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According to HBHC President/CEO David Munar and Gerber/ Hart Board President Carrie Barnett, the arrangement pro- HBHC, Gerber/ vides numerous mutual advantages for both organizations. For HBHC, it means that patients from Rogers Park, Edgewater and nearby neighborhoods will have easier access to its facilities, Hart to partner on and space limitations will be eased at its Uptown and Lake View clinics. For Gerber/Hart, it means wider visibility and in- North Side facility creased foot traffic in a location that is off the beaten path By Matt Simonette for many. “This is the best situation we could have wanted,” said Bar- Officials from Howard Brown Health Center (HBHC) and Gerber/ nett. “Aside from taking over the building ourselves, which I Hart Library and Archives, on Sept. 29, announced that HBHC admit we wanted to do. But we couldn’t ask for better people will open a clinic at 6500 N. Clark St.—the address where Ger- to be partners with.” REVOLUTIONary ber/Hart has been the sole tenant since 2013. The 15,000-square-foot facility is tentatively expected to HBHC will occupy all the unused spaces in the Rogers Park open with four exam rooms by the end of 2015; eight addi- Author Lillian Faderman talks about A Gay building, which Clark Point Properties owns. Gerber/Hart’s tional exam rooms are expected to be added over the course Revolution. lease has been assigned to HBHC, effectively making the of the following 18-24 months, provided the clinic hits its Photo by Phyllis Irwin 16 health organization the library’s landlord. Turn to page 17

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PATIENT INFORMATION Reducing the amount of HIV-1 and increasing the CD4+ (T) cells in your PREZCOBIX (prez-koe-bix) blood may help improve your immune system. This may reduce your risk (darunavir and cobicistat) of death or getting infections that can happen when your immune system tablets is weak (opportunistic infections). PREZCOBIX does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS. You must keep taking Please read this information before you start taking PREZCOBIX and HIV-1 medicines to control HIV-1 infection and decrease HIV-related each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This information illnesses. does not take the place of talking with your healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment. Avoid doing things that can spread HIV-1 infection to others. What is the most important information I should know about PREZCOBIX? • Do not share or re-use needles or other injection equipment. • PREZCOBIX may cause liver problems. Some people taking • Do not share personal items that can have blood or body fluids on PREZCOBIX may develop liver problems which may be life-threatening. them, like toothbrushes and razor blades. Your healthcare provider should do blood tests before and during • Do not have any kind of sex without protection. Always practice safe your treatment with PREZCOBIX. If you have chronic hepatitis B or sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom to lower the chance of C infection, your healthcare provider should check your blood tests sexual contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood. more often because you have an increased chance of developing Ask your healthcare provider if you have any questions on how to liver problems. prevent passing HIV to other people. Tell your healthcare provider if you have any of the below signs and Who should not take PREZCOBIX? symptoms of liver problems. Do not take PREZCOBIX with any of the following medicines: • dark (tea colored) urine • alfuzosin (Uroxatral®) • yellowing of your skin or whites of your eyes • cisapride (Propulside®, Propulsid® Quicksolv) • pale colored stools (bowel movements) • colchicine (Colcrys®, Mitigare®), if you have liver or kidney problems • nausea • dronedarone (Multaq®) • vomiting • ergot-containing medicines: ® ® ® • pain or tenderness on your right side below your ribs • dihydroergotamine (D.H.E. 45 , Embolex , Migranal ) ® ® ® ® • loss of appetite • ergotamine tartrate (Cafergot , Ergomar , Ergostat , Medihaler , Migergot®, Wigraine®, Wigrettes®) • PREZCOBIX may cause severe or life-threatening skin reactions or • methylergonovine (Methergine®) rash. Sometimes these skin reactions and skin rashes can become • lovastatin or a product that contains lovastatin (Altoprev®, Advicor®, severe and require treatment in a hospital. Call your healthcare provider Mevacor®) right away if you develop a rash. Stop taking PREZCOBIX and call your ® healthcare provider right away if you develop any skin changes with • lurasidone (Latuda ) ® symptoms below: • midazolam (Versed ), when taken by mouth ® • fever • pimozide (Orap ) ® • tiredness • ranolazine (Ranexa ) ® ® ® ® • muscle or joint pain • rifampin (Rifadin , Rifater , Rifamate , Rimactane ) ® • blisters or skin lesions • sildenafil (Revatio ), when used for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) • mouth sores or ulcers • simvastatin or a product that contains simvastatin (Simcor®, Vytorin®, • red or inflamed eyes, like “pink eye” (conjunctivitis) Zocor®) • PREZCOBIX when taken with certain other medicines can cause new • St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum), or a product that contains or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare St. John’s Wort provider should check your kidneys before you start and while you are • triazolam (Halcion®) taking PREZCOBIX. Serious problems can happen if you take any of these medicines with See “What are the possible side effects of PREZCOBIX?” for more PREZCOBIX. information about side effects. What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking PREZCOBIX? What is PREZCOBIX? Before taking PREZCOBIX, tell your healthcare provider if you: PREZCOBIX is a prescription HIV-1 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1) • have liver problems, including hepatitis B or hepatitis C medicine used with other antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV-1 infection • have kidney problems in adults. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency • are allergic to sulfa (sulfonamide) Syndrome). • have diabetes PREZCOBIX contains the prescription medicines PREZISTA (darunavir) • have hemophilia and TYBOST (cobicistat). • have any other medical condition It is not known if PREZCOBIX is safe and effective in children under 18 years • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. 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• are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you take Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you PREZCOBIX. or that does not go away. • You should not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of These are not all of the possible side effects of PREZCOBIX. For more passing HIV to your baby. information, ask your health care provider. • It is not known if PREZCOBIX can pass into your breast milk. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report • Talk to your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. baby. How should I store PREZCOBIX? Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including • Store PREZCOBIX tablets at room temperature between 68°F to 77°F prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal (20°C to 25°C). supplements. Some medicines interact with PREZCOBIX. Keep a list of your medicines to show your healthcare provider and pharmacist. Keep PREZCOBIX and all medicines out of reach of children. • You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of General information about PREZCOBIX medicines that interact with PREZCOBIX. Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed • Do not start taking a new medicine without telling your healthcare in a Patient Information leaflet. Do not use PREZCOBIX for a condition for provider. Your healthcare provider can tell you if it is safe to take which it was not prescribed. Do not give PREZCOBIX to other people, PREZCOBIX with other medicines. even if they have the same symptoms that you have. It may harm them. How should I take PREZCOBIX? If you would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. • Take PREZCOBIX exactly as your healthcare provider tells you. You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for information • Do not change your dose or stop taking PREZCOBIX without talking to about PREZCOBIX that is written for health professionals. your healthcare provider. For more information call 1-800-526-7736. • Take PREZCOBIX 1 time a day with food. • If you miss a dose of PREZCOBIX by less than 12 hours, take your What are the ingredients in PREZCOBIX? missed dose of PREZCOBIX right away. Then take your next dose of Active ingredients: darunavir and cobicistat PREZCOBIX at your regularly scheduled time. Inactive ingredients: colloidal silicon dioxide, crospovidone, • If you miss a dose of PREZCOBIX by more than 12 hours, wait and then hypromellose, magnesium stearate, and silicified microcrystalline take the next dose of PREZCOBIX at your regularly scheduled time. cellulose. The tablets are film-coated with a coating material containing • If a dose of PREZCOBIX is skipped, do not double the next dose. Do iron oxide black, iron oxide red, polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl alcohol not take more or less than your prescribed dose of PREZCOBIX at any (partially hydrolyzed), talc, and titanium dioxide. one time. • If you take too much PREZCOBIX, call your healthcare provider or go Manufactured by: to the nearest hospital emergency room right away. Janssen Ortho LLC, Gurabo, PR 00778 What are the possible side effects of PREZCOBIX? Manufactured for: PREZCOBIX may cause serious side effects including: Janssen Therapeutics, Division of Janssen Products, LP, Titusville NJ • See “What is the most important information I should know about 08560 PREZCOBIX?” Issued: January 2015 • Diabetes and high blood sugar (hyperglycemia). Some people who take protease inhibitors including PREZCOBIX can get high blood © Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2015 sugar, develop diabetes, or your diabetes can get worse. Tell your healthcare provider if you notice an increase in thirst or urinate often 027415-150108 while taking PREZCOBIX. • Changes in body fat can happen in people who take HIV-1 medications. The changes may include an increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (“buffalo hump”), breast, and around the middle of your body (trunk). Loss of fat from the legs, arms, and face may also happen. The exact cause and long-term health effects of these conditions are not known. • Changes in your immune system (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can happen when you start taking HIV-1 medicines. Your immune system may get stronger and begin to fight infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you start having new symptoms after starting your HIV-1 medicine. • Increased bleeding for hemophiliacs. Some people with hemophilia have increased bleeding with protease inhibitors including PREZCOBIX. The most common side effects of darunavir, one of the medicines in PREZCOBIX, include: • diarrhea • nausea • rash • headache • stomach area (abdominal) pain • vomiting 6 Sept. 30, 2015 WINDY CITY TIMES Afraid to be shirtless?

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by Jeanne Cordova A letter about dying, to my lesbian communities This letter is meant as a notification and political birthday, I found Her in a small thank you to the thousands of members DOB (Daughters of Bilitis) meeting. That’s of the national lesbian community whose when my life’s work became clear. Shortly activism, lives, and loves have touched thereafter I became a core organizer for my own. Especially those dykes who have two national lesbian conferences, one of become family and siblings of choice over which re-directed my path to create The the last 40 years. Yes, the rumors are true, Lesbian Tide newsmagazine, a national I have metastasized-to-the-brain cancer. I paper of record, as the historians say, for am dying from it in my cerebellum. the lesbian-feminist generation. And on it I have had cancer since 2008. Colon went for multiple decades of marches and cancer. For the first four years I brushed it later online organizing—this time inter- off, as I’ve done many times with physical sectionally, to include all of me and my illness or difficulties. I continued my ac- Latina identity. tivism with the Lesbian Exploratory proj- Somewhere in the middle of all that I, ect and I finished my third book, When somewhat accidentally, invented the Gay We Were Outlaws. The cancer came back in & Lesbian Community Yellow Pages, a first 2013. Metastasized first to my lungs and for our by-then national tribe. This Los then to my cerebellum. Yes, my head. With Angeles 400-page guide that helped us South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. brain and back-of-the-neck cancer it has still-half-hidden people to connect, politi- Photo by Matt Simonette been a downhill experience the last three cally I thought initially, with businesses years, with multiple operations, radiation and professionals that spoke to us within and chemo. our own identities. That it did, but this This February I had chemotherapy. directory and lucky timing in life-long real Among a host of side-effects, it’s given estate, also enabled me to fulfill an early Victory Fund holds me “chemo brain,” which amounts, basi- personal vow to give back half of my es- cally, to “getting stupid.” Just saying. This tate to our movement. I do this with As- month’s so-called side effect is peripheral traea Lesbian Foundation for Justice (out Chicago celebration neuropathy. That’s from chemo, they say, of New York City) and other organizations. and it makes your feet, fingers and hands I believe it so critical to our transform- feel tingling and numb like when you ing movements to leave our estates to our fall asleep on your leg or hands. Only, it LBGTQ charities, not some errant hetero- of LGBT candidates doesn’t go away. I can’t stand up without sexual relation we hardly know! More on holding onto a wall or background sup- this political news and views to follow. city had already made. “In my first year in of- By Matt Simonette port. I can’t feel where my feet are. Yeek! I believe that cancer or any terminal fice, we published and put into law a human I freak myself out talkin’ about it. disease is the luck of the draw. As my Members and supporters of the Gay and Lesbian rights ordinance that said you can’t be fired for A guru once told me, “We die in incre- mother used to say of my aunt who was Victory Fund, on Sept. 27, gathered at Ignite who love, that [included] gender identity and ments, one piece at a time.” She meant also a nun of 90 years, “At that age, you Glass Studios, 401 N. Armour St., for the orga- sexual orientation,” he noted. one part of our body suddenly ceases to got to die of something.” I have read the nization’s “Windy City Toasts” celebration. Despite “some static” when he came out, work, an elbow or a tongue. Seemingly for obituaries in Lesbian Connection these The event called attention to the work of Buttigieg had numerous people reach out and no reason, like a worn-out knee. This came last years as they chronicle the passage openly gay elected officials from across the lend support, he said. “But this isn’t over,” he as a surprise. I thought we get old or die of my second-wave generation. The one country, and honored two Chicago politicians, added. “If I win in six weeks, when I’m on the … suddenly, and all at once. Not so! message that rings out clearly is that so state Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D) and Ald. Tom Tun- ballot, it will be the first time that any LGBT Many of us have gotten cancer and died. many, many in these pages were activists ney (40th Ward). Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, person has been elected to high office in In- I write publicly to the women who have who articulated social justice in their lo- based in Washington, D.C., provides financial diana, first time ever, and … in most parts of defined my life because I want to share cal or regional spaces. Many dykes mak- and logistical support to openly LGBT candi- Indiana, it is perfectly lawful to fire somebody, this last journey, as I have shared so much ing change. So many of you or loved ones dates in local-, state- and federal-level elec- or discriminate against them, simply because of my activist life with you. You gave me have gone through death rituals these tions. of who they love.” a life’s cause. It is wonderful to have had last years. It makes me feel like one-of-the South Bend (Indiana) Mayor Pete Buttigieg Buttigieg spoke of organizations and sup- a life’s cause: freedom and dignity for les- gang … again! spoke about his experience coming out, which porters “having his back,” a thread picked up bians. I believe that’s what lesbian femi- I really don’t know when or if I can he did in a newspaper opinion piece on June by Cassidy after she accepted an award from nism is really about, sharing. We built a write again. Mental competency and all 16. In doing so, Buttigieg—who was already Victory Campaign Board Member Eric Nelson, movement by telling each other our lives that. The choice appears to be living the youngest-ever mayor of a city with over explaining the need to cultivate a new genera- and thoughts about the way life should be. with chemo forever off and on, or dying. 100,000 people—became the first openly-gay tion of LGBT political leaders. We cut against the grain and re-thought I will make that choice soon enough. In executive official in the Hoosier State’s history. “Groups like Victory make it possible for us almost everything. With just enough left the meantime, please write or speak your He detailed several challenges facing his city to ensure that there is a farm team, that there undone for our daughters to re-invent own truth in living with dying (which is and state, among them South Bend’s overcom- are always people coming up behind us,” Cas- themselves. Death should be a part of life. the title of my planned next book) to your ing the stigma of being labeled a “dying city” sidy said. “The city elections showed that; we Not hidden, not a secret, something we lesbian newspaper or my blog below. by Newsweek and the state government’s pas- had some wonderful new blood come onto the never said out loud. I want to say THANK YOU to all of you sage last spring of the Religious Freedom Res- city council.” Being an organizer and journalist in who have loved another woman-identified- toration Act. Tunney, who accepted his award from Victory the lesbian, gay, feminist, and women-of- woman, who have loved me, or have loved Buttigieg called the legislation a humilia- Campaign Board Member Justin DeJong, is now color communities—and loving it—has Lesbian Nation. I wish I could still write tion for the state, noting that it was “a hand- one of five members, or 10 percent, of the Chi- been the focal point of my life. It has about this kind of love more eloquently. ful of legislators and our governor telling an cago city council. “The difference of having a been a wild joyous ride. I feel more than Lesbians do have a special love for one entire segment of society that they were not gay or lesbian person on the city council is adequately thanked by the many awards I another. I have felt it many times when welcome.” phenomenal,” he said. have received from all the queer communi- women are with each other. I am happy He said he was caught-off guard by the bill Among those also speaking at the event ties, and through all the descriptions and and content to have participated in it for quotes in history books that have docu- most of my very full and happy life. Know going through and the storm of controversy were Angie Craig, a Minnesota candidate for mented my role as an organizer, publisher, that I have this kind of love not only with that followed, adding, “I thought it was going the U.S. House of Representatives, and LaWana speaker and author. Thanks to all of you my family of choice, but with a straight- to come and go, that there’d just be a couple Mayfield, of Charlotte, North Carolina, who is who have given me a place in our history. arrow spouse with whom I have journeyed days of fuss and that it would go away. In- that city’s first openly gay city council mem- From the age of 18 to 21, I painfully these last 26 years. stead, it became a rallying cry for the entire ber as well as the second Black woman to sit looked everywhere for Lesbian Nation. Cordova’s blog is thislesbianworld. country to stand up and say, ‘This isn’t okay. on the council. Victory Institute Board Member On Oct. 3, 1970, a day I celebrate as my blogspot.com . This isn’t us.’” Debra Shore and Victory Campaign Board Mem- But Buttigieg admitted that the controversy ber Clark Pellett, as well as Victory Fund Board worked in South Bend’s favor, bringing to light Chair Kim Hoover, introduced the program. some anti-discrimination advancements the Beverly Ross. Photo by Lawrence Turner

