LGBT-Friendly Housing to Open by Mid-Sept. by Matt Simonette
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WINDY CITY THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 PAGE 15 JOHN SEPT. 3, 2014 LEGUIZAMO VOL 29, NO. 49 ‘klowns’ around TIMESwww.WindyCityMediaGroup.com LGBT-friendly housing to open by mid-Sept. BY MATT SIMONETTE Officials for Town Hall Apartments, 3600 N. Halsted St., say that they are aiming for a mid- September opening date for the residences, which are intended to be an LGBT-friendly housing option MARIANO’S for seniors. “We’re hoping to have 79 people moved into EMPLOYEE Town Hall by Sept. 15,” said Kandyse McCoy CLAIMS ANTI-GAY Cunningham, director of property management BIAS for Heartland Housing. “I’m saying that with my PAGE 6 fingers, and everything else on me, crossed.” The project is the result of a collaboration between Heartland Housing and Center on Halsted. While the project was conceived of in response to growing concerns over safe and affordable housing options for LGBT seniors, the complex will be LGBT-friendly, not LGBT-exclusive. Such a building is known as “affinity housing.” Being a member of the LGBT community “is not a requirement to be an applicant or resident at Town Hall Apartments,” noted Cunningham. “[The] Fair Housing [Act] would not allow you to ask those The former Town Hall Police Station at the corner of Halsted and Addison will be the anchor for new senior Turn to page 8 housing; this portion will house the community center. Photo by Hal Baim CLOTHES CALL Connor leads new veteran-focused PROFILING business incubator FINANCIAL BY ROSS FORMAN ADVISOR JOE DELLA MONICA His military world dates back about 15 years, when Todd Connor signed up for ROTC PAGE 6 at Northwestern University—and upon graduating in 2000, he was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Navy. Connor spent four years on active duty, stationed during that time on board the guided missile cruiser the USS Bunker Hill as a navigator. And Connor went to the Persian Gulf after 9/11 and spent an extended deployment off the coast of Iraq for the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Looking back, Connor, now 36 and living in Chicago’s Lake View neighborhood, said the military was a “great experience.” “I loved the camaraderie, the mission, the work, the diversity. I really have good things to say about the Navy,” he said. Even though his stint in the Navy ran during the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” era, he was page 17 not out until after he left the military in 2005. “Serving in the military is one of the cornerstone experiences of my life,” said Con- nor, who is married to Andrew Tourney, 32. The two have been together for six years. “In the military, I just learned to keep my personal life private,” he said. “I’m glad [“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”] has been overturned because we want to have a more inclu- sive military that, ultimately, is truly representative of all Americans. “While on active duty, I just made a point to not share personal details about my life, which probably was easier to do at my level. I know, when you get into higher ranks as an officer [of the military], a lot of the infrastructure is set up around the ‘OUT IN assumption that you are married, so [being gay] might have been problematic.” THE UNION’ Connor’s military world also has included a stint leading six military programs AUTHOR in CPS high schools, through their ROTC programs. He was in charge of 165 retired military officers, from all four branches of the U.S. military, each of whom had full MIRIAM FRANK Kempe Scanlan is turning his grad-school project into a business by making military careers, and then was teaching in CPS as a second career. PAGE 16 “gender-liberated” undergarments. Read more about this intriguing undertaking on page 17. Photo courtesy of Scanlan Turn to page 6 2 Sept. 3, 2014 WINDY CITY TIMES We raise our glasses to Marriage Equality at last! ARW2014_WindyCityTimes_10-25x6-625.pdf 1 7/1/2014 1:20:56 PM 108 W. 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And Connor went to the Persian Gulf after 9/11 and spent an extended deployment off the coast of Iraq for the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Looking back, Connor, now 36 and living in Chicago’s Lake View neighborhood, said the military was a “great experience.” “I loved the camaraderie, the mission, the work, the diversity. I really have good things to say about the Navy,” he said. Even though his stint in the Navy ran during the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” era, he was to download complete issues of Windy City Times and Nightspots. page 17 not out until after he left the military in 2005. “Serving in the military is one of the cornerstone experiences of my life,” said Con- nor, who is married to Andrew Tourney, 32. The two have been together for six years. “In the military, I just learned to keep my personal life private,” he said. “I’m glad [“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”] has been overturned because we want to have a more inclu- sive military that, ultimately, is truly representative of all Americans. “While on active duty, I just made a point to not share personal details about my life, which probably was easier to do at my level. I know, when you get into higher ranks as an officer [of the military], a lot of the infrastructure is set up around the ‘OUT IN assumption that you are married, so [being gay] might have been problematic.” THE UNION’ Connor’s military world also has included a stint leading six military programs AUTHOR in CPS high schools, through their ROTC programs. He was in charge of 165 retired military officers, from all four branches of the U.S. military, each of whom had full MIRIAM FRANK Kempe Scanlan is turning his grad-school project into a business by making military careers, and then was teaching in CPS as a second career. PAGE 16 “gender-liberated” undergarments. Read more about this intriguing undertaking on page 17. Photo courtesy of Scanlan Turn to page 6 Then click on any ad and be taken directly to the advertiser’s Web site! online exclusives at www.WindyCityMediaGroup SPEAKING OUT .com Judy Shepard (left) visited the Center on Halsted to talk about new anti-hate initiatives. Photo by Gretchen Rachel Blickensderfer FLOWER POWER Jim Edminister returns with his Fairy Gardener column. Openly gay comic artist Jeff Balke talked at Wizard Brandon Rohlwing World Comic Con works to reduce about his craft.