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Cultural Q’s by FRANCESCA ROYSTER Is there a “Queer Agenda?” and should there be? “I envision a politics where one’s relation Every Easter when I was growing up, to power, and not some homogenized we’d dress up in our pastel sundresses identity, is privileged in determining and unseasonably springy sandals (and one’s political comrades. I am talking heavy wool coats—this being Chicago) about a politics where the nonnormative and make our annual trip to Church. On and marginal position of punks, bulldag- these outings, I’d find my mind wander- gers, and welfare queens, for example, is ing to the different facial expressions of SHE100 the basis for progressive transformative the Virgin Mary statues and to the smell coalition work. Thus, if any truly radical of incense, which I wanted to burn in potential is to be found in the idea of my bachelorette pad when I grew up. I LGBTQ queerness and the practice of queer poli- honestly believed that my wandering, cu- tics, it would seem to be located in the rious approach to Church was what God women’s ability to create a space in opposition to wanted. Otherwise, why would She have dominant norms, a space where transfor- made me queer—and with such a short group mational political work can begin.” — attention span? Like Shug Avery’s belief Cathy Cohen (2005) that God made flowers because He wants launches A few weeks ago, a colleague tells me us to love the color purple, I figured that Chicago’s newest LGBTQ that he’s had it with the “queer agenda.” God and I had a deal, whatever the priest group, SHE100, had their first He’s gay and doesn’t want anything to do said. mixer “SHE100 Official Coming with queer. Coming of age at a time when I identify as queer, despite the fact Out Party” Nov. 8. The event “queer” was a common slur used against that there are many aspects of my life was a celebration of SHE100 him, his fit with queer as an identity has that might be called homonormative: I to inspire more women to join am civil unionized to the group. “The turnout, en- my partner Annie, and ergy and diversity was great, and SHE100 is really excited about its future,” said organizers. we’ve had a committed SHE100 is an active LGBTQ women’s community whose work, presence and advocacy aim to strength- “In my mind, queerness has relationship for more en the greater LGBTQ community. Organizers stated, “SHE100 was founded in 2013 in response to a than 14 years. Together widely observed but little acknowledged truth: LGBTQ women are present but far less visible than always been marked by its we adopted Cecelia last LGBTQ men when it comes to charitable, philanthropic and community endeavors in Chicago. SHE100 defiance of definition.” year, and we own our was formed to increase the volume of LGBTQ voices and to influence positive change.” own home. I am a ten- Founding board members are Angela Barnes, Maia Benson, Amy Bloom and Brooke Skinner. ured faculty member in For more information, email [email protected] or visit www.she100.org. a Catholic institution always been an uncomfortable one. Now and I actually like my job very much. And he’s tired, he says, of being told by queer maybe because of this, I think it’s even theory that his sexuality is necessarily more important to align myself with oth- fluid, when he doesn’t experience it that ers in opposition to dominant normative way. He feels pressure by queer theorists structures and to support the flourishing and activists to protest the marriage of genders and sexualities. equality movement and hate-crimes leg- Cathy Cohen and others have pointed islation. He wonders where that leaves out that historically queer activism has his friend in Texas, who after a lifetime assumed unmarked privilege around commitment not recognized by the state, whiteness, cis-genderism and class. But lost everything after his partner’s death. at its best, “queer” can reach beyond in- He tells me he feels like there is a check- dividualism and privilege to cultivate the list of political positions and commit- kind of world where we can all live freely. ments to be considered properly queer. And that can include bringing to light “Checklist? Proper?” I think, a little the links between heteronormativity and shocked. legal and judicial structures; between In my mind, queerness has always been sexual violence in all of the ways that it marked by its defiance of definition. I has been institutionalized, from domes- think of the merry, not-so-proper band tic spaces to war to the Prison Industrial of queers summoned by Eve Kosofsky Complex. Being queer for me means call- Sedgwick back in 1993, including “pushy ing a system of apartheid when I see it, femmes, radical faeries, fantasists, drags, whether in South Africa, the West Bank, clones, leatherfolk, ladies in tuxedos, or the South Side of Chicago. feminist women or feminist men, mastur- “Queer” has work to do, and to do that bators, bulldaggers, divas, Snap! Queens, work means being in coalition with oth- butch bottoms, storytellers, transsexuals, ers who might not fully agree with all of aunties, wannabes, lesbian-identified our beliefs. And that means taking a risk men or lesbians who sleep with men, or on the behalf of others as well as our- people able to relish, learn from, or iden- selves, and yes, having an agenda—or tify with such.” maybe multiple agendas, as we let our When it comes to political move- imaginations run free. ments, along with religious ones, I’ve Unlike my colleague, I don’t see queer always embraced the right to pick what as a separate or opposed identity from I like, and ignore the rest. Maybe this the rest of the LGBTIQ rainbow. Each is because I’m an optimist by nature. Or identity can be in conversation with each maybe it’s the influence of my mother, a other, joined in a stance of active ques- pro-choice, divorced Catholic, who sup- tioning and in defiance of homogeneity. ported sex education, and gay rights.

Francesca Royster is a Professor of English at DePaul University, where she teaches courses on Shakespeare, Popular Culture, gender, race, sexuality and performance. Her books include Sounding Like a No-No: Queer Sounds and Ec- centric Acts in the Post-Soul Era (University of Michigan Press, 2013) and Be- coming Cleopatra: The Shifting Image of an Icon (Palgrave, 2003). WINDY CITY TIMES Nov. 13, 2013 5 porting. Guardian joked during his speech about community the 30th municipality in the state his partner, Louis Fatato, bringing him back to to add such a law to its books, according to the McAuliffe, Annise Parker normal by having him cook and clean. Detroit Free Press. According to the Oakland In Michigan, Royal Oak voters approved a hu- County Elections Division, 53.96 percent of vot- man rights ordinance banning discrimination ers favored the proposal. A similar ballot mea- among political winners against people based on their sexual orientation sure failed in 2001 by a two-to-one margin. and other factors, making the Oakland County —Andrew Davis Although all was quiet on the Illinois front regarding elections Nov. 5 (with marriage equal- ity standing front and center statewide), voters The program enables male couples in the made their voices heard in political races in vari- Quinn selects United States to learn their HIV status to- ous other cities and states. Paul Vallas as gether and develop a customized HIV preven- In Virginia’s gubernatorial race, Democrat tion and care strategy. Current HIV testing Terry McAuliffe defeated Republican Attorney running mate programs focus on individuals; however, it’s General Ken Cuccinelli in what turned out to be Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has chosen Paul Val- estimated that one-third to two-thirds of a nailbiter (47 percent to 46 percent), accord- las to run with him as lieutenant governor in new HIV infections came from main partners ing to CBS News. Among other things, Cuccinelli next year’s election, according to NBC Chi- among gay couples. campaigned to defend Virginia’s anti-sodomy cago. Emory University’s Rollins School of Public law, launching a new website meant to scare Vallas, a former chief of Chicago Public Health developed the program, with funding parents into believing the law would protect Schools, ran for governor in 2002 and nar- from the M∙A∙C AIDS Fund. children, Advocate.com noted. rowly lost to Rod Blagojevich. Vallas now The other governor’s race saw New Jersey’s serves as the superintendent for Bridgeport Chris Christie easily winning re-election. Chris- Public Schools in Connecticut. Day tie’s victory makes him the only Republican Current Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon announced of Remembrance governor considering the presidency and serv- earlier this year that she would not seek an- ing with a Democratic legislature, according to a other term in the same post. Nov. 20 at Center Minneapolis Star-Tribune item. This is the first year the General Assembly The national Transgender Day of Remem- Also, Bill De Blasio was elected New York City’s required Illinois’ gubernatorial candidates to brance is Wed., Nov. 20. first Democratic mayor in two decades. With 99 run with their lieutenant governor picks. The In Chicago, one event will be held at Center percent of precincts reporting, De Blasio had 73 rule was changed after a situation in 2010 in on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., 6:30-8 p.m. percent of the vote compared with 24 percent which Scott Lee Cohen won the nomination There will be a reception and welcome ad- for Republican Joe Lhota, former chief of the and was then pushed off the ticket. dress with light food and refreshments, a metropolitan area’s transit agency. reading of names, videos and performances Lesbian Annise Parker won re-election for a by several prominent members of the trans third and final term as Houston’s mayor, accord- Lesbian Annise Parker was re-elected mayor CDC taking over community. This free event is open to the ing to KTRK.com. Hall’s concession came after of Houston. HIV program public. only 8 percent of precincts reported Parker had A week before the event, Center on Halsted taken 50 percent of the votes. However, as more News noted. Murray is a longtime state lawmaker for gay men will tie purple ribbons in the trees outside its votes were counted, Parker’s lead continued to who for years led efforts to legalize gay marriage The Centers for Disease Control and Preven- building to commemorate the lives of trans* grow. in the state. tion (CDC) will be taking over “Testing To- community members who have lost their lives Parker was first elected in 2009. She won her Atlantic City, N.J., has a gay mayor as well: Re- gether,” the first-ever couples HIV-prevention as a result of anti-transgender hatred or prej- second term in 2011 after holding off five chal- publican Don Guardian, who defeated incumbent strategy and program for gay men, and will be udice. lengers. Term limits prevent Parker from running Lorenzo Langford, according to Press of Atlantic rolling out the program to 21 major cities at Howard Brown Health Center, Broadway for a fourth term. City. Unofficial results from the Atlantic County 70+ HIV testing sites nationwide, according Youth Center, Chicago Women’s AIDS Project, In addition, Ed Murray appeared to win his Clerk’s Office showed Guardian with 3,066 votes to a media release. Chicago House Trans Life Center and Center on race, becoming Seattle’s first gay mayor, ABC to 2,904 for Langford, with all 21 districts re- Halsted are jointly hosting the event.

