THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 Oct. 29, 2008 • vol 24 no 7 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com
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Queens page 21 Any way one looks at it, this year’s general election on Tuesday, Nov. 4, has taken on historic proportions. Windy City Times takes a look at the political races with charts and interviews. Among those vying for seats on Election Day are (clockwise from upper left): Sen. John McCain, Gov. Sarah Palin, Sen. Joe Biden, Sen. Barack Obama, Alan Augustson, Deb Mell, Judge Sebastian Patti, Heather Benno, Rosemary Mulligan, Tom Hanson and Anita Alvarez; read all the information starting on page 4. ALSO, there is a very special addition in this issue: A commemorative poster of Obama with local LGBT supporters on page 20.
Out of Chicago
An Open Letter to Members and Friends of the LGBT community
Many have worked towards making the Chicago area a better place for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people.
Unfortunately Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications proposes to stain this record of progress on Saturday, November 8 by honoring one of the nation's leading haters of LGBT people ʊ Focus on the Family's James Dobson. Here is a sample of Dobson's hate expressed in his own words: “For more than 40 years the homosexual activist movement has sought to implement a master plan that has had as its centerpiece the utter destruction of the family.” March 24, 2004 Focus on the Family radio broadcast “Homosexuals are not monogamous. They want to destroy the institution of marriage. It will destroy marriage. It will destroy the Earth.” The Daily Oklahoman, Oct. 23, 2004
And James Dobson is not a lone, deranged hater crying in the wilderness. He is a dangerously powerful person who controls a broadcasting empire with over 3000 outlets, 1300 employees, and a $150 million annual budget. He uses this empire to advocate the denial of our equal access to employment, housing and public accommodations.
These attacks are the centerpiece of a concerted drive to rollback all of our gains of the last four decades. For example, an offshoot of Focus on the Family is the leading organization pushing a referendum to overthrow marriage equality in California.
Focus on the Family controls the nation's highest profile "ex-gay" ministry, which futilely tries to "convert" LGBTs to straight by "praying away the gay." In so doing, they reinforce self-hate and psychologically harm the very individuals they claim to help. Such "ex-gay" programs are roundly condemned by every respected medical and mental health organization in America. After years of gradual progress in public acceptance of LGBTQ people, Dobson's long-standing campaign against us may soon start to get much greater traction. The US economy is tanking, people are worried about losing their life savings, and the search for scapegoats may begin to be the order of the day, generating higher waves of hate and violence against us.
In this context, it is foolish for anyone concerned about LGBT freedom to be complacent about the danger that Dobson represents. What you can do 1. We encourage all readers of this ad to contact the Museum of Broadcast Communications and ask them to rescind this award to one of America's leading haters. Send the message that it is irresponsible for any institution to promote a scapegoater of any minority. E-Mail the Museum of Broadcast Communications' Bruce Dumont: [email protected] 2. Express your 1st Amendment rights by protesting this disgusting award. The protest will be: 5:30 – 7:30 PM Saturday, November 8th
at the Renaissance Chicago Hotel, 1 W. Wacker Drive (Wacker & State)
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www.chicagowelcomingchurches.org For more information about this ad or the protest, email the Gay Liberation Network at [email protected], visit www.GayLiberation.net or www.DumpDobson.com Oct. 29, 2008 3 Vote "YES" index To Retain Experienced Judges. ELECTION ‘08 National battles to watch 4 To ensure experience and integrity in our justice system, Readers’ opinions on elections 6 vote YES for judges on Tuesday, November 4th. Judge Sebastian Patti 6 Political charts 7 Judges Seeking Retention Special Obama collage 20 Deb Mell interview 22 Appellate Court Justices Michael J. Gallagher Margaret Stanton McBride NEWS Circuit Court Judges View: Rev. Irene Monroe 10 Chicago Mayor Richard Daley talked Quotelines 11 with Sweet Miss Giving’s Kristi Gorsuch Local news: Jennifer Hudson 18 during the bakery’s opening. See more Gerald C. Bender Particia Manila Martin Personal PAC luncheon 21 on page 22. Andrew Berman Mary Anne Mason Night of 100 Drag Queens 21 Photo courtesy of Jeremy Hilborn Sweet Miss Giving’s opens 22 Margaret Ann Brennan Veronica B. Mathein Eileen Mary Brewer Carol Pearce McCarthy ENTERTAINMENT Scottish Play Scott 12 Janet Adams Brosnahan Barbara A. McDonald Theater reviews 13 James R. Brown Sheila McGinnis Knight at the Movies 16 Anthony Lynn Burrell Dennis Michael McGuire OUTLINES Diane Gordon Cannon Kathleen Marie McGury Real estate; classifieds 19 Evelyn B. Clay Barbara M Meyer Calendar 21 Mary Elllen Coghlan Mary A. Mulhern
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4 Oct. 29, 2008 graders on a “field trip” to throw rose petals Battles to outside their teacher’s same-sex wedding and ELECTION ‘08 when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome said at a public event that same-sex marriages is here watch out for to stay “whether you like it or not.” By Lisa Keen wife” and states that “no other legal union that do, most expect a same-sex marriage ban to be —What it has going against it: Most promi- Keen News Service is treated as marriage or the substantial equiva- among the amendments on the table. nent state officials, including Republican Gov. lent thereof shall be valid or recognized” —Other questions on ballot: 1 Arnold Schwarzenegger, are against it. Imagine being on an airplane that’s making —Other questions on ballot: 5 —What it has going for it: The organization —Who’s pushing it: ProtectMarriage.com an emergency landing and watching, via the —What it has going for it: The Secretary of pushing it has been on the job for months, while —Who’s fighting it: NoOnProp8.com plane’s seat-back television, as CNN broadcasts State’s voter summary says “This amendment opponents just got started following the Con- —What the polls say: Same-sex marriage the landing live. That’s a little like what it feels protects marriage” and the financial impact necticut Supreme Court ruling on same-sex mar- may or may not land safely November 4. A poll like watching the battle over same-sex marriage statement that it could bring in more revenue riage earlier this month. in September showed 55 percent against the right now in California. from marriage license fees “If the amendment —What it has going against it: In the state amendment; a poll October 17 showed only 45 A California Supreme Court ruling—that the has the effect of encouraging marriages (be- constitution’s 370-year history, voters have percent against. The absolute latest poll—re- state constitution’s guarantees of equal pro- tween one man and one woman)….” The site sought a constitutional convention only three leased Wed., Oct. 22, by the Public Policy Insti- tection apply to gay couples seeking marriage includes statements from proponents but not times, the last time being in 1965. And oppo- tute of California— showed 52 percent against. licenses— is trying to land safely on the tar- from opponents. And just this week, Republican nents have far outraised supporters—$830,000 Copyright 2008 Keen News Service mac of public opinion. But the political storms McCain jumped one point ahead of Democrat to $12,000, according to the Associated Press. of anti-gay activists are thrashing the decision, Obama. But the biggest thing going against the measure the nose-gear won’t extend, and there’s smoke —What it has going against it: The state is the large number of opponent groups, with a in the cabin. already has a law prohibiting marriage licenses wide variety of reasons, not just gay marriage. Then, there are Arizona and Florida, where for same-sex couples. The Miami Herald recom- —Who’s pushing it: ctfamily.org decisions have never even left the ground, and mends a “no” vote, saying it not only would —Who’s fighting it: LMFCT.org Windy City Times Connecticut, where a state supreme court de- “enshrine discrimination in our state constitu- —What the polls say: None available. cision was just as a major political storm was tion” but would jeopardize benefits for unmar- Election Guide unfolding. ried straight couples and the property rights of Arizona Welcome to the 2008 Windy City Times Gen- In short, there’s a lot of political tension for seniors who live together for convenience. And —Number: Proposition 102 eral Election Guide. With the goings-on in the the LGBT community these days and it’s not all a straw poll at the University of South Florida —Title: Marriage Protection Amendment presidential primaries, this election year is about who will be elected president. While the suggests young voters are against it—58 to 34 —What it will do: Amend the state consti- intriguing, to say the least. California battle has been getting some atten- percent. tution to say that “[o]nly a union of one man There are also interesting developments lo- tion from the mainstream media, the results of —Who’s pushing it: Florida4Marriage.org and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a cally. Deb Mell is running for a spot as state many of these battles will probably be flashed —Who’s fighting it: VoteNoOn2.com marriage in this state.” representative and for a spot in history; if she only briefly on most television sets as the broad- —What the polls say: The measure needs 60 —Other questions on ballot: 7 wins the seat, the Illinois General Assembly cast news organizations try to fill their screens percent support to mass. The latest poll shows it —What it has going for it: The Secretary of will have its first open lesbian. However, she until Democrat Barack Obama or Republican has 53 percent yes (with 42 percent no and five State’s voter guide begins with 22 essays by has two opponents—and, in a Web exclusive, John McCain racks up 270 electoral votes. percent undecided). Longtime lesbian activist supporters, saying, among other things, “same one of those foes, Heather Benno, talked with So, here’s what to watch for, by time zones, as Nadine Smith calls it “too close to call.” sex marriage is about forcing all within our so- Windy City Times about her plans if she wins. the polls close Nov. 4: ciety regardless of religious or traditional beliefs (Mell also talked with Windy City Times; see Connecticut to accept radical changes which will have far