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In the year of 2017 LGBT culture has become ality, but as soon as things started to progress Three Trump properties, among them the Trump more accepted, but tensions are still high in we were taken several years back with that act International Hotel & Tower in downtown Chica- places such as public schools. of pure hatred of two people doing nothing go, have been named “LGBTQ-friendly business- Teachers and students alike mistreat students wrong but being themselves. es” by the Fort Lauderdale-based International of the community without even realizing it, and There are safe places for students of the com- Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA), despite once they do the discrimination still continues. munity, such as a school’s GSA or the annual Gay President Donald J. Trump’s tumultuous relation- Personally, I no longer find it as difficult to be Prom in Chicago, but these safe places do not ship with the LGBT community. IGLTA officials, on myself as it would have been years ago, but stop the students from hearing rude comments July 6, defended that inclusion, noting that the years of discrimination still come to life every every day about the way they “choose” to live hotels were owned independently of Trump and now and then. their life. As a society it is easier to ignore what had met the organization’s criteria. The T and B in the LGBT acronym stand for we do not see, and it has been that way for The Chicago property was alongside the Trump transgender and bisexual. Students that identify many years, but the build up of this ignorance International Hotel & Tower New York and the as transgender still are not allowed to use their has led to several instances of hate crimes, such Trump SoHo New York on a list of partners re- preferred bathrooms or express themselves the as the shooting at Pulse in Orlando, that make leased on July 5. proper way. They have faced suspension, and people feel like it is not safe to be themselves. In a statement to Windy City Times, IGLTA sometimes expulsion, for even attempting to Not only are other students in the way of the President/CEO John Tanzella said, “IGLTA is a stand their ground and be proud of who they freedom of LGBT students, but teachers also member-based travel association promoting LG- are. While that is happening, people who iden- cause problems for the students. Some teachers BTQ friendly travel options. IGLTA also aims to tify as bisexual are being discriminated against actually help and guide students through their support and educate businesses that want to bet- by their peers, and sometimes teachers if they coming out experiences, but there are teach- ter respond to the needs of LGBTQ clients. find out, and are considered confused, but that ers that make their views on LGBTs very clear “The Trump branded properties which are cur- is nowhere near true. or they don’t do anything to help the students rent members of IGLTA are independently owned As a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) student, as that are being harassed. Bystanders of bullying hotels and not owned by Mr. Trump.” well as a member of the Gay-Straight Alliance are frowned upon, but teachers that stay out Tanzella further noted, “Of the three properties at my school, I have seen, heard, and experi- of harassment of the students are justified by that are IGLTA members, two have been with the enced how straight students treat their peers several people, especially by those who do not organization since 2012. Trump SoHo is owned that are different from them. On a day-to-day agree with gay marriage or LGBTs in general. by a California-based real estate investment com- basis straight students are pretty “tolerant,” but Teachers hardly speak up when regular bully- pany; Trump International Hotel & Tower New every now and then ignorance peeks out. I can ing is involved, but there is a whole different York and Chicago are condo hotels where each recall being asked by female friends how do I level of neglect when hate-crime bullying is in- unit is individually owned; and these properties manage to not get a crush on all of the girls I volved. Students are advised to go to an adult have hosted numerous same-sex weddings in its hang out with. In theory, it sounds like an in- when situations that make them feel unsafe or banquet and event space. Their catering sales as- nocent question, but being a bisexual girl and bullying occurs, but what if the student in need sociates have also completed the Gay Wedding liking girls is the same as being a straight girl is gay? Bisexual? Transgender? What then? There Institute Certification Course to better serve the and liking boys. It’s all based on personality, are states that prohibit teachers from even ad- LGBT wedding market.” not gender. dressing LGBT-related issues. This is harmful to The Unicorn Booty blog, which broke the story, Some peers don’t just say rude things, but the students because it limits people they can noted that a 2011 Change.org petition asked they also make it physically clear that they do confide in as well as it stops them from being IGLTA to reject Trump properties. Organization not accept the difference. This year at one of my able to learn about their own history. officials at the time said they would reconsider school dances two boys were dancing together The suppression and abuse of LGBT culture and having a good time until one of the foot- in school settings needs to be stopped. Illinois the matter. Trump Tower in Chicago. ball players pulled them from each other and specifically may be considered safe for students, The Trump administration has committed sev- Photo by Andrew Davis said that he “couldn’t handle all that gay stuff.” but it only takes one or two peers or teachers to eral missteps with respect to the LGBT commu- They felt safe within their school environment show the students that the world may not have nity. The president, for example, has professed and thought they could be open with their sexu- changed as much as we have thought. support for so-called “religious freedom” laws illuminated in rainbow colors, presumably in that would in principle shield individuals from recognition of Pride celebrations the following Kelsi Williams is a senior at Lindblom Math and Science Academy, where she writes for their charges of anti-LGBT discrimination should those weekend. NBC 5 tweeted a photo of the display, newspaper, The Talon. actions be based in a person’s religious con- but, according to the JoeMyGod.com blog, it was victions; on a number of occasions, advocates then not re-illuminated on subsequent evenings. have mobilized for an executive order—which The hotel has been the site of several anti-Trump never materialized—allowing such rules to be demonstrations. more easily slipped into place. Six members of Unicorn Booty’s article is at http://bit. the White House’s HIV/AIDS advisory council re- ly/2uu9IiH. The joemygod.com article is ath- signed, citing the administration’s indifference ttp://bit.ly/2uubv7p. to the epidemic. Trump officials also rejected the @windycitytimes1 /windycitymediagroup previous administration’s position that transgender students should be given access to school Correction facilities in line with the gender with which they The June 28 issue attributed certain Pier Pride @windycitytimes www.windycitymediagroup.com identify. Lastly, the White House did not acknowl- photos to Kamal Bosamia; Heidi Zeiger Photogra- edge June as Gay Pride month. phy actually took those images. On June 20, Trump’s Chicago hotel was briefly Windy City Times regrets the error. WINDY CITY TIMES July 12, 2017 5 with his next opportunity in the private sector,” sonville, Edgewater or Rogers park but has not management, grassroots organizing, leadership said Board of Directors Chair William Stevenson yet found the right space to continue Crew’s lega- and entrepreneurship) based on their interests to in a statement. cy,” read the posting. “We want to thank Uptown receive in-depth and skills-based training devel- He added, “We will continue to carry on with for many memorable years and, most of all, we oped by national partner organizations. our mission of supporting and promoting LGBT want to thank all our dedicated team members Valerie Jarrett, former senior advisor to Presi- businesses, workplace equality, and supplier di- and amazing customers who have made Crew Chi- dent Obama and chair of the Obama Administra- versity.” cago’s best LGBTQ sports bar.” tion White House Council on Women and Girls; Rodriguez, who described himself as a “straight The bar will be closing just four days shy of and Tina Tchen, former chief of staff to First ally” to the community, was named the Cham- its 13th anniversary; Crew opened July 19, 2004. Lady Michelle Obama and executive director of ber’s executive director in early 2015. Prior to The original owners were Brian Wells and Steve the White House Council on Women and girls will this post, he had worked as a business advisor to Milford, who met at Roscoe’s Tavern in Lakeview be honorary co-chairs of the Chicago Galvanize both the Chicago Urban League and the Illinois in the late ‘90s. They spent about five years in program. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. the planning stages, they told Windy City Times See UnitedStateOfWomen.org/galvanize. In April 2015, he told Windy City Times that in 2014, just as the bar celebrated its 10th an- he wanted to make both community activism and niversary. workforce development a key part of the Cham- “I shared the plan I was working on [with Mil- Obergefell attorney ber’s overall advocacy. ford] and we decided to team up,” Wells said. “It “We want to provide training for our small busi- is scary to make that jump from dream to reality.” running for Congress Indiana native Dan Canon has announced that nesses to grow and to be leaders within the LGBT he will run for Congress in the state’s 9th District. Gerardo Rodriguez. community, and we want LGBT employees of ma- Canon is one of counsel for the pioneering Windy City Times archival photo. jor corporations to be advocates,” he said. Galvanize Program Kentucky and Indiana marriage-equality cases mini-summits (Bourke v. Beshear, Love v. Beshear and Love v. LGBT chamber of Crew to leave Pence), and counsel for the Kentucky plaintiffs in July 15-16 the landmark Supreme Court case of Obergefell v. commerce leader current location The Galvanize Program—a nationwide effort Hodges, according to the website of his law firm, By Matt Simonette toward turning the passion of women across the Clay Daniel Walton Adams, PLC. steps down country into strategic action—will kick off its A press release stated that Canon, 39, is a first- By Matt Simonette The LGBT sports bar Crew Bar + Grill, on July 5, national series of mini-summits July 15-16 at time candidate who says people in his district announced that it will be closing its Uptown lo- McCormick Place, 2301 S. Martin Luther King Dr. are ready for a member of Congress who truly The LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois, on cation at Lawrence Avenue and Broadway on July The Galvanize Program will allow participants represents south-central Indiana. Canon added, July 3, announced that Executive Director Gerar- 15 and will be searching for a new home else- to explore gender equality issues and a broad set “Our current representative [Republican Trey Hol- do Rodriguez would step down effective July 7. where on the North Side. of national and local policies that impact women lingsworth] isn’t working on those issues. He’s “We are extremely grateful for Gerardo’s con- Crew posted the news on its Facebook page. and their communities. Attendees will choose an opportunistic multi-millionaire who came to tributions to our organization and wish him well “Crew is seeking to relocate in Uptown, Ander- one of five tracks (political candidates, campaign Indiana just to buy a seat in Congress.”

