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By ANDREW DAVIS WCT: I thought dancers lived on kale. As part of Lincoln Center at the Movies: Great VG: Don’t get me American Dance series, there will be a nationwide wrong; I do like the kale. But showing of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater I’m a Libra, so it’s all about bal- (AAADT) Thursday, Oct. 22. ance. An integral part of AAADT (which is based in New WCT: Switching gears, would you York City) is Chicagoan Vernard Gilmore. Having say that performing at the White House [in grown up in Englewood, Gilmore has toured glob- 2010] was a highlight of your career? ally with Ailey II and Alvin Ailey American Dance VG: Oh, yeah. I was lucky and blessed enough Theater for 20 years. to grow up with the company while [Obama] was He is also a choreographer, including for the Ai- running for president. We got to meet the family ley Dancers Resource Fund, a benefit performance on several occasions while we were in Chicago. I held annually which raises money for current and went out to St. Petersburg’s College in Jersey to former Ailey dancers in order to assist with career hear him speak, and I was just enamored. And transitions, choreographic projects, and loans for then watching him come full-circle and become injury-related emergencies. the president, and then watching us becoming more connected to the White House because Mi- : You reside in New York, but chelle loved the company—it was just magical, you’re a Chicagoan at heart? really. I have my picture with them sitting on my Vernard Gilnore: Of course! [Laughs] I try to come mantel; I’m very blessed. back two to three times a year—for my grand- WCT: You came to Chicago back in 2012, mother’s birthday, our dancing and just hanging when a plaque was dedicated to Alvin Ailey at around. I don’t have any favorite spots, but nor- the Legacy Walk. What did that mean to you? KATE EXPECTATIONS mally I catch up with friends; a couple of friends VG: Oh—any time I can give back to Chicago from college love to take me to that restaurant, RL fills my heart. I’m so thankful I grew up here and Trans advocate Kate Bornstein on ‘dancing with [Ralph Lauren]. Everyone loves it because it’s so that I’m the man I am because of core values. death’. chi-chi, but I love gyros and French fries, or some rib tips. Turn to page 16 Photo by Maxwell Lander 18

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Intersex Awareness Day, an international event launched in 1996, is marked each Oct. 26 Coming out on campus through grassroots efforts around the world. Persons who identify as intersex or who are On Sept. 23 protestors arrived on my without ever truly shouting the words, interested in learning more about intersex is- cornfield-encompased campus, DePauw “I am gay. I am a lesbian”? sues meet monthly for casual conversation at University in rural Indiana. They spewed I had been doing my work in hiding. the Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St. The hate speech aimed at the small LGBTQ I was too scared to come to the LGBTQ group, Intersex Chicago, meets 6:30- 9 p.m. on community. The following is an opinion meetings. I declined the invitation to the first Tuesday of every month, and is also piece I wrote in our school newspaper speak at the Coming Out Monologues, open to allies, friends, family and significant after the tramatic events of the day. and I agonized over how a special others. Participation is free. This group be- friend and I should interact in public. lieves that being intersex is a natural variation I have three simple words that are Many peers over the summer came to of development and not a disorder. utterly terrifying to share with all of ‘find out’ about my sexuality. This has Although Center on Halsted is an LGBTQI you … I am gay. been a blessing and a curse. To those community center, it is not necessary to iden- I have waited years to say this, first who have supported me—thank you, I tify as LGBTQ in order to take part in the meet- to myself, then to my friends and some appreciate it. But I am not going to ings. Member Alex McCorry pointed out that family, and then to you, and everyone high five you for continuing to treat me many intersex individuals do not, in fact, iden- else in between. On Sept. 23, I left my with dignity. tify as LGBTQ. McCorry also indicated that in- apartment in baggy jeans, Calvin Klein To my freshman self—you are not tersex persons may have difficulty finding one boxers and I was on the phone speak- alone here. You will feel alone here another. ing to a special lady friend of mine. some days, but rest assured, you are To say the least, the whole scene was not. Intersex Chicago member Alexis Mickler. quite gay. To the freshmen—I hope that my Photos from Gene Naden Then the protesters arrived and coming out as a senior will help you again, like so many days before, I was come out sooner. I want to save you reminded that I was hated, disgusting from years of sadness and sneaking. ganization Accord Alliance “promotes compre- and far from normal. It is so terribly exhausting to live as hensive and integrated approaches to care that For most of that protest, I stood si- someone else. enhance the health and well-being of people lently in shock, watching attackers bat- To those of you who asked for three- and families affected by disorders of sex devel- somes, to the cou- opment (DSD).” ples who made bets The U.S. affiliate of the Organization Inter- to see which one of sex International (OII) promotes the Intersex you could hookup Campaign for Equality, a “multi-gendered, “For the rest of you—we are here. with me first, to multi-orientation, multi-racial NGO working for We are in the hallways when you tell the people who human rights for intersex people—particularly made my life and the rights to bodily integrity, self-determina- your roommate not to wear that outfit sexuality one big tion, legal recognition and de-pathologization because she will ‘look like a dyke.’ We are joke, and to those of intersex traits and non-binary identities in of you who made medicine and society.” here when you assume all the students in me feel worth- AIS-DSD is a support group with an Internet your class are straight, when you forget less—despite my presence. AIS stands for androgen insensitiv- laughs, what you ity syndrome, a particular Intersex condition. about us.” said has hurt me. The group defines the acronym DSD differently You are the reason from the medical establishment, using the we stay in the clos- phrase “differences of sexual development” ter the spirit of my campus. In those et, why we work in silence. rather than “disorders of sexual development.” frightening moments, it dawned on me For the rest of you—we are here. We The banner of the AIS-DSD website home page that perhaps my most important weap- are in the hallways when you tell your reads, “Better Lives for those touched by Dif- on is visibility. I am writing this piece roommate not to wear that outfit be- ferences of Sexual Development.” For a $25 an- to become more visible. I am a senior, cause she will ‘look like a dyke.’ We are nual fee, AIS-DSD offers membership to adults and my time here is drawing to a close. here when you assume all the students with DSD, family members, medical allies and For weeks prior to this day, I had in your class are straight, when you for- professional allies. Members can receive refer- been doing the work that I felt I need- get about us. rals to support groups. Dr. Veronica Drantz and Alex McCrory. ed to do before I left this campus. I set If I could erase the pain from the Email the Chicago group at IntersexChicago@ out to make this campus a little more past two years, I would. While my ex- gmail.com. A few other resource links for fur- queer. I met with the Office of LGBTQ periences may have made me stronger, Group member Alexis Mickler said that the ther information include Meetup.com/Intersex- Life to plan and seek advice; I lead a my strength is not a consolation prize. organization provided her with her first op- Chicago, Facebook.com/groups/intersexchi- project to ensure gender-neutral bath- I have been afraid for too much of my portunity to meet with other intersex individu- cago, AIClegal.org, Accordalliance.org, oii-usa. rooms on campus for the trans commu- college experience, and I have spent als, meeting one goal of the group: providing org, aisdsd.org and https://en.wikipedia.org/ nity; I created an LGBTQ PSA through too much time employing survival tac- a social connection. Dr. Veronica Drantz, an wiki/Intersex_Awareness_Day. ally, advocated education of the public and the student council; and I searched for tics. medical profession as additional goals. books to read to the local community This piece is a declaration of iden- Historically, intersex persons have faced many children about families with ‘two mom- tity, a refusal to hide any longer and a challenges. When infants have been born with Groups release mies.’ Frankly, I was quite proud of my- call for awareness in this community. I ambiguous genitalia—sex organs that are not self. However, after the events of Sept. don’t expect to see gay men grinding distinctly male or female—surgery has often asylum report 23, I left those massacred streets feel- on each other in a fraternity; I’ll save been performed to make them look more “nor- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foun- ing ashamed. How could I do this work, that for my weekends in Boystown. I mal.” According to Drantz, this often resulted dation—in partnership with the LGBT Free- how could I claim I wanted to make challenge you all, after hearing my sto- in loss of sensation and an impaired future sex dom and Asylum Network (LGBT-FAN), and this campus more queer and accepting, ry, to try thinking a little more queerly. life. The rights of children born with intersex the National LGBTQ Task Force—introduced traits remains a concern and a national orga- the new guide “Stronger Together: A Guide Viti is a Senior at DePauw University studying Conflict and Gender, a proud Lane nization, Advocates for Informed Choice (AIC), to Supporting LGBT Asylum Seekers” during Tech Alum and from Edgewater in Chicago. She was an intern with Windy City exists with the explicit mission of advocating an Oct. 15 event at HRC’s Equality Center. Times this summer. for them. According to a press release, “Stronger Another difficulty, McCorry noted, is the Together provides crucial advice and guid- people may not realize they are intersex until ance to service providers working with later in life. The person’s genitalia may appear LGBT asylum seekers coming to the United definitely male or female even though there States in search of better, safer lives.” are underlying hormonal or chromosomal dif- The report is at http://hrc-assets.s3- ferences. website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com//files/ Intersex conditions are sometimes labeled assets/resources/LGBT_Asylum_Seekers_ @windycitytimes1 “disorders of sexual development” and the or- FINAL.pdf. 68236 Filename 68428_68236_M06B_HI2647R0_ICAD_PUB.indd Last Modified 9-29-2015 2:00 PM User / PrevUs- Richard.Wang / Kerry.Goeller