WINDY CITY TIMES Sept. 30, 2015 9 The Huffington Post noted. He told bishops in Washington, D.C. On Sept. 27, he met with that, in response to these changes, they should victims. reach out to spread their faith through the The Huffington Post item is at http://www. bonds of friendship. huffingtonpost.com/entry/pope-francis-gay- The pope prefaced his address with remarks marriage-and-families_5607eb53e4b0dd85030 on the church’s continuing sex-abuse crisis; he 7ed5a. initially spoke about it earlier in his trip while —Andrew Davis

Pope: Gov’t officials Lesbian can withhold licenses photographer/ On Sept. 28, Pope Francis said that govern- ment officials have a “human right” to refuse filmmaker dies to discharge duties—such as issuing marriage Honey Lee Cottrell—a photographer and licenses to gay people—if they feel it violates filmmaker who pioneered lesbian erotica in their conscience, Reuters reported. the 1980s through her contributions to the The pontiff made the statement on his flight women’s erotica magazine On Our Backs—died back to Rome from the United States. Asked Sept. 21, in Santa Cruz, California, of pancre- if he backed individuals, such as government atic cancer at age 69, FeminineMoments.dk re- officials, who refuse to abide by some laws, ported. such as issuing marriage licenses to same-sex Among other achievements, she studied at couples, the pope said, “Conscientious objec- the National Sex Forum and was a member of TJ Williams-Hauger (left) and Bradley Hauger in Washington, D.C. tion must enter into every juridical structure San Francisco Sex Information in the 1970s. Photo from Williams-Hauger because it is a right.” She co-authored I Am My Lover, a 1978 femi- In Kentucky, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis nist book celebrating masturbation she created went to jail because she refused to issue li- with Joani Blank and Tee Corinne. In addition, censes to same-sex couples. Although she is Cottrell was an early member of the Lesbian Gay Chicago couple back in her position, she still will not person- and Gay History Project, founded in late 1978 ally sign off on them, although most of her in San Francisco. deputy clerks have. Cottrell directed the film Sweet Dreams and, witnesses pope’s visit Francis also repeated his condemnation of from 1985 to the early ‘90s, was a cinematog- Married couple TJ Williams-Hauger and Brad world. [Regarding] immigration, he reminded priests who had sexually abused children, say- rapher for Fatale Video, the first lesbian-creat- Hauger went to Washington, D.C. last week everyone that there is no one who is not an ing the victims had been “crushed by evil.” ed erotic movie company. (as VIP guests) when Pope Francis visited the immigrant. He also reminded us that taking The Reuters article is at http://www.reuters. She is survived by mother Patricia Cottrell, White House. care of the environment is our responsibility com/article/2015/09/28/us-pope-usa-idUSKC- brother Michael Cottrell and daughter Aretha In a statement to Windy City Times, Williams- and that people of faith must understand that N0RS13320150928. Bright, as well as life companions Melinda Geb- Hauger, a seminary student, said, “It was good science and faith goes hand and hand. be, Amber Hollibaugh and Susie Bright. to be at the White House with friends, col- “He is prophetic in action as well as spo- The article is at http://www.feminin- leagues [as well as] lovers and doers of peace ken words—as he chose not to dine with the emoments.dk/blog/obituary-honey-lee-cot- and justice during such an important and his- wealthy, but to eat with the poor, as Jesus trell-1946-2015/. toric occasion. It was exciting to see the Holy would do.” Father and the Holy Fiat! But let us be careful In Philadelphia on Sept. 27, the pontiff made not to become so star-struck that we close our his most direct reference to same-sex marriage, Correction eyes to his message. as he spoke of the “unprecedented changes” @windycitytimes1 In the June 28 issue, Ed Negron should have “He challenged us all to work in a spirit of co- that are having “social, cultural and, unfortu- been credited for coverage of the Pride 5K. operation, to be welcoming to all people in the nately, now juridical effects on family bonds,” Windy City Times regrets the error.

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She Tyler Greene and Ziwu Zhou’s love story has had couldn’t believe it and thought it was a choice. many twists and turns, and it all started on a We didn’t say anything to my dad at the time snowy, cold January night in 2012. but my mom told my dad three days after I left Greene, who was house sitting for a friend, China. I told my mom that I was dating Tyler decided to check out his OK Cupid account and but she didn’t want to hear anything about my he happened to see Zhou’s profile. Greene mes- relationship and told me to break up with him. saged Zhou, who had just left Jackhammer and China is very different because there isn’t much was heading home, and a short time later Zhou infrastructure for families of LGBT people. My had taken Greene up on his offer to come over mom finally told her parents and two brothers and meet him. and they were really supportive of me being “That night he read to me and told me all gay and that helped my mom a lot.” this personal information about himself and Shortly after his visit to Beijing, Zhou’s doc- we made out a little bit, but didn’t take it any tors found a tumor in his spinal cord that re- further,” said Zhou. “I was texting a friend on quired immediate surgery. Zhou had chronic the way home the next day and told them I shoulder and back pain for years and after see- met someone, and for me that’s unusual since ing a chiropractor she recommended that he it takes me longer than one sort of date to real- get an X-ray since nothing she did was helping ize if this is right person.” to alleviate his pain. The X-ray didn’t show any “We were dating for a month and on Valen- irregularities but his chiropractor wasn’t con- tine’s Day we went to Hopleaf, and after that vinced and got him an appointment to get an Tyler Greene and Ziwu Zhou. we were outside of Hamburger Mary’s and that’s MRI. That’s when the doctors found the mass in Photo by Alison King when I told him that I loved him,” said Greene. his spinal cord. “Ziwu said it back to me but he doesn’t remem- It took Zhou three months to recover and, worked as a production assistant on an off- Mayne Stage in Rogers Park where Greene pro- ber saying it that night. I remember that night while he was in the hospital, Greene stayed Broadway play directed by Terry Kinney (one duces many of WBEZ’s live events. being very romantic. I thought he was someone with him every night. Zhou’s parents were still of the original founders Steppenwolf Theatre) The couple is looking forward to sharing their who was very different from me and could test coming to terms with his being gay, so he had and spent a year in the study abroad program special day with family and friends although me in many different ways.” to hide the fact that he was in the hospital at University of London, Goldsmiths College. Zhou’s family won’t be able to attend the cer- Before moving to Chicago to attend gradu- recovering from surgery; they would ask who After graduating from college, Greene spent a emony. Both Greene and Zhou think it’s kismet ate school at the School of the Art Institute of was taking care of him and he couldn’t say it year teaching English in South Korea and, since that their upcoming wedding is intertwined Chicago (MFA in Visual Communication), Zhou was his boyfriend. Earlier this year, Zhou finally he already knew people in Chicago, he decided with the OUTspoken! storytelling series. lived in China. He was born in a small town told his family about the surgery and revealed to move here when that assignment was fin- “There’s something about OUTspoken! which in the Hubei Province and moved a couple of that he’d been living with Green all along. ished. His first job was as About Face Theatre’s has been captured by many people’s senti- times within the province with his parents be- Greene explained that Zhou’s parents have ac- social media coordinator before moving on to ments. The feeling is when you walk in the fore attending Tsinghua University where he cepted him into their lives and thanked him the Steppenwolf Theater as a call center repre- room you’re comfortable right away,” said received a BA in Information Arts and Design. for being there for their son. Now when Zhou sentative. Greene. “Art [Johnston], David [Fink] and Kim Zhou now works as an interactive graphic de- Skypes his parents, Greene is right by his side. With Greene’s experience in the storytelling [Hunt] and the Midwestern way that they start sign engineer at HP Software. “Ziwu’s grandma, who is almost 90 and has realm, it was only natural for him to eventually the show makes everyone feel welcome. Every- “I came out after grad school to my best been a part of nearly every social strata within tell his own story. When he was asked to par- one leans forward and listens to the storytell- friend Jinyoung and a year later I met Tyler,” China, was the one who was the most accept- ticipate in Sidetrack’s storytelling series OUT- ers in a way that I don’t see in other venues. said Zhou. “I decided that if I was in a relation- ing,” said Greene. “She really wants me to visit spoken! he decided to recount Zhou’s surgery You can feel that everyone is leaning forward ship with someone important then I would tell China.” story and how that brought them even closer while you are on stage. I was very nervous. my parents and get their blessing. Tyler and I Greene—who is the Assistant House Manager together. Right after Greene finished his story, I’ve heard hundreds and hundreds of stories had been dating for about a year so I decided for Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me, Events Coordina- Zhou proposed to him in front of everyone and because of The Moth. What I love is when that I was going to come out to my parents tor for all of WBEZ’s live events and Producer Greene immediately said yes. people are vulnerable, honest and raw as well during my annual visit for the Chinese New for The Moth-Chicago StorySLAM—grew up “It was the right moment because he was as prepared and when I listen back to my per- Year. I came out to my mom the night before in the small town of Galesburg, Michigan. He telling my surgery story to an audience,” said formance that’s what I heard.” I returned to the states while we were staying graduated from Kalamazoo College with a BA Zhou. “While Tyler was telling the story, I was Greene’s story was also featured on Kevin Al- on the 28th floor of a hotel in Beijing. She told in Theatre Arts-Media Studies. While attending reliving that experience and got so emotional lison’s RISK! podcast under the title “Like Lov- me that if it weren’t for her parents, she would college, Greene did an internship in NYC and and was shaking. At the last moment it oc- ers Do.” curred to me that I had to propose right then, “I was getting tweets from people who’ve lis- because there wasn’t going to be a better mo- tened to my story thanking me for sharing part ment than that moment. We’d already planned of my life,” said Greene. “Because of Kevin’s on getting married but no one had officially popularity it’s in the top ten of the storytell- ® proposed. Tyler told me that if anyone was go- ing section on iTunes. Of course everyone was American Mensa ing to propose it would have to be me because coming to hear Margaret Cho but they stayed is he’d be too nervous to do it.” and listened to my story afterward.” “Never in a bazillion years did I ever imag- To listen to Greene’s OUTspoken! story, visit INVITING ine that he would propose that night,” said www.risk-show.com/podcast/meant-for-each- Greene. other and go to the 52:45 mark. INTELLIGENCE The couple will be married on Oct. 11 at

vocate for equality and has been a tireless Take the official Clinton, Biden to champion for the advancement of LGBT rights as human rights around the globe,” said HRC Mensa Admission Test. speak at HRC events President Chad Griffin in a statement. “A vi- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) an- sionary leader fighting for an America where nounced that former Secretary of State and everyone is treated with equal respect and current presidential candidate Hillary Rod- dignity, regardless of their sexual orientation To find a testing ham Clinton will speak to the organization or gender identity, we’re thrilled Secretary session near you, visit on the morning of Oct. 3. Clinton will join us to discuss the challenges Approximately 800 grassroots leaders from ahead in the fight for full federal equality.” bit.ly/MensaTest across the country—including the HRC Board HRC also announced that seven-time Emmy of Directors, Board of Governors, staff and winner Allison Janney (TV’s The West Wing; volunteer leaders and supporters from the or- Mom) will present HRC’s National Vanguard ganization’s approximately 1.5 million mem- Award to Academy Award-nominated actress bers and supporters in all 50 states—will Ellen Page for her courage and leadership. hear from Clinton ahead of the organization’s Retired NBA athlete Jason Collins and Blos- AmericanMensa.lgbt National Dinner, during which Vice President som Brown are also slated to address the Joe Biden will speak. sold-out gathering. “Secretary Clinton is a tremendous ad- WINDY CITY TIMES Sept. 30, 2015 11 Youth experiencing homelessness rally to end budget impasse

