DOLLY talks with wct WINDY CITY THE VOICE OF ’S GAY, LESBIAN, page 22 BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 Jan. 26, 2011 TIMES vol 26, no. 17 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com LGBT leaders meet Braun ELTON JOHN By Tracy Baim BENEFIT CONCERT PICS Chicago mayoral candidate met with about two dozen LGBT activists and leaders Jan. 19 at Ald. Tom Tunney’s Ann Sather restau- page 22 rant on Belmont. Tunney was at the restaurant and greeted Braun, but did not attend the informal gathering. State Rep. Greg Harris also attended the breakfast, as he has done with other mayoral candidates, but the event was not an endorsement ses- sion. The individuals at the breakfast included those from a range of non-prof- it groups. The questions ranged from specific LGBT issues, to healthcare and AIDS, bullying in schools, immigration, crime, city budget issues and more. Groups represented included Amigas Latinas, Affinity, Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus, Windy City Black Pride, Center, Safe Schools Alliance, , the LGBT Committee of the Chicago Teacher’s Union, LGBT Change, The Civil Rights Agenda, and The CORE Center. President Bill Clinton was recently in town to support Chicago mayoral Lowell Jaffe from The Civil Rights Agenda introduced Braun at the break- candidate Rahm Emanuel—who was off the ballot Monday night and back joeY mogul on the on by Tuesday morning. See page 11. Photo by Kat Fitzgerald (MysticI- death penalty Turn to page 10 magesPhotography.com) page 14 NYC AIDS ROYAL campaign raises alarms DILEMMA REFLECTIONS By Sean Strub

The New York City Department of Health’s “It’s Never Just HIV” advertising campaign (www. youtube.com), targeted to encourage HIV nega- tive gay and bisexual men to use condoms, has prompted a conversation that is profoundly im- portant and speaks directly to the heart of the problems with HIV prevention. The ad features doleful, frightened or ashamed CMSA WOMEN’S young men who are so attractive they look like SOCIAL characters TV’s Lost, set against a soundtrack appropriate for a horror film. The ad’s message is page 30 that HIV doesn’t exist in isolation; it also brings other serious health problems. X-rays of badly broken bones, an MRI of an

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WINDYCITYMEDIAGROUP.COM that conflict before the high court was “of ex- NATIONAL NEWS clusively local concern” involving “no important foes of marriage equality questions of federal law.” In order to hear an appeal at the U.S. Supreme by LISA KEEN nation based on sexual orientation so, when the Court, four justices must agree to take the case Keen News Service group of clergy sought a ballot measure to over- up for review and, generally speaking, the case turn its marriage equality law, the city’s Board of must present a question concerning federal law. The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the Elections refused to accept the measure, and the However, as in the case of California’s Proposi- appeal of a group of clergy in Washington, D.C., city’s highest court, the D.C. Court of Appeals, —Andrew Cuomo tion 8, state laws can end up in federal court who want to put the city’s new marriage-equali- upheld that decision. (left) when they are challenged as violating some fed- ty law on the ballot. The Alliance Defense Fund, representing Harry appoints gay man eral constitutional provision. The denial of review appears to the end of the Jackson, Walter Fauntroy and the other peti- to senior position Nan Hunter, a gay legal scholar who blogs at line now for opponents of equal-marriage rights tioners, argued that this limitation violates the hunterforjustice.com, said that, if the Supreme in Washington, D.C. Charter itself, which provides for initiatives. —More students Court had agreed to hear the Jackson case and Washington, D.C., enacted its marriage equal- And, after the D.C. Court of Appeals, its last re- commit suicide overturned the D.C. Court of Appeals decision, ity law last March, but not before a group of sort was an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. the result would have been like “an East Coast clergy tried to stop the law from going into ef- When the fund initially sought U.S. Supreme —Gay man to rerun of Prop 8.” fect by requesting an emergency order from the Court intervention, it filed a request for an succeed Steve ©2011 by Keen News Service. All rights re- U.S. Supreme Court. The high court refused that emergency order to Chief Justice John Roberts, Jobs at Apple served. request, in Jackson v. D.C., but the group came who handles emergency requests from the Dis- back with this second effort aimed at undoing trict of Columbia. Roberts denied that request the marriage equality law. last March and the marriage equality law went heart and, with the help of the Alliance Defense State of the Union What the group sought, in Jackson v. D.C. II, into effect March 3, 2010. Fund, a right-wing legal group, filed this new President Obama delivered his State of the was a ruling from the high court saying the D.C. But in denying the emergency request, Rob- challenge. The new challenge argued that the Union address after Windy City Times went to government could not bar an initiative regard- erts said he thought the clergy coalition’s chal- decisions by the D.C. Courts “approved a Coun- press. See http://www.WindyCityMediaGroup. ing whether to repeal the marriage equality law. lenge to the restriction on initiatives had “some cil-imposed limitation on the people’s Charter- com for details. The question before the Supreme Court, how- force.” based initiative power.” Daniel Hernandez, Jr., the gay intern who ever, was not about marriage on the surface. On The clergy group took Justice Roberts’ note to The D.C. Court of Appeals, in upholding the aided Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., until the surface, the question was whether the city’s D.C. Council’s right to include a limitation on medical staffers arrived after she was shot law governing initiatives can bar voters from the city’s initiative process, “allowed the Council earlier this month, was slated to attend the considering an initiative that violates the city’s to usurp a congressional grant of power,” argued address as a guest of Michelle Obama, ac- human rights act. the fund. And, said the group, it “bestows unap- cording to ABC News. Important to the case was the fact that Wash- proved and extensive authority upon the Council ington, D.C., is not a state but a unique dis- to further erode the people’s initiative power, or trict, controlled by the Congress to serve as the otherwise alter Congress’s division of legislative nation’s center of government. But in recogni- power within the District of Columbia.” tion of the needs of citizens who reside in the “Congress is the source of all legislative power District of Columbia and who raise and school over the District,” argued Alliance in its petition children there and require routine services such to the Supreme Court in October. as fire and police protection, Congress, in 1973, But Congress, dominated in both houses by provided for the formation of a D.C. Council to Democrats, did not use its authority in Decem- govern its citizens under a “Home Rule Act,” or ber 2009 to disapprove of the D.C. Council’s D.C. Charter. passage of the marriage equality law. Nor did it Congress also approved an amendment to the disapprove of the D.C. Council’s establishment of charter, in 1978, that incorporated the D.C. a restriction on ballot measures, in 1979. Council’s laws spelling out how it would govern Alliance argued that “Congress’s failure to re- its own elections, including initiatives. The fol- ject or overturn” the restriction on D.C. initia- lowing year, the D.C. Council then approved the tives “does not amount to implicit congressional legislation necessary to implement that charter approval of that measure.” amendment. And there lies the rub. But attorneys for the D.C. government, in their The implementing law—the Initiative Proce- brief opposing acceptance of Alliance’s case by dures Act—stipulated that the elections board the Supreme Court, said the D.C. Council had au- “shall refuse to accept [a proposed initiative] if thority to enact this restriction as part of the the Board finds that it . . . authorizes, or would Charter amendment approved by both Congress have the effect of authorizing, discrimination” and the voters of D.C. And they noted Congress prohibited under the city human rights law. Chief Justice John Roberts. had authority to disapprove of the Initiative President Obama. The D.C. Human Rights Law prohibits discrimi- Procedures Act but did not do so.

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')&&M[ijBeoebW7l[dk[š9^_YW]e"?B,&,(,šÈ --)$*,+$(,,(šY^_YW]emWbZeh\$eh] WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 26, 2011 5 HUD has also instructed staff to inform indi- crimination, which has, in the past, looked at Nadler praised HUD’s proposed new rule in a viduals about state and local LGBT protections racial- and ethnic-based discrimination. statement, saying that he “[welcomes] the Ad- that may apply to them. And HUD has told its There is also a move in Congress to prohibit ministration’s more inclusive and expansive view grant applicants—who seek a total of $3.25 bil- discrimination against LGBT people in all hous- of what defines an American ‘family.’” lion in federal funding—they must comply with ing, not just HUD programs. At the end of the With Republican control of the House this ses- such state and local laws, where they exist. last session of Congress, Reps. Jerrold Nadler, sion, however, Nadler lost his chairmanship of There are currently no explicit federal protec- D-N.Y.; John Conyers, D-Mich.; and Edolphus the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, tions that ban housing discrimination based on Towns, D-N.Y., introduced the Housing Oppor- Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. The new chair for sexual orientation or gender identity. Twenty tunities Made Equal (HOME) Act, which would the renamed Subcommittee on the Constitution states plus the District of Columbia have hous- amend the Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimi- is Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz. Trent received a 0 ing protections specific to sexual orientation, nation on the basis of sexual orientation, gender percent score from the Human Rights Campaign and 13 states plus the District have protections identity, source of income, or marital status in for each of the past two Congresses, indicating specific to gender identity. Approximately 150 the sale, rental, financing, or brokerage of hous- he never voted in favor of legislation to further cities, towns and counties have LGBT protec- ing. LGBT equality. tions as well, according to HUD. The bill would also expand the Fair Housing The proposed HUD rule must go through a 60- No national study has quantified how many Act’s definition of “familial status” to include day period of public comment, Jan. 24 to March LGBT people have faced housing discrimination, “anyone standing in loco parentis” to a minor— 25. The date of publication for the final rule will although several smaller studies and examples thus providing protection to same-sex couples depend upon the volume of comments received, have indicated pervasive discrimination, espe- and other families where one parent may not be but is expected by the end of 2011, said a de- cially against transgender people and LGBT se- legally recognized. partment spokesperson. niors. Individuals seeking redress under the Fair Comments may be submitted via the Federal Shaun Donovan. HUD is now preparing a national study to fill Housing Act may bring a lawsuit in federal dis- eRulemaking Portal at regulations.gov, or by this gap. The agency collected input for the trict court or file an administrative complaint mail to the Regulations Division, Office of Gen- study last year via a national listening tour and with HUD. eral Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban HUD announces online submissions. A HUD spokesperson said Ilan Kayatsky, a spokesperson for Nadler, said Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Room 10276, the target date for reporting findings is late Nadler hopes to reintroduce the bill in this ses- Washington, D.C., 20410-0500. proposed new 2012. sion of Congress “within the next couple of ©2011 by Keen News Service. All rights re- HUD may additionally include LGBT discrimi- months.” served. LGBT-based nation in its decennial study of housing dis- anti-bias rule by Dana Rudolph Keen News Service