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©2014 ViiV Healthcare group of companies. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. HI2647R0 September 2014 6 Oct. 21, 2015 WINDY CITY TIMES gender or gender issue arise on our schools,” Majeski said. “We will sit down with the stu- Palatine school dent and possibly his or her family and talk through every avenue of the student’s day and how we can support the student feeling com- fortable at school.” board segregates Majeski noted that the policy received the wholehearted support of the district’s board and has been embraced by the students them- transgender student selves. To his knowledge, there have been no problems in the locker rooms. By Gretchen Rachel Hammond and it’s very painful to be told ‘you have to “We’ve had nothing but positive experiences go somewhere else. You are not welcome here.’ and feedback from the students and families,” The board and administrators at Palatine- It’s fortunate that other young people are more he said. “We’re working really hard to make Schaumburg School District 211 have open-minded than the administration, but it’s sure that our curriculum and everything we do ordered a transgender student to use a private really unfortunate that the school district has around the schools is open and reflective of all locker room in order to change her clothes seen fit to impose their own views. ” walks of life. That’s very important to us. In before and after physical education classes as The guidance provided in Title IX of the OCR order to make decisions within their schools, well as for after-school activities. states, “When a school elects to separate or Owen Daniel-McCarter. principals and administrators really need sup- District 211 claims in its mission that it chal- treat students differently on the basis of sex Photo by Gretchen Rachel Hammond port from the top down. We’re lucky to have lenges its students to “achieve their potential in those situations, a school must treat trans- that support in our district.” to become contributing, informed citizens ca- gender students consistent with their gender dents I’ve worked with it is an excruciating Meanwhile, support is something Knight con- pable of meeting the demands of a changing identity.” experience to be told that you can’t join with tinues to fight for his client and her family to world.” It goes on to state that schools “must gener- your fellow students,” Knight said. receive in District 211. “I would love for this to While noting a complaint filed by the stu- ally treat transgender students consistent with In the newsletter, Cates stated that “the goal end for my client, but we’re in for the long haul dent with the U.S. Department of Education’s their gender identity in all aspects of the plan- of the District in this matter is to protect the if necessary,” he said. “To place the burden of Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and acknowledging ning, implementation, enrollment, operation, privacy rights of all students when changing anyone’s privacy concerns on my client is plain possible ramifications to the district including and evaluation of single-sex classes.” clothes or showering before or after physical and simple discrimination. It seems to me [the the “potential loss of federal education funds” Owen Daniel-McCarter, the policy and advo- education and after-school activities, while board] is using really narrow, contorted as- in an October newsletter announcing the de- cacy director at the Illinois Safe Schools Alli- also providing reasonable accommodations to sumptions of privacy concerns as pretext for cision, District 211 Superintendent Daniel E. ance, told WCT, “The Alliance is working with meet the unique needs of individual students.” what is really going on here which is a desire Cates wrote, “the District is sensitive to the a lot of school districts and really encouraging He also noted that “transgender students to treat my client differently. This is not just challenges facing transgender youth, and rec- those districts to have a self-determination ap- who don’t want separate private accommoda- about access to the locker rooms, it is about ognizes the strength and courage it takes to proach that people who are trans and gender tions are allowed to use restrooms in accor- sending a message to my client that she is not come forward to school officials and others as nonconfirming know what works for them,” he dance with their gender identity, as there are fully female and not like the other students.” they convey their gender identity to the school said. “I think we are seeing that trend as far private stalls available.” For more information about the Ber- community.” as the interpretation of Title IX. If they are Wade said that such privacy concerns should wyn South School District 100’s trans- However, a volunteer at a local Pride Youth asking for accommodations that are consistent therefore be unilateral. “If she is coming to gender protocol, visit: http://www. Group emailed Windy City Times (WCT) that the with their gender identity, they should be af- the school as female and the school treats her bsd100.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ district has “a history of doing very little to forded them.” as female in every other category of her life, ID=345130&type=d&pREC_ID=826517. accommodate their LGBT students. We’ve had Daniel–McCarter also cited the Illinois Hu- why is this the exception? If they are going to For more information on the Illinois Safe many D211 students attend our group over man Rights Act. “If you look at any of the do it for this particular trans girl, why aren’t Schools Alliance, visit: http://www.illinois- the years. The stories of lack of support from protected classes, we would not say that any they doing it for every single female or male safeschools.org. The ACLU of Illinois’ web- the district schools doesn’t change. One of of those identities have to use a separate fa- student?” site is http://www.aclu-il.org. my trans girls who goes to one of these high cility just because of that identity,” he said. “What I’ve heard from some administrators schools has spent the last six months trying to “So we can translate that very easily to what’s is a concern about student safety—protecting get her birth name off her ID. required by law for transgender people and stu- trans students from violence, bullying and ha- HBHC names site “Finally, they agreed to using her first initial dents in particular.” rassment in the bathroom as well as a concern of her preferred name since it’s the same as her The psychological damage to a transgender about cisgender or non-trans student safety,” medical director birth name, but they wouldn’t allow a name student who is forced into segregation can Daniel-McCarter said. “But as far as I know Center (Howard change. Luckily, she has a supportive parent be severe. “In some schools a separate locker there have been no reported cases of transgen- Brown) announced that Dr. Cori Blum, MD, who wouldn’t back down, otherwise the district room could entail a staff or nurses bathroom der students attacking or harassing cisgender AAHIVS, has been named site medical di- would have dragged their heels and made it that is far away,” Daniel-McCarter said. “The students in the bathroom. We have to move rector for the Sheridan Road Clinic. Blum, very difficult, if not impossible.” student must walk from one side of the school away from these biases around the presence of an HIV specialty provider and family physi- American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois building to the other which is a physical dis- transgender students somehow making other cian, has begun seeing patients at Howard (ACLU) LGBT and AIDS Project Director John closure of their identity to the other students students unsafe.” Brown. Knight has been working with the young and it can be very embarrassing.” One school district which has successfully As the site medical director for Howard woman who has been denied use of the locker Licensed clinical social worker and private moved away from those or any assumptions is Brown’s Sheridan Road Clinic, Blum will be room for around two years. He told WCT that consultant clinician Bonn Wade agrees. “It is Berwyn South School District 100, which part- key to Howard Brown’s reproductive and her classmates have mostly accepted and sup- harmful and may create a traumatic situation nered with The Alliance to create a fully com- HIV care initiatives. Blum is a family physi- ported her. for the student,” they (preferred pronoun) told prehensive transgender inclusive environment. cian dedicated to urban community health However, Cates claims District 211 is acting Windy City Times. “By saying that the student Jeremy Majeski is the principal at Komensky justice, with special interests in the areas on a belief that a “responsibility is to provide cannot use the girl’s locker room to change, Elementary School in Berwyn and leads the of reproductive and adolescent health and an environment conducive to learning for all they are creating an exception. It’s a form of LGBT task force for the entire district of 4,000 HIV medicine. its 12,000+ students.” rejection. It’s saying to the youngster that ‘we students. “Last school year, I brought it to our “It’s particularly harmful for a student to tell will allow you to be female here but you can’t district’s attention that we needed to focus on her that she can’t be treated like all the oth- use the female locker rooms.’ It’s discriminatory more gender inclusive policies and procedures HBHC’s ‘Big Orange ers,” Knight said. “Young people want to be a and it’s unacceptable.” for our administrators to hang their hats on part of what’s happening in school in general “For my client and other transgender stu- when issues came up in our schools,” he told Ball’ Oct. 24 WCT. “We had a kindergarten student who was Howard Brown Health Center (HBHC) will gender variant. We also have an eighth-grade hold its “Big Orange Ball” Saturday, Oct. LAURENCE A. JACOBS, M.D. student at one of our middle schools who has 24, 6-11 p.m., at The Geraghty, 2520 S. begun transitioning. Based on previous experi- Hoyne Ave. Building Your LGBT Family ences with other districts I knew I needed sup- This Halloween-themed event will boast port from the administrative team.” cocktails, costumes, and dancing with mu- Majeski and his task force created a “protocol sic curated by DJ Gloria Alers and DJ Me- See Dr. Jacobs for all your infertility needs, including: for schools to address the needs and concerns gan Taylor. • complete evaluations • inseminations of transgender and gender non-conforming stu- Admission is either $150 (general admis- • ivF • RecipRocal ivF • suRRogacy dents to ensure a safe, affirming, and healthy sion) or $300 (“RIP” ticket that includes school environment where every child can VIP admission). Visit HowardBrown.org. learn” and put it in place for the current school Go to www.RainbowReproduction.com year. The first and best website devoted to Providing All Fertility Options for Building Your LGBT Family The protocol lists “a clear plan for supporting Correction the student’s access to gendered facilities and Lauren Warnecke wrote last week’s Northwestern and Mayo Clinic-trained. Senior partner at school-sponsored programs that are consistent Dancin’ Feats column. Also, in the “Trans- Fertility Centers of Illinois (FCI) with offices throughout with their gender identity. This may include, gender Forward” column (a reprint), the Chicagoland. 36 years in practice as a fertility expert. 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tor, Pat Ewert. “I wouldn’t be me without you. that they had the vision, determination and When it came time to be sworn in there was no leadership to make it happen.” ‘By Women, for Women’ question where my heart was. It was where you Recovering from an eye injury, Bubon could went when you first got here to figure out how not attend. In her remarks and on her behalf, to be a lesbian in Chicago.” Christopherson said they were just as blessed honors leadership The Center’s Women’s Action Committee to have the lesbian, transgender and Ander- By Gretchen Rachel Hammond endary Andersonville bookshop Women & board representative Cheryl Merchant echoed sonville communities: “We couldn’t have done Children First Linda Bubon and Ann Christo- Cassidy’s sentiments in presenting the award what we did without all of you doing what you The Center on Halsted (COH) honored three pherson—provided the 2011 swearing-in ven- to Bubon and Christopherson. did. Keep going, keep supporting the store and community leaders during the 2015 By Women ue for Illinois State Rep. , who was “Nearly 40 years ago, [they] had a vision to the programs you’ve always done.” for Women: Masquerade-Music-Entertainment recognized for her tireless work in Springfield create a bookstore that would not only sell “I represent each and every one of you,” Cas- event held at Chicago’s Greenhouse Loft on advancing LGBTQ causes including marriage books but would also be a place where femi- sidy told the capacity audience. “We do amaz- Oct. 16. equality and legislation against transgender nist ideas would be welcomed, encouraged and ing things in this city and we do that in part- The evening was organized by the Center’s hate-crimes, combating gun violence and her shared,” Merchant said. “A place where they nership, cooperation, friendship and sharing. Women’s Action Committee, whose events work on anti-bullying measures among a long would have events, host authors and discus- That’s what happens at the Center. That’s how spanning the year are designed to benefit list of achievements. sions on topics varying from feminist psychol- I operate as a legislator and I am so grateful women’s organizations in Chicago. “I am blessed to represent a district that ogy to sexual politics—a place for women. to be your partner today, yesterday and tomor- In a perfect illustration of women’s abilities includes amazing businesses like Women & I know when I first came to Chicago, this is row.” to empower each other, the first two award- Children First,” Cassidy said after receiving her where you went to find out what was going on The Covergirls Violin Show and Passistas Sam- ees—founders and former owners of the leg- award from her community outreach coordina- in the women’s community. We are so blessed ba Dance Troupe provided entertainment.