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DVYC0019_B_10x10_WindyCityTimes_Nick_p1.indd 4 3/29/17 4:01 PM WINDY CITY TIMES July 12, 2017 9 er rates of suicide ideation among LGBTQ youth research exists, “it doesn’t affect me in a direct than non-LGBTQ youth, negative effects of gang way.” Research should focus on the youth them- Symposium examines presence in schools on LGBTQ youth, and lack of selves—not their parents, Sloan said. LGBTQ competency on the part of school staff. Both of the youth expressed their wish that the “We just need a lot of work,” she concluded. quantitative data resulting from studies such as disconnect between Family and parental support has significant ef- the ones conducted by Purcell and the others be fects on reducing rates of HIV and mental health paired with more qualitative, narrative data that problems in youth, said panelist Brian Mustanski, documents individual LGBTQ youths’ experiences. LGBTQ youth, researchers Ph.D., a Northwestern professor and the ISGMH Espelage defended the studies, saying that director. He added, however, that research needs the research teams on which she works take the Despite disagreements, panelists research indicates similar discrepancies exist be- to extend beyond simply examining parental sup- quantitative data back to the youth they study, and youth seek common ground tween transgender youth and non-transgender port and acceptance, to look at the effects of who then drive the research that follows. youth. By David Thill specific parenting practices on the well-being of The group of researchers and youth had a Reasons for the discrepancies between LGB sexual and gender minority youth and the preva- chance to address their differing perspectives youth and non-LGB youth may include social iso- The second annual “State of LGBTQ Youth Health lence of risk behaviors among those youth. in a closed working group Friday. In emails to lation and stigma, lack of caregiver or parental and Wellbeing” symposium presented plenty Following the research panel, Alloíza Mari and Windy City Times following that working group, support, lack of safety and support at school, of research on LGBTQ youth. The question now Elon Sloan, youth leaders at the Illinois Caucus both Mari and Espelage said they felt the group and rigid norms about masculinity and feminin- seems to be how—and whether—that research for Adolescent Health, addressed the audience made progress. ity, Purcell said. can serve LGBTQ youth. to discuss their perspective on the findings. Mari wrote that the youth in the working group He described several programs throughout the The June 29 symposium—subtitled “Strength- They said that while the research presented at “pushed for more research on the number of trans country aimed at promoting LGBTQ safety and ening Schools and Families to Build Resilience,” the symposium might be helpful to researchers, and gender expansive youth in the country and support in schools. These programs include Flori- and with the Institute for Sexual and Gender Mi- youth like themselves often don’t experience its how they could be better served.” The working da-based Broward County Public Schools’ “Critical nority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) at North- benefits. group found common ground, they added, in Support Guide” aimed at training school staff to western University sponsoring the event—fo- Mari said that research should focus on harm identifying the need to expand the scope of re- competently address their LGBTQ students’ needs; cused primarily on the roles of families and reduction rather than stopping risk behaviors. search to include topics that have received lim- LGBTQ-inclusive school curricula in San Francisco educators in caring for LGBTQ youth in the United Sloan noted that while they appreciate that the ited focus, such as issues transgender youth face. public schools; and the “National OUT For Safe States. LGBTQ youth who attended the confer- Schools Campaign,” which allows school staff to mer U.S. Secretary of State and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The Rainbow PUSH Coalition convention runs July 12-15. For a complete schedule, visit Rain- bowPUSH.org. Report: There are 1.1M married same-sex couples The Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law is publishing a research brief finding that 1.1 million LGBT adults are married to someone U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters. of the same sex. Photo by Bob Roehr Other keys findings include: —An estimated 10.7 million adults in the U.S. identify as LGBT. Warren, Waters, —More than 547,000 same-sex couples in Franklin at July 14 the U.S. are married. —Since the Obergefell decision in June women’s luncheon 2015, at least 157,000 same-sex couples have Sen. Elizabeth Warren will be the keynote married in the United States. speaker at the Women’s Luncheon, honoring The report is at https://williamsinstitute. iconic singer Aretha Franklin on Friday, July 14, law.ucla.edu/experts/adam-romero/obergefell- 11:45 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at the Rainbow PUSH Co- effect/. Alloiza Mari and Elon Sloan. alition and Citizenship Education Fund’s 46th Photo by David Thill Annual International Convention at the Hilton wear badges identifying themselves as LGBTQ al- LGBTQ seniors ence, however, said that they would have liked to Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave. lies for students. This campaign, which began in see researchers pay more attention to the youth Co-founder of the Congressional Progressive 2013 as a partnership between the Los Angeles Caucus, the ranking member of the House Fi- sought for study themselves. Howard Brown Health is looking for subjects LGBT Center and Los Angeles Unified School Dis- nancial Services Committee and U.S. Rep. Max- An estimated 1.3 million U.S. high school stu- to complete a survey on LGBTQ againg as part trict, has since expanded to nine other school ine Waters will also speak at the annual gather- dents identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual, said of the LGBTQ&A: The Aging Project. districts across the country, including Chicago ing and celebration of the power and courage David Purcell, JD, deputy director for behavioral Subjects need to be at least 50 years old, Public Schools. of women from around the world. and social science at the U.S. Centers for Disease identify as members of the LGBTQ community Dorothy Espelage, Ph.D., a professor of psy- The luncheon—which has the theme “To- Control and Prevention, delivering the keynote and be Cook County residents. chology at the University of Florida, described a gether We Rise, Empower the Women, Develop address. The survey is confidential and will take ap- “bully-to-sexual violence” pathway in schools, in the Nation”—was the brainchild of civil-rights Purcell presented data from CDC’s 2015 Youth proximately 30 minutes to complete. Gift cards which peer-to-peer bullying escalates to homo- activist Jacqueline Jackson, the wife of the co- Risk Behavior Survey showing that LGB students of $10 will be offered to the first 400 partici- phobic name-calling, which escalates to sexual alition’s founder and president, Rev. Jesse L. reported higher rates of suicide ideation, sexual pants. harassment. Schools need to acknowledge and in- Jackson Sr. and physical dating violence, and bullying at Email [email protected] clude LGBTQ students before students reach high Last year, more than 1,000 people attended school or online than their non-LGB-identifying or call 773-630-9429. school, Espelage said. peers, among other findings. He added that other the event, featuring a keynote address by for- She discussed other issues too, including high- 10 July 12, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES and see it grow. But, we need to give our state reckless partisan politics.” a budget and a government that’s free of cor- “The term ‘balanced budget’ is becoming a Providers, politicans ruption, that’s free of self-dealing, that’s free of ubiquitous political talking point, but the term self-interest. If we do that we can turn this state ‘balanced budget’ isn’t just political rhetoric—it’s around.” a real thing, and means that expenditures cannot react to budget passage State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) said, “We exceed revenues,” said state Rep. Ann Williams need to build on this collaboration and come to- (D-Chicago). “It means if we want to spend mon- By Matt Simonette gether to create real progress by making the rich ey, we need to raise revenue. Governor Rauner’s pay their fair share to fund our schools, protect budget proposed $37.3 [billion] in spending, but After two years, Illinois finally has a budget. The people’s health care, and get our economy mov- included no correlating revenue increase. In oth- General Assembly overrode Gov. Bruce Rauner’s ing.” er words, he proposed a budget but has no way veto July 6 after a protracted session to prevent, Ald. Ameya Pawar (47th) said, “While Bruce to pay for it. The bipartisan plan, in contrast, among other consequences, Illinois bonds being Rauner’s reckless veto made clear he doesn’t care spends over a billion less than the Governor’s, reduced to “junk” status. Numerous organizations about the future of our state, today’s bi-partisan and $3 [billion] less than if we continued with and politicians issued statements in response. veto-override proves there are legislators still no budget in place. And it is fully funded. It’s a AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC), which willing to put Illinois’ hard-working families over balanced budget.” played a large part in organizing a coalition to advocate for a responsible budget, responded ap- provingly to the legislation’s passage. of land needs to be chronicled and preserved,” “We have worked for three years to ensure that Report analyzes said author Owen Keehnen in a press release. Illinois has a responsible budget that generates Keehnen is compiling a book to help safe- revenue and supports residents across the state,” lack of measure guard the memory of The Rocks for future gen- said President and CEO John Peller. “Stop-gap erations. He is seeking pictures as well as short spending plans or other Band-Aid solutions have of judicial diversity States fail to collect basic information on the essays, personal recollections and anecdotes of been unacceptable. An untold number of Illinois- demographic and professional backgrounds of up to 500 words about LGBTQ life at the Bel- ans have died or suffered preventable health cri- state judges, according to a new report Lambda mont Rocks. ses in the meanwhile because of a lack of funding Legal and the American Constitution Society “If The Rocks were an meaningful part of for essential services.” for Law and Policy (ACS) released. your life, please consider contributing any- The new budget restores HIV/AIDS funding In the 35-page report—“Diversity Counts: thing which captures what The Belmont Rocks to 2015 levels, which amounts to about $25.4 Why States Should Measure the Diversity of meant to you. With your help we can let future million for testing, treatment and education. As Their Judges and How They Can Do It”—re- generations of LGBTQ Chicagoans know the sig- the budget crisis played out, numerous service- searchers ask key decision-makers to collect nificant role this gathering place played in our providers had to scale back or close outright. and release judicial diversity data, including history. Preserving our past is our responsibil- AFC said in May that the impasse resulted in a Ramon Gardenhire. the demographic and professional backgrounds ity,” Keehnen stated. significant decrease in the detection of new HIV Photo from AIDS Foundation of Chicago of state judges and judicial candidates. Send submissions to OwenKeehnen@yahoo. infections for Illinoisans. The report shows, among other things: com. Put “The Rocks” on the subject line. The “It is incredibly hard to vote to increase taxes, lack of state funds,” said businessman J.B. Pritz- —Why diversity on courts matters, what is deadline for submissions is Oct. 1. but it was the only responsible choice for mov- ker. “…It will take years to clean up the mess of known about diversity on state courts, and ing our state forward,” said Ramon Gardenhire, this failed governor’s creating and it’s clear that why states should prioritize collecting judicial vice president of Policy and Advocacy at AFC. “We getting our state back on track can only happen diversity data and making it available to the Drug-treatment thank them for this act of political courage.” with a new governor next November.” public, policymakers and journalists; Rauner’s challengers in the 2018 election programs get Businessman Chris Kennedy said, “Other states —Findings of a new study by researcher Liz blasted the governor for his budget veto and ac- don’t need to threaten the future of their insti- Seaton that examines whether and how 12 cused him of grandstanding. federal funds tutions in order to create a balanced budget. states collect and disclose judicial diversity Three suburban court programs will get “Rauner led the state to $14.7 billion in unpaid It doesn’t have to be this way. We can have a data. (Illinois is not among the states.); and boosts to existing efforts that help drug users, bills, interest on state debt continues to skyrock- balanced budget. We can honor the contracts of —Guidance regarding gender-identity and courtesy of a new federal grant. et, and local governments across the state have our pensions and we can invest in our economy sexual-orientation data in California and New The U.S. Department of Health and Human been forced to raise taxes to compensate for a York. Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health For more information, see http://diversity- Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded counts.com/. $324,811 to the Circuit Court of Cook County Activism meet-ups, Drug Treatment Court programs in the Markham, Maywood and Bridgeview courthouses. The personal book recommendations, Belmont Rocks grant has a potential total value of $947,519 weekly events, Kids Storytime, and more! over a three-year period, as the Circuit Court project planned will re-apply for more funds. There are so many reasons to support The Belmont Rocks played an undeniably im- Defendants enter the drug courts voluntarily, portant part in the LGBTQ community’s history and all participants are charged with nonvio- Chicago’s only feminist bookstore. and in the lives of many LGBTQ Chicagoans. lent crimes. “The Rocks” were “a place to call our own— “For nonviolent defendants who are driven by a place of celebrations and partying, of social drug addiction, the court exercises compassion and sexual encounters, a place of artwork, me- in the pursuit of justice. Treatment, not pun- morials, cookouts, unions, and so much more. ishment, is the best option to pursue,” Chief A place to do nothing or do everything. The Judge Timothy C. 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guarantee permanent protections for LGBTQ people in employment, access to public spaces, housing, credit, education, jury service and fed- erally funded programs, under our nation’s existing civil rights laws. In March, CSchneider joined Congressman Scott Taylor (R-Virginia) to intro- duce the bipartisan Fair and Equal Housing Act. Disability Pride the July 22 in the Loop The 14th Annual Chicago Disability Pride Pa- rade will take place Saturday, July 22, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., starting at 401 S. Plymouth Ct. SWEDISH Post-Parade festivities will take place at Daley Plaza at 12 p.m. There is no registration fee to participate in • SNUS TM the parade, although a donation is suggested. FREE WI-FI FIKA BAR The grand marshals are Karen Tamely, Kevin Irvine and their daughter, Dominika, who have all been 840 W. ARMITAGE STORE to the parade since it began in 2004. See “The 14th Annual Chicago Disability Pride Congressman Brad Schneider. Parade” on Facebook or visit DisabilityPridePa- Official head shot rade.org. ALL 21+ WELCOME Schneider unveils LGBT aging summit HRC endorsement report July 12, 17 Congressman Brad Schneider (D-Illinois) re- Pride Action Tank will host a community report 840 W. ARMITAGE cently announced the endorsement of the Human on Wed., July 12, 5-7 p.m., at Center on Halsted, WARNING: This product Rights Campaign in his re-election campaign for 3656 N. Halsted St.; and Monday, July 17, 5-7 Congress. p.m., at Affinity Community Services, 2850 S. “The Human Rights Campaign proudly stands Wabash Ave. canFREE WI-FI cause • LOCAL ART mouth • COMPLIMENTARY cancer. FIKA BAR with Congressman Brad Schneider,” said Rob Ne- The organization will report on findings from whart, an Illinois resident and member of HRC’s the recent OUTAging summit and field a discus- national board, in a statement. sion about the next steps. Schneider is an original co-sponsor of the RSVP at [email protected] or Equality Act—federal legislation that would 312-922-2322, ext. 723. 12 July 12, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES LGBTQ married couples outside of Massachusetts. For example, in 2013 a family-owned bakery in For example, “in a Trumped-up Supreme Court Gresham, Oregon, called Sweet Cakes by Melissa Will the Court let there is talk among Christian evangelicals of wanted to exercise religious freedom.” However, walking [Obergefell] back without disrupting oth- instead of servicing an LGBTQ clientele Sweet er precedent on marriage,” Rebecca Buckwaler- Cakes closed the family shop and moved the busi- Poza wrote in the article “The End of Gay Rights” ness to their home making it clear LGBTQ dollars business refuse the in the June issue of Pacific Standard Magazine. are not wanted. She added, “The Supreme Court can significant- Colorado law prohibits public accommodations, ly undermine LGBT rights even without reversing like Masterpiece Cakeshop, from refusing service a single case. Right now, the federal prohibition based on race, gender, marital status, sexual ori- LGBTQ community? against sex discrimination doesn’t bar discrimi- entation or gender identity. nation on the basis of sexual orientation or gen- “No one should ever have to walk into a store VIEWPOINT BY REV. IRENE MONROE der identity; the Equal Protection Clause affords and wonder if they will be turned away just be- no specific protections for LGBT people, as it does cause of who they are,” Mullins told ACLU Colo- Recently, the U. S. Supreme Court announced for members of groups defined by race or nation- rado. that in the fall it will hear the case Masterpiece ality. The Court can strip the rights to intimacy With Justice Neil Gorsuch newly appointed to Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. and marriage of their meaning, carving away the Supreme Court and recent rumors of Justice The case—which will have many of us LGBTQ gradually and masking the magnitude of changes Anthony Kennedy retiring and Justice Ruth Bader Americans on pins and needles—will argue the by phrasing them in arcane legal terms.” Ginsburg failing to retire during the Obama ad- parameters of one’s right to practice their reli- A movement for some time now has been afoot ministration the ideological balance of the Court gion and their right to express themselves freely in state legislatures across the country to disen- is at stake in this uber-conservative Trump ad- that’s enshrined in the First Amendment. franchise LGBTQ Americans. These bills are called ministration. In 2012, gay couple David Mullins and Charlie “Religious Freedom Restoration Acts” (RFRA), Let’s hope in the fall the Supreme Court does Craig wanted to order a cake for their upcom- and are a backlash to the growing acceptance of the right thing and not codify LGBTQ discrimi- ing wedding reception. With plans to marry in same-sex marriage and the growing fear of when nation, because democracy can only begin when Massachusetts, because same-sex marriage wasn’t the Supreme Court legalize it nationwide. Law- those at the margin can experience what others legalized in Colorado until 2014, the couple de- makers used them to codify LGBTQ discrimination take for granted. cided to celebrate their nuptials back home. to justify denying us services. Jack Phillips, owner to Masterpiece Cakeshop in- formed the couple that because religious views he doesn’t provide cakes for same-sex weddings. “We do a variety of cakes. We do birthday cakes and shower cakes. ... We don’t do Halloween cakes and adult-themed cakes,” Phillips stated on New York Times YouTube. Many conservatives in Phillips’s camp argue that his position is not a repudiation on same- sex marriage but rather it’s a principled stance to fight for free expression unfettered by the tyr- anny of political correctness. Rev. Irene Monroe. “We at Cato have long supported both religious Photo courtesy of Monroe liberty and gay rights, insofar as the agenda of each is consistent with the liberty of unlimited dents from using facilities that aligned with their constitutional government,” Roger Pilon, found- gender identity. This June Trump paid tribute to ing director of the Cato Center for Constitutional the 49 LGBTQ victims of last year’s Pulse Night- Studies, said. “But we draw the line when same- club massacre, but failed to issue a proclamation sex couples turn around and use government to for Pride Month force venues against their religious beliefs to I am immensely thankful as a married lesbi- Rogersparticipate Park in Business same-sex Allianceceremonies, • Postcards as happens an that I reside in Massachusetts, especially if too often today.” Trump tries to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the Oddly, however, when the argument is framed historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized as Pilon states there’s no room to ensure that LG- same-sex marriage throughout the country. With BTQs will not be discriminated against because of Trump having6” potentially three Supreme Court who we are and who we love. And I’m not certain seats to fill with Antonin Scalia-like justices, I Rogers Park Business Alliance •that Postcards this government has our back. can exhale knowing that Massachusetts Supreme Jesse Alexander and Owen Daniel-McCarter. As a matter of fact, since Trump has taken Judicial Court legalized same-sex marriage in the Photo by Mary Cay Marubio office I’ve worried about the erosion of LGBTQ 2004 Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health landmark rights. In February, his administration revoked case, and it’s sticking. federal guidelines permitting transgender stu- However, that may not be the case for many Judges honor head of safe-schools group 6” Rogers Park Business Alliance • Postcards The LGBT group Alliance of Illinois Judges honored Owen Daniel-McCarter, executive director of the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, with its Community Leadership Award on June 21. 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CHICAGO BLACK PRIDE WEEKEND comedy and drag performances. The event, held at The Promontory, Public Health were on site offering free HIV, STI and blood-pressure ran from the afternoon through the evening. testing as well as offering a wealth of information on PrEP, safe sex Among the artists performing this year were vocalist Seven and long-term wellness options. Caucus celebrates Streeter; Ms. Ruff N Stuff; comedian Terry D’Mor; vocalist LaRon J.; The entertainment got off to a ribald start with Mack cracking female impersonators Saffire Blue, Amelia Black and Iyanna Frantz; jokes about his 165-pound loss, and D’Mor playfully ribbing him and and DJ Sedrick and DJ Superman. Beloved personality/entrepreneur defending her girth. Local vocalist LaRon J. performed next setting Black Pride with Otis Mack made a return to the festival after a long hiatus and em- a tone of danceable soul and opening the show for the arrival of Ms. ceed throughout the day. Ruff N Stuff and her squad of performers. DJs Sedrick and Superman Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus Executive Director Erik Glenn ex- then ignited a dance floor free-for-all that featured house, rap and day party, festival pressed appreciation and surprise with this year’s event, saying, old-school disco. Streeter closed the show with a short set that “We are so excited by how much the festival has grown. We have featured many of her hits (“I Like It,” “Next,” “It Won’t Stop”) as by Vernon Hester people from the North, South and West sides of Chicago all to- well as an onstage dance-off with members of the audience. gether, and the turnout is phenomenal. We are really amazed with Event sponsors included The AIDS Foundation of Chicago, The On July 1, The Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus—in partnership the response; we even got a couple of dozen volunteers and, this Chicago Department of Public Health, Project Vida, Howard Brown with Rails Marketing Group and FZ Entertainment—celebrated Black year, so many people wanted to come and support.” Health, The Chicago Center for HIV Elimination, Third Coast CFAR, Pride with the 13th Annual Love Fest, which featured live celebrity The festival, which annually takes place at the end of Black Gay The Regional Resource Network Program, The Core Center and Proj- performances, a brunch, DJs, a health and wellness fair, stand-up Pride, has always included a health village, and this year was no ect Wish (The University of Illinois). exception. Howard Brown Health and the Chicago Department of WINDY CITY TIMES July 12, 2017 15 as a protected class,” he recalled. “I worked with [former Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl] and the city Evanston city attorney council to move that forward.” In 2016, Treto also worked alongside state officials to amend local ordinances to cover gender- receives LGBT award neutral washrooms in the city as well. “There was a lot of interplay with the state By Matt Simonette land & Ellis LLP; and Louis Klapp, a senior associ- plumbing-code, that ultimately led to restrictions ate at Quarles & Brady LLP. The awards will be about how you could implement gender-neutral According to Evanston Assistant Corporation presented during the Lavender Law Conference & restrooms,” he said. “It was a lengthy process, Counsel Mario Treto, much of his work—both Career Fair in San Francisco on Thursday, Aug. 3. but in doing so the state agreed to modify its in his professional life and his volunteer activi- “I’m pretty excited, and pretty humbled, to be code to permit the City of Evanston to be the ties—is about providing a voice for the voiceless. part of a group with 39 other individuals across first municipality to pass a gender-neutral rest- “I like to be in a position to advocate for in- the country who are moving forward and help- room ordinance in the state of Illinois.” dividuals who might be unable to otherwise ad- ing with LGBT causes, in a variety of capacities,” Treto also mentioned that he’s especially proud vocate for themselves—just having a seat at the Treto, who is a Chicago native and who currently of his longtime volunteer work on behalf of How- table to discuss issues that are important,” Treto lives in Lake View, said. ard Brown Health. He currently is a member of said. As assistant corporate counsel for Evanston, that organization’s executive board. Treto was this year named to the National LGBT he is lead counsel on a number of the suburb’s “With the political uncertainty about health Bar Association’s annual list of the Best LGBT boards and commissions, and is especially in- care access at the present moment, it’s really Lawyers Under 40. That list honors 40 outstand- volved with Evanston’s Planning Commission, important to carefully navigate the clinical un- ing LGBT legal professionals “under the age of 40 among other planning-and development-related certainty and disparities—that’s something I’m who have distinguished themselves in their field entities. He also acts as attorney for the mayor committed to,” he said. “Entities like Howard and demonstrated a commitment to LGBT equali- and city council in various matters. Brown Health provide culturally competent care ty,” according to a release from the organization. One of Treto’s first tasks when he went to work without decreasing quality of services that pa- Other Chicago-area honorees include Tony for the City of Evanston was update its Human tients receive.” Neuhoff, a vice president of legal and compliance Rights Ordinance to cover its transgender resi- The City of Evanston has always been “open to at GCM Grosvenor; Russell King, a partner at Kirk- dents. “That was done by adding gender identity discussions” when he has advocated on behalf of Evanstonians whose issues might be perceived to be on society’s margins, according to Treto. Lipka said Oak Park and Berwyn, along with “In talking about any sort of issue that commu- Gutierrez responds Evanston, have some of the largest gay popula- nity members or visitors want to have addressed, to pol’s anti-LGBT slur tions in the Chicago area—and that there are few Mario Treto. there’s always an open ear,” he said. suburban gay bars, creating an opening for this Photo by John Gress U.S. Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Illinois) has re- new spot. sponded to Thomas Rivera Schatz, the Puerto The article is at ForestParkReview.com/News/ Rican Senate President and a leader of the State- Articles/7-3-2017/’Hard-Wood’-is-Forest-Park’s- hood Party who, during a radio interview, used newest-gay-bar/. the masculine pronoun “señor” repeatedly to de- scribe Ana Matosantos. Matosantos is the only female member of Puerto Northwestern offers Rico’s Financial Oversight and Management Board (known locally as the Junta de Supervisión Fiscal gender-neutral, or simply the Junta), and is a lesbian. Previously, she was the first Latina and openly gay person to multi-stall restroom direct the California Department of Finance. The Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority “This crossed a line,” Gutierrez said, according Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH recently announced to a press release issued from his office. “This that Northwestern University has become the wasn’t an accident or a slip of the tongue. This first major university in Chicago to offer a gen- fits the pattern of how statehooders relate to the der-neutral, multi-stall restroom. LGBT community—namely, with hostility and ho- Safe access to restrooms for transgender and mophobia.” Gutierrez recently spoke on the U.S. gender nonconforming people has been debated House floor to warn his fellow Democrats that across the country. so-called statehooders in Puerto Rico are not po- Northwestern University joins more than 150 litical allies. (See http://bit.ly/2sUVb19.) other universities and colleges in offering a safe Schatz did not respond to an inquiry from space for individuals to use the restroom. Other Windy City Times by the press deadline. universities have offered single-stall, gender- —Andrew Davis neutral restrooms. New gay bar to ‘TRUE LOVE’ block open in Forest Park party July 21 A new gay bar named Hard Wood is slated to Howard Brown Health Clark, 6500 N. Clark St., open in the Chicago suburb of Forest Park later will host a “True Love” block party on Friday, MORE than 2,000 Cars Always in Stock! this month, according to the Forest Park Review. July 21, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Hard Wood will be at 7414 W. Madison St., re- This community gathering will reveal the TRUE placing Chalk Craft Beer House Bar. Chalk owner LOVE interactive sculpture at the Clark Street RF2K.com Matt Mathey and David Lipka, who runs bars in clinic in Rogers Park. Conceived by artist Bob nearly cities, are collaborating on the rebranding. Faust, TRUE LOVE is proclaimed as Howard Brown (Mathey will be the owner, with Lipka the general Health’s “message for Pride month and beyond.” richard fisher dealerships manager.) See HowardBrown.org. 16 July 12, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES letters

