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Here Comes History THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 Oct. 29, 2008 • vOl 24 nO 7 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com Nixon at Personal PAC Lunch page 21 ?\i\:fd\j?`jkfip Night of 100 Drag 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. <c\Zk`fe>l`[\:_Xikj#g%.$0 Deb Mell: Breaking New Ground Rocknrolla page 16 by AMY WOOTEN on the mayor’s advisory council for Human Rela- tions. Both the National Organization for Women Many people inside and outside the local LGBT and Howard Brown Health Center have awarded community know lesbian state representative Mell for her community activism. October 29, 2008 #968 candidate Deb Mell, not only because her father If she wins the seat, she will be the first open is longtime Chicago alderman Dick Mell or her lesbian in the Illinois General Assembly. brother-in-law is Gov. Rod Blagojevich, but also Windy City Times: I was wondering what first nightspots because she has made headlines as an activist inspired you to run? Was it something you n for marriage equality. had ever thought of before? Was it prompted Mell is running for the open seat in the 40th by your return to Chicago back in 2000? The President Erect pick it up Oh, Lord, let this cover be accurate come erection... er, election day! inSIDE District, which is located on Chicago’s Northwest Deb Mell: Equality Illinois sent me to a Victory Impalin’ Palin with Around the World in 100 Pretzel Logic. Drag Queens at Sidetrack. page 16 page 8, 25 take it home Side, where she grew up. After moving to Califor- Fund training last May. I went and I started to nia for a number of years, where she received her get kind of excited. I thought it would be some- ‘Sweet’ Relief Mayor Richard Daley (left) and Chicago culinary degree (she also has degrees in political thing that I would enjoy. I had been investigat- House CEO The Rev. Stan Sloan took part in science and history), Mell returned to Chicago ing my current representative [Richard Bradley]. the opening of Sweet Miss Giving’s, a gourmet in 2000. Upon her return she started working at He was severely lacking in representing our dis- bakery that is a project of Chicago House. Christy Webber Landscape, owned by prominent Read more on page 22. lesbian Christy Webber. She also currently serves Turn to page 22 www.WindyCityQueercast.com See our interview with Mell opponent Heather Benno at www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com. 2 Oct. 29, 2008 Keep Focus on the Family's 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) Jeanne Adams Chicagoland Pride At Work Chris Geovanis Ifti Nasim Carol Rogers, Past President, Amigas Latinas Andrew Ciscel Thomas Goree Darlene Nava Munoz Chicago Gender Society APOC: Autonomous People of Peter Alex Dreier Jeff Graubart Renae Ogletree Bob Schwartz & Ruffin Robinson Color, Chicago DumpDobson.com William W. Greaves Orgullo en Accion Caroline Staerk Marshall Arnold Equality Illinois Jan Grillos Rep. Harry Osterman, 14th District Craig Teichen Art Gursch Edward Farnham Janice Grimm George Pappas Andy Thayer Association of Latino Men for Mel Ferrand Rep. Greg Harris, 13th District Rev. Thom & Joan Parrott- Truth Wins Out Action Sam Finkelstein & Mark Banashak Nilsa Irizarry Sheffer, Burr Ridge, IL Bonnie Wade Michael Bauer Jeff & Libby Frank Cat Jefcoat Nicole Perez Tom & Toni Weaver, PFLAG Wayne Besen Roger & Patricia Fraser, GLN Art Johnston PFLAG Aurora Chad Weiden Robert Castillo & John Pennycuff Scott Free Danny Kopelson PFLAG Glenview Rich Wilson Char Cepek Katherine Freeman, Mother of 4, June LaTrobe PFLAG Hinsdale Women & Children First John Cepek, National President, Proud Lesbian Woman Catina Lowery PFLAG of Woodstock / McHenry Bookstore Parents, Families, and Friends of Dan and Jackie Frett, PFLAG Michael Maltenfort County Guy Zakrzewski Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Hinsdale Deborah Mell Rainbow Sash Movement Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Rick Garcia Ellen A. Meyers Dick Reilly Churches Gay Liberation Network Joe Murray Dean Richards 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 index Oct. 29, 2008 Vote "YES" 3 ELECTION ‘08 National battles to watch Readers’ opinions on elections To Retain Judge Sebastian Patti 4 Political charts 6 Experienced Judges. Special Obama collage 6 Deb Mell interview 7 To ensure experience and integrity in our justice system, 20 NEWS 22 vote YES for judges on Tuesday, November 4th. View: Rev. Irene Monroe Quotelines Judges Seeking Retention Local news: Jennifer Hudson 10 Personal PAC luncheon 11 Chicago Mayor Richard Daley talked Michael J. GallagherAppellate Court Margaret Justices Stanton McBride Night of 100 Drag Queens 18 with Sweet Miss Giving’s Kristi Gorsuch Sweet Miss Giving’s opens 21 during the bakery’s opening on page 22. 21 . See more Circuit Court Judges ENTERTAINMENT 22 Photo courtesy of Jeremy Hilborn Scottish Play Scott Gerald C. Bender Theater reviews Andrew Berman Knight at the Movies Particia Manila Martin 12 Margaret Ann Brennan 13 Mary Anne Mason OUTLINES 16 Eileen Mary Brewer Real estate; classifieds Janet Adams Brosnahan Veronica B. Mathein Calendar Carol Pearce McCarthy James R. Brown 19 Barbara A. McDonald 21 Anthony Lynn Burrell Diane Gordon Cannon Sheila McGinnis Dennis Michael McGuire Mame (above) is just one of the Evelyn B. Clay theatrical productions reviewed this Kathleen Marie McGury week. See page 14. Mary Elllen Coghlan Barbara M Meyer Photo by Johnny Knight Sharon Johnson Coleman Mary A. Mulhern Clayton J. Crane www. Features include: John Thomas Doody, Jr. Lewis Nixon Windy —National news William T. O'Brien —World roundup Lynn Marie Egan Lawrence O'Gara City —Media Watch Richard J. Elrod —Pop Making Media Candace Jean Fabri Sandra Otaka Sense Sebastian Thomas Patti Group —’Top’ dog Peter A. Felice Jonathan Adler Edward N. Pietrucha .com Thomas E. Flanagan (right) Edmund Ponce de Leon —Talking with James Patrick Flannery, Jr. Athens Boys Choir James L. Rhodes John J. Fleming Barbara Ann Riley Rodolfo Garcia * nightspots James G. Riley n James J. Gavin Cheryl A. Starks Robert E. Gordon * Vanessa A. Hopkins David P. Sterba Jane Louise Stuart Rickey Jones THE PRESIDENT Laura Marie Sullivan www.WindyCity ERECT Themis N.
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