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She remembered writing a short article about a new drug for cryptosporidiosis, then getting a note from a reader sometime later, saying that he’d first read about the drug in Positively Aware, and that it had saved his life. “He went to the doctor and showed him that magazine,” she said. “The doctor pushed it away. He pushed it back. The doctor said, ‘We can try this,’ and that drug saved his life. I knew then that that was the most satisfying feeling in the world, to save someone’s life. We save people’s lives and people’s health. I know that for sure.” “I also know that this magazine saves lives because it saved mine,” said Creative Director Rick Guasco. “When I tested positive 25 years ago, I was handed three publications—all of Positively Aware marks 25th year them came from TPAN and one of them was Positively Aware.” All are invited to the Oct. 29 celebration, but By Matt Simonette was a very different time. I’d come to some He began as a TPAN volunteer, answering guests must RSVP in advance. For more infor- of the weekly [TPAN] meetings Tuesday night. phones for the magazine, in the early ‘90s after mation, call 773-989-9400 or visit tpan.com. Positively Aware, the HIV/AIDS-focused pub- The meeting room was packed. And then, ev- walking away from his job as a DJ. “I didn’t lication of Chicago-based Test Positive Aware ery week, it would always seem that someone want to stay working in the bars for the rest Network (TPAN) is now in its 25th year, and had died. It was kind of a scary time, but at of my life, but I didn’t know what I wanted to will celebrate that milestone downtown on Oct. the same time, it always felt like you could get do.” 29. information and support from TPAN, and, by His first full-time paid position with Posi- Editor Jeff Berry said that, even though the extension, the magazine.” tively Aware came when he got a job running scope of HIV/AIDS has changed dramatically The Oct. 29 celebration will be at Museum its distribution. “I’ve always worked on the over the years, the mission of the magazine— of Broadcast Communications, 360 N. State magazine in one capacity or another [while at bringing its readers up-to-date and accurate St., from 6-8:30 p.m. The featured speaker will TPAN],” he noted. “That’s how it started—you treatment information and related news—has be Tony Mills, MD, a Los Angeles-based clini- never know where a volunteer position is going not. cian who is a regular contributor to Positively to lead.” “The epidemic has changed so much since Aware. Among the changes in the HIV/AIDS land- back in the late ‘80s or early ’90s,” Berry said. Besides treatment-related topics, Positively scape that Berry noted were that young gay “People wanted desperately to have any kind Aware explores other issues like disclosure, ad- men of color now disproportionately account of hope, any kind of information. There was no herence, stigma and resistance—“all the things for new infections, and that effective treat- effective treatment yet for HIV until 1996. It related to living well with HIV,” Berry added. ments are more widely available. “People are living longer,” he added. “It’s more of a chronic, manageable disease. You see a lot of people aging with the disease, so that’s one area where we’ll see a lot of attention in com- ing years. By 2020, over 70 percent of people with HIV will be over the age of 50.” Positively Aware’s first issue, in 1990. Image courtesy of Jeff Berry

Stoli’s Patrik Gallineaux (left) and Legacy Project’s Victor Salvo with plaque of . Photo from Owen Keehnen Legacy Project concludes celebration On Oct. 17, The Legacy Project—the world’s only outdoor LGBT museum walk—concluded With state-of-the-art fitness equipment, the hottest group its Phase IV dedication celebration at Sidetrack. Scott Duff and Ellen Miller from WCPT’s “Out! Chicago” show co-hosted. training programs, and a philosophy that nurtures a feeling The previous Saturday (Oct. 10), the organization unveiled five new bronze memorial plaques of community, isn’t it time you upgrade from gym to club? (for inductees The , Billy Strayhorn, Rudolf Nureyev, Leonard Bernstein and Jose- phine Baker) in Boystown. Learn more at midtown.com/chicago At the more recent event, STOLI committed to the first plaque for 2016—one that will com- memorate trans activist Sylvia Rivera, who was a pivotal figure during the . WINDY CITY TIMES Oct. 21, 2015 9 From HRC’s 2015 Chicago Gala. Photos by Kat Fitzgerald, Michael Sam. HRC unveils new www.mysticimagesphotography.com. See many goals at Chicago gala more photos online. By Matt Simonette breakdown of protections” and that Lipinski’s sponsorship amounted to “an attack on our Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel opened Human families … and his own constituents.” Rights Campaign’s (HRC) 2015 Chicago gala Griffin further called for “activating the LGBT by reminiscing about the progress the LGBT vote,” noting that the number of LGBT vot- community has made since Nov. 8, 1997, the ers—10 million—is higher than the margin of date that Bill Clinton became the first stand- victory in the past several presidential races. Frenchie Davis. ing president to address an HRC gathering— “In other words, we have the power to decide marriage equality is the law of the land, gay elections,” Griffin said. people can serve openly in the military and HRC Foundation Board Member Deb Taft in- anti-discrimination protections are in place in troduced Hyatt Hotels CEO and President Mark numerous states. Hoplamazian, who accepted HRC’s Corporate For many politicians now, Emanuel added, “If Equality Award on behalf of the corporation, you didn’t show up [for an HRC event], there is and pledged to support the Equality Act. a problem.” Jim Obergefell, the Ohio resident whose HRC officials and supporters spent much of struggle to have his late partner recognized the event, named Stronger Together: Moving as married on his death certificate resulted Equality Forward and held at the Chicago Hil- in a U.S. Supreme Court victory that legalized Monica ton, discussing the organization’s agenda in same-sex marriage across the country, was the Raymund. the months ahead. keynote speaker. He married his husband, John HRC President Chad Griffin said the organiza- Arthur, who was chronically ill, in 2013 when tion would focus on getting the Equality Act gay marriage was not recognized in Ohio. Ar- passed. That legislation was introduced in the thur died just three months later. U.S. House in July and would amend the 1964 “I discovered I was willing to be there for Civil Rights Act to include protections against him, even when he was no longer with me,” discrimination for reasons related to sexual Obergefell said, adding that the LGBT commu- orientation, gender identity and sex. Griffin nity has now “won the right to marry yet we promised HRC’s push would likely set off “the continue to fight for it and more. … I’m hon- biggest legislative battle in the history of our ored to be part of that fight, and I’m humbled a Baptist,” Sam said. “I was just Michael Sam.” an openly bisexual actress of movement.” to be part of it simply because I loved my hus- He gradually became comfortable with his and The Good Wife, who introduced Sam. Also He also called attention to Illinois 3rd Dis- band.” sexuality in 2013, he added, and, when he speaking was HRC Board of Governors member trict Congressman Dan Lipinski’s support of Obergefell was introduced by HRC Diversity came out publicly, he was shielded and sup- LaToya Holman, while singer Frenchie Davis the First Amendment Defense Act. Lipinski is & Inclusion Co-Chair of Transgender Outreach ported by his school and team. Sam’s profes- provided the closing entertainment. the sole Democratic co-sponsor of that legisla- Katie Thomas. sional football career has had ups and downs, Other politicians attending the gala included tion, introduced in June, which would indem- Football player Michael Sam, the first openly but he said, “My task is making a difference. I state Reps. Greg Harris and Will Guzzardi; state nify people, organizations or businesses from gay NFL player, also spoke. While growing up didn’t care about the fame. I didn’t care about Sens. Jacqueline Collins and Kwame Raoul; and discrimination claims should their actions be in Missouri, he was largely disconnected from the money. … I’ll continue with the good fight, Alds. Leslie Hairston and Michele Smith, among taken in accordance with a belief that marriage both his parents, who were religious, and his because if I don’t, who else will?” others. Co-chairs were Pete Cassell, Xavier Es- should be between a man and a woman. Griffin siblings who were extremely homophobic. “My Other attendees included Monica Raymund, ters and Anne Klingeberger. said that the law would result in “a complete mom was a Jehovah’s Witness and my dad was

