothy Collins, Gene Nelson 20 Oct. 19, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES THEATER REVIEW However, some story elements seem thin. It’s THEATER REVIEW revealed early that two characters secretly are The Spirit Play married, a fact that has no real relevance to the Old Times Playwright: Emily Schwartz outcome. Also, Foust channels the spirit of a Playwright: Harold Pinter At: Strange Tree Group, suicide, yet the causes of her self-destruction At: Strawdog Theatre, 3829 N. Broadway St. Storefront Theater, 66 E. Randolph St. are not explored although her grieving husband Phone: 866-811-4111;$28 Tickets: 312-742-8497; is a key figure. Schwartz can strengthen these Runs through: Nov. 12 http://www.dcatheater.org; $20 elements without turning her light drama into Runs through: Nov. 8 dark tragedy. She also has an opportunity for BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE a broad comic scene using the talisman ring BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL through which the deceased is channeled. If the There are an infinite number of ways to in- ring were passed around the séance circle, each terpret any one of Harold Pinter’s enigmatic The Spirit Play is an engaging two-hour world character—male and female—could momen- actors’ exercises, especially those centering premiere that doesn’t quite levitate into the tarily be inhabited by the spirit, especially the on sexual dynamics, but Kimberly Senior may realm of magical theater. One reason, perhaps, foppish Hubert Redspell (Scott Cupper). be the first director in these parts to see in is the familiar premise. There have been many The visual production has the imaginative this popular who-done-what overtones of the shows and stories about the phony clairvoyant and artistic details in set, costumes and spe- kind of game played by the bored spouses in or medium who unexpectedly channels a real cial effects which are a signature of Strange Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? spirit from the Other Side, generally to the cyni- Tree Group’s work. For example, Joe Schermoly’s The action is straightforward enough: long- cal disbelief of his/her confederates. What does scenic design provides an unusual seven-sided married Deeley and Kate live quietly by the he/she make of the situation? Is it good or bad? séance room with richly striped period wallpaper seaside. Deeley leaves home occasionally on Why has the spirit crossed over? Does it have and cut-away lath-and-plaster walls, and Delia some unnamed business, while Kate keeps unfinished business in our temporal world? Is Baseman’s costumes provide bustled dresses for pretty much to herself. Tonight, however, the spirit a short-term intruder or is the medium the women in muted color-on-color patterns. they are hosting Kate’s chum from her single possessed forever? The merit of the story isn’t Unusual for Strange Tree Group, it’s a naturalistic years—Anna, whose glamorous life in Italy is the premise, but how the usual questions may physical context for a realistic play, far from the the very opposite of Deeley and Kate’s placid be answered. explorations of fantasy, fairytale and fable which existence. As the evening progresses, and the Playwright Emily Schwartz chooses 1870s have been the troupe’s meat and potatoes. This brandy and reminiscences begin to flow, Dee- Chicago as her setting, focusing on two sis- Old Times. Photo by Chris Ocken time the fantastic elements come from the char- ley becomes increasingly jealous of the qua- ters and an avaricious husband who operate a acters themselves rather than from the external si-sapphic camaraderie that Anna claims to Spiritualism scam on the unsuspecting and/or steely Anna (whose darkly seductive witchery universe in which the tale is set. have shared with his wife in their bachelor- the willingly susceptible. When medium Jane contrasts with the sunny serenity of Abigail Returning guest director Jimmy McDermott ette days. His insecurity finds expression in Foust unexpectedly makes a real connection, it Boucher’s Kate) inclines us to suspect the lat- skillfully commands the play and players, with his own memories of having been involved— ignites a love triangle of sorts which ends with ter stratagem, but the factor that most dis- Delia Baseman (Foust) and Matt Holzfeind (Ge- rather cavalierly—with both of the women the villain dragged down to hell and the lovers tinguishes this production from its predeces- rard) especially strong in central roles. McDer- during the period under scrutiny, to which parting, perhaps forever (but perhaps not). The sors is Senior’s decision, just as the warfare mott allows his cast some amusing melodramatic Anna retaliates in kind, warning him, “There Faustian detail and the homonymic name, Foust, approaches its sizzling climax, to have the exaggeration in keeping with the period setting are things one remembers even though they are amusing twists. and fantastic story. may not have happened, but as I recall them, hitherto-passive Kate declare the final victor so they take place.” of the duel. So what did happen 20 years ago? Who Pinter wrote his play in 1971, but with the dumped whom? Who picked up whom on proliferation in 2011 of devices for altering the rebound? Did somebody die and is one photographs, audiotapes and cyberdocu- ments, re-inventing the past has never been Matt of the people in the room now a ghost? Are Holzfeind in these three characters sincere—whether fac- easier. Yes, being cast as the princess over whom knights fight in their imaginations The Spirit tually or subjectively—in their accounts of Play. events, or are they fabricating fantasies in might be flattering, up to a point—but in the end, who is rightfully entitled to the last Photo by an Albee-esque attempt to dominate each Tyler Core other, under the guise of hazy nostalgia? word on your life story? Yourself, or a pair The escalating intensity between John Henry of squabbling rivals arguing their own impor- Roberts’ scrappy Deeley and Michaela Petro’s tance?