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced proposed new regulations Jan. 20 intended to ban discrimina- tion on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in its core housing programs—programs that impact 4.4 million units of housing in the country. The proposed new rule would: —Clarify that families who are otherwise eli- gible for HUD programs may not be excluded be- cause one or more members of the family may be an LGBT individual, have an LGBT relationship, or be perceived to be such an individual or in such relationship; —Prohibit owners and operators of HUD-as- sisted or HUD-financed housing from inquiring about applicants’ sexual orientation or gender identity; and —Prevent lenders from using sexual orienta- tion or gender identity of an applicant as a basis to determine eligibility for Federal Housing Ad- ministration (FHA) mortgages. FHA mortgages represent one-third of all new mortgages in the country. The first two policies above would apply to HUD’s rental assistance and home ownership programs, including FHA mortgage insurance programs, community development programs, and public and assisted housing programs. In total, there are currently 4.4 million HUD- funded units of housing in the United States, said a department spokesperson, including pub- lic housing, housing subsidized by the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8 housing), and multi-family housing assisted by HUD fund- ing. HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan called the move “a fundamental issue of fairness” and said, in a press briefing, that he wants HUD to be a “leader” in the fight for LGBT equality, as it has been in other civil-rights battles. Last October, HUD announced its intent to in- stitute the new rule as part of a series of mea- sures to address housing discrimination against LGBT people. HUD also announced last July a clarification of existing policy, stating that, although the Fair Housing Act—a pivotal civil rights act that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, and fa- milial status—does not specifically cover sexual orientation- or gender identity-based discrimi- nation, it may still cover them in other ways. For example, gender-identity discrimination may be seen as sex discrimination. 6 Jan. 26, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES tus same-sex couples would have there.” Civil-union bill-signing A closer Taylor added, “So this means couples with civil unions still need to visit a lawyer and draw slated for Jan. 31 up all the legal documents to protect themselves Illinois Gov. will sign the historic look at the that they would draw up if they had no legal civil-unions bill Monday, Jan. 31, at 4 p.m. at relationship to each other whatsoever. So they the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington. civil-union law need to create wills, powers of attorney, perform The event will take place at the Chicago Cul- by Charlsie Dewey adoptions of their children. tural Center, 78 E. Washington, at 4 p.m. “Even though a child born to a couple with a The state House passed the Illinois Religious The recent passage of the Illinois Religious Free- civil union here in Illinois is legally presumed a Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act Nov. 30, dom Protection & Civil Unions Act is a victory for child of both civil union partners under Illinois 2010, with the Illinois Senate following suit the LGBT residents in Illinois. It was a hard-fought law. This couple still needs to pay the thousands next day. battle for many who have envisioned a day when of dollars it costs to perform an adoption of their relationships would be seen equally under their own child, because they may travel out- the law and they would share the same protec- side of Illinois and their civil union may not be Boystown gets Wi-Fi Chicago’s Boystown area has added to its tions, benefits and peace of mind as their oppo- respected and so the parent-child relationship uniqueness now that it boasts free Wi-Fi service, site-sex neighbors. And so, throughout Illinois, that resulted from their civil union may not be according to ChicagoPride.com. couples are eagerly awaiting June 1, 2011, when respected. By contrast, an adoption decree must The Northalsted Business Alliance made the the civil-union law takes effect and they share be respected in all other states. It’s a court or- service possible. in the opportunity to receive some 650 state der.” The free Wi-Fi spans from Belmont to Grace, rights, benefits and protections. For same-sex couples outside of Illinois who and Broadway between Grace and Irving Park. These benefits and protections include: emer- have a civil union, domestic partnership or are The alliance will officially announce the service gency medical decision-making power and hos- married, they will be considered civilly united at an event. (Details have not yet been speci- pital visitation rights; access to state spousal Camilla Taylor. Photo courtesy of Jim Bennett in Illinois “This is what we have learned from fied.) benefits; equal tax treatment at the state and other states that had not clearly defined this,” Boystown is the city’s first neighborhood with local level; spousal testimonial privilege; and said State Rep. Greg Harris. There is a section of free Wi-Fi. Chicago plans to launch similar zones protections for non-biological parents. that parents need to do on a daily basis in order the law that says marriages, domestic partner- throughout the city. One of the most anticipated areas of protec- to keep their children secure. That is a crucial ships, civil unions and other substantially simi- tion the act will help to ease for same-sex cou- right.” lar legally recognized relationships form other ples is health emergencies. Although President Still, despite all of the benefits and protec- jurisdictions will be recognized as a civil union Obama signed an executive order which allows tions that residents of Illinois are gaining, it in Illinois.” an individual the right to designate a person as is important for couples intending to become As long as the Defense of Marriage Act remains Joe his or her next of kin, in cases of emergency the civilly united to keep in mind that at the federal and many states continue to deny same-sex cou- Maggio. individual might be unable to make the designa- level nothing has changed. They will still need ples any type of legal recognition, couples tak- tion for his or her partner to act in that capac- to work with their lawyers and financial advisors ing advantage of civil unions must continue to ity. to ensure that beyond the borders of the state protect their families by drawing up all the legal With the new law, CEO Ber- their families are protected. documents they would need without the law. nard Cherkasov explained, “If they are in a civil “Civil unions are so monumental for same-sex “I think the current federal situation is not union in Illinois, by virtue of their being in a couples in Illinois,” said Cherkasov. “In one re- sustainable,” said Cherkasov. We have same-sex PASSAGES civil union, person B would have all the rights gard it’s because the lawmakers have intended couples who in some jurisdictions like Califor- for this to provide all the protections and ben- Joseph J. Maggio with person A in the hospital that any married nia were allowed to get married but their peers, Joseph J. Maggio passed away suddenly at efits that the state provides to married couples. couple would have.” couples living across the street form them, are his home on Jan. 17; he was 58. But on the other hand, the crucial distinction is The civil-union statute will also help protect not allowed to get married, and when people Maggio was the best friend and life partner this is a state concept, not a federal concept. the family of a spouse who dies without a will. travel just a few miles across state boundaries, of Jim Keup; he was the love of Keup’s life for Even though the state of Illinois will recognize Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Se- suddenly they go from being in a married rela- 31 years. Maggio was also the devoted son to same-sex couples in a civil union the federal nior Staff Attorney Camilla Taylor said, “If you tionship to being strangers in the eyes of the the late Tina, nee Riotto and the late Bartolo government will continue to deny recognition.” are civil union partners and you don’t write a law. Maggio; brother of Maria (David) Guzik; and Couples with a civil union in Illinois face a will and one of the members of the couple dies “That unequal treatment of American citizens uncle to Matthew. variety of circumstances beyond the state. In the other one will inherit automatically under is not sustainable. The constitution specifically He was a graduate of St. Patrick High some states where civil unions or same-sex mar- rules that make clear that the surviving partner provided for equal protections for all Americans. School, and received his bachelor’s degree riages have been granted the couple may find is the equivalent of a spouse. There are all sorts I think the federal government is now going to from Loyola University and his master’s de- that their civil union is respected. Yet, in other of other protections that go along with that for have to reconcile with how different Americans gree from Northeastern University. states that have not written that expressly in a surviving partner. There are protections for the living just a few houses or miles from each other Maggio began his long career as a teacher their law they may find their relationship is un- homestead. There are protections against hav- are treated differently.” at Notre Dame High School for Girls in 1977. recognized or the rights granted differ in some ing to repay debts that are incurred for medi- Harris agrees that the federal government is For the last 20 years, Joe taught Math at St. ways. There are also many states that deny legal cal costs and nursing home costs under certain going to need to address this issue: “I think Ignatius College Prep and was honored to recognition entirely for same-sex couples where circumstances. Now a surviving partner would from a public policy perspective, as we move serve as coach of the school’s math team. the relationship will not be respected. benefit from all of those protections.” down the road to full equality, all these prob- The funeral took place Jan. 21, beginning Taylor noted, “An Illinois civil union would be Taylor pointed out that one of the most im- lems of going from state to state, all these prob- from Cumberland Chapels and proceeding to unlikely to be treated as a marriage in California. portant benefits she sees under the new law are lems with state law conflicting with federal law Holy Family Church for Mass. A memorial ser- It would more likely be treated as an equivalent protections for same-sex couples’ children. “The are just going to drive the argument that we vice is planned for Saturday, Feb. 12 at the to a domestic partnership. By contrast, I think fact that a child is legally presumed a child of need to resolve this issue on a national basis Unitarian Church of Evanston, 1330 N. Ridge either Vermont or New Hampshire converted civil both parents from birth means that children and grant marriage equality for everyone.” Ave. from 2 to 4 p.m. At 4 p.m., the celebra- unions automatically to marriages. So an Illinois no longer are vulnerable. ... So from birth the In the meantime, civil-union couples can take tion will move to Jackhammer, 6406 N. Clark civil union would likely be treated as a marriage non-biological parent of the child has the au- comfort in the many local and state benefits and St. in Chicago. Donations can be made to the there. It’s less clear elsewhere. A state like Iowa, thority to make medical decisions, to take the protections that are now available to their fami- Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan, that doesn’t have civil union law, which allows child home from the hospital, to enroll the child lies under Illinois law. 17th floor, Chicago, Ill., 60601-7633. in a daycare program, to do all of those things same-sex couples to marry, it’s unclear what sta-

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It’s tive cure to those with the privilege of health- ment campaign is an expression of frustration, from Kramer’s. horrified by gay men and gay sex in general, us- care access. a desire to see the epidemic discussed, to get Salovey’s research and response is important. ing images of bodily corruption and disease to As the epidemic settled into communities of the attention of young gay and bisexual men He endorses “loss-framed” messaging (in ef- ram home things that—despite 50 years of gay poverty, communities of color and amongst the and others at risk. Many of my generation recall fect, fear-based) for “early detection behaviors” lib—we still feel about ourselves: look at the young, the milieu that once made combating how terrified we once were and how that fear (i.e., HIV testing). However, despite repeated suicide, depression and drug use statistics. The AIDS their priority has acquired a collective am- affected our behaviors. There is a sense today requests for clarification, he has declined to message it gives—not factually, but with all the nesia. that “nothing else works, so let’s try terrifying endorse “loss-framed” messaging in pursuit of visceral power of that five-frame shot of a ruined Nowhere do we feel that frustration more than them” as the epidemic did to our generation. long-term changes in sexual behaviors. ass—is that if you’re out on the scene, death when we see young gay and bisexual men put Cairns also noted on Petrelis Files that “The His published research notes that “... fear and decay are stalking you and serves you right themselves at risk, either unknowing or uncar- problem is not that young gay men are ‘com- arousal does not necessarily lead to the adop- if they get you.” Others have questioned its presentation of facts. The horrible conditions noted are typically found only in some older people with HIV, or those who are not diagnosed until later stages of the disease; anal cancer is caused by an en- tirely different virus, osteoporosis is likely as much a function of anti-retroviral treatment as it is HIV itself, etc. The lion of AIDS activism, Larry Kramer, loves the ad, has congratulated the health department and called for even more frightening ads to be produced. Kramer has written: “... these nyc department of health public service announce- ments are in fact not strong enough! How about trying this one on for size (pun intended): LE- THAL WEAPON men, what you carry between ing about the consequences. placent’ and don’t fear HIV: the problem is that tion of health recommendations. In some cases, your legs is a potential lethal weapon! it can At times I want to shake and scream, Larry they do fear HIV, but don’t fear it enough. And it can produce the reverse effect, as illustrated murder people. Before you stick it anywhere PUT Kramer-style, to young gay and bisexual men: the reality is that, no matter how horrifying by a study in which a cohort of Australian gay A CONDOM ON IT! i bet you’ll get better results “You don’t want to get this virus! It screws up the ads, they are never going to fear it enough men exposed to the ‘grim reaper’ advertisement with this one.” your life, creates a never-ending series of health again.” subsequently reduced safer sex behaviors.” Kramer believes in fear as a strategy to change battles, makes it vastly more difficult to have in- I agree with Gus. Young gay men who have the Salovey’s Yale study specifically addresses the people’s behavior; he cites it as key to the suc- timate relationships, decimates your self-esteem comfort of knowing they can access treatment defensive avoidance or resistance triggered by cess of ACT UP and other community-mobilizing and stigmatizes you beyond what anyone who is if they get ill will never fear HIV the way my messages that cause a high level of fear, noting efforts. There are many who share this view, as HIV negative can ever understand!” generation feared it. Manufacturing fear through that the stronger the emotional reaction follow- is clear by reading comments posted online in At the same time, I proselytize to those who media manipulation is tricky and the research ing threat appeals, the greater the resistance to response to coverage of the controversy. do have HIV: “You may have HIV, but you can indicates it can just as easily compound as help persuasion that results in behavioral change. Many of those comments express concern that still lead a happy, productive and vital life, you the problem. Another poster on Petrelis’ site Fear-based messaging is more supported by gay men are complacent, unaware of how aw- can fall in love, pursue a career and find pur- noted: “Here’s the problem fear-based tactics those who are older and who already practice ful HIV can be and, at least in Kramer’s case, pose, and with careful attention, stay mostly face. They are countered each and every time the desired behaviors (in this case, safer sex). too concerned with their own pleasure to worry healthy, even while managing the tremendous you meet someone with HIV who’s leading a nor- Fear-based message can be effective at increas- about protecting their partners. burden of a life-long viral infection.” mal, happy and productive life and not wallow- ing HIV testing (although it may not increase The debate over these ads has largely been We can and should tell young people that HIV ing in a pit of despair and disease and clothed testing amongst those at greatest risk). amongst people who have devoted much of their is very bad and they don’t want to get it, but we in sackcloth bemoaning his former, evil ways. The Sygma study notes that “... fear appeals lives to combating the epidemic, which makes can do that without condemning or stigmatizing In the modern gay community, that happens are more favored by individuals who are already me hesitant to write in terms of the different people who already have HIV. And we can and all the freaking time. Which means that people engaging in the desired, health-protective be- “sides” of the issue. Everyone is on the side of should tell people with HIV that a diagnosis is you are trying to scare will write you off as a havior than they are for individuals not already finding the best ways to reduce HIV transmis- not the end of their lives, that they still pursue lying hysteric. And your safe sex message gets doing so ... there may be a role for fear to help sion, but we have differing thoughts on whether their dreams and seek everything anyone else tarred with the same brush. As a bonus, all of reinforce existing safer sex behavior, but that this particular campaign will help reach that can extract from life without sending a message the people who don’t know people living with arousing fear is not necessarily an effective goal. I think this advertising campaign is ter- to young people that HIV is no big deal. HIV (basically, most of the population) actu- means of facilitating change among those who rible, mostly because it may contribute to fur- We need to convey both of these messages, at ally will get your message loud and clear: that engage in risky behaviors.” ther spread of the virus. The only good it has the same time, and not let one negate or dimin- people with HIV are scary, disease-ridden lepers The bottom line is that fear-based messaging accomplished is that it has provided a brief ish the other. That requires a more nuanced mes- who must be shoved out of society.” is more effective in raising awareness, changing moment when a few more people are thinking saging, one that doesn’t assume the intended This is what the health department ads accom- attitudes and behavioral intent and possibly re- about and paying attention to HIV-prevention audience can be manipulated by over-the-top plish. They certainly will instill fear, but they inforcing existing safer sex behaviors than it is issues. That is an opportunity that I hope we fright messages, doesn’t speak down to them do so at the expense of further stigmatization in actually changing sexual behaviors amongst will not waste. and doesn’t assume they are presently not car- of people with HIV, and at the expense of turn- those who engage in the riskiest behaviors. Supporters of these ads claim HIV prevention ing whether or not they get HIV. ing off the young gay and bisexual men whose More from the Yale study: “campaigns that fo- has been a failure and they are angry that the The messaging must also be fact-based. That sexual behavior they seek to change. cus solely on the negative consequences of HIV epidemic has disappeared from the media and means including the difficult truths about what As AIDS advocates, we have demanded evi- infection may serve to disempower men with fallen off the list of priorities for LGBT organiza- untreated HIV can do to one as well as about dence-based approaches; this is what I ask for HIV by making them appear weak, helpless or tions and others who once were leaders in the what is and is not known about the side ef- in considering HIV prevention efforts. There are diseased; depictions of visible symptoms rein- fight against AIDS. fects of long-term anti-retroviral therapy. And a number of credible and serious studies of the force commonly held beliefs ... .” The NYC health I share that anger. It is profoundly frustrating, it means talking honestly and practically about use of fear-based messaging in the context of department campaign certainly focused solely HIV; it is not an unexamined topic. I hope those on the negative consequences. who have instinctively felt favorably towards the Sygma also notes “it is important not to al- health department ads will take a look at several ways present target populations with the ‘worst of them. If they do, I suspect their opinion on case scenarios’ that are in fact unlikely to arise the matter may evolve. for the majority of individuals;” yet presenting the worst case scenario is exactly what the NYC Fear in the context of HIV health department campaign does. Two studies summarize research on the use of The studies also indicate that the targeted au- fear in the context of HIV. One is by London- dience—those whose behavior the campaign is based Sygma Research, a part of the faculty of seeking to affect—can feel threatened by fear- Humanities and Social Scientists at the Univer- based messaging, which triggers avoidance (ig- sity of Portsmouth. Sygma have earned an inter- noring the fear-arousing message), denial (be- national reputation as one of the most important lieving the harmful consequences are unlikely), and innovative sources of new social scientific counter-arguing (rejecting the risk presented, information in the area of sexual health and HIV. believing it to be exaggerated by authorities) Their six-page brief, The Role of Fear in HIV Pre- or deflecting (believing the message is intended vention, is clear, concise and spot-on relevant for someone else). to the “It’s Never Just HIV” campaign in ques- When experiencing fear-based HIV preven- tion. tion messaging, older gay men believe it is The other study is Applying Persuasion Strate- intended for younger gay men. Younger gay gies to Alter HIV-Relevant Thoughts and Behav- ior, by Loraine Devos-Comby and Peter Salovey Turn to page 9 WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 26, 2011 9 NYC from page 8 ing HIV. Most gay men have already permanently doms. We need to recognize that different indi- studies generally put the failure rate between rejected the “use a condom every time” message. viduals will tolerate different levels of risk. 2 percent and 8 percent—but we as advocates men believe it is intended for “scene-oriented, At the peak of the crisis, many were willing to Some of those people will make decisions most have been slow to acknowledge this fact, in promiscuous gay men.” These reactions lead to forego skin-to-skin contact for a period of time. of us might find foolish, but our task is to give part because we have had to fight the Catholic rationalizing or defending one’s present behav- But over the long haul, many gay men (and per- gay men is the education and tools to make their Church’s propaganda that claims condoms “don’t iors, rather than a change in behavior. haps most younger gay men), have identified risk assessment processes as informed as pos- work.” situations where the risk of transmission is so sible. Those who will accept no risk can choose But it may be that the risk of transmission Loss- vs. gain-framed low or non-existent that sex without condoms abstinence. Everything else involves some level due to condom failure is comparable to, or even messaging becomes, for them, an acceptable risk. of risk and where the line is drawn is ultimately greater than, the risk of transmission from a The Yale study makes an enormously important If they feel certain someone is of the same a personal decision. person with HIV on treatment with an undetect- distinction between “loss framed,” focused on sero-status, if they are engaging in oral sex, or able viral load. That discussion is happening in what one has to lose (getting sick and being as the active partner in anal sex, or if they are The role of treatment my quarters of the community, in bars and at miserable) vs. what they call “gain framed,” fo- certain an HIV-positive partner is on treatment in HIV prevention dinner tables, but it has not been undertaken by cused on what one has to gain (being healthy, and has an undetectable viral load, or in other We also have failed in recognizing the role our public health establishment or AIDS service circumstances, they may skip the use of con- treatment plays in reducing risk. A person with providers and that silence is damning. HIV on treatment who has been undetectable Screenshots from for six months or more is unlikely to transmit Post-exposure prophylaxis Another damning silence concerns post-expo- the controversial the virus. It is not impossible, but the chance of sure prophylaxis. The culture of the epidemic, New York HIV- transmission is dramatically reduced, for many amongst gay men, was based in a time when prevention ad, that chance is reduced to the extent they are most people who got ill did not know when or spotlighting comfortable having unprotected sex with a per- by whom they were originally infected. Many of additional health son who is undetectable. Our community’s failure to have an honest dis- us assume we were infected more than once. risks of the Today that is much different. Young gay men disease. cussion about this has resulted in people mak- ing judgments that are often poorly informed. who are diagnosed often know exactly when and We need to recognize the reality of how treat- by whom (the individual, if not their name) they ment does reduce transmission risk, even while were infected. I have been struck by how often also communicating that it does not eliminate I have been told by recently infected gay men such risk. Turn to page 31 Condoms sometimes fail—the most responsible and happy). “... [P]articipants expressed greater intentions to engage in the preventive behav- iors when the information was gained framed than when it was loss framed; loss framed mes- sages were more effective at encouraging the detection behaviors.” The health department ad is clearly “loss Do you suffer from framed,” which is not the strategy proven most effective for actually changing sexual behaviors amongst the targeted audience. Further more, “threat appeals” that lack ways to avoid the negative consequences depicted in pain due to HIV- the message produce a “boomerang effect, in that participants were less likely to adopt the recommended behavior.”