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Image courtesy Oli Rodriguez 10 Oct. 21, 2015 WINDY CITY TIMES LGBT HISTORY MONTH ed writing and put it into book form. It didn’t quite happen like that; once I signed the con- tract, we basically threw out everything I had and went back to scratch,” he laughed. From Stonewall to He set to work creating an outline of his life, checking dates and facts and researching his own storied history. the White House, and That history began in 1951. A month after he moved to New York City, Segal found himself at Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969. And Then I Danced takes readers through Segal’s first-hand activist to author account of the seminal riot and ensuing LGBT By Jen Colletta and, as they went around, people were saying mobilization. that the organization saved their lives, that “From the ashes of Stonewall came GLF, and “I’m standing across the street from Stonewall they were going to commit suicide until they GLF created the foundation of everything that in Sheridan Square. Here I was, an 18-year-old found Gay Youth or that we saved them from today is the gay community,” Segal said. “We kid living at the YMCA in a six dollar-a-night bullying or harassment,” Segal said. “It wasn’t created the first trans organization in America room with no job, no prospects for the future, until I was halfway home on the train that it in 1969. We created the first gay youth orga- no real place to live and no money in my pock- all of a sudden hit me what had just happened. Mark Segal. nization that dealt with gay issues in 1969. et. I’m thinking, What am I going to do? And it Literally in the train car, I just started howling, Photo by Peter Lien We created the first medical alerts for the gay came to me: This is exactly what I want to do. just crying out loud. It really affected me.” community and the first gay community center. I’m going to be a gay activist.” A few years later, another incident again activism began to evince itself to him, Segal And at the end of that first year, we created More than 45 years after that fateful night brought Segal full circle: Comcast Senior Exec- started seriously considering recounting that the first gay Pride march. And all of it had to outside the Stonewall Inn, Mark Segal still con- utive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer work in book form, especially at the prompting do with ending invisibility and creating com- siders himself, first and foremost, an activist. David L. Cohen invited him to join the media of his now-husband, Jason Villemez. munity.” “That’s what’s inside me and what always will conglomerate’s Joint Diversity Council. “Jason would say to me every night, ‘Do the It was with those missions in mind that, upon be,” he said. “Everything else is secondary.” “I thought it was going to be just a rubber- book, do the book. Sit at your computer and his return to Philadelphia in the 1970s, Segal Adding to his list of “secondary” titles is stamp position and I said I didn’t have time start writing,’” Segal said, noting that at the undertook a campaign to target television cov- a new one: “author.” Segal, the founder and for it. And David said, ‘Mark, there are only time he was wrapping up work on one of the erage of LGBT issues, an undertaking that se- publisher of , has just 40 people nationwide being asked to join this nation’s first LGBT-friendly affordable senior- cured a wealth of television firsts—and forged released his memoir, And Then I Danced. advisory board. Don’t you understand your his- living facilities, and Villemez knew the mem- his unlikely friendship with Walter Cronkite. The 320-page book takes readers from Segal’s tory? There you were 40 years ago disrupting oir-writing would be a good way to keep that From the airwaves, Segal turned his attention meager beginnings in a Philadelphia housing media, and now we’re asking you to advise me- momentum going. “He was conscious that the to political circles, using his burgeoning noto- project to his pinnacle of dancing with his hus- dia.’” minute that ribbon was cut, I’d go from be- riety to stage uniquely crafted demonstrations, band in the White House. Cohen was referring to Segal’s infamous ing 2,000 feet into the air to crashing to the such as chaining himself to a Christmas tree in That was a journey that, Segal said, many “zaps,” in which he targeted media personnel ground if I didn’t have a project to work on,” Philadelphia City Hall and throwing a faux re- have prompted him to write about over the on air to raise awareness about LGBT issues. Segal laughed. ception in the office of then-District Attorney years. But, it wasn’t until a 2007 reunion of That such encounters caught him by surprise, Hiring an agent and publisher was easy work, Arlen Specter to thank him for his support for Gay Youth—which he founded in New York City Segal said, are in part attributable to his ten- Segal said. But, deciding what information to gay-rights legislation—which he had not yet in 1969—that he started to gain an apprecia- dency to stay forward-focused. include and what to leave out was not. offered. tion for his own role in the LGBT community’s “I usually just go project to project to proj- Segal had been amassing vignettes of his Segal said it’s those kinds of actions that are development. ect and don’t look back,” he said. “So I really recollections in the past few years, which he needed to enliven the LGBT community’s mod- “We had the reunion in the New York Gay didn’t look back at all the things I had done or thought could serve as the memoir’s founda- ern political activism. Community Center and there were about 100 of what the full impact of them was.” tion. Read the full account online at www. us who created this big circle. Each of us talked But, as the significance of his decades of “I thought I would just take what I had start- WindyCityMediaGroup.com. WINDY CITY TIMES Oct. 21, 2015 11 has never really gone away, but it’s been it’s a huge, huge responsibility and there’s no particularly vitriolic as of late. What are reason why women should carry that responsi- Ellen Burstyn these attacks on Planned Parenthood and re- bility by themselves. productive rights in general mean for [U.S.] WCT: So how can we as a society do more women? to encourage reproductive justice but also EB: Anybody who has really researched what hold men accountable? on working with Planned Parenthood does would know that EB: I don’t think we should be coming to they’re a very important organization that that. I don’t think we should be talking in provides services for women’s health, women terms of forcing anybody to be a parent or to Personal PAC who can’t otherwise afford it, and that they do have someone from the outside decide what a not have any funding from the government for woman should do with what’s inside her body. BY Skylar Baker-Jordan abortion. So, I’m surprised that some of these WCT: What can we do to protect the gains so-called lawmakers say they want to take that we’ve made over the last 40 years, and Ellen Burstyn is one of the best-known ac- away funding for Planned Parenthood because how do we further the fight for reproductive tresses of our time, appearing in such films as they don’t think the government should pay for justice? The Exorcist, Requiem for a Dream, and Alice abortion. They don’t! EB: I think that we have to really make can- Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, for which she won WCT: You’re coming to Chicago to talk didates be very clear about what their stance the Academy Award. But she has also long been about reproductive justice, and it’s so much is and give money to and support the candi- a champion of reproductive rights. a part of the national dialogue. But it does dates who are for women’s reproductive rights. That is why she’s teamed up with Personal seem that we’re having it about women and I think we have to know what the candidate’s PAC, a pro-choice organization, to fight for not with women. position is and support the ones that are rea- reproductive rights in Illinois. Burstyn will EB: Well that’s the thing, you know? Gloria sonable. be the keynote speaker at Personal PAC’s an- Steinem said that if men could get pregnant, WCT: I understand you’re working on a nual awards luncheon Monday, Oct. 26, and abortion would be a sacrament. I think that’s couple projects right now? sat down with the Windy City Times to discuss the best thing ever said about abortion. [Male EB: Tomorrow, I’m on my way to Baltimore to why abortion access is so important for Illinois lawmakers] are talking about something that shoot an episode of House of Cards. And then women. they know nothing about. They don’t know from there I’m going to Shreveport, Louisiana, Windy City Times: You had said that you what it’s like for a young girl especially, or to do a feature film called The Tale. And then wouldn’t recommend abortion to anyone fol- even an older woman who has other children around Nov. 18 or 19 I’m in the TV show Moms, lowing your own experience with having an that she’s having trouble raising that she with Alison Janney, who is such a brilliant ac- abortion in the 1950s. doesn’t have the funds to raise and finds her- tress. Ellen Burstyn: No, what I said is that … self pregnant. WCT: She’s very funny on that show. Ellen Burstyn. women should have the right to a legal and WCT: That touches on a really important EB: And you know that show is about those Photo courtesy of Personal PAC safe abortion. It wouldn’t be my first choice. point, which is a lot of abortions that hap- characters who are all women who got preg- But I believe that women will have abortions pen are women who already have kids but nant and had babies out wedlock, young, and whether they’re legal or not. And unfortunately reading] Roe v. Wade. I’m just a little ways don’t feel they are financially able to sup- that’s one of the themes of the show. that’s very unsafe. And so I would not recom- into it. But one of the things that struck me port or emotionally able to support anoth- WCT: That’s a really empowering show. mend that as a first choice to someone. I would is that the decision was made on the basis of er. And we never talk about what happens EB: Yeah, it is. It’s very smart, and the ac- want, if it was someone I cared about, for them a woman’s right to privacy—and I never quite when that fetus is delivered and is a living, tresses are wonderful. to really consider all the options. But if that’s realized that before. And it’s a very important breathing baby— The Personal PAC Annual Awards Luncheon her choice, it should be legal and safe. right, you know? A woman should have the EB: —that has to be fed and cared for and will take place Monday, Oct. 26, at 12 p.m. WCT: I guess that kind of speaks to a high- right to her own body, and to make decisions very often women have families to raise with at the Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave. er truth about trusting women’s judgment. about what’s happening inside her body. no husband or man in sight. And they have For tickets, call 312-422-0005 or visit EB: Well, absolutely! I’ve just gotten [to WCT: The debate over reproductive rights to provide childcare in order to work. I mean, http://www.bit.ly/2015Lunch. 12 Oct. 21, 2015 WINDY CITY TIMES viewpoints WINDY cover of Vanity Fair, do our elected officials, as and prideful history of keeping blacks in their well as most Americans, now feel our struggle place, including lynching. for civil rights protection is over. But police brutality isn’t just a Black thing CITY Or is it the thought that our concerns are … at least not in Texas. now included and can be resolved in broader Just two hours south of Waller County, a gay Rev. Irene issues like income inequality, immigration and while man, Jesse Jacobs, 32, died while in cus- MONROE “Black Lives Matter?” tody at the Galveston County Jail. While serv- TIMES While the intersection of the abovemen- ing a 30-day DUI sentence, Jacobs was deliber- VOL. 31, No. 4, Oct. 21, 2015 tioned issues might give you a cursory depic- ately denied his Xanax medication for anxiety. The combined forces of Windy City Times, Democratic debate tion of the struggles of trans sisters of color, it By the time Jacobs was rushed to the hospital founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, won’t, however, convey the day-to-day “state after suffering a seizure—something common founded May 1987. left out LGBTQ issues of emergency” this demographic group strug- for those forced to abruptly go off Xanax —he gles with to stay alive. With transgender homi- was dead on arrival. The first Democratic Presidential debate of PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR cides on the rise (rose 11 percent from 2013 to I know most of the Democratic candidates the 2016 season was an exemplary example of Tracy Baim 2014), the issue of trans violence needs to be have taken legislative measures to support the civil discourse compared to what the American made central in this president campaign. LGBTQ community. ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky public witnessed with the GOP’s presidential For example, Kiesha Jenkins of Philadelphia In 2013, Chafee signed into law a bill legal- MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis debate. ASSOCIATE EDITOR Matt Simonette was the 18th African-American trans sister izing same-sex marriage, making Rhode Island And none of the candidates—former Secre- BUSINESS MANAGER Ripley Caine murdered this year, and Detroit’s Melvin, an Af- the last of the New England states to obtain tary of State Hillary Clinton, U.S. Sen. Bernie DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright rican-American gender non-conforming brother marriage equality. ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson Sanders, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who wore female clothes, was found fatally “I’ve had a great record of supporting LGBT SENIOR REPORTER Gretchen Rachel Hammond former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and Senior Account Executives Terri Klinsky, Kirk shot and killed very recently. issues,” Chafee said. “To me, it wasn’t only a former U.S. Sen. Jim Webb—trounced on each Williamson, Amy Matheny, Chris Cheuvront, Gretchen I want the Democratic presidential hopefuls civil rights issue, it was also an economic is- other. Rachel Hammond, Mike O’Bleness to be as invested in LGBTQ lives lost to police sue, and we genuinely want a tolerant society NATIONAL SALES Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon and Dana brutality as they are about “Black Lives Mat- if you’re going to attract the best people in SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Tony Peregrin, Lisa Bash quizzed the Democratic field on their Keen, Yasmin Nair ter.” the military.” views on a number of topics: marijuana, cli- THEATER EDITOR Scott C. Morgan We all remember the death of Sandra Bland In May 2014, O’Malley signed the state’s mate change, income inequality, NRA and gun CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight Jr. while in police custody this summer. With the transgender-rights bill. The measure prohib- SPORTS WRITER Ross Forman reform, immigration and “Black Lives Matter,” focus of police brutality on African-American its discrimination in housing, unemployment, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS to name a few. Mary Shen Barnidge, Lawrence Ferber, Mel Ferrand, males, the reality of unarmed African-American credit and use of public accommodations. As CNN’s moderators exhausted their laundry Jerry Nunn, Jonathan Abarbanel women being beaten, profiled, sexually violat- Sanders has a perfect score of 100 percent on list of questions none, sadly, were focused on COLUMNISTS/WRITERS: Yvonne Zipter, Jorjet Harper, ed and murdered by law enforcement officials the Human Rights Campaign’s latest Congres- Charlsie Dewey, Carrie Maxwell, Billy Masters, Sarah LGBTQ issues. I was shocked especially with with alarming regularity is too often ignored. sional Equality Index. Toce, Dana Rudolph, Melissa Wasserman, Joe Franco, two of the moderators not only openly gay but Nick Patricca, Liz Baudler, Rex Wockner, Marie J. When Bland was found hanging from a noose And Webb, like Clinton, recently evolved to are also advocates of LGBTQ justice: Anderson Kuda, Angelique Smith, Meghan Streit made of plastic bags in her Waller County, support marriage equality. 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14 20 20 You ‘Otto’ know Windy City Times reviews the production Good for Otto. Nando’s PERi-PERi. Bijou’s closing party. Photo by Claire Demos

SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT sequel questioning homophobia following the State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. For 1998 murder of gay college student Matthew Simpkins, it was great to once work again with Shepard in Wyoming. Fondakowski since they also collaborated on And because of the major impact of The the two Laramie Project plays and the 2007 in- Laramie Project, Fondakowski also was also ap- terview-based lesbian work I Think I Like Girls. Oil dependency— proached to apply the same theatrical story- Simpkins is also appearing the acting company telling methods to The People’s Temple, a thor- of Spill for TimeLine. ough examination of the San Francisco-based “It’s my fifth project with her,” Simpkins said. church that horrifically ended in what is known “We’ve had a friendship that is really long- and tragedy as the 1978 Jonestown Massacre in Guyana. standing which is a rarity in this business.” American Theater Company staged the Chicago As a performer and collaborator, Simpkins BY SCOTT C. MORGAN more big epic, tragic, interview-based proj- premiere of the work in 2008. loves doing interview-based pieces for numer- ects,” Fondakowski said. “I’ve spent a great The seeds of Spill developed when Fonda- ous reasons. She feels a deep responsibility for Out playwright and director Leigh Fondakowski chunk of my artistic life doing that kind of kowski received an invitation from Wesleyan portraying real people that she has met and was initially resistant to creating Spill, a the- work. I love it, but it is very time-consuming as University to teach a class in collaboration might have interviewed as part of the artistic atrical docudrama looking at the 2010 explo- a multi-year process involving a large amount with scientists inspired by her fact-finding process. sion of the BP-owned oil rig Deepwater Horizon of travel and interviewing.” interviewing techniques. And since the BP Simpkins also revealed that Fondakowski and the aftermath of it spewing oil for 87 days Indeed, Fondakowski is famed and respected oil spill had happened, that’s where Wesleyan is thoroughly revising Spill since many more into the Gulf of Mexico. But since Spill will be for her documentary-style theatrical works. As steered Fondakowski to go. people came forward to be interviewed after making its Midwest debut this week courtesy of a member of the Tectonic Theatre Project, Fon- “I actually went down there for the first time its world premiere. Many people had pre-judged TimeLine Theatre, it’s clear that Fondakowski dakowski was a crucial part to the creation of with students to teach them to do interviews the piece only as a liberal condemnation of the became convinced to change her mind. The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: and make art from it. I really went in the role oil industry. “I became pretty determined not to do any Ten Years Later, a much-produced drama and its as a teacher and not as an artist myself,” Fon- “For me, this really is about a community dakowski said. “When the university proposed speaking to another community. We’re repre- maybe that they could commission me to write senting characters who are really infrequently about a play about this crisis, I said, ‘No.’” seen on the stage,” Simpkins said. “After the But once Fondakowski arrived on the Gulf cameras shut off and get their soundbites, and Coast and met with people directly affected this happened in Laramie and this happened by the spill (including some relatives of the with The People’s Temple, people forgot about 11 men killed in the blast), she became really the story and didn’t go further into the story. intrigued by the relationship between oil and And that’s part of the product of this kind of nature and the people who rely on the industry. work is that we have what is a lost art of lis- “It really felt like a much bigger, iconic story tening to other people and listening to these to be told about that place and I kind of got stories.” hooked in really quickly to write a play about TimeLine Theatre’s Midwest premiere of it,” said Fondakowski, adding that once she Spill plays from Saturday, Oct. 24, through finished her teaching commitments she herself Saturday, Dec. 19, at Stage 773, 1225 W. returned many time to work on what would be- Belmont Ave. Previews run through Thurs- come Spill. day, Oct. 29, with an official press opening Kelli Simpkins, a member of Chicago’s About at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30. Preview tickets Face Theatre and a company member of the are $22 and regular-run tickets are $38-$51 Tectonic Theatre Project, also became involved with a $10 student discount available; call in the creation of Spill as a dramaturg and as 773-327-5252 or visit www.timelinethe- a member of the original ensemble when the atre.com. play premiered in March 2014 at Louisiana

awards included Lookingglass Theatre Com- Newly eligible pany in association with The Actors Gym- nasium and Porchlight Music Theatre (four each); Drury Lane Productions (three); and theaters take American Theater Company, Chicago Shake- speare Theater, Mercury Theater Chicago and Jeff Awards Steppenwolf Theatre Company (two each). Two theaters in their first year of Equity Hypocrites’ Sean Graney won two awards— eligibility received the most awards at the for director of All Our Tragic and for the ad- gala 47th Annual Equity Jeff Awards, held at aptation of the same play. Drury Lane Oakbrook Oct. 5. Special awards were presented to husband- Newly Equity-eligible company The Hypo- and-wife actors Paula Scrofano and John crites earned six awards for All Our Tragic, a Reeger in recognition of their career contri- 12-hour adaptation of the 32 surviving Greek butions to Chicago theater over the past five tragedies. Paramount Theatre, in its first year decades. of eligibility, scored five large-tier Equity The full list of winners is at www.jeffawards. awards. Other companies that won multiple Leigh Fondakowski. org. Photo courtesy of TimeLine Theatre 14 Oct. 21, 2015 WINDY CITY TIMES THEATER REVIEW My Mañana Comes Playwright: Elizabeth Irwin At: Teatro Vista at the Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. Tickets: 773-871-3000; www.teatrovista.org; $25-$30 Runs through: Nov. 8

BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE

We know, because the playbill tells us, that we are in the prep room of a swanky midtown- Manhattan restaurant (66th and Madison, to be exact) where the bussers fold napkins, polish silverware, fill bread baskets, chop herbs and slice fruit. Since the four men who toil therein discuss their personal business with the in- timacy born of male bonding, we also soon know their backstories, their hopes and their aspirations. What we don’t know is that we are about to get a lesson in the inhumane ethi- cal compromises that trickle-down economics engender. A word of explanation may be in order for My Manana Comes. playgoers whose dining-out experience is lim- Photo by Maisonet Photography by Ryan Bourque ited to reading menus: “Busboys” (as they were once called) rank above dishwashers, but be- This guaranteed income, however minimal, what recourse to adopt forces the comrades to fortable camaraderie that lulls us into think- low waiters. Their most visible front-of-house is what provides African-American Peter the make hard decisions affecting the futures of ing that our play will be a celebration of the activity is clearing away used dishes, topping wherewithal to be a fully participating husband them all. rewards granted those who exercise industry up water glasses and attending to tableside and father, and Brooklyn-dwelling Whalin to Elizabeth Irwin’s dialogue exhibits a familiar- and patience, not a Darwinian bunker-drama chores not involving actual handling of food. pursue certification as a paramedic. It enables ity with her milieu that locates us immediately rendered all the more grim for its humble set- In New York City, they are legally entitled to immigrant Jorje to pay for a house in Mexi- within our environment, as does the culinary ting, where the self-serving values practiced so “shift pay” in addition to a share of the gratu- co where he hopes to reunite with his family expertise demonstrated by the actors in this cavalierly in the upper echelons of our society ities left by customers—meaning that as long someday, and newly arrived Pepe to exult over Teatro Vista Chicago premiere production. Un- become likewise embraced in the lower ranks— as they report for duty at their assigned hour, his good fortune in this new land of opportu- der the direction of Sandra Marquez, the quar- albeit not without great reluctance and persis- they are paid for their contracted time, even if nity. When management threatens to eliminate tet of Jonathan Nieves, Víctor Marana, Dennis tent regrets. business turns out to be slow. this policy, though, differing opinions over Garcia and Cameron Knight generates a com-