CRITICS’ PICKS One-woman The Halloween Shows, Catalyst Cabaret show about at Stage 773, through Oct 30. This musi- cal revue by an ensemble whose cliché-free Girl Scouts Oct. 20 repertoire ranges from Disney to Death Cab We’ve Got a Badge for That—lesbian per- For Cutie features a Quasimodo doing the former Kelli Strickland’s one-woman show soft-shoe and the Twilight Saga gang war- about her own adventures with the Girl bling Les Miz and Damn Yankees, all in Chi- Souts—will take place Thursday, Oct. 20, cago’s newest 50s-style nightclub. MSB at 7:30 p.m. in room 409 of Loyola Univer- Red, Goodman Theatre, through Oct. 30. sity’s Mundelein Center, 1020 W. Sheridan John Logan’s crackling and intelligent play Rd. about art, artists and Mark Rothko is enter- Strickland most recently appeared in SPOTLIGHT taining yet surprisingly deep. It’s essence Raven Theatre’s The Cherry Orchard, and is talk, but silence, music and physical ac- starred in the feature film Hannah Free, tion amplify much. Edward Gero and Patrick playing young Hannah. She is the former Andrews are wonderful. JA Executive Director of Bailiwick’s Lesbian Riff Raff, Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company Theatre Initiative. at Angel Island, through Oct. 30. You can Admission is free. For more information, almost see the numbered pieces in Laurence see http://blogs.luc.edu/artsalive/portfo- Fishburne’s pulp-fiction pastiche, but a trio lio/we’ve-got-a-badge-for-that. of actors under the guidance of urban-noir gritmaster Richard Cotovsky navigate the double and triple-crosses to generate nail- chewing suspense. MSB The Tales of Hoffmann, Lyric Opera of Kelli Chicago, through Oct. 29. The Lyric pres- Strickland. ents a solid production both musically and PR photo Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp will forever have a spot in theater history for respectively theatrically of Offenbach’s final opera about originating the roles of Roger and Mark in Jonathan Larson’s 1996 Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize- a lovelorn poet (modeled on Nutcracker au- winning musical Rent. So if you missed them on Broadway or in the 2009 Rent tour that reunited thor E.T.A. Hoffmann) whose pursuit of love the two onstage, then be sure not to miss Pascal and Rapp in a special concert performing songs is thwarted time after time in fantastical from other Broadway shows ranging from Aida to You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Adam Pas- fashion. SCM cal and Anthony Rapp perform in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at the North Shore Center —By Abarbanel, Barnidge for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie. Tickets are $30-$60; call 847-673-6300 or and Morgan visit http://www.northshorecenter.org. Photo of Rapp and Pascal in a 2009 tour of Rent by Joan Marcus WINDY CITY TIMES Oct. 19, 2011 21

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Corporate Production Sponsor Major Foundation Production Support Official Hotel Partner 22 Oct. 19, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES THEATER REVIEW Chicago Follies director Gary Griffin has made Barrett particularly shines with his handsome a name for his compelling work on Sondheim baritone voice while O’Connor dazzles in her big Follies musicals and he continues his legacy by smartly dance number “The Story of Lucy and Jessie.” Score: Stephen Sondheim; adapting a big show like Follies for the cozy (O’Connor’s American accent is confidently in Book: James Goldman confines of CST’s Courtyard Theater space. True, place, but it’s more brassy instead of classy.) At: Chicago Shakespeare Theater, there might not be as much splashy spectacle to Susan Moniz and Robert Petkoff both showed 800 E. Chicago Ave. be seen, but the characters’ dilemmas crucially an appropriate fragility as the unhappily married Phone: 312-595-5600; $55-$75 ring true. couple of Sally and Buddy Plummer. But the fact Runs through: Nov. 13 Behind the proscenium is a great 12-member that both look so youthful gives the impression onstage orchestra conducted by Valerie Maze that their characters have more opportunities to BY SCOTT C. MORGAN that gets a great Broadway sound, while Griffin make right with their lives instead of what is and choreographer Alex Sanchez stage most of hinted at in the script. It’s almost unfair to review Stephen Sondheim the action on the thrust portion of the stage. There are lots of smaller specialty numbers for and James Goldman’s 1971 musical Follies at That allows the audience to get intimately other cast members to shine and they definitely Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) after having caught up in all the characters’ personal and fre- grab the opportunities in CST’s Follies. seen the current Kennedy Center transfer of the quently dysfunctional love lives as they reunite Hollis Resnik makes for a particularly glam- same show in New York. for a reunion of former Broadway showgirls. orous Carlotta Campion singing the show biz The Broadway Follies has a bigger budget, a As the wealthy couple Ben and Phyllis Stone, paean to survival “I’m Still Here,” while Mari- larger cast and plays in a theater more than Broadway veteran Brent Barrett and Australian- lynn Bogetich gets plenty of laughs as the one- double the size of CST. However, don’t brush off British actress Caroline O’Connor both show time looker Hattie Walker who sings “Broadway the benefits of seeing Follies on a more intimate plenty of steely resolve and drunken bitterness. Baby.” Mike Nussbaum makes for a great show- and personal scale at CST. man Dimitri Weismann, complete with an inap- propriately young trophy companion by his side. Now those seeking out a definitive production CULTURE CLUB of Follies won’t find it at CST. However, Griffin’s intimate take on Follies is still a must-see for both die-hard fans and newcomers to this intro- “From the PHENOMENALLY SUCCESSFUL spective musical that masterfully celebrates and Follies. Photo by Liz Lauren challenges the nostalgia and idealism of musical pop composer STEPHEN SCHWARTZ" theater from the first half of the 20th century. -Chicago Tribune

Michelle, vents her jealous rancor to—and Under the on—boy-bud Graham, whose tolerance masks Blue Sky an affection that the insecure Michelle is un- able to accept. Finally, we have middle-aged Playwright: David Eldridge professor Anne, whose departure facilitated At: Steep Theatre, 1115 W. Berwyn Ave. Nick’s escape, and Robert, her much-younger Phone: 866-811-4111;$20-$22 colleague and would-be swain. A MUSICAL SCRAPBOOK Runs through: Nov. 19 Foolish youths looking for love in the wrong music & lyrics by book by places, and patient elders rewarded for not STEPHEN SCHWARTZ DAVID STERN BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE looking at all, would compose a fable far more Playing September 16 - October 23 welcome if Eldridge’s own sympathies weren’t For playgoers familiar with the British educa- so obviously reflected in the attention he be- 847.673.6300 OR NORTHLIGHT.ORG tion system, London environs and maritime cli- stows upon his personae. While Robert and mates, there is a wealth of social commentary Anne banter with warmth and camaraderie, to be found in Steep Theatre’s latest glimpse Sara utters such tearful pleas as “Why are you into Anglophile lifestyles. Its characters are torturing me like this? I feel so exposed!” as teachers, after all—some in impoverished East she waves a kitchen knife at her reluctant par- End classrooms, and some in posh suburban amour, who stammers apologies like one of his academies—with the ideals they bring to their own students. Slutty Michelle and nerdy Gra- occupations influencing their personal con- ham are no less adolescent in their alternating duct, for good or ill. For audiences who con- vilification and consolation of one another. fuse “fifth form” with “fifth grade,” however, The Steep Theatre Company has long proved the most immediate lesson offered by David its mettle at bridging cultural behavior alien Eldridge’s play is the folly of pursuing work- to our yankee experience, but since the la- place romances. ments of four unhappy lovers are necessary to Sara and Nick shared a drunken tumble in the set up the happy ending for the last two, we sheets three years earlier, awakening in the must endure nearly an hour of shallow ranting former a hope for something more, until the before we emerge to the wisdom of seeking latter announces his decision to accept a posi- satisfaction in your job, letting Cupid fly at tion at an elite Essex “independent,” leaving his own pace, speaking your mind, following his trench-companion-with-benefits to contin- your bliss, etc. Even with a running time of ue the fight in the immigrant slums where they only 80 minutes, that’s a lot of rain before the met. In the meantime, Nick’s ex-girlfriend, sunshine.