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Flake indi- Baldwin, speaking at the press conference cated he had prepared an amendment that did after the first two votes were taken, said “For U.S. Senate not make it to the floor, but suggested that his folks, like myself, in the LGBT community, the concerns were addressed. opportunity to be judged in the workplace by “When I voted for ENDA in the House in 2007, your skills and qualities, your loyalty, your work it did not contain the provisions with regard to ethic, is an important pronouncement for this passes ENDA gender identity,” said Flake. “Those added provi- nation.” sions have concerned me in terms of potential She talked also about the “symbolic impact” by Lisa Keen, is an historic day.” He noted that the Congress costs of litigation or compliance. I still have of the vote. Keen News Service passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the concerns, and I hope that as we work through “When we something is wrong and it shouldn’t Americans with Disabilities Act in 1994. the process and this bill moves onto the House be done,” said Baldwin, “that sends a powerful On Nov. 7, the U.S. Senate approved the flagship “Now, we have sort of finished the trilogy,” that we can find ways to make sure that employ- message to prevent discrimination in the first piece of legislation that the LGBT community said Harkin, who also praised Merkley’s leader- ers can implement these provisions in a way that place.” has fought for almost two decades. ship on ENDA. is reasonable and proper.” “This is a really tremendous milestone,” said The 64-to-32 vote marked the first time the “We wouldn’t be here without Jeff Merkley,” Thanking Baldwin for working with his office Baldwin, “ a day I will never forget in my service Senate has approved the Employment Non-Dis- said Harkin. “He spearheaded this whole effort.” on “these issues,” Flake said, “I have a better in the Senate.” crimination Act (ENDA). The only other Senate And Harkin called Senator Tammy Baldwin’s in- appreciation for what needs to be done and ©2013 Keen News Service. All rights vote, in 1996, failed on a vote of 49 to 50. volvement “instrumental.” what we can do with this legislation as it moves reserved ENDA seeks to add language to the federal Civ- The passage of ENDA on Nov. 7 came after il Rights Act to prohibit employers from taking the Senate first rejected an amendment to dra- adverse employment actions against employees matically expand the number of employers who or job applicants based on “sexual orientation” could claim a religious exemption to ENDA. The Hawaii House passes and “gender identity.” It applies to employers amendment, introduced by Sen. Pat Toomey (R- with more than 15 employees but exempts some Penn.), needed 60 votes to pass. marriage-equality bill employers based on the degree to which they Section 6 of the original bill stated, “This Act are involved in religious activities. shall not apply to a corporation, association, By Lisa Keen legislature passes and the governor signs the While the bill is not as comprehensive as the educational institution or institution of learn- Keen News Service marriage equality bill, he would entertain the original legislation introduced by the late Rep. ing, or society that is exempt from the religious challenge to the new law. According to the Bella Abzug (D-N.Y.) in 1974 and championed discrimination provisions of title VII of the Civil The Hawaii House gave final approval Nov. 8 Star-Advertiser, Judge Karl Sakamoto indicat- by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) begin- Rights Act of 1964.” On Wednesday, the Senate to a marriage equality bill, putting Hawaii on ed he thinks the bill may be in conflict with ning in 1996, it is considered to be both a criti- approved, by voice vote, an amendment from six track to become the 16th state plus the Dis- a constitutional amendment voters passed in cal step toward securing equal rights for LGBT Republican senators led by Senator Rob Portman trict of Columbia to allow same-sex couples 1998. That amendment read, “Shall the Con- people and a powerful symbolic asset. (R-Ohio) to ban state and local governments to marry. The tally was 30 to 19. stitution of the state of Hawaii be amended The major hurdle now is the Republican-con- from “retaliating against religious groups that The voting and amendment process was a to specify that the legislature shall have the trolled House of Representatives. House Speaker take action only permissible because of the re- raucous one, with numerous calls for recess power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex John Boehner has repeatedly said he would not ligious exemption clause” in ENDA. It was ap- as member wrestled over rules, time limits couples?” bring ENDA to the floor for a vote in the House, proved by voice vote Nov. 6. While LGBT groups and disputes over fair play. All the while, the The opponent who filed the legal challenge saying he does not believe the legislation is were not enthusiastic about the Portman amend- sound of protesters chanting and pounding on was Rep. Bob McDermott, who led the oppo- necessary and that it would lead to frivolous ment, they didn’t oppose it. things could frequently be heard in the back- sition on the floor. He has attempted numer- lawsuits. But nearly every LGBT group and supporter ground on the web stream and grew louder as ous tactics to delay consideration of the bill That looming hurdle did not dampen the en- opposed the Toomey Amendment. It sought to the moment for the final vote neared. throughout the House proceedings. He of- thusiasm of senators praising the senate for its expand the exemption to include entities “man- Local reporters on the scene were posting fered an amendment to create a task force to passage of the bill. aged by a church or religious organization, Twitter notices that suggested the atmo- study impact of allowing same-sex marriage Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), who took the lead officially affiliated with a particular religion, sphere outside was sometimes very tense, before voting on the bill, characterizing it as on ENDA in the Senate after the death of Ken- or [that] teach a curriculum directed toward despite the use of barriers to separate sup- a “way out” of the divisions that have erupt- nedy, praised Kennedy’s leadership and that of propagating a particular religion.” It would also porters and opponents. The Honolulu Star- ed among the people of Hawaii. But Brower others in both political parties. apply to organizations with “both religious and Advertiser also noted that Gov. Neil Aber- said the measure would perpetuate the divi- “From the Declaration of Independence to secular functions.” crombie entered the gallery at about 3:40 in sion already evident over the issue. the Constitution to our battles over slavery, Speaking on behalf of his amendment Thurs- the afternoon—to cheers and booing from Opponent Rep. Richard Fale said that the our battles over gender discrimination, race day morning, Toomey said ENDA “makes a strong visitors in the gallery. bill has caused more divisions than it is discrimination, we have fought to capture that stand” for equality. But he said religious freedom The intensity of public interest in the bill worth, saying reports estimated the state vision of equality and liberty and opportunity is also an important value. He said he thinks his has been extraordinary, by the standards of would gain $270 million from allowing same- and fairness embedded in our founding docu- amendment “strikes an appropriate balance.” He the nine other states where a marriage equal- sex couples to marry there. ments and our founding vision,” said Merkley, said he was concerned the courts have not been ity bill has been passed. One openly gay leg- Opponent Rep. added that it at a press conference after the first two votes consistent in recognizing which religious insti- islator, Rep. Jo Jordan, announced earlier in would likely hurt the economy because Asian were secured. “We’ve taken a huge stride today tutions should enjoy the religious exemptions the week that she was voting against the bill. tourists would be less likely to come. in that direction.” that currently exist in the Civil Rights Act. ENDA Speaking on the floor last night, she said she “This is not about money, this is about Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), who championed amends the Civil Rights Act to include “sexual has been “blasted” for saying she is opposed equal rights,” replied bill supporter Rep. Cyn- the bill in his senate committee, said, “Today orientation” and “gender identity.” to the bill but that she does not want to be thia Thielen. Harkin spoke in opposition to Toomey’s “the poster child.” The task force amendment was defeated by amendment, saying that changing the existing “I can not rise up benefits with the pos- voice vote. language of the Civil Rights Act will call into sibility of eroding religious protections and Rep. then introduced an amend- question language that employers are already freedom of conscience,” she said. ment to give an “opt out” for teachers and familiar with and know how to comply with. He But there was no shortage of straight legis- parents of children for any school curriculum said the Toomey amendment “officially affiliated lators to stand up for the bill. One, Rep. Mark acknowledging same-sex marriage. with a particular religion” to discriminate. Takai, said his office received 7,200 messages “We don’t have to go to Massachusetts to “This is a new term that is undefined in the in favor of the bill and 6,300 opposed. He see their curriculum,” said Ward. “The mom- text of the amendment and could lead to thou- said he has personally has been the target of ma bears are demanding, ‘Protect our kids,’” sands of pro-profit businesses being allowed to many “hateful tactics” for supporting the bill. said Ward. He continued, talking about a cur- discriminate,” said Harkin. He said an employer Several of the pro-marriage equality represen- riculum that he found troublesome that used might be considered “affiliated” simply by re- tatives said they had received death threats explicit terms to discuss sex, such as “penile ceiving a newsletter from a religious