By Gretchen Rachel Hammond At the open of the rally, Holcomb played devil’s advocate donning a mask of Rauner and On Sept. 23, shortly after Pope Francis stood responding to requests from two performers in front of the White House and delivered a from OH! who begged him to sign a budget speech asking “all men and women of good that would fund the state’s homeless youth will in this great nation to support the efforts programs. of the international community to protect the “I am not going to sign a budget until the vulnerable,” more than 100 homeless youth, legislature supports my turnaround agenda,” their advocacy organizations and Reps. Greg Holcomb replied as Rauner. “Why don’t you be Harris and Will Guzzardi rallied outside of the good kids and just go home to your parents? Thompson Center in downtown Chicago before Why don’t you just get a job? You’re old enough James Ivory talks to the crowd during the rally. delivering a cardboard box to Gov. Bruce Raun- to work. Are you lazy? The American dream is Photo by Gretchen Rachel Hammond er’s office. there for anyone who pulls themselves up by On its front was a simple request written in their own bootstraps.” passing that bill over and over again as many deliver the cardboard box. blue felt-tip “don’t make homeless youth live “It’s extremely hard to get a job when you’re times as it takes to provide for those in society Holcomb—herself a survivor of homeless- in a dirty box.” homeless and you don’t have a phone, address who need our help until the governor agrees to ness—announced to the crowd that the gover- The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) or interview clothes or even a bus card,” the step up to the plate and do the right thing,” nor was not there but that the box was accept- organized the rally designed—according to a kids replied. “It’s very hard to go to college he said. ed by his press assistant Jacquelyn Reineke press release—to call upon the governor to when you’re homeless and you don’t know “I’m frustrated,” Guzzardi told the crowd. who seemed genuinely moved and pledged to “end the budget stalemate so homeless youth where you are going to sleep and you have to “Frankly, it breaks my heart to have to be hear- give the box to Rauner. are no longer at risk for physical, sexual and carry your books and clothes around with you. ing from these young people and to have to “She said she understood things were hard,” emotional harm.” Besides, Pell Grants don’t cover all the costs. say to them ‘I’m going to do everything in my Holcomb told Windy City Times. “She acknowl- The impasse in Springfield over Rauner’s bud- I don’t have the credit history to qualify for power to pass a fair and equitable budget but I edged that this was not a good situation. I get cuts has already had a severe impact on the student loans.” have a pretty strong feeling that the governor was pleasantly surprised. It seemed to be an city’s estimated 12,186 unaccompanied home- One of Ujima’s former residents has man- and the Republicans in the legislature are go- encounter in good faith and I was afraid it less youth (according to a CCH 2014 analysis) aged to go to college. But James Ivory told the ing to keep that from happening.’ It hurts me wouldn’t be. I was homeless in the ‘80s when aged 14-21. Statewide, the CCH quotes Illinois crowd that he wouldn’t be there if he didn’t to hear us having to justify these services on there were no programs. In my street family State Board of Education estimated numbers have a homeless shelter to go home to at financial grounds, to say that it’s cheaper to there were nine of us and I was the only one from the 2013-14 public school year at 59,112. night. “When you’re outside in the cold, when provide services to homeless people than to let in my group to make it to age 30. If these pro- A. Anne Holcomb is a supervisor at Ujima you’re hungry it’s very hard to be happy,” he them die in the streets. That’s not the argu- grams close, people are going to die. You are Village Homeless Shelter. The organization was said. “When you’re unhappy, you make a lot of ment we need to make. We need to talk about going to cut Illinois’ right hand off if you don’t represented at the event by some of the youth unhappy decisions.” people’s lives. We need to be angry about this.” invest in our kids.” it serves alongside those from The Broadway However no decisions are being made in Calvin Curtis, a gay youth served by Broadway Harris was carrying a quote from Pope Francis Youth Center (BYC), Unity Parenting & Coun- Springfield despite the attempts of lawmakers Youth Center, stepped up to the microphone that he shared with the crowd. It read, “I ask seling Inc., Neon Street Dorms and performers like Harris and Guzzardi. to speak about his life. “I became homeless you to ensure humanity is served by wealth and from the OH! Homeless Youth Group. “This is a huge issue,” Harris told Windy about a year ago when I had issues with my not ruled by it.” “We get 98 percent of our funds from the City Times. “The governor has vetoed almost family because they didn’t accept that I was On Sept 24—as Harris presented SB 2046— state,” Holcomb told Windy City Times. “We all of the state budget putting at risk home- gay,” he said. “BYC was one of the first places the pope was delivering a historic speech to a haven’t had funding from them since June 30. less youth, childcare, early intervention, ser- that I found. It’s helped me on a business and joint session of Congress. “I would encourage If the city hadn’t helped us out temporarily, vices for autistic kids and families and it’s just a personal level. If it didn’t exist, I don’t know you to keep in mind all those people around us we would be closed by now. We had a plan in wrong. Everyone knows what the right solution where I would be or where a lot of my friends who are trapped in a cycle of poverty,” he told place to shut down. The parent organization is. The governor keeps trying to hold the bud- would be.” lawmakers. “They too need to be given hope.” would have survived but the shelter wouldn’t get hostage to his anti-union policies.” “I had trouble finding work because I have For more information about the Chicago have made it. But the city help is not going to Harris added that, on Sept. 24, he would mental and physical impairments,” Curtis told Coalition for the Homeless, visit http:// last forever. We’re already having to cut stuff. present Senate Bill 2046 in Executive Com- Windy City Times. “I’ve just been doing the www.chicagohomeless.org. We can’t give kids transit cards so they have to mittee that will fully fund programs includ- best I can.” For more information on The Broadway walk across two gang lines to go to their social ing homeless youth services, mental health Holcomb and James were two of a small con- Youth Venter, visit http://www.howard- workers, they can’t go to job interviews. Some and substance abuse services and supportive tingent allowed up to Rauner’s office on the brown.org/hb_services.asp?id=50. of them can’t go to school.” housing. “I and my colleagues are dedicated to 16th floor of the Thompson Center in order to 12 Sept. 30, 2015 WINDY CITY TIMES HIV/AIDS pending on one’s situation: The Gilead Co-pay Coupon Card, for individuals who are insured; Gilead’s U.S. Medication Assistance Program, for HIV-negative adults who aren’t insured and Advocates: PrEP meet certain income restrictions; Partnership for Prescription Assistance Program, which helps uninsured Americans pay for prescrip- controversy makes tions at little to no cost, as long as they meet certain requirements; and the Patient Access Network Foundation, a co-pay assistance pro- gram, which requires that the patient is in- job difficult sured, resides in the U.S., and makes less than By Ben Sanders Times. “And there are middle-aged white guys 500 percent of the Federal Poverty Line, which who are vulnerable to HIV and I don’t begrudge was about $58,350 in 2014. HIV/AIDS remains a serious problem within anyone taking advantage of prevention tools— One financial issue that arises frequently is the LGBT community. According to the Cen- hat’s the goal. But the fact is that middle-aged that none of these programs cover the cost of ters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), white guys are not the population where HIV is the four doctor appointments and the four lab in 2013, “gay and bisexual men accounted for hitting the hardest in our country. It’s hitting visits for blood work that are required each 55 percent of the estimated number of persons the hardest among young gay Black men and year in order to stay on PrEP. Luna acknowl- diagnosed with AIDS among all adults and ado- among transgender women, and we aren’t see- edges that this is a big barrier for enrollment, lescents in the United States,” and “review of ing large uptakes in those populations yet. So especially considering that the at-risk commu- studies of HIV infection in countries with data we have a lot of work to do.” nity for HIV isn’t financially stable. According available for transgender people estimated A huge problem right now for Luna is that to Movement Advancement Project (MAP) and Center for American Progress (CAP), trans peo- that HIV prevalence for transgender women people are still misinformed about PrEP and Chicago House’s Adolfo Luna. don’t view it as a worthwhile intervention, he ple are nearly four times more likely to have a was nearly 50 times as high as for other adults Photo courtesy of Luna of reproductive age.” said. He realized this first-hand while doing yearly household income below $10,000; and Despite those numbers, Adolfo Luna, the outreach work at the event known as Ander- CAP reported that Black male couples have a campaign manager for pre-exposure prophy- sonville Midsommarfest in June. [on PrEP] is more inclined to be having con- poverty rates of 14.4 percent. laxis (PrEP) at Chicago House and Social Ser- “I don’t know if they were joking or not, but domless sex, or is more at risk for STIs, or is However, Luna doesn’t believe that all of vice Agency, and his colleague, Sergio Tundo, some people were saying, ‘Oh I’m on PrEP,’ and engaging in sex more frequently,” Luna added. these hurdles are insurmountable. As far as are having a difficult time referring individu- then were like, ’Oh, I’m kidding,’” Luna said. Third, there’s the reality that many doctors finances are concerned, he said that people als who are at risk for HIV for services related “And others were like, ‘Oh, no thank you,’ and are still either unfamiliar with PrEP or uncom- “who aren’t insured or have really bad insur- to PrEP. Individuals who are currently most at just grabbed the condoms.” fortable prescribing it to their patients. ance” and aren’t eligible for the sliding fee risk for HIV infection include Black men who Clearly, he and Tundo have a long way to go “It’s been slow but rewarding,” Luna said scale will be able to receive coverage from the have sex with men (MSM), MSM ages 18-24 and before PrEP is universally well regarded. The about the process of trying to inform the medi- Affordable Care Act as it continues to expand. transgender women. difficulty is highlighted by the fact that it’s cal community about the facts related to PrEP. In addition, Luna hopes that as more people The PrEP intervention primarily involves tak- a relatively new drug; the FDA didn’t approve “Slow in that it’s difficult to engage with medi- learn the true facts about PrEP, its image will ing an oral medication, available in the United Truvada for PrEP until 2012. cal providers, because we’re a social service change—for the better. States as the pill Truvada. Persons taking Tru- “It’s only been around for three years,” Luna agency and we don’t have access to networks “Once quantitative data shows that’s it’s a vada for PrEP are directed to take the pill daily, said. “That being said, implementation and that a medical provider would…but when we successful and effective intervention I think and regularly undergo blood work screenings programs to actually get it out there and for do tap into some networks of providers, it’s it’s going to, one, debunk a lot of the myths and checkups to ensure that the intervention people to actually use it is an even newer task rewarding because usually they receive the in- and fears around PrEP and, two, help incorpo- is working. According to San Francisco AIDS to be dealt with. formation pretty well and understand the value rate that into conversations about safer sex,” Foundation, “PrEP protects against HIV infec- “There’s a lot of work to be done,” he added. that this [PrEP] can have in impacting HIV and he said. tion much like a malaria pill protects against “It’s about learning by doing.” AIDS.” malaria or a birth control pill protects against His difficulty enrolling individuals is height- Fourth, many people, even if they are aware pregnancy.” PrEP is also the only current bio- ened by five other key factors. of PrEP, aren’t sure if the intervention is effec- PrEP community medical intervention against HIV infection For one, there’s a prevailing viewpoint among tive. For example, some statistics suggests that that is currently widely available to an HIV many young men that the devastation of HIV/ PrEP has less than a 50-percent effectiveness forum Oct. 1 “Are you prepared for PrEP?”—a com- negative person. AIDS was just a thing of the past. They feel rate, but those studies show those numbers munity forum to explore the optimal use Luna’s team has, since the beginning of the that it is no longer something they should wor- increasing dramatically when testing subjects for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV year, referred 40 individuals to Howard Brown ry about, because they weren’t raised in the took Truvada as directed. prevention—will take place Thursday, Oct. Health Center (HBHC) for PrEP; their goal is to ‘80s and early ‘90s, when this disease was at Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the Nation- 1, at the Conference Chicago at University have 80 persons referred to HBHC by the end of the forefront, according to Luna. al Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Center, 525 S. State St. 2015. Chicago House referred 20 individuals to “HIV is such a big problem among young told Windy City Times that any study claiming The event will be 5:15-8:30 p.m. for com- other area providers for PrEP as well this year. men, 18-24, because they are so far removed that Truvada has less than a 90-percent effec- munity members, and 5:15-9 p.m. for pro- Thus, they’re a little behind at this point, from that era, so they don’t see it as a risk and tiveness rate is one in which subjects aren’t viders. Dinner will be served. but that’s not Luna’s fault; the group of people a death sentence like they used to, which is taking the drug as instructed. AIDS Foundation of Chicago’s Jim Pickett he’s targeting lack the resources that other why they are more likely to have condomless “If you take the pill, as directed, every day, will be the community presenter. segments of the LGBT population might have. sex,” Luna said. without a doubt, and you can document that Providers and healthcare profession- And according to Jim Pickett, director of pre- Second, there’s plenty of concern right now there’s blood levels that prove that you’ve tak- als with questions should contact Med-IQ vention advocacy and gay men’s health at the within the LGBT community that individuals on en it, it is virtually 95-plus percent effective,” at 866-959-7434 or [email protected]. AIDS Foundation of Chicago, this problem is PrEP will be more likely to engage in risky be- he said. “When you don’t take the medication, ASO/CBOs and consumers should contact not unique to Luna. He said that organizations havior. But the data would suggest otherwise: you can get infected… Whenever there is an HealthHIV at 202-232-6749 or christo- all across the country are having a difficult A 2013 report published in the Journal of Ac- inadequate result [in a study], it is always re- [email protected]. time enrolling at-risk populations. quired Immune Deficiency Syndromes indicated lated to adherence.” RSVP at http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/ “From what I can see across the country and that there was no evidence that gay men on Lastly, there’s the issue of expense. Truvada o/50800/p/salsa/web/common/public/ in Chicago, the highest uptake is among mid- PrEP engaged in riskier sexual behavior. for PrEP is about $1,500 a month, but there are signup?signup_page_KEY=8949. dle-age white guys,” Pickett told Windy City “There’s no data that shows that somebody four separate assistance options available, de- LAURENCE A. JACOBS, M.D. Family LGBT History Celebration! Building Your LGBT Family