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO A world premiere adaptation of the legendary classic by Alexandre Dumas Thursday–Sunday through October 30, 2011 Call 773-761-4477 or visit www.lifelinetheatre.com Under the Blue Sky. Photo by Lee Miller WINDY CITY TIMES Oct. 19, 2011 23 BOOK REVIEW ing notable roles such as Mrs. Brown (another Here are some other things about Dench you queen!), Iris, Notes on a Scandal, and Jane Eyre. might be surprised to learn: despite the many And Furthermore Dench has also starred in two popular British TV accolades she’s received, she doesn’t approve of by Judi Dench series—A Fine Romance, in which she appeared awards for acting. “Acting,” she says, “is such a $26.99; St. Martin’s Press; opposite her husband Michael Williams, and in As personal, imperfect kind of art.” She credits Frank 268 pages Time Goes By. Sinatra, along with Sir John Gielgud, as the best REVIEW BY SALLY PARSONS In addition to her Oscar for Best Supporting Ac- teachers of how to speak Shakespeare. She de- tress in Shakespeare in Love, she has been award- tests The Merchant of Venice (“… everyone be- She’s loved by movie fans (M in the Bond series, ed Best Actress awards by the British Academy of haves so frightfully badly”). Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love, among Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) many times. She Dench touches on her family in this book but other roles), and adored weekly in the ever-re- was also awarded a Tony for her role in Amy’s View devotes most of it to her theater life reminis- peating TV series As Time Goes By on PBS. In on Broadway. cences. The many photos, however, satisfy one’s her memoir, as told to her biographer John Miller, She was appointed a Dame Commander of the curiosity about both. Judi Dench fills in the gaps not covered in his Order of the British Empire in 1988 and a Com- She doesn’t want to retire—and that is good bio of her published in 1998 (Judi Dench, With a panion of Honour in 2005. news for those of us who love Judi Dench. Crack in Her Voice). Anglophiles will no doubt adore this book, steeped as it is in British theater names, British SCOTTISH from page 19 and Jayne Houdyshell also get to shine with humor, and tales of life on the boards in presti- Director Eric Schaeffer and choreographer their own expertly performed songs, while Met- practice and a homemaker, Dench was immersed gious British theater companies. Warren Carlyle are blessed with a 41-member ropolitan Opera veteran Rosalind Elias makes in the theater from the git-go as her parents took Actors as well may lap up a pointer or two on ensemble and a full orchestra to flesh out an outstanding Broadway debut singing the an active role in local theater groups. She acted how to improve thespian skills. For example, in Sondheim’s wonderful score filled with homage heartbreaking waltz “One More Kiss.” as a child in school productions (playing a fairy rehearsal for Antony and Cleopatra, the director pastiche numbers and more reflective songs Undoubtedly those who saw the original Peter Hall gave Dench a note she finds works for in the Nativity Play, “… which I was quite cross that nostalgically and bitterly look at the past. 1971 Follies will find ways to point out how any part in any play. Don’t try to play all of the about, because I knew the Nativity story did not This Follies is also full of great theater lumi- this Broadway revival fails to live up to its first character in the first scene, he instructed. “’… involve fairies.”). She originally wanted to be a naries and opera veterans. predecessor in terms of lavishness, emotional play aspects of her [Cleopatra] in all the scenes,’” ballet dancer. After studying acting at the Central Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters’ typi- depth and theatrical invention. But for those and at play’s end, he summed it up, hopefully all School of Speech and Drama in London, Dench cally wouldn’t be ideal casting for Sally Durrant of us who weren’t around to see the original the character will be in place. was asked to audition at the Old Vic and in 1957 Plummer (who is usually played by a soprano), production, this grand revival of Follies comes Dench enjoys sharing with us the numerous was offered the part of Ophelia in Hamlet. And but she adapts her distinctive voice to fit the the closest to being an ideal realization in theatrical antics she’s witnessed or been a part so began her professional life in the theater. She score. Some may find Peters’ take on the song terms of theater talent and scale of a legendary of. Dench (who would have guessed?) is quite a stayed at the Old Vic four years, moving on to “Losing My Mind” to be too tearful, but it musical that shows the rueful regret that can practical jokester. One time, in a production of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National stands out as her own personal stamp on the come from looking back to a past that never Cabaret, she and John Mills decided to get back at Theater Company, to both of which she has re- number. was. an actor they thought was behaving badly. In the turned several times throughout her long career. Much more appropriate is Jan Maxwell as Follies continues in a limited engagement scene, which called for members of three theatri- Dench has also taken a turn in musicals, play- the patrician and hard-as-nails Phyllis Rogers at the Marquis Theatre in New York through cal companies to grab their luggage and scatter ing Sally Bowles in Cabaret, in Sondheim’s A Lit- Stone, whose sarcastically funny performance Jan. 22, 2012. Visit http://www.Follies- in different directions, Dench and Mills put heavy tle Night Music, and—most recently—as the pro- is spot on and devastatingly honest. Broadway.com for more information. stage weights in the offender’s suitcase. Everyone ducer’s mother in the film Nine. (When rehearsing Also very good are Danny Burstein as the Anything Goes continues in a limited en- gagement through April 29, 2012, at the else launched their cases over their heads with her song for this role, she panicked when Sophia unhappy salesman Buddy Plummer and Ron Stephen Sondheim Theatre in New York. ease. The target actor tried and simply fell over, Loren sat in the first row with Daniel Day-Lewis Raines as the world-weary diplomat Benjamin Visit http://www.AnythingGoesOnBroadway. then had to drag his case along while the others to observe. It’s refreshing to note a pro of Dench’s Stone. com for more information. scattered easily, their suitcases bouncing aloft. character can be shy in front of her peers). Her Broadway pros like Terri White, Elaine Paige Born in 1934 in York to a doctor in general movie roles add up to an impressive list, includ- 24 Oct. 19, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES NUNN ON ONE: COMEDY The class fee is $220 for Lillstreet members Zachary Quinto and $225 for non-members. See http://www. Scott Thompson: comes out lillstreet.com/class/6814. Actor Zachary Quinto has come out of the closet. The 34-year-old actor —who has been on such TV series as So NoTORIous (with Tori Out comedian Spelling) and Heroes as well as films such as Star Trek—did so while describing his role in the restaging of Angels in America to New York gets his ‘Hall’ pass Magazine. He said the eight-month role was “the most challenging thing I’ve ever done as an actor WCT: How did you all meet up? and the most rewarding. ... [A]s a gay man, it ST: They all met on their own. They have their made me feel like there’s still so much work to own stories but I am the fifth member. I was be done, and there’s still so many things that an actor. I had just started and was not having need to be looked at and addressed.” Rumors much success. Then a friend of mine took me to Yamagata’s had previously linked Quinto—now in the new a midnight show in Toronto in 1984. The original FX show American Horror Story—with openly Kids in the Hall were there. There were seven of ‘Chesapeake’out; gay Glee actor Jonathan Groff. them at the time. I had never seen anything like tour starts Oct. 24 it in my life. I turned to my friend and said, “I’m Singer/songwriter Rachael Yamagata’s third going to be in that group.” She said,” You don’t Cartoonist Hollander release, Chesapeake, is out through her own even know them.” I said, “They don’t know it yet Frankenfish Records. but they need me.” teaching classes John Alagia—producer