group. “It and one opponent said she was “verbally as- sex, penis entering vagina.” threatens to gut the fundamental purpose of saulted” by a prominent gay activist. McDermott said Ward’s amendment was nec- ENDA,” said Harkin. Rep. Tom Brower—a single straight man essary to prevent gay couples from filing a Baldwin, the senate’s only openly gay mem- who lives in Honolulu—said, “This bill does lawsuit when curricula examples of families ber, said the current religious exemption in not redefine marriage for God or the church. don’t include same-sex families. ENDA is a “very carefully negotiated bipartisan” It does not make gay the new straight.” But bill supporter Rep. said religious exemption. She urged the Senate to re- “How many more gay people must God cre- regulations are already in place that enables ject Toomey’s amendment. ate before we realize he wants them here?” parents to opt out of curricula they are un- The Senate did so, by a vote of 55 to 43. asked Rep. Kaniela Ing. comfortable with. The Senate then voted 64 to 34 to approve The bill now goes back to the state Senate The vote in Hawaii caps off a dramatic week a procedural motion to close debate on ENDA. for concurrence, a vote that many expect to for LGBT individuals, a week that began with Get a jump start (All roll call votes are available on the senate go through without debate on Tuesday, Nov. Illinois clearing its marriage-equality law website approximately one hour after they are 12. Even though Abercrombie has promised Nov. 5 and the U.S. Senate, for the first time to a new You in 2014 recorded.) to sign the legislation, due to go into ef- in the bill’s 19-year history, approving the ENDA supporters were clearly hoping for a ro- fect Dec. 2, there may be additional battles Employment Non-Discrimination Act on Nov. 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Illinois Unites’ John Kohlhepp. Illinois Unites manager Photo by Hal Baim looks back on campaign By Matt Simonette called in late afternoon. It turned out to be the first order of business Tuesday afternoon, when Supporters of gay marriage in Illinois came sev- a vote was called on an amendment to SB10. eral steps closer to the end of a long, winding The amendment passed, signaling to support- road Nov. 5 when the General Assembly passed ers that the original bill likely would as well. the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and By that point, Kohlhepp said, “The debate was Marriage Fairness Act 61-54. about how far over 60 we would be, not whether The vote culminated several years of work from we were at 60. We knew that as soon as the many politicians, activists and other supporters, Speaker engaged with the bill, with the governor on SB10’s behalf, as well as months of specula- and the mayor, and everybody else pulling in the tion as to when the vote would actually take same direction as everybody else, that we would place. The bill’s chief sponsor, State Rep. Greg get there.” Harris, would not publicly say when to expect a House Speaker Michael Madigan sat alongside County and Municipal Workers in the spring. counting,” he said, adding, “But we are very vote. former Rep. ( and current Alderman ) Deb Mell When Harris said in May that he would not be close to our goal. There wasn’t anything we But Harris privately told colleagues the eve- for much of the debate. Near the end of the calling a vote, “I was broken-hearted like every- wanted to do that we couldn’t do because of our ning of Nov. 4 that the vote would happen the afternoon, he spoke on its behalf, citing Pope body else,” Kohlhepp said. “There was a whole finances.” following day, according to Illinois Unites for Francis’ recent calls for tolerance. lot of emotion for me, as with everybody else, Many politicians would have preferred to wait Marriage Campaign Director John Kohlhepp. Madigan was “incredibly engaged” through and I sat on the side of the chamber just crying. until January or March for a vote, so unopposed Harris had called together members of the much of the campaign, Kohlhepp said. “The I couldn’t believe that it hadn’t passed, that it House representatives would not have to worry steering committee for Illinois Unites for Mar- speaker was our ally.” Rep. Thaddeus Jones and hadn’t been called.” about a primary challenger should they vote in riage, as well as State Rep. and Rep. Michael D’Amico both told Chicago Sun- He thought that the campaign needed some- favor of SB10. State Rep. . “We decided at that Times that they had met with Madigan about one with a skill set like his, and he was hired to “The truth is, there always is a difficult po- point to call the bill, and the next morning, Greg SB10, and each voted in favor of the bill. Ma- be Illinois Unites’ campaign manager, taking a litical reality,” Kohlhepp said. “It was now or started to move on it,” Kohlhepp said. “There digan ultimately claimed that he was able to leave of absence from AFSCME. never,” Kohlhepp said. “We built the campaign are behind the scenes phone calls, and so forth, persuade about five to 10 members to vote for “The consensus was we needed to run an out- based on Harris’ floor speech [May 31, saying he that go on.” SB10; he was criticized by many supporters for side game that engaged constituents of targeted would bring the bill up in the fall veto session], As with many significant votes, rumors were doing too little during the push for a vote in the legislators, as well as an inside game, which was and we helped to fulfill that promise.” rampant as supporters tried to conceive of the spring. lobbyists and all the internal political machine Momentum from events such as the Oct. 22 most rational strategy for the session. Tuesday Kohlhepp had lobbied for SB10 in his work that exists here on both sides of the aisle,” March on Springfield “created a sense of move- morning, word circulated that the bill would be for Council 31 of American Federation of State, Kohlhepp said. ment,” Kohlhepp said. “It bought us at least He spoke frequently in public on building tar- two crucial votes.” He would not reveal who the geting districts statewide from “Wisconsin to votes belonged to, but said one legislator was HARRIS from cover it’s the right thing to do at that time, it’s just East St. Louis.” persuaded by the sight of supporters marching something I’ll never be able to express enough “Everyone really had the sense that that’s what around the Capitol. admiration for. who failed to call for a vote in May and became was needed,” according to Kohlhepp. “Constitu- He said all thoughout the campaign that there WCT: This was really a close vote. How dif- the force behind the passage of marriage equal- ent contact, no matter what the issue, really was no “Plan B”—had the bill not been called ficult was it for you to pull in the last few ity in Illinois. With just one vote to spare, Harris drives a legislator’s thinking, and the campaign in the fall veto session, Harris and the coalition votes? called for a passed SB10, the Religious Freedom was built to drive thousands of constituents— would essentially have been back to the drawing GH: At the end of the day, Speaker Madigan and Marriage Fairness Act. The bill’s passage will because that’s what those legislators called for. board come 2014. really made a concerted effort to talk to people result in same-sex marriage in Illinois in June They’d asked to go home to their districts and “But these people were incredible—they about why this is the right thing, why this is 2014. speak to their constituents.” passed this bill,” said Kohlhepp. “Everybody the right time, to explain to people why this is Harris took a few moments with Windy City “We chose our target list very carefully,” he had a part to play, and in the end, they came where the country is going, this is where Illinois Times to reflect on what changed between added. “So there really are no surprises.” through. That came along with some incredible is going, it’s where we all should. As he said in spring and fall that led to the bill’s passage and The campaign had announced a fundraising leadership from Greg Harris. He kept his prom- his floor remarks, at the end of the day, we need the second-guessing he did in-between. goal of $2 million. Kohlhepp was unable to an- ise, and we should be thanking him for working to look at ourselves and say, “who are we to swer what the actual amount was. “We are still tirelessly on this.” judge?” And I just love those comments. Windy City Times: What changed between WCT: A lot of people doubted you, but you May and November? played the long game, and it paid off. Did you Greg Harris: I think two major things changed. have doubts about that strategy? Certainly the ruling in the Supreme Court made GH: The decision to wait it out turned out to it very clear to many of my colleagues that we be the right one … but I would search my soul Marriage suit’s fate have done all the things in the state that we can every night thinking, “oh my god, was this the do with civil unions. … Once the Supreme Court right decision then?” At the end of the day, we ruled in June and struck down those portions unsure, despite SB10 all did things that turned out really, really well. of DOMA [the Defense of Marriage Act], people We all did things that, you know, probably could clearly understood that each and every day that By Matt Simonette June 1, “the couples are still being harmed,” ac- have been better. At the end of the day, we won. went by, there were harms that were being done cording to Bennett. There was such a tremendous outpouring. The to their constituents who could not get social Darby v. Orr, the lawsuit filed by several area “We’re certainly not automatically dismissing March on Springfield made a huge difference to security benefits, who were not able to get vet- couples against the Cook County Clerk’s Office, the lawsuit while there is still a constitutional my colleagues—wet, cold people coming down erans benefits, who could not even be at home might still be pending, despite the passage of violation going on,” said Camilla Taylor, mar- to express their love and their faith and their with a sick child with family medical leave. So, same-sex marriage legislation Nov. 5. riage project director for Lambda Legal. “We are commitment and their dedication to