the interview on the cover.) Other intrigu- Florida —Number: Question 1 reaching consequences.” After that, come 22 ing races statewide include the 65th District —Number: Amendment 2 —Title: Constitutional Convention essays urging a “no” vote. Arizona is a heavily state representative election race between —Title: Marriage Protection Amendment —What it will do: Ask voters whether they Republican state and Republican John McCain Aurora Austriaco and Rosemary Mulligan; —What it will do: Amend the state constitu- want to hold a constitutional convention to is polling 12 points ahead of Democrat Barack the 5th Congressional District race between tion to define marriage as “the legal union of amend or revise the state constitution. If they Obama. Democratic incumbent Rahm Emanuel, lib- only one man and one woman as husband and —What it has going against it: Voters re- eral Republican Tom Hanson and Green Party jected a similar measure in 2006 and the state candidate Alan Augustson; and the 10th Con- already has a law prohibiting marriage licenses gressional District contest between Republi- for same-sex couples. Plus Democratic Governor can incumbent Mark Kirk and Democrat Dan Janet Napolitano is polling 23 points ahead of Seals. (Read Windy City Times’ interviews her Republican challenger. with Hanson and Auguston online at www. —Who’s pushing it: YesTo102.com WindyCityMediaGroup.com.) —Who’s fighting it: VoteNoProp102.com Also, several of our readers sound off on —What the polls say: September 25-28, a the election—including who they plan on poll of 976 registered voters in the state found voting for. that 49 percent were ready to vote “yes,” 42 On page 20, Windy City Times has a very percent would vote “no,” and nine percent were special commemorative poster of Democratic undecided. presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama with members of Chicago’s LGBT community. California However, it bears repeating that Windy City —Number: Proposition 8 Times does not endorse—this newspaper has —Title: “Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Cou- spotlighted Democratic and Republican offi- ples to Marry” cials and candidates who have held and at- —What it will do: Seeks to amend the state tended local LGBT fundraisers. constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex And, as always, we have our political charts couples to obtain marriage licenses and bars that show recommendations and endorse- recognition of same-sex relationships by state ments from various organizations and asso- agencies ciations as well as candidates’ scores on our —Other questions on ballot: 11 questionnaire. —What it has going for it: A lot of money. Lastly, please do not forget to vote; every- Proponents have been able to cash the oppo- one’s voice deserves to be heard. 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Judges don’t advocate for a par- ranks 48th in economic performance, 47th in ticular position, and are not fighting for LGBT employment growth, 7th highest in median rights. property taxes paid and first in sales tax bur- SP: That’s right, and we can’t be [be activ- den. These statistics just scratch the surface of ists]; we’re prevented by our canons. But it is where Chicago and Illinois is now, as a result of important to have a reflection of society, as a the changes Sen. Obama worked hard on for us. whole. How inappropriate was it for a state like From looking at Senator Obama’s past history, Renae Ogletree and Mike Bauer at this year’s South Carolina, for example, to have no African- he is not capable of bringing any good changes Democratic National Convention. Photo from American judges until 19-whenever. to his constituency in the future. Debra Shore The thing about justice is that there is only —Renae Ogletree, Department of Post Sec- Judge Sebastian Patti. Photo courtesy of one person within the confines of a courtroom ondary Education and Student Development: who is able to establish that justice will be Sounding off on Obama not only represents a clear agenda but Frances Jackson done, will be fair and will be swift—and that’s he also motivates me to want to help make the judge herself. If the judges are not reflec- the elections change happen. He is clear that he cannot do Sebastian Patti: tive of society as a whole, I can understand why COMPILED by Kaitlyn mcavoY this work alone. He makes me believe that he people call into question if justice will be fair, needs my help. His passion about what he be- Retention bond impartial and speedy. Chicagoans tell Windy City Times who they plan lieves about change in America has me charged by ANDREW DAVIS I love the profession, and I’ve thought a lot to vote for for president and particular races up and ready to go! Clearly, if we voted today, they find interesting this election season. about the psychology of judging and the at- Obama would be victorious. Judge Sebastian Patti is among 70 judges up —Michael Bauer, political activist: For tendant questions that it creates. My answer —William B. Kelley, historian and part of for retention, and he made history over than President, I am voting for Barack Obama. His reflects a lot of years of thinking about it, and the advisory group for the Chicago Gay His- a decade ago when he became the first openly support on a wide number of subjects affect- about telling people why I think it’s important tory Project: I am voting for the Democrats, gay man elected to an Illinois bench. The su- ing the LGBT and pro-choice communities make to have a judiciary that reflects society. and particularly Barack Obama, because I be- pervising judge of the Housing Section of the Sen. Obama a clear choice versus John McCain. WCT: October is LGBT History Month. Do you lieve Democratic candidates are much better on First Municipal District—who has formed a new The most important race that I get to vote in have any LGBT icons or idols? issues that matter to me as a gay man and as judges’ association called the Illinois Judges For is that of Cook County State’s Attorney, where SP: Boy, that’s a good question. This is just a an American. I find the 65th District’s race for Equality—recently talked with Windy City Times Democrat Anita Alvarez is running against Re- knee-jerk reaction, but openly gay people like state representative particularly interesting. about the concept of retention, the importance publican Tony Peraica. It is critical that Alva- Ron Sable, Tom Chiola, Nancy Katz or Jon-Henri Current Republican Rep. Rosemary Mulligan has of having out judges on the bench and his gay rez be elected so Cook County can continue to Damski—a chronicler—or Howard Brown accom- taken some good positions, but challenger Au- idol. have a state’s attorney who is both sensitive plished so much. They have to be openly gay; rora Austriaco—whom I know personally and Windy City Times: You’re running for re- and empathetic with issues arising out of the otherwise, their accomplishments don’t carry admire—is energetic, enthusiastic, personable tention. Could you explain what that exactly LGBT community. the necessary currency we need. [However,] I and able to work well with others. She is excel- means? —David Zak, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre don’t know if I’ve ever thought of an icon that I lent on issues including abortion, gay rights Sebastian Patti: Sure. We have a unified court artistic director: Obama. I love that he talks followed. and civil rights. I’m supporting Austriaco not system in Illinois. Circuit judges can be ap- about art and science as important ingredients For me, it’s the notion of being openly gay, just because she’s a Democrat but because pointed by the [Illinois] Supreme Court between for education. And from a theatrical point of and being effective at what you’re doing or what she’s so capable. election cycles to fill vacanies; that was my situ- view, no one is more interesting than that Sar- you’re proposing to do. When you’re successful, Read more responses at www. ation in ‘95. I ran county-wide in 1996, and was ah Palin. If she were in a play, no one would everyone else will sit up and take notice: “That’s WindyCityMediaGroup.com. lucky enough to have won. When I won, I won believe the things she gets away with. the big attorney who won those civil-rights cas- election to a six-year term as a circuit judge, es, and he’s gay.” and have that expiration [so] I have to stand Read the entire interview with Judge Se- for a non-partisan retention election—and the bastian Patti at www.WindyCityMediaGroup. question on the ballot is “Shall Judge X be re- com. tained in office?” If [at least] 60 percent of the voters say “yes,” then I’m retained for another six-year term. If I don’t get 60 percent, then I’m kicked out of office. Politics online... WCT: How would say the political climate Interviews with 5th Congressional has changed since you were first elected? — District candidates Tom Hanson and Alan SP: [Laughs] It is so dramatically different. Augustson; When I ran in ‘96 as an openly gay candidate, —An interview with Heather Benno, one [sexual orientation] was an issue. Tom Chiola of Deb Mell’s opponents for the 40th Dis- has blazed a path before me; he ran in the sub- trict State Representative’s seat; and circuit, and I ran county-wide. Sitting here in —A piece on judicial retention endorse- October of 2008, we now have 14 openly gay ments. judges serving proudly in Cook County. That’s a paradigm shift. Who would’ve thought back in Also, read more politics—and get the lat- ‘95 that one of the topics [in 2008] would be est news—starting on page 18. Advocate & supporter gay marriage? I did not see that one coming. It’s as much a generational thing as anything of else, Andrew. The people who have taken up that equal rights for battle cry [marriage] are people who are includ- same-sex couples The Chicago Chapter of American Veterans for Equal Rights is proud to host the 16th Annual Veterans Day Dinner Tuesday, Nov. 11 Guest Speaker “with liberty and justice for all” 6:30pm - 10:00pm Sgt. 