THEATER REVIEW dard practice—as well as the concept of critics The Black White Love Play. ship. Most of these, no surprise, are romantic as performers in a televised forum where col- Photo by Danny Nicholas ballads whose lyrics we may have once dis- The Black White leagues exchanged opinions with one another. missed as frivolous suddenly—with the Grim When this high-profile journalist, after decades Reaper as sideman—taking on new signifi- Love Play of confirmed bachelorhood, decided to get cance: Peter Cetera’s “Baby, Please Don’t Go,” Playwright: Jackie Taylor married, all eyes were on the woman he chose for example, or Kris Kristofferson’s “Help Me At: Black Ensemble, 4450 N. Clark St. over the array of glamorous Hollywood talents Make It Through The Night.” It’s not all dirges, Tickets: 773-769-4451; with whom he was on conversational terms. however—Chaz’ churchgoing clan ensures the www.blackensemble.org; $55-$65 By all contemporary reports, Chaz Ham- inclusion of a few restorative gospel hymns on Runs through: Nov. 15 melsmith Ebert turned out to be everything the list. a humble roly-poly prince could have wanted That “generic approach to criticism” men- BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE in a princess—a capable, successful career tioned earlier mandates that art be judged on woman whose dowry included the strength and its own unique criteria. In other words, you It’s not exaggerating to say that the late Roger resilience that comes of overcoming personal “widow”) wishes to memorialize their devotion don’t fault Neil Simon for not being Tom Stop- Ebert changed the profile of film criticism in demons (their at-first-sight moment occurred by enlisting the skills of artists, why shouldn’t pard. Audiences in 2015 may squirm at seeing the United States, chiefly through his intro- at an AA meeting). This was to become im- her request be granted by a theater company their own first-hand observations portrayed as duction of the “generic” approach to film criti- portant in 2002—did I mention this is a true renowned for its biomusicals? valentine-sweet fantasy—even when presented cism—an innovation today accepted as stan- story?—when Roger was stricken with the can- The results are structured as a “tribute”—less with Rashada Dawan and Kevin Pollack’s exper- cer that would cripple him until his death in comprehensive than a documentary, but still tise. However, someday, long after our memo- c 2013. Through the darkness, though, he found relying for its narrative on scenes drawn from ries fade from history, Chaz and Roger Ebert his serenity in the unwavering bond the two its subjects’ lives. Since neither Ebert sang will remain enshrined in the annals of enduring CRITICS’ of them shared, and now, if the wife (who, professionally, the score is based on songs the love stories through precisely such artifacts as PICKS nearly three years later, refuses to be called a couple considered milestones in their relation- this warm-hearted revue. American Idiot, The Hypocrites through THEATER REVIEW Massachusetts. Ryder is not given as much at- man (Jay Worthington), a retiree who feels Oct. 25. A silly and thin story of angst-riddled tention as Dr. Michaels, but then she’s not somehow incomplete (funny, nuanced work young adults has been cobbled around the re- Good for Otto constantly visited by a spirit intervening in by Rob Riley) and a hoarder who can’t aban- ally fine songs of Green Day but, wow, do these Playwright: David Rabe her life and clinical practice, as he is: his don his storage boxes (piano-playing Kenny kids ever put on a show! JA At: The Gift Theatre, Mom (Brittany Burch)—perpetually young Mihlfried). All of them are achingly vulnerable Bad Jews, Theater Wit at Royal George The- 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave. and beautiful—who committed suicide when nearly to the point of tears. atre, extended through Dec. 10. Take sides in Tickets: 773-283-7071; he was nine. Good for Otto is a work of poetic realism an epic battle over a prized family heirloom www.thegifttheatre.org; $20-$35 Indeed, Good for Otto is matrilineal: Many employing dreams, visions, imaginings, inte- in Joshua Harmon’s scathingly funny and Runs through: Nov. 22 main characters share mother problems gen- rior monolog and direct narration to the audi- thoughtful comedy. This show has become The- erally involving abandonment (real or imag- ence as well as dialog to achieve its consid- ater Wit’s biggest hit, with seven extensions. BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL ined) through divorce, death or otherwise. erable effects in a dark-sided exploration of SCM Only working-class Jimmy (Paul D’Addario) depression, loss and absence of self-esteem The (curious case of the) Watson Intel- Good for Otto is a weighty, extremely com- has a father-related issue and Jimmy is an which can drive one to the edge. Most char- ligence, Theater Wit, through Nov. 14. Mad- plex, compelling and linguistically rich world odd man out. He’s not a clinic patient and, acters express themselves in a set piece or eleine George, author of the smart and funny premiere with challenges and opportunities therefore, may be a character author David spoken aria in Rabe’s rich text. Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New Eng- aplenty for the director and cast. Those chal- Rabe could lose without damaging his play. The play is episodic in structure. Patients’ land, contemplates the complications when lenges are met with astonishing grace and Still, Jimmy is sympathetic no matter how stories intermingle but never interact, with science is able to create the perfect mate (who power by 15 actors guided by Gift Theatre co- briefly seen, part of the brilliance of es- some in bolder relief than others. Also, it looks a lot like a teddy-cuddly Joe Foust). MSB founder Michael Patrick Thornton. Good for teemed playwright Rabe. He creates empa- dwindles down without a definitive end, so The Price, Timeline Theatre at Baird Hall, Otto is Chicago Theater at its finest. thy quickly and seemingly easily so we never Rabe tacks on a think-positive coda. These through Nov. 22. Arthur Miller didn’t write his Otto, a hamster, is the dearest stable rela- lose interest in the characters over the nearly are points Rabe might consider addressing play about estranged brothers as a vehicle for tionship in the limited social firmament of three-hour (with intermission) playing time. down the road. Meanwhile, he more than fills an 89-year-old estate assessor played by Mike Timothy (John Kelly Connolly), a develop- Among those we meet are a bright self-de- the stage with a work of perception and com- Nussbaum, but the 91-year-old actor is why mentally-challenged man. Timothy is under structive pre-adolescent girl (a charismatic, passion. The Gift production looks good, too, you can’t afford to miss this classic. MSB the care of Evangeline Ryder (Lynda Newton) edgy performance by Caroline Heffernan), her cleverly using an alley stage and platforms to —By Abarbanel, Barnidge and Dr. Robert Michaels (John Gawlik), who concerned but hard-pressed foster mother expand the tiny space (Courtney O’Neill, sce- and Morgan operate a mental health clinic in semi-rural (Darci Narlep), a semi-delusional young gay nic designer). WINDY CITY TIMES Oct. 21, 2015 15 SPOTLIGHT e After tackling Animal Farm last season, Steppenwolf for Young Adults turns its attention to George Orwell’s chillingly prescient novel 1984. Andrew White is the adaptor and Steppenwolf for Young Adults artistic and educational director Hallie Gordon stages a multimedia pro- duction about a man who starts to ques- tion his place working for a government that is at constant war and one that re- lentlessly keeps its citizens under elec- tronic surveillance by “Big Brother.” It plays now through Sunday, Nov. 15, in the Upstairs Theatre of Steppenwolf The- atre, 1650 N. Halsted St. Tickets are $20 and $15 for students with ID; call 312- 335-1650 or visit www.steppenwolf.org. James Murray Jackson Jr. as Richard Pryor in Unspeakable. Pre-production art by Michelle Nolan Photo by Justin Barbin Photography by Ryan Bourque

THEATER REVIEW could’ve worked around that setback. The writ- ers made his persona unlikable, which is where Unspeakable this production quickly fell flat. Playwright: Rod Gailes OBC and For the Chicago premiere, guests packed the James Murray Jackson, Jr. Broadway Playhouse—but then almost half jives are simply a caricature at times. There are After interviewing Richard Pryor Jr. in the At: Broadway Playhouse at Water were gone by the end of the evening. There strange transitions throughout the show where past for Windy City Times, I wondered what he Tower Place, 175 E. Chestnut St. were mounds of cocaine, a totem puppet and the cast mainly performs an acting exercise would have thought of the show. There is noth- Tickets: 800-775-2000; the N-word used to shock people, but that is with chanting and bad choreography. ing to draw LGBT audiences into Unspeakable www.BroadwayInChicago.com; $35-$79. most likely not the reason people left. There When characters are on the microphone, why unless they just love Richie himself and are cu- Runs through: Oct. 25 are just not many entertaining or enjoyable not use a sound change to show that? There rious. There is a moment where Pryor teases a moments for an audience member. were many missed opportunities. The set is male at a party about fellatio. It is uncomfort- BY JERRY NUNN There was a Gaga-esque character who taunt- covered with expletives shown as $%#, but the able and more about paying forward the abuse ed him throughout the show, hammering the space is not used well and it is awkward. heaped on the man over the years. Richard Pryor is regarded as one of the great- audience over the head that Pryor was wres- A fantasy of the afterlife of Richard is shown Lee Daniels is currently developing a biopic est comedians of all time. So why on earth tling with demons. He was a tortured soul—we at the end that does nothing to tie up the story about Richard Pryor’s life starring Mike Epps would Unspeakable make his performance so get it. E. Faye Butler, who was recently seen or give him a shot of redemption. It is a shame and Oprah Winfrey. Hopefully, he can learn un-laughable? The producers were not able to at the Goodman, doesn’t receive the range she that the people who loved Pryor can’t give him from shows like this on what things to focus obtain the rights to Pryor’s stand-up segments, deserves as Mama. James Murray Jackson Jr. the proper send off with this missed opportu- on—or what not to—while depicting a come- which makes things difficult, although they resembles Pryor, but his mannerisms and hand nity. dian’s sad life.

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Susan and Richard Kiphart Daniel and Pamella DeVos Foundation Audre M. Carlin OFFICIAL PROVIDER OF PHYSICAL THERAPY The Hamburg Ballet | Photo by Holger Badekow 50 East Congress Parkway, Chicago 16 Oct. 21, 2015 WINDY CITY TIMES DANCER from cover there are so many other wonderful artists out there. Just worry about what you can control; Going back to the city always reminds me of you start to elevate yourself and you start to CULTURECULTURE CLUBCLUB who I am and why I do what I do. For me, bloom as a human being. I know I’m supposed to give back—this city I was in school when people would ask, “You has done so much for me. If I can just change dance?”—but I never let it define me. Even my one person, that’s the most powerful thing, homosexuality—I don’t let that define me. I let my morals, values and “innate intelligence” Being yourself is a work in progress. because that’s what happened to me. Mr. Ailey was so giving of himself. I’m overly honored to define me. do something like that—to give back. Repre- WCT: Let’s talk about Lincoln Center at the senting the company in my hometown is some- Movies. It’s actually a series, right? thing I don’t take for granted. VG: It is. When you dance for Ailey, you have WCT: I’m assuming you didn’t get to meet to be “on”—but sometimes it may look a little Mr. Ailey [who passed away in 1989]. What routine. We got a chance to sit back and watch would you say to him if you had five minutes the movie on Oct. 6, and it was pretty amaz- with him? ing. I’m not usually a fan of watching myself VG: Ah—I’d have, like, 500 questions! I’d dance on video, but there were some really nice first say I was lucky enough to have met his moments that I enjoyed, and I think capturing spirit through his dancers and people such as those moments was really important. Judith Jamison, which was really phenomenal. WCT: And it’s not just dancing, right? Are Dudley Williams, another person who [reflect- there also behind-the-scenes moments? ed] Mr. Ailey’s spirit, taught me “Revelations.” VG: You get a little of behind-the-scenes. I I’d definitely ask him about his genius and wish we could’ve talked a little more about “Chroma,” because Wayne McGregor was one of