this issue. that was one huge thing. Attorneys for the plaintiffs had said they discussing our options with our clients.” There are so many things that went well. The other major thing that changed was the would move to dismiss the lawsuit should SB10, “The case is certainly not moot yet,” added WCT: I know there has been talk of legisla- tremendous mobilization across the state of the Religious Fairness and Marriage Equality Act, ACLU Illinois LGBT and AIDS Project Director tive efforts to speed up the marriage start families, of faith leaders, of community leaders be signed into law. Gov. Pat Quinn announced John Knight. “These people are enduring daily date. Is that a long shot? How possible do you who came forward and said the time is now and that he would sign the bill Nov. 20. As late as harm by not being able to marry—some of our think that is? it’s the right thing to do. Nov. 5, James Bennett—Midwest regional direc- plaintiffs are advanced in years and have health GH: My theory on all this stuff is you just put WCT: When did you know that the votes tor for Lambda Legal, which is representing the issues, and are concerned about having to wait one foot in front of the other and you just do were there to pass this? plaintiffs along with ACLU Illinois—said Darby so long.” the next right thing [which is] to get this signed GH: Certainly when we put it up on the board, is “moot.” Knight added that he hoped the attorneys into law by the Governor on the 20th of Novem- I knew that the votes were there. I had been But he and other attorneys began to have more would know how they would proceed by the ber, and then you go from there. working with Speaker Madigan over the week- conversations about the later start date of SB10. week of Nov. 11. Hearings for Darby are sched- WCT: What is next for you? What are you end, who had been really making the case to The legislation, as originally written, called for a uled to continue Nov. 14. excited to work on now that this has passed? some of my colleagues that this was the right start date 30 days after the governor’s signature. The lawsuits were filed in mid-2012. Cook GH: All the stuff I’ve worked on all along— thing and the right time. But the bill passed through the House during a County Clerk David Orr, who is in favor of mar- homeless youth issues and breast cancer issues WCT: Rep. left her dying veto session, with less than a three-fifths major- riage equality, has refused to defend the state’s and criminal justice issues. son to come vote for this bill. What did you ity in the legislature. According to the Illinois marriage ban, so the Thomas More Society, a WCT: Greg, is there anything you want to say to her after this vote? State Constitution, that means the legislation conservative law firm, is representing five op- add? GH: I think all of us should just be terribly can’t take effect until June 1, 2014, which is posing county clerks in the matter. GH: I just want to thank people in all corners indebted to her and respect her and family for now the earliest Illinois same-sex couples can The Thomas More Society filed a motion Nov. 7 of Illinois who stood up and fought for equality, making this decision that she needed to get marry. to stay all further proceedings, contending that fought for justice and made this happen. This here. She was one of the first co-sponsors of Bennett said Nov. 7 that the legal team was the lawsuit should be dismissed as moot. The was a group effort. This could not have hap- the marriage bill to sign on because this is so weighing options in order to consider whether court order only stayed the matter until Nov. 14, pened without everyone pulling together in important to her family. She had the courage the lawsuit might be able to prompt marriages however. The case is being heard by Judge So- their own way. to do what she did and for her family to say to begin sooner. By not being able to marry until phia Hall, who is openly lesbian. WINDY CITY TIMES Nov. 13, 2013 9 Gay Liberation Network How do I get an upgrade? celebrates marriage bill and other marriage FAQs By Matt Simonette years later…this is a reality and I still can’t get my mind around this,” said Crain. About 60 people braved the cold on Nov. 7 for Marquell Smith of Inclusive Community Proj- By Matt Simonette sex marriages begin in Illinois? Gay Liberation Network’s celebration of the ect, who took part in a “banner drop” with GLN Yes. Couples will still be able to obtain a same-sex marriage bill at the corner of Halsted at the Capitol early this year, said, “Why we won Now that same-sex marriage is well on its way civil union should they wish for that instead St. and Roscoe St. this year is because people started to unite,” to being reality in Illinois, likely starting next of a marriage. The event capped several protests that GLN adding, “We have to credit the unity of this June, can look to a number of organiza- staged in recent weeks, calling on Rep. Greg community.” tions for help should they begin to start plan- —If I am already in a civil union in Illinois, Harris and House Speaker Michael Madigan to “It still seems strange even tonight we have ning for marriage. how do I “upgrade”? call a vote on SB10. The group dropped a banner to vote for this love,” said Kim Beckmann of You can contact ACLU Illinois at 312-201- Couples in civil unions can either marry in the Capitol rotunda shortly after the March Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches. “The 9740 or Lambda Legal at 312-663-4413 for through regular channels—obtaining a mar- on Springfield rally Oct. 22 and picketed outside news would have us think that all churches were help about the state law. Additionally, Equal- riage license and having a marriage ceremony picketed Harris’ district office twice. against this. But there’s a momentum in this ity Illinois has published a booklet, “Marriage performed—or, during the first year after mar- Despite the week’s victory in Springfield, there country… and a lot of room on the ‘love train.’” Rights in Illinois,” that goes over numerous riages begin, they can simply apply for a mar- was little love for state politicians at the rally. Bob Schwartz of GLN said that, despite the key questions. It can be found online at www. riage certificate from their county clerk’s of- GLN Co-Founder Andy Thayer laid the success at joyous news of SB10, the group’s work would eqil.org . fice that will mark the date of their civil union the feet of grassroots protesters who came out continue, as they had plans for two more ac- Here are a few key questions and answers, as the date of their marriage. There is no fee to publicly support SB10. tions. The first is to protest a banquet organized culled from information provided by advocacy for the marriage license for couples already in Politicians were “the ones who pushed the by Peter LaBarbera’s organization, Americans organizations. Many logistics of the same-sex a civil union. Civil unions entered into outside buttons, but they’re not the ones who made it for Truth, at Christian Liberty Academy, 502 W. marriage law are still being worked out, so of Illinois can also be upgraded in the same happen,” said Thayer, adding that just a few Euclid Ave., in Arlington Heights on Nov. 16 the following should not be construed as legal manner. weeks back, many believed that the bill was, for at 5:30 p.m. The second will protest a dinner advice; please consult with your legal advi- the moment, dead. honoring Cardinal Francis George’s retirement on sors, accountants or advocacy organizations —Can out-of-state couples marry in Illi- “In two weeks, we turned that around,” Thay- Dec. 18 at the Drake Hotel, 1000 N. Michigan to see how the law might apply under specific nois? er said. “…We said to the legislature, ‘we are Ave., at 6 p.m. circumstances. Couples may marry in Illinois as long as their watching you.’” The Nov. 7 GLN rally was earlier billed as either state does not declare same-sex marriages to Thayer brought his partner, Aldo Hernandez, to a celebration if SB10 passed or a call to action —When will marriages begin? be “void.” Not all states that prohibit same- the stage and said that they would be married had it failed. Marriages can begin June 1, 2014. sex marriages declare them as “void.” Clerks in June. The two stood together on the stage for Thayer said that, on Nov. 5, he had a banner may ask out-of-state couples to sign an af- the rest of the rally, as supporters came to speak hidden in his coat in the Capitol, ready to drop —Who can get married? fidavit before marrying that their state does at the open microphone. in the House chamber should SB10 not pass. A couple is eligible to marry if they are 1) not declare same-sex marriages to be void. Activist Andrea Crain remembered back to “It read, ‘Where’s Mike?’” Thayer said. “I think age 18 or over; 2) not already legally married when the LGBT community was energized by the Madigan would have gotten the message.” to someone else or each other; 3) not closely —Will out-of-state marriages be recog- passage of Proposition 8 in California. “Just five related; and 4) legally competent to enter nized in Illinois? into a civil contract. Yes. Illinois law recognizes marriages al- ready legally performed in other states. —How do I obtain a marriage license? Both parties must go to a county clerk’s of- —Will other states recognize Illinois mar- Secretary of State fice to obtain a marriage license. Cost varies riages? Jesse White with by county, but usually falls between $15-40. As long as the state recognizes same-sex Laura Ricketts, a key The license is valid for 60 days (during which marriages, yes. activist and donor time a marriage must be performed by a rec- for marriage equal- ognized officiant), and only within the county —What happens if we must divorce? ity. She backed Il- through which the license is obtained. There You will follow the same procedures set up linois Unites efforts is a one-day waiting period before the license for opposite-sex couples. Note, though, that as finance co-chair, is effective. some procedures concerning child support and and supported the custody may differ, depending on your circum- March on Spring- —Will civil unions still exist when same- stances. field, where this photo was taken. Photo by Hal Baim