Use a condom every time? related neuropathy? The only part of the health department ad that suggests a way to avoid the negative conse- quences is the generic and, at this point, largely useless “Use a condom every time” message The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago tacked onto the end of the ad. The ad does not (RIC) is conducting a study for provide the information young gay men need and want to help them avoid contracting HIV. participants who have pain associated I call “use a condom every time” message with HIV-related neuropathy. The largely useless because at this point in the epi- demic repeating this to young gay men is as study will evaluate the safety and helpful as hectoring teenage girls to “don’t get pregnant.” Young gay men know they don’t want efficacy of a trial medication to treat to get HIV and they know condoms are effec- this pain. tive at preventing its transmission. Like virtually every young woman who suffers an unwanted If you are interested in participating, pregnancy—they know exactly how not to be- come pregnant. please call (312) 238-7611. What enables gay men to protect themselves and young women to avoid unwanted pregnan- cies is not hectoring them with a catch-phrase, but providing empowering information, practical Participants must meet the following strategies and solutions that they can integrate criteria: into the reality of their sex lives and cultural milieu. • Be at least 18 years of age For the NYC health department to base a cam- paign on the slogan “Use a Condom Every Time” • Be diagnosed with HIV-related is likely to be as effective as Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No to Drugs” campaign. neuropathy All sexual behaviors are not of comparable risk of HIV transmission. We know that receptive anal intercourse accounts for the vast majority This study will last about 127 days. of new infections amongst gay men and is expo- nentially riskier than other sexual activities. Participants may receive placebo or Sharing the truth about the relative risks of different kinds of behavior will do more to help study drug that has not been young gay men avoid acquisition of HIV than approved by the FDA for this will hitting them over the head with “Use a Con- dom Every Time.” condition. Subjects may receive Focusing our prevention efforts on these riski- compensation for participation. est activities, rather than generic messages that have become part of the background noise to our lives, will result in greater success. IRB Project # INC1-10-002; Principal Investigator: Dr. Norman Harden We also need to stop saying that using a con- The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago is an academic affiliate of Northwestern University Feinberg School of dom every time is the only way to avoid acquir- Medicine 10 Jan. 26, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES ELECTIONS 2011 ally, I support the creation of two job incubators must use the available resources to greatly cur- for the ward in order to help local entrepreneurs tail this problem. looking to develop new businesses for our com- WCT: Please list any and all experience you Osterman munity. One would be located in Edgewater, the have on LGBT-related issues. other in Uptown. Osterman: I have extensive experience with vies for WCT: What is the biggest issue/concern you LGBT-related issues. As a state representative, see for the 48th? I supported many local organizations with state 48th Ward seat Osterman: Public safety. I believe that en- funded grants including the AIDS Foundation [of By Ross Forman hancing our schools, parks, libraries and busi- Chicago], LCCP, Open Hand, Center on Halsted, ness districts is futile if our neighbors do not TPAN and Howard Brown. I also fought for the , 43, is the state representative feel safe. passage of an amendment to the State’s Human for the 14th District in Illinois House of Repre- WCT: How will the mayoral race impact the Rights Act, to prohibit discrimination based on sentatives now running for alderman in the 48th 48th? an individual’s sexual orientation. My greatest ward. His opponents include Philip R. Bernstein Osterman: I believe the mayoral race will legislative accomplishment was getting civil- and Jose E. Arteaga. have a positive impact on the 48th Ward. With unions legislation passed this year. “I have a strong track record as state repre- Harry Osterman. Photo by Andrew Davis this being the first time in over 20 years there WCT: It was a ground-breaking year for the sentative on LGBT issues and I am dedicated has not been an incumbent running for mayor, LGBT community in 2010, with [the repeal to serving all the residents of the 48th Ward there is a renewed sense of community activism of] DADT and civil unions coming to Illinois. all of the schools in the 48th Ward outstand- to make it a better, safer place for everyone,” throughout our ward. Chicagoans are more ener- Your thoughts about that? ing educational facilities for the children and Osterman said. “Additionally, I will continue gized than ever to participate in the municipal Osterman: Helping pass civil unions legislation families of our community. The Chicago Public working with LGBT leaders in the 48th Ward to election process. this [past] November was my proudest legisla- Schools in the 48th Ward have made tremen- ensure all issues affecting the LGBT community WCT: The 48th has a large LGBT population. tive accomplishment to date. This legislation, as dous strides in the past decade and that trend are being addressed.” What do you want to do for the LGBT commu- well as the repeal of DADT, will help Illinois lead must continue. Our community has been blessed Windy City Times: What do you want to do nity? the way in bridging the equality gap between with an extraordinary partnership between the for the 48th Ward and how do you plan to get Osterman: I have several goals for the 48th gay and straight individuals. However, as great schools, parents, community members and lo- things done? Ward to improve the quality of life for our LGBT as these achievements are, we must also remem- cal businesses. I will continue to foster and Harry Osterman: As alderman, I will have three community, including a gay youth center, HIV ber we cannot rest on these accomplishments enhance these relationships. I will continue to main priorities: improving public safety, improv- clinic, formal pride celebration and more pro- and must continue to press for greater equality fight for funding for , ad- ing education, and increasing economic devel- gramming at the Senior Center at the Armory and hopefully seeing the Federal Defense of Mar- vocating reduced class sizes, retaining quality opment. geared towards our gay seniors. riage Act repealed. teachers and adding vital programs for students. Public Safety: My top priority will be public Most importantly, I want the LGBT community WCT: The 2010 Gay Pride Parade also was I am also a strong advocate for early childhood safety. If elected, I will work with the police, to feel safe in their neighborhood; there is no ground-breaking, with the Stanley Cup riding education and will work to see that funding for community organizations and neighbors to de- place in the 48th ward for bullying and hate in it and even Baseball Hall of Famer Ernie these programs is expanded, not cut. velop a safety plan for each area of our ward and crimes. As alderman, I will maintain a 48th ward Banks riding on the Cubs’ float. Thoughts? “I will work to increase businesses in the 48th together the community will reduce violence LGBT advisory committee and work to have a Osterman: My staff, many volunteers, and I Ward—new businesses and jobs should not be and make the streets safer for all residents. As member of my committee placed on the Mayor’s have marched in the parade for several years. confined solely to downtown. The 48th Ward part of a large plan on public safety, I will push LGBT Advisory Council. I will encourage the may- The parade is incredibly fun and a great way to has a thriving small-business district, including for increasing staffing levels in the detective or’s LGBT Advisory Council to report directly to celebrate Chicago’s active LGBT community. I am Andersonville. The success fostered in Ander- divisions to investigate crime. Many perpetra- the mayor. glad to see more groups and organizations join- sonville needs to be sustained and expanded to tors are repeat offenders and may be involved in WCT: Would you advocate for mandatory ing us every year. other parts of the ward. As alderman, I will work other unsolved cases. I also will support invest- anti-bullying policies/training in Chicago WCT: You are going against an openly gay closely with the local chambers of commerce ing in job training and after-school programs public schools? candidate in a race with a large LGBT voter- and development corporations to attract new, for at-risk individuals, such as ex-offenders and Osterman: Yes. As state representative, I se- ship. Thoughts about that? quality small businesses to the community. I will youth. cured funding to start an anti-violence program Osterman: I do not think this is an issue. also work with small business owners who want Education: My goal as alderman is to make at Senn High School. Bullying is a rampant prob- See http://www.harryosterman.org. to expand to other parts of the ward. Addition- lem throughout [Chicago Public Schools] and we

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Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (above) meets with LGBT activists and leaders Jan. 19 at Ann Sather on Belmont. Photo by Tracy Baim; more images online at http://www.Windy- CityMediaGroup.com WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 26, 2011 11 nate someone other than your spouse then the spouse must sign the form releasing their claim Chicago link to the money. In this case the firm said that Tobits never Clinton backs Rahm in same-sex signed the form. The firm wants the court to determine if the form is valid without Tobits’ marriage case signature. If it is determined that the form is in- by CARRIE MAXWELL valid, then the dispute moves to the larger ques- tion of whether the court will recognize Farley Due to this nation’s patchwork laws relating to and Tobits’ marriage and give Farley’s assets to same-sex marriage many couples are forced to Tobits and not Farley’s parents. contend with legal battles over inheritance of This case is still in the preliminary stages so property and assets when one of them dies. This the outcome will not be known for quite some is just what Jennifer Tobits, who was married to time. Meanwhile, courts across the country will Sarah Ellyn Farley in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, have to contend with these types of cases un- in 2006, has had to do. til same-sex marriage is legal across the United The couple lived in Chicago, where Farley was States. The question still remains: Is a legal u.S. President Bill Clinton stopped by Chicago to back Rahm Emanuel in Emanuel’s bid to a partner at Cozen O’Connor. When Farley, who same-sex marriage in Canada legal in the United become the city’s next mayor. TheHill.com reported that Clinton said of Emanuel, “He will was 37, died of cancer last September, her par- States and what does that mean for the future be fearlessly honest with you. He will take care of you.” However, Emanuel’s opponents ents, David and Joan, claimed the rights to their of inheritance rights for same-sex couples? criticized Clinton’s appearance, with Carol Moseley Braun saying, “For him to come on the daughter’s profit-sharing account at the law day following Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday to insert himself in the middle of a mayoral firm. Tobits says that she is entitled to money race. [It] is a betrayal of the people who were most loyal to him. It’s a mistake.” since she was married to Farley and is her next a state appellate court ruled Jan. 24 that Emanuel should not be on the Feb. 22 ballot of kin. Chicago House because he does not meet the residency requirement, according to the . Cozen O’Connor has recently filed an inter- However, the state supreme court issued an order Jan. 25 keeping Emanuel on the ballot. pleader action (Cozen O’Connor, P.C. v. Tobits et hosting Photo by Kat Fitzgerald al.) in the United States District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the state where the law ‘Champagne firm is headquartered. An interpleader action is a legal procedure that is used in court when two Wrapture’ parties stake a claim for the property or money Chicago House & Social Service Agency NOW PACs LGBT coalition’s of a mutual third party. Robert Fiebach, who is hosting “Champagne Wrapture Snow- works at Cozen O’Connor’s headquarters in Phila- endorse Braun mayoral survey ball 2011: Clicquot in the Snow” Thurs- The National Organization for Women Equali- delphia, told Windy City Times that they “view A coalition of community leaders and local day, Jan. 27, at the Mid-America Club, ty PAC and the Chicago NOW PAC have endorsed themselves as a stakeholder and want the court pro-LGBT organizations, including Equality Il- 200 E. Randolph, 80th Floor, at 6 p.m. Carol Moseley Braun in the city’s mayoral race, to decide who get the proceeds if the two par- linois and the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, has Veuve Clicquot, Belvedere Vodka and according to a press release. ties, Tobits or Farley’s parents, can’t resolve it assessed the issue positions of the city’s may- Grand Marnier will provide the bubbly Braun made history when she became the themselves.” oral candidates. treats and specialty cocktails. The sug- first African-American woman to serve as as- The issue involves not only the legality of The questionnaires can be viewed at http:// gested attire is “stylish snow bunny.” sistant majority leader in the Illinois House; Farley and Tobits’ marriage, but also the ben- eqil.org/nextmayor.html. Among the issues Tickets are $75 in advance and $85 the first woman and African-American to hold eficiary form that Farley’s parents claim has covered are employee benefits, homelessness, at the door. Phone 773-248-5200, ext. executive office in Cook County Government; designated them as heirs to the profit-sharing transgender rights, HIV/AIDS and marriage 303, or visit http://www.ChicagoHouse. and the first African-American woman elected account. Farley’s parents say that their daughter equality. 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His parents are coming to accept his “They told me that as long as it stays with- sexuality, he is a symbol of LGBTQ rights in India in the royal family, it’s not a problem,” Gohil and his organization has grown to serve tens of said. Gohil waited four years before coming out thousands. For the first the time in his life, Go- in the press. When he did, his parents publicly hil’s focus has shifted to unmet challenges: how disowned him. But Gohil refused to be quiet or to reconcile the traditional duties of a future apologize. He knew that Indian law didn’t allow king of Rajpipla State while acting as a figure- parents to disown their children on the basis head for India’s gay-rights movement, and how of sexual orientation. He refused to leave the to find a companion that values him more than palace. But Gohil also refrained from bringing his money and fame. his parents to court or outright rejecting their Gohil was born destined to carry on the tra- decision. He waited out the storm. ditions of his country. (India’s royalty was de- It was Oprah Winfrey, Gohil said, who turned recognized in 1970 but still hold influence and things around for him. In 2007, the prince made cultural importance.) He is expected fulfill gen- his first appearance on her show. “There are lot erations of customs, advise Indian legislators of Oprah fans in India and especially the royal Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil. Photo by Hal Baim and raise an heir to take his place when he can family,” he said. “That changed a lot of people’s no longer rule. Gohil is also the only openly gay mindsets because they said that if Oprah has I’ve been quite a failure in getting a soulmate endless struggle,” he said. “It cannot end with royal in India, and the founder of Lakshya Trust, called me all the way to Chicago, she is not a for myself.” someone like me.” an organization that does LGBTQ advocacy and fool to do that.” His past relationships have failed, he said, be- Gohil will also need to find someone to follow outreach work as well as HIV/AIDS prevention. Today, Gohil said he is enjoying more freedom cause the guys were only interested in his money in his footsteps as a prince. The prince needs an When Gohil takes the throne, he will bear both than ever before. Indian anti-sodomy laws were or fame. In 2009, Gohil tried to find true love on heir, and he will have to adopt a son in order the burden of advancing India’s views about sex- overturned in 2009. Pride events have been tak- reality TV, when he dressed as a commoner and to get one. This will be one of his many duties ual minorities as well as maintaining the hierar- ing place all over the country. Lakshya Trust is dated on the British show Undercover Princes. as king, and he said he is ready for the job. “I chies and traditions he has inherited. That’s not building a nursing home for LGBTQ elders, the Even in plain clothes, he didn’t meet the right am born as a prince, and I will always remain a easy, Gohil told Windy City Times on a visit to latest of its many projects. guy. prince, even if I am gay. That does not change Chicago to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show. On Jan. 19, Gohil sat down again with Oprah For now, Gohil remains focused on his advo- my status,” he said. “Whatever I’m doing, I’m “It’s has been very challenging for me to keep Winfrey and updated her on his life. Winfrey had cacy work. He is training young people to follow doing it with honesty and truthfulness.” a balance between a gay lifestyle and a royal her own news to share. She would come see Gohil in his footsteps as an LGBTQ activist.“This is an lifestyle,” he said. in India next year—her first trip to the country. The only son of Maharana Shri Raghubir Gohil also hopes that Winfrey will help him in- Schulter has served the North Side ward for Singhji Rajendrasinghji Sahib, Gohil grew up in augurate the Lakshya nursing home. He believes 35 years. He is now the 11th current alderman a pink palace, catered to by an army of servants her visit, in support of gay people, could have a to step down before the Feb. 22 elections; oth- and maids. His relationship with his parents was significant impact on the ways homosexuality is ers include , and distant and formal. When he was 14, they spon- viewed in India. Vi Daley. sored an orphan and brought him to the palace “It gives me great satisfaction,” Gohil said. Among Schulter’s now-former opponents is to look after Gohil. The two boys grew close “As a gay activist I have been very happy and Tom O’Donnell, a longtime ally. The Chicago quickly. very satisfied that I have been able to achieve Sun-Times reported that O’Donnell “allegedly “We started exploring our sexuality with each something at least for the society.” got the approval from Schulter to run for al- other,” Gohil said. “And that’s the first time I Gohil is, in some ways, an unlikely hero to for derman in the event that the incumbent later realized I was attracted towards the same sex.” the marginalized. He laughs as he rattles off his decided to drop out of the race.” Gohil didn’t know there was a word for his shortcomings. He was 16 before he first crossed The Post reported that Schulter seems to feelings, but he knew he should keep them to the street by himself. At 45, he still hesitates want a seat on the Cook County Board of Re- himself. “There was a sense of guilt also that I in front of traffic. He fears that if he were left view, which handles property-tax assessments. am doing the wrong thing,” he said. “I always alone for too long, he would die of starvation thought that this is something which I am just because as a royal, he never learned to cook. He experiencing for the time and that as I grow is terrified that his own prince will never come, Catholic protest older, things will work out.” that he’ll grow old and die without a soulmate. set for Feb. 13 At 25, Gohil got married. Unable to con- The last is particularly pressing for Gohil. Eugene Schulter. To protest what it sees as the Catholic hierar- summate the marriage, he was divorced seven “There is what I will say a fear or insecurity that chy’s role in attempting to defeat civil unions months later. Gohil started to doubt himself. He I don’t have a companion in life,” he said. “And in Illinois for LGBT people, the Gay Liberation Schulter not running Network will hold this year’s Freedom to Marry for re-election Day rally will take place in front of Holy Name DaveOuanoPhotography.com Eugene Schulter, alderman of Chicago’s 47th Cathedral, 735 N. State, at 10:30 a.m. on Sun- Events • Fashion • Fitness Ward, has announced that he has dropped out day, Feb. 13. of the race for his own seat, according to the For more information, e-mail LGBTlibera- Huffington Post. [email protected].