of Yamagata’s Hap- WCT: I love it! Renowned cartoonist Nicole Hollander— penstance album as well as albums from Liz ST: It was one of those times in your life when famed for her Sylvia strip—will be teaching a Phair, Dave Matthews Band and Jason Mraz— everything is clear. You know exactly what you graphic-novel class at the Lillstreet Art Center, is behind this CD as well. By JERRY NUNN are going to do and how it will play out. That 4401 N. Ravenswood Ave. Yamagata emerged in 2005 when songs from was it. I have never had it since but it all worked The classes will take place Oct. 22, Oct. 29 Happenstance and her self-titled debut EP, Canadian comedian Scott Thompson brings his out. A little voice said, “You have got to be in and Nov. 5, 1-5 p.m. turned up in such films and television shows bacon to Chicago this month. He will team with that group. That is what you need to do.” Students will join Hollander in her studio for as Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, In Her another Kids in the Hall star Kevin McDonald for WCT: Did you want to do stand-up even a three-day intensive workshop exploring the Shoes, Prime, How I Met Your Mother, Nip/ a stand-up act at the Mayne Stage this week. then? art of storytelling. Participating artists will Tuck, One Tree Hill, and The O.C., on which she Our out and proud jokester chatted about bully- ST: I did want to be a stand-up comedian back choose a significant moment from their lives made a guest performance. ing and who has the last laugh. then but it was too difficult in the mid ‘80s. I and put them together with images to create Her tour starts Oct. 24 in Portland, Maine, Windy City Times: Hi, Scott. Where in the had done amateur night and open mics but a gay their personal stories. Students will draw on and will end Dec. 22 in New York City. Yamaga- world are you calling from? comedian in the mid ‘80s was just not going to influences from cave paintings to stick figures, ta will perform in Chicago Nov. 8. See http:// Scott Thompson: I’m in Sacramento [Califor- happen. I wasn’t even out yet. The homophobia and comic books to graphic novels. www.RachaelYamagata.com. nia]. was just horrific. AIDS was killing everyone and WCT: Is this a stand-up tour you are on? it was a terrible time. I had such a bad time the ST: It is a total stand-up tour with Kevin and first few times of doing open mics that I thought story. He went back to Saturday Night Live af- ST: Oh yes, absolutely. We had a teacher that I. We each do a couple of sets solo then we come that I couldn’t do it. Then when I met Kids in ter being gone for a few years. He started look- would fill milk jugs with water and same thing, together to do stuff together. It is definitely the Hall I knew I could do characters and hide ing for people to put in SNL. He went on a big you would hold them out with arms spread on brand-new. It is not characters or sketches. It is behind my characters. North American travel hunt. He had heard about both sides until you couldn’t do it anymore. me and Kevin rocking the mic. WCT: You had some great ones to play. us through the Canadian connection, through WCT: What an education. It was torture! WCT: Do you cover current topics? ST: Yes and I had no idea that I could do that Martin Short, Dave Thomas and Dan Aykroyd— ST: They need a little more of that these days. ST: Not really. No, more diversity. We don’t kind of stuff. I wasn’t one of those people that people that had heard about us. He came up to You can’t even give a kid a C anymore. “What do take on events of the day, no. I have never been could do voices. You do things because you have Toronto and we did a show for him. That was it. you mean you gave my kid a C? All kids deserve good at that. Occasionally, I go off a lot. So I to do them. First of all, he pulled some of us—Kevin, A’s!” quite often do different things all the time. I WCT: Did you ever think the group would Mark and Bruce—to write on the worst year of WCT: Then after the teacher got done with will talk about things that are on my mind that have such a huge following? SNL. It was the Robert Downey year. It was not me, I was picked on for being gay by the kids. are on the news. Generally it is the big three: ST: Maybe it is presumptuous to say “yes,” but a good year. They worked under the table. He ST: Oh Lord, it was brutal. We are tougher from sex, race and death—at least my stuff is. When I did. When I saw them perform I thought, “This tried to break us up; really, he couldn’t. They it. We are way tougher… I get too heavy then Kevin comes on. When he is the greatest thing I have seen in my life.” I kept coming back to Toronto and doing shows. WCT: We are. I feel better now, thank you. gets too silly then I come on. We really balance didn’t know it would be like it is now. I didn’t Lorne realized after a year of us doing our own ST: It all worked out. I am jealous of the each other. It is a yin-and-yang kind of a show. know we would be together 25 years later, but I things, I was with Second City, that we couldn’t younger generation and they have no idea how WCT: How long have you known him? knew it was brand-new and I wanted to be a part be taken apart. He decided to get us a TV show easy they have it. Well, hello Glee and good- ST: I have known Kevin for 25 years. I wish of it. so he brought us to New York in 1988. We spent bye Oscar Wilde. Persecution does breed art and we could say we were 10; we were really young WCT: I didn’t realize how much the group six months living there on our own and doing comedy. It breeds strength. I think we may have but not that young. I have known him since I owed to Lorne Michaels until reading your sketch comedy. We developed a following and we gone too far the other way. first started my career. I met the Kids in the Hall history. got this big story in Rolling Stone. They said we WCT: We will see, I guess. right out of school. It has been a hell of a long ST: He discovered us. It is a classic Cinderella were the new thing in comedy. That launched us. ST: Yes, we will see, won’t we? Honestly, I see time. That was the end of it. Lorne greased all those it as the decline of the West with the self-es- wheels and got us a television show. teem movement. I think that is the number-one WCT: I read the name came from Sid Caesar. thing. I wouldn’t occupy Wall Street. I would oc- ST: Actually, it was Jack Benny. When Jack cupy schools. Self-esteem, when I was growing would do his show he would walk through a hall- up, was something you achieved in spite of your way and there would be all these young writers childhood. Now you can’t say, “boo” to a kid. If trying to pitch him jokes. If he used any of the you said “boo” she could have a heart attack! jokes and they scored then he would say, “That WCT: Canada is pretty liberal and has same- was from one of the kids in the hall.” sex marriage now. We were also the kids that were in trouble. I ST: Yes we do. It just happened. Canadians are am sure they don’t do this anymore because it very much like “even if we don’t agree with it, would be considered bullying but teachers used oh well.” In the States you guys argue about to put my desk in the hall all of the time. things. We just go with what the government WCT: I forgot about teachers doing that! says. Gay marriage in Canada was like the met- ST: I am sure it would be a huge scandal now ric system: “Well, it’s going to hurt a little but and they would lose their jobs. They would put eventually we will get used to it.” It is like sod- your desk in the hall and it was humiliating. omy really, not only do you get used to it, but People would walk by and see you in the hall. you grow to like it! My desk was out there all the time. Those were Two Kids One Hall hits the Mayne Stage, 1328 the days where you could rap a kid’s hand with W. Morse, for five shows, starting on Oct. 20 at rulers. You could throw chalk at them. 8:00 pm, plus Oct. 21 & 22 at 8:00 pm and 10:30 WCT: I had a teacher that made me hold pm. Call 773-381-4554 or visit http://www. Scott Thompson (left) and Kevin McDonald. out dictionaries on each outstretched hand maynestage.com for ticket information. standing in the back of the class until I would cry. WINDY CITY TIMES Oct. 19, 2011 25 TELEVISION person would not write. [Note: The note on the rock read, in part, “You are nothing but a nelly twink trying to get attention by calling yourself Taylor Garrett of ‘A-List: Dallas’ a republican. You are nothing but an embarrass- ment to the gay community.”] on Ann Coulter, reality TV WCT: What kind of feedback have you got- ten about the show? by andrew davis with loved me and made me this way. TG: Leading up to the show—and, especially, I’m not trying to turn people into Christian after the Ann Coulter story hit—was a new ex- Much like The Real Housewives or even CSI or Republicans. I’m just trying to show that you perience for me. There were literally a thousand Law & Order, Logo’s The A-List now has its own can be your own person. comments out there; one of them said, “Too bad franchise, thanks to the Southern-fried offshoot WCT: You were described as “ultraconserva- the gays don’t use bullets instead of rocks.” It The A-List: Dallas. tive” in the press release. What makes you was an alarming, crazy, eye-opening experience. Also like its predecessor, “Dallas” features a that way, because your stances on gay issues The day the show came out [Oct. 10], there group of (mostly) gay friends who engage in all seem pretty liberal. were nothing but positive comments from gay sorts of drama. Windy City Times recently talked TG: I am [liberal on those issues]; I am gay people, like, “You’re just like me. I think this with Taylor Garrett, 27, who is often at odds and I deserve to be married. way but I don’t tell,” and “It’s great to see a with the other cast members (and, possibly with Well, I could get into “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Christian out there.” Other people said, “I didn’t many gay people) because he’s a Republican. Conservatives should want gays in the military know we had Bible apps on the iPad. I just Windy City Times: Taylor! Your voice makes because “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” took military downloaded them. Thank you so much.” I got me yearn for a glass of sweet tea. members out once they were in. I think the Taylor Garrett. Photo by Mike Ruiz for Logo overwhelmingly positive responses from the first Taylor Garrett: [Laughs] Well—as long as it’s training cost per soldier is about $36,000, so episode, and so they helped me get past the bad homemade and made with Splenda, I could make they lose money when they yank ‘em out after me. The whole point of meeting Ann Coulter was stuff that happened days before. you a good glass of tea. I love making tea. I training them; it’s like a deficit, you see. that you have two people with similar views and WCT: I saw the first episode, and there’s even like to put some chardonnay into it at the Also, where I am very conservative is that disagree [about others] can sit down, have a quite a lot of drama. I’m not sure some peo- end of the evening; it might sound weird but it I’m very pro-life. I’m adopted; my birth mother, civil lunch and not bash each other. They should ple would want to hang around some of the tastes so good. who I met in 2006, was 15 years old when she look at someone from the far right reaching out other cast members for more than 15 min- WCT: Well, let’s move on to the show. Be- got pregnant with me. Her mom wanted her and saying, “I might not agree with your opin- utes. ing pretty private, I can’t imagine being on a to abort me; my mom refused, so she had to ions, but you’re a human being and I’ll sit down TG: In the second episode [that aired Oct. 17], reality-TV show. What motivated you to be on go to Houston to live with her aunt while she and have lunch with you.” It’s been taken out of I push Phillip in a pool and he comes out and one? was pregnant with me, and she gave me up for context. throws me into a wall. I push him because he TG: Actually, I turned it down four different adoption. That really, really affected my world WCT: Also, I understand something hap- started talking about James and he was stirring times. Then they called me one week into pro- view and opinions on life issues. As my friend pened after you had lunch with her—to your up stuff and I had just had enough—so I de- duction and were like, “This is your last chance. Michael Reagan—President Reagan’s son, who’s own home. cided to baptize him. [Laughs] I thought he was We really like you. Here’s another opportunity.” also adopted—said, “You walk into a room with TG: Yeah [laughs ruefully], and that’s been mis- just going to push me into the pool, but he took I don’t know what it was, but I said, “OK—I’ll do all adopted people and you ask, ‘Who would’ve construed all over the Internet as well. I came it to a whole new level and came after me. it.” chosen to be aborted instead of being here?’ No home and found that a rock had been thrown The A-List: Dallas airs Mondays on 10 p.m. My main goal going in was to show young peo- hands are raised.” That affects my pro-life views through my window. I called the Huffington Post CT on Logo. ple that you don’t have to be like all the other and affects my view of Christianity. and gave a very detailed question-and-answer read the entire interview online at http:// people in the gay community. I’m not saying WCT: It’s interesting how political affilia- interview. But it was very clear from the note www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com, and find out their thinking’s wrong but when I came out and tions can divide people. I know people who that a gay person wrote it, and it just goes to about Taylor Garrett’s political plans as well got comfortable with myself, it seemed to be the will not go near gay Republicans. show you how, in our community, we advocate as which cast members surprised him most. line of thought that you couldn’t be Christian or TG: I don’t know if you’ve seen the news, but I for diversity but we can’t accept diverse political Republican if you’re gay. There was that conflict was with Ann Coulter [recently] and that caused opinions. within me because I know the God I grew up a shitstorm for me. The bloggers are attacking There is language on that note that a straight 26 Oct. 19, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES 30th Reeling KNIGHT LGBT film fest AT running Nov. 3-12 Chicago, IL—REELING 2011: The Chicago THE Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival MOVIES will mark its 30th anniversary this year, making it the second-oldest LGBT-related event of its kind in the world. The festival runs Thursday, Nov. 3-Saturday, Nov. 12. Reeling will kick off with its opening- night selection, The Wise Kids by Stephen By Cone, marking the first time the festival Richard will launch with a film directed by a Chi- Knight, Jr. cago-based filmmaker. Closing the festival is the satire Going Down in La-La Land, by award-winning director/writer and festival The Skin favorite, Casper Andreas (Violet Tenden- cies; The Big Gay Musical). It will screen Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Portage Theater, I Live In 4050 N. Milwaukee Ave. Reeling will also present three documen- Antonio Banderas and the man who made him a tary centerpiece films: We Were Here, Wish star, the Spanish queer auteur Almodovar (who Me Away and Vito. left off using his first name, “Pedro,” many films Screenings for the festival take place at ago) reunite after 21 years in The Skin I Live Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema, 2828 In. Although this new collaboration of star and N. Clark St.; Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. writer-director is not quite as enthralling as the Antonio Banderas and Elena Anaya in The Skin I Live In. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics Southport Ave.; Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 one that occurred when Penelope Cruz returned N. Clark St.; Instituto Cervantes, 31 W. Ohio to the master in 2006 with Volver, neither does meets at a party; and Zeca (Roberto Alamo), his superb, Bernard Herrmann-influenced com- St.; the Block Cinema at the Mary & Leigh it offer Banderas as showy a role as Cruz got. Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle Dr., But it’ll do, and the film finds Almodovar back in Marilia’s thuggish, criminal of a son all add to poser, Alberto Iglesias, Almodovar has delivered the whirling subplots. another transformative work that finds his queer Evanston; and the Portage Theater, 4050 N. top form after the slight comedown of his last Milwaukee Ave. outing, Broken Embraces. Robert—a cool, sleek man of few words who’s sensibility in high, thrilling gear. emotionally flawed—has the look and feel of For more information or tickets, visit Banderas—who has never looked this smash- http://www.reelingfilmfestival.org. ing on screen—plays Robert Ledgard, a mod- Guido Contini (although none of his indecision), Of related interest: Director Roman Polanski’s ern-day mad scientist who has invented a type the part that Banderas played so sensationally underrated 1976 paranoid thriller The Tenant is of skin that will not burn. He does this after onstage in Nine (and should have repeated in another film that explores issues of gender iden- CHM’s FashioNext witnessing the agony his unfaithful wife went the next-to-awful movie). However, Nine direc- tity—albeit it in a very coded, oblique fashion. through after surviving a flaming car wreck— tor Rob Marshall’s loss is Almodovar’s gain and Polanski himself takes the lead as a meek bu- exhibition Oct. 22 The Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. only to commit suicide after momentarily catch- the latter has gifted Banderas with a character reaucrat who moves into the Parisian apartment Clark St., presents its third annual FashioN- ing a glimpse of her horribly scarred body. Late who is just as compelling. Burdened by the trag- of a recent suicide victim, a lesbian fascinated ext design competition, featuring top stu- at night, after lecturing on his discovery (to the ic events in his life, Robert has a plan that is with Egyptology. dents from four of Chicago’s fashion design astonishment of his colleagues), the supremely spectacularly twisted and deliciously entertain- He slowly takes on the personality of the dead schools. confident Robert arrives home at his gated es- ing. (I am purposely being vague about the in- woman—eventually going so far as using her This year’s competition challenges stu- tate in Toledo, Spain. tricacies of the plot, which include transgender make-up and donning her favorite dress. Are the dents to create a garment inspired by the There, in his laboratory/operating room he ap- elements) elderly, noise intolerant neighbors, the cranky design, pattern work or construction de- plies the newly grown skin to a body suit worn Like the best of Almodovar, the thriller and landlord and the dismissive concierge trying to tails from a Charles James original design by Vera (Elena Anaya), the gorgeous woman melodramatic aspects of his script are shot drive him insane? And is the dead woman’s dis- from the museum’s costume collection. The whom he keeps a solitary prisoner and whom he through with self-reflective monologues (at tracted friend, the beautiful but sluttish Stella exhibition, “Charles James: Genius Decon- studies at night on his flat-screen monitor from least one or two) that intercede at just the (Isabelle Adjani), in on the plot or are both structed,” opens Saturday, Oct. 22 at the the safety of his bedroom. right moments. (Parades delivers my favorite.) just the products of his overworked imagina- museum. How Vera came to be Robert’s prisoner and her Hitchcock, as ever, is a reference point for Al- tion? Audacious, perverse and more than a little See http://www.chicagohistory.org/ true identity (Is she perhaps the reincarnation modovar’s script (based on a novel by Thierry over the top, Polanski’s film (exquisitely shot by charles-james. of his dead wife?) is just one of the tantaliz- Jonquet) and visual flourishes (e.g., Robert’s Sven Nykvist and hauntingly scored by Philippe ing mysteries that Almodovar spins in this time- tanned hand delicately applying the porcelain Sarde) manages to convey terror; make points lapse mystery staged in three intertwining seg- white skin to the wide-eyed Vera). Obviously, on the issue of ethnic prejudice; and, perhaps Franju’s 1960 French classic Eyes Without a Face most surprisingly, has a lot of genuinely funny ments (12 years ago, six years ago and 2012). BESEN from page 18 Robert is aided by his no-nonsense housekeeper, is a direct reference point as well. As in many moments. The film features expert support- Marilia (the great Marisa Parades), who has more of his films, questions about the boundaries of ing performances from Shelley Winters, Melvyn Smid’s timing is exquisite because des- than a few secrets of her own and urges him to sexuality, gender and consuming love are at the Douglas and Jo Van Fleet. It plays Oct. 21 and perate GOP presidential candidates are kill Vera before what she perceives as a house of heart of The Skin I Live In (literally, this time) 25 at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State pandering to the Religious Right by tout- cards comes falling down. Robert’s emotionally and play just underneath while, on the surface, St. www.siskelfilmcenter.org ing the “ex-gay” myth. For example, on fragile daughter, Norma (Blanca Suarez); Vicente Almodovar never fails to entertain. Aided by his ABC’s The View Herman Cain said that he (Jan Cornet), a handsome young drug addict she usual cinematographer (Jose Luis Alcaine) and More gender-bending: The Christine Jor- thought homosexuality was a “choice.” gensen Story (1970), now out on DVD for the The ever-gay-bashing Rick Santorum also first time from the MGM Limited Edition Col- EL DESEO presents a film by ALMODÓVAR jumped on the “ex-gay” bandwagon falsely lection, is the dreadful/fabulous biopic of the claiming there is credible evidence that “A BEGUILING FAIRY TALE OF VENGEANCE, one-time George Jorgensen, who became an in- say LGBT people can change from gay to MURDER AND OBSESSION!” ternational sensation in 1952 when word leaked straight: “There are all sorts of studies out of his sex change in Denmark. The movie—part -Karen Durbin, ELLE there that suggest just the contrary,” San- tearjerker, part “educational film” and hope- torum stated. “And there are people who “SCARY, SEXY AND TERRIFICALLY TWISTED!” lessly dated—still has its compelling moments were gay, and lived the gay lifestyle, and -Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE thanks in part, one assumes, to the sympathetic aren’t anymore.” direction of Irving Rapper, who decades earlier Additionally, there are junk science ped- “PLEASURABLY PERVERSE FUN.” had helmed the Bette Davis soaper Now, Voyager dlers such as Regent University’s Mark -Stephen Rebello, PLAYBOY and who was also gay. Interestingly, Hollywood’s Yarhouse who produces bogus studies that most hopeless auteur, Ed Wood, was going to claim that sexual orientation change is film Jorgensen’s story but when rights issues got possible. I strongly suggest these crass in the way, Wood, a real-life transvestite, made political operatives stop the propaganda ANTONIO BANDERAS ELENA ANAYA MARISA PAREDES JAN CORNET ROBERTO ÁLAMO Glen Or Glenda? instead. long enough to listen to Smid. Check out my archived reviews at http:// directed by WWW.SONYCLASSICS.COM However, of course, that would require PEDRO ALMODÓVAR www.windycitymediagroup.com or http:// putting peoples’ lives ahead of political www.knightatthemovies.com. Readers can CINEMARK LANDMARK’S LANDMARK’S On lies—so don’t expect this to happen any- STARTS FRIDAY, EVANSTON 12 / CENTURY RENAISSANCE leave feedback at the latter website. time soon. CINÉ ARTS 6 CENTRE PLACE Visit iTunes.com/SPC for a look at OCTOBER 21 Evanston 800-FANDANGO #942 Chicago 773-509-4949 Highland Park 847-258-7282 The Skin I Live In and other SPC films VIEW THE TRAILER AT WWW.THESKINILIVEINMOVIE.COM