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To register or for more information, please contact 773.661.0730 or [email protected]. 10 Nov. 13, 2013 WINDY CITY TIMES Marriage equality: How they voted and what it means By KATE SOSIN The bill managed to pick up Republican sup- Standout votes: Luis Arroyo (D-3rd): Arroyo voted for the bill port, Democratic support from one lawmaker (R-97th): Cross, a candidate for in committee but said he would vote against the Sponsors of the state’s marriage equality prom- who voted against civil unions and a yes vote Illinois Treasurer and a longtime House Re- bill on the floor. He reiterated that stance to ised surprises when SB10 saw its day on the from a lawmaker who publicly opposed the bill. publican Leader, voted “no” on civil unions. Windy City Times when questioned further. But House floor, and on Nov. 5, they delivered. Here’s the full roll call and the votes we think Cross told the Daily Herald that he spoke with advocates refused to give up on Arroyo, insist- LGBT leaders predicted that the bill would stood out: people in his life, including his father who is a ing that he could be moved to a position of sup- have bipartisan backing and support in other retired minister, before deciding to cast his yes port. In the end, they were right. unlikely places. vote. Patrick Verschoore (D-72nd): Verschoore

YES votes 61 (58 Democrat, 3 Republican)

Daniel Burke Ken Dunkin La Shawn K. Ford Ann Williams Sara Feigenholtz Greg Harris (D-1st) (D-5th) (D-4th) (D-8th) (D-11th) (D-12th) (D-13th)

Kelly Cassidy Laura Fine Robert Martwick Michael Madigan Barbara Flynn (D-14th) (D-16th) (D-17th) (D-18th) (D-19th) (D-22nd) (D-24th) Currie (D-25th) (D-26th)

Robert Rita Elgie Sims, Jr. Maria Antonia Jaime Andrade Keith Farnham Ed Sullivan, Jr. Sam Yingling (D-28th) (D-34th) Berrios (D-39th) (D-40th) (D-43rd) (R-51st) (D-58th) (D-59th) (D-62nd)

Mike Smiddy Ron Sandack Naomi Jakobsson Elaine Nekritz Arthur Turner (D-71st) (D-78th) (R-81st) (D-103rd) (D-46th) (D-98th) (D-57th) (D-77th) (D-9th)

Edward J. Acevedo Esther Golar Emanuel “Chris” Michael Zalewski Andre Thapedi Kelly Burke Al Riley (D-2nd) (D-6th) Welch (D-7th) (D-23rd) (D-30th) (D-32nd) (D-35th) (D-36th) (D-38th)

Martin Moylan Emily McAsey Lawrence Walsh, Linda Chapa LaVia Jehan Gordon Jack Franks Patrick Verschoore (D- 55th) (D-56th) (D-84th) (D-85th) Jr. (D-86th) (D-83rd) (D-92nd) (D-63rd) (D-72nd)

Silvana Tabares Thaddeus Jones Marcus C. Evans, Tom Cross Anthony DeLuca Luis Arroyo John D’Amico (D-21st) (D-29th) Jr. (D-33rd) (D-44th) (R-97th) (D-80th) (D-3rd) (D-15th) (D-113th) WINDY CITY TIMES Nov. 13, 2013 11 voted against civil unions and was not endorsed Republican yes votes: Marcus C. Evans, Jr. ( D-33rd ) by Equality Illinois. But he voted marriage Tom Cross (R-97th) La Shawn K. Ford ( D-8th ) PRESENT equality Nov. 5. Ron Sandack (R-81st) Esther Golar ( D-6th ) Anthony DeLuca (D-80th): DeLuca was a Ed Sullivan, Jr. (R-51st) Jehan Gordon ( D-92nd ) longtime target for advocates. He voted for civil Democratic no votes: Thaddeus Jones ( D-29th ) unions and was endorsed by Equality Illinois. Monique Davis (D-27th) Camille Lilly ( D-78th ) But March 2011, Chicago Heights Patch reported Daniel Beiser (D-111th) Christian Mitchell ( D-26th ) that DeLuca said he would oppose an equal mar- John Bradley (D-117th) Al Riley ( D-38th ) riage bill. In the end, his yes vote was seen as Charles Jefferson ( D-67th ) Elgie Sims, Jr. ( D-34th ) crucial to the bill’s passage. (D-76th) Andre Thapedi ( D-32nd ) (D-60th): Mayfield voted pres- Katherine Cloonen (D-79th) Arthur Turner ( D-9th ) Derrick Smith Rita Mayfield ent on civil unions and vowed to do the same Jerry Costello, II (D-116th) Emanuel “Chris” Welch ( D-7th ) (D-10th) (D-60th) for marriage after months of back-and-forth with Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr. (D-114th) No: marriage equality advocates. She says her best Mary Flowers (D-31st) Monique Davis ( D-27th ) ABSENT friend is gay and that she couldn’t bring herself (D-96th) Mary Flowers ( D-31st ) to vote against the bill despite pressure to do Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr. ( D-114th ) so in her district. LGBT advocates targeted her Breakdown of Black Caucus votes: Charles Jefferson ( D-67th ) heavily for that reason. Still, Mayfield remained Yes: Present: on the fence until the end. Will Davis ( D-30th ) Derrick Smith ( D-10th ) Ken Dunkin ( D-5th ) Rita Mayfield ( D-60th )

Mike Fortner NO votes 54 (10 Democrat, 44 Republican) (R-49th)

Monique Davis Renee Kosel Jeanne Ives Patti Bellock Sandra Pihos David McSweeney Thomas Morrison JoAnn Osmond (D-27th) (R-37th) (R-42nd) (R-47th) (R-48th) (R-52nd) (D-118th) (R-54th) (R-61st)

Barbara Wheeler Timothy Schmitz Michael Tryon Charles Jefferson Robert Pritchard David Leitch Don Moffitt (R-64th) (R-65th) (R-66th) (D-67th) (R-68th) (R-69th) (R-70th) (R-73rd) (R-74th)

John Bradley Frank Mautino Katherine Cloonen Keith Sommer Brian Stewart Michael Unes (D-117th) (D-76th) (D-79th) (R-82nd) (R-87th) (R-88th) (R-89th) (R-90th) (R-91st)

Norine Hammond Jil Tracy Wayne Rosenthal Raymond Poe Bill Mitchell (R-93rd) (R-94th) (R-95th) (R-99th) (R-101st) (R-106th) (R-107th) (R-108th) (R-109th)

Mike Bost Jerry Costello, II Darlene Senger David Harris Adam Brown Chad Hays Dan Brady Daniel Beiser (R-115th) (D-116th) (R-41st) (R-53rd) (R-102nd) (R-104th) (R-105th) (R-110th) (D-111th)

Dwight Kay Eddie Lee Jackson, Mary Flowers Kay Hatcher John Anthony Sue Scherer C.D. Davidsmeyer Michael McAuliffe (R-112th) Sr. (D-114th) (D-31st) (R-50th) (R-75th) (D-96th) (R-100th) (R-45th) (R-20th) 12 Nov. 13, 2013 WINDY CITY TIMES Gov. Quinn signing of marriage bill set for Nov. 20 By Matt Simonette across the state, not just Chicago, took part in advocacy and lobbying efforts. Gov. Pat Quinn announced Nov. 7 that he would Windy City Times Publisher Tracy Baim, found- sign SB10, the legislation that would bring er and co-chair of the Oct. 22 March on Spring- same-sex marriage equality to Illinois, on Nov. field, is calling on organizers to further consider 20 at 3:30 p.m. at University of Illinois (UIC) a statewide event. Forum, 725 W. Roosevelt Rd. “I really urge those planning the marriage bill In a statement, Quinn said, “Marriage equality signing ceremony not to make it just in Chica- is coming to Illinois. I look forward to signing go,” Baim said. “We worked so very hard on the this landmark legislation on November 20 and March on Springfield to make this a statewide celebrating a big step forward with the people effort. Let’s make the signing one, too.” Gov. Pat Quinn. Photo by of Illinois.” Also of note, Nov. 20 is Transgender Day of Re- Tim Carroll Photography The announcement follows SB10’s passage in membrance, a time to remember the people lost the Illinois legislature on Nov. 5. to violence against transgender people. “They In a Nov. 4 interview with WBEZ, Quinn implied should do some kind of recognition of the date that the signing would occur before Thanksgiv- and address the issue by allowing someone to ing, and that he wanted LGBT Illinoisans some- speak to the issue, and have a moment of si- thing to be “grateful for.” lence for victims of transgender violence,” Baim Quinn spoke at the March on Springfield rally said. Oct. 22 and hosted a reception following SB10’s For registration information on the Nov. 20 passage. event, visit http://www2.illinois.gov/gov/ Some supporters have suggested that at least equality/Pages/default.aspx . an additional signing ceremony should take place in Springfield, given that Illinoisans from Rep. Jakobsson’s ´ A sweet and distinctive spin on a holiday standard.´ son dies Alonso Duralde, author, “Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas” by Kate Sosin and Tracy Baim