Saying goodbye —These properties have hosted numerous same sex A message re Dyke March weddings in its banquet and event space. Dear editor: Their catering sales associates have also complet- Esteemed Editors Davis and Simonette: WINDY ed the Gay Wedding Institute Certification Course to Chuck Renslow, rest in peace. better serve the LGBT wedding market. I write to you in response to G. R. Hammond’s article CITY One thing I am certain about Chuck was his love in the June 28 issue regarding the banning of Jewish for this very diversified community. Was he perfect? Tony Warner, flags at the Chicago Dyke March. No, he was not perfect, but he was a good person. Controller, IGLTA First and foremost, I took a few days to vent my TIMES Like Harvey Milk, Renee Hanover and Marie Kuda, ire and to collect my thoughts regarding such article. VOL. 32, No. 43, July 12, 2017 he committed his life to the welfare of his commu- Response: I consider myself multicultural. I am an American, The combined forces of Windy City Times, founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, nity and understood that change was hard work. He born in New York. My parents were born in Puerto founded May 1987. walked the talk. Thanks, Tony. I appreciate your attention and get- Rico. My faith is Judaism. My orientation is gay. I Chuck was not about self-aggrandizement; his gaze ting back to me with this information. am 49 years old, and am a lead security officer and PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR was not on black-tie events and publically beating As you can imagine, this explanation that you my two directors have been Skokie Police Depart- Tracy Baim his chest about his accomplishments, which spoke have offered is not going to go far to placate peo- ment leaders. for themselves with a quite dignity. ple’s feelings about sharing membership with desti- Why this introduction? Because I am so tired of ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky nations flying the Trump name. 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18 28 28 To cool for ‘School’ Annie Hogan and Brookelyn Hebert are in The School for Lies. Lawry’s The Prime Rib. Jackie Beat at Berlin. Photo by Joe Mazza/Brave Lux Photography

SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT Scott’s administrative farewell to the Goodman coincides with a revival he directed of Eugene SCOTT from cover O’Neill’s classic 1933 Broadway comedy Ah, Wil- were some things I wanted to do and some stuff derness! Goodman Theatre artistic director Rob- I wanted to see, and to spend more time with my ert Falls was originally announced to stage the husband, Ted [Hoerl].” production, but Scott took over directing duties Scott was quick to emphasize that he isn’t re- at Falls’ request. tiring entirely. He has many directing projects Scott said the switch was in part to Falls want- this season lined up for other theaters including ing to rethink the direction of the Goodman in John Patrick Shanley’s comedy Outside Mullingar light of the 2016 presidential election. Then for Buffalo Theatre Ensemble in Glen Ellyn and there was the opportunity for Falls to direct the Tennessee Williams’ drama Summer and Smoke as world premiere of Jim McGrath’s Ernest Heming- part of his teaching duties for Roosevelt Univer- way-inspired play Pamplona in the Goodman’s sity. Also in the cards is Scott’s revival of the Owen Theater space. Unfortunately, the run of Kennedy matriarch solo show Rose. It will not Pamplona was cancelled after star Stacey Keach only play Chicago’s Greenhouse Theater Center, suffered a minor heart attack on opening night. but also in Palm Beach, Florida. Scott’s production of Ah, Wilderness! promi- “Just down the street from Mar-a-Lago,” said nently features colorblind casting. Scott also Scott with a laugh, referring to the much-in-the- wanted to stage the play in this political climate news Trump-branded resort. “So that should be as “a kind of healing thing and the idea of fam- interesting.” ily being so important.” Scott also was struck in Scott will also continue his association with previews by the final speech by the character of the Chicago storefront companies Redtwist The- Nat Miller about the seasons, and how it related atre and as part of the ensemble of Eclipse The- to his own life. atre Company. “I’m kind of in the fall entering the winter, I guess in some ways in terms of my own rela- “I’ll be around a lot,” Scott said. “But the nice Uncle Sid (Larry Bates) converses with a lobster as the Miller Family looks on in Ah, Wilderness! tionship. I’ve been with my husband for about thing is that I won’t have to go rehearsals at Photo by Liz Lauren Eclipse at night after working a 10-hour day (at two months less than I’ve been at the Good- man Theatre,” Scott said. “And still celebrating the Goodman).” cades since I’ve been here,” Scott said. “It’s been “If we’re going to be a major arts institution in Scott’s day-to-day duties at the Goodman was how rich the world still is when you’re older and a been a real trip to be a part of that growth and a city that is so diverse itself, we need to make have a perspective on what happened—you win often to represent the theater in place of Falls for to see all of those changes that have come not ourselves available to as many different points a variety of administrative duties—be it on com- some things, you lose some things—and now it only at the Goodman, but also in the Chicago of view as we possibly can,” said Scott, referring gives me a chance to learn even more what that’s munity discussion panels or meeting with donors. theater community in that time.” to fellow Artistic Collective members like Chuck “For somebody who has a short attention span, about. It turned out to be a great metaphor for Scott is also glad to have contributed to the Smith, Mary Zimmerman, Regina Taylor, Henry leaving my post and experiencing my own ‘wil- it’s almost the perfect job because no two days Goodman’s Artistic Collective with his perspec- Godinez and others. “It’s also quite frankly good are the same,” Scott said. “I never know in the derness’ in the wintertime, which is feel is very tive as an openly gay man. The Artistic Collective business, because the more points of view that exciting.” morning when I come in what I’ll need to do in was spearheaded by Falls and the late Michael are represented on our stages, the more people whatever capacity. It’s been really fascinating.” Ah, Wilderness! continues through Sunday, Maggio to install diverse artists into leadership want to come in and see those different points of July 23, at the Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dear- During his time as the Goodman’s producer, and planning roles for the theater. view and see themselves represented.” Scott has overseen more than 200 productions born St. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Wednes- as well as directed dramas and comedies himself days, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Thursdays (no matinee ranging from Margaret Edson’s Wit to Christopher @windycitytimes1 /windycitymediagroup July 20), 8 p.m. Fridays, 2 and 8 p.m. Satur- Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. days and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $20-$75; “I’ve been very proud of the way that the Good- call 312-443-3800 or visit GoodmanTheatre. man has grown in the last three-and-a-half de- @windycitytimes www.windycitymediagroup.com org. 18 July 12, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES THEATER REVIEW of same-sex eroticism from the safety of double- the signs warning them of imminent retribution. entendre repartee. We first meet Chauncey in a local eatery, where The Nance Beane’s microcosmic setting is New York City in he instructs a down-on-his-luck country boy in Playwright: Douglas Carter Beane the winter and spring of 1937, where nance-act methods of arranging assignations under the very At: Pride Films and Plays at the Chauncey Miles stars at Greenwich Village’s Ir- eyes of police informers. We learn that his politi- Pride Arts Broadway, 4139 N. Broadway ving Place Theatre, sharing the stage with Efram, cal views, unlike those of his leftist colleagues, Tickets: $30-$40 Ned, Sylvie, Joan and Carmen—respectively, Top lean toward support of the status quo he never Runs through: July 30 Banana, Second Banana, Red Hot Mama, Blonde suspects will someday turn on him. Finally, we Bombshell and Spitfire Exotic. watch him reject an offer of a stable relationship BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE Chauncey has a secret, however: His poufy per- to instead pursue the reckless behavior that will sona is not just a “masquerade,” like drag—no, prove his undoing. The effeminate—or merely unmanly—male has he really is what he pretends to be for a living. Burlesque has largely gone the way of minstrel been a stock character in comedy since antiquity, In an election year, when Mayor LaGuardia has shows, its amusing properties nowadays viewed his risible appeal arising from the reversal of ex- vowed to stamp out “public indecency” and en- as a quaint reflection of a more parochial age. As pectations at the foundation of popular humor to tertainment promoting it (what goes on in the staged for Pride Films and Plays with museum- this day. In Western literature, the overtly gay balcony when Chauncey speaks of “falling on a accurate period authenticity (fan dances, balloon element gradually became de-emphasized, with cactus and feeling a little prick”?), this could dances, “Sister Kate’s Shimmy” and the famous Aristophanes’ Cleisthenes and Plautus’ Ballio giv- mean arrest, imprisonment and an end to his ca- “Niagara Falls” sketch) by John Nasca and a hard- ing way to the less sexually disambiguous Casper reer. working ensemble led by Vince Kracht’s bravura Milquetoast. Playwright Douglas Carter Beane Chauncey himself is something of a stock char- performance in the title role, though, this forgot- pays homage to the last of this venerable ar- Patrick Rybarcyzk in The Nance. acter in gay history, too, his downfall recalling ten art form cannot help but awaken nostalgia chetype, the “nance” of burlesque—vaudeville’s Photo by Paul Goyette that of Oscar Wilde—both talented individuals, even in the most enlightened playgoer. coarser counterpart—and his ribald celebration so sure of their protected status that they ignore

THEATER REVIEW hitherto-undetected legions of theatergoers en- tactics would be grounds for a restraining order, It’s not often that actors under Kathy Scambia- amored of actors dressed in big skirts and big but the young widow welcomes his vituperation, terra’s direction are permitted to stray from the The School for Lies wigs making dick jokes and saying “fart” in if only for relief from the fawning attentions of text-focused approach to performance that is the Playwright: Adapted by David Ives rhymed couplets. fortune-hunting suitors. Artistic Home’s hallmark, but no one can deny the from a play by Moliere There’s nothing fundamentally wrong with this Satire is not synonymous with farce, however, perspiration worked up by the enthusiastic en- At: The Artistic Home, 1376 W. Grand Ave. brand of humor—situation comedy, after all, is and the aim of Moliere’s mockery is always re- semble, however nebulous its inspiration. If you Tickets: $28-$32 based in ordinary people doing ridiculous things jection of extreme convictions in preference of a are inclined to giggle at a ribbon-bedecked slack- Runs through: Aug. 13 (just as “fish-out-of-water” comedy is founded moral code stressing tolerance of human foibles, er named Clitander (played with heroic concen- upon ridiculous people doing ordinary things). but Ives’ irreverent prosody apparently proved so tration by Ted James) repeatedly addressed by his BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE Ives’ plot revolves around the frivolous socialite irresistible to its youthful interpreters that the peers as “Clitoris,” this is your perfect low-stress, Celemine and her circle of fashionable acquain- onstage action on opening night resembled a no-homework, warm-weather entertainment. You have to admire David Ives’ commercial savvy: tances. These include newcomer Frank—whose circus more than a symposium, its gaudily ward- After making his fortune in 1993 with a collec- sartorial taste runs to leather-coated gangster robed and garishly painted personnel proclaim- tion of short, funny, low-budget, actor-friendly drag, in contrast to the foppish garb in vogue for ing their affectations so exuberantly as to eclipse sketches suitable for classroom or cabaret, his gentlemen of his class—and whose sole pastime the exposition informing the motives for their “translaptations” of obscure pre-19th-century is ranting against the shallowness of his host- eccentric sallies, often reducing the characters to c French playwrights have, since 2006, attracted ess’s companions. Nowadays, such overprotective empty costumes kaleidoscoping in a vacuum. CRITICS’PICKS Parade, Writers Theatre through July 15. It’s the last week for this outstanding musical telling ent isolation from his own communities, having emotional stuffing has been knocked out of him THEATER REVIEW of the factual story of Leo Frank, a Jew lynched in few Black or gay friends. His ex-boyfriend was by the break-up, but that isn’t well-delineated. Georgia in 1915. Jason Robert Brown’s richly var- Alone, with white and his three seemingly best buds are His true friend, Black and straight Tonya (sym- ied score—inspired by traditional music—is pas- not only white but straight. You never under- pathetic Nichole Green, with a classy hairdo), sionately rendered with unexpected entertaining Friends stand why because author Lee Peters provides asks “You’re all of 30 years old, how can you flourishes despite the grim subject matter. JA Playwright: Lee Peters relatively little information about how Steve not know what your goals are?” She tells Steve The Gin Game, Drury Lane Theatre, Oakbrook At: Prop Thtr, 3502 N. Elston Ave. came to be who he is. Writing this play may to define what he seeks in a lover/partner, but Terrace, through Aug. 13. D.L. Colburn’s sturdy Tickets: 773-742-5420; have been cathartic for Peters—the play seems all he does is replay his superficial attraction to and Pulitzer Prize-winning two-hander features [email protected]; $20 autobiographical—but it isn’t for the audience. straight (or straight-acting) white guys. There great performances from the husband-wife team Runs through: July 15 Part of the reason, and another problem, is just isn’t much of a story unless Steve takes and of John Reeger and Paula Scrofano-Reeger, who that Steve is a reactive character. Plays are completes a significant journey, or at least re- are both very convincing as two lonely seniors BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL stronger when the hero makes active choices veals some special personal quality beyond like- who form a testy friendship over cards. SCM and decisions that drive the story, which Steve ability. Going To a Place Where You Already Are, No matter where you are in the spectrum of doesn’t do. In a repeated structure of two-char- Peters delineates his characters quickly and Redtwist Theatre, through July 23. Even athe- sexual orientation, your first break-up almost acter scenes, he asks his acquaintances “Why effectively, but only gay drag artist Phillip ists can have a crisis of faith when Heaven—or always is difficult and painful, especially if ini- are we friends?” The answers are not profound: (Christopher Sylvie in a lively, campy turn) has something claiming to be—beckons, but Bekah tiated by your partner. we went to school together, we were frat broth- enough personality to be interesting, although Brunstetter makes no judgments regarding an in- It’s also commonplace and unexceptional— ers, we work together, we smoke pot together the other actors are perfectly capable in roles of dividual’s speculations on the hereafter. MSB which is the big problem with Alone, with (a lot of pot), we have fun together, etc. All limited dimension. Peters also turns out some Her Majesty’s Will, Lifeline Theatre, through Friends. Steve, the 30-year-old gay Black man the responses imply that Steve and his acquain- funny lines. He might do very well when he finds July 16. Rob Kauzlaric’s brisk adaptation, an at the play’s center, is perfectly likeable (espe- tances demand very little of each other. The one something larger about which to write. For now, agile-footed ensemble and swashbuckling stunt- cially as played with a dazzling smile by hand- insight Steve achieves is the understanding that he writes like a young playwright—or, at least, work keep the action in David Blixt’s brainy plot- some, husky Jonathan Rivera) and perfectly or- these things are not the basis for meaningful a relatively inexperienced one. He’d be wise to heavy Elizabethan romp hurtling at looney-tunes dinary as the audience sees him, and so are his friendships. consider Alone, with Friends part of a learning velocity. MSB friends. Steve is exceptional only in his appar- Steve also seems aimless, perhaps because the curve. —By Abarbanel, Barnidge and Morgan WINDY CITY TIMES July 12, 2017 19 THEATER REVIEW The Bridges of Madison County Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown Written by: Marsha Norman Directed by: Nick Bowling At: Marriott Lincolnshire, 10 Marriott Dr., Lincolnshire Tickets: Marriotttheatre.com: $50-60 Runs through: Aug. 13