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I’m a that night, as she had for quite some time, and cougar,” she said. “I think the age-difference when she came out on stage to perform, Powell works because I’m basically a big kid with Pe- was instantly smitten. ter Pan syndrome; I refuse to grow up. And it Powell immediately told his friends that An- doesn’t hurt that Taylor is way more mature drews was going to be his—even though Pow- than I ever was at 21 … or am now, to be hon- ell didn’t even know her name. est. He keeps me from getting too crazy, and They laughed at Powell and said that An- I make sure he acts a little crazy sometimes. drews was too pretty, too old and way out of It works.” Powell’s league. Powell said his family has been very sup- “I had never seen a trans person, so I was portive of his transition. Some of his longtime very confused by the fact that this drag queen friends, though, are a bit small town-small had breasts. Anyway, I didn’t care. I knew that minded, he said. They say to Powell, “I love Sara Andrews and Taylor Powell. there was a beautiful person standing on that you, but you will always be a girl to me.” Photo by Ross Forman stage that I wanted to know more about,” Pow- “But they love me regardless, so I guess ell said. “I was trying to think of ways to talk that’s the silver lining,” he said. “I was too shy and uneducated about the time when transgender people aren’t so taboo. to her, or have her notice me. I heard over the Andrews admitted that a lot of her friends subject to deal with,” it in Tennessee, he said. Imagine how much sooner I might have transi- microphone that they were holding auditions were at first “very freaked out” by her relation- “I felt like I was supposed to be a boy and tioned if I wasn’t so worried about being con- for drag kings and decided, ‘What better way to ship with Taylor. “They didn’t understand it,” that is all I knew. Then, when I moved here, sidered a ‘freak.’ Hopefully future generations talk to a drag queen than to be a drag king?’” she said. “It’s funny how, even in the gay com- I discovered the Howard Brown Health Center. won’t have that to worry about that. A week later, Powell threw on a button-down munity, people can be less open-minded than They made starting my transition so easy. They Powell said trans man Skyler Kergil was “in- shirt, glued some hair to his face and headed you would think they would be.” treated me like a person and just had me read spiring” and helped him feel more comfortable back to Nashville to make his debut as “Nathan The loving trans duo truly are role-models for and sign a written consent form. I did blood with the idea of being trans. Blaze.” a younger generation of trans, trans-curious work the same day and started hormones the “My biggest trans role model is Calpernia “I made the cast and had my first show the and trans-questioning. But each is modest in following week. It was amazing. I wish all trans Sarah Addams,” Andrews said. “She was actu- very next week,” Powell said. “I went backstage that spot. people in the nation were so fortunate to have ally the first trans person I ever met. She was and we just started talking about nonsense and “I don’t think I’m anyone’s idol,” he said. a place like that.” also a drag queen at the big gay club in Nash- instantly connected in my opinion. She claims “I’m just a lucky guy [who] had a little hur- When asked about Caitlyn Jenner, arguably ville when I first started sneaking in to perform she thought nothing of it. Either way, the next dle to jump over in the beginning. I just feel the world’s most high-profile transgender, at age 17. She hosted the amateur night, so week I showed up with flowers. The week after lucky to have a great job, a loving family, and Andrews said, “I think, despite some of the she became one of my first mentors. But, more that I brought my guitar and sang her a song a person who loves me to share my life with. I flaws I see in the situation and in her politi- importantly, she became a huge trans activ- that I’d written for her.” don’t think I should be idolized for that. I just cal views, her presence in the media is going ist some years later. And, when I decided to Three years later—and now living and work- want the younger trans people who are scared to do far more good than bad for the trans transition, she helped me find resources both ing in Chicago—they are engaged to be mar- to transition to know that they can make it community. And that’s awesome. Overall, I’d locally and online to get me started. Because ried, though Powell still likes, and actually through whatever life throws at them. Work say that her media attention has helped move of that, I took her middle name as my first and prefers, to simply be labeled as, boyfriend and hard, think hard, try hard, and love hard. That’s the trans-equality movement forward quite a dropped the ‘H.’ She’s one of the funniest and girlfriend, which “sounds way cuter,” he said. what we all have to do, trans or not.” bit. Because of her, I might actually witness a most intelligent trans women I know.” Powell, now 21, is a trans man who is a man- Andrews added, with a smile, “Oh gosh, I ager at Dive Bar in Lake View, and he still en- pity the poor soul [who] would look up to me joys dabbling in music, playing his guitar and as a role model.” But still, Andrews has had LGBTQ health singing the first things that come to his mind. quite a few girls over the years tell her that it Andrews, 34, is a trans woman and works as a was seeing her onstage that inspired them to symposium Oct. 2 national drag artist and entertainer, and a diva start their transition. “That’s pretty awesome Howard Brown Health Center and Advocate at The Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club. Andrews to think that I had something to do with in- Illinois Masonic Medical Center will present also admittedly is a big video gamer who has spiring others to live their lives the way that the Midwest LGBTQ Health Symposium Friday, received international mainstream media expo- they want,” she said. Oct. 2, at Advocate’s Olson Auditorium, 836 sure a few years ago for supposedly “champion- “I’ve always believed that drag queens are W. Wellington Ave. ing gay rights for gaymers,” she said. In fact, if sort of like muses. We inspire people. And Health-care professionals will learn about you look at Wikipedia for the definition of the that’s why I think it’s important to have trans- LGBTQ health-care best practices and chal- word ‘gaymer,’ you’ll find her name. gender drag queens in the mix. Chances are, lenges. Among the topics that will be dis- Andrews transitioned at about 21, while there are going to be some young trans indi- cussed are LGBTQ health disparities, advanc- Powell just recently started hormone replace- viduals in that audience that just happened es practices in HIV care, transgender health ment therapy, though he has lived as a boy for to discover their sexuality before discovering and hormone replacement therapy, and surgi- the past three years. what it means to be transgender and that need cal solutions. Their first date was three years ago—while a little inspiration and courage.” For more information, contact Cecilia Har- Powell was still in high school, which Andrews Andrews definitely has helped Powell with dacker at [email protected] or didn’t know at the time. Powell was working his transition, without question. 773-388-1600, ext. 5123. To register, visit the night shift at Burger King, so, needless to “She was a tremendous help to me,” he said. AdvocateHealth.com/seminars or call 800- say, money was scarce. He borrowed $50 from “When we first got together I was still in the 323-8622 Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-7 p.m. or U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. his mom and picked up Andrews as they were in-between phase. I was a lesbian in my home Saturday 9 a.m.-2 p.m. going to a movie. town, but too afraid to be a boy in Nashville. tients, including the nearly 70,000 Planned “I tried to take her to dinner beforehand, but When we got together, she called me [male Parenthood patients in Illinois. she wouldn’t let me,” Powell said. “We went pronouns]. But, when she realized that I still Planned Parenthood Brite said, “Fortunately for us in Illinois, to see ‘The Woman in Black.’ I still don’t know lived as a girl she told me, ‘I don’t care if you thanks Durbin, Kirk we were able to count on the leadership of what happened in that movie because she was want to be a girl or a boy; I just need to know President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Senators Kirk and Durbin who wisely voted much more interesting. whether to call you my boyfriend or my girl- Illinois Action Carole Brite recently issued a against defunding Planned Parenthood. “I’m a firm believer in the saying, ‘Happy friend.’ press release thanking Republican U.S. Sen. Thanks to Illinois’s two Senators Planned wife, happy life.’ [So,] whatever she wants, she “As simple a statement [as] it was, I took it Mark Kirk and Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Parenthood is able to continue to provide gets. It’s been that way from the beginning. to heart and realized that I could find someone Durbin for opposing another bill that would critical care like breast and cervical cancer Now, she’s a spoiled brat, but I guess I’ve got who cared about me regardless of my gender have blocked federal funding for Planned screenings, STI tests and birth control to no one to blame but myself. I can be bull head- conformity. She was the relief to the last fear I Parenthood. serve thousands of Illinois women it sees ev- ed and have a tendency to argue sometimes, had about transitioning. The fear being, ‘Who Kirk was one of at least six Republicans ery year.” but at the end of the day she ultimately wins will love someone like me?’” who voted against this “shutdown bill”—a Cecile Richards, the president of Planned out. I’m cool with that.” Powell didn’t start his transition until he measure that the organization said would Parenthood Action Fund, also thanked the Powell said their 13-year age-difference has lived in Chicago. Doing it in Tennessee just have taken away care from millions of pa- senators. not been a major obstacle. In fact, “I love the wasn’t the right time, the right place for him. WINDY CITY TIMES Sept. 30, 2015 15 demonstrate the strength, diversity and style Cindi Cervone Carlson. that is positively impacting Chicago’s work- “With the YWCA being one of the oldest YWCA honors trans places,” according to a YWCA press release. and largest women’s organizations—let alone The owner of Vanité and member of multiple a Christian organization—I think this speaks boards including GLAAD and the Chicago House volumes to where we have come as trans peo- TransLife Center advisory committee, Preston ple,” Preston told Windy City Times. “I feel val- woman with New has been singled out for redefining empower- idated by an amazing organization not just as ment, having fought her way out of a personal a woman but for all the work I do. What’s also abyss of homelessness, police profiling, abuse amazing is that this has come from outside the Look of Leadership and discrimination to become a prolific leader LGBT world.” and benevolent source of inspiration for the According to McWhorter, the event’s honor- By Gretchen Rachel Hammond preneur and advocate Kinley Preston stepped transgender community. ees are referred to the YWCA by individuals who up to the catwalk and dazzled the over 350 “We have amazing leaders in Chicago,” YWCA have recognized their work in the community. The YWCA Metropolitan Chicago made a sig- attendees, wearing an elegant gown and fur. Metropolitan Chicago Chief Executive Officer She said the organization was impressed by nificant declaration during its 4th annual New Preston was the first transgender woman to Dorri McWhorter told Windy City Times. “They Preston’s courage and ability to be a role model Look of Leadership fundraiser and fashion be honored by the YWCA as one of the evening’s are doing good things in the community and for others. “We like people with voices and who event at Macy’s on Sept. 22 when local entre- 23 “business, civic and community leaders who really making Chicago an amazing place. Kinley use them,” she added. is our first transgender leader and we are so “It’s a little overwhelming,” Preston ac- excited to demonstrate that the city is doing knowledged. “I was sweating bullets when I some things differently.” walked in because you never know how things Preston joined a roll call of diversity, each are going to go. But I felt very welcomed by adorned in the latest design chic for every oc- the YWCA and all the other nominees.” casion. The names included author and North- Funds raised from the evening go towards western University Associate Director Dr. Su- the YWCA’s mission of “eliminating racism, em- sanna Catherine Calkins, owner and founder of powering women and promoting peace, justice, BECLOTHESMINDED Heidi Best, and PNC Bank freedom and dignity for all.” Executive Vice President Terri Cable. For more information about the YWCA, Event emcees were Kathleen Henson, founder visit http://www.ywcachicago.org/site/c. and CEO of Henson Consulting, and Challenger, fmJWKcOZJkI6G/b.8235297/k.BF47/Home. Gray & Christmas Inc. Senior Vice President htm.

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They came out in expressions of brotherhood and sisterhood By Sarah Toce in the story of the struggle for civil rights.” with the ill.” Davis is a not-so-gentle reminder of how The epidemic also united a community that Six-time Lambda Literary Award winner Lil- much work still needs to be done post-Supreme had previously been divided. lian Faderman is breaking new ground with a Court marriage equality victory. “In the 1970s, lesbian feminism had fos- historical account of the LGBT movement that “It’s impossible to believe that because the tered a serious split between lesbians and gay encompasses almost seven decades. Supreme Court decided that same-sex couples men, whom lesbians considered to be no less In The Gay Revolution: The Story of the can get married all our struggles for LGBT rights chauvinistic than straight men,” she remem- Struggle, Faderman takes the temperature of are over,” Faderman said. “We’ve been loudly bered. “But as the women saw how appalling a civil-rights battle spanning multiple genera- reminded by county clerk Kim Davis’s refusal the epidemic was, they put aside their old ani- tions across many divides in an effort to unite to marry same-sex couples in Kentucky—and mosities: they created food banks for people a community that has, it seems, splintered into the Right’s rush to depict her as a Christian with AIDS; they sat at the side of the sick and various silos. martyr—that not even the marriage battles are dying; they joined groups such as ACT UP or “W. Dorr Legg, one of the founders in the over.” AIDS Project Los Angeles, fighting alongside ’50s of the first national homosexual magazine There are other battles to be won at the pres- gay men or raising money to help in the fight. [ONE], said that homosexuals had to battle ent time as well. It don’t think any of us in the LGBT community, the Four Horsemen of the Gay Apocalypse: the “In 1974 and ’75, Bella Abzug and Ed Koch, sick or well, was unaffected by the horrors of psychiatrists, the law, social prejudice and re- U.S. representatives from New York, proposed the epidemic. The struggle to control the dis- ligion. We’ve slayed three of them,” Faderman to Congress an Equality Act that would give ease was ultimately victorious; and I think it explained. “The American Psychiatric Associa- gay people federal protections against dis- helped us realize we could work together and tion declared us sane in 1973 and took us out crimination in employment, housing, public fight together and win.” of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Men- accommodations—all the protections enjoyed Politically speaking, the best candidate for tal Disorders. The Supreme Court declared our by other minorities,” she said. “Abzug and the 2016 will not be in the red party. lovemaking legal by repealing all sodomy laws Koch could get no traction for their bill. Forty “No Republican candidate has dared to make in 2003. Public opinion has changed so much years later, we still don’t have those federal an unequivocal statement of support for us,” in our favor that over 60 percent of Americans protections. As long as Congress remains in the Faderman said. “All the Democratic candidates said they were in favor of same-sex marriage hands of the Republicans, we’re unlikely to get are on our side. So if you care about the LGBT before DOMA was repealed on June 26, 2015. them. And the battle for trans rights has barely fight for equality, I think party choice is a no- But the battle isn’t over.” begun. Despite the passage of the 2009 fed- brainer. I also think it’s time America had a Insert the Kim Davis prototypes throughout eral hate-crimes bill, transgender people are, woman in the Oval Office; and I absolutely the country here. it seems, increasingly frequent victims of hate trust Hillary to do the right thing by us—to “Though some denominations of Protestant- crimes. It’s obvious that we still have a way Lillian Faderman. fight on our side and to win.” to go before all LGBT people will truly be first- Photo by Phyllis Irwin When President Barack Obama exits the Oval class American citizens.” Office, his legacy will include a host of LGBT With a myriad of historical accounts to comb accomplishments. through in order to even scratch the surface of gay people lived deep in the closet, Kameny “President Obama helped us accomplish vital the LGBT movement over the course of the past organized homosexual pickets in front of the goals,” she said. “In 2009, he signed into law 65 years, there are bound to be a few critics. White House, the State Department and the the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate “Of course, there have been critics who would Pentagon. He helped scores of other homosexu- Crimes Prevention Act. It was the first federal have liked more emphasis on whatever is most als fight their dismissal from government jobs. law that offered protection not only to gay important to them, less emphasis on whatever He was the one who encouraged Leonard Mat- people, but to trans people as well. That same isn’t; more discussion about what happened lovich to be the first ‘avowed homosexual’ to year, as soon as he got into office, he also urged in their city, less discussion about what hap- fight his military discharge—and they enjoyed the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, and though pened in another city,” Faderman said. “As I an unprecedented win against the Department it took another three years, LGBT people can traced almost 70 of the struggles for our rights, of Defense.” now serve openly in the military. But I think I tried to look at how the fights were waged by Approximately 75 pages of The Gay Revolu- he’ll be remembered most for having ‘evolved’ radicals and mainstreamers; the rich and the tion were left on the cutting room floor. on the issue of same-sex marriage and coming poor; white people and people of color; people “I’d written a lot about LGBT people in out in support of it. His Presidential statement on the coasts, in the South, in the Midwest; sports—stories of figures like Billie Jean King, made a big difference in changing the minds lesbians, gays, trans people and so on. I tried Martina Navratilova, Michael Sam and Jason of the preponderance of the American public to make the story as inclusive as I could in one Collins. I cut all of that,” she said. “I’d also in favor not only of same-sex marriage but of volume.” traced in a lot more detail stories of the way lesbian and gay rights in general.” Faderman recalled one particular story of in- the media has changed: for instance I’d writ- One of the most common misconceptions terest that she believes will appeal to a young- ten about Ellen DeGeneres’ struggle in 1997 to about the overall arc of the LGBT movement er generation of activists. keep working after she came out as a lesbian involves the timeline. “I want young people reading the book to on her sitcom Ellen. And I also cut a whole “I’ve heard so often statements like, ‘Look understand what a long hard fight it’s been section that focused on the most homophobic how quickly society changed its mind about ism and most of Judaism now even support to win the rights we now enjoy,” she said. “I churches and included stories such as Sister LGBT rights,’ but it took seven decades of in- same-sex marriage, the Fourth Horseman still hope they’ll be moved by stories such as that Jeannine Gramick’s challenge to the Catholic tense struggle,” Faderman explained. “That’s hasn’t given up the joust,” Faderman said. of Charlene Strong, a Seattle woman whose Church through her New Ways Ministry that hardly quick.” “We see that by the dust up with the Funda- partner, Kate Fleming, drowned in a 2006 serves LGBT people. I was afraid a book that Faderman and her wife, Phyllis Irwin, reside mentalist marriage clerk in Kentucky [Davis] flash flood. Though they’d been together for was approaching a thousand pages would get in San Diego. They have one son, Avrom Irwin who wants to bring her prejudices to work in 10 years, Charlene wasn’t even allowed to go few readers. But I hope to publish a lot of that Faderman, who is 40 years old, and a grandson the name of religious freedom, and by the at- into the hospital room when Kate was dying material in articles.” named Nilakash Irwin Roy-Faderman. tempts—fortunately unsuccessful—in Indiana because they had no legal or blood ties; the One topic that could not be cut for the first Learn more about Lillian Faderman and The and Arkansas a few months ago to pass a ho- mortuary didn’t even allow Charlene to make edition involved the HIV/AIDS crisis. Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle at mophobic Religious Freedom Restoration Act.” decisions about Kate’s funeral, though it was “The AIDS epidemic was the greatest tragedy http://www.lillianfaderman.net. Faderman utilized the Four Horsemen men- Charlene who’d be paying the mortuary’s bill. tality for conceptualizing The Gay Revolution. But the happy side of the story is that Char- has tried cases at all levels of state and fed- “I wanted two sorts of subjects: the movers lene’s powerful testimony to the Washington ACLU of Illinois’ eral courts, including the Supreme Court of and shakers who were in the forefront of fight- state legislature led eventually to the passage the United States. ing for our rights, and everyday LGBTQ people of Washington’s domestic-partnership law, legal director He successfully argued two cases before the who had stories to tell about how those ‘Four which led in 2012 to its legalization of same- stepping down Supreme Court of the United States and more Horsemen’ affected them, or stories about their sex marriage.” After more than three decades appearing in than fifteen cases in the United States Courts experiences as foot soldiers in the struggle,” The older generation of readers might relate courts and legislative bodies on behalf of the of Appeal for the Seventh and Ninth Circuits, she said. “I wanted people from all genera- more to Frank Kameny’s story of struggle. American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Le- the Illinois Supreme Court and the Illinois tions, and I wanted a geographical spread: so “Frank Kameny was a Harvard Ph.D. who was gal Director Harvey Grossman will step down Appellate Court. He has litigated more than I interviewed not only people from New York, thrown out of his government job in the 1950s from the position while continuing to serve 50 civil-rights cases, primarily class actions, California and Washington, D.C., but also peo- when it was discovered that he’d been arrested as a senior counsel to the organization, ac- to judgment in the trial courts. ple from areas such as Washington state, Mas- as a homosexual in a police sting,” Faderman cording to a press release. Associate Legal Director Ben Wolf has been sachusetts, Texas, Florida, Minnesota, and Col- recalled. “His firing made him one of the first Grossman, a celebrated civil-rights lawyer, named as the acting legal director. orado—places where crucial things happened militant activists. In1965, at a time when most WINDY CITY TIMES Sept. 30, 2015 17 HBHC from cover Artist’s rendering of the new HBHC clinic in Rogers Park. benchmark numbers of patients. A full litany of services, including primary medical care, behavioral health services, STI/HIV screening and treatment and social services are expected by early 2016. There will also be a pharmacy, meeting room and space for social functions. Besides continuing to operate its library, ar- chives and exhibition areas, Gerber/Hart will organize exhibits in HBHC’s public spaces, Bar- nett explained, adding, “It allows us to show our archival material, but also speaks to the patients in this environment, in a way that can be something more than looking at a People Magazine.” “Our hope is that the relationship creates a seamless experience for people who visit the building,” Munar noted. “The cultural activities in the library and archive are kind of embedded in the clinical and wellness activities that we have downstairs.” Gerber/Hart has a new volunteer coordinator and will be undergoing heavy recruitment of volunteers, which will be needed as the library expands its hours. The organization also con- tinues to look for a new executive director. Rogers Park is an extremely diverse part of the city, and Munar said that its demographics fit in well with HBHC’s mission. “There’s a thriving LGBT community and it’s increasingly a cultural hub,” he said. “Our mission is to serve individuals who are medi- cally underserved. Rogers Park has high rates of uninsurance, health disparities and poverty. “For folks at this northern tip of the city, it diversify into other parts of the city as well.” of Approval,” Munar said. There’s documented unmet need. It’s also im- will be more convenient to get here, and when Munar and Barnett said the organizations “We like to think of ourselves as the orga- portant because we’ve grown significantly in folks need more timely appointments, this will had been in talks for a year and had been pre- nizations with rocky pasts that are emerg- our two clinics—last year we saw a 25-percent give us another option and open our schedule pared to move ahead with the plan even had ing from the ashes together,” added Barnett, increase in patients, expanded our workforce at the other two clinics,” he added. “When we HBHC not gotten an FQHC designation, which laughing. “But the visibility this will bring us and hours and added examination rooms, but were named a Federally Qualified Health Center it did receive this summer. is significant, and will only enhance our abil- we’re about at capacity in those sites.” (FQHC), we had to designate a service area, and “Being given that was a huge stamp of ap- ity to provide our services to the community. Each week, about 50-70 individuals seek ser- for us that area was the Red Line corridor from proval from the feds, and given our rocky his- Having this partnership will remind people that vices at HBHC for the first time, Munar added. Howard to Diversey. Our goal is to eventually tory, that was like the Good Housekeeping Seal Gerber/Hart is alive and well.” 18 Sept. 30, 2015 WINDY CITY TIMES viewpoints WINDY CITY Lee LYNCH TIMES THE AMAZON TRAIL VOL. 31, No. 1, Sept. 30, 2015 The combined forces of Windy City Times, founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, Lesbian vacations founded May 1987.