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the stats After a quick change it was time to hit the red car- pet for the musical 9 to 5. Ms. Parton arrived and he Name was able to wish her a happy birthday and she shook his hand. Hardly recovering from that moment, he at- George Larson tended the upstairs reception where he was able to talk more with his icon, tell her that he loved her and she Age promptly replied, “Well, I love you too.” A quick picture 46 was snapped and the singer requested another, saying, “I wasn’t ready yet.” Hardly able to breathe, he said, Relationship status: “Goodbye, Dolly” and landed in his seat to enjoy the Single show. Afterwards, drinks were had at the local bar , 5024 N. Sheridan, to relax and unwind from his Have your Hometown long day. Chicago premiums Neighborhood increased Rogers Park recently? Hobbies Watching Dolly videos See me: Favorite food Charles T. Rhodes, Mediterranean (he’s vegetarian) Agent 2472 N. 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Of the 15 men cur- enough time to “fix” the death penalty, and PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR rently on Illinois’ death row, a third are Black, must now come to the incontrovertible conclu- Tracy Baim though African Americans represent only 15 sion that it is too flawed to fix. percent of the general population of Illinois. It is time for Quinn to hear LGBTQ voices in ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky In 2009, more than 92 percent of defendants support of the legislation to abolish the death MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis Saying ‘no’ to BUSINESS MANAGER Meghan Streit against whom Cook County prosecutors sought a penalty in Illinois. DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright death sentence were people of color; 78 percent Many in the LGBT community supported the ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson the death penalty were Black, 14 percent were Latino and three in- 2002 clemency campaign. Among them, Queer SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS: Terri Klinsky, Amy dividuals were immigrants from the Middle East. to the Left (Q2L) launched a campaign calling Matheny, Kirk Williamson, Dave Ouano This past month, both houses of the Illinois Gen- PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT Cynthia Holmes eral Assembly passed bill SB 3539, which would The first significant attempt to fix the sys- LGBTQ folks to “Come Out Against the Death NIGHTSPOTS MANAGING EDITOR Kirk Williamson repeal the death penalty in Illinois. The bill is tem started in January 2000, shortly after Gov. Penalty and In Support of Justice.” In the course NATIONAL SALES Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Rex Wockner, Marie now awaiting Gov. Pat Quinn’s signature. If he George Ryan declared a moratorium on execu- of the campaign, Q2L highlighted the State’s de- tions after Anthony Porter, who came within 48 ployment of homophobia, sexism and racism to J. Kuda, David Byrne, Tony Peregrin, Lisa Keen, signs the bill, Illinois will become the 16th state Yasmin Nair, Emmanuel Garcia to repeal the death penalty in the United States hours of being put to death, was found to be in- secure Bernina Mata’s conviction and death sen- THEATER EDITOR Scott C. Morgan and the third to do so in the past three years; it nocent. Ryan was struck by the fact that Illinois tence in 1999. CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight, Jr. BOOKS WRITER Yasmin Nair would also take its place alongside 95 countries had executed only 12 death row inmates during Mata, a Latina lesbian, was accused of killing a the same period in which it exonerated 13. We, white heterosexual man she met in a bar. Accord- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS that have abolished the death penalty. Mary Shen Barnidge, Steve Warren, Lawrence Quinn has not decided whether he will sign as a state, were getting it wrong more than half ing to the prosecutors, Mata killed the man after Ferber, Mel Ferrand, Jerry Nunn, the legislation, and has indicated that he wants of the time. he made an unwanted pass at her. In seeking her Alicia Wilson, Jonathan Abarbanel COLUMNISTS/WRITERS: Yvonne Zipter, Susie Day, to hear from the people of Illinois before mak- Following his declaration of the moratorium, conviction and asking to impose a sentence of Ryan established a nonpartisan Commission on death, and playing on sexual, gender and racial Jorjet Harper, Lee Lynch, Steve Starr, Lisa Keen, ing his final decision. Here are the reasons you Charlsie Dewey, Michael Knipp, Mark Corece, Joe should make that call urging him to sign the Capital Punishment charged with reviewing the stereotypes, the prosecutor argued Mata was “a Erbentraut, Carrie Maxwell, Billy Masters, Kate bill. administration of the death penalty. In April hard core lesbian” and that “a normal hetero- Sosin, Chuck Colbert, Micki Leventhal, Sarah Toce, Mason Harrison, Dana Rudolph In addition to repealing the death penalty, the 2002, the commission issued a report highly sexual woman would not be so offended by such critical of the system, making 86 recommenda- conduct as to murder.” SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Kat Fitzgerald, Mel bill would redirect its necessary funding toward Ferrand, Hal Baim, Steve Starr, Emmanuel Garcia, services for murder victims’ family members and tions for reform, the vast majority of which the Fortunately, thanks in part to LGBTQ support Dave Ouano for law enforcement. The funds currently spent legislature failed to enact. Following a mass of the clemency campaign, Mata’s sentence was CIRCULATION on the death penalty are quite significant, par- campaign for clemency for all individuals then commuted to life in prison, as it was for all on CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Jean Albright on death row, in January 2003 Ryan commuted death row. It is time once again for LGBTQ peo- DISTRIBUTION: Ashina, Allan, Dan, John, Renee, ticularly in light of the crushing budget crisis we Sue and Victor are facing in Illinois. According to the Illinois all existing death sentences, finding the system ple to lend their voices and come out against Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (ICADP), was “deeply flawed,” “arbitrary” and “haunted the death penalty. more than $100 million in taxpayer money was by the demon of error.” He also pardoned four Please call Gov. 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Photo courtesy of Aleksandr Paskannoi HOMELAND INSECURITY The Belarus Free Theatre—which could be persecuted in its homeland—is performing in Chicago. See more below. COMEDY AUTOS SPORTS The Gold standard. The motor city. Kurt response. Page 23. Page 24. Page 30.

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SCOTTISH or visit http://www.tic.northwestern.edu. And though not quite a departure, The Hypo- PLAY SCOTT The closing host is the Chicago Shakespeare crites’ founder and artistic director, Sean Graney, Theater, 800 E. Grand (Navy Pier) with perfor- will step down from his current position at the mances at 8 p.m. Feb. 18-19, and 2 p.m. Feb. Jim Corti. end of the season. Graney will still direct for the Chicago 20. Call 312-595-5600 or http://www.chica- Photo company, but in the capacity as Founding Direc- goshakes.com. courtesy tor. The move allows Graney more freedom to di- theater news of the rect for other companies, like the Court Theatre BY SCOTT C. MORGAN More suburban singing and dancing Paramount where he’s scored some success with productions Drama against a dictatorship Get ready for even more professional musical Theatre of What the Butler Saw and The Comedy of Er- Artists from the Belarus Free Theatre, sure to theater in the suburbs. The Paramount Theatre rors. be persecuted if they return to their homeland, in Aurora has announced plans to produce a new Hypocrites ensemble member Halena Kays will have bought more time in America thanks to an four-musical season starting list fall utilizing assume the company’s artistic directorship. invitation from the Goodman Theatre, North- professional performers, designers and directors western University and the League of Chicago at its 80-year-old 1,888-seat historic art deco Paramount will also continue to host a variety Broadway (off and on) bound Theatres. theater. of visiting performances with musicians, comedy Three shows with Chicago debuts are headed “We found it imperative to extend this brave, To head up this effort, Broadway veteran Jim troupes and more. to New York. Two have already come and gone, bold theater company’s stay in the United States Corti (Ragtime, Dancin’) has been tapped to be For more information, call 630-896-6666 or but one still has yet to be seen. by offering them the opportunity to perform in the Paramount Theatre’s first-ever artistic direc- visit http://www.paramountaurora.com. The Steppenwolf Theatre season opener De- Chicago,” said Goodman Artistic Director Robert tor. troit by playwright Lisa D’Amour is slated to Falls in a prepared statement. “These are artists A multiple Jeff Award-winner as an actor/di- Departure lounge hit Broadway sometime next fall. No casting struggling against an oppressive state, and their rector/choreographer, Corti has plenty of profes- Chicago Opera Theater general director Brian has been announced, but the Chicago produc- work is both essential and powerful.” sional credits around Chicago ranging from Drury Dickie recently announced his decision not to tion under Austin Pendleton’s direction featured The Belarus Free Theatre came to New York in Lane Oakbrook (Sugar, Cabaret, Curtains) to Vic- renew his contract which expires at the end Steppenwolf ensemble members Laurie Metcalf, December 2010 for a sold-out engagement of tory Gardens Theater (The Lost Boys of Sudan). of the 2012 season. Dickie plans to return to Kate Arrington, Ian Barford, Kevin Anderson and Vladimir Shcherban’s play Being Harold Pinter What exactly is on the Paramount Theatre bill the United Kingdom to be closer to his three Robert Breuler. at the Under the Radar Festival. The play uses is to be revealed at 7 p.m. Friday, March 18, as grown children, his many grandchildren and so Also Gotham-bound is Laurence Mark Wythe’s writings from the late Nobel Prize-winning play- part of a free “Big Reveal” party. But the Para- his youngest daughter can continue on with her musical Tomorrow Morning which played the wright to criticize the oppressive former Soviet mount is already trying to lure ticket buyers by schooling. Greenhouse Theater in 2008. The four-character bloc state. The drama is performed in Russian offering an $89 four-show package to the first Dickie’s artistic leadership helped push Chica- chamber musical involving one couple facing and Belarusian with projected English super- 10,000 subscribers. go Opera Theater’s worldwide recognition during marriage and another facing divorce is set to titles. Since the Paramount is within viewing distance his tenure, which saw the company move from play off-Broadway at the York Theatre Company But instead of returning home, the company of the Hollywood Casino, a few repertory sug- the Athenaeum Theatre to Millennium Park’s starting in March. A cast album is available fea- will play at three different locations in Chicago gestions include: Guys and Dolls (the gambling Harris Theater for Music and Dance, and more turing the Chicago cast. and Evanston in January and February. Tickets angle), Big River (since it’s so close to the Fox than 20 Chicago premieres ranging from Mon- And though it hasn’t even had its Chicago are $20, and performances run one hour and 15 River), Sunset Blvd., City of Angels or Singin’ in teverdi’s 1607 opera Orfeo to John Adams’ 1987 world premiere at American Theater Company, minutes. the Rain (the Hollywood glamour connection). “docu-opera” Nixon in China. Dan LeFranc’s drama The Big Meal has already Performances at the Goodman Theatre, 170 Previously the only musical theatre to play Dickie’s departure coincides with that of Lyric been announced as part of Playwright Horizon’s N. Dearborn, are at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27, and 8 the Paramount were the odd community theater Opera of Chicago General Director William Ma- off-Broadway 2011-12 theater season. The Big p.m. Jan. 28 and 29. Call 312-443-3800 or visit productions or touring non-Equity shows that son, who is also stepping down at the end of Meal features eight actors presenting the life- http://www.goodmantheatre.org. typically played only one or two performances. the 2012 season. Though Dickie could conceiv- changing moments from five generations of a The production then moves to Northwestern The Paramount’s in-house productions are slated ably switch over the Lyric since he has so many modern family. University’s Mussetter-Struble Theatre, 1949 to run three-weeks, so much shorter than its friends with the company, it’s more likely that Please send theater news and other related Campus Drive, Evanston, between Feb. 4 and 6 closest competition with Drury Lane Theatre in Chicago opera fans will need to get used to two tidbits to [email protected] and with performances at 8 p.m. Fridays and Satur- Oakbrook Terrace and Fox Valley Repertory (for- new leaders running the Windy City’s two main [email protected]. days and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Call 847-491-7282 merly Noble Fool Theatricals) in St. Charles. The opera companies. 16 Jan. 26, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES WINDY CITY TIMES