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VOL. 24, No. 7, Oct. 29, 2008 viewpoint The combined forces of Windy City Times, founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, The Democratic VP candidate’s position isn’t riage is misguided,” Obama wrote in his 2006 founded May 1987. memoir, The Audacity of Hope. REV. much better. During the debate, Biden stated PUBLISHER & Executive EDITOR he would grant same-sex benefits because, “The Both: Obama went Shakespearean at the Au- Tracy Baim IRENE fact of the matter is that under the Constitu- gust 2007 HRC-Logo candidates’ forum invok- tion we should be granted … same-sex couples ing, “What’s in a name?” “As I proposed [civil Assistant Publisher Terri Klinsky MONROE should be able to have visitation rights in the unions], it wouldn’t be a lesser thing [than mar- MANAGING Editor Andrew Davis Business manager Cynthia Holmes hospitals, joint ownership of property, life in- riage] from my perspective,” he told the panel. Director of New Media Jean Albright surance policies, et cetera. That’s only fair. It’s When asked why he supports civil unions and ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson what the Constitution calls for.” But when asked not marriage, Obama said the difference is mere- account managerS: Amy Matheny, Kirk if he supported same-sex marriage he emphati- ly one of nomenclature. “Semantics may be im- Williamson, Terry Wiegel, Shawn Murray Que(e)rying Promotions director Kathleen Ulm cally stated, “No.” portant to some. From my perspective, what I’m NIGHTSPOTS MANAGING Editor Kirk Williamson the candidates To confuse matters more, in 1996, Biden sup- interested [in] is making sure that those legal SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Amy Wooten ported the Defense of Marriage ACT (DOMA). rights are available to people.” National Sales Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 There are two components of DOMA: First, it says We’ll take all of those rights, nomenclature and TheatER Editor Jonathan Abarbanel Depending on which media outlets you tune into Cinema WRITER Richard Knight, Jr. for “fair and balanced” reporting on the elec- that no state shall be required to recognize the all, thank you very much. Marriage equality in BOOKS WRITER Yasmin Nair tion campaign’s presidential candidates, Senator laws of another state in regard to same-sex mar- this country is one of the prisms through which SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Rex Wockner, Marie Barack Obama can’t do any wrong and Sen. John riage; second, it defines the words “marriage” democracy tends to splinter. Obama may sound J. Kuda, David Byrne, Cathy Seabaugh, Tony and “spouse” in Federal Law. Biden also voted like he sees the light but, unfortunately, what Peregrin McCain can’t do any right. Or, Obama is spun as ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS an elitist erudite, and McCain’s a swashbuckling against the Federal Marriage Amendment, a pro- he stands for is not equality. Mary Shen Barnidge, Jim Edminster, Steve Warren, maverick. The VP hopefuls—Sen. Joe Biden and posed amendment that would limit marriage to Lawrence Ferber, Mel Ferrand, Tim Nasson, Scott Gov. Sarah Palin—are not spared from the “info- unions between one man and one woman. ‘Scuse Lipstick issues Morgan, Catey Sullivan, Zachary Whittenburg, us? Women’s issues have never been so exciting— J. S. Hall tainment” and insults, either. Columnists/Writers: Yvonne Zipter, Susie Day, While the 2008 election coverage has been But Biden wants the LGBTQ community to and so frightening—in a presidential campaign Jorjet Harper, Lee Lynch, Steve Starr, Joe Rice, nonstop in providing excitement, so much po- know he’s a staunch supporter on all our other until this August when McCain picked Palin Dan Woog, Marie-Jo Proulx, Lisa Keen, Chris Crain, litical theater gets exhausting over time. With issues, including ENDA, hate-crime legislation, as his running mate. Viewed by many women Charlsie Dewey, Michael Knipp, Karen Dixon, Mark LGBTQ adoption and support services for HIV/ Democrats as the G.O.P.’s drag queen, lip-syn- Corece, Sabine Neidhardt just under a month before we cast our ballots, PHOTOGRAPHERS Kat Fitzgerald, Mel Ferrand, the only thing many voters know is that we AIDS. In fact, Biden was chairman of the For- ching the party’s rhetoric, Palin may be the one Steve Becker, Steve Starr don’t know what we need to know about our eign Relations Committee, which helped pass to do what Hillary Clinton and Geraldine Fer- ARTISTS/CARTOONISTS Alison Bechdel, Mikeoart candidates: where they stand on the issues of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief raro couldn’t—break through the “18 million CIRCULATION LGBTQ rights, women’s rights, the war, the econ- (PEPFAR)—which included a clause that re- cracks” in America’s political glass ceiling. But Circulation director Jean Albright pealed the controversial travel and immigration the moose-hunting, gun-toting hockey mom of Distribution: Ashina, Allan, Crystal, Dan, Jack, omy and the environment tend to get lost in John, Sue and Victor the political game of one-upmanship before the ban on people living with HIV. And he was also a five has the worst record on women’s issues of camera. With just two weeks before the big day co-sponsor of the original Ryan White Care Act. all four candidates, including McCain’s. Even the a focused look at their legislative track records Joe Biden supports lifting the ban on LGBTQ National Organization of Women has refused to tells another story. people serving in the military. And in a debate at support her. Saint Anselm College in June 2007, Biden stated Palin has a consistent pro-life record. She op- Gay electorate on the cheap “Let me tell you something, nobody asked any- poses abortion even in the case of rape and in- LGBTQ issues have been on the down-low in body else whether they’re gay in those foxholes. cest, and only approves of an abortion if the Copyright 2008 Lambda Publications Inc./Windy City Media Our allies, the British, the French, all our major mother’s life is in jeopardy. In a recent inter- Group; All rights reserved. Reprint by permission only. this election campaign. Both Log Cabin Repub- Back issues available for $3 per issue (postage included). licans and Stonewall Democrats need to clarify allies, gays openly serve...This is ridiculous.” view on CBS Evening News, Katie Couric asked Return postage must accompany all manuscripts, drawings, Right-wing talking heads may have warned Palin, “If a 15-year-old is raped by her father, and photographs submitted if they are to be returned, and why we should stay with political parties that no responsibility may be assumed for unsolicited materials. manage to convince us that no time is the right Massachusetts residents that legalizing such do you believe it should be illegal for her to get All rights to letters, art and photographs sent to Windy an ungodly act as same-sex marriage would not an abortion, and why?” Palin replied, “I am pro- City Times will be treated as unconditionally assigned time to push our singular issues to the fore- for publication purposes and as such, subject to editing front, leaving behind matters such as marriage only bring about the death the institution of life. And I’m unapologetic in my position that and comment. The opinions expressed by the columnists, equality. marriage, but it would also bring about the de- I am pro-life… I would counsel to choose life. cartoonists, letter writers, and commentators are their own and do not necessarily reflect the position ofWindy City Marriage is a litmus test not only for those mise of civilization. Many also said the righteous I would also like to see a culture of life in this Times. Publication of the name, photograph, or likeness of seeking our support but also for our government hand of God would stop same-sex marriage with country.” a person or organization in articles or advertising in Windy City Times is not to be construed as any indication of the to honestly say that it grants equal rights to all ugly protests, with town clerks engaging in civil Palin has been applauded for choosing to give sexual orientation of such person or organization. While its citizens. Democracy can only begin to work disobedience by refusing to issue licenses, and birth to her now 4-month-old baby with Down we encourage readers to support the advertisers who make with last-minute unavoidable and inexplicable Syndrome, and supported overturning the U.S. this newspaper possible, Windy City Times cannot accept when those relegated to the fringes of society responsibility for advertising claims. legal snafus. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, which legalized can begin to sample what those in the rest of so- (773) 871-7610 FAX (773) 871-7609 ciety take for granted as their inalienable right. But none of that happened. And guess what— abortion in 1973. e-mail: [email protected] The gap between heterosexual marriage and un- the sky didn’t fall, either! Her running mate also opposes abortion, but recognized same-sex partnerships include more Ugly rhetoric against same-sex marriage is unlike Palin, McCain will bend on the issue if a www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com than 1,100 rights and protections, such as So- all too similar to this country’s legal battle woman is raped, is a victim of incest or if her radio: WindyCityQueercast.com against miscegenation. And here are the three health is in danger. Both McCain and Palin op- cial Security benefits, veterans’ benefits, health WINDY CITY MEDIA GROUP, insurance, Medicaid, hospital visitation, estate arguments used: First, like the judges who were pose “partial-birth abortion” and public funding 5315 N. Clark St. #192, Chicago, IL 60640 USA taxes, retirement savings, pensions, family leave against interracial marriage, judges against of abortions and organizations that perform or (MAILING ADDRESS ONLY) and immigration law, to name a few. This elec- same-sex marriage have claimed that marriage advocate abortion. If elected, McCain plans to belongs under the control of the states rather overturn Roe v. Wade stating that he will “nomi- Windy City Times Deadline every Wednesday. tion is no different than any other, in that no Nightspots Deadline every Wednesday. candidate has attempted to grant these rights than the federal government. Second, just as nate judges who understand that courts should Identity (BLACKlines and En La Vida): Now and protections under the name of “marriage.” anti-miscegenation judges defined and labeled not be in the business of legislating from the online only John McCain voted “No” on a constitutional interracial relationships as illicit sex, so too bench.” Deadline The 10th of month prior. do anti-marriage equality judges. Third, anti- Biden, a practicing Catholic, personally op- OUT! Resource Guide ONLINE ban of same-sex marriage, but he believes the www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com institution of marriage is the union between one miscegenation judges insisted that interracial poses abortion but has stated, “I don’t think I man and one woman. This old-school position is marriage was contrary to God’s will. have a right to impose my view on the rest of not surprising coming from McCain, but what’s Now let’s talk Barack. He too has been an society.” Biden has consistently voted in favor www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com “Obama-nation” on marriage equality. As a for- of reproductive rights, receiving a 100-percent www.WindyCityQueercast.com up with Palin, Biden and Obama? While Palin boasts that some of her best mer civil rights lawyer, the progeny of biracial voting record three years running from National friends are gay, she doesn’t support anything parentage, and the beneficiary of the 1967 U.S. Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League pro-queer—marriage, spousal benefits for state Supreme Court that declared anti-miscegenation (NARAL). employees of same-sex couples, the Employment laws unconstitutional in the case of Loving v. Obama has a consistent pro-choice record. He Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), gays in the mil- Virginia, Obama ought to know better. Yet if has voted against banning “partial-birth abor- itary, LGBTQ adoption and hate-crimes legisla- there’s one issue he “flip-flops” on, it’s the issue tion,” and has pledged federal funding for abor- tion. Why not hate crimes? “I believe all heinous of marriage equality. tion. Obama opposes any constitutional amend- crime is based on hate,” she told the Anchorage Against: He’s cited societal preparedness. “I ment to overturn Roe v. Wade. Windy City Times Daily News. am somebody who has not embraced gay mar- The candidates are all fairly predictable on is Chicago’s only When asked during the VP debate if she sup- riage. I’ve said that it’s not something that I their sex education stances. Obama supports a gay publication with ported equal benefits for same-sex couples, think the society is necessarily ready for. And comprehensive approach to sex education that Palin gave a provisional “Yes.” “Well, not if it it strikes me that in a lot of ways for a lot a focuses on abstinence, but recognizes the need independent, outside goes closer and closer towards redefining the people, it may intrude in how they understand for age-appropriate education to reduce the risk audit verification of traditional definition of marriage between one marriage,” Obama stated on CNN’s Larry King of teen pregnancy. He believes “that contracep- circulation by the man and one woman...But I will tell Americans Live in 2006. tion has to be part of the education process.” straight up that I don’t support defining mar- Formerly against, later for: He’s cited religion. Biden voted in favor of spending $100 million nationally recognized riage as anything but between one man and one “I was reminded that it is my obligation not only to fund contraceptives and education in order to firm, Verified Audit woman, and I think through nuances we can as an elected official in a pluralistic society, but Circulation. go round and round about what that actually also as a Christian, to remain open to the possi- Turn to page 18 means.” bility that my unwillingness to support gay mar- Oct. 29, 2008 11 mangled rewrite is the unspoken assumption received across the board from the press, my that because they are men they can write this fans, the people of Great Britain and literally story better than a woman can.” — Brokeback the world over!” — Elton John to Philadelphia Mountain author Annie Proulx to The Wall Street Gay News, Oct. 13. QUOTELINES Journal, Sept. 5. “I wanted to call it Fudge Packer.” — BY REX WOCKNER “Politically, (Sarah) Palin is just Elton John, on the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor terrifying me. When you see the polls, you Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road, to GQ magazine’s Q realize these people may get in. It’s very, very, Web site, Oct. 13. me and Nancy Pelosi is the way to do it. I don’t very scary. She’s a woman who is totally ho- “ yet see enough grassroots lobbying on their Interpreting our state constitution- mophobic, totally against gay marriage. They in accordance with firmly part.” — Gay U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., al provisions will bring in a Supreme Court where you won’t —Assistance: Bill Kelley established equal protection principles leads to Towleroad.com, Aug. 26. be able to get married. It’s crazy.” — Come- inevitably to the conclusion that gay people dian Joan Rivers to the San Diego gay magazine are entitled to marry. ... To decide otherwise “Brokeback Mountain ... is the source Rage Monthly, October issue. would require us to apply one set of constitu- of constant irritation in my private life. tional principles to gay persons and another to There are countless people out there who think “When civil partner- all others.” — The Connecticut Supreme Court the story is open range to explore their fan- ships became possible in an Oct. 10 ruling legalizing same-sex mar- tasies and to correct what they see as an un- in the United Kingdom, riage. Three states down, 47 to go. bearably disappointing story. They constantly it was very important for send ghastly manuscripts and pornish rewrites David and me to be able I wanted to “ of the story to me, expecting me to reply with We conclude that, in light of the to do this on the first call it pernicious discrimination faced praise and applause for ‘fixing’ the story. They history of day it was possible. I re- by gay men and lesbians, and because the in- certainly don’t get the message that if you Fudge ally felt part of something stitution of marriage carries with it a status can’t fix it you’ve got to stand it. Most of these genuinely progressive and Packer. and significance that the newly created clas- ‘fix-it’ tales have the character Ennis finding a groundbreaking, and we —Elton John (right) sification of civil unions does not embody, the husky boyfriend and living happily ever after, were also so totally over- segregation of heterosexual and homosexual or discovering the character Jack is not really whelmed and heartened couples into separate institutions constitutes dead after all, or having the two men’s children by the positive support we a cognizable harm. We also conclude that (1) meet and marry, etc., etc. ... Beneath every our state scheme discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation, (2) for the same rea- sons that classifications predicated on gender Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization are considered quasi-suspect for purposes of the equal protection provisions of the United Good Government Ticket for November 4, 2008 States constitution, sexual orientation con- You may take this ballot into the voting booth with you stitutes a quasi-suspect classification for pur- poses of the equal protection provisions of the state constitution, and, therefore, our statutes discriminating against gay persons are subject Cook County Ballot No. Cook County Ballot No. to heightened or intermediate judicial scru- tiny, and (3) the state has failed to provide Constitutional Convention Referendum Cook County State’s Attorney sufficient justification for excluding same sex For the calling of a Constitutional Convention NO Anita Alvarez (D) 32 couples from the institution of marriage.” — The Connecticut Supreme Court in an Oct. 10 President & Vice President Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. To read the Barack Obama & Joe Biden (D) 1 Dorothy A. Brown (D) 35 full 85-page ruling, visit tinyurl.com/conndec. United States Congress Cook County Judicial Subcircuits 3rd District Jerome Pohlen (G) 15 12th Devlin Pamela Elizabeth Loza (D) 56 “I don’t have a problem discussing the 4th District Omar N. López (G) 15 13th Ryan Ann Catherine Brady (D) 56 topic of somebody being gay, but I do have a problem discussing my personal life. You don’t 5th District Alan Augustson (G) 15 13th Tobin Margarita Kulys Hoffman (R) 59 get that part of me. Sorry. ... I don’t feel like 7th District Danny K. Davis (D) 13 15th “A” Anna Helen Demacopoulos (D) 56 9th District Janice D. Schakowsky (D) 13 I need to share my personal life, and I don’t Judicial Retention 1st Appellate Court care if people think I’m gay or not. Assume 10th District Daniel J. Seals (D) 13 Michael J. Gallagher YES 100 whatever you want. You do it anyway.” — 11th District Deborah “Debbie” Halvorson (D) Singer and actress Queen Latifah to The New 18th District Sheldon Schafer (G) Judicial Retention Cook County Circuit Court York Times, Oct. 3. Thomas E. Flannagan YES 104 State Senator Themis N. Karnezis YES 110 “Civil rights for gays can’t come 6th District John J. Cullerton (D) 17 James P. Flannery, Jr. YES 112 about without the help of Republicans. And 26th District Bill Gentes (D) 17 Sebastian T. Patti YES 116 this means that gay people—and straight sup- 27th District Peter Gutzmer (D) 17 Michele Francene Lowrance YES 118 porters of gay equality—need to stand with, 30th District Terry Link (D) 17 not silence, people like (Manhunt.net co- Evelyn B. Clay YES 132 founder Jonathan) Crutchley who are working Representative in the General Assembly John J. Fleming YES 142 to change the GOP from within. Gays need only 12th District Sara Feigenholtz (D) 20 Kathleen G. Kennedy YES 154 look to California, where a state Supreme Court 14th District Harry Osterman (D) 20 Barbara A. McDonald YES 166 loaded with Republican appointees legalized 17th District Daniel Biss (D) 20 James L. Rhodes YES 174 gay marriage and the Republican governor 21st District Rita Maniotis (G) 22 David P. Sterba YES 182 is one of the most powerful pro-gay publicly 26th District William D. “Will” Burns (D) 20 Kenneth J. Wadas YES 188 elected officials in the country, to understand the importance of making gay rights a bipar- 39th District Jeremy Karpen (G) 22 Gregory J. Wojkowski YES 192 tisan cause.” — New Republic assistant editor 49th District Rachel Shattuck (D) Robert E. Gordon YES 198 James Kirchick writing in the Los Angeles Times, 50th District Kay Hatcher (R) Lewis Michael Nixon YES 200 Aug. 26. 51st District Amanda Howland (D) 20 Thomas J. Lipscomb YES 222 52nd District Mark H. Beaubien, Jr. (R) 21 “I am disappointed in the transgen- 57th District Elaine Nekritz (D) 20 der community. They seem to think that if 59th District Kathleen A. Ryg (D) 20 For more information about these candidates Nancy Pelosi and myself, George Miller and a 65th District Rosemary E. Mulligan (R) 21 or about the Independent Voters of Illinois- few others waved a magic wand we could de- 94th District Earl W. Godt II (D) Independent Precinct Organization, liver it (a transgender-inclusive Employment please visit our website Non-Discrimination Act). Look, this past year 103rd District Naomi D. Jakobsson (D) in the legislatures of Maryland, Massachu- 107th District Patti J. Hahn (D) www.iviipo.org setts and New York, efforts to add transgender Metropolitan Water Reclamation District protections ... were defeated. And I testified (vote for no more than 3) for it in Massachusetts and lobbied for it. 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Photo by Kirk Williamson PLUME SERVICE It was two nights of stilettos, sequins and songs at last week’s Night of 100 Drag Queens. See page 21. THEATER MOVIES EVENTS ‘Dirty’ something. Thugging it out. Cyn city. Page 13. Page 16. Page 21.