Right this minute, friends are traveling through France. I am excited for them—the vacation PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR of a lifetime. They post photos of their adven- Tracy Baim tures on Facebook so I’m following them across Clovis. ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky France: Paris, Cassis, Marseilles, geocaching in MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis Photo by Lee Lynch Aix-en-Provence! ASSOCIATE EDITOR Matt Simonette I’m not much of a traveler myself. When my well. It’s a red, handmade, oversized, slatted day walk over a bridge (all 60 steps of it). This BUSINESS MANAGER Ripley Caine sweetheart asked where I’d like to go for my DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright wood cat on wheels that wiggles as you pull it bridge spanned a tributary of the gloriously ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson birthday, I gave the usual answer: nowhere. (pictured). I tried to pass it by. I only wanted wild Smith River. SENIOR REPORTER Gretchen Rachel Hammond Then I reconsidered. We’ve been trying to get it for decorative purposes, not to play with— We stopped at every park and ranger sta- Senior Account Executives Terri Klinsky, Kirk over to Crater Lake, a geographic wonder filled honest. My sweetheart named her Clovis. tion we passed. My sweetheart, on shaky legs, Williamson, Amy Matheny, Chris Cheuvront, Gretchen with the bluest water in the world. We have Rachel Hammond, Mike O’Bleness We went for a little ride off the main drag. used a walking stick to gather maps and, our NATIONAL SALES Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 friends along the way, two of whom have birth- Just followed our noses and ended up at a passion, post cards! I bought a souvenir mug. SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Tony Peregrin, Lisa days on either side of mine so it would have body of water called Dead Lake. Looked for live My sweetheart bought a souvenir watch cap. Keen, Yasmin Nair been fun to celebrate my 70th with them. birds, saw middle-aged couples fishing (not We found gifts for friends and family. We took THEATER EDITOR Scott C. Morgan The birthdays happen during the Pacific CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight Jr. everything was dead) and two homeless guys more pictures, especially of old buildings and SPORTS WRITER Ross Forman Northwest’s prime fire season. Like most ani- warming up on the boat launch dock. Found exotic manzanita trees. Such tourists we were! ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS mals, human or not, I don’t do well under a small airport and watched a commuter plane We drove halfway home and stopped at an- Mary Shen Barnidge, Lawrence Ferber, Mel Ferrand, smoke-filled skies. Still, I’d gotten a bit ex- land. Put my sweetheart back to bed and went other seaside town. My sweetheart had splurged Jerry Nunn, Jonathan Abarbanel cited about a short vacation. Who wouldn’t? COLUMNISTS/WRITERS: Yvonne Zipter, Jorjet Harper, looking for the hidden Shangri-La of a park I’d on a room high above the ocean, which was Charlsie Dewey, Carrie Maxwell, Billy Masters, Sarah This would be our first, ever, alone-together, found years ago. It was impossibly overgrown prescient of her because the flu wasn’t about to Toce, Dana Rudolph, Melissa Wasserman, Joe Franco, no-deadlines, event-free time off—kind of a and the dirt road had potholes the depth of let finish the trip in one day. As we approached Nick Patricca, Liz Baudler, Rex Wockner, Marie J. mini-honeymoon. Dead Lake. Guys were coming out of the brush the town we saw, then smelled, oily-looking Kuda, Angelique Smith, Meghan Streit Back east, when I took vacations, I’d usually SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Mel Ferrand, Hal Baim, Tim with skateboards under their arms. Shangri-La yellow smoke roiling overhead like poisonous Carroll, Ed Negron travel to Provincetown, Massachusetts. So did no more. steam from a cauldron. We thought the smoke WEBSITE LISTINGS VOLUNTEER Gene Naden a lot of other gay people. I felt comfortable Our long weekend went on like that. Lots had reached us from the hot, dry east! But no, there holding another woman’s hand on the of quirky surprises. Lots of sleeping for my it was a 60 to 70 acre gorse fire just outside CIRCULATION street. Often, of course, these destinations be- sweetheart, lots of reading for me. Breakfast- town, started by the backfire of an ATV on the CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Jean Albright came zoos where non-gays could observe and ing on motel grub and the seeded baguette we dunes. Gorse burns ferociously and had once DISTRIBUTION: Ashina, Allan, Dan, John, Sue and mock our otherness, our mating rituals, our brought from home. (Were our friends in France Victor leveled that whole town. Our room escaped ev- WEB HOSTING: LoveYourWebsite.com (lead gloriously outrageous entertainers. eating baguettes too?) Take out dinners from erything but the soggy smell. programmer: Martie Marro) Things are different now. There’s no need to eateries recommended by locals. Long walks We continued on home—our cooler filled seek out a gaycation destination. We decided around the harbor for me, snapping photos as Copyright 2015 Lambda Publications Inc./Windy City Media with leftover takeout—anxious to get the in- Group; All rights reserved. Reprint by permission only. Back to avoid the inland threats and travel down I went of dandied up trailer park spaces and valid into our own bed and rested. She was due issues (if available) for $5 per issue (postage included). the coast. We went as far as the redwood for- surfers in the tame waves. Sitting at the open at work in the morning. Our friends are post- Return postage must accompany all manuscripts, drawings, and photographs submitted if they are to be returned, and ests, turned all touristy and visited The Trees motel window watching the harbor, falling ing pictures of Saint-Remy-de-Provence today, no responsibility may be assumed for unsolicited materials. of Mystery in Klamath, California. It was ter- asleep to the music of barking harbor seals and including Roman ruins and Van Gogh’s asylum. All rights to letters, art and photographs sent to Windy City Times will be treated as unconditionally assigned rific G-rated nuclear-family-type fun—one of a fog horn. Our camera is filled with ghost signs on Old for publication purposes and as such, subject to editing Mother Nature’s theme parks—even without One day we drove on a fiendishly narrow West brick buildings. Lesbian vacations—as and comment. The opinions expressed by the columnists, cartoonists, letter writers, and commentators are their own gay compatriots around us, though I wondered gravel road through Jedediah Smith Redwoods varied and quirky as lesbians. and do not necessarily reflect the position ofWindy City about the two motorcycle guys in leather. I State Park where my sweetheart felt good Copyright Lee Lynch 2015 Times. Publication of the name, photograph, or likeness of could have waggled my pinky ring at them, but a person or organization in articles or advertising in Windy enough to accompany me on my annual birth- City Times is not to be construed as any indication of the they never looked our way. We felt safe holding sexual orientation of such person or organization. While hands everywhere on the grounds. we encourage readers to support the advertisers who make are so dazzled by corporate America. this newspaper possible, Windy City Times cannot accept My favorite things about the Trees of Mystery Pope and circumstance responsibility for advertising claims. In the twilight of my life I thank God, and were: the colossal trees (overawing), the gon- (773) 871-7610 FAX (773) 871-7609 dola ride above the trees (which we did twice), Dear Editor: all the wonderful people present and past e-mail: [email protected] or hiking the easy trail (also twice) and learning that I have known. One name comes to mind: [email protected] life is good, even at age 70. I treated myself So much has been made of the pope’s visit. the Polish Princess. His voice was loud about his faith and commitment to the poor. www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com to a Three Musketeers Bar, while my sweetheart As my mother was fond to say, the proof is podcast: WindyCityQueercast.com had a Babe’s Blue Berry Frozen Daiquiri topped in the pudding. Our lesbian sisters have shown me what with whipped cream (named for Paul Bunyon’s So he has come and gone, and still we can- community means. My mind goes to those at WINDY CITY MEDIA GROUP, Babe the Blue Ox). A perfect day. not raise the issue of homophobia in the the height of the HIV/AIDS pandemic when 5315 N. Clark St. #192, Chicago, IL, 60640 U.S.A (MAILING ADDRESS ONLY) By the time we returned to our motel, my Church. Some of my friends think I expect to fresh blood supplies were needed for those dying of HIV/AIDS, they became our blood sweetheart had every symptom of the flu. I put much too soon, and perhaps that is a valid Windy City Times Deadline every Wednesday. her to bed and raced to Safeway for Dayquil, observation about me. After all, I am aged sisters. These wonderful lesbians came for- Nightspots Deadline Wednesday prior to street date. Nyquil, a thermometer and orange juice. gay man, retired and having a wonderful ward without fanfare, and gave their blood. OUT! Resource Guide ONLINE They humbled me with their actions. www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com I suspect anyone fortunate enough to be life, and I’ve had the opportunity to watch www.WindyCityQueercast.com able to take a vacation risks falling apart at this LGBT-rights movement grow over the I also remember a group back in the 1980s known as the Committee of Black Gay Men. the first incredible moment of breathing free. years. One wonders where the alphabet soup “Windy City Media Group generated enormous I know I have. After spending a big chunk of will end; I see that as strength, not a weak- These took me under their wing to talk to interest among their readers in this year’s LGBT time working and taking care of home, depen- ness. me about racism, and the part I played in it Consumer Index Survey. Out of approximately 100 print and online media partners who participated dents, bills, and every other detail of daily life, In Chicago, there are still some of our icons without cutting off dialogue. Those were the days. in the survey, Windy City was the best performing if you even hint to your body that it’s time to who are alive, such as Jim Flint and Chuck regional media in the U.S. Only survey partners relax, beware. Your immune system may throw Renslow. While I was not always in agree- So the pope’s visit for me was bittersweet. I with a nationwide footprint were able to generate in the towel and let the rough-and-tumble ment with their positions over the years, I recognize the reform that is called for in the a greater number of responses.” ­­—David Marshall, Research Director, Community Marketing, Inc. germs stampede. learned to respect their ethical standards. Church, as it is called for in my life, and the My sweetheart is a good sport. She wasn’t They were always true to the community. new life the Church appears to be birthing. Yet, I understand that reform cannot happen about to ruin our vacation or my birthday. The They understood the spirit of compromise, as FOUNDING MEMBER next morning she insisted on visiting the lo- I hope this pope does. if we are locked in the ancient hates of the cal farmers’ market with me. She sat in the car Most of the LGBT-rights movement of the past. By the same token, I do recognize we while I plunged into the excited energy of the Stonewall area came not from the heights of do not live in a perfect world. noisy vendors and shoppers. I was looking for society, but from the working class. That may Joe Murray late melons and found my birthday present as startle some of our young professionals who Chicago