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50C, 39M, 39Y VIRAMUNE is indicated for use in combination with other antiretroviral agents Do not take VIRAMUNE if you have severe liver problems. for the treatment of HIV infection. The dose of VIRAMUNE for adults is one 200-mg tablet daily for the fi rst VIRAMUNE does not cure HIV or AIDS, and has not been shown to reduce the 14 days, followed by one 200-mg tablet twice daily. VIRAMUNE is always taken risk of passing HIV to others through sexual contact or blood contamination. with other anti-HIV medications. The 14-day lead-in period is important because VIRAMUNE can cause severe liver disease and skin reactions that can cause it can help reduce your chances of getting a potentially serious skin rash. If you death. These reactions occur most often during the fi rst 18 weeks of treatment, have a skin rash during the fi rst 14 days, immediately contact your doctor and but can occur later. Ask your healthcare provider about how to recognize do not increase your VIRAMUNE dose to twice a day. The total duration of the 25K once daily lead-in dosing period should not exceed 28 days, at which point an 25C, 16M, 16Y symptoms of skin and liver problems. alternative regimen may need to be started. Stop taking VIRAMUNE if you have any of these reactions. Do not restart VIRAMUNE if you experience any of these reactions. Call your healthcare Other side effects that patients have experienced include nausea, fatigue, fever, provider immediately if you have any of these reactions. headache, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and myalgia. Changes in body fat may occur in patients receiving antiretroviral therapy. Immune reconstitution VIRAMUNE is only for people diagnosed with HIV. If you have not been diagnosed syndrome has been reported in patients treated with combination ARV therapy. as HIV positive, then do not take VIRAMUNE. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs Any patient can experience liver problems with VIRAMUNE, but women and to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088. patients who have higher CD4 counts when they begin VIRAMUNE treatment have a greater risk. If you are a woman with CD4+ >250 cells/mm3, or a Please see Medication Guide for VIRAMUNE on the man with CD4+ >400 cells/mm3, you should not begin taking VIRAMUNE following pages. unless you and your doctor have decided that the benefi t of doing so outweighs the risk. Women, including pregnant women, with CD4+ cell counts >250 cells/mm3 are at the greatest risk.

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MEDICATION GUIDE What is VIRAMUNE? VIRAMUNE® (VIH-rah-mune) VIRAMUNE is a medicine used to treat Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the (nevirapine) Tablets virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). VIRAMUNE® (VIH-rah-mune) VIRAMUNE is a type of anti-HIV medicine called a “non-nucleoside reverse (nevirapine) Oral Suspension transcriptase inhibitor” (NNRTI). VIRAMUNE works by lowering the amount of HIV in your blood (“viral load”). You must take VIRAMUNE with other anti-HIV Read this Medication Guide before you start taking VIRAMUNE and each time you medicines. When you take VIRAMUNE with other anti-HIV medicines, VIRAMUNE get a refill. There may be new information. This information does not take the can lower your viral load and increase the number of CD4+ cells (“T cells”). CD4+ place of talking to your doctor about your medical condition or treatment. cells are a type of immune helper cell in the blood. VIRAMUNE may not have these What is the most important information I should know about effects in every person. VIRAMUNE? VIRAMUNE does not cure HIV or AIDS, and it is not known if it will help you live VIRAMUNE can cause serious side effects. These include severe liver and longer with HIV. People taking VIRAMUNE may still get infections common in skin problems which can cause death. The risk of these problems is greatest people with HIV (opportunistic infections). It is very important that you stay under during the first 18 weeks of treatment, but these problems can also happen at the care of your doctor. any time during treatment. Who should not take VIRAMUNE? Severe liver problems: Anyone who takes VIRAMUNE may get severe liver Tell your doctor if you have or have had liver problems. Your doctor may tell you problems. In some cases, these liver problems can lead to liver failure and the not to take VIRAMUNE if you have certain liver problems. need for a liver transplant, or death. You may get a rash if you have liver problems. People with higher risk of these problems include women or anyone with higher VIRAMUNE is only for people diagnosed with HIV. If you have not been diagnosed CD4+ cell counts when they begin VIRAMUNE treatment. Women with CD4+ cell as HIV positive, then do not take VIRAMUNE. counts higher than 250 cells/mm3 at the start of treatment have the greatest risk What should I tell my doctor before taking VIRAMUNE? for liver damage. Before you take VIRAMUNE, tell your doctor if you: If you are a woman with CD4+ cell >250 cells/mm3 or a man with CD4+ cell • have or have had hepatitis (inflammation of your liver) or problems with your >400 cells/mm3, you and your doctor will decide if VIRAMUNE is right for you. liver. See “What is the most important information I should know about People who have abnormal liver test results and people with hepatitis B or C VIRAMUNE?” and “Who should not take VIRAMUNE?” have a greater chance of getting liver problems and further increases in liver test • receive dialysis results during treatment. • have skin problems, such as a rash If you get any of the following symptoms of liver problems, stop taking • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if VIRAMUNE will VIRAMUNE and call your doctor right away: harm your unborn baby. Pregnancy Registry: There is a pregnancy registry for women who take • fever antiviral medicines during pregnancy. The purpose of the registry is to collect • “flu-like” symptoms or you do not feel well information about the health of you and your baby. Talk to your doctor about • dark (tea-colored) urine how you can take part in this registry. • tiredness • are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed. VIRAMUNE can pass into your breast • light-colored bowel movements (stools) milk and may harm your baby. It is also recommended that HIV-positive women • nausea (feeling sick to your stomach) should not breast-feed their babies. Do not breast-feed during treatment with • pain or tenderness on your right side below your ribs VIRAMUNE. Talk to your doctor about the best way to feed your baby. • loss of appetite • yellowing of your skin or whites of your eyes Tell your doctor and pharmacist about all the medicines you take, including Your doctor should see you and do blood tests often to check your liver function prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins and herbal supplements. during the first 18 weeks of treatment with VIRAMUNE. You should continue to VIRAMUNE may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may have your liver checked regularly during your treatment with VIRAMUNE. It is affect how VIRAMUNE works. Especially tell your doctor if you take: important for you to keep all of your doctor appointments. • St. John’s Wort. You should not take products containing St. John’s Wort Severe rash and skin reactions: Skin rash is the most common side effect of during treatment with VIRAMUNE because it can lower the amount of VIRAMUNE. Most rashes happen in the first 6 weeks of taking VIRAMUNE. Rashes VIRAMUNE in your body. ® ® and skin reactions may be severe, life-threatening, and in some people, • efavirenz (Sustiva , Atripla ). You should not take efavirenz during treatment may lead to death. If you get a rash with any of the following symptoms, with VIRAMUNE. You may have an increased chance of side effects if this is stop using VIRAMUNE and call your doctor right away: taken together with VIRAMUNE. • atazanavir (Reyataz®). You should not take atazanavir during treatment • “flu-like” symptoms or you do not feel well with VIRAMUNE. • blisters • itraconazole (Sporanox®). You should not take itraconazole during treatment • fever with VIRAMUNE. • mouth sores • ketoconazole (Nizoral®). You should not take ketoconazole during treatment • muscle or joint aches with VIRAMUNE. • swelling of your face • rifampin (Rifadin®, Rifamate®, Rifater®). You should not take rifampin during • red or inflamed eyes, like “pink eye” (conjunctivitis) treatment with VIRAMUNE. • tiredness • Birth control pills. Birth control pills taken by mouth (oral contraceptives) and • swollen glands (enlarged lymph nodes) other hormone types of birth control may not work to prevent pregnancy if • liver problems (see symptoms of liver problems above) you use them during VIRAMUNE treatment. Talk with your doctor about other If your doctor tells you to stop treatment with VIRAMUNE because you have types of birth control that you can use to prevent pregnancy during treatment had the serious liver or skin problems described above, you should never with VIRAMUNE. take VIRAMUNE again. These are not all the side effects of VIRAMUNE. See the section “What are the possible side effects of VIRAMUNE?” for more information.