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“In many ways I did the same.” Scottish For Margaret Garner director Kenny Leon (best known for directing Sean Combs in A Raisin in Play Scott the Sun on stage and for TV), the story lends BY SCOTT C. MORGAN itself to opera because of the brutality of it. “I hope that young folks come to see this as Porgy and Bess is what I would call my “gateway their first opera,” Leon said. It’s accessible “be- opera.” Please forgive the drug analogy, but it cause it’s in English and it’s in a classical form truly helped me as a die-hard musical theater that supports gospel and spirituals and R&B and fan to branch out and develop an equally de- jazz –all African-American musical contributions voted love of opera. are interwoven into this opera.” So imagine my excitement this month when As for me, I’m savoring seeing both Margaret the Windy City hosts not only Porgy and Bess in Garner and Porgy and Bess. Having the two per- its Lyric Opera of Chicago premiere, but the local forming back-to-back reminds me how Chicago premiere of a new American opera. is so culturally rich. That work is Margaret Garner, co-written by Margaret Garner plays the Auditorium The- Nobel laureate Toni Morrison and Grammy Award- atre, 50 E. Congress, through Nov. 9. Ticket winning composer Richard Danielpour. Though Margaret Garner. Photo by John Grigaitis run $40-$150. Call 312-902-1500 or visit many critics have been sniffy about it, Margaret www.auditoriumtheatre.org. Porgy and Bess Garner has attracted audiences in droves since plays 13 performances Nov. 18-Dec. 19 at the Gregg Baker, a world-renowned Verdi baritone Baker did get close in a planned Lyric Opera its 2005 debut at Detroit’s Michigan Opera The- Lyric Opera of Chicago, 20 N. Wacker. Tickets and South Side native who grew up in Morgan staging of Bartok’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle star- atre. run $32-$197. Call 312-332-2244 or visit Park, performs the role of Robert, Margaret Gar- ring him and soprano Jessye Norman. Unfortu- Like Morrison’s novel Beloved, Margaret Gar- www.lyricopera.org. ner’s husband, for four performances. Baker cre- nately, the production fell through. ner takes its inspiration from an actual event We all want that for ourselves, so I think any- ated the role alongside celebrated mezzo-sopra- Baker would have liked to be part of the Lyric’s in American history. In 1856, a fugitive slave one in life who exhibits that, we are attracted to no Denyce Graves (she appears in the first two Porgy and Bess, too, since he has a 14-year his- facing recapture tried to murder herself and her and inspired to do the same. Chicago performances, while Tracie Luck finishes tory performing it. Yet, he’s happy to be part of children rather than return her family to the WCT: For young LGBT aspiring musicians and the run). another accessible opera dealing with African- actors out there, what is your advice? shackles of slavery. The resulting trial was ex- Yet Baker is most famous for his hulking and American culture that he hopes will attract more LK: If you hide your journey, you have noth- tremely controversial, since prosecutors didn’t sexy turn as the villainous Crown in Porgy and people to the art form. ing to say. That’s number one. And two, it ain’t want Garner tried for murder, but for “destruc- Bess. Baker starred in the first Metropolitan Op- “From an African-American perspective, it’s about you. I believe we all have very specific tion of property.” era performances of composer George Gershwin’s great to see more young people coming to the gifts, whether it be music or like my mom, who Detroit’s staging of Margaret Garner was sub- great American opera in 1985, and his perfor- theater because there’s something they can is an amazing caregiver. That is what we are in- sequently seen in Philadelphia, Cincinnati and mance of Crown from the 1986 Glyndebourne identify with, albeit with a difficult subject mat- tended to do—to just serve the world around us. Charlotte, N.C. A completely separate production Festival Opera was preserved on CD and in a ter,” Baker said. “Doing Margaret Garner is far It is our service. When we approach our career played at New York City Opera in 2007 (a rare 1993 TV movie (that’s how I first experienced more than a job for me, the story is one that I from that way, we find that everything that we honor for a new opera to have a second physical the opera). think needs to be told.” need begins to just be there and support us in production so soon after its debut). Margaret Garner is a glorious and somewhat Though he isn’t Black, composer Danielpour that endeavor. If you really want to know the Michigan Opera Theatre’s 2008 revival of Mar- bittersweet homecoming for Baker. He credits feels his collaboration with Morrison presents a secret, it’s not about us. garet Garner travels intact to Chicago’s Audi- the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s education programs more authentic depiction of African-Americans See www.levikreis.com. Million Dollar Quar- torium Theatre of Roosevelt University for five for Chicago Public Schools for introducing him to than the ones Gershwin and his collaborators tet runs through Sunday, Oct. 26, in Good- performances staring Nov. 1. The mere fact that the art form in high school. But despite Baker’s created for Porgy and Bess. man’s Owen Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn; call Margaret Garner is playing the acoustically ac- world-wide success, he has yet to perform at his “One of the things that I find in common is 312-443-3800 or visit www.goodmantheatre. claimed Auditorium is reason enough to go since hometown opera company. that Gershwin was drawing from vernacular ele- org. it has been decades since the 1889 theater has “While my mother was still alive, it was very ments that were not considered classical art mu- hosted a full-scale opera. important that I come to the Lyric,” Baker said. sic in order to make his opera,” Danielpour said. Oct. 29, 2008 13 son (Britta Lazenga, a stunning former Joffrey more accurate point of view? Ballet dancer whose limber sensuality is simply The production lags terribly in the second act extraordinary) perform their mambo, the stage with dance numbers are separated by what feels virtually blazes with a current of sexual electric- like eons of dead space. There’s also a bit of lazy ity. writing: Too many plot ends are neatly (would Like its movie predecessor, Dirty Dancing on that real life were so tidy) wrapped up in bows stage is pure spun sugar—irresistible as cotton during the course of a single dance number, candy and (despite several emphasized, self- troubles erased in the course of a single sen- conscious references to the nascent civil rights tence and a two-step. movement) equally substantive. But all that can be overlooked if you just focus Writer/creator Eleanor Bergstein hews closely on the dancing—and on Baby, (Amanda Leigh to the 1987 film she authored. All the iconic Cobb), an ingénue that has as much backbone lines are here—including (but of course) that as innocence. final, show-stopping bit of business about put- ting Baby in a corner. It’s a show that critics are apt to revile and audiences will render unstop- pable. And who am I to say which camp has the
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THEATER REVIEW brick-and-mortar sets, we get video backdrops of SPOTLIGHT sweeping forests, torrential rainstorms, winding Dirty Dancing mountain highways and even a lake where aspir- Playwright: Eleanor Bergstein ing mamboist Baby and her dirty-dancing men- At: The Cadillac Palace, 151 W. Randolph tor/lover Johnny Castle splash, duck and dunk Phone: 773-549-1815; $35-$100 each other while practicing lifts. Jon Driscoll’s What’s scarier? Is it director John Car- Runs through: Jan. 17 video is so effective, you can all but smell the penter’s 1978 horror film classic Hallow- pine trees. een, or the tragic demise of singer Karen BY CATEY SULLIVAN Directed by James Powell, Dirty Dancing looks utterly gorgeous. Jennifer Irwin’s costumes are Carpenter of the Carpenters? Well, Scott Bradley and Jonny Stax (a.k.a Scooty & Dirty Dancing may be the first Broadway-bound Mad Men-authentic and beautiful. In one num- JoJo) feel a little of both is the correct musical that owes as much to IMAX technology ber, a line of ladies dancing blooms like a riot- answer. See the two combined in their as does to actual living, breathing, singing ac- ous bouquet as their skirts flounce and petti- hit revival of Carpenters Halloween, tors. Musicals, by definition, generally contain coats swish to the music. now extended past Election Day. Car- lots of numbers where the cast sings; not so in As for Kate Champion’s choreography, it will penters Halloween plays 8 p.m. Tuesdays the lavish spectacle that is Dirty Dancing. With take your breath away. A jaw-dropping display through Thursdays until Nov. 5 at Mary’s the exception of a soaring rendition of We Shall of raw athleticism, supple grace and balletic el- Attic, 5400 N. Clark. Tickets are $15. Call Overcome and the 11th-hour showstopper The egance, the choreography is a feast for the eyes 773-769-1429 or visit www.brownpaper- Time of My Life, the music comes primarily from that also provides a kinetic, intricate emotional tickets.com. Photo by Jennifer Bisbing record players and radios as the plot unfolds to core to what is at heart a fairly superficial com- the soundtrack of the summer of 1963. ing of age story. When Johnny Castle (Josef Music aside, Dirty Dancing is like falling into a Brown, whose Marlon Brando-in-Australia accent three-D jumbo-tron movie. Instead of standard is almost intelligible at times) and Penny John- 14 Oct. 29, 2008 sive Kenny Ingram is standard-issue. It kicks Our setting is musical-comedy Manhattan in high on occasion but it never struts, never ex- 1938, where our amateur clairvoyant (hence the cites. It’s pleasant rather than exuberant. Also, play’s title), finds himself entertaining a series the nine-piece band playing punchy original or- of visitors from both sides of the Shadowed Veil: chestrations is appropriately brassy and big, but Libby, the high-spirited Broadway-Baby, and her Mame. was sloppy—far too many dropped notes—at shy sister Ruth. Their socialite parents, killed in Photo by the matinee I attended. an automobile accent, are still determined to Johnny Notwithstanding the above, I enjoyed the see their children happy before they rest. And Knight strong performance of Liam Byrnes as young Pat- there’s the playboy next door—if that term ap- rick and the physical comedy of Kelly Cronin as plies in the hereafter—whose libido is undimin- Gooch (watch out, Alene Robertson, this Cronin ished by his shrugging off his mortal coil. Car- kid could steal a scene from you). It was pleas- nal intercourse between the quick and the dead ant, too, to find veteran Chicago performers being a genuine crime against nature, a suitor in non-singing supporting roles, among them must be found for the virginal Ruth, and who Frederic Stone as snobbish Claude Upson and more appropriate than a conveniently unmarried Marilynn Bogetich as Mother Burnside. It’s good Protestant minister? to see Drury Lane producing bigger—a cast of Of course, this screwball plot—does the Epis- THEATER REVIEW designs are dominated by enormous, gorgeous 27 here—and better shows, although some are copal church recognize the rite of exorcism?