Front (L-r): Namir Smallwood, Julian Parker, Matthew Sherbach, Armand Matthew Julian Parker, Namir Smallwood, (L-r): Front Monica Orozco Serequeberhan, Smith, Awate Fields, BrittneyLove his process. I get images and see them very clearly and distinctively, but I’ll sometimes the most amazing choreographers I’ve worked look at his works and say, “Wow—that’s ge- with, and I’ve been with the Ailey organization nius.” It’s something I strive to have. He also since ‘95. He’s a great communicator, and he had this amazing way of communicating; I try knew how to get what he wanted from you in to pride myself on being a great communicator, a way that felt like you were working together. although I don’t know if everyone would agree Every moment with him was [educational] and with that. [Both laugh.] It’s important to be a inspirational. great communicator. We also show Ronald Brown’s “Grace” in the I’d also have a thousand questions about movie, and I’ve been with “Grace” since its his ballets, why he’d want to have a repertory conception—so it’s kind of hard to step away company, where did he see the company going from it. It was a bonding moment for me and and how he stayed connected to the past—just nine other dancers, so it holds a very special thousands and thousands of questions. place in my heart. This ballet was a way for WCT: A while back, I asked [Chicago dance us to exhale, to let ourselves go. At the end, legend] Joel Hall if it’s easy being gay in someone would be crying on stage; it was that the world of dance. He said that being gay moving. isn’t the problem, but that there was a ra- WCT: October is National Coming Out cial divide regarding opportunities and jobs. Month. Who was the first person you came Would you agree? out to? VG: Well, you realize that you’re in the enter- VG: I guess it would have to be my mom, tainment business. But when you’re in that— and I came out to her my junior year in high and what I had to learn—is that people have school. My mom was great; I was very lucky. their vision about what they want to put out to My family had been well-exposed to gay people the world. You have to respect their decisions, before I was born. It wasn’t a great shock or like you want them to respect yours. something that was forbidden. More than any- You just put it on the marley [dance floor]; thing else, she was probably afraid for me—but just put your work out there on the dance floor she became my best friend at that moment. My if you feel you’re not being respected. Nothing mom is totally great. [Laughs] has been given to me; I’ve worked hard to get Sometimes, I meet younger guys who haven’t where I am—and to stay where I am. Someone come out to their families. I always tell them, is going to see your light if you’re doing your “Your mom always knows.” work. WCT: How would you define dance? I grew up in a dance environment where there VG: Dance is a universal language; that’s as were no color barriers; that started at Joseph simply as I can put it. When you say that, it Holmes. That was my first experience under- encompasses the ability you have with that standing that I don’t have to think of myself universal language. The power of art is that as being in this box. What’s important is the it’s a universal language because it can move dance—and if we dance, we can dance togeth- people, no matter what the discipline. That’s er. the most powerful thing about dance—it can PICTURED: MARY ANN THEBUS AND KATE FRY. PHOTO BY SAVERIO TRUGLIA. SAVERIO BY PHOTO FRY. ANN THEBUS AND KATE MARY PICTURED: I’m not blind about what’s happening in the speak to anyone. It just connects you, and I world. There was this big thing about Misty Co- think that’s one of the tools the Great One has peland [who made history this year as the first given us. African-American female principal dancer with To find out where Lincoln Center at the BEGINS OCTOBER 21 the American Ballet Theatre], but there were so Movies: Great American Dance is playing, WRITERSTHEATRE.ORG | 847-242-6000 many other wonderful Black ballerinas before visit LincolnCenterAtTheMovies.org. her. I’m happy for her, but we can’t ignore that

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It’s wonderfully I wish there were more films by gay filmmakers; directed and your cast—my God, it’s a won- I wish there were better films, period. I wish After writing about queer cinema for more than derful assemblage of actors. You must have there were more films about real people, and a decade, it’s probably no surprise to learn that had tremendous casting people. not 300-foot robots and superheroes. one of the most frequent questions I’m asked is TB: The casting director, David Bloch, did But at the same time, for gay film, what’s what my favorite gay movie is. Without hesita- such a spectacular job; I love that guy to piec- exciting to me is that, unlike 15 years ago, tion I answer “Big Eden,” out writer-director es. He brought all those people to me. I got there are out gay actors. You have people like Thomas Bezucha’s delightful 2000 debut fea- lucky. The trick was creating this family and Zach Quinto and Matt Bomer—and, God bless, ture. (My favorite gay documentary is 1995’s each of them is such a strong element and it Jodie Foster finally came out—and it’s going The Celluloid Closet, by the by.) influences the whole. You have Louise (Fletch- to be interesting the next 15 years to see what Bezucha’s film is the story of Henry Hart er) in this one part, and then you have to fig- kind of mainstream films incorporate those ele- (Arye Gross), a painter living in Manhattan who ure out who the Widow Thayer is in another, ments and to see where we are then, right? It’s returns home to the fictional, bucolic small and we were lucky enough to find Nan Martin. exciting. town of Big Eden, Montana, to care for his ail- WCT: Now where do you think Henry and https://www.wolfevideo.com/products/ ing grandfather (Henry Coe). Once there, Henry Pike are today? big-eden/ finds that his best friend from high school— TB: If there were a sequel, we always sort Read the entire interview online at www. the super-cute hunk Dean (Tim DeKay)—has of speculated that they hung around Big Eden WindyCityMediaGroup.com. also returned home to raise his young son after a little while and then got bored. [Also, we the death of his wife. However, the townsfolk thought] that Pike’s cooking thing really took want to put Henry with Pike (Eric Schweig), off for him so they moved to New York for him Men’s Health to the painfully shy Native American who cooks to go to cooking school, and they opened a gourmet meals for Henry’s ailing grandpa and restaurant. feature trans athlete silently yearns for Henry. WCT: So this new Blu-ray edition of the Even though he lost a contest to be on To mark Big Eden’s 15th anniversary, Wolfe film—are there new special features? the cover of Men’s Health Magazine, trans- Releasing has just brought out a newly restored TB: They produced a new featurette with gender activist Aydian Dowling, 28, still edition of the film on Blu-ray and VOD. Bezu- Louise Fletcher, Tim DeKay, Arye Gross, myself won. cha, who went on to write and direct the 2005 and Eric Schweig all talking about the movie. According to People Magazine, Dowl- It’s incredibly moving to me that those people holiday film The Family Stone and 2011’s Monte Big Eden director Thomas Bezucha. ing—despite being the Reader’s Choice Carlo, was happy to reminisce about the film who I didn’t pay very much are all still willing with 72,000 votes—lost the cover contest that was tagged “a little miracle” and to chat to talk about the movie 15 years later. to firefighter and EMT Tim Boniface. How- about his new movie in this exclusive interview 2000, to call something a “gay movie” was a WCT: What are you working on now? ever, Dowling will appear on the cover of for Windy City Times. badge of honor. Now, sometimes that’s a bit TB: I’ve got a bunch of different studio proj- the magazine’s special edition alongside Windy City Times: I hope this isn’t a pejo- problematic for people. Where do you stand ects but I’m really most excited because I’m the four other contestants. rative—but my all-time favorite “gay mov- with that? working with a longtime pal, Maria Maggenti, Dowling, who first started identifying as ie” is Big Eden. TB: It’s a little different when it’s your kid, who wrote and directed The Incredibly True Ad- transgender when he was 21, marks the Thomas Bezucha: Well, I don’t care if it is a you know. I wish it could run faster, I wish it venture of Two Girls in Love. We were arrested first transgender male to be represented in pejorative—thank you! I’ll take it. were a little brighter, but I’m happy. It’s crazy together in 1989 during an ACT UP demonstra- the magazine. WCT: I know when you made the film in how the culture has changed for gay film in tion in New York and we’ve been getting to- “ “ H H H H H (OF 5) H H H H (OF 4) deliciously fresh quirky, bizarre, and inventive” tantalizing” TIME OUT CHICAGO CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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NEW WORK PARTNER MAJOR 2015/16 SEASON SUPPORTERS The Harold and Mimi The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Steinberg Charitable Trust 18 Oct. 21, 2015 WINDY CITY TIMES Kate Bornstein on gender misconceptions and ‘dancing with death’ By Sarah Toce never, ever, ever be that thing you’re dreaming of becoming. We think if we disobey this kind Trans advocate Kate Bornstein is a successful of cultural imperative, that we’ll be terrible published writer, author, playwright, and pub- people, worthy only of hell. Well, fuck that. lic speaker—even with the acknowledgement I’ve learned to give myself permission to do that she may only be able to accomplish one anything it takes to make my life more worth task at a time. living—and the only rule I have to follow in “I don’t wear all of these hats at once, I wear order to make that work, is don’t be mean. And them one at a time. I am a terrible multitask- that’s what I teach because it’s not anything er,” she said. “I have a Taurus moon, so I plod. you can learn once and put down forever. I still I stop doing one thing, and I start doing the dance with death—shit happens, right? But next thing. It’s how I try to practice: one day once I started to live my heart’s desire, it was at a time, and live in the now. My girlfriend of all the more seductive a dance with life.” 18 years, Barbara Carrellas, is also a published Bornstein has dealt with feelings of depres- writer, author, playwright, public speaker, and sion and isolation her entire life. more—and she is a brilliant multitasker. Where “I live with borderline personality disorder— I plod, she zooms. We scare each other.” my default has always been depression and When it’s time to throw down one of the isolation,” she said. “Writing, PhotoShopping, hats, which one does she opt to discard first? binge-watching great television, and sitting “Fiction writing, damn it,” she admitted. with my pussycat in my lap are some of my go- “I’ve got a young adult novel that keeps get- to short-term fixes. But what’s worked best and ting back-burnered.” longest has been dialectic behavioral therapy.” Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Sui- The misconceptions surrounding gender cide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws hit identity run deep—even for someone as well- innately close to home for Bornstein. versed in the topic as Bornstein. “Mine wasn’t so much of a struggle with sui- “All of us have misconceptions about gender Kate Bornstein. cide as it was a dance with death,” she said. identity. I sure do,” she said. “I learn more and Photo by Maxwell Lander “The unspoken bottom-line danger with sui- more about gender identity every day, and day by Ryan Bourque cidal thinking is that it’s seductive. It’s why by day my misconceptions about gender iden- (Miley Cyrus and Kristen Stewart, to name a could more generously support the transgender no one can ever really prevent another from tity are dissolving. I guess the most common couple of examples). community, Bornstein was a bit…vague. “More killing themselves—all we can do is help them misconception about gender identity is the be- “I have to dive into some theory,” Born- people need to ask that exact question, and find ways to make their life more worth living.” lief that everyone but you has got misconcep- stein said. “Suppose you understand gender to listen very carefully to the trans person’s an- Bornstein added, “My own solution has been tions.” be divided into two—and only two—spaces: swer.” to pull out all the stops. Literally. We live in The media plays a large part in the associa- male and female. Gender fluidity with this bi- Moving on to Caitlyn Jenner, Bornstein’s a a culture that encourages people to be judg- tions we apply toward gender identity in our nary understanding would be happily bouncing fan. mental, so we get a lot of people stopping us current society. Right now gender fluid celebri- back and forth between these two spaces, in “She’s a dear, dear thing,” she said. “She’s with, ‘Don’t do this,’ and ‘Don’t do that,’ and ties seem to be all the rage in today’s headlines two dimensions. Well, more and more people brand new to girl. She’s brand new to most are coming to understand gender as more than anything left-wing. She’s having to change ev- Advertise in AmericA’s premier LGBt puBLicAtions todAy! two spaces, nonbinary. Some see gender as a erything about her life, and she’s brave enough spectrum, or a spiral, or a Möbius strip. Some and fun enough to be willing to show us her Stronger than ever see gender has a space that contain all of the transition into…what? My money is on soft above, with paradoxes, to boot—lots more butch dyke. So I’m incredibly fond of her, I genders to explore or express, lots more nu- believe in her sincerity and generosity, and I ance possible. That’d be more of a three- or forgive her the mis-steps the way I’d like my Spending in America’s LGBT media is at a record high four-dimensional gender experience. So gender own missteps to be forgiven.” of $381.4 million, up 18.2% fluidity can be binary or nonbinary. It doesn’t As for Orange Is the New Black’s Laverne Cox, from 2012. Circulation and matter.” Bornstein said, “Couldn’t be prouder that Ms. readership of LGBT media are Bornstein explained the concept of fluidity Cox is the face of transgender. Couldn’t be more also up a healthy 15.1%* further. pleased.” Now that’s just SUPER! “Fluidity is a state of identity, or expression, Some might argue that Bornstein is herself or both,” she said. “Some people experience one of the forces to be reckoned with in the gender fluidity in their hearts and minds, and transgender leadership community. When she it’s enough. Some people burst unless they ex- isn’t avoiding her fiction writing, she’s touring. press that fluidity for the world’s great delight. In the meantime, fans can find Bornstein I’m happy to see more gender fluid celebrities writing a new book with the working title happily expressing their fabulous fluidities. ” Trans! Just for the Fun of It! At times it seems like the LGBT community Find out more about Kate Bornstein via focuses more on what separates us than what http://katebornstein.typepad.com. unites us. When asked how the LGB population