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Also tell your doctor if you are taking the following drugs: Tell your doctor if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not • clarithromycin (Biaxin®) go away. • fluconazole (Diflucan®) These are not all the possible side effects of VIRAMUNE. For more information, • methadone ask your doctor or pharmacist. ® • rifabutin (Mycobutin ) Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of them to show your doctor or effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. pharmacist when you get a new medicine. How should I store VIRAMUNE? How should I take VIRAMUNE? • Store VIRAMUNE at 59° to 86°F (15° to 30°C). • Take VIRAMUNE exactly as your doctor tells you to take it. • Throw away VIRAMUNE that is no longer needed or out-of-date. • The dose of VIRAMUNE for children is based on their size and thus may not be Keep VIRAMUNE and all medicines out of the reach of children. the same as in adults. • You may take VIRAMUNE with or without food. General information about VIRAMUNE • If you or your child takes VIRAMUNE suspension (liquid), shake it gently Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a before use. Use an oral dosing syringe or dosing cup to measure the Medication Guide. Do not use VIRAMUNE for a condition for which it was not right dose. The oral dosing syringe and dosing cup are not provided with prescribed. Do not give VIRAMUNE to other people, even if they have the same VIRAMUNE Suspension. condition you have. It may harm them. • After drinking the medicine, fill the dosing cup with water and drink it to make sure you get all the medicine. If the dose is less than 1 teaspoon This Medication Guide summarizes the most important information about (5 mL), use the syringe instead of the dosing cup. VIRAMUNE. If you would like more information, talk with your doctor. You can • Do not change your dose unless your doctor tells you to. ask your pharmacist or doctor for information about VIRAMUNE that is written for • Your doctor should start you with one dose each day to lower your chance health professionals. of getting a serious rash. It is important that you only take one dose of For more information, call Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., at VIRAMUNE each day for the first 14 days. 1-800-542-6257, or (TTY) 1-800-459-9906. • Call your doctor right away if you get a skin rash during the first 14 days of VIRAMUNE treatment and do not increase your dose to 2 times a day. What are the ingredients in VIRAMUNE? • You should never take your starting dose (200 mg one time each day) for Active Ingredient: nevirapine longer than 28 days. If after 28 days you are still receiving this starting dose Inactive ingredients: because you have a rash, you and your doctor should discuss replacing VIRAMUNE with another HIV medicine. Never increase your dose to 2 times a Viramune Tablets: microcrystalline cellulose, lactose monohydrate, povidone, day if you have a rash. sodium starch glycolate, colloidal silicon dioxide, and magnesium stearate • Do not miss a dose of VIRAMUNE, because this could make HIV harder to Viramune Oral Suspension: carbomer 934P, methylparaben, propylparaben, treat. If you miss a dose of VIRAMUNE, take the missed dose as soon as you sorbitol, sucrose, polysorbate 80, sodium hydroxide, and purified water remember. If it is almost time for your next dose, do not take the missed dose, just take the next dose at your regular time. Distributed by: • If you stop taking VIRAMUNE for more than 7 days, ask your doctor how much Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to take before you start taking it again. You may need to start with one time Ridgefield, CT 06877 USA each day dosing again. Rev: June 2010 • If you take too much VIRAMUNE, call your local poison control center or emergency room right away. This Medication Guide has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration What are the possible side effects of VIRAMUNE? Atripla, Reyataz, and Sustiva are trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb. Biaxin VIRAMUNE may cause serious side effects. is a trademark of Abbott Laboratories. Diflucan is a trademark of Pfizer Inc. Mycobutin is a trademark of Pharmacia & Upjohn Company. Nizoral and Sporanox • See “What is the most important information I should know about are trademarks of Janssen Pharmaceutica. 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4745_WINDY_CITY_TIMES 4 8/2/10 8:27:49 AM 20 Jan. 26, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES THEATER REVIEW nign. Odradek passively enables Kyle’s efforts to maim himself but doesn’t suggest these actions Odradek or have much influence on Kyle’s behavior. The Playwright: Brett Neveu ties between boy and Id Monster need to be At: House Theatre of much more deeply developed if this work is to Chicago, 1543 W. Division succeed. Tickets: 773-769-3832; Instead, you have only Neveu’s extremely pithy http://www.thehousetheatre.com; $25 dialogue and the oddities of the household. For Runs through: March 5 example, Kyle and his father never use affec- tionate familiarities. Kyle never says “Dad” or BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL “Father” or “Pop” and the parent never says “Son” or “Pal” or any similar word. Oddly, Dad’s Both the emotional journey and the storytell- bedroom is downstairs but Kyle’s is upstairs al- ing seem incomplete in Odradek, an 80-minute though Kyle chooses to sleep on the steps them- new work that’s interesting rather than appeal- selves, near Odradek’s lair. What’s the big deal ing. The title, a vaguely Eastern-European word, about Upstairs? Neveu doesn’t explain, although comes from Franz Kafka who used it in a short the play’s penultimate action is Kyle slowly as- story as the name of a blob-like woolly house cending the gothic staircase. Less is more, but monster. in Odradek it’s not quite enough. For playwright Brett Neveu, Odradek becomes a Directed by master visualist Dexter Bullard, creature composed of organic detritus living un- Odradek becomes a theatrical tone poem no- der the stairs of an Iowa house, apparently the table for style and mood rather than story or Id Monster of Kyle, the self-destructive boy at character, especially with several Grand Guignol the center of the work. The play is seen through effects thrown in. The imposing dark walls and Kyle’s eyes as he appears to journey towards enormous stairway designed by Collette Pollard The Beauty Queen of Leenan. Photo by Kevin Viol suicide ... or does he journey away from it as reflect Kyle’s exaggerated view (large because winter melts into spring? The work offers little he’s still small?) and not his Dad’s view of what THEATER REVIEWS year before key company members brought it clarity, not even as to Kyle’s age, which could be seems an ordinary house. Josh Schmidt contrib- back to life). 10-15. All we are given is that he’s undergoing a utes an atmospheric score for solo string bass The Beauty Director Steve Scott skillfully oversees a strong psychic meltdown, his parents are divorced and which is bowed, plucked, slapped and rubbed to quartet of actors who wrench out all the resent- he lives with his caring but aloof father who be- great effect (with electronic sampling) by Ruben Queen of Leenan ment and pettiness needed for McDonagh’s gins an affair with Kyle’s new doctor. We never Gonzalez. The performers are fine, too, especial- Playwright: Martin McDonagh crackling Irish drama. understand the basis of Kyle’s severe distress. ly Joey Steakley as Kyle, looking 12 years old At: Shattered Globe Theatre at Eileen Niccolai and Linda Reiter are respective- There’s far too little info about Kyle’s parents or and performing with great physical precision. Athenaeum Theatre Studio 2, ly and ferociously matched as daughter Maureen their break-up several years earlier to pin it on Carolyn Defrin is the Doctor and David Parkes is 2936 N. Southport and mother Mag in a spiteful battle of wills. Re- that cliché. Dad. Phone: 800-982-2787; $25-$32 iter is particularly malevolent as she deliberately Equally curious is that the creature is so be- Runs through: Feb. 27 spoils her daughter’s romantic chances, while Niccolai is terrifying as she methodically (and Port violently) snaps. Playwright: Simon Stephens Kevin Viol perfectly captures the agitated im- At: Griffin Theatre at patience of the hyper young man Ray. Joseph Raven Studio Theatre, 6157 N. Clark Wiens is quite good as the love interest Pato, Odradek. Phone: 800-838-3006; $22-$32 though he a tad too baby faced to fully convince Photo by Runs through: Feb. 26 in the role. Michael In these bleak midwinter months, some might Brosilow BY SCOTT C. MORGAN think it odd that both Griffin and Shattered Globe would offer up such gloomy works. But Heroines longing to break free from their bleak you can take some consolation that (hopefully) surroundings are a common thread in two re- your life is going better than those poor souls cently opened Chicago storefront theater pro- struggling for any shred of happiness onstage. ductions: The American premiere of British play- wright Simon Stephens’ drama Port by Griffin Theatre, and in Martin McDonagh’s modern (and THEATER REVIEW sitic addiction—a theme that would have been upsettingly violent) Irish classic The Beauty CRITICS’ PICKS less readily apparent in the 19th century, when Queen of Leenane staged by a resurrected Shat- Carmilla intense same-sex relationships were permitted As You Like It, Chicago Shakespeare The- tered Globe Theatre. Playwright: adapted by Aly Renee both boys and girls. Aly Renee Amidei’s adap- ater, through March 6. What could be more Griffin previously staged Stephens’ Olivier Amidei from the novel tation, while remarkably faithful to its source romantic, after all, than cross-dressing lov- Award-winning On the Shore of the Wide World by J. Sheridan LeFanu material, hints at both pre- and post-Freud- ers in regency garb gamboling in a coun- a few years back, and the company’s back for At: WildClaw Theatre at ian interpretations—our narrator, Laura, is a tryside of immaculate forests and courtly another look at the lower working class end of The Storefront, 66 E. Randolph lonely adolescent who welcomes the prospect shepherds? MSB British society with Port (short for the economi- Phone: 312-742-8497;$20 of a worldly and sophisticated companion, but Cats, Theo Ubique at No Exit Cafe, cally depressed English town Stockport). Runs through: Feb. 20 is nevertheless uneasy at Carmilla’s advances. through Feb. 20. Oooh, I taw a puddy tat— Stephens focuses on the life of Rachel Keats And when evidence of the vengeful revenant’s the furry felines dancing on little cat feet (Caroline Neff), who starts the drama as a 12- BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE past crimes lead to her being hunted down and all but curl up in our laps, but where else year-old sensing that she and her troubled finally cornered by pursuers both mortal and in this tiny room can playgoers see every younger brother, Billy (Joey DeBettencourt), Romanticism being rooted in the elevation of spectral, it is her innocent disciple who betrays whisker-twitch and hear every fragile meow are about to be abandoned by their mother (Cyd emotion over reason, it comes as no surprise her with a kiss. of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s popular musical Blakewell). Port then depicts select turning that this trait should be most frequently em- But not before much blood has been spilled score? MSB points in Rachel’s life as she becomes a young bodied in females—feeling being, traditionally, with the no-giggles conviction that is WildClaw Funk It Up About Nothin’, Chicago woman torn about trying to make the “right” a woman’s job, as thinking is a man’s. Writers Theatre’s stock-in-trade. Before a word is ut- Shakespeare Theater, through Feb. 13. decision while keenly aware that life’s deck has following Poe’s dictum that “the most poetic tered, Alan Donohue’s Fuseli-inspired scenic Chicago’s own Q Bros have taken their rap been stacked against her. subject is the death of a beautiful woman” design, Mikhail Fiksel and Scott Tallarida’s version of Much Ado About Nothing to New Director Jonathan Berry helms a very adept cast willingly bestowed upon their “weaker vessels” original score of pulsating Beethovenesque York and Scotland and now it’s back where that intensely plays multiple roles and delivers the power to return from the dead. To our sen- incidental music, Paul Foster and Danielle it started, prior to an Australian tour. Fast believable North English accents (a great credit sibilities, then, what is most noteworthy about McKenzie’s shadowy lighting conjure just the and fun. JA to dialect coach Elise Kauzlaric). Though Berry J. Sheridan LeFanu’s prototypal vampire story right atmosphere of brooding menace in the Grey Gardens, Jedlicka Performing Arts wisely utilizes the symbolic device of Rachel’s is that the characters who propel its action Storefront’s cavernous stage, with Scott Cum- Center in Cicero, through Jan. 29. The pro- absent mother handing her props to foreshadow are all female, the male personae being merely mins and David Chrzanowski’s violence design duction values may not be entirely up to her not always wise decisions, playwright Ste- the “muscle”, literally. (Twenty-five years later, and Charlie Athanas’ evocative special effects snuff, but Jedlicka offers a rare chance to phens leaves out some vital scenes (particularly Bram Stoker would assert masculine dominance never exceeding the boundaries of their dra- catch this smart 2006 Broadway musical Rachel’s decision to marry the violently jealous with a vampire story so similar in structure to matic universe. Under Cummins’ direction, as- adaptation of the 1975 gay cult favorite Kevin of John Byrnes) which only makes Port a LeFanu’s—with the exception of its more con- sisted by Barbara Zahora’s dialect instruction, documentary about the eccentric relatives slightly unsatisfying slog despite the top-notch ventional gender-role assignment—as to bor- the mood thus established enables an intrepid of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy performances. der on plagiarism.) cast, led by the fire-and-ice tag-team of Mi- Onassis. SCM Though much bleaker plot-wise, Shattered More disturbing to modern audiences, how- chaela Petro and Brittany Burch, to weave a —By Abarbanel, Barnidge Globe’s Beauty Queen of Leenane is a much more ever, are the overt lesbian motifs reflected in web of conflicted desires enticing the most and Morgan satisfying experience (It’s also great to welcome our evil temptress’s propensity for seducing her skeptical rationalist. back this company that officially disbanded last victims before introducing them to her para- WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 26, 2011 21

Lakeboat. Photo by Lee Miller

THEATER REVIEW young Dale is majoring in English Literature, Joe warns him, “That’s a tough racket”), as the crew Lakeboat speculates on the fate of their missing comrade, Playwright: David Mamet each anticipating his own brand of bad news. At: Steep Theatre, 1115 W. Berwyn Well, when you’re as bored as even inland-sea- Phone: 866-811-4111;$20-$22 farers have historically been, any mystery can Runs through: Feb. 26 beguile the time. What holds our attention is the vivid array of personalities conjured by the BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE cast of this Steep Theatre production as they harmonize on Mamet’s symphony of tall tales, It hasn’t got the carefully shaped structure we enigmatic exchanges, defiant declarations and associate with the latter-day David Mamet. In- provocative walk-through commentary (e.g. two deed, this early play is almost a documentary, men enter a room, one saying, “This boat is be- as non-judgmental as a Fred Wiseman film, with coming a bureaucracy”, and exit before we can only a single unanswered question—why is the hear the reply). Though we may not recall their ship’s cook AWOL?—to lend a modicum of sus- names, we soon recognize them, by as little as pense to the proceedings. But like the Great their offstage voices. We also come to appreci- Lakes that these lonely men sail, secrets lie be- ate director C.J. Cederquist’s clever choreogra- neath the placid surface. phy in facilitating scene changes on the narrow Mamet, himself, spent a summer during the alley-style playing space without interrupting mid-1960s as a steward on a cargo ship much the flow of the action (bridged by Miles Polaski’s like the freighter where his characters labor, mock-swashbuckling incidental music). grasping at any opportunity to alleviate the te- “There’s justice out there, but no mercy” an dium. We encounter the topics common to men- old salty once said of the endless waterways. SEX WITH in-groups the world over: florid sagas of memo- For the brief 80 minutes of our voyage from Du- rable binges, bimbos and brawls—recounted luth to Chicago aboard the T. Harrison, however, with rhapsodic vulgarity in the dramatic detail Mamet extends mercy to his brothers of the mo- that comes of frequent repetition, and perhaps ment, and in doing so, allows us a glimpse of an enlarged once again for the new audience pro- all-but-invisible world lying at the economical vided by the college-educated boy now manning foundations of life as we sheltered consumers the galley. But we also hear confessions of an know it. STRANGERS intimacy only occurring among passing strang- By: LAURA EASON ers sharing isolation, along with unexpected philosophical observations (upon learning that Directed by: associate artist JESSICA THEBUS Featuring: ensemble member SALLY MURPHY with STEPHEN LOUIS GRUSH

SPOTLIGHT Ethan is a hot young writer whose online journals of “sexcapades” are the buzz of the blogosphere. Olivia is an attractive 30-something whose own writing career never took off. They hook up, sex turns into dating and dating into something more complicated. A break-out hit at Steppenwolf’s 2009 First Look Repertory, Sex with Strangers explores what happens when our Yoga figures prominently in the world- online and offline identities intersect. premiere lesbian drama Downward Fac- ing by Chicago playwright Mishelle Renee Apalategui. See what sorts of difficulties arise when one woman tries to build the perfect yoga studio in a gentrified house NOW PLAYING! and the squatter who sets up roadblocks in her way. Downward Facing plays from Jan. 27-Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and at 7 p.m. Sundays at Dream Theatre, 556 W. 18th. Tickets Buy online at steppenwolf.org are $15-$18; call 773-552-8616 or visit http://www.dreamtheatrecompany.com. or call 312-335-1650. Emily Tate Frank and Natalie Breitmeyer in Dream Theatre’s Downward Facing; photo courtesy of the company 22 Jan. 26, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES had a chance to be here for about sixth months like to say, if you do enjoy it tell everybody. If for the preparation and the filming of it. I had you don’t … keep your mouth shut! one of the best times of my life. It is a great Afterwards the audience sang “Happy Birth- city. Even when it’s cold, the people are still day” to her and Governor Pat Quinn declared warm. It is cold, isn’t it? it officially Dolly Parton Day in the city of WCT: Yes it is. Did you come up from the Chicago to celebrate her 65th birthday. South? The musical runs through Sunday, Jan. 30, DP: To be here tonight, I left Atlanta, Ga., yes- at Bank of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe. terday late. I am working there on a film with For tickets and tour information visit http:// Queen Latifah, a gospel musical, so you can look www.9to5themusical.com. forward to that. I love to do anything with mu- sic in it. WCT: How did you become in involved with Chiola in ‘Fairways’ the original movie 9 to 5 in the first place? Openly gay retired judge Tom Chiola is DP: Jane Fonda contacted me about 9 to 5. among those in the golf-themed Fairways: THEATER She told me the story and said that she and Lily The Musical, running Jan. 28-Feb. 13 (on Tomlin were going to be in it. It felt like the Sundays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays) Dolly Parton: perfect time to make my first movie. at Endpoint Theatre, 656 W. Barry. WCT: Did you know it would be that big? According to Endpoint’s website, “Play- The show DP: You hope for the best outcome when wright/novelist Mary Hutchings Reed weaves you start any new project, but who would have a captivating tale of love, honesty and the known the success that 9 to 5 would bring? We zen of golf in this fast-paced musical that must go on appeals to golfers and non-golfers alike.” BY JERRY NUNN were all so happy and surprised by the over- whelming success of it. Tickets are $32 ($24 for students). See http://endpointtheatre.org. The legendary Dolly Parton is one of the most WCT: How did the film wind up being a mu- Dolly Parton at the 9 to 5 opening. Photo by successful country artists of all time. She has sical with you writing the lyrics and music? Jerry Nunn won seven Grammys, and has had an astound- DP: Twenty-five years later people came to me ing 42 nominations. The “Backwoods Barbie” and asked if I would write the music for a Broad- them. Oh, what fun this has been. recently brought her musical version of her hit way musical. I said, “Well, I have never done it WCT: I heard “Coat of Many Colors” is your movie 9 to 5 to town for a national tour. Windy but you know me, I will try anything!” I did try favorite song. City Times was able to talk to the Tennessee it and it worked out really well. It was one of the DP: It is a true story from my childhood. It singer briefly before the show started. great projects of my whole life. We did get to always makes me thing of my mom and the world Windy City Times: Hello, Dolly. Thanks for go to Broadway and now we are here out on the that I grew up in so it is more touching than coming out on your birthday. road. most. Dolly Parton: You bet. I am so happy to be WCT: What do you think of the musical’s WCT: Dollywood is still alive and kicking. here with you tonight. cast? DP: Yes, it is. In fact, this past year was its WCT: You have been to Chicago many times DP: I wish the very best for all of the new folks 25th year and we end our 26th this spring. We before this on concert tours and even filmed involved in 9 to 5: The Musical. It’s fun to see have done really well with that. a movie here. the new cast playing the parts that Jane, Lily, WCT: Your gay fans will always love you. I DP: Yes, I did Straight Talk here before and Dabney and I played. We have gotten such a kick even brought one with me to meet you. out of sitting together in the audience watching DP: I love them all, too. WCT: Windy City Times would like to per- sonally wish you a happy birthday. Tom Chiola. Photo courtesy of Chiola CULTURE CLUB DP: Well, thank you and enjoy the show. As I