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CHICAGO IDEAS WEEK ders, even to this day, to act as if they know Lesbian couple more than they do,” Orman said. “Women do Suze Orman, others not have a problem on any level saying, ‘I don’t get it. Explain it to me again.’” marks almost three speak at ‘Innovation After Orman’s one-on-one, which drew loud applause and frequent laughter, four TIME 100 & Influence’ honorees took to the stage: Rhee, founder of decades together BY ERICA DEMAREST StudentsFirst; pastor and Love Wins author Rob Bell; Daisy Khan, the co-founder of the Lesbian financial guru Suze Orman, Michelle American Society for Muslim Advancement; By Ross Forman Battles, though, was in a relationship at the Rhee and three other TIME 100 honorees spoke and the co-founder of Water.org, Gary White. times, so they didn’t see or communicate with Oct. 11 at a Chicago Ideas Week event entitled “The children who are in school today will Carol Hedin was celebrating her 49th birthday, each other for two years. “Innovation & Influence: Conversation Be- be the first generation of Americans who will so she asked Rita Battles to join her for dinner Then, ironically, they both were at a confer- tween Today’s Most Innovative Minds.” be less well educated than their parents,” said at now-closed Jerome’s, which was a nice res- ence and seated at the same table. At lunch, Hosted by Chicago Ideas Week founder Brad Rhee, “and recent SAT scores just came out a taurant near Clark and Fullerton. Hedin admits they keep looking at each other, Hedin said. Keywell and TIME magazine’s managing editor few weeks ago that said the scores were the she was dressed rather feminine, and yet Battles Once dating for a few years, they went to- Rick Stengel, the 2-hour event was divided in lowest of the history of the test.” She encour- arrived with her hair slicked back and wearing in gether to a gay and lesbian parent group, and two parts: a one-on-one conversation with aged everyday people, including nonparents, cowboy boots. had been bickering that day. Someone in the Suze Orman, followed by a panelist discussion. to fight for better public education. “She thought, since I was more feminine, that group said they’d never survive. Another friend “You should be [afraid],” said Orman, a tele- Khan discussed Islamophobia and how edu- she had to dress in a butchy manner. Rita was replied the opposite that, despite small bicker vision personality and financial planner known cating women and Imams can help eradicate trying to be what she thought I wanted her to moments, they will grow old together. for her deadpan style. “People don’t know sexism in the Muslim world. White addressed where things are going [in this economy], global water disparities, calling them a finan- and when people don’t know where something cial not a resource issue; he pointed out that goes, they usually get lost.” there are more cell phones than toilets in the Orman focused on reclaiming financial sta- world. bility during her 40-minute talk. “Too many Bell focused on religious tolerance and said people in the United States are waiting for an- fear prevents people from being innovative. swers to come to them,” she said. “They want Rita Battles the administration to fix them, the economy (left) and to fix them, their employers to fix them, the Carol Hedin. stock market to fix them, the real estate mar- Photo by ket to fix them. Nobody’s going to fix you until Suze Ross Forman you decide to fix yourselves.” The real-estate market will not bounce back Orman until at least 2023, Orman said. She urged at the audience members to abandon the ‘Let’s wait forum. until next year’ mentality and start planning Photo by now. Erica Orman said there’s no real difference be- Demarest tween men and women when it comes to fi- nancial literacy, but men often think there is. “[Men] feel like the burden is on their shoul- be, but in no way did I want that,” Hedin said, “I guess it was just meant to be,” Hedin said. laughing. The pair had a civil union July 14 at City Hall, Battles also laughs at the memory—especially a moment neither ever envisioned possible de- Reeling is a production of

5 this week, as they prepare to celebrate their cades ago when they first started dating. 4 3 29th year together. Hedin is now 75 and retired. So what’s the key to 29 years of bliss? 2 Battles is 74 and still working in social service. “Respect, caring and the love we share for They live in Andersonville. one another,” Battles said. “I know I can always Sponsors “I didn’t think I’d meet someone as wonder- count on Carol. I love and respect her. And we ful as Carol,” said Battles, who graduated from know we can trust one another.” Chicago’s Lindbloom High School. Battles was married to a man for 17 years and “She was different from anyone I had been had six children. She also has 12 grand children with, and I think I was different from anyone and 12 great grandchildren. Hedin was married she had been with,” said Hedin, born and raised to a man for 19 years, and had three daughters on a farm in Minnesota. and two grandchildren. 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More information on the event and dratechicago.comPride.com, and host Cyon Flare for United TheMichael Legacy Schiavi Project will willtalk holdabout a theluncheon life of featuring the late ing and lesbians; all set in the hot and activistAIDS activist Cleve vJonesito Russo at the (above) Palmer at 4House p.m. atHilton, Elmhurst 17 College. E.College. Monroe St. Getget WindyCityMediagroup.com :: WindyCityMediaGroup.comWindyCityMediagroup.com PhotoPhoto courtesyby Alex J.of Berliner Victor Salvo onlineonline ChicagoPride.comChicagoPride.com WINDY CITY TIMES Oct. 19, 2011 33 Positive Young People’s Foundation. Count me in! More info about the CD and event at http:// www.MattZarley.com. BILLY MASTERS Lastly, Chris Brown and Lil Bow Wow went to the King of Diamonds strip club in Miami and spent over $5K EACH on the ladies. It sounds “I may not be the greatest dancer. I may not be every column, this week I’m going to focus on like overcompensating to me, especially given the greatest singer. But I’m an entertainer.”— CDs—two of ‘em. First up is Echoes, the new the latest rumor about Brown. You see, R&B Paula Abdul defines the secret of her success to release from the UK’s Will Young (first winner singer Martyn (someone I’ve never heard of) Glamour magazine. She might have also added, of “Pop Idol”—predecessor to “American Idol”). claims that he had gay sex with Chris Brown, “When I’m conscious.” It’s fantastic. What it reminds me of is a cross where Brown was the “receiver.” Martyn made Last week, I attended many offerings of the between The Communards and the Pet Shop this confession on Twitter—because that’s what Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Boys—and that’s high praise, indeed. Young’s the kids do. Chris denied it. Martyn has since I was even given a lanyard, which I believe voice never sounded better and the material has said he is not at liberty to talk about it. Which means I can skip the line at the Matterhorn! a retro feel that is still cutting-edge and cur- still begs the question—who the heck is Mar- While space doesn’t permit me to discuss all rent. I absolutely adore Will, and this CD doesn’t tyn? the films, I was FINALLY able to see Going Down disappoint. When he was talking about choos- When Martyn and Will Young could collaborate in LaLa Land, based on the book by my buddy, ing appropriate material for this CD, he men- on a song about anal sex, it’s definitely time Andy Zeffer. This flick is directed by Casper An- tioned that being an openly gay artist did have to end yet another column. As always, you can dreas, who also appears in it as a drugged-out its challenges. He said that expressing himself keep up with my exploits on http://www.Billy- photographer who still looks good (at least at is tricky because “you’re still a minority. There Billy gives the skinny on Channing Tatum Masters.com. Although I didn’t answer a ques- the beginning). Although fabulous work is done are still lots of people who don’t want to think (above). Photo by Matt Nettheim tion publicly this week, I always take care of by Allison Lane (her last scene is a hoot), it is about anal sex, to be honest.” Anal sex? I don’t you one-on-one (sometimes two-on-one). So a tour de force for Matthew Ludwinski—who is know that song. Maybe if you hummed a few give Me (For Not Forgiving You)” which I love feel free to write to [email protected] and indeed young and beautiful and in possession bars... (and can relate to). The official listening party I promise to get back to you before Gerard But- of an extremely large and juicy penis ... not that Then there’s Matt Zarley, whom I’ve worked will take place at Here Lounge in WeHo on Nov. ler sends me a thank-you note! So, until next it’s on display in the film, but it does appear with many times and can report is as talented as 8 at 7 p.m. This will include a live performance time, remember, one man’s filth is another man’s on BillyMasters.com (a bit of life imitating art, he is sexy. This new CD contains perfectly craft- by Zarley, and the event will also raise funds bible. n’est ce pas). I had a good time and I think ed radio-friendly pop songs, particularly “For- for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the you’ll like it because it’s entertaining and looks like a million bucks. Check it out if it plays in a events benefit city near you. Let