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“How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child.”—King Lear, as written by William Shakespeare. Or maybe Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, or Francis Bacon. All I know is someone with a way with words said it. Last week, 20/20 had a story about “affluenza”—a term used to defend the actions of rotten, spoiled, rich kids. This made me think of King Lear. For those of you less literary types (and thank God for you), let me explain. King Lear had three daughters. On their own, they America’s Next Top Model’s Nyle DiMarco is had no money, no talent, nothing. They were fluid. kinda like the 17th-century version of the Kar- Instagram photo dashians—except they didn’t all sleep with Black men. dating Jussie Smollett. The Empire star was Then there’s Isabella Cruise—the daughter asked about this by a TMZ crew. Smollett said, of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. I hasten to “Get up outta my face about that. That’s my add that she is not the spawn of either of their homie right there.” Well, that clears up ... ab- loins—not that this matters, of course. I’m sim- solutely nothing. ply pointing out that you can just tell there’s no One thing we do know—Michael Sam and his genetic link—kinda like when you look at Tom ex, Vito, are still at least on speaking terms. The and Suri Cruise. Isabella just got married in Lon- estranged twosome teamed up for a video cel- don—where her mom, Nicole Kidman, is doing a ebrating Spirit Day and supporting people who play. But Kidman was not invited to the nuptials. are being bullied. Why? Allegedly, the couple wanted to keep ev- I just learned that we lost two more mem- erything low-key. But we hear it was a Scientol- bers of the gay porn community—Blue Blake ogy ceremony and, according to the “religion,” and Gino Colbert. Both men were performers, Nicole is a non-person. And how do you invite a directors, and producers of some pretty legend- non-person? Do they have a non-address? ary films. Interestingly enough, both trod the We hear that John Travolta’s recent dinner boards in live stage shows written by Ronnie with Barbra Streisand was all part of his bid to Larsen. I had the dubious distinction of break- be cast in her remake of Gypsy. Am I the only ing this news to Larsen. He ended a Facebook one who thinks this is inspired casting? If I close post remembering them this way: “Both starred my eyes, I can almost see him as Miss Mazeppa! in my plays and my documentary and both died Alas, he’s angling for the role of Herbie. in their 50s. Way too young. So sad. Life is way Last week, I was a special guest at the Miami too short. I relearn that lesson every single day.” and Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festi- We have a first for this column. Our “Ask Billy” val, now known as MiFo (and special thanks to question will be uncredited. Why? Because I was Will from Argentina, who took such good care of informed that this person submitted this same me). One of the highlights was Kiss Me, Kill Me, exact question to two other websites—neither a new film by directorCasper Andreas. I must of which answered it satisfactorily. The question say that Casper has a way of making a small bud- is this: “When is the ‘Looking’ wrap-up movie go- get look like a million bucks. While I think the ing to air? And who will be in it?” movie aspires to be some sort of “nouveau film HBO is filming Looking for an Ending in No- noir,” star Van Hansis calls it “West Hollywood vember, which coincides with Jonathan Groff’s noir”—probably a more accurate term. While one break from the Broadway musical Hamilton. The could quibble about some of the writing and act- two-hour movie will air in February. When last ing, Hansis undeniably turns in a multilayered we left the show, Groff (Patrick) had walked out performance in the lead role. on Russell Tovey (Kevin) and showed up at the America’s Next Top Model was just cancelled. barber shop of Raul Castillo (Richie). I sup- After 22 seasons, people will no longer get to 10th pose I should now say “SPOILER ALERT.” With judge models from the privacy of their own that inanity out of the way, Patrick and Kevin anniversary cruising home. But the series is still making news. Nyle do not reconcile. This makes sense, since Tovey DiMarco (the show’s first deaf contestant) was gala is on Broadway in Arthur Miller’s A View from answering some Twitter questions when someone the Bridge and is only available for a limited asked if he was into guys or girls. “Fluid” was his into the shooting schedule. That leaves things wide open response. 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with punchy colors, African patterns and intriguing portraits decorating the walls. The menu centers around the Portuguese/Mo- zambican flame-grilled chicken that can be basted the DISH in lemon and herb, mango and lime, or medium, Weekly Dining Guide in hot or extra-hot spices. Knowing how sensitive I WINDY CITY TIMES am to spices (and not wanting to sweat while eat- Miller Lite presents: ing), I opted for chicken in mango and lime—and Night of 100 Drag Queens: it was pretty tasty and moist. My friend also en- Queens At Play SAVOR joyed his whole chicken, which was on the spicy side. (There are also bottles of mild, lemon & herb, Nando’s and mango & lime sauces to add even more taste Wed., Oct. 21 to your experience.) & Thu., Oct. 22 PERi-PERi As for the sides, they’re also intriguing—but, Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted St. again, watch out for the kick. The hummus is Ferocious, fierce and fabulous BY ANDREW DAVIS harmless enough, but it comes with a tiny bottle queens from all over the state will of PERi-PERi drizzle—and, as the saying goes, a be taking the Sidetrack stage for a There’s no denying the success of Nando’s PERi- ‘lil dab will do ya. Even the peas (called “macho production like no other to benefit PERi (Nandos.com), named after co-founder Fer- peas”) can be challenging for the uninitiated, be- . This year’s theme nando Duarte. ing a combo of whole peas, parsley, mint and chili. is Queens at Play. This years’ per- The fast-casual chain, which originated in Jo- The same can be said for the butternut squash- formers celebrate games, dolls, hannesburg, South Africa, has more than 1,200 and-grilled corn combo, with chili dotting that as toys, and all things play-ful with restaurants in almost 40 countries—and it’s slowly well—but the corn was especially tasty. large production numbers featur- moving west throughout the United States If you can somehow put away that food (or are ing sexy dancers and outrageous I had to try this myself to see if all the hubbub smart enough to allocate some of your stomach for costumes. For over 20 years, was worth it—and it does seem that there’s a good later), try the desserts. Options include chocolate Chicago’s longest-running drag reason Nando’s PERi-PERi has all this success hap- spoon cake, cheesecakes and, yes, chocolate-chili benefit has celebrated the campy, pening: the food. cookies. the beautiful, the avant-garde and However, here’s a warning: The fare definitely By the way, vegetarians have choices as well, in- the just plain “sickening” Chicago packs a kick, thanks to the African bird’s-eye chili cluding butternut squash-and-couscous salad, veg- drag community and Equality Illi- (or PERi-PERi) that’s used to flavor a lot of dishes. gie burgers and various wraps—and you can bet nois at Sidetrack. Nando’s PERi-PERi general manager Jason Reese. We hit the West Loop location (953 W. Randolph the chili isn’t too far away. Directed by Jeffrey Lynch and Photo by Ed Negron St.) but there are also restaurants in Lincoln Park The women sitting next to us really admired our hosted by Dixie Lynn Cartwright (1500 N. Clybourn St.) and Lake View (670 W. Di- dishes. I asked them if they were longtime custom- and Alexis Bevels, Night of 100 versey Pkwy.). (In late November, a fourth loca- is decorated in a different way and I was previ- ers. They said they were first-timers, but they defi- Drag Queens features a who’s- tion will open in the Loop at 22 S. Wabash Ave.) ously told that the spot my friend and I went to nitely plan on returning soon. Take it from them who of Chicago drag, including According to General Manager Jason Reese, each is the “most vibrant” of them—and vibrant it is, (and me): Nando’s is certainly worth (re)visiting. Chicago’s own RuPaul’s Drag Race favorites Dida Ritz, Monica Bev- erly Hillz (pictured at last year’s event; photo by Kirk Williamson) and Jade Sotomayor. A special VIP reception allows you in early to grab the best seats in the house and enjoy the beautiful and hi- larious Tequila Mockingbird as she sings live for your entertainment. Two nights only: Wednesday, Oc- tober 21, and Thursday, October 22, 2015. VIP tickets are $20 per person in advance or $25 at the door. Doors open for VIP reception at 7 p.m. General admission tickets are $15 per person in advance and at the door. Doors open for general admission at 8 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.sidetrackchicago.com or can be purchased at Sidetrack. —from a press release

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This event is free, but Gerber Hart Library and Archives 6500 N am reception. 12:00am Chicago Hilton Kids: The Century-Long Struggle for LGBT attendees will be encouraged to make a Clark St Chicago and Towers 720 S Michigan Ave Chicago Rights, with 21 activities. Reading and $10 donation to the Women’s Voices Fund, OPALGA Gala More information to come. http://personalpac.org Tickets: http:// signing. 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