BY ERIC KARAS

The Marriott Lincolnshire is presenting the regional premiere of The Bridges of Madison Coun- ty. This is the musical version of Robert James Waller’s best-selling romance novel that was later made into a movie starring Meryl Streep. The theater has been transformed into a huge bridge with projections that give you a real sense of the farmland of the location (the beauty of farm life, along with the isolation). It literally surrounds the audience members, putting them in the mindset of farm wife Francesca. Kudos go to set designer Jeffrey D. Kmiec and projection designer Anthony Churchill. The familiar plot is about an Italian-American farm wife and mother (Kathy Voytko) whose family is out of town at a county fair. She meets a National Geographic photographer (Nathaniel Kathy Voytko and Nathaniel Stampley in The Stampley) who is taking pictures of the bridges. Bridges of Madison County. They share meals and experiences, and they fall Photo by Liz Lauren in love. Will she leave her life to escape with this stranger who offers her adventure or do what is number. Emily Berman was also a standout as the expected of her? ex-wife of Robert in a really beautiful moment. Voytko, as Francesca, is really incredible. She The rest of the cast sports fine vocals as they brings the correct amount of emotion and pathos, fill in the residents of Iowa, being more ethereal but also so much humor. It is unexpected how than Greek chorus. In addition, Allyson Graves funny this show is. This musical is really hers in and Nick Cosgrove do some magical dancing as a all ways. Stampley, as photographer Robert, has young Francesca and her youthful beau. such a wonderful singing voice you can totally As a musical, the score is beautiful and emo- understand why she would fall for him so quickly. tional, with a pop-country feel. Unfortunately, They are well-matched and believable. after the main action and character choices are The supporting cast really fills out this story. made, the show continues with an unnecessary Bart Shatto—as Bud, her husband—reflects the epilogue. I wish book writer Marsha Norman had frustration of a busy farm life with little time for showed some restraint. vacation or romance. Neighbors Marge (Wydetta Overall, it’s a funny, poignant, beautiful show Carter) and Charlie (Terry Hamilton) provide a lot that exceeds expectations. of comic relief and steal every moment they have. Tickets Through July 16 Carter brings down the house with her musical Use code: WINDYCITY eSPOTLIGHT steppenwolf. org | 312-335-1650 The uproarious, subversive black comedy How to be a Rock Critic (Based on the Writ- ings of Lester Bangs) is a solo play examining by renowned performance artist the influential and controversial title journalist who was famed for peeling away the ve- neer behind great music stars. Each evening Taylor Mac performance is followed by a music tribute act, Directed by Hallie Gordon while matinees feature a talkback with music Thursdays and Fridays and 3:30 and 8 p.m. Sat- critic/biographer Jim DeRogatis. How to be a urdays. Tickets are $30. Call 312-335-1650 or Supported by a Grant from Corporate Production Sponsor Rock Critic (Based on the Writings of Lester visit Steppenwolf.org. Bangs) continues through Saturday, July 22, Caption: Erik Jensen. Photo courtesy of at Steppenwolf Theatre’s 1700 Theatre, 1700 Leean Torske/Steppenwolf Theatre N. Halsted St. Performance times are 8 p.m. 20 July 12, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES Gays behind the American Bandstand by SARI STAVER

When The New York Post published a story that a new coffeetable book, Bandstand Diaries, re- vealed stories about the secret gay lives of some of the dancers, sales of the book went through the roof. Beginning at 6 a.m. on Sunday morning, March 12, when the Post story by tell-all journalist Jerry Oppenheimer was published, “We could barely keep up with the flood of orders,” said publisher Sharon Sultan Cutler, co-author of the 175-page book that includes more than 700 pictures from American Bandstand as well as in- terviews with many of the regulars. “Who knew that the LGBT angle would be so powerful?” asked Cutler rhetorically in a tele- Some of the Regulars (dancers) watching a playback of the last show broadcast from phone interview. Cutler, an ally, co-wrote the Philadelphia. book with two LGBT Bandstand dancers, Arlene Photo from the book Bandstand Diaries Sullivan and Ray Smith. While Sullivan, one of the most popular dancers on the show, and Smith, a in Philadelphia, backed by an advertising push. Sullivan and Smith look back fondly on their longtime NBC-TV Today Show producer, had in- More than 1,000 kids lined up to get into the years on Bandstand, and took the opportunity cluded information about their sexual orientation show. By 1956, with its audience growing, the to revive their memories when publisher Cutler in the book, “We never intended to publicize it,” Sharon Sultan Cutler, co-author of Bandstand producers hired good-looking Dick Clark to take approached them about writing the book. Cutler said Cutler. But when the Post put the news in a over the show, renamed it American Bandstand put the book together because she was convinced Diaries. headline, “We had the largest day in book sales.” and sold it to the network. The two-hour, five- there were “many untold stories” people her age Photo courtesy of Sultan Cutler The cover of Bandstand Diaries proclaims it’s day-a-week show got strong viewer ratings, and would want to read. The book, updated for its “the book you’ve waited over 50 years to read.” the brand took off. third printing in time for the show’s 60th anni- For me, the hype was true. Like many adolescents successful Hollywood producer. But she “always Through the power of television, average teen- versary celebration, continues to sell briskly, with growing up in the 1950s, I ran home from middle knew I was a bit different,” although she didn’t agers from Philadelphia became “teen idols,” said a bump in sales every time it’s featured online or school every afternoon to tune into the ABC show act on any of her lesbian fantasies until she was Smith, as recognizable as movie stars and with in print. Asked whether she’d consider including hosted by Dick Clark, featuring rock-and-roll stars 17 and had graduated from high school. more fan mail than Hollywood celebrities. The a new LGBT section, Cutler said, “Yes, absolutely. as well as the “regulars,” dancers who became Smith, the third co-author, was an occasional program had a seven-year run until 1964, when What a great idea.” famous and were featured on teen magazine cov- dancer on the show, always in awe of the “regu- Clark moved the program to Los Angeles, where it This review originally ran in the Bay Area Re- ers. I went overboard as a fan, writing to many lars,” he said in a phone interview. He went on to aired until 1989. In 2004, Clark announced plans porter. dancers and launching a national fan-club for have a longtime career as a producer on NBC-TV’s to revive the show in time for the 2005 season, Fans can order autographed copies of Band- regular Barbara Levick, who was the best friend Today show. but this did not occur, due at least in part to stand Diaries atBandstandDiaries.com. of co-author Sullivan. In 1952, Bandstand went on the air locally Clark suffering a severe stroke. So I adore the book, as I believe others would if they grew up watching the program. For LGBT people, reading about the show from the perspec- this past season, was also in the Oscar Best Pic- tive of two LGBT dancers makes it even more fun. ture nominee The Help alongside Octavia Spen- DJ/musician comes A chat with LGBT co-authors Sullivan and Smith cer, Viola Davis and Emma Stone. offers some clues about why the program, which He was born in Harvey, Illinois, and he and out as transgender LCD Soundsystem synth player/technician also launched the career of media mogul Dick his family moved to Alabama before he moved Gavin Russom, 43, has come out as a transgen- Clark, was such a longstanding success. to Chicago in his mid-teens. After being in the der woman. “I never thought of myself as any sort of celeb- military, Ellis studied at Illinois State University Talking with Pitchfork, Russom said, “Over the rity,” said Sullivan, 75, modest and soft-spoken. before getting his bachelor’s degree at the New last year and a half, I went from my trans iden- Sullivan, who spent most of her adult life as a York City’s Juilliard School. tity being something I was in touch with and blackjack dealer in Atlantic City, has been an Many celebrities mourned Ellis’ passing on so- worked through in one way or another, to sud- “out lesbian” since her late teens. “We were just cial media. Said True Blood creator Alan Ball: denly this shift where it’s on the front burner. ordinary middle-class kids in Philly,” she said in “Nelsan was a singular talent whose creativity Now it’s time to become a whole person.” a telephone interview. “Kids watching might’ve never ceased to amaze me. Working with him Russom will DJ publicly for the first time as identified with us. I was totally shy and wasn’t Nelsan Ellis. was a privilege.” Former True Blood co-star Joe a trans woman at the Femme’s Room party on even a good dancer” when she first went on the Manganiello posted, “ Crushed today by the loss PR photo Thursday, July 13, at Chicago’s Berlin nightclub. show. of my friend and castmate Nelsan Ellis. He was The following night, LCD Soundsystem will be Sullivan, who received hundreds of fan let- a wonderful person, a pioneer, and a one of a part of the Pitchfork Music Festival. ters every week and had fan-clubs formed in ‘True Blood’ actor kind artist. RIP.” The Pitchfork article is at http://pitchfork. her honor, said the attention didn’t phase her. Ellis was also behind the local group The Col- com/thepitch/lcd-soundsystems-gavin-russom- “I was really just an ordinary kid,” she said. She Ellis dies at 39 lective Theatre, an African-American company. Nelsan Ellis, best known for playing gay cook comes-out-as-transgender-interview/. dated boys on the program, including her long- He discussed the company’s first play, HooDoo Lafayette Reynolds on HBO’s True Blood, has time dance partner Kenny Rossi (“still to this day Love, with Windy City Times in 2012; see Windy- died at age 39. a very close friend”) and Joe Wissert, who also CityMediaGroup.com/lgbt/Nelsan-Ellis-From- Ellis, who joined the cast of CBS’ Elementary turned out to be gay, and went on to become a True-Blood-to-Hoodoo-Love/39569.html. WINDY CITY TIMES July 12, 2017 21 BOOK REVIEW anthology, although this reviewer would read a whole book of hers with relish. A’ville hosting new Off the Rocks, So what about the less theatrical pieces, then? Quieter works, like “Mermaids” (a short story by shopping series Vol. 20 Jan Bowman about a girl discovering her sexu- The Andersonville Chamber of Commerce (ACC) Allison Fradkin, director; ality while her parents’ marriage dissolves) and has launched “Andersonville First Fridays,” with Lancelot’s Secret (where an intern for a traveling the next event happening Friday, Aug. 4, 6-10 $15; NewTown Writers p.m. Press; 279 pages theater company in the South gets to observe both gay life and the incestouness of acting) are In an effort to promote local shopping and din- By Liz Baudler the ones that permeate. And William Broderick’s ing, businesses will keep their doors open late to welcome visitors with promotions, refreshments, There’s a certain tone of absurdity that NewTown “Man in a Dress” (one actor’s honest account of his terror at becoming frock-wearing Roger De and special experiences on the first Friday of each Writers Press often hits in its anthology: often month. droll, occasionally glib. Bris for a run of The Producers) is a nice insight into the craft ... and dress-wearing. How do wom- Some of the businesses involved include Ander- Volume 20 focuses on that queerest of specta- sonville Brewing, Candyality, Hamburger Mary’s, cles—the theater. As such, a large percentage of en do it so well? Overall, Volume 20 from NewTown is more light Swedish American Museum, Foursided and Women the volume is plays; poetry, fiction and the others & Children First. take a backseat here. This is unfortunate because than impactful, and if it’s prose you’re after, you might be disappointed. But tastes differ, and it’s Information will continue to be updated on An- the others are the most compelling pieces in this dersonville.org/firstfridays. anthology. always worth checking out what NewTown has to Often it feels like the plays are trying a little offer. too hard, relying on goofy stereotypes and dia- logue or else redoing Shakespeare while simul- taneously trying to make a larger point about marriage or LGBTQ teen suicide. These efforts be- long somewhere, but almost should stand alone: otherwise, they’re taking up too much room on De Bossy, are getting together to have a beauty CULTUCULTURREE CLUBCLUB the stage. demonstration party for Very Gay Cosmetics. An exception to all of the above—probably be- Said party evolves into a very witty discussion cause it’s so mile-a-minute zany and punny that of today’s lesbian issues, like representation, one can’t help but marvel at the mind that put it being lesbian enough and the dreaded bisexual together—is Allison Fradkin’s play Girl, You Know menace. It’s ridiculous--on par with Holly Hughes’ Its True Colors. Five women who “vary in presen- “The Well of Horniness”--but it’s so ridiculous tation,” as Fradkin’s stage directions say, and you just want to see it done. Fradkin’s always who go by names like Chick Van Dyke and Portia welcome to put her own work in any NewTown