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After she has my acerbic wit but we always have a theme realized that I don’t care about that kind of stuff and it’s about gay families. We discussed sperm on comedy, then it was okay, that the friends on Facebook donors and step parenting. People loved it so are not really my friends. They come up to me af- we are hopefully coming back. I would like to partner ter the show and say they are friends with me on get a sponsor for the show. It is a female host BY JERRY NUNN that website. “Well, come on backstage then!” that talks about families. There are so many gays WCT: [Laughs] You must get tired of going with kids! Comedienne Judy Gold is bringing her act to on the road. WCT: It is always a treat to talk to you and Center on Halsted this month. An Emmy Award JG: I hate it. The anxiety starts about two Center on Halsted is a great space to see you winner and lesbian mother of two, Judy has a weeks before when I have to pack. When I was at. show that really packs a punch. Judy Gold. younger it was fun but I am too old. I am a JG: Pray for no snow because I am flying in Windy City Times: Heyyyy, Judy. homebody now. People ask me to go out. I spent that morning! Judy Gold: Heyyyy! How about only gay people very excited. I prefer the theatre [English ac- twenty five years in clubs. I don’t want togo Judy will be at the Center on Halsted, 3656 can talk to each other like that. cent] to the straight girls in the front row! out! I want to sit on my couch and watch a N. Halsted, Sunday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. Visit WCT: I know. WCT: I bet, but your life really is like a sit- movie or read a book. The traveling is really ex- http://www.centeronhalsted.org for ticket JG: Straight people are just so boring. They com. I watched The Judy Show on YouTube. hausting and my kids hate it. information. Go for the Gold at http://www. would be like, “She’s soooo weird.” JG: Oh, you watched it? I am so glad. I was WCT: You are still in the show Love, Loss judygold.com. 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They will gay and just like them, I think I would be doing played Tina Fey’s mother on 30 Rock, is so tal- The article examines such current shows as do anything to get people in the clubs including a great service to our community. That is my ented. Pauletta Washington was talking back- Glee, which features two out and proud high giving away free tickets. Once people don’t pay goal for getting it on the air. stage the other day and how she had to leave school students, portrayed by Chris Colfer and for something then they are the worst audience. WCT: Your sons seemed very comfortable the house the other day and screamed, “I have Darren Criss. Of his duet with Criss on “Baby, Comedy is the only job where they try to fuck being themselves on that clip. a show!” She was talking about Denzel and so It’s Cold Outside” on a holiday-themed epi- you up while you are doing your job. JG: And beating each other up. Can you be- funny. sode, Colfer said, “That was by far the gayest WCT: I was talking to Jamie Kennedy last lieve that? Over a goddamn pair of sweatpants! WCT: Did you receive a favorite Hanukkah thing that has ever been on TV, period. For- night about hecklers. WCT: It looked stressful. present this past year? get AbFab, forget Beautiful People and Will & JG: You don’t do that when you go to your ac- JG: I can’t even tell you. I don’t know if you JG: My boss at TruTV for the World’s Dumbest Grace.” countant. You don’t yell numbers to throw him have any brothers… show I do got me an iPad. EW also looks back at gay teen characters off, “5 5 5 3 2 6 !” It’s like, “Shut the fuck WCT: I do. WCT: Oh, that’s a good one. such as Rickie Vasquez in the ‘90s show My up!” JG: The beating the shit out of each other 24 JG: Yeah, and I changed the signature to “sent So-Called Life. Wilson Cruz, who portrayed WCT: Your life is a sitcom. How is that show hours a day. The little one says, “Can you wrestle from my i maxi pad.” I can’t wait for the parents Vasquez, said, “The biggest part was the ac- going? with me?” He is going to be crying in fifteen of the kids at school to see that one… knowledgment of our existence and our pain, JG: My one woman show My Life as a Sitcom is minutes so why start? WCT: I haven’t seen that show yet. which we hadn’t seen at all on television be- coming to New York. We did it in Williamstown WCT: How does your partner, Elysa, feel JG: It’s because you are from Chicago. If I go fore that.” and Washington DC and got great reviews. I am about you being in the biz? to Ohio people faint, “You are on that show, oh

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Those auditioning should bring a head Knight, Jr. shot and resume, and should be prepared to do a cold reading. Call 312-298-9298 or e- Biutiful; mail [email protected]. Barney’s Version ‘It’s Elementary’ Jan. 26 at NLU There are always performance-driven movies The documentary It’s Elementary: Talking bubbling under the surface come awards time About Gay Issues at School will be shown Javier Bardem in Biutiful. Photo by Jose Haro and both Biutiful, a showcase for Javier Bar- Wed., Jan. 26, at National-Louis University, dem, and Barney’s Version, which features 122 S. Michigan, Room 5006, 5:30-7 p.m. Paul Giamatti, fall into that category. Both rely subject matter a welcome respite. on through Sideways, etc.) and somehow made Helmed by Debra Chasnoff and Helen Cohen heavily on the acting power of their leading The lyrically crafted, deliberately paced film these miscreants loveable, has worked his magic and featuring elementary and middle school men and, in a weaker year for memorable male is dedicated to Inarritu’s father. It is a credit again. His acting sleight of hand in Barney’s Ver- students as well as interviews with teachers performances, both gentlemen would easily find to both his writing and Bardem’s intuitive act- sion may be his toughest character reclamation of various sexual orientations, It’s Elementary themselves in the acting winner circle. 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(with the final big prize, the Oscar, just on the simplistic yet bittersweet guitar-based scores difficult best in these two offbeat films but is it horizon), hopefully that won’t keep audiences that pervades the film and is another striking sacrilege to suggest that it might be nice—for from seeing Bardem and Giamatti add to their addition. variation’s sake—to watch both actors try out Debra acting resumes. [Editor’s note: Bardem received characters that aren’t quite so enthralled with Chasnoff. an Oscar nod Jan. 25 for Biutiful.] On the other end of the scale is Paul Giamat- walking on the dark side of life? Aside from witnessing two top-drawer thespi- ti’s title character in Barney’s Version, adapted Check out my archived reviews at http:// ans, interior actors both, give it their all, the by director Richard J. Lewis from the novel by www.windycitytimes.com or http://www. movies themselves—highly distinct from one Mordecai Richler (with a screenplay by Michael knightatthemovies.com. Readers can leave another—will also reward audiences looking for Konyves). Barney Panofsky is an extremely disaf- feedback at the latter website. something off the beaten path. fected man whose bitterness and self revulsion First up is Biutiful, from Mexican writer-di- are palpable from the movie’s onset. The story is rector Alejandro González Iñárritu, making his told in flashback as Barney, a Jewish television return to cinemas for the first time since 2006’s producer of a long-running soap opera in Mon- masterful, passionate global drama Babel. Inar- treal, looks back over his life. He begins with HIGH ABOVE THE ritu’s canvas is much smaller this time—he fo- youthful abandon one summer in Rome with his cuses exclusively on the world of Uxbal, a small- two best friends—a course that unexpectedly time criminal in Barcelona, involved in a series leads to his disastrous first marriage. CITY, FROM THE of vice activities (from drugs to importing illegal A second marriage to an even more unsuitable workers to construction sites). Unlike his ruth- candidate ensues. This character, an amalgama- ��TH FLOOR OF less business partners (who include a younger tion of every stereotype of a Jewish princess, is brother), Uxbal has a conscience and tries to only referred to as “the second Mrs. P.” (and is AON TOWER, AN bring a touch of dignity to his illegal dealings. played with relish by Minnie Driver). The bitterly Meanwhile, the mother of Uxbal’s two children funny wedding scene—a carbon copy of those is struggling with various addictions and so he’s in Lovers & Other Strangers and especially the ARCTIC BLAST OF also shouldering the responsibility of raising his original version of The Heartbreak Kid—is seen two kids alone. At the outset of the film we dis- from Barney’s acerbic point of view and almost BUBBLY AWAITS YOU! cover that Uxbal, who has a lot of dependents, all the characters are met with his usual level of is suffering from an incurable illness with only disgust. Exempted from that are Barney’s hand- weeks to live and we follow him about as he some, hippie-ish, writer friend Boogie (Scott desperately tries to put his affairs in order and Speedman); his equally profane but emotion- CHICAGO HOUSE PRESENTS take care of those around him. ally loving father (Dustin Hoffman, who gives Inarritu’s subject matter is increasingly bleak CHAMPAGNE WR PTURE the role his all); a friendly bartender who keeps Our best event of the year (with plot strands that are also increasingly Barney’s glass filled and keeps him up on the is now our first event of the year! SNOWBALL ����: melodramatic) and Barcelona has never looked hockey game score (one of his few passions); CLICQUOT IN THE SNOW so dingy (he has purposely avoided the city’s and, especially, a vision in blue named Miriam signature, picturesque locations) but he has also Grant (Rosamund Pike). written a complex character—a criminal with a Eventually Miriam, through Barney’s dogged- conscience—that was made to order for Bar- ness, will become the third Mrs. Panofsky and dem’s moody, “still waters running deep” acting for years (the film includes two children seen as style and, with his famous smoldering eyes and young adults) the couple live a fairly happy life. Warm up from Chicago’s wintry gusts with hot eats good looks (even in his desiccated state), he’s At a certain point, however, life throws several and bubbly treats, plus specialty cocktails deeply affecting. The actor, who carries the film more roadblocks in Barney’s path (including a by Veuve Clicquot, Belvedere Vodka and Grand Marnier on his shoulders (along with all those depen- possible murder charge and Alzheimer’s). Thursday, January 27, 2011, 6-10pm | Mid-America Club dents), essays a portrait of a man who long ago The movie is episodic; really only works in fits learned to compartmentalize his intricate day- and starts; and is filled with stereotypes rath- Tickets $75 Advance / $85 Door 773 248 5200 x303 or www.chicagohouse.org to-day existence. er than characters (and fritters many of these As the film progresses and the screws tighten, away, which is part of the point but still…). We Presented by Bardem’s quiet desperation, frustration, re- also never get much beyond the calm exterior morse, anger and persistence are palpable. Just of the long suffering, placid Miriam (who Pike as things seem to be under control, tragedy gives a pretty yet monotone voice that is perfect And Sponsorred by strikes and Uxbal is sent reeling once again. But for her job as a radio interviewer). But Giamatti, he still manages to find solace and lightness in who has made a specialty of taking hard-to-love brief moments—always with his children—and characters (beginning with American Splendor these beautiful scenes give the deeply heavy