´This touching and clever Carol is sure to ´This Christmas Carol will gayly ring in Illinois reps. voting for marriage equality Nov. be a queer Christmas classic!´ the Holidays and so it should!´ 5 may have cast tough votes, but perhaps none Mike Wood, Instinct magazine Janet Davies, ABC-7 News was tougher than Naomi Jakobsson’s. Jakobsson, a co-sponsor of the bill, left the bedside of her dying son to vote for the bill, a crucial vote on a bill that squeaked by with just one vote to spare. Jakobsson’s 46-year-old son Garret was in hos- pice. The Urbana rep. left his bedside for the Capitol Tuesday to cast her vote, returning to find her son had passed ten minutes before she returned, said her friend Rep. Sara Feigenholtz. House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie an- nounced the death and led her colleagues in a moment of silence Nov. 6. Jakobsson’s office issued a statement saying her son would have wanted her to make the trip to cast the vote. “Equal protection under the law is important to everyone in my family, including Garret,” said Jakobsson. “This was a vote that was important to my whole family, one that I felt I could not miss, and I know my son was proud of my deci- sion.” State Rep. Greg Harris, chief sponsor of the bill, stated: “Naomi Jakobsson is an amazing woman. Kind, caring and courageous. She was among the first to sign on as a sponsor to mar- riage equality, and has been a champion for this and many other issues of justice and fairness in Central Illinois, and across our state.” Jakobsson’s vote was essential. The bill passed with just 61 votes, one more than was needed. A test vote on an amendment to the bill imme- diately before turned up just 59 votes, signaling a close vote was at hand. Feigenholtz described Jakobsson’s family as diverse and committed to social justice. The reported that Garret was among eight children. Feigenholtz said she had no doubts that Jako- A HOLIDAY MOVIE FOR ALL OF US bsson knew she made the right decision. “For those of us who know and love Naomi, Playing at the Gene Siskel Film Center Naomi is a very simple, heartfelt human be- Showing164 N. State Street, Chicago,SUN., IL | http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org DEC. 8, 2013 ing, and I think she demonstrated the quality ´ Friday, Dec. 21 | 8:15 p.m. Pre-show holiday sing-a-long with Becca Kaufman & Dick O’Day! of what this meant,” said Feigenholtz. “I think Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., Chicago she and her husband reflected on what [Garret] ´ Saturday, Dec. 22Pre-show | 7:45 p.m. Pre-show 2:30 holiday sing-a-longp.m., withFilm Rusty Schwimmer2:45 p.m. & Dick O’Day! would have wanted.” ´ Thursday, Dec. 27 | 7:45 p.m. Free Scrooge & Marley posters to the first 50 people at every show!