—is mural backdrops of women in High Art Deco bound to be mixed bags, as is the case with only a pretext for Emma Lively and Julia Cam- Mame style, worth the price of admission all by them- Mame. eron’s score of songs hearkening to such mid- Playwright: Music and lyrics selves. 20th century classics as Lullaby of Broadway and by Jerry Herman; book by Lawrence & Lee Those very large plusses notwithstanding, this THEATER REVIEW Putting On The Ritz. Most of these are tuneful At: Drury Lane Theatre, Oakbrook Terrace Mame doesn’t quite soar as it needs to. It mostly enough and some are some downright catchy, Phone: 630-530-0111; looks good, the leads are strong and it provides The Medium such as the sweet Marionette Duet and the re- $28-$31; free parking solid entertainment, but it can’t quite hide its at Large flective Bonfires. But when the composers ven- Runs through: Dec. 21 odd-duck nature. After all, the central relation- ture into Cole Porter mode, the wide vocal rang- ship is between a 10-year-old boy and his aunt, Playwright: book, music and lyrics by es and triplet-infused lyrics sometimes prove Julia Cameron and Emma Lively BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL who’s at least 25 years older. Mame’s love inter- too much for the cast assembled in this Village est—the southern gentleman Beauregard Burn- At: Village Players Performing Arts Center, Players production (with the notable exception 1010 Madison, Oak Park The Robertsons Squared nearly carry it off. Cast- side (graciously limned by David Kortemeier)— of returning Chicago expat John Herrera, whose Phone: 866-764-1010; $25 ing doesn’t get much better than svelte, long- has only three scenes and one song (OK, it’s voice has matured but lost none of its supple Runs through: Nov. 16 limbed Barbara Robertson as Mame Dennis, the title song) before he’s conveniently bumped craftsmanship or charisma). backed up by basset-hound Alene Robertson as off. The boy, Patrick, really doesn’t have a song At its opening performance, the book exhib- BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE her “bosom buddy,” Vera Charles. They wrap up that’s all his own. Indeed, besides Mame only ited signs of having been trimmed from its hind the audience at the cock of an eye, the flick of one character—Miss Gooch—has a number end, when a shorter first act would allow for a The first thing we see when the stage lights a finger, the kick of a heel. Costume designer that’s entirely hers. The musical is a skillful, more leisurely resolution in the second. But the come up is a middle-aged male named Bruce, Tatjana Radisic keeps them dripping in dazzling tuneful and faithful adaptation of the book and notion that Jack reuniting with his Jack is as over whose fireplace hangs a portrait of a dap- gowns as Mame/Robertson (vs. Vera/Robertson) play upon which it’s based, Auntie Mame by Pat- important as Jack with his Jill is a refreshingly per gentleman-about-town, and the first thing progressively passes through black, blonde, rick Dennis, but it absolutely must pulse with original concept for this genre, as is the notion we hear is a serenade of loss and resignation, platinum, red and gray wigs to mark the passage pizzazz. of lovers finding more satisfaction in (temporary) offered up to this recently-deceased gent by his of time and fashion. Instead, as the show progresses one notices chastity than immediate promiscuity. There’s no bereft “friend.” And in this moment lies one of Set chiefly in the 1920s and 1930s, this Mame that the men’s costumes aren’t nearly as pitch- denying the work still needed before Medium At the features distinguishing this world-premiere also benefits mightily from the decor of Brian perfect as the women’s; indeed, some of the Large is ready to serve up, but the recipe shows musical from the homage to the Rodgers & Hart Sidney Bembridge, a scenic designer who always men’s suits are entirely of the wrong decade. promise, nevertheless. era that it aspires to be. enjoys working on a large scale. In this case, his Then, the choreography by the usually-impres- Oct. 29, 2008 15 THEATER REVIEW flinging accusations at each other as they goad each other to be accountable for their actions. Jesus Hopped the Both men have the specter of death hanging over them, since Reverend Kim’s death after a A Train botched operation means Angel could face the Playwright: Stephen Adly Guirgis death penalty. Meanwhile, Lucius awaits the At: Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark news whether or not he will be extradited to Phone: 773-338-2177; $15-$25 Florida to face execution. Runs through: Dec. 6 Filling in on the action is Angel’s public defense attorney Mary Jane Hanrahan (a no-nonsense BY SCOTT C. MORGAN Joann Montemurro), who takes on his case even though she knows he’s guilty. Lucius and Angel Comedian Kathy Griffin jokes how vacuous celeb- are also tormented by the sadistic prison guard rities like Paris Hilton frequently find Jesus in Valdez (Warren Levon, who isn’t up to snuff with prison. Griffin wonders why they can’t find him his characterization or menacing presence). in better places. Director Michael Menendian’s production isn’t Griffin’s Jesus in jail riff got a cheap laugh perfect, but neither is Guirgis’ play. Though at her recent Chicago Theatre engagement, Jesus Hopped the A Train has street cred-wor- but that same topic gets a serious examination thy dialogue like in Guirgis’ Our Lady of 121st across town at the Raven Theatre. Street, its structure is too disjointed with non- In Jesus Hopped the A Train, a 2000 prison incarcerated characters addressing the audience drama by playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, two to explain themselves and to further the plot incarcerated men facing murder charges try to along. find some form of solace through faith. Whether What is genuine is Cruz’s conflicted perfor- their sentiments are genuine or a ruse is up mance. From his simpering attempts to recite for debate in Guirgis’ drama, which receives a the Lord’s Prayer to his swaggering boasts of respectable if not revelatory production at the what he’ll do when he wins his freedom, Cruz’s Raven. gets to the heart of Angel with a spot-on au- Jesus Hopped the A Train concerns a Latino thenticity that is both comic and tragic. guy named Angel Cruz (Esteban Andres Cruz) who is imprisoned at Rikers Island after he shoots a Korean-American religious leader in the Forbidden Broadway Dances with the Stars. Photo by Michael Brosilow butt. It’s a retaliatory effort to get back at Rev- erend Kim (a clear allusion to Moonies founder ONLINE Sun Myung Moon), since Angel feels he’s respon- THEATER REVIEW her B-Way debut in a role rendering legs unnec- THIS WEEK... essary, Lion King cast members groan under the sible for entrapping a close friend into what he Forbidden weight of their 40-pound masks and a cheery believes is a religious cult. Mary Poppins warbles “Stupid careless fictional It’s at Ryker’s Island prison where Angel meets REVIEW OF: Broadway Dances nonsensical verbocious/So damn cute you choke Lucius Jenkins (a tall and amusingly sassy Brad- on all the sappy sweet glucoseness.” ford Stevens), a mass-murderer-turned-born- —Special Import with the Stars The indie musicals don’t escape the lampoons, again Christian so notorious that even prison Playwright: book, music however: Latinos in In The Heights sprinkle bar- guard D’Amico (an earnest Greg Caldwell) treats and lyrics by Gerard Alessandrini riospeak with Yiddish to accommodate their him like a celebrity. www.windycitymediagroup. At: Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted post-Tony audience demographic. Non-musical The bulk of the play is made up of interactions com Phone: 312-988-9000; $40-$55 attractions take their hits, too—literally, in the between Angel and Lucius during their outdoor Runs through: Nov. 2 case of Chicago’s own August: Osage County, exercise time. They form an uneasy friendship, represented by a boxing match between mother BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE Violet and daughter Barbara. (“I’m in charge C741A8C8B7BC0642>=>E0= CRITICS’ PICKS and After Ashley, Stage Left Theatre, through Nov. 15. Brian Plocharczyk steals the show as the snarky son taking on his father’s revisionist commercialization of his mother’s brutal rape and ?0CA8280 murder. Stage Left serves up a snappy Chicago premiere of Gina Gionfriddo’s smart and dark :0;4<14A comedy. SCM Drip, eta Creative Arts, through Nov. 9. This Gloria Bond Clunie world premiere follows Cora and Charlie through 25 years of marriage. The idea isn’t new, but the characters have warmth and charm, and the choral poetry of the local townsfolk falls fresh on the ear. JA Frankenstein In Love, Will Act For Food Productions, through Nov. 1. The violence and by <0A220<>;4CC8 Directed by 9>7=C8;;8=64A K?<8LK?FIF=K?< romance swarms around us with all the bloody fury we expect of out author Clive Barker, but )''/KFEP8N8I;N@EE18=70F3>= what follows us home is Lawrence Garner’s icy performance as the pedo-creepy Dr. F himself. 