me tackle a sensitive topic. How often have I called some formerly hot hunk a big fat pig? Mean? Perhaps. But you see, I do it as a public service to you, my loyal readers. Because if Channing Tatum—who looks like a Herculean god in photos—can sport a beer belly on the beach, it gives us all hope. You know what else it does? It motivates those former hunks to whip themselves back into shape. Gerard Butler re- T RIP G cently said that he forced himself to get back present N IVE-A IGHT WAYS into shape after seeing paparazzi pics from his WITH EAC holiday in Barbados last summer looking Bud- AIR HO H LINE TEL dha-esque! He said, “Even I didn’t realize how TIC AND HO KETS awful it was going to look. In truth, it didn’t LLYW TO look great, it didn’t kill me. ... It did lead me OOD to be a little more aware of what I was eating.” ! You’re welcome, Gerard! And to show how well he’s done, I will post before and after pics on BillyMasters.com—as an inspiration to the rest of you. Another one who goes to great pains to look great is Henry Cavill, who is filming the next Su- perman flick. Yes, you may think he looks almost effortlessly breathtaking, but he was a fat kid and was teased because of it. What’s surpris- ing is that he claims to have not been confi- dent about his body until he started prepping for Superman. So those of us who thought he was pretty near perfect in The Tudors or Tristan + Isolde will be in for a treat. Cavill said, “It’s very stressful, waking up Monday morning and saying, ‘Can I still see the vein in my abs?’” You think that’s stressful, Henry? Imagine the stress TTuueessddaayy,, OOccttoobbeerr 2255 I endure waking up on a Monday morning trying to find an ab!!! Be that as it may, don’t expect && WWeedd,, OOccttoobbeerr 2266 the clean-cut Man of Steel of yore. Nope, Cavill just filmed some scenes showing off his fantas- tic physique complete with furry chest and un- GGeenneerraallAAddmmiissssiioonn::88ppmm shaven face. And you know what this shows? His range. Because in the forthcoming Immortals, he’s still buff but shaved within an inch of his life. We’ll run photos so you can see his range first hand—at least one of your hands should be $$1100ttiicckkeettss free as you’re looking at BillyMasters.com. Cavill’s co-star in Immortals is the luscious ssttiillll aavvaaiillaabbllee Kellan Lutz. Despite being in possession of one of the most fantastic physiques, he really had to aattSSiiddeettrraacckkCChhiiccaaggoo..ccoomm buff up even more to play Poseidon—although if any god should have a swimmer’s build, I’d oorrffrroommyyoouurr think it would be him! Anyhoo, stills leaked from the press show him in enviable shape, with bbaarrtteennddeerr!! remnants of a strange costume—crowned with a hat I could picture one of Fergie’s daughters 3349 N. Halsted wearing to a royal wedding! He’s also on the Limited Valet Parking Available cover of Men’s Fitness and we’ll run all of these Must be 21 with ID photos on BillyMasters.com. SidetrackChicago.com Although I promised to promote a book in 34 Oct. 19, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES Duong (twice), Frank Gapinski, Peter Wujcik and difficult, he said. Christopher Hansen. “The equipment has changed making it easier Chuck Jacobson “I was really happy to hear about Chuck’s 300 to bowl higher scores,” Jacobson said. “This re- game,” Marz said. “I wish I would have known cent perfect game was nice. Just the fact that he was close, so I could have gone down and it gave me more confidence reminded me that I reaches holy grail watched. I was bowling at the other end of the can hang with the high rollers. house. “Being able to do it in the gay-friendly league “[Three career 300 games] is impressive. I am was great. This is one of the reasons I moved still looking for my first. I am really happy for here 10 years ago—to be able to play sports of bowling him. I just got the chance to meet Chuck this with people I can identify myself with.” By Ross Forman year. He is a great guy, fun to be around. Chuck Jacobson said that bowling an 800 series was is competitive like myself, does not like to lose.” next—and he recently achieved it, recording an Chuck Jacobson has struck perfection yet again, Jacobson’s previous 300 games were in his na- 815 back in April. His previous high series was bowling his third 300 game, his most recent tive Fort Wayne, Ind., and they were a lot more 776. flawless performance earlier this year in the lo- cal gay league at Waveland Bowl. “That’s amazing,” said Chicagoan Frank Kisner. Lysacek out of economically disadvantaged children with the “Bowling a 300-game once is great; doing it chance to achieve excellence as tennis players, three times in incredible.” Skate America students and citizens. Jacobson, 36, a Roscoe Village resident, works The cost to play in the tournament is $300 for Federal Express. He is the founder of the Chi- after dispute per person, or $1,200 for a team of four to six Reigning Olympic men’s figure-skating cago Gay Hockey Association (CGHA), and also players. There will also be an opportunity to champ Evan Lysacek has withdrawn from the has played flag football, dodgeball, volleyball bid on a chance to play on the team coached Skate America following a dispute over finan- and floor hockey within the Chicago Metropoli- by Billie Jean King during this event. tan Sports Association (CMSA) leagues. cial issues, according to a Chicago Tribune Admission for guests to attend the event However, bowling is his best sport, even item. without playing tennis is $125 per person and though he had taken 13 years off from competi- U.S. Figure Skating Communications Director includes dinner and cocktails, plus live and si- tive bowling before joining the local league last Barb Reichart said, “Evan wasn’t satisfied with lent auctions. year. He went into the 10th frame with a shot at our athlete contract. Therefore, he has decided For more information on entering the tourna- a perfect game about five times last year. not to compete on the Grand Prix circuit.” ment, attending the event or sponsorship op- “It was a good feeling to break through and be Lysacek announced recently he was launch- portunities, contact Michelle Durpetti Events able to accomplish what is a very difficult task,” ing a comeback culminating in the 2014 Olym- at 312-988-9900 or TOPevent@michelledur- Jacobson said. “The key, I thought, was that I pics. He told the Tribune, “I am in the best pettievents.com. cleaned my ball for the first time since getting shape of my life. I’ll continue to train with the it a year ago. A cleaner ball means more grip hope an agreement can be reached by the U.S. on the lane and harder hitting, which causes a Chuck Jacobson. Photo courtesy of Jacobson Championships.” greater impact and a higher percentage of strik- Skate America is a competition that is part ing.” of the International Skating Union Grand Prix Jacobson said he was not nervous going into of Figure Skating series. The Oct. 21-23 event the 10th frame because he’s been there before. There are 30 teams (215 bowlers) in the Tuesday will be held in Ontario, Calif. In the 11th, though, Jacobson admitted he had night Windy City Pride league, and league presi- some mechanical problems on his lane. “Looking dent Scott W. Marz said Jacobson’s 300-game back, I thought this was to my advantage; it was the seventh since last October. 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Effec- tive July 1, 2011 the new Illinois Power of Attorney Act went into effect. The new law makes wholesale changes with new forms and new legal obligations. The new law says your old forms are valid, but sometimes banks etc. refuse to accept them on their face if they are too old. An “old” power of attorney is more difficult to deal with than a fresh one because a question arises as to whether it is still good or whether it has been replaced. When a power of attorney may be considered “stale” is a policy decision by third parties that differs widely. It is not unusual to hear statements that a power of attorney is considered stale if it is older than 6 or 12 months. Consult with your attorney. Before entering into a civil union, it is important for low-income individuals to consider the impact their civil union may have on their public benefits. Because the Civil Union Act is a state law, the changes will be primarily in state programs. 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