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SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT Company staged his early short play Scraped. in the same world,” Shinner said. “It’s a really However, it would be Marvin’s Room that would delicate balance because it’s so moving and ultimately be McPherson’s lasting legacy. also so funny—and that was Scott. It’s always Marvin’s Room focuses on Bessie, who has grounded, it’s always real. The tone of the play A ‘Marvin’s Room’ devoted a good portion of her life to being is who he was.” a caretaker of elderly and ill family members. Shattered Globe Theatre’s 25th anniver- But when Bessie herself is diagnosed with leu- sary production of Marvin’s Room plays from kemia, she has to reach out to her estranged Thursday, Oct. 1, through Saturday, Nov. 14, milestone sister’s family for help. at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Pre- Shinner worked as a dramaturg on Marvin’s views run through Saturday, Oct. 3, with an BY SCOTT C. MORGAN nee Linda Reiter (The Testament of Mary). Room in workshops and for its 1990 Good- official press opening at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. “I knew Scott shortly after he moved to man Theatre debut. She learned from Corrin 4. The award-winning comic drama Marvin’s Room, Chicago in 1981 when he was an actor,” said that McPherson merged two separate plays he The regular run is 8 p.m. Thursdays by the late gay playwright Scott McPherson, Shinner, noting how she directed McPherson was working on at the time regarding medi- through Saturdays with 3 p.m. matinees isn’t a “gay play,” per se. The script features in Victory Gardens Theater productions of Dean cal testing and a dysfunctional family taking a Sundays (also an added 3 p.m. matinee on no openly gay characters, nor does it explicitly Corrin’s plays Butler County and Gentrification. Florida vacation into Marvin’s Room. But Shin- Saturday, Nov. 14). Preview tickets are $20 deal with HIV/AIDS like so many other pioneer- McPherson also performed in the area premiere ner couldn’t exactly pinpoint when McPherson and $33 for the regular run. Student and ing gay plays of the 1980s and ’90s. of Larry Kramer’s AIDS drama The Normal Heart learned about his HIV-positive status in the senior discounts are available for select But anyone who knows the backstory behind for Next Theatre in Evanston. writing process. performances. For more information, call Marvin’s Room can forcefully argue why the “Scott was a joy to work with. We used to “He wasn’t sick at the time, but of course as 773-975-8150 or visit www.theaterwit.org work deserves to be included in the pantheon go across the street (from the former Victory we know, it was a terrifying diagnosis with dire or www.shatteredglobe.org. of great LGBTQ plays. Audiences can once again Gardens Theater space on Lincoln Avenue) to consequences down the road,” Shinner said. see why now that Sandy Shinner is directing a [Potbelly] and have lunch as a cast because he Shinner felt it was so important to reprint 25th anniversary production of Marvin’s Room would regale us with stories of his family and McPherson’s 1990 program note for the second for Shattered Globe Theatre. As the company’s things that happened to him,” Shinner said. production of Marvin’s Room at Hartford Stage LGBTRIVIALGBTRIVIA producing artistic director, Shinner was able “He clearly had a playwriting voice.” for Shattered Globe. In it, McPherson disclosed This Chicago-based actor to gather a starry cast for Marvin’s Room that ’Till the Fat Lady Sings was McPherson’s first that he was serving as a caretaker for his lover, ? ? and playwright is known includes Tony Award winner Deanna Dunagan full-length play (first produced by Lifeline the cartoonist and activist Daniel Sotomayor, for such parodies as (August: Osage County) and Jeff Award nomi- Theatre in 1987), while the Organic Theater who was ill from AIDS. Scarrie! The Musical and “It’s important to remember the history of ? AIDS when you talk about Marvin’s Room, but The Birds, and he is co- this play is also about caregiving—the rewards ? founder of the rock band of looking after other people and how that is a The Joans, dedicated to reward in itself,” Shinner said. “That is a uni- Joan Crawford. versal story that affects all of us. So the play Answer on page 30 will never go out of fashion.” Marvin’s Room was showered with critical praise and a couple of Best Play awards when it opened in 1991 at Playwrights Horizons in New River North’s York. It later transferred to the off-Broadway Minetta Lane Theatre for a commercial run. Chaves “Scott knew with the reception Marvin’s Room got in New York that it was going to live farewell Oct. 3 The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt on and that this was going to be a play that University, 50 E. Congress Pkwy., will host would continue on with multiple productions,” River North Dance Chicago (RNDC) for a said Shinner, adding that McPherson was able special fall engagement as the company to finish a screenplay adaptation of Marvin’s says farewell to retiring Artistic Director Room before he passed away from AIDS-related Frank Chaves Saturday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. complications in November 1992. RNDC’s only Chicago performance this To honor McPherson, both the Goodman season will feature three of Chaves’ sig- Theatre and Victory Gardens Theater created a nature pieces: “Love Will Follow,” “Tem- playwriting award in his name. The film version poral Trance” and “Habaneras, The Music of Marvin’s Room was subsequently released in of Cuba.” There will also performances of 1996 with a starry cast that included Diane Ke- pieces by others, including Randy Duncan aton, Meryl Streep and Leonardo DiCaprio. and Nejia Yatkin. “I also think it’s important to talk about In addition, there will be a cast party at how Scott was out there as a gay artist,” Shin- 9:45 p.m. at Roosevelt University’s Fain- ner said, adding that even though Sotomayor man Lounge, 430 S. Michigan Ave. Tickets was known for being much more of an activist, ($100) to the cast party are sold separately McPherson also did his part by being out and from the Auditorium Theatre engagement open as gay and HIV-positive at a time when tickets. To purchase tickets, visit rivernor- there was so much fear and misunderstanding. Lori Cannon, Mark Schoofs and playwright Scott McPherson at an AIDS protest against Mayor thchicago.wufoo.com/forms/rivno-cast- “The great thing about the play is that Daley, early 1990s. party/. Photo by Rex Wockner there’s joy and hope and sadness and sorrow 20 Sept. 30, 2015 WINDY CITY TIMES THEATER REVIEW Disgraced Playwright: Ayad Akhtar At: Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. Tickets: 312-443-3800; www.goodmantheatre.org; $25-$82 Runs through: Oct. 18

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Immigrants arriving in the United States are usually eager to embrace the reinvention prom- ised those seeking to make our country their home. When this goal is not quickly achieved, the tendency is for their children—lacking first-hand memories of their former society and why their parents left it—to romanticize the old customs. A few more generations are necessary to render families comfortable with hyphenated ethnic designations, celebrations of ancient holidays and vacations (safely pro- tected by North American passports) in the land of their ancestors. Amir Kapoor, born Abdullah, is first-gener- ation South Asian, his name change reflect- Disgraced. ing the 1947 restructuring of India’s western Photo by Liz Lauren by Ryan Bourque border to create the nation of Pakistan. He is of an imam imprisoned under the Patriot Act. the questions raised by Akhtar’s spokespersons. Akhtar’s play draws no conclusions, its chief now a successful corporate attorney, in line One evening, Jory Brathwaite and her husband, Is Emily’s xenophilia an unconscious refutation purpose being to “get people talking,” as the for partnership in a prestigious law firm. His Isaac—co-worker to Amir and curator at the of her WASP privilege? Was Isaac’s marriage to buzzphrase goes. What you take away from Anglo-Caucasian wife, Emily (born Hughes), Whitney, respectively—come to dinner and the African-American Jory fueled by similar unease hearing things hitherto unsaid, but that the is an artist heavily influenced by Islamic ico- conversation proceeds to go as wrong as it can with tribal myths, and did she see in his rebel- author feels should be said, depends largely on nography, and is currently being considered go. lion a tool facilitating her entry into the power what you bring, but next time you see crowds for exhibition at the prestigious Whitney mu- Ayad Akhtar’s play is not without symposial elite? Is Amir correct to reject the bigotry of on St. Patrick’s Day wearing badges proclaim- seum. Their nephew, Abe (born Hussein), has manipulations designed to keep characters his forebearers, self-loathing often being the ing “Kiss me! I’m Irish!,” take time to appre- succumbed to second-generation nostalgia, from abandoning the problematic discussion spur to self-improvement? When we gasp in ciate the decades of suffering and hardships speaking fondly of “my people”—as distinct altogether. Once we accept that what we are horror at his venting his frustration on his upon which such small freedoms are founded. from his present company—and pressuring viewing is not meant to reflect real-life human spouse, as the Quran dictates, do we recall how Amir to involve himself in the high-profile case behavior, but human thought, we can focus on many NON-Muslim husbands have also done so?

THEATER REVIEW neighbors (with all names changed, of course, Small economies engendered by post-WWI including her own) whom she portrays as they depression—margarine instead of butter, the Miss Buncle’s Book are—or in some cases, as they COULD be. The prospect of raising chickens at home—play as Playwright: adapted by Christina Calvit book is an immediate success, but then the cit- great a part in the eventual outcomes as the from the novel by D.E. Stevenson izens of Silverstream begin to recognize them- ease of eloping to Paris should the impulse to At: Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N. Glenwood Ave. selves in the outrageous populace of “Copper- do so strike, keeping the action always acces- Tickets: 773-761-4477; field”—enraging some, but leading others to sible to our Yankee sensibilities. www.lifelinetheatre.com; $40 question their own lifestyles. By the time a Long-time Lifeline Theatre subscribers require Runs through: Nov. 1 sequel is announced, its publisher’s interest in no more recommendation for this production the pseudonymous “John Smith” has extended than its inclusion of Christina Calvit, Peter BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE beyond its lucrative sales figures. Greenberg and Jenifer Tyler, though newcom- Real-life author Dorothy Emily Stevenson ers may have to be told that Calvit’s page-to- Once upon a time—1932, to be specific—in a shares with her fictional scribbler a candor Miss Buncle’s Book. stage adaptations have made her a five-time quiet village located “a short train ride” from inviting her personae to “see themselves as Photo by Suzanne Plunketty Ryan Bourque Jeff award-winner and that the duo of Green- London, middle-aged spinster Barbara Buncle others see them” (as Robert Burns famously berg and Tyler have been kindling slow-burning prescribes a therapeutic holiday in a warm finds her income sharply reduced by falling in- remarked), but also to nudge those in need sparks since 2001 in literary romances ranging and dry climate, the ladies are soon enjoying terest rates. To stave off penury, she proposes of “waking up.” This may require third-party from Jane Austen to Dorothy Sayers. Add in a camel-back adventures in Egypt. to write a novel, basing its characters on her assistance: the cohabiting Ellen King and An- tech team savvy in small-space environments These are not Downton Abbey nostalgia-porn gela Pretty may not REALLY be trouser-wearing and a supporting cast of ensemble regulars in neurasthenics, however, nor are they mean- c lesbians exploring the fleshpots of Afghanistan multiple roles, and the results are precisely the spirited Wodehouse-style caricatures (though like their literary counterparts, but when the kind of engaging entertainment constituting the frivolous Vivian Greensleeves declaring doctor—who, like everybody else in Silver- this company’s hallmark for more than three that she would marry “the devil himself” as CRITICS’ stream, has read the titillating roman à clef— decades. PICKS long as he had lots of money comes close). American Idiot, The Hypocrites through THEATER REVIEW but Wendt had to pull out due to health is- disappearance of her late mother. Oct. 25. A silly and thin story of angst-riddled sues. So it’s great that the two stars get to Now some might find fault with Funnyman young adults has been cobbled around the re- Funnyman finally share the stage together. since it lacks a sense of urgency. The vital ally fine songs of Green Day, but—wowie-zow- Playwright: Bruce Graham Graham’s main inspiration for Funnyman is importance of Sherman succeeding with In ie!—do these kids ever put on a show! There At: Northlight Theatre, drawn from the unconventional casting of film Lucy’s Kitchen isn’t divulged until late in the are kick-ass vitality and talent under director 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie and stage comic Bert Lahr (best remembered game. Meanwhile, the big reveal behind Kath- Steven Wilson and music director Andra Velis Tickets: 847-673-6300 as The Cowardly Lion in MGM’s 1939 film ver- arine’s mother is a tad too matter-of-fact. Simon. JA or www.northlight.org; $25-$79 sion of The Wizard of Oz) in the American But what is truly enjoyable is watching How the World Began, Rivendell Theatre, Runs through Oct. 18 premiere of Samuel Beckett’s groundbreaking the personal and professional dynamics un- through Oct. 10. Don’t be distracted by easy existential play Waiting for Godot. Graham fold between the characters since director issues like the clueless adults in Catharine Tri- BY SCOTT C. MORGAN doesn’t specifically use Lahr’s story, but alter- BJ Jones has made sure that there aren’t eschmann’s un-caricatured portrait of Middle nately creates a fictional comic named Chick any wrong notes between the actors. Wendt America, or this smart new playwright will pull The ongoing love affair between Northlight Sherman (Wendt) who is pressured by his as- in particular is great at showing a showman the rug out from under you, too. MSB Theatre and playwright Bruce Graham con- tute agent Milt “Junior” Karp (Kazurinsky) to when he doesn’t have to turn the charm on, Oklahoma!, Paramount Theatre, Aurora, tinues with the world premiere of Funnyman. take on a challenging absurdist comedy called while Kazurinsky is fun as the constant cheer- through Oct. 18. Despite Scott Davis’ puzzling- This reflective and history-inspired comedy In Lucy’s Kitchen. leader egging Sherman to take greater career ly abstracted set designs, this rendition of Rod- would stand very well on its own from the But, of course, there are complications. risks. The rest of the cast fill out their charac- gers and Hammerstein’s groundbreaking 1943 playwright with previous Northlight hits like Sherman doesn’t want to perform off-Broad- ter types quite nicely in making them real and Broadway musical is smartly cast and expertly The Outgoing Tide, Stella & Lou and White way, and then he gets caught in the constant believable. performed. SCM Guy on the Bus. sparring between young hotshot director Mat- Funnyman hammers home the fact that we Samantha and Her Acro-Cats, Vittum The- But what makes Funnyman even more of thew Baroni (Steve Haggard) and flamboyant all must grow and adapt to change, even if atre, Oct. 1-4. Eat your heart out, Andrew Lloyd a must-see is its starry headliners: George gay playwright Victor LaPlant (Rob Lindley). that means deviating from the tried-and-true Webber! Samantha Martin’s amazing trained Wendt of Cheers sitcom fame and Tim Kazur- Sherman’s family life is also awkward since formulas. And that’s exactly what Graham kitties and their nationally renowned stunt- insky, who appeared in a number of Police his grown daughter, Katharine (Amanda has shown with his string of fine Northlight show are the real furry-pawed deal. MSB Academy films. Wendt and Kazurinsky were Drinkall), enlists the help of her pushily amo- premieres that dramatically vary from play to —By Abarbanel, Barnidge supposed to appear in a Northlight revival of rous co-worker, Nathan Wise (Michael Perez), play. and Morgan Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple a few years back, to dredge up the story behind the scandalous WINDY CITY TIMES Sept. 30, 2015 21 e SPOTLIGHT