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SPAMILTON.COM SAVE 20% ON GROUPS OF 10 OR MORE AT THE ROYAL GEORGE THEATRE WWW.GROUPTIX.NET OR CALL 773.327.3778 22 July 12, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES BOOKS Brandon Hayes turns his camera toward U.S. parks BY JAKE EKDAHL and trying to capture the perfect image. It’s very much documenting and capturing what we’re see- Brandon Hayes is a professional photographer ing. who specializes in nature photography. WCT: Do you have a favorite park? He and his husband, Sean Santos, plan to trav- BH: When I’m asked this question, I usually say el to and photograph all 59 U.S. national parks. Big Bend, in Texas. We went for my birthday, and (Their trips are documented on AsTheyAre.net.) its in November—which really limits the number Windy City Times: What is the main inspira- of parks you can go to, but Big Bend was one tion for your work? of them. And I thought I’d like it, but I fell in Brandon Hayes. Brandon Hayes: That’s a really good question. love with that park. Because it has desert, it has Photo courtesy of Hayes Certainly, the biggest inspiration for my work is mountains… It’s just a magical, magical park. being out in nature in the national parks. These WCT: Do you have a favorite plant or animal the national parks. I could handle that … and some of it is from an landscapes are saved because we’ve decided as to photograph? Later, my then parter [and current husband] airplane flying over. a nation that we want to protect and hold in BH: That’s a really good question. … I actually Sean and I went to a friend’s wedding in Akron, WCT: Do you think you might ever expand esteem this amazing heritage. … Definitely be- really like coyotes. There’s a really great book, Ohio. We were there in Akron, in our hotel room, this project and go abroad? Are there any in- ing out in these spaces, you know, seeing Denali called Coyote America, that came out last year and we were looking out northwest of Akron and ternational locations you’d really like to see? [National Park in Alaska], looking into the Grand by Western historian Dan Flores, and he refers to there was all this green. And I said to Sean “that BH: That’s a good question. Sean got me this Canyon. These are inspiring things. Just visually them as “little Western song dogs” and I find that has to be Cuyahoga Valley Park, just that sweep gift: the National Geographic guide to the Na- I’m inspired by these spaces. But in addition to romantic. And so, I actually just printed four im- of green with all those trees.” And he was very tional Parks in Canada. And I said “Well, let’s do that, when we’re out there I’m inspired by see- ages for a client and its four coyote images, and I much game to try to visit all the national parks. the U.S. first.” But I think definitely I could see ing flowers, trees plants, the way the light plays call them “sweet little Western song dogs.” Yeah, WCT: You guys [have visited] 23 of 59 na- us going to the Canadian national parks, because across. It’s sort of capturing that living, dynamic I really like coyotes, actually! tional parks. Do you know what 24 is going it’s exploring more of North America, and then place in nature, too. WCT: So where did the idea for As They Are to be? also the Mexican national parks, too. WCT: Walk me through your creative process. come from? BH: [Laughs] we do not. So last year, we hit WCT: What draws you to nature photography? Do you typically have an idea and then go out BH: So, the initial idea, way back when I was eight because it was the 100th anniversary of the BH: I think that the thing that I like about and pursue it, or do you just go to a place and a youth—I think I was 12—my aunt took me to [National] Parks Service. And I [thought] “Let’s capturing nature and about this project is two- let the ideas come to you? the Grand Canyon with my cousins. And I grew up catch up” because I had been to four national fold. I’ve got this friend who is this really talent- BH: I definitely let the ideas come to me. And in Detroit, so going out west was always really parks before we started this and Sean had been ed street photographer; his portraits of people in so, when we go, we sort of have an idea of what fun and exciting. It was just amazing. And the to one and, so last year, we calibrated. Chicago are just extraordinarily good. And that’s we want to do there. And so we approach them, following year we went to Yosemite. And I had I went back with Sean to the parks I had been just not my thing; I think I’m too shy to do that. first and foremost, as this exploration; this odys- this book, Reader’s Digest book of the national to when I was a kid, and then we went to Dry You know, you can take a picture of a tree, or sey, we’ve given ourselves 16 years to visit all parks—full color, photographs and all that— and Tortugas National Park which he had been to back a mountain, or a coyote, or an elk, and the elk 59 national parks. … It isn’t so much going out I would stare at them and I thought to myself, when he was in college and then picked up some either acknowledges you or it doesn’t. you know, as a [youth] someday I will go to all other ones along the way. I would say that prob- But I also like the idea that these landscapes ably the next big trip we want to do, possibly are also transient. You know, the rocky mountains this fall, would be to fly into Portland and do won’t always be there, and certainly when we the three national parks [around there], so Cra- went to Alaska, these glaciers are actively re- ter Lake, Lassen Volcanic and Redwood, and then treating in front of you. And also, I’m fascinated we’d fly out of San Francisco. by … this idea that the national parks are meant WCT: I heard that the frames for your photo- to protected in perpetuity, but that the parks graphs are sustainably produced from bamboo themselves change. and rubber trees. How important is produce WCT: When you’re traveling to these parks, I and selling environmentally friendly products imagine you and Sean have come across some for you? pretty interesting places and people. Are there BH: It’s hugely important. I mean, the photo- any that come to mind? graphs that I make, the art that I’m doing; they BH: Definitely. There’s this couple in Theodore are inspired by and capture nature. And so to Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. They travel to these places and then to put the work were both retired and her husband had [multiple together in ways that kind of ignore sustainabil- sclerosis], and they had sold their house and ity would seem like a betrayal of the process. were traveling around as much as they possibly WCT: Some of your pictures look like they’re could while they were mobile enough for him to taken from really high up. Are you and Sean still do this. … She knew that eventually they pretty experienced climbers/outdoorsmen? would come back and probably go into assisted BH: Some of the images are certainly from hik- living or something and that would be their life. ing up. I do have a fear of heights, so a lot of But, for the moment, their life was traveling and the stuff that’s up high is trails that we’ve gone seeing these amazing places. They were a really One of the national parks Brandon Hayes visited. to as opposed to actually rock climbing. Sean has amazing couple to meet. Photo courtesy of Hayes a background in rock climbing, but I don’t think See AsTheyAre.net. WINDY CITY TIMES July 12, 2017 23 ART Event looks at gender mysteries in artist Henry Darger’s works By Liz Baudler childhood innocence used to be “impervious” to adult sexuality. It was only after Freudian theory Concurrent with its Henry Darger exhibit, “Be- went mainstream in the 1940s that movies like twixt and Between,” coming to a close, Intuit: Temple’s became more suspect to modern eyes, The Center For Intuitive and Outside Art has host- she said. ed a spate of events exploring gender identity in Darger’s taste in media and Catholicism may Darger’s work. have had an interesting impact on the Vivian Darger was a Chicago-based artist who wrote Girl’s gender ambiguity. He was a fan of L. Frank and illustrated a lengthy manuscript about the Baum’s Oz books, and Rundquist highlighted a an Curator Leisa Rundquist. adventures of a group of young girls, The Viv- Oz storyline where a little boy has to turn into a Photo by Emagin Tanaschuk ian Girls. The illustrations get scholar’s attention. princess in order to save the kingdom. She also Darger traced pre-adolescent girls from adver- noted that Darger was a devotee of a saint who tisements and stuck them in fields of fantasti- called herself “the daughter of Joan of Arc,” a and beloved. “Nothing in the writing makes them on intensely. Though Darger’s world was fantas- cal flowers, battle scenes, religious classrooms... figure who not only figured prominently in WWI sound different,” Rundquist said. tic, Rundquist sees his attention to clothing as To quell speculation about Darger’s motives, grounding. “He tried to make things realistic as Rundquist offered more examples of historical possible to make them believable,” she said. media’s depiction childhood innocence, includ- The audience was curious about Darger’s per- ing an article depicting a topless three-year-old sonal life, including whether he might have been girl from a Chicago newspaper, and the infamous queer or trans. Rundquist said while that was a Coppertone ad where a puppy pulls down a little current focus of research, Darger “was really reti- girl’s underwear. Rundquist described the latter cent to say much about himself.” Still, Rundquist as a “slippage of erotica.” While people often fo- found it amazing that someone in the 20s or 30s cus on Darger’s collections of this material--he would have “unapologetically” created artwork had twenty copies of this ad alone--Rundquist along these lines. And she praised Darger’s abil- disputes the idea that it was necessarily his pri- ity as a storyteller, pointing out that his work vate erotica. “It’s mainstream erotica,” she said. was originally illustrations for his massive novel. “It’s part of our culture.” “This is where we’re at in Darger’s work,” Not only did Darger trace ads, ads educated Rundquist said, referring to the exhibit’s title, him; for instance, he consistently depicted the “Betwixt and Between,” from a JM Barrie quote Vivans in above the knee styles to indicate their about his own child creation, Peter Pan. “We kind pre-adolescent age. Rundquist showed tracings of like it, but we might be apprehensive about of shoes and socks that Darger seemed to focus looking at it too much.”

‘BLACK!’ in Theater Bike Chicago in July Ride on Sept. 9 Michael Washington Brown, in association The Third Annual Chicago Theater Bike Ride: An item in the “Betwixt and Between” exhibit. with Athenaeum Theatre Productions, present Love Hard will take place Saturday, Sept. 9, at Photo by Emagin Tanaschuk BLACK!, July 20-30, in Studio 2 at the Athenae- Foster Beach, 5200 N. Lake Shore Dr. um Theatre, 2936 N. Southport Ave. Opening The ceremony will be at 11 a.m., with the night is Thursday, July 20, at 7:30 p.m. first ride wave at 12 p.m. A community potluck and often depicted them nude with rudimentary propaganda, but is often tied to martyrdom and The England-born Browncreated BLACK! in barbecue will start at 1:30 p.m. penises. On July 1, Intuit invited guest curator gender ambiguity. Joan of Arc imagery shows up 2016. In the production, Brown inhabits an It’s a organization that will benefit The Ac- Leisa Rundquist to share some of her research in some of Darger’s illustrations. array of characters from Africa, the United tors Fund, a nationwide human services orga- into Darger’s mystery. Rundquist explained that early Christian my- States, England and Jamaica, performing each nization that helps all professionals in per- “I look for patterns in his work, a sense of in- thology often showed women gaining male char- person’s individual perspective and sharing his forming arts and entertainment (ActorsFund. ternal logic,” Rundquist said about her approach acteristics when they achieved “Christlike forti- experiences. The production highlights the nu- org); and The Emergency Aid Fund, which has to Darger. She commented that while Darger is tude.” She offered examples of St. Wilgefortis, a ances and life perspectives of various people assisted community members with funeral and considered an outsider artist, outsider artists are 10-year-old who grew a beard when she heard who are from the Black global community. apartment fire expenses with proceeds from the often considered “immune to culture.” she was arranged to be married, and St. Vivia Per- The performance schedule is Thursdays and first two Rides. “I don’t think he’s immune to culture at all,” petua, who dreamed that she turned into a man Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2 and 7:30 The Ride will host a benefit at Four Moon Rundquist said, citing the Little Eva character the night before she was martyred. Rundquist p.m. as well as Sundays at 2 p.m. The running Tavern, 1847 W. Roscoe St., on Monday, July from Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Shirley Temple as sees Vivia Perpetua as the Vivian Girls’ possible time is 100 minutes, including a 10-minute in- 31, 5-8 p.m. emblematic inspirations for Darger’s girls. namesake. She noted that the girls, who Darger termission. Organizers seek rider sponsorships, which in- Temple’s movies were a huge cultural touch- constantly claims are not dead despite suffer- Tickets are $25; visit AthenaeumTheatre.org clude logo placement on the website, T-shirts stone in the 1930s, and spoke to views of inno- ing horrible trauma, are often depicted without or call 773-935-6875. and the race day banner; visit LoveHardBik- cence at the time. “White little girls transformed clothes and with penises when active or in dan- eRide.org/sponsors.html. adults for the better, as long as men saw them ger. But she also noted that Darger did not find as cute,” Rundquist explained, pointing out that the girls odd, describing them as both beautiful 24 July 12, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES up for her as well. “I actually don’t know Natalie,” in theological studies at Vanderbilt University. Jennifer Knapp. said Knapp, who joked that she likes for it not She explained that she finds the study of Chris- PR photo to be all about her. Gaza is a local lesbian folk/ tianity enjoyable. When she isn’t doing that you rock singer who has been writing and recording can catch her listening to her favorite artists, songs since 2014 has quickly gained a following who include Tracy Chapman, Patty Griffin, Dave in the Midwest. Matthews, Cowboy Junkies, Natalie Merchant In preparation for her upcoming show Knapp and more. Regarding her favorite artists, Knapp recently released a new song, “Love Comes Back explained that “they’re driven to write about Around,” on June 23, during Pride month; Knapp their perspective; they’re commentators on their said that she believes her LGBTQ fans will be able life and experiences and that’s always appealed to relate to the record a lot. Knapp, who has to me.” This is something that Knapp said she lived in Michigan before, said that she is “excited strives to “emulate.” to catch up with Michiganders. I’ve only done a To learn more about Knapp and Gaza visit couple of shows in Michigan so I am absolutely their websites at http://jenniferknapp.com/ excited to be back.” and http://www.nataliegaza.com/. To find out In the meantime, Knapp can be found enjoying more about Knapp’s show, visit AcornTheater. nature or working toward obtaining her masters com.