9F<@E>9F<@E> MSB Margaret Garner, Auditorium Theatre, through Nov. 9. The story is both true and brutally G WRITERS ’ THEATRE PICNICIN GLENCOE BY WILLIAM INGE DIRECTED BY DAVID CROMER “EVERY PERFORMANCE IS EXQUISITELY SHAPED.” - CHICAGO SUN-TIMES “AN INTENSELY EMOTIONAL REVIVAL.” - CHICAGO TRIBUNE TICKETS ARE GOING FAST! 847-242-6000 WRITERSTHEATRE.OR G Season Sponsor: Production Media Mary Winton Green Sponsor: Sponsor: HARAM IRAN The Gift Theatre Company presents Based upon the true story of two Arabic boys accused of “homosexual” sins STREAMERS “CONTROVERSIAL AND MINDBLOWING” Written by Jay Paul Deratany by David Rabe November 6 through December 9, 2008 (author of At the Atheneaum Theater Hurlyburly) $ 20 per person* (*25% of profits donated to charities Ask. preventing human rights abuses in Iran) Tell. For tickets: www.haramiran.com or ticketmaster.com Tickets: (773) 283-7071 WARNING: There is nudity, violence and strong political content. www.thegifttheatre.org For more shows and listings, check out www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com Oct. 29, 2008 17 18 Oct. 29, 2008 sion to delay a vote on a proposed gay-friendly Last week, the Board of Education announced high school, he did express his concern about its decision to put off an Oct. 22 vote on five Master Gardener the plan, calling it “controversial” and suggest- proposed schools slated to open in 2010, includ- course offered ing it would isolate LGBTQ youth. ing the Pride Campus, until a Nov. 19 meeting. The Joseph Regenstein, Jr. School of the Chi- In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, cago Botanic Garden, in conjunction with the Daley said that the board put off a vote on the CFW event to University of Illinois Extension, is offering a 10- proposed Social Justice High School Pride Cam- week Master Gardener Training Program Jan. 14- pus because it needs to “work out” whether or feature opera singer March 18, 2009. not the creation of an LGBTQ-friendly public high Chicago Foundation for Women will hold its Applications for the program must be sent in school is a form of segregation. Daley’s concern 23rd Annual Luncheon & Symposium Friday, Oct. by the end of October 2008. They are available is one of the arguments used by Pride Campus 31, at McCormick Place. The keynote speaker will at www.chicagobotanic.org/downloads/school/ opponents here in Chicago—even among the lo- be renowned mezzo-sopranto Denyce Graves. mastergardenerapp_08.pdf. Acceptance into the cal LGBT community. It was also an argument This year’s symposium is entitled “The Art of program is limited. used several years ago by those opposed to the Social Justice: How Creativity Complements Ad- creation of New York’s Harvey Milk high school. vocacy.” See www.cfw.org. The mayor has long supported LGBT issues. Jennifer Hudson. force some corporations to relocate outside the ergy Bill written by Democrats, which mandated MONROE from page 10 U.S. Overall, however, Obama’s plan will help improved vehicle fuel economy standards by Members of address important economic issues, including 2020. Obama supported the bill. And Obama did reduce teen pregnancy. McCain and Palin, how- relieving income inequality and reliance on for- not join McCain and 44 other Republican and Jennifer Hudson’s ever, advocate for increased funding for absti- eign oil. Democratic senators in urging the Environmen- nence-only programs, and cutting funding for McCain’s economic stimulus plan would lower tal Protection Agency to draft stricter mercury family killed family planning and teen pregnancy prevention the corporate tax rate from 37 percent to 25 restrictions. The mother and brother of singer and Academy programs. Palin goes as far as to oppose teach- percent. But to successfully fund the reductions Biden is a big supporter of biofuels and renew- Award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson were ing children about any form of contraception it would have to be with dramatic cuts in “pork- able energy. He opposes drilling in the Arctic found murdered in the mother’s home last Friday, in schools. In reality, that hasn’t worked too barrel spending,” like the 10,000 local projects National Wildlife Refuge and takes a cautious and CNN.com has confirmed that the body of her well for her: In case you haven’t heard, Palin’s that total over $10 billion, which Bush recently approach to increasing our reliance on nuclear nephew was found on the West Side of Chicago unwed 17-year-old daughter is pregnant. signed in legislation. As a stimulus measure, energy. Monday. With women earning only 77 cents for every McCain would repeal the Alternative Minimum Palin is considered an environmentalist’s worst At about 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24, Jenni- full-time workingman’s dollar, pay equity is still Tax (AMT), which cost middle class families nightmare. She does not believe climate change fer’s sister, Julia, found the bodies of Hudson’s a huge issue. Women’s wage gaps continue to nearly $60 billion a year. What’s AMT? When and greenhouse gas emissions are man-made. 57-year-old mother, Darnell Donerson, and her undervalue our work regardless of race, ethnic- it was discovered that many wealthy individu- Palin supports expanded drilling in Alaska, in- 29-year-old brother, Jason Hudson, in Doner- ity, sexual orientation, educational status and als paid no taxes at all because they had tax cluding the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She son’s home on the 7000 block of South Yale in occupation. When H.R. 2831, the Lilly Ledbet- deductions not available to the average tax- opposes listing polar bears as species threat- Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. Neighbors ter Fair Pay Act was introduced, Obama and payer, the AMT was created to factor back in ened by the effects of global climate change, reported hearing gunshots at approximately 9 Joe Biden supported the bill, while McCain did those deductions and apply a higher tax rate to and she promotes the expansion of oil and gas a.m. earlier that day, according to the Chicago not. Palin has made a public statement that wealthy individuals. McCain wants to do away usage. Tribune. she agrees with McCain’s refusal to support with that. Jennifer Hudson’s 7-year-old nephew, Julian the H.R. 2831 bill. Obama, on the other hand, McCain advocates free trade. He wants to Going after the evildoers King, was missing but his body was found the has introduced the Fair Pay Restoration Act, lower barriers in order to level the global play- McCain defines terrorism as “violent Isla- morning of Monday, Oct. 27, in a white Chevy an act that allows victims of pay discrimina- ing field and increase enforcement of existing mist extremism,” with Al-Qaeda as the primary Suburban that belonged to Jason Hudson. Jen- tion to sue. McCain did not support this act. trade agreements. McCain also wants to retrain source. McCain believes Al Qaeda is a signifi- nifer Hudson had offered $100,000 for King’s Obama and McCain both propose to invest in American workers to make us more competitive. cant threat to U.S. security and the world. His safe return. Authorities said King was shot once women-owned small businesses (WOSB) by en- McCain has proposed to balance the budget by solution advocates for greater military capabili- in the head from close range. acting more policies to reduce discrimination the end of his first year in office, an ambitious ties, such as missile defense and an increase in William Balfour, 27, who was recently sepa- in lending practices. Both passed Senate Bill goal not necessarily supported by his economic the number of troops. rated from Jennifer’s sister, Julia, was arrested S 3077 Strengthening Tran-sparency and Ac- platform. McCain’s call to reduce government Like McCain, Biden supports an assertive countability in Federal Spending Act of 2008, Friday night in connection with the murders and spending is laudable, but the devil is in the military response to Al-Qaeda. He agrees that which would publicly disclose all recipients of King’s disappearance. Balfour, who has been detail, which McCain has yet to reveal. there is a significant threat of global terrorism federal funding and financial assistance. turned over to state authorities, was arrested in Palin’s economic principles were demonstrated against the United States. Astonishingly, during the Biden/Palin debate, the same area where the Suburban was found. in Alaska. As mayor of Wasilla, she cut property Obama, however, views the “war on terrorism” women’s issues were scantly touched on. And Jennifer Hudson—who won a Best Support- taxes 60 percent. As governor, she sold a $2.1 as concerns of human and civil rights issues. if you were not listening closely you would ing Oscar last year for her role in the movie million corporate jet bought by her predecessor, He opposed the passage of the Military Com- have missed this topic all together. More amaz- and cut $231 million from Alaska’s $550 million missions Act in September 2006, which granted Dreamgirls—was in the Tampa, Fla., area when ing was that the moderator, PBS’s Gwen Ifill, she heard of the developments. She immediately capital budget. She might know a thing or two the Bush Administration unbridled latitude to a noted African-American female journalist, about budgets, then again, the $256 million in define what would constitute the torture of de- flew to Chicago upon hearing the news. never broached the topic head-on by asking federal earmarks she requested in her first year tainees at Guantanamo Bay. For a completely different—and enter- the candidates questions concerning women. as governor may have had something to with McCain has always supported the war in Iraq. taining—take on Jennifer Hudson, see www. Only Biden briefly mentioned Roe v. Wade. And her perceived successes. And don’t forget that Biden initially did, but later recanted, and in WindyCityQueercast.com for an interview that though Biden authored the Violence Against the town of Wasilla went into deficit due to the April 2008, said the troop surge was a failure. was posted Oct. 23. The interview will run in Women Act, he did not take the time to stress building of a $15 million hockey rink, during a Obama’s opposition to the Iraq War is not only Windy City Times next week. the significance of the bill. period when rape victims had to pay for their well-known, but is consistently reiterated in own forensic kits. every speech. Though his position won him Mayor expresses It’s the economy, stupid! the trust of anti-war voters, his anti-Iraq War In the face of financial Armageddon, the To air or not to err stance has weakened. In July 2008, Obama an- reservations about economy has finally become the center of the Very few Americans are breathing easy today nounced his grand plans to begin withdrawing campaign. with spiked fuel bills and the devastating ef- the troops in 16 months, but he has since back- Pride School Obama’s economic stimulus plan would enact fects of global warming. Environmentalists are pedaled. On The O’Reilly Factor in September Although Chicago Mayor Richard Daley insisted a windfall profits tax on excessive oil company trying to come up with viable solutions. Our 2008, Obama admitted that the troop surge was during a recent interview that he had nothing to profits, giving families an immediate $1,000 candidates have weighed in on the issue, too. a success. Biden stated during the VP debate do with the Chicago Board of Education’s deci- emergency energy rebate. His plan would also But not all of them are environmentally friend- that the surge worked but our government is create a $25 billion State Growth ly. spending too much money on the Iraq war and Fund to prevent state and local cuts Believe it or not, Obama and McCain agree that it’s time for the Iraqis to “begin to take in health, education, housing and on some similar initiatives to solve our envi- their own responsibility and gradually, over 16 heating assistance, or increases in ronmental troubles. For example, both Obama months withdrawal.” JOSEPH RICE property taxes, tolls or fees. Biden and McCain support a cap-and-trade system to Where is Palin on the war on terrorism? She INTERIORS, INC. would restore U.S. competitiveness phase out greenhouse gas emissions by facto- disagrees with Obama and Biden: “Your plan is through increased funding in educa- ries, and expansion of liquefied coal and etha- a white flag of surrender in Iraq, and that is tion and infrastructure. 