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Rehab Join the zany and talented Amy Friday, Jan. 28 3641 N Halsted, http://www.csbstars. Armstrong and Freddy Allen for a night of com/bigbang.html Photo from 2009 by Kat cabaret and comedy at Rehab. 9 p.m., Re- emma’s revolution (right) will “Move!” - A night to support Giordano Fitzgerald hab Lounge, 3641 N Halsted, http://www. take the stage at the Unitarian Jazz Dance Chicago Giordano Jazz Dance amyfreddy.com/music-and-comedy/ Church of Evanston, 1330 Chicago (GJDC) presents “Move!” – A $1 Drink Night at Spin Join Spin every Ridge, Evanston. night to support Giordano Jazz Dance Wednesday for $1 Cocktails, Wine & Beer; Chicago at the Park West. Proceeds will featuring VJ Riley York, Teo, Bryan Smith benefit GJDC and the company’s outreach raiser for Vital Bridges sponsored by the & DJ Cody Domino and a surprise Perfor- programs. 7:15 p.m., 847-866-6779, Park Nine to Twelve Bowling Leagues. Festivi- mance at Midnight each week! 10 p.m., Photo by Molly Roberts West Chicago, 322 W. 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Clark event_champagne_wrapture.html pitchers and DJ KY with the sounds all ing Bacardi cocktails, Tapas and a special Come learn how to initiate dialogue and SpeakOUT: What Does the Recent Civil night. 11 p.m., Club Krave, 13126 S. West- performance by Violinist Katarina with plan a panel discussion in your faith com- Union Passing Mean to You? The newly Friday, Jan. 28 ern, http://www.clubkrave.com DJ Luv Jones. 6 p.m., Nacional 27, 325 munity. Not about politics and not about passed legislation allowing civil unions Young Professionals for May- advocacy, this workshop is about the W. 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“Listen, I will kill you, you understand? I am Sidetrack. from New York, my husband fights, we both fight; we will beat you up after the show.”—Jennifer Lopez warns Ricky Gervais not to try anything funny when he introduced her on the Golden Monday, February 14 Globes. It was a busy week for your little scribe. First ”The Day You Said Yes” I was off to Las Vegas for the Miss America Pag- Kick-Off Party. eant. Yes, there were some memorable moments, A year of celebrating but what about some lost opportunities? What Sidetrack romances. would be more memorable than Miss Delaware walking out bald during the evening-gown por- Saturday, February 19 tion to Bruno Mars’ “Just The Way You Are?” Alas, a golden opportunity was squandered as Miss Ruck & Maul Pageant to benefit Chicago Dragon Rugby she kept her wig on until it was too late to mat- ter. Thank God for Miss Arkansas, who appeared Wednesday, February 23 on stage brandishing puppets. Yes, PUPPETS!! I Palm Springs Themed Cocktail Challenge almost lost my mind. She even yodeled! And she only came in second? If she answered that ques- Sunday, February 27 tion about health insurance with a puppet, she The Oscars...Sidetrack Style would have easily won. And lemme take a sec- ond to mention Miss Utah, who somehow man- Wednesday, March 2 aged to take the official wrap to cover her bikini and expertly turned it into a belt. Now that’s YES, I’m Proud to Run. A Benefit Marissa Janet Winokur is all “talked” out. talent! Performances. Nike Fashion Show. Prizes. As to the gossip, I learned that ABC offered the role of co-host to a former Miss America who Helena Bonham Carter, who I haven’t seen in a Tuesday, March 8 they just happened to have on the payroll. How- good five years. (They were good for her.) I don’t Sidetrack Mardi Gras. “Horns & Halos” No Cover. ever, Vanessa Williams wasn’t interested, which know if it was the dazed look on her face when is how the 90th anniversary celebration was co- I approached, or the fact that her tulle didn’t hosted by Brooke Burke—when her mike was on, allow me to get closer than six feet or her ex- Sidetrack The Video Bar that is. Vanessa also nixed showing up with the tending her arm like a traffic cop. Inexplicably, 3349 N. Halsted other former Miss Americas, but you can’t blame and without any provocation, I actually kissed SidetrackChicago.com her. She was ousted seven weeks before the end her hand—as if she were the real Queen Mum! I ® of her reign, which is how Suzette Charles (an- may have even curtseyed! I don’t recall how she other no-show) became what is officially desig- responded—but I believe it included Purell! nated as “Miss America 1984b.” There were a few Marissa Jaret Winokur has left The Talk. Not other famous absences: Bess Myerson probably that she was ever really on the show—I think needed some lipstick; Mary Ann Mobley likely she did five episodes since its debut. She’s phil- needed a ride. Instead, Lee Meriwether and Phyl- osophical about it: “As the show evolved, there lis George held court ... with style and grace really wasn’t room for my segments.” (but no hugs). This leads to a quick “Ask Billy” question from The next morning, it was back to Beverly Hills AJ in Memphis: “Who do you think will replace for the Golden Globes. Due to my hectic sched- Regis Philbin?” CLICKTOWIN! ule, I missed CAA’s pre-Golden Globes soiree at No one can replace Reeg. But someone will the SoHo House, where a bitch fight broke out obviously try. Kelly is pushing for Mark Consue- between Christina Aguilera and Julianne Hough. los (which gives me a perfect opportunity to run What on Earth could they have fought about? those photos from his past as a male stripper). HOWL Who should have been smart enough to turn The first person to volunteer for the gig is Larry Starring James Franco down “Burlesque?” The fracas took place in front King: “I would sit in for him for a few weeks. I of Julia Roberts, Colin Firth, Ashton Kutcher and would get a kick out of that.” If Kelly thought Win the DVD with special bonuses Demi Moore—so basically the least talented Regis made references she didn’t get, imagine people in the room were slugging it out. All we how lost she’ll be with Larry’s stories about the PLUS a copy of know is that Hough was trying to avoid Agu- Salem witch trials! Allen Ginsberg’s book! ilera. When ‘Tina grabbed Julianne, the dancer The two most obvious successors are un- snipped, “Don’t touch me!” One onlooker claims available. First is Anderson Cooper, who would Special edition DVDs of Oscilloscope that Chrissy swore to ruin Hough’s singing ca- have taken the job in a heartbeat—except he’s Laboartories’ latest film, HOWL, featuring reer—which is kinda like me sabotaging Perez launching his own show in the fall. (He may a plethora of extra features that help bring Hilton’s job as an exotic dancer! wanna rethink that.) And Neil Patrick Harris Allen Ginsberg’s controversial poem to life. As to the Golden Globes themselves, everyone would love it, but he’s stuck in L.A. for How I Accompanying them is a paperback copy was talking about Ricky Gervais—but not in the Met Your Mother. But that’s not stopping either of the poet’s classic work - the City Lights way you’d think. Don’t let the lack of audible guy from taking other gigs in musical theatre. Books’ Pocket Poet Series featured in the film laughter on the telecast fool you. People had a Cooper will be the pre-recorded narrator for the and the boundary-changing obscenity trial great time; they were just too afraid to be seen upcoming Daniel Radcliffe-led revival of “How To that surrounded it. enjoying themselves. I was more interested in Succeed in Business...”—a role which was last seeing the dashing Matthew Bomer arrive. But assumed by Walter Cronkite in the 1995 produc- The film is available wherever DVDs and Blu- wait—what is that on his so-called ring finger? tion. And Harris will headline a concert produc- Rays are sold. A wedding ring? Is there something you’d like to tion of Company with the New York Philharmonic tell us, Matty? this spring—and he’ll be joined by Patti LuPone, ENTER TO WIN one DVD and one book by Some news outlets reported that Robert who will be playing Joanne. sending an email with “HOWL” Pattinson had some goons with him who de- When Regis can be replaced by someone giv- in the subject line to terred shutterbugs. Somehow I missed them— ing lap dances, it’s definitely time to end yet [email protected] then again, I’m not one to stand on ceremony. another column. Before we dash, lemme remind by Mon., February 7 to be entered. Pattinson couldn’t have been nicer to pose. you to check out www.BillyMasters.com for all I hear that Paul Giamatti was also happy to the dish that didn’t make the print edition. If Winner will be selected at random from all pose—if you paid him! People were whispering you’ve got a question, e-mail me at Billy@Bil- entries and will be notified via email. that the acclaimed actor charged people five lyMasters.com, and I promise to get back to you bucks for a photo. Needless to say, it wasn’t ex- before Helena slaps me with a restraining order. actly a seller’s market. Until next time, remember, one man’s filth is an- I couldn’t get through the evening without other man’s bible. some faux pas. I had an unfortunate run-in with 30 Jan. 26, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES after the split with the Synergy Foundation— “unless we were unable to find an appropriate non-profit organization with the full backing of FGG responds Michael the cities of Cleveland and Akron to take over the license agreement,” he said. Holtz. Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson is the chair- to Gay Games man for the CSEC board of directors—a signifi- cant matter to FGG officials, which clearly shows “how far the Gay Games movement has come in the past 25 years and how city and state lead- IX questions ers understand the importance of hosting a Gay Games,” Dahl said. By Ross Forman Dahl said the strength of the CSEC starts with CSEC also includes numerous, high-ranking of- the fact that the organization represents the ficials and board members who are straight. holding first Despite a change of host organizing committees entire Cleveland-Akron community, with support “The Gay Games’ core principles are partici- for Gay Games IX, set for the summer of 2014 in LGBT sports party from the major LGBT organizations, and also in- pation, inclusion and personal best,” Dahl said. Dallas, Texas’ Cedar Springs Merchant Asso- Cleveland, officials from the Federation of Gay cludes people that were involved in the original “Therefore, given that inclusion is a fundamen- ciation (CSMA) has announced the first GLBT Games (FGG) said they “have no concerns” that bid process. tal aspect of the underlying principles, having a sports-themed street party on the eve of the the quadrennial event will be exceptional. Plus, CSEC boasts city support, sports knowl- mix of qualified people on the board, including Super Bowl. The Cedar Springs Super Street “There is a great deal of work to be done be- edge, a belief in the mission of the Gay Games, straight people, adheres to the [FGG] principles. Party pre Bijou and Steven Toushin--pics by tween now and 2014, and the FGG and CSEC are and support of the local LGBT community and Again, it shows how far the Gay Games move- Ross Forman sented by Bud Light will be held prepared to work together to make this a suc- the local business community. ment has come in the past 25 years. The people Saturday, Feb. 5, on Cedar Springs Road, be- cess,” said Kurt Dahl, FGG co-president. Dahl Dahl said there was not a chance that the on the board understand the mission of the Gay tween Reagan and Throckmorton streets. The also served as treasurer of Chicago’s Gay Games 2014 Games would be moved out of Cleveland Games and support this mission.” street closes to traffic beginning at 5 p.m. VII board of directors. When asked why the Cleveland Synergy Group and reopens at 3 a.m. CSEC is the Cleveland Special Events Corpora- was removed, Dahl replied: “No comment.” He Michael Holtz, Compete Magazine’s “Gay tion, the new/current local organizing commit- also had “no comment” about what was the Athlete of the Year” (who was profiled in the tee for the 2014 Games. The Cleveland Synergy straw that sent FGG on a mission to oust the Jan. 19 issue of Windy City Times) will emcee Foundation won the bid to run the 2014 Games, Synergy Foundation. FGG officials are likely lim- the event, as well as host a meet-and-greet. but FGG revoked its license with the Synergy ited in what they can say due to pending litiga- Foundation last summer—and then awarded the tion. Games to CSEC. “Gay Games IX is the first implementation of ‘Hancock’ Feb. 27 “I am impressed with the passion and the a new business model between the FGG and the “Hustle Up the Hancock,” sponsored by the drive of the people involved with [CSEC],” Dahl host organization. CSEC is a strong partner and Respiratory Health Association of Metropoli- said. “They understand the fact that the Gay we look forward to working together with our tan Chicago, will take place Sunday, Feb. 27. Games can and will change the world, especially new partner,” Dahl said. The full climb is sold out. However, CBS2 in Northeast Ohio.” And what about the rumors that the Synergy Half Climb (52 floors) and Lung Health Cham- So why sign with CSEC? Foundation will hold its own Gay Games-like pion spots are still available. The total entry “CSEC fulfilled the requirements that were pre- event in 2014 in Cleveland, much like the Out- fee, due at the time of registration, is $110 scribed by the FGG and were willing and able games were in Montreal in 2006, opposite Chi- for the half-climb and $110-$130 for the to take over the license agreement. In addition, cago’s official Gay Games? Dahl was unable to lung health spot. (The Lung Health Champion they have the full backing and support of the comment. slot has a mandatory additional fundraising cities of Cleveland and Akron,” Dahl said. “FGG amount of $920.) has always remained committed to Cleveland Kurt Dahl. Photo courtesy of Dahl See http://www.hustleupthehancock.org. [and nearby] Akron, with the full support of the city governments.”

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chicago Metropolitan Sports Association. CMSA. ChicagoMSA. No matter what you call this organization, it is replete with firsts, and Jan. 22 was no exception. At 32, the Midwest’s oldest and largest LGBT sports group held its first annual women’s social. The party was the brainchild of Sam Hamilton (in the middle in the top photo), who released a calendar of women’s sports photos to benefit the LesbianC ommunity Care Project. (Part of the proceeds from the entry fee and a singles auction also benefitted the project.) Started in 1979 as a weekly 16-inch softball league for gay men and lesbians, CMSA has grown to coordinate nine unique sports, each hosting two or more individual leagues. Pho- tos by Mel Ferrand WINDY CITY TIMES Jan. 26, 2011 31 NYC from page 9 phylaxis; now we’re trying to get providers to service throughout the community so people to combat transmission of HPV, does anyone register their information so it is available. know that if a condom breaks or they do some- think they would, for a moment, consider using that they knew at the time they had just been And for several years, I have been giving out thing they regret that they can go to Whitman- a close-up image of a horribly diseased vagina? potentially exposed, either because a condom “starter kits” to young gay men that include Walker and quickly and discreetly have their risk The bodies and sexuality of gay and bisexual broke or they did something in a weak moment three days of anti-retroviral treatment and some assessed and, if necessary, put on the 28-day men are seen as dangerous and our sexuality as that they quickly came to regret. instructions for use. I tell them to put the kit in preventive treatment without cost. threatening. We are so little respected that it But what is appalling—and the blame for this their medicine chest or “dopp kit” so it is avail- Educating about the relative risks of various is acceptable to show an exceptionally intimate must rest with the public health and AIDS ser- able in the event they need it. The kit buys them sexual activities, for those who are negative, part of a gay man’s body, one visibly riddled vice establishment—is how few of them knew some time, to give them a chance to talk to and those who are positive on treatment or not with cancerous lesions, and put it on television that there was something they could do shortly their doctor or another expert to evaluate their on treatment, and promoting PEP are practical as a tool to frighten us. after the potential exposure to avoid sero-con- risk and whether they should pursue the 28-day and useful strategies that will do much more to We need to respect anal intercourse and recog- version. treatment protocol. prevent new infections than a scare-mongering nize the important role it plays in the sexuality Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) has been Risk episodes most often happen at night or at campaign that may ultimately drive new infec- of many gay and bisexual men. In this context, a standard procedure for persons in a health- a time when one can’t quickly reach a medical tions rather than avoid them. “gain-framed” could communicate how protect- care setting who accidentally get stuck with professional to assess one’s exposure risk; the HIV prevention is a process, not an advertise- ing one’s self and one’s partner from HIV trans- a needle. They are put on a 28-day course of starter kit gives them the chance to start treat- ment or given campaign. We can alert people to mission can provide peace of mind, is socially anti-retrovirals immediately (it must be within a ment immediately and not lose the opportunity the dangers of HIV without resorting to fear that responsible and enable the person to live a long, couple of days to be effective) and in almost all to avoid infection. Emergency rooms, in theory, risks losing the very audience we most need to healthy and happier life, free of the tremendous circumstances that prevents them from becom- should provide this service but in practice they reach. burdens that come with an HIV diagnosis. In ing HIV positive. remain a nightmare. this context, risk reduction strategies have more For several years, the Centers for Disease Con- Hospitals are often are unfamiliar with PEP Respecting the rectum meaning and will resonate more strongly with trol has recommended post-exposure prophy- for use in a sexual exposure or the cost is pro- Our success in preventing HIV transmission has gay and bisexual men, resulting in the behav- laxis in a non-occupational setting (read: sexual hibitive; typically $1,500 or more, which isn’t a been hampered by an unwillingness to recognize ioral changes that will reduce HIV transmission. context) as well. So why don’t gay men know practical consideration for most young men who and celebrate sex between men as something That’s HIV prevention messaging that may not about PEP and why can’t they access it easily? have sex with men. When faced with the long beautiful, admirable and morally equivalent to please Larry Kramer and those who are hell-bent One big reason is that PEP is seen by some as wait typical at most emergency rooms in New sex between men and women. to use fear to bludgeon the psyches of young a potential “disinhibitor” and will enable gay York, and the uncertainty of whether or not they In 1983, very early in the epidemic, Joseph gay and bisexual men—and in the process, fur- men to be sexually irresponsible and use PEP really need or will ultimately receive PEP from Sonnabend, M.D., famously and courageously ther stigmatize those of us with HIV—but it will as a sort of “morning after” pill. The research the ER as well as the enormous expense, it is said, “the rectum is a sexual organ and it de- change sexual behaviors and result in less HIV doesn’t support this premise, but that doesn’t easy to say “nuts to it” and just cross one’s fin- serves the respect a penis gets and a vagina transmission. stop those who are uncomfortable with gay male gers and hope for the best. gets.” Eric Rofes, Walt Odets and other pioneer- Sean Strub is senior sexuality, especially anal intercourse, to operate If health department wanted to provide a real ing thinkers about gay male health and sexual- advisor to the Center from a conscious or subconscious desire to dis- tool to young gay men to avoid infection, they ity have subsequently explored similar themes. for HIV Law & Policy’s courage sexual expression. would educate the community about PEP and I couldn’t help but think of this when I saw the Positive Justice Project, The truth is that those who go to the effort make it convenient and available without cost. close-up image of a man’s anus, covered in can- fighting HIV criminal- to access PEP—and it is not easy—are the guys That goes for hospitals, AIDS service organiza- cerous lesions, in the NYC health department ization. He serves on who really do not want to get HIV. They aren’t tions, physicians and others. ad. Anal cancers are preceded by genital warts, the board of the North those who don’t care or are indifferent to risk; The Whitman Walker Clinic, in Washington, which are caused by strains of HPV, the human American network of the they are those who will go to a lot of effort to D.C., has a “red carpet” program for people who papiloma virus. Last year, 4,000 women in the Global Network of People avoid acquiring the virus. think they might have been exposed to HIV. U.S. died of cervical cancer; in virtually every With HIV (GNP+) and is Last year, I helped launch a site to provide Upon presentation at the clinic, they are pro- case the cancer was caused by HPV. the founder of POZ magazine. This is from his information about accessing post-exposure pro- cessed on an expedited basis. They promote this If the health department pursued a campaign blog on POZ.com. CONNEXIONS MAKE IT YOUR BUSINESS

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