—”A Conversation with Justice Ruth Bader ‘Kiki’ in Chicago Ginsburg” (Sept. 11, 2017): Ginsburg will en- gage in conversation with Judge Ann Claire throughout July Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the “The Kiki – Queer Comedy with Variety” is Seventh Circuit. MUSIC showcasing queer comics, storytellers, spoken- —Kathleen Battle: “Underground Railroad— word artists and improvisers at Transistor, 5224 A Spiritual Journey” (Sept. 30, 2017): Leg- N. Clark St., on Sundays throughout July. endary soprano and five-time Grammy winner Lesbian singer Jennifer Producers Eric Lewis-Baker (iO), Erin Dia- Kathleen Battle makes her Auditorium Theatre mond (Paper Machete), Scott Duff (Laugh Fac- debut with a program of songs inspired by the tory, OUT CHICAGO) and Peter Kim (Second Underground Railroad, the secret network that City) are presenting free weekly shows that helped bring 19th-century slaves to freedom. Knapp continues to feature local, diverse, queer talents. —David Sedaris (Nov. 1, 2017): Sedaris is See https://www.facebook.com/TheKikiCom- the author of the collections of personal es- edy/. says Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your break new ground Family in Corduroy and Denim, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: Beth Ditto to sing A Modern Bestiary and Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls. BY Tarina Hargrays judgement from others while also enjoying its in Chicago in July Beth Ditto will celebrate the release of her —”Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Mes- beauty and nature. “People in Australia don’t care debut solo album, Fake Sugar, with a North siah” (Jan. 12-14, 2018): “Too Hot to Handel: Lesbian singer-songwriter Jennifer Knapp has if you’re gay or Christian,” said Knapp. Knapp, American headline tour. The Jazz-Gospel Messiah” will take place for sold more than 1 million records and crossed over who has been back in the States since 2009, The run will kick off on July 12 in Washing- the 13th consecutive year over Dr. Martin Lu- into a completely different genre. said the decision was not easy. “I debated a long ton, D.C., and conclude on July 26 with a show ther King Jr. Day weekend. Knapp has recently returned to the music in- time about whether I was going to come back,” at The Independent in San Francisco. She will —Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (March dustry and will be headlining a show in Michigan she said. However, those seven years of healing perform at Chicago’s Lincoln Hall on July 17. 7-11, 2018): The Auditorium Theatre has been on Friday, Aug. 11, at the Acorn Theater in Three gave her the opportunity to find herself and her Virgin Records released Fake Sugar on June the company’s Chicago home for nearly half a Oaks, Michigan. Joining her as an opener will be happiness. Knapp said that one day she plans to 16. Tour tickets are on sale; see https://www. century. singer/songwriter Natalie Gaza. go back and grow old there but her reason for facebook.com/gossipmusic/ or LH-st.com. See AuditoriumTheatre.org. Knapp who first got her start in the contem- returning was to “reboot” her career. It was then In addition to releasing six albums with the porary Christian genre back in the ‘90s, quit the that she released her hit album Letting Go, which Gossip, Ditto has recorded with such artists as music industry after being nominated for two crossover communities enthusiastically received. Blondie and disco legend Cerrone; collaborat- Rolling Stones Grammys and then coming out as lesbian. When Despite her departure from Christian music, ed with Jean Paul Gaultier on her eponymous it came to singing Christian music she told Windy Knapp said she believes that her fan bases that plus-sized luxury clothing line; modeled for exhibit at Navy Pier City Times that she wondered, “What’s the point? existed before and after she came out have since The Rolling Stones’ first-ever major exhibi- Marc Jacobs; and appeared in Tom Ford’s Oscar- There were also some things I didn’t agree with intersected, and she doesn’t consider her fan tion, “Exhibitionism,” will make its Chicago nominated film Nocturnal Animals. in the genre.” She also added that when she quit base as a strictly LGBTQ or Christian crowd. In debut at Navy Pier through July 30. Christian music she thought she was quitting mu- fact, Knapp said that she believes her coming out The Chicago engagement follows the exhibit’s sic altogether. allowed some of those Christian fans to do the Sedaris, Ginsburg, global premiere in London and its star-studded However, she doesn’t fully fault her coming same. She also added that she sees her fan base U.S. premiere in NYC. Exhibitionism is the larg- out for her quitting music. “There were things as “all across the map.” With this is mind, Knapp Ailey dancers part of est touring experience of its kind ever to be in my personal life that I wanted to deal with said she makes sure she doesn’t let her identity staged, and the first time in history the band such as my sexual orientation,” she said. In ad- as a lesbian define her everyday life. “Most of the Auditorium’s season has unlocked its vast private archive. dition to that, Knapp explained that there were time, I go throughout my day and I don’t think, The Auditorium Theatre announced its 2017- Originated and produced by Australian-based several things she was battling at the time, but ‘What am I going to do as a gay person? Life 18 season under new Chief Executive Officer iEC Exhibitions! with the full participation of she didn’t know how to deal with it in the public is more complicated than ‘gayness’ and Jesus. It Tania Castroverde Moskalenko—along with its the band members and curated by Ileen Galla- eye. “At some point things needed to shift and I doesn’t dominate the conversation,” said Knapp. new tagline, “The Theatre for the People.” gher, this immersive and interactive exhibition didn’t know what,” said Knapp. That being said, Knapp said she wants her con- Diverse programming is the hallmark of the explores the Stones’ career featuring more than Soon after she left the music industry, Knapp cert to serve as a way to welcome LGBTQ people. upcoming season, with everything from a talk 500 rare and original items. moved to Australia for a few years with her part- Tickets to Knapp and Gaza’s Aug. 11 show will be with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Tickets for “Exhibitionism” will go on sale to ner—a move she claimed was “vital” to her heal- discounted for gay youth groups. Ginsburg to Alvin Ailey American Dance The- the general public on Feb. 24, 2017 at 10 a.m. ing. According to Knapp, Australia was a place Knapp said that she couldn’t be more “elated,” ater’s annual visit. See StonesExhibitionism.com. where she could live her life freely and without not only about the tickets but having Gaza open Some of the highlights are as follows: WINDY CITY TIMES July 12, 2017 25 More photos from Ride For AIDS Chicago. Photos by Julie Supple BLACK & PINK NATIONAL GATHERING

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Sponsored by: 26 July 12, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES scene by many readers and banned in parts of the French government, orchestrated by Gertrude BOOK REVIEW the country, but that a bookseller in New Orleans Stein—with Marc Chagall and Jean Paul Sartre was arrested by the vice squad for merely hav- as supporters. Baldwin’s file states that at one James Baldwin: ing the book on the shelf. District Attorney Jim point he was considered “a dangerous individual Garrison, that Jim Garrison, refused to move the who could be expected to commit acts inimical The FBI File case forward, but assistant city attorney Edward to the national defense.” Reading this now may by William J. Maxwell; Pinner was determined, pronouncing the book help us better understand his ultimate decision, $22.99; Arcade “so sickening that if the obscenity were removed, for which he was often criticized, to live out his Publishing; 440 pages you’d have nothing but the covers left.” A reader remaining days in St. Paul de Vence, France. By Max S. Gordon in the FBI’s General Crimes Division was assigned One can’t help but mourn the time and personal the book, and after reading it wrote a report to resources that went into creating Baldwin’s file. Those who have seen Raoul Peck’s I Am Not Your Hoover: “Another Country by James Baldwin has And at the core of the file is heartbreak: the be- Negro know the film is based on James Baldwin’s been reviewed and it has been concluded that the trayal by and suspicion of one’s country, and the unfinished project, an extended essay on the end book contains literary merit and may be of value fact that Baldwin was never fully appreciated in of the civil-rights movement—which Baldwin to students of psychology and social behavior”— the U.S. The file is his shadow tribute. People often referred to as the “last slave rebellion”— a review so favorable that Maxwell posits it could can only speculate how history might have been and the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr., have gone on the dust jacket of the book. altered had Hoover gone after the terrorists who Malcolm X and Medgar Evers. The book was to After several public comments by Baldwin, in bombed the church in Birmingham with the same be called Remember This House, but could eas- 1963 he was placed on the FBI’s Security Index, fervor with which he besieged Baldwin, an artist ily have been entitled Martin, Malcolm, Medgar “the highly classified database tracking American whose only “crime” was that he loved America and Me. citizens judged to be grave threats to national enough to tell us the bitter truth about ourselves. Having also witnessed the assassinations of “Baldwin and His File After Black Lives Matter,” security.” He knew there was a precedent for Baldwin, who always reminded us about the im- the Kennedys; civil-rights activists Chaney, Good- Maxwell argues that Baldwin (as author and ac- America messing with its Black artists. During portant of the “witnessing” in his work, can be man and Schwerner; and the Birmingham church tivist) is still vital to our progressive movements, the McCarthy years, Paul Robeson, for example, seen today in the BLM activist who captures po- bombing that killed four little girls, Baldwin was that intersectionality defined his work before it was denied renewal of his passport in 1955 de- lice brutality on her cellphone, who speaks out more than aware of the danger he faced as a civil became a “thing” and that he is an “exemplar of spite filing a suit in federal court. And Native Son against a Trump administration—well aware that rights-related public figure: He’d received death the queer-inflected mood of the Black Lives Mat- author Richard Wright’s application for a pass- she may be inviting an FBI file of her own. threats and feared he might be next. Some asso- ter [BLM] era now.” port in 1946 was also turned down by the State ciates considered it grandiose and paranoid when Readers learn from Maxwell that the FBI had Department, until a formal invitation came from Baldwin insisted that his phones were being a relationship with outspoken Black writers dat- tapped and claimed that he was under surveil- ing all the way back to the Harlem Renaissance. marriage in an interview with CNN. lance by the FBI as one of the leading proponents A special report to J. Edgar Hoover in 1919 ac- Cirque du Soleil The musician’s new album is arguably more of the movement and the most eloquent critic knowledges the “marked ability” of the new Ne- buys Blue Man Group personal than any other work he has released. of U.S. injustice toward the Negro. If William J. gro writer: “(He) means business, and it would In addition to his mother’s sexuality, the rap- Maxwell’s James Baldwin: The FBI File served no Cirque du Soleil has acquired Blue Man Pro- per also seemingly apologizes for infidelities be well to take him at his word.” James Weldon ductions, reportedly for tens of millions of dol- other purpose than to vindicate Baldwin suspi- Johnson, author of The Autobiography of an Ex- he has committed while being married to su- cions that he was indeed being pursued by gov- lars. perstar Beyonce—dealing with rumors she Colored Man (1912), after reviewing a related The acquisition marks one step on Cirque’s ernment agencies, it would be worth the read. FBI report on African-American literature, wrote, brought up in her 2016 album Lemonade. One Initially obtained through the Freedom of path toward growth and diversity, Variety not- line in JAY-Z’s title song goes “I apologize, of- “[What] astonishes [them] most is the fact that ed. Blue Man Group started as a small show in Information Act by Baldwin biographer James these articles are written by Negroes who know ten womanize/Took for my child to be born to Campbell after a successful 1998 court challenge, New York more than a quarter-century ago; it see through a woman’s eyes.” how to use the English language.” And no one, has since played in 20 countries and has six most of the contents of the file are accessible it can be argued, was more skilled at using the online. But one can be overwhelmed or left cold resident productions in the Germany and Unit- English language as a weapon of resistance than ed States, including one in Chicago’s Lake View just looking through endless clippings and mem- Baldwin. Sean Wiggins in os. (Many pages were redacted before release.) neighborhood at the Briar Street Theater, 3133 The information we learn from the file is fas- N. Halsted St. Chicago July 14 It helps to have a guide to provide context and cinating, divided into sections such as “Baldwin to enable the reader to appreciate why Baldwin’s China will be one major focus of expansion Singer Sean Wiggins is scheduled to perform as Homosexual and Public Enemy” and “The Bu- for both companies, according to Cirque du So- Friday, July 14, at The Glenwood, 6962 N. Glen- FBI file mattered then and now—specifically to reau Stalks Baldwin on Broadway.” Wiretaps of a activists in 2017. In the introduction, entitled leil CEO Daniel Lamarre, who said Cirque will wood Ave., 9-11 p.m. conversation between Elijah Muhammad, leader soon unveil a couple of major projects there. This performance will be with a full band of the Nation of Islam, and Malcolm The Variety article is at http://variety. that includes two Chicago locals, Chandler Ma- X reveal that Muhammad was deeply com/2017/legit/news/cirque-du-soleil-buys- rino and Sheela Reddy, as well as guitar player impressed by Baldwin after watching blue-man-group-1202488712/. Paul Houston. They play a mix of covers and him on television—which may be one originals from rock to country to blues. of the reasons he agreed to sit down Admission is $10, or $5 for those who arrive Mulryan with him later, their meeting memo- JAY-Z’s mother before 8:30 p.m. See SeanWiggins.com. rialized in Baldwin’s iconic essay The Fire Next Time. Baldwin was publicly comes out as lesbian sassy despite his private concern; he Gloria Carter, JAY-Z’s mother, came out as knew he was being watched, and his lesbian in a new track featured on the rapper’s response was to watch the watchers. just-released 4:44 album, which went platinum & York His criticisms of the FBI were edited in less than a week. out by the USIA (United States In- The song, “Smile,” features JAY-Z and Carter formation Agency) from a television discussing her sexuality in a public first for ei- Attorneys At Law interview he gave in 1963, and yet he ther one. was openly critical of the bureau and “Mama had four kids, but she’s a lesbian / said specifically of J. Edgar Hoover: Had to pretend so long that she’s a thespian,” 4001 N. Wolcott “[He] is history’s most highly paid JAY-Z raps in the song, which contains a sam- (and most utterly useless) voyeur.” ple of Stevie Wonder’s “Love’s In Need Of Love Chicago, IL 60613 Today.” It is astonishing to discover not Sean Wiggins. only that Baldwin’s 1962 novel An- In 2012, JAY-Z said he supported same-sex (773) 248-8887 Photo courtesy of Wiggins other Country was considered ob- WINDY CITY TIMES July 12, 2017 27 out about these issues. In addition, Bardo asked about the current Force era ends state of locker rooms since Collins came out. Col- lins said all of his Brooklyn Nets teammates had with loss to Boston his back right away, and noted the evolution of The Chicago Force women’s football team end- basketball player Tim Hardaway after retired NBA ed its 15-year existence with a 47-33 loss to the player John Amaechi came out as gay. Hardaway, Boston Renegades at Della Russo Field in Revere, Collins explained, started out as someone who Massachusetts, on July 8. said he hated gay people; however, he is an LGBT The Renegades seized at 21-0 lead in the first advocate who has worked with the Trevor Project quarter en route to the win. and called Collins after he came out to offer his Force team owner Linda Bache announced be- support. fore the 2017 season that it would be the team’s When asked how sports has helped them over- last under her leadership. The team established a come things in their lives, Boyette said playing 7-1 regular-season record before defeating Pitts- basketball is a confidence-booster while Collins burgh and losing to Boston in the playoffs. said it became his refuge when he was still in Chicago’s won the national championship in the closet. 2013—its lone title among three championship Boyette said writing poetry helped her process game tries. things while Collins explained that the lockout Boston now plays the Dallas Elite on Saturday, during the 2010-2011 basketball season was the July 22, in the national-championship game at turning point in his coming out process. Pittsburgh’s Highmark Stadium. As for their biggest influences, Collins said it was his parents while Boyette mentioned fellow WNBA star Lisa Leslie. ‘CLLAW XXVII’ on During the audience Q&A, someone asked Boy- July 29 in Chicago ette about Wiggins’ comments and she reiterated The Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers what she’s said in the past about this issue. Col- (CLLAW) will be featured at “CLLAW XXVII: Sum- lins noted the most important thing is to be a mer Smackdown” on Saturday, July 29, at Logan good teammate whether it’s in sports or other Square Auditorium, 2539 N. Kedzie Ave. parts of one’s life. CLLAW’s 27th benefit match will feature lady- Imani Boyette, Stephen Bardo and Jason Collins. Collins also participated in a breakfast net- identified arm wrestlers, musical entertainment Photo by Sam Salzeider working event with the LGBT Chamber of Com- from Jackass Magnets and a cash bar. merce July 7 at Nacional 27 as well as a Q&A and Doors open at 9 p.m., with the first match be- meet-and-greet with Center on Halsted members ginning at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 each; visit Jason Collins, Sky star and Sky fans July 8 at Allstate Arena. CLLAW.org or purchase at the door. discuss facing adversity By Carrie Maxwell that changed over time) asked Collins about his mom’s reaction when he came out. Collins not- To kick off its diversity and inclusion celebration ed that when he was growing up she would say weekend, the Chicago Sky and retired NBA player negative things about his gay uncle (her brother- Jason Collins hosted a meet-and-greet panel July in-law) and at the time he knew he was gay but 6 at Midtown Athletic Club. Collins and Chicago could not accept it. He said this made him harbor Sky’s starting center Imani Boyette spoke at the a lot of resentment toward his mom and kept him The “Facing Adversity Through Sports” panel, with rein the closet for a longer period of time. Collins tired NBA player Stephen Bardo moderating. explained that after he came out to her they went Collins holds the distinction of being the first to therapy together and she has also become well hookup site active male professional athlete in basketball, versed in LGBT issues. baseball, football or hockey to come out as gay “The person she is today would beat the crap in the United States. He made this announce- out of the person she was in the past,” said Col- TOO HOT ment in Sports Illustrated when the 2012-2013 lins about his mom. NBA season ended. Collins currently serves as an Bardo asked Boyette about growing up with a NBA global ambassador and diversity advocate. mom (Pam McGee, an Olympic gold medalist and for the Boyette made headlines earlier this year when the first WNBA player with a daughter and son she wrote an open letter on her website to retired who play professional basketball) who was also a WNBA player Candice Wiggins refuting Wiggins’ successful basketball player. Boyette said it was app store claim that 98 percent of WNBA players are les- hard for her, especially when she was younger. bians. In her letter, Boyette said Wiggins “rein- Both Collins and Boyette talked about how forced unfair stereotypes” about women in sports awkward it was to be so much taller than the rest with her comments. Wiggins also said WNBA cul- of their classmates. Collins noted that both him ture is “toxic” and “harmful” which Boyette and and his twin brother Jarron (who also played for other players said is a lie. the NBA) were 5’3” in third grade and taller than Chicago Sky Vice President of Marketing Part- their teacher. nerships Jim Burda, Avison Young Marketing Collins added that his grandmother told him Manager Andrew Fredricks and Midtown Athletic the most important thing to have is a good repu- Club Senior Vice President and General Manager tation because it will take one far in life. Michael Mahoney spoke ahead of the panel dis- Boyette spoke about her depression and being cussion. a survivor of sexual abuse as well as her three Bardo (who, at one point, noted that he him- suicide attempts. She said how important it is for self was homophobic while in college, although her to use her status as a basketball star to speak 28 July 12, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES

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a few, such as new Executive Chef Steve Goellner. the salad, mashed potatoes, Yorkshire pudding There’s even a plaque stating the restaurant’s (for sopping up gravy from the potatoes) and code of ethics that’s on the left upon entering even whipped-cream horseradish? And when was the establishment. the last time you had creamed corn? (I wasn’t the DISH I mentioned all of these frozen-in-time ele- sure what to think of it, but it was absolutely Weekly Dining Guide in ments to emphasize what the people at Lawry’s divine—I kid you not.) already know: Being “old-fashioned” can be a And if you somehow have room after all that, WINDY CITY TIMES wonderful thing. I heartily recommend Lawry’s desserts, which As for the cuisine, it will also take you back— include sticky toffee pudding, cheesecake, hot- SAVOR again, in a very fulfilling way. The calamari (with fudge sundae and other items. chipotle aioli and arrabbiata sauce) is very tasty, As for drinks, there’s a tantalizing selection of Lawry’s The and the spinning-bowl salad (prepared tableside) wines and champagne, including the veritable Lawry’s mash and corn. is a must. Dom Perignon. However, feel free to also have a Prime Rib PR photo However, as the restaurant’s name indicates, it cocktail, including the refreshing Chicago Sunset, BY ANDREW DAVIS specializes in the steak cut known as prime rib— which comes with a miniature Chicago flag on a mained largely unchanged over decades. and it does it remarkably well (perfectly served toothpick. Located just off The Magnificent Mile, Lawry’s I just left the set of Mad Men. by the master carver who has—you guessed it— You may have walked by Lawry’s a thousand has been open in Chicago since 1974 (based on OK: Obviously I wasn’t there, mostly because been there practically from the beginning). Se- times (as I had), but check it out: It will not only the Beverly Hills restaurant that launched in the show ended a couple years ago. However, lections include the Diamond Jim Brady cut (an pleasant surprise you, but that older relative will 1938). the very attentive servers (who are almost Lawry’s The Prime Rib (100 E. Ontario St.; Law- extra-thick portion that includes the rib bone) probably love it as well. always women) wear spiffy brown uniforms and rysOnline.com) is straight of out that era, putting and the traditional Lawry cut, which I had. Of Note: Restaurant profiles/events are based are called Mrs. So-and-So. Most of the extremely it in an exclusive group of Chicago restaurants course, it was cooked perfectly. By the way, did on invitations arranged from restaurants and/ friendly staff has been there for decades (again, that are considered classics and that have re- I mention that each prime-rib dinner comes with or firms. distinguishing it from the newer spots), save for

PHOENIX SIDETRACK Taking in a hot show. Saturday sexiness. Photos by Jerry Nunn Photos by Jed Dulanas WINDY CITY TIMES July 12, 2017 29 Billy MastersMasters

“It’s about damn time somebody did. I’m like, ‘Shit or get off the pot!’”—Kelly Clarkson’s response after she helped facilitate a gay proposal at one of her concerts, and one of the guys said they’ve been dating for four years. Is there anything lovelier than Provincetown on the Fourth of July? Amidst the hustle and bustle of the usual tourists come the hordes of whores—young gay men (young = 20s and 30s) with single-digit body fat. Lovely to look at, to be sure, but they do have a way of killing one’s appetite ... to say nothing of one’s will to live! Regardless, a good time was had by all. As they say, it only takes one person. In this particular case, it took three foreign lads without their pa- pers and my threatening to call INS. But, a happy ending’s a happy ending! Amidst the surf, sun and sex, I was surprised to get a call from the divine Sheryl Lee Ralph. It wasn’t her call that surprised me, but the fact that it came when I knew she should be onstage in Broadway’s Wicked. She had a few moments to kill before her next entrance as Madame Morrible Andrew Garfield (here in The Amazing Spider- and wanted to let me know about a concert she’s Man) is in hot water because of a gay-related doing in NYC to benefit her Diva Foundation. comment he made. “Sheryl Lee Ralph: A Diva Simply Singing!” will Official Facebook photo take place Sunday, July 30, at the Metropolitan Room. I would expect some great songs, dishy It sounds like he’s saying that because he anecdotes and a whole lotta glamour! I might watches RuPaul, he’s a gay man—well, a gay man even fly in for this. Get your tickets at Metropoli- not having sex with other men. While I’m sure he tanRoom.com. didn’t mean to stereotype, not all gay men are You all know ESPN: The Magazine, right? Well, watching RuPaul. And watching Ru doesn’t make you probably don’t, but you probably heard of you gay. But sex with other men—you know, their “Body Issue”—the one with all the nude that’s a big thing. Well, in my case it’s a very big athletes. There was lots of chatter about the siz- thing. The point is, Andrew, you are not a gay zling hot pics of Patriots wide receiver Julian man ... you’re just playing one on stage. And that Edelman. But our own Gus Kenworthy is also really should be enough. If you’d like to see a gay in the mag. He took a series of nudes over the man in Angels in America, you might check out course of six hours on a ski slope. One might ex- Garfield’s co-stars—Russell Tovey and Nathan pect major shrinkage, but that’s not the case—as Lane. Now THOSE are gay men! you’ll see on BillyMasters.com. You know summer is here when we hear about video is making the rounds, the original footage I know people look at us gay men and think, another Vatican sex scandal. Last year, cardinals can be found on BillyMasters.com. “Gosh, they have it all. If only I were gay!” As and priests were holding wet underwear contests Could it be that a star of stage and screen (well, we know, it takes more than just wistful think- in baptismal fonts. This year, they’re at it again. small screen) has also been filmed in a compro- ing. It takes hard work—sucking, fucking, learn- The Vatican police got a call about an out-of- mising position? These things happen when you ing Barbra Streisand lyrics; it never ends. And control party going on in the apartment of the and your boyfriend pick up random guys online yet, some people think they can take the express secretary to Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio— for a three-way. In the clip, our newsworthy lad is route. Andrew Garfield is currently in the London who just happens to be an aide to the Pope. But purportedly filling one side of the hook-up while National Theatre production of Angels in America. it wasn’t just a party. Reports say that the police his boyfriend is filling the other—without ever In a post-performance talkback, Garfield said, “As broke up what is being called an “orgy” filled letting the cell phone fall from his hands. Now, far as I know, I am not a gay man. Maybe I’ll with men engaged in sexual activity and doing THAT’S multitasking! I should add, it sure looks have an awakening later in my life, which I’m illegal drugs! Sure sounds like an orgy to me. like the star’s beau in the middle. But it really is sure will be wonderful and I’ll get to explore that And yet, it’s not this week’s only orgy. You may hard to tell. But there is a brief glimpse of the part of the garden, but right now I’m secluded to have heard about an orgy held in the locker room star’s face, and there’s no mistaking that hair, my area, which is wonderful as well. I adore it, of the Brazilian soccer team. It all happened in that hard body or that johnson! but a big concern was what right do I have to Passo Fundo, Brazil, after a match played by the When we’re finding videos of lost boys, it’s time play this wonderful gay role? It was about doing Sport Clube Gaucho. Apparently one player was to end yet another column. For more dish, follow honor, doing justice and knowing my herstory.” on his knees servicing two other players while the yellow brick road to www.BillyMasters.com— OK, somewhat awkward, but I get it. He added, another guy was filming them. Call me old-fash- the site that never met an orgy it didn’t like! As “My only time off during rehearsals—every Sun- ioned, but I wouldn’t call that an orgy. It just usual, you can send your questions to Billy@Bil- day I would have eight friends over and we would sounds like a typical weekend. Anyhoo, once the lyMasters.com and I promise to get back to you just watch ‘Ru’ [‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’]. This is my video went public, the team’s president dismissed before Andrew Garfield watches Good Times and life outside of this play. I am a gay man right all four players. Why? Because the tryst happened decides he’s Black! Until next time, remember: now, just without the physical act—that’s all.” on club property. While an edited version of the One man’s filth is another man’s bible. 30 July 12, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES

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Cinema/Chicago and the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival invite you to a special tribute to two-time Academy Award© winner and three-time Golden Globe©-winning actress Jane Fonda.

Saturday, July 29, 2017 • Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel Chicago • 221 N. Columbus Drive

6:30 PM Cocktails and Small Plates EVENING HOST: Silent auction Richard Roeper Red carpet arrivals Chicago Sun-Times columnist and 8:00 PM Tribute to Jane Fonda film critic and host of Jane Fonda’s career will be celebrated through Fox 32 Good Day Chicago. an on-stage conversation and a selection of film highlights. For tickets and table reservations: 9:30 PM After-party with DJ 312.683.0121 x122 or CHICAGOFILMFESTIVAL.COM Complimentary wine and select cocktails Net proceeds from this event will benefit Cinema/Chicago’s year-round Education Program. The courtesy of Chloe Wine Collection and Program provides free film screenings to more than 7,000 Chicago Public School students annually as well as curriculum support and study guides for educators. The Program will also include a new Wansas Tequila in-classroom component. Additionally, the Education Program includes the annual CineYouth Festival, which showcases the talent of the next generation of filmmakers 22 years old and younger and our Student Film Council for Chicagoland high school students with a passion for cinema.

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