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Out actress Cynthia Nixon of the TV series and movie Sex and the City was the keynote speaker, while Esther Saks (Pro-Choice Leadership Award), Dorothy Roberts (Pro-Choice Leadership Award) and Phyllis Glink (Irving B. Harris Spirit of Choice A ‘Night’ to remember Award) received honors. Many dignitaries attended, including politicians such as Illinois At- Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted, hosted the extravaganza “The 16th Annual Night of 100 Drag torney General Lisa Madigan and State Representatives Sara Feigenholtz and Greg Harris as Queens,” which was a benefit for Equality Illinois. Performers entertained patrons Oct. 21-22 well as candidates Deb Mell (State Representative) and Anita Alvarez (Cook County State’s with wild and rockin’ routines. Photo by Kirk Williamson; see more in this week’s Nightspots Attorney). Photos by Kat Fitzgerald; see more at www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com and www. and at www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com. MysticImagesPhotography.com. 22 Oct. 29, 2008 WCT: Your district doesn’t have a very large MELL from cover LGBT population. Do you think your campaign trict. If he wasn’t, well great. If he was doing a has helped change people’s minds in your great job, I probably would not have made a run district as you are knocking on doors and giv- for it. But he wasn’t, at all. He wasn’t around ing people a call? at all this year. He wasn’t around Springfield, DM: I think so, because a lot of these people really. I talked to friends and family and Christin have known me since I’ve been a little girl. I [Baker], my partner. You just have to do a little actually knocked on an older woman’s door, and bit of soul searching and then go for it. she said, “It’s a pretty rough business, honey.” WCT: You’ve been involved in the local LGBT I grabbed the petition out of her hand and community for a number of years now, so a said, “You know, you’re right, I’m not going to lot of our readers know you because of that. do this.” I was joking with her, you know? She They also know of you because of your father grabbed it back and said, “Oh honey, I’ve seen and your brother-in-law. So, I was wondering you on TV. You’re tough. You can handle it.” She if you could tell our readers about your back- obviously knew I was a lesbian. That’s what I’ve ground—maybe things they might not know been on TV for. Here is an older person, so I feel about—as well as your experience in activ- very comfortable in the community and very ac- From left: Kevin Putz, State Rep. Greg Harris ism, and how that experience will help you in cepted. I think in the very beginning, someone and Jeremy Hilborn at the opening. office, if elected. Deb Mell (left) with Illinois Attorney General was passing around or mailing some weird thing DM: Something they might not know, or maybe Lisa Madigan. Photo by Kat Fitzgerald about how I’m going to teach gay behavior in they figured it out, but I’ve never been the per- schools or something, but other than that, it’s Chicago House- been really quiet. It’s been good. I think it’s re- son who goes along to get along. I’m not usually community meetings. I’m knocking on doors and ally nice. It’s like when you have a Melissa Bean the one who follows the crowd. I guess that has going to various events, like meet-the-candidate affiliated bakery in a conservative area. When you break out of to do with my activism, a little bit. But I also events, and they aren’t there. the lake front and go to different areas, it’s al- feel that I have a good knack for working with WCT: In previous interviews, you made it opens ways good. people. I think that’s going to help me down clear that you didn’t want to be, in a way, ap- Mayor Richard M. Daley helped cut the ribbon WCT: What specific LGBT issues do you feel there. Other than that, I went to culinary school pointed to office. Instead, you wanted com- for the opening of Sweet Miss Giving’s, a new need to be addressed right away downstate? and I’m working at a catering company right petition and wanted it to be fair. Yet, there North Side bakery, on Oct. 20. The bakery will DM: I think, obviously, the civil unions bill. now. are people out there who are leery of voting provide job training, employment and support I just hold out hope for a federal bill, because WCT: Do you think you are able to relate to for someone who is politically connected, for formerly homeless persons with disabilities. that’s when you are really talking about seri- the issues people in your district care about, just because of your father, which in unavoid- The gourmet catering bakery is a project of ous benefits, in terms of taxation and Social as opposed to your opponents. Are you more able. Chicago House, a social service agency estab- Security. I’m also interested in that insurance in touch with what they need? DM: I don’t blame them, though. I really don’t. lished to provide housing for persons with HIV companies don’t provide benefits to women who DM: I’ll be really honest about this. I don’t Especially not in these economic times. People and AIDS. want to have a baby. There is some stipulation know much about my opponents. They have not are raising taxes and you see payrolls being pad- Sweet Miss Giving’s Bakery is a not-for-profit in there where you have to have unprotected sex been around. I’m not even sure they have Web ded. I don’t blame them. But all I ask of them is organization that will train and employ 20 per- with a man for a year before they will cover fer- sites up or anything like that. I know Heather that they give me a chance. They’ll see that I’m sons to prepare, sell, and deliver pastries, whole- tility treatments. I’m paraphrasing it, but that’s [Benno, the Green Party candidate] is really for not going to be a typical son or daughter of a sale baked goods, and gift baskets for business something I definitely want to work out. workers’ rights and stopping the war in Iraq, but politician. There are good ones out there. For ex- meetings, catered events and other group occa- ... There are some people I met from California she is going to have to run for Congress if she ample, I think Lisa Madigan is doing a good job. sions. who were being covered, but when they came to wants to make a huge impact on that. But there are some who just follow the party Chicago House raised more than $600,000 Illinois, they were not covered. WCT: I don’t think the Republican candidate lines and everything, and in these times, that is from private investors to get the business off I think, overall, for Greg [Harris] and I to be a is even running a campaign. not going to fly anymore. the ground. presence there, prove ourselves and be respect- DM: Right. I encourage people to run. I re- WCT: So, you believe you can serve indepen- See www.sweetmissgivings.com. ed, is going to help, overall. I wouldn’t mind ally do. You should actually run, right? I go to dently and not be beholden to anybody your doing some traveling in the state. family might know. I’m also interested in the [proposed LGBTQ- DM: I’m going to try, Amy. I think I’m going friendly] school they are talking about. I just at- to do all right, and I’m going to do right by the tended a public hearing a couple of weeks ago. people in this district, for sure. That’s going to be interesting. GAY PHONE SEX WCT: It’s probably unavoidable that you’ve WCT: What other statewide issues are im- learned some things from your dad in terms portant to you, specifically issues that might of politics. What are some things you believe be unique to the 40th District? have rubbed off on you over the years. You want it. We’ve got it. DM: Our issues are pretty much the same as DM: My dad is really good at using humor to Live, One-On-One • Bulletin Board what you hear during the presidential debates: relax people and make them a little more at healthcare, education, taxes that are too high. ease. Everything can be worked out. We aren’t I like what they did in Springfield, passing the talking about launching bombs or something, so ethics legislation. I’d like to take that even fur- let’s just chill out for a second. He’s very good at ther and include us in it, the representatives. that. He’s also very good at surrounding himself The reason I say that is because my current rep- with a staff that does very well, and I’m doing resentative has a job with the city, also, along the same thing. ...I think my father just wants with his state job. He gets paid $100,000 for the to truly help people. Sure, he loves the game city job and $65,000 for the state job, and the of politics, but also—and this has helped me average family income of the district is around tremendously—when walking through his ward, $50,000. That just isn’t right. It’s okay if you people tell me what a great alderman he is. Oth- want to get another job, that’s fine, ... but I er people know him as a long-time politician, don’t think it’s good to get another job on the but you don’t really become that unless you are public payroll. It’s called double-dipping. It’s good at it. You don’t continue being an alder- something that a lot of states have banned. man unless you are good at it. Also, if something comes up in the state legis- WCT: Your activism really helped put you on lature where the city is lobbying for something, the map. Back in 2004, you were arrested at where is his allegiance? I’d like to do something a marriage rally, which made headlines. How like that to restore people’s confidence and did that moment impact you, and did you trust. There are also representatives who are become more active in the community after also lobbyists, and I don’t think that is good. ... that? We need more ethics legislation. DM: I did, and then my mom got sick, so I kind WCT: Is there anything else you’d like to of pulled back a little bit to spend time with add? her. DM: I’m extremely grateful to the community WCT: You’ve received a large amount of sup- Call now. Guys are waiting… for all their support and with donations to my port from the LGBT community during this campaign. Remember, I do have two opponents. campaign. If you are elected, you’ll be the I’m really excited. first open lesbian to serve in the state legis- 1-800-PROMALE See www.debmell.org for more informa- lature. Is it hard to believe that it’s 2008 and 1-800-776-6253 tion. that still hasn’t happened yet? $1.99/min. 18+ Discreetly billed to your Visa/MC See www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com for the DM: I don’t even like that term, “open les- entire interview. bian,” because I’m not assuming anyone’s sexu- 1-900-825-4500 ality. Why don’t we just say the first lesbian? $1.49/min. 18+ Discreetly billed to your phone. $2 connect fee. 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