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The many coalition members of Thank you for standing up Illinois Unites for Marriage would for fairness, justice and like to thank Rep. Greg Harris equality and for making this for his steadfast leadership in victory possible. securing the freedom to marry for all in Illinois. PAID FOR BY ILLINOIS UNITES FOR MARRIAGE 14 Nov. 13, 2013 WINDY CITY TIMES VIEWPOINT WINDY CITY TIMES those weddings, and as our families become of LGBTs. Sometimes it is connected to harass- VOL. 29, No. 7, Nov. 13, 2013 TRACY more real. ment, but more often it is about making proper The combined forces of Windy City Times, So what is next for Illinois? We learned a lot resources available, including mental health ser- founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, BAIM of things during this march toward equality. We vices. founded May 1987. learned what works, and what does not, in seek- 12) Bullying itself is an issue, whether on an ing change. We confirmed that absolute power NFL team or in a high school. It can lead to PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR Tracy Baim only concedes to pressure, not acting nice. We many problems, including violence and murder. learned that the grassroots LGBT and allied com- 13) Religion still has power in this country, ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky munities have a lot of power, and that power including the power to damage people from the MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis will not be ignored either by our enemies or our inside. The work our religious allies do on LGBT BUSINESS MANAGER Ripley Caine DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright Life after allies—and also not by top-down organizations rights is admirable, and should be acknowledged ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson (locally or nationally) who think they know what and supported. SALES Terri Klinsky, Amy Matheny, Kirk Williamson, is best for us. 14) The Employment Non-Discrimination Act is Chris Cheuvront marriage Another important lesson to take away from needed, without religious compromise. It’s not PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT Scott Duff NATIONAL SALES Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 this is how amazing our allies were on this is- OK for someone to refuse to hire or serve a per- SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Rex Wockner, Marie (equality) sue. From unions to feminist leaders, civil-rights son based on their race or gender, and it should J. Kuda, David Byrne, Tony Peregrin, Lisa Keen, groups to churches, students to immigrant- not be OK based on their sexual orientation or Yasmin Nair, Erica Demarest, Matt Simonette, Kate rights workers, this was an amazing alliance of gender identity. Sosin Now that we have passed marriage equality in THEATER EDITOR Scott C. Morgan Illinois, many people wonder, “What’s next?” groups and people. Can we take this coalition 15) Finally, history is important to me. I would CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight, Jr. This was the Holy Grail sought by some Illinois and mold it into a permanent form? What would not be where I am today without the work and BOOKS WRITER Yasmin Nair residents going back to the 1970s, when two that look like? We would have to disagree at support of thousands of people who came before SPORTS WRITER Ross Forman times, but come together on important coalition me. We need to make sure we are supporting ef- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS women were arrested trying to get a marriage Mary Shen Barnidge, Steve Warren, Lawrence Fer- certificate in Cook County. projects. We would show up for others as they forts to document our community, including The ber, Mel Ferrand, Jerry Nunn, Jonathan Abarbanel Marriage equality is not just a very real need showed up for us. Legacy Project. In many cases, it is the only way COLUMNISTS/WRITERS: Yvonne Zipter, Jorjet for some LGBT couples, but it is also a symbolic I am interested in continuing this dialogue. the next generation will learn our stories. Harper, Meghan Streit, Charlsie Dewey, Carrie Perhaps there can be a Bayard Rustin Institute There are ways to prioritize these concepts, Maxwell, Billy Masters, Sarah Toce, Dana Rudolph, victory for the rest of society. While many whites Sally Parsons, Melissa Wasserman, Jamie Anne never married people of color, and vice versa, for Social Justice in Chicago, where individuals but the bottom line is there is much more to do, Royce, Matthew C. Clark, Joe Franco the U.S. Supreme Court 1967 decision in Loving and groups can come together to learn from one and we must not rest on the victory of marriage SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Mel Ferrand, Hal Baim, v. Virginia that banned anti-miscegenation laws another, network, and “show up” for causes, equality. It is grand and it is great, but it is not Emmanuel Garcia, Tim Carroll, Ed Negron, Susan Mattes was a critical ruling even for those who never legislation and events. We don’t need to cre- the end. ate a huge institution to accomplish this work, What’s on your agenda? Email me at editor@ CIRCULATION felt the sting of those bans. The lifting of “Don’t CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Jean Albright Ask, Don’t Tell” did not affect every gay person with bloated budgets and salaries. The March windycitymediagroup.com. DISTRIBUTION: Ashina, Allan, Dan, John, Renee, directly, but it did as a whole. And, of course, on Springfield was done all-in for less than Sue and Victor it changed things for their straight colleagues, $50,000, with no staff and no permanent infra- WEB HOSTING: LoveYourWebsite.com (lead pro- grammer: Martie Marro) too. structure. People who care about these issues Not every law that impacts social change di- can be creative and find ways to work together Letters: rectly helps every person in those categories. in a complementary way, and work separately Copyright 2013 Lambda Publications Inc./Windy City Media when that is needed. 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Many were who love us, don’t always “get” us through our Catholics all around the world are being All rights to letters, art and photographs sent to Windy gay lens of pride parades and cultural diversity. not as courageous as Bayard Rustin, so they did City Times will be treated as unconditionally assigned asked their opinion of church teachings for publication purposes and as such, subject to editing But when it comes to the traditions of marriage, their work from the closet. But many more were and comment. The opinions expressed by the columnists, on divorce, same-sex marriage and con- they really do have a better sense of us. I have out and proud as LGB or T, and fought for de- cartoonists, letter writers, and commentators are their own traception to inform a Vatican synod on and do not necessarily reflect the position ofWindy City witnessed the changes on the faces of relatives cades for the rights of others. Well, we need to Times. Publication of the name, photograph, or likeness of the family by next October. The survey has and friends attending same-gender weddings, now do this even more boldly, working across a person or organization in articles or advertising in Windy been sent out to all the bishops’ confer- City Times is not to be construed as any indication of the and it is real. boundaries to find creative solutions. If we do ences, including the U.S. Council of Catho- sexual orientation of such person or organization. While That is why the right wing continues to fight this, perhaps we will continue to earn the re- we encourage readers to support the advertisers who make lic Bishops, requesting that the survey be this newspaper possible, Windy City Times cannot accept marriage equality to the bitter end. They know spect and support of our allies. disbursed as far as possible. This has never responsibility for advertising claims. our marriages will not cause one heterosexual So what is next on our “LGBT agenda” in Il- been done in preparation of a Vatican a (773) 871-7610 FAX (773) 871-7609 divorce. But it will ease the heteronormative linois? Let me end with my own Top 15 list: e-mail: [email protected] or synod. pressure placed on people who are different, 1) AIDS and general LGBT healthcare issues; [email protected] Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, the sec- as they grow up witnessing this inclusive social there is work toward an “AIDS-free generation” retary-general of the Synod of Bishops, has www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com revolution. I can’t imagine the impact it would but we are not there yet, and there are many asked the bishops to distribute the ques- podcast: WindyCityQueercast.com have had on me to witness a gay wedding in other healthcare needs of this community. tionnaire as widely as possible to their 1976, as I entered high school. My nephew at- 2) Homeless LGBTQ youth need food, shelter, WINDY CITY MEDIA GROUP, priests and parishes (including lay people) tended my ceremony with my partner of 18 years education and jobs. 5315 N. Clark St. #192, Chicago, Illinois 60640 for local input. when he was 15, and he is the coolest straight 3) LGBT seniors have many needs, including U.S.A The document says that the social and (MAILING ADDRESS ONLY) boy around, participating in his school’s gay/ housing. The new senior housing facility will be spiritual crisis, ‘‘so evident in today’s straight alliance, attending LGBT events and great, but it will house just a few dozen people. Windy City Times Deadline every Wednesday. world, is becoming a pastoral challenge’’ cheering me on in my work for equality. 4) Violence of all forms in our community, Nightspots Deadline Wednesday prior to street date. as the Church seeks to minister to families But there are two major things about being including domestic violence and anti-LGBT vio- OUT! Resource Guide ONLINE and encourage the faith. www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com LGBT that continue to dent our arc in its search lence, needs to be continually addressed. The survey reflects the pope’s pledges to www.WindyCityQueercast.com for justice: internalized homophobia and familial 5) Transgender resources are needed, especial- move away from what he called a “Vatican- homophobia. Sarah Schulman writes about this ly for those facing increased threats of violence, centric” approach toward one where local “Windy City Media Group generated in Ties that Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its job loss, and homelessness. church leaders are more involved in deci- enormous interest among their readers Consequences. This is the damage that occurs in 6) Family values—making sure the new mar- sion-making. in this year’s LGBT Consumer Index families, something that all of the societal ac- riage law is fully implemented and that all re- Survey. Out of approximately 100 The poll findings will help set the agenda ceptance in the world can’t easily unpack. There lated laws are brought in line. print and online media partners who for an extraordinary synod, or meeting, of are families who try to cure their LGBT youth, 7) Poverty is a very real issue for LGBTs, just as participated in the survey, Windy the presidents of national bishops confer- are violent toward them, kick them out and shun it is for the overall society. As a community, we City was the best performing regional ences in October 2014. them. Yes, Virginia, even in 2013, our LGBT can provide resources to help our own, through media in the U.S. Only survey partners youth must face some of the same obstacles we grants, training and services. We also should The Rainbow Sash Movement believes with a nationwide footprint were did. back the $15 minimum wage movement, as it this to be a significant step to further the able to generate a greater number of So a victory on marriage equality is important, would transform this nation. conversation within the Church, around is- responses.” ­­—David Marshall, Research but it is not the end. It is the beginning of a 8) Immigration is an LGBT issue, because of sues of social justice. Such a survey will Director, Community Marketing, Inc. new era, perhaps, but one that still will be a par- the millions of LGBTs and their families who are create buzz around the issue of LGBT Social ticularly personal and difficult battle for some of living in limbo with current immigration laws. Justice Rights and in our opinion can have our community’s most vulnerable. And because 9) Racial and geographic segregation in our positive affects. we won marriage by a narrow margin, we know communities is no better than it was in the We think this is good and should be sup- that our enemies are not fully defeated. They 1970s, and we need to figure out how to better ported. have children, sisters, brothers, grandparents work across our differences. and others in their families who are right now 10) Substance abuse has always been an issue Joe Murray being ostracized, not fully accepted as human in the LGBT community, in part because of in- Rainbow Sash Movement beings. Marriage will not solve this, but it has ternal and external homophobia. We need more helped move society forward as they see the im- resources. ages of our more complete lives, as they attend 11) Suicide is an issue facing all generations WINDY CITY TIMES Nov. 13, 2013 15 GOINGS-ON WINDY CITY TIMES’ ENTERTAINMENT SECTION

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UP IN THE AIR Ben Wardell (left) and Michel Rodriguez Cintra make up the duo The Nexus Project. Read more below. BOOKS THEATER SPORTS Dorie days. ‘Kate’ expectations. Net gain. Page 21 Page 18 Page 21 Photo from Kate and Sam... Photo of author Dorie Clark by Patriac Coakley PR photo of Martina Navratilova courtesy of Clark