The Kinsey Sicks are so serious about being “America’s Favorite Dragapella® Beautyshop Quar- tet” that they’ve gone so far as to register the word “Dragapella®” with the national trademark office. So see what these amazing a cappella artists have cooked up for their latest revue, Chicks Gem of the Ocean. with Shticks, that promises to feature a bit of Carole King, lots of pop hits and even some Gersh- Photo by Michael Brosilow by Ryan Bourque win classics. The Kinsey Sicks in Chicks with Shticks plays at 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, at the Mayne Stage, 1330 W. Morse Ave. Tickets are $25 to $35; call 773-381-4554 or visit www.maynestage. THEATER REVIEW com or www.kinseysicks.com. Gem of the Ocean—a slave ship’s name—takes Photo by Paco Ojeda Gem of the Ocean place in one of the great houses, home to re- Playwright: August Wilson vered healer Aunt Ester (Jacqueline Williams), quence. Aunt Ester late in rehearsals (due to the illness At: Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Ave. who says she’s 285 years old. She’s spoken of It’s beautiful, mystical and frequently warm of the original actor) and was not fully on top Tickets: 1-773-753-4472; several times in Wilson’s Century Cycle, but she and humorous but also hard-edged as Wilson of the role. Without question, she will be by wwwCourtTheatre.org; $45-$65 appears only in this play in which she conducts doesn’t hesitate to illustrate conflicts which the time you read this. The cast around her is Runs through: Oct. 11 a soul-cleansing spirit journey for the troubled sometimes lead to Black-on-Black violence. splendid, colorful and nuanced, made up most- young hero, Citizen Barlow (Jerod Haynes). The play’s antagonist is the appropriately ly of seasoned Court Theatre and Chicago vet- BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL Several characters, notably brother and sis- named Caesar Wilks. Narrow-minded and doc- erans such as A. C. Smith, Alfred H. Wilson and ter Caesar (David Alan Anderson) and “Black” trinaire, he focuses his anger and suspicion on Steve Schine. If there’s a weakness, it’s direc- Gem of the Ocean is the ninth play August Wil- Mary Wilks (Tyla Abercrumbie), are names that his own people. He’s the arm of White Man’s tor Ron OJ Parson’s decision to downplay the son wrote in his great cycle of 10 plays about recur in following plays as their descendants Law on The Hill, wearing a badge and carrying mystical spirit and environment of Aunt Ester’s African-American life in the 20th century, but populate other works in the Cycle. Several more a gun which he doesn’t hesitate to use. household in favor of realism and a matter-of- it’s the first in chronology, set in 1904. As are characters were born into slavery and are vet- This worthy production reveals the pleasures fact approach to character and action. Only most of the plays, it’s set in the Hill District erans of the Underground Railroad. Gem of the and power of the play in the richly-detailed Jack Magaw’s scenic design—the great beams ghetto of Pittsburgh when it still was a vital Ocean, then, is intended as a bridge between characters and lovely language, but it still of the house looking like the ribs of a ship—of- community, with great homes and important the past and future of African-American life needed time to gel as of the second perfor- fers physical connection to slave history and people as well as ordinary folks. and sets the stage for the plays which follow mance, which I saw. The highly-respected and the ship Aunt Ester conjures to carry souls on it chronologically, even if not written in se- capable Williams took over the pivotal part of spirit journeys. “glee meets “funny and ” ”

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NEW WORK PARTNER MAJOR 2015/16 SEASON SUPPORTERS The Harold and Mimi ILLUSTRATION: mitch o’connell GRAPHIC DESIGN: joseph allen black The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Steinberg Charitable Trust 22 Sept. 30, 2015 WINDY CITY TIMES that basically that’s applicable to the entire ed by people on a daily basis who love me, and queer spectrum, even as gay man there’s so it’s no longer an issue. But I look around and I Ryan Wilks’ “Straight Acting.” much I don’t know about my own culture. So see that it is still a huge issue for many other Image courtesy of Polarr as much as this is a learning opportunity for people. There are a lot of resources in Kansas everyone living in Kansas City, gay or straight, City; Passages is one of them, it’s an organiza- it’s definitely a learning opportunity for me. tion that helps homeless queer youth. It’s not EVH: It’s interesting to me that you felt, an uncommon thing in the Midwest to come pretty acutely, that the negative social me- out as a teenager and be kicked out of your dia responses were anchored near you geo- home, which can lead to underaged prostitu- graphically. After Transparent won a Golden tion, drug abuse and all that kind of stuff. So I Globe, all the people on my feeds were like recognize that while it may not be an issue for “Welp, we’re there. The revolution happened me anymore, it still is very much an issue for a already,” which of course isn’t quite accu- lot of people in the Midwest. rate, but it feels like the sentiment didn’t EVH: On your Kickstarter page, you say extend to people around you. that you’ll be conducting longer interviews RW: I think it has reached the Midwest in with people you meet, and also painting the cities. St. Louis is pretty progressive, Kan- portraits. Can you talk about what you plan sas City, Missouri is pretty progressive, but it’s to cover in those interviews, and what went the hundreds of miles between the cities in the into the decision to include that portion, Bible Belt that are still playing catch-up, and since most of your past work is exclusively are still transitioning into this new era of ac- visual? ceptance. That’s my experience. RW: Yes, so I’ve already conducted a couple of EVH: Did you grow up in Kansas City, or interviews, one of which was with a transgen- outside? der woman living in Kansas City. She’s a lawyer RW: I grew up in Overland Park, Kansas, and she shared about her transition and what it which is a suburb of Kansas City, and then I was like before, what it’s like now and basically spent the second half of my youth in the sub- where she hopes to be in the future. With all urbs of Chicago. And just by being gay in the the subjects, the resounding message in what Midwest, I experienced a lot of bullying as a they’re willing to talk about ends up being a child, and as a teenager, and as a young adult. very normalized perspective of the human ex- So it has always been affecting me. perience. Queer people have been showcased EVH: Were your family members accept- as abnormal, they’ve been showcased as ec- ing? centric and eclectic, but they have never really RW: My brother is also gay, and when he came been framed as normal. So the interview kind out my family really grasped the totality of it, of allows the queer person being interviewed and they were able to accept it in its entirety. to just share their experience, and what I’ve They weren’t accepting of it at first at all, I did found already in this project is that their expe- have to struggle a little bit with getting my rience is not drastically different than what we parents to understand what it meant and why expect from heteronormativity. I was the way I was. And there isn’t really any I mean, we get into relationships, we go get ART explanation for that, except that I just was. drinks with friends, we order pizza and watch EVH: It strikes me that a person has to be Netflix. And so I’m not really asking questions very self-aware to be able to articulate be- about their coming out stories, or even nec- ing anything at any time. That sounds hard. ‘Gender Treason’: RW: Yeah, it was a little difficult. It doesn’t Turn to page 30 Being queer in Kansas City hinder me now, because generally I’m surround-

BY EMILY VON HOFFMAN City, Missouri, so I realized there is still a lot of CULTURECULTURE CLUBCLUB ignorance in my hometown and in the Midwest, Artist and gay-rights activist Ryan Wilks told in general. I live in the Bible Belt, so it’s pretty Polarr about his newest project, which includes dominated by conservative theology. I started Rivendell Theatre Ensemble proudly presents long form interviews with and portraits of realizing that I have a voice, I had been want- members of Kansas City’s LGBTQIA community. ing to use my voice for so long to address this The interviews focus on his subjects as people ignorance that I’ve seen my entire life, and I How the World Began living more or less ordinary lives — rather than just realized that I have every capability in my Written by necessarily portraying them as victims of op- bones and in my fingertips to make an impact- CATHERINE TRIESCHMANN pression. ful commentary on the queer population sur- Directed by Emily Von Hoffman: Can you tell me how rounding me in Kansas City, Missouri. KEIRA FROMM the idea for “Gender Treason” came about? I recently spoke with my FTM Trans friend, Ryan Wilks: When gay marriage was legalized, who had just gotten his breasts removed a few NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 10, 2015 I saw this boom on Facebook and other so- days prior. I met him around the same time as Rivendell Theatre ² 5779 North Ridge Avenue ² Chicago cial media platforms of people who were just the Supreme Court decision and started asking very very happy, they were thrilled; but then him questions, and I realized that if I hadn’t Religion and science collide when Susan, a high school biology teacher, makes an offhand comment about Enjoy $5 off your I also noticed a lot of negativity from people talked to him and if I hadn’t gotten this story, the origins of the universe igniting a firestorm that ticket with code who were angry that straight people and queer I never would have had the insight that he was threatens to engulf the town. WINDY CITY! people now have equality. A lot of those people able to give me. I never would have been able were in close proximity to my home in Kansas to get there on my own. And so then I realized Visit RivendellTheatre.org How the World Began is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. It’s Women’s Work. or call 773.334.7728

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1258 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago, 60657 / 773-281-6000 Sep 11 - Nov 1, 2015 773-761-4477 www.lifelinetheatre.com WINDY CITY TIMES Sept. 30, 2015 23 Thousands attend AIDS Run & Walk Chicago While funds are still being solicited and col- and services not fully funded by grants. lected for the 2015 Chicago AIDS Run & Walk, The opening ceremony featured music and the event was held under beautiful skies Sept. dance, as well as a loud call for Illinois Gov. 26 and already has raised more than $375,000 Bruce Rauner to provide full funding for HIV/ as the event welcomed more than 2,500 run- AIDS services. Media personality Dean Rich- ners, walkers and volunteers. ards, a longtime AIDS Run & Walk supporter, The annual event raises money in support of once again emceed the event. AFC Executive AIDS Foundation of Chicago and 35 HIV/AIDS- Director John Peller also addressed the crowd. related beneficiaries, which receive 90 percent There was also a display of NAMES Project of the agency’s fundraising. AIDS Memorial Quilt panels. All money raised is considered “unrestricted” To donate or learn more, visit aidsrunwalk.org and can be used to support HIV/AIDS programs or call 312-334-0946.

Above: Chicago Women’s AIDS Project at AIDS Run & Walk Chicago 2015. Below: AFC President/ CEO John Peller (left) and WGN personality Dean Richards Photos by Hal Baim

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We shouldn’t be sham- ing people to the point where they’re com- mitting suicide or losing their livelihood from Karen Finley talks AIDS, the humiliation of it. It’s just sophomoric and wrong—and cruel.” pope and Planned Parenthood Finley quickly added, “There’s still this hid- den desire about sexuality—having it and By Sarah Toce we were in war now.” owning it. If you send an image or receive an Finley further elaborated, “Women’s rights image, the whole world comes down. It’s really Provocative, authentic, engaging, masterful— were under siege; right now Planned Parent- disproportionate. I’m an artist, I can’t address these are four descriptors that have come to hood’s rights are under siege. At the same all the different—people always like to bring mind when the mere mention of performance time we’re supposed to be looking at progress up the pathology of desire—children—but artist Karen Finley is presented. From her fa- in some areas, but it’s still not enough—like that’s not what I’m talking about here.” mous pieces, “We Keep Our Victims Ready” and #BlackLivesMatter. I felt that it was important The lifelong artist also spearheads a group “Written in Sand,” to a brand-new project that to put the writing out there again because called Artists Anonymous. hasn’t even seen the light of day yet called there is a relationship about voicing the politi- “I created an artist support group that is “Sext Me If You Can,” Finley’s emotionally raw cal issues for today. I wouldn’t say I’m excited based on 13 steps for artists who are addicted endeavors into fine art and the human experi- about the re-release because I’m not excited to art,” she said. “I am powerless over art so ence transcends generations. about the political issues—human issues— I create meetings. I also create participatory Finley will appear at Women & Children First we’re facing today.” walks that I do at certain locations. It’s very Bookstore on Friday, Oct. 2, to support the re- In her repertoire, Finley famously performs small—like 15-20 people—that walk with me.” release of Shock Treatment: Expanded 25th An- a piece she calls “Written in Sand,” about her Finley will perform readings from her book niversary Edition. friends who died from AIDS during the height and offer discussions. “At first, I was thinking that the 25th anni- of the epidemic. “There will be dramatic readings from some of versary of this book wouldn’t have any signifi- “At that particular time the loss was com- the texts,” she said. “Some of these texts were cance because of thinking the issues that I was pounded by the lack of dignity and the lack of deemed obscene or indecent and were part of announcements and acceptance,” Finley said. the culture wars. In 1990 when I was perform- “That compounded the pain and the loss—that ing and I applied for a grant from the National I and my friends—were not allowed to mourn Endowment for the Arts, myself and three other our friends. Everyone was so excited about the artists’ grants were denied. We had a suit that Pope, well, where is the Pope? I don’t need went to the Supreme Court [Finley vs. the NEA] the Pope’s forgiveness. I don’t need the Pope’s and my work was considered indecent. I will be acceptance. Who is the Church to judge? It performing some of those selections, and then concerns me that the Church would curtail the Karen Finley. I will be talking about the culture wars.” dignity of the right to be buried. The right to Photo by Dona Ann McAdams Chicago is home to Finley. be handled with the dignity of mourning … “Chicago is my home. It’s where I started cre- and that I’m still angry about, and I think it green room or an area in the museum and have ating my work,” she said. “When I go there I still exists. It’s a paler shade of pain, but it 10 minutes and then they sext me and I create feel—to me, it’s my memory of home.” still exists.” art based on that image that’s sent to me.” Find out more about Karen Finley and her Asked if she had any advice to give the What happens next walks the line of upcoming appearance at Women & Children younger generation not alive during the AIDS “healthy” voyeurism. First at http://www.womenandchildrenfirst. reaping of the ‘80s and ‘90s who may think they “The audience can then watch me create the com/event/author-reading-karen-finley- will eventually get the disease, Finley once artwork during the compilation,” she said. “It’s shock-treatment. again stated the best option is non-judgment. “People are still dying now from sex and HIV,” Finley said. “In terms of political cru- panel, and write a song parody to learn about elty and policing, people of color are dying— LGBT-history the spirited ways in which the LGBT commu- #BlackLivesMatter, for instance. I would never celebration at nity has pushed for positive social change. propose for me, as a white, heterosexual See http://www.open-books.org/event/ woman, to ever tell a person who feels that Open Books Oct. 17 lgbt-history-celebration/. something is in their future, to ever make a Windy City Times, Open Books and Chicago correction about their lives. With that said, a Review Press will co-host a gathering to pro- Jane Lynch dates writing about—how would that be responded friend of mine decided to commit suicide, and mote LGBT history at Open Books’ West Loop to today?” Finley reflected. “The book was writ- I was always trying to give him hope. I wish I location, 651 W. Lake St., Saturday, Oct. 17, rescheduled ten in the late ‘80s and came out in 1990, and could have been a better friend to let my friend 1-3 p.m. Lyric Opera will present actress, comedian at that time it was the AIDS crisis. There was cry a million tears. I cannot be in that person’s Families of all backgrounds are invited to and singer Jane Lynch (Glee) in her cabaret extraordinary political indifference to the AIDS space. It’s important to take that anger and explore the history of the LGBT rights move- show See Jane Sing during the 2015-16 sea- crisis and the impact on marginalized people— that despair and fight for the next generation. ment with author Jerome Pohlen, who will son. genderqueer, bi, gay, lesbian—it was at a time Instead of thinking you can walk up the entire lead activities and read from his book Gay Due to a scheduling conflict resulting from when it was being imposed in Congress that staircase, you take one step.” and Lesbian History for Kids. the production schedule of her new CBS se- there should be camps for people who had HIV. Finley is currently mulling over a concept she Part of the popular For Kids series, this ries Angel from Hell, the dates for Lynch’s It’s difficult for younger people to imagine the feels more people should explore—acceptance book puts the historic struggle for LGBT Lyric performances are moving from the stigmatization at this time. If you died, your and living in a non-binary way. equality into perspective Given today’s news, previously announced Dec. 17-18, 2015, to death wouldn’t even be announced. It was the “How is a person able to voice their despair it would be easy to get the impression that newly confirmed dates on June 17-18, 2016, family’s right to take the bodies of their loved in a way that is positive so that they are al- the campaign for LGBT equality is a recent with performances at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. ones. Death wasn’t announced, just like their lowed to have a space like that?” she asked. development, but it is only the final act in each evening. lives weren’t announced. We were in war like “Too many times we have the ‘queer character’ a struggle that started more than a century Ticket holders need do nothing to keep and archetype that we allow within our culture ago. This timely resource helps put recent their tickets for the new dates, or may and society—within families—and that is very events into context for kids ages nine and choose to call Lyric Opera at 312-827-5600 painful to have to live within the narrow spac- up. to exchange into one of the other three See es where you’re allowed to exist. I want to ask After a brief history up to 1900, each chap- Jane Sing performances. Tickets ($50-$150) individuals—instead of thinking in black and ter discusses an era in the struggle for LGBT for the four June performances of See Jane white because that is binary, too—what are civil rights from the 1920s to today. The Sing are on sale now at LyricOpera.org or ways of expression that we can all be support- history is told through personal stories and 312-827-5600. ing our bodies and resist against stereotypes?” firsthand accounts of the movement’s key Performance art has always held a prominent events like the 1950s “Lavender Scare,” the space in Finley’s heart and she’s circling back Stonewall Inn uprising, and the AIDS crisis. Martin and Short at around to a couple of concepts she’s been itch- Readers will learn about civil-rights mav- ericks, like Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, founder of Rosemont Nov. 22 ing to try for quite some time. Legendary actors and comedians Steve Mar- “What I’ve been working on in these past two the first gay-rights organization; Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, who turned the Daughters of tin and Martin Short are teaming for a night years is finally compiling my writing with music of live comedy and music. [with Chicago musician Paul Leventhal]. We’re Bilitis from a lesbian social club into a pow- erhouse for LGBT freedom; and Harvey Milk, “An Evening You Will Forget For the Rest going to be performing in London,” she said. of Your Life” will include stand-up, musical She is also working on addressing shame and the first out candidate to win a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. numbers, film clips and conversations about stigma that comes with the subject of sexual- their show business experiences. ity. Also chronicled are the historic contribu- tions of famous LGBT individuals, and 21 Tickets are at Ticketmaster.com, the venue “I have a project called ‘Sext Me If You Can.’ box office and by phone at 800-745-3000. In this project, I am in a gallery or in a muse- activities enliven the history. Kids can write a free-verse poem like Walt Whitman, learn Visit http://www.rosemont.com/theatre, or um and people send me sexts,” she explained. www.nitelite.com. “They actually purchase a time and go to a the Madison line dance, design an AIDS quilt WINDY CITY TIMES Sept. 30, 2015 25 Windy City Times celebrates 30 years

