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VOL 34, NO. 33 AUG. 21, 2019 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com MONEY TRAIL LGBT dollars go to Buttigieg, Harris. Official photo of Mayor Pete Buttigieg 4 EQUALITY ILLINOIS Board commits to diversity. WCT photo of board member Channyn Lynne Parker LIPS 6 MICHAEL UNSEALED BAUER Reflects on a life of activism. Photo by Matt Simonette Drag-and-dining venue set to open PAGE 18 From left: Ruff N Stuff; Mimi Marks, Shavonna B. Brooks. 8 Photos courtesy of Lips @windycitytimes /windycitymediagroup @windycitytimes www.windycitymediagroup.com 2 Aug. 21, 2019 WINDY CITY TIMES 2019 140 EVENTS FROM MAY 31 THROUGH SEPT. 15 INCLUDING AUGUST 22 AUGUST 28 AUGUST 29 AUGUST 31 BERNSTEIN MUSIC THEATER TROUBLE QUEEN GLITTER AND BE GAY LATIFAH IN TAHITI WITH RAVINIA’S FIRST FULL PRODUCTION OF COMMON BERNSTEIN’S An Evening MASS STAR RETURNS With MICHAEL HALEY and THE KNIGHTS, CONDUCTED BY ERIC JACOBSEN FEINSTEIN REINHART SEPTEMBER 12 SEPTEMBER 7 SEPTEMBER 8 Command Encore! 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Illinois had the second strongest preference for Buttigieg, giving This may not be a surprise, but it is news: Openly 50 percent to Buttigieg. gay presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has outraised his Democratic competitors in most Ah, the caveats! heavily LGBT neighborhoods around the country. These numbers do not mean that the LGBT vote And he is now the third most successful fun- is reliably behind Buttigieg. draiser among the 22 viable candidates for the First, the dollar counts are just that: dollars, Democratic nomination. But the data—and an not votes. examination of who has given money—suggests Second, not all LGBT people live in zip codes that the LGBT community is keeping significant with heavily LGBT populations. support behind other major Democratic presiden- Third, some people who gave money to a Demo- Left: Mayor Pete Buttigieg at the Rainbow PUSH event. Right: Kamala Harris. tial candidates and that the community’s poten- cratic candidate gave money to two or more can- Buttigieg photo by Joshua Irvine; official head shot of Harris tial has much room for growth. didates. According to Federal Elections Commission’s re- Also, the data on contributions by zip code $200 and above, Buttigieg’s raised $32 million, dale Mayor Dean Trantalis—have all given $2,800 ports through the second quarter (June 30), But- represents only “small-dollar donations.” It origi- putting him in third behind Sanders ($46 million) to Buttigieg. tigieg had raised $32 million, behind U.S. Sens. nated with a Democratic political action commit- and Warren ($36 million). —Six had given to Buttigieg and at least one Bernie Sanders ($46 million) and Elizabeth War- tee that runs the fundraising website ActBlue. Finally, a search through FEC records for the other of the top tier candidates. ren ($35 million). ActBlue provides a way for people who want to names of individual LGBT leaders, well-known ac- The next round of campaign funding reports is An analysis of dollars to Democratic candidates support Democratic candidates and organizations tivists and celebrities found that only 19 out of due into the FEC on Monday, Sept. 30. Meanwhile, in 40 zip codes known to have heavily LGBT to give small-dollar amounts (less than $200) 100 had made a reportable contribution to any the latest national polling shows Buttigieg may populations indicates that Buttigieg raked in 38 quickly and easily. In the first six months of Democratic presidential candidate so far. Given have slipped in the standings. In mid-June, a Fox percent of the total dollars. He was followed by 2019, the PAC raised $345 million that way. that the FEC records the names of only those do- News poll of more than 400 Democratic primary U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (22 percent), Warren (18 Several major media organizations, such as the nors who give $200 or more, the other 81 might voters found the South Bend mayor at 8 percent. percent), Sanders (13 percent) and former Vice New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, have have given contributions of less than $200. Bar- In mid-July, the Fox poll found him at 5. And in President Joe Biden (9 percent). processed the ActBlue raw data from the FEC in ring that, the numbers suggest that LGBT leaders, mid-August, he is tied with U.S.