The Windy City Times 30th anniversary Sept. 27, 2015 at Sidetrack was hosted by Amy Matheny and Scott Duff, featuring singer Sami Grisafe (pictured). Publisher Tracy Baim took questions on the history of her work and Windy City Times. Windy City Times was founded in 1985 and Grisafe performed music from the era. Photos by Kat Fitzgerald (www.mysticimagesphotography.com). See Hal Baim’s photos on page 26. See more on the history of the newspaper at the link: www.windycitymediagroup. com/lgbt/Windy-City-Times-at-30-/52882.html .

VEHICLE REVIEW 2015 Lexus GX 460: If you’ve got the money, honey, get the RX

BY SAM GOMEZ, GAYWHEELS.COM ing some 5,000 pounds—and that’s just to get out of your garage. And like a Mac Truck, you The good news is that if you have always want- can’t just hit the brakes and expect to stop. ed a new GX 460, now is your time to pounce. I often found myself having to be very care- The sticker runs about $66,000 for all the lux- ful when I stopped and accelerated, as I just ury, bells and whistles, but now in the fall of wasn’t sure how the car was going to react. 2015, you can find some dealer closeouts for Sure, that’s common in big luxury SUVs, but I a little over $50,000. This car has everything, still found it a little problematic. At least with as you would expect. Blind spot monitor, tele- a date, when you give it gas, the reaction may scopic steering wheel … all the stuff that be bad but not costly. should come with a hefty price tag. I also had concerns about the largess of the The bad news is that, wow, for the money, GX 460. Sure, I sat high above it all, and that you would, IMHO, be better off with the more saved my insurance premium from going up affordable Lexus RX. Unless you really need big because I could clearly see how I was not go- and imposing (and some nights, that’s exactly ing to fit into a petite or Junior Miss parking 2015 Lexus GX 460. what I want), the RX is much gayer than the space. Normally, I am a size queen, but in the Photo from Gaywheels.com GX. Did that make sense? Heck, even a Porsche city, having such largess can be problematic, SUV can come in cheaper and offer more luxury especially when just a little gas (and boy, did I ally keeps you a predetermined distance from and power. use gas) can cause you to spring forward into the car in front of you while driving, even when Auto news —Showing pride: In the United Kingdom, Okay, okay, that may be a little harsh. For the little Scion that is parked in front of you. you stop paying attention. Everything on it Sussex police force spent hundreds of pounds starters, this was a fun car to drive. When you First, let me say thank you to Jessica and was so intuitive. I just loved it, and I will be giving a patrol car and a motorbike a colour- are in the driver’s seat of the GX 460, you are Melissa for getting me this King Kong to drive sharing my thoughts in an upcoming review, so ful makeover in rainbow colors ahead of a sitting high above everyone else. That can around. That said, I much prefer the Lexus RX, stay tuned. gay-pride parade, The Daily Mail reported. The be fun, but like many kings and queens have a cheaper and, IMHO, better SUV than the GX. We here at Gaywheels.com just want you to vehicles were each decorated with graphics noted, managing a kingdom can be challeng- I’m not really sure what to think of the GX, but get a really good bang for your buck (or other showing rainbows and brightly colored stars ing, even from your heated/cooled adjustable I would suggest that if you indeed have assets -uck). Again, I love the people at Lexus but I, with the word “Pride.” throne. and not necessarily care for largess, try out the as your fairy godmother, would advise you to —It’s electric: Just after the IAA Frankfurt Often while driving this behemoth, I felt like 2015 or 2016 RX. look at the new 2016 RX and save some money Motor Show 2015, Mercedes-Benz confirmed I was trying to maneuver a Mac truck. For ex- I just tested the 2016 RX and, Man-O- for rent or your higher education ….. it’s working on an all-electric rival to the Tesla ample, when you hit the accelerator, there is a Manischewitz, this car has everything—namely … something that may, over time, really give Model S, GTspirit noted. It could be released bit of a delay, and that’s because you are haul- this new cruise-control feature where it liter- you gas and bloating. as soon as 2018. 26 Sept. 30, 2015 WINDY CITY TIMES /nightspots @nightspotschicago nightspots weekly nightlife section in

Nords to ever grace the charts: a-ha’s “Take On Me” (new album out now). Our beloved Whit- DANCING ney Houston was having her second massive hit as a superstar with “Saving All My Love For ABOUT You,” but the star in our eyes was, as she is ABOUT now, Madonna. “Dress You Up” (number six) ARCHITECTURE was Madge’s seventh consecutive top-five hit, and the last single off the blockbuster Like a By marc ‘moose’ moder Virgin album. The video was her first live one, memorable only for that unfortunate brocade jacket and her cherubic face. But what stood out for me was this was the first song of hers that I took seriously as a budding gay youth of 15. Before that, she seemed too gimmicky and Reading her songs too fluffy. “Dress You Up” had balls (and ovaries) and was the first single that got Billboard Gay: me hooked and believing this little girl could really sing, and could make a go of it. So as I’m off to my fourth Madonna show, I won’t be 1985 checking the set lists. I’m hoping she’ll be sav- It was thirty years ago this past week, as regu- ing all that love for me, and rocking “Dress You lar readers know, that we launched Windy City Up” on its 30th birthday. Times. Some things have changed since 1985, but some have remained constant, like the lack of gay role models in pop music and the low Madonna from the “Dress You Up” video. level of LGBT references on the charts. Sure, artists have come out in droves, but most re- main fringe—or at least mid-level with dedi- cated followings—and you have, as always, young pop singers professing their bisexuality whether it takes or not. With that, let’s take a look back at the charts from September 28, 1985, and see how gay the charts were three decades ago. “Money For Nothing” by Dire Straits was number one, and is such an interesting song, owing to the controversy over the lyrics includ- ing the phrase “faggot” three different times. We all know that wouldn’t fly today—at least not to number one—and since then, even Canadian radio has banned the song for hate speech. Truth is, the song is sung from the point of view of a blue-collar character, and is meant to point out how ignorant he sounded. Back then, that only played to a small, know- ing crowd, while the rest of the record buyers didn’t mind the word or its context.

At number three we have Wham!, featur- ing future out icon, George Michael, with “Freedom.” Even as a tween, I could spot that George wasn’t your heteronormative pop star, but he steadfastly did his due closeted diligence: Dating Brooke Sheilds; saying he was with the lady in the video of “I Want Your Sex.” All the while, we all secretly knew. He kept this up for another decade, believe it or not, until SIDETRACK he was outed in a sex sting, but at least he flung those doors wide open and didn’t look More from Windy City Times’ 30th anniversary party, Sun., September 27. back after that. Photos by Hal Baim Slot number seven was held by the dreamiest WINDY CITY TIMES Sept. 30, 2015 27 Billy Masters

“I have this feeling that I was a cheetah or a panther in another life and that I was also a Black soul singer: Male. So I do believe that you come back as something else or someone else.”— Jackie Collins shares her personal belief with People five days before her death. Maybe it was the medication talking. In my zeal to include Emmy gossip in last According to Billy, actor Jeremy Irvine week’s column, I didn’t get to write anything isn’t even the worst thing about the film about the HBO party. The Pacific Design Center Stonewall ... and that’s saying a lot. in West Hollywood was transformed into a flame- Photo by Philippe Bosse engulfed fantasy, courtesy of premier party plan- ner Billy Butchkavitz. Since HBO was the biggest winner of the night, the place was buzzing with will be written by my pals Marc Shaiman and oodles of folks from Veep, Game of Thrones and Scott Wittman—the talented guys behind the Olive Kitteridge brandishing statuettes. Gone are musical version of Hairspray. The film will be di- the days when the biggest names at this party rected by Rob Marshall, who previously directed were Lorraine Bracco and Aida Turturro. HBO’s big-screen adaptations of Chicago, Nine and Into bash has become de rigueur to anyone who’s the Woods. I’m told that the Disney brass would anyone—not to mention quite a few nobodies! like to find some way to includeJulie Andrews There were some strange pairings around the and Dick Van Dyke into the new project. Sounds room: Adrien Brody and Marilyn Manson, La- like a winner to me. And this goes to show that, verne Cox and John Stamos, Mel Brooks and contrary to popular belief, I CAN keep a secret. I Justin Theroux. I had a brief conversation with knew about these negotiations for months, and designer Zac Posen (wearing an ill-fitting suit), did I tell you? No. ‘Cause, I’ve got scruples ... who entered on the arm of Naomi Campbell. The which was a brilliant miniseries starring my be- supermodel seemed annoyed that I ignored her loved Lindsay Wagner. while gabbing with Zac about Project Runway. I Many of my less scrupulous colleagues pay lots don’t think I was ever in any danger, but I kept of money for gossip stories—as if I haven’t prov- an eye on her cellphone ... just in case. en that you can get good stories using nature’s Around the same time, a very butch Queen credit card. This tit-for-tat is actually illegal, Latifah entered wearing a white pant suit and as an ex-prison official from London found out. a green fedora. And that leads me to answer- Back in 2010, George Michael spent a month in ing one of your questions. Many wondered why jail after he was caught driving under the influ- Bradley Whitford was wearing a fedora at the ence. One of the officers in that prison, Amanda awards. That’s because his hair has been signifi- Watts, was paid more than $3,000 by the UK cantly altered to play the role of Vice President tabloid The Sun for information used in five dif- Hubert Humphrey in the HBO adaptation of the ferent stories. She has pleaded guilty to miscon- Broadway play All The Way, about Lyndon John- duct in public office and is facing jail time when son. Others were curious why so many attendees she is sentenced Oct. 16. were sporting green ribbons. Those were in sup- Just before we went to press, little Danny Pin- port of the Environmental Protection Agency and tauro made some revelations to Oprah Winfrey. were embossed with the words “Demand Climate First, he had been hooked on crystal meth: “I Action.” And now, you know. had just come out of a two-year relationship, When a filmmaker tackles a big subject such as and I discovered in that relationship that there Hot ’n horny hookups. the Holocaust or World War II, that person often was more I wanted to explore sexually. Crystal does so through the eyes of a character the au- meth takes away your inhibitions, and if you dience will identify with. Roland Emmerich has want to explore that adventurous side, taking done that with Stonewall. Like most people, lead the drug is going to put you there.” What it also actor Jeremy Irvine also cannot act—nope, not did was lead to his next revelation—he’s been even a little. But he is pretty (actually prettier HIV-positive for the past 12 years. “I know ex- and taller in person) and, these days, that tends actly when it happened,” he said. “I was living to suffice. He kinda strikes me as an aspiring porn in New York at the time and completely clueless actor who got lucky—well, I’m sure SOMEONE to the idea that I was positive. I went in for a got lucky. But he was not nearly as pretty as the regular checkup. It was just regular blood work. people who were at this premiere in WeHo. The You go in, and you sort of waited two weeks on really pretty ones were part of the lovely Bryan pins and needles—or at least I did, because I Singer’s posse, but let’s not go there. Back to was just terrified of the idea of getting HIV.” He the movie: The lead actor isn’t even the biggest said that the diagnosis was almost a relief: “You problem. That honor is saved for the script, writ- spend so much time terrified that you’re going to ten by the usually serviceable Jon Robin Baitz, get it, and then you have it. You don’t have to which is filled with more pitfalls and potholes be terrified anymore.” Let us hope young people than any street in Greenwich Village. What the everywhere are not following his example. film DOES have going for it is the bravura, highly When Danny Pintauro is newsworthy, it’s defi- skilled performance of Jonny Beauchamp, who nitely time to end yet another column. And what you may know from Penny Dreadful (where he a busy week I have ahead of me—one night with has appeared naked, and you can see every inch Linda Ronstadt, another with Susanna Hoffs Non-Stop of him on BillyMasters.com). and then Gay Days Anaheim. I’m exhausted just Last week, Disney announced that it is making thinking about it. But I’m never too tired to up- a new Mary Poppins film. 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LQQKS: Teaches of Peaches with Christeene

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Charlie’s Man of the Month contest

Fri., Oct. 2, 10 pm Charlie’s, 3726 N. Broadway See who will be chosen Mr. October 2015 at this monthly contest. Free line dance and two-step lessons. DJ Michael B spinning your favorite coun- MADONNA @ UNITED CENTER MAD DECENT BLOCK PARTY try tunes.

Friends of Madge, Mon., Sept. 28. Photos by Jerry Nunn Photos by Jerry Nunn. See concert photos and more online. WINDY CITY TIMES Sept. 30, 2015 29

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