DANCIN’ FEATS The Nexus Project: Growing by leaps and bounds BY VICKI CRAIN floorwork with Cintra standing (or climbing) on top of him. The location is not convenient. The venue The Nexus Project, a venture of Snap Incorpo- doesn’t have continuous heat. There is only rated, started nearly two years ago as an idea seating for 30 audience members. The stage is by Wardell, a former dancer at Hubbard Street small in a vast, open warehouse space. And yet Dance Chicago, to explore male duets. His “two- what is created and shared in an evening of the man show” eventually turned into a ground- full-length The Nexus Project works. It not only breaking way of creating. Once he chose his works, but it is one of the most clever, honest, partner Cintra, they worked with 12 different open, daring and unique performances to come local choreographers who set duets on the duo around in a long time. Oh, and there’s some in varying styles from contemporary to jazz to fiercely fantastic dancing too. . The second part of the creative The evening begins simply with Benjamin process involved Wardell and Cintra “re-contex- Wardell, the project’s instigator, saying, “Hello tualizing” the by remixing the everybody.” The intimate setting, which Wardell movement phrases and changing up the music. and Michel Rodriguez Cintra created, is com- Eventually, they added in storylines and text. plete with hanging quilts serving as wings to The two dancers had never worked together the stage and providing a colorful contrast to before beginning on Nexus, but now are fast the white, open space while also holding in the friends. “He’s my emergency contact,” said sound. Wardell. “It was intriguing to go into the proj- Fleece blankets adorned with woodland crea- ect not knowing each other. I’ve never had as tures wait on chairs for the audience to use as thorough a partnership with anyone. I’ve gotten cushions, blankets or capes. Stacks of fluffy to know him so well. We took a six-week break Ben Wardell. Photo from Snap Incorporated socks on a table encourage the audience to over the summer and when we came back, we take off their shoes, relax, and stay a while. The had to talk for an hour and a half to under- performers themselves refresh wine, which is in- stand where we were. There was no way we could Wardell was particularly intrigued by the limit- Ron de Jesus, Khecari (Julia Rae Antonick and cluded with a donation of $5 or more. dance together without knowing what was going less possibilities with Cintra in particular, who is Jonathan Meyer), Harrison McEldowney, Mat- It feels more like a quiet evening around a on; we were way past that physical interaction. known for his Michael Jordan-like hang time in thew McMunn, Julia Rhoads, Penny Saunders and campfire with 30 close friends than a dance It’s subtle enough that his mood affects how I his jumps and his acrobatic attack. “The upper Robyn Mineko Williams. concert, except instead of a fire in the center, partner him.” body strength ratio (with men) makes a huge The Nexus Project is holding performanc- there is gravity-defying partnering paired with Another interesting aspect in the male part- difference in what you can do,” he said. “And his es at Mana Fine Arts, 2233 S. Throop Ave., intense, extreme dancing. One notable section nership is the dynamic in the dancing. In a magical jump makes a huge difference in part- through Sunday, Dec. 1. Performances are Fri- has Cintra running in circles constantly around male/female partnership, the man has a distinct nering options. The scale of physicality that we days at 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 5 the space as Wardell gives a 12-minute mono- role to play. Here they switch things by partner- can achieve…some of that is male/male stuff, p.m. Tickets are pay-what-you-can. Reserva- logue about memories from his childhood that ing each other, but the openly gay Wardell takes but some of that is him. He’s a freak of nature.” tions are encouraged at www.brownpapertick- leave the audience and the dancer in tears. the more traditional male part doing the major- Choreographers of original source material in- ets.com/event/480070. (Note: There will be Another deemed “the Climbing section” drops ity of the lifting and manipulation of Cintra, who clude Francisco Avina, Nicolas Blanc, Autumn no performances Saturday, Nov. 16, or Friday, jaws as Wardell performs an extended section of is straight. Eckman, Jonathan Fredrickson, Daniel Haywood, Nov. 22.) 16 Nov. 13, 2013 WINDY CITY TIMES THEATER REVIEW swagger to counter his fears and failures. Joe is older, wiser and good and seems to have no is- Port Authority sues except regrets. McPherson forges little links Playwright: Conor McPherson between the three narratives but they are clever At: Writers’ Theatre at Books on rather than necessary. The question nagging Vernon, 664 Vernon Ave., Glencoe all three is: could there have been more? Were Tickets: 847-242-6000; Clare, the boss’ wife and the woman next door, in www.writerstheatre.org; $35-$70 fact, their destined soulmates? What would the Runs through: Feb. 16, 2014 cost have been to find out? As Joe puts it about his brief encounters with his neighbor, “I loved BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL someone I didn’t know.” Port Authority is an intimate play presented For men, the power of attraction almost always in a 50-seat theater with a small platform stage has a sexual component. Only rarely do men re- and three stools. Under skilled veteran direc- spond first to an uber-attraction in which sexual tor William Brown, the actors stroll through the possibilities are secondary. Port Authority, set in audience as they deliver their highly personal contemporary Dublin, offers three who do. They stories. Big histrionics? No way. John Hoogena- tell their stories as interlocking monologues kker, as Dermot, is the loudest as called for by tinged with rue and outright regret but laced his substance-addled character. He speaks the with humor. fastest and prowls like a beast. Patrick Clear, Kevin, 20, is living on his own for the first as Joe, is the quiet one and perhaps the most time, not very successfully, with two rock band ordinary, disappearing into his woolen sweater, male flat mates and one female, Clare. Dermot is and yet he’s the one who most deeply questions a career-challenged, alcoholic forty-something what might have been. Fenton’s Kevin, though, husband/dad who unexpectedly connects with is the center of the play because he’s the one his boss’ wife. Joe is a widower living in a retire- who still has all his possibilities in front of him. ment home who questions whether his attrac- Performed as an appealing good kid a girl could tion to his next door neighbor 50 years ago was bring home to meet the folks, Kevin still has disloyal to his wife or sinful in God’s eyes. time to learn from his bad choices, and what A true heir to the great Irish literary tradition, may have been a missed opportunity with Clare. playwright Conor McPherson gives each charac- Port Authority is a beautifully performed hour ter different cadences and vocabularies, extract- and 40 minutes of splendid language and un- ing layered poetic richness from seemingly ev- usual male introspection, as three men explain eryday speech. Kevin, not yet completely formed themselves not for what they have done but for The Peacock. Photo by Alex Hand as a man, is more intuitively thoughtful than what they did not do. his male mates. Dermot talks and walks with THEATER REVIEW recognize the literary underpinnings (think Mel- ville) of the punishment inflicted on those who The Peacock challenge predetermined social roles. THEATER REVIEW Playwright: Calamity West Jackalope Theatre has forged its reputation At: Jackalope Theatre Company on microcosmic suspense preceding incendiary Elegy at City Lit in Edgewater violence, an aesthetic fulfilled by Marti Lyons’ Playwright: Ron Hirsen Presbyterian Church, direction of the ensemble led by AJ Ware as the At: Victory Gardens Biograph, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. laconic heroine (whose mystery is enhanced by 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. Tickets: 773-340-2543; a costume ensuring designer Samantha Jones Tickets: 1-773-871-3000; www.jackalopetheatre.org; $5-$15 a Jeff nomination next spring), and featuring www.victorygardens.org; $42 Runs through: Dec. 8 multi-layered characterizations by Tim Martin, Runs through: Dec. 1 Nate Wheldon, Jack Miggins, Ed Dzialo and An- BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE drew Burden Swanson as her silent-generation BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL peers. Don’t expect to walk away with it all after Eleanor is dead, to start. just one read. The universe of dramatic literature encom- She hanged herself in her off-campus apart- passes a number of plays about survivors of ment three weeks before the start of our sto- The Holocaust who bury their concentration ry, leaving fellow student-author Nan the sole camp memories beyond recollection, or so woman in a New England university writers CRITICS’ PICKS they hope. In Ron Hirsen’s Elegy, Helmut (Da- workshop dominated by young males aspiring to vid Wohl) is one such Jew, a New York pastry the Norman Mailer cult of masculinity character- maker in the 1970s, originally from Berlin, izing American literature in 1946. This is not who survived Auschwitz. In most such plays, the starting point of our play, however. Calam- the survivor is forced to dredge up horrific All My Sons, Eclectic Full Contact Theatre ity West instead launches her narrative from the memories and confront the issues they repre- at the Athenaeum, through Nov. 17. Not scene of its decisive confrontation, involving a sent, from survivor’s guilt to loss of faith to just your classroom classic, Arthur Miller’s bottle of whiskey, a Christmas wreath, a bleed- despair. Elegy follows suit with a slight twist. parable of family values gone wrong still ing head wound and a prosthetic leg detached The antagonist confronting Helmut is his son, packs plenty of punch when its actors are from its owner. Jerry, an emotionally fragile college student unencumbered by academic baggage. MSB If that doesn’t immediately grab your atten- sick of having his parents (his mother, Hilde, The Killer Angels, Lifeline Theatre, tion, it provides incentive to stick around for the also survived The Holocaust) describe him as through Nov. 24. Gettysburg, 1863: three flashback acquainting us with the circumstances “a miracle” in whom they have invested all Elegy. Photo by Anthony Robert La Penna days of slaughter that turned the tide of the leading up to this crisis. Nan, you see, writes their hopes. The twist is that the tool Jerry Civil War. This skillful adaptation of Michael two-fisted adventure yarns of soldiers suffering (Justin Leider) uses against his dad is poetry, tells us he was a passionate and vibrant Shaara’s novel, with period songs, brings battlefield atrocities. She even, herself, boasts indeed his father’s own poetry written before young man and artist. But we do not see heart and soul to officers and enlisted men a damaged leg—injuries associated with he- the war. that passionate young man, even though alike in a beautiful ensemble production. man heroes like General Santa Anna or Captain At least in part, Elegy seems intended to there are flashbacks to pre-Holocaust 1938 JA Ahab—compounding her classmates’ resentment serve a didactic function. It’s an exceedingly Berlin which reveal how Helmut and Hilde Miss Saigon, Paramount Theatre, Aurora, of her undisputed artistic talent. Her envious spare play, running just 75 minutes, without (Iris Lieberman) met and courted. We can- through Nov. 24. I may have issues about comrades, by contrast, are preppy pretenders— an extra syllable let alone an unnecessary not measure Helmut’s journey because we do the work itself, but director Jim Corti’s pro- with one lonely romanticist—mired down in sentence. It’s performed with four actors on not see him as he used to be. Also, we don’t duction of this 1989 updating of Puccini’s gender-nebulous precocity that they attempt to a minimal set for easy presentation in a va- learn quite enough about Jerry to understand Madama Butterfly to the Vietnam War era is disguise through testosteronic posturing. (The riety of venues such as schools, synagogues, what’s driven him to suicidal thoughts and a unquestionably a strong and dramatic one. noisiest of the bunch sniggers at a smuggled community groups or even churches. The live shrink’s couch. Finally, while his father’s po- SCM volume of Henry Miller, but flees in terror when cellist (Bill Meyers) who plays Beethoven etry may be a new discovery, surely Jerry has The Wedding Singer, Haven Prod at The- Nan quotes Walt Whitman at him.) between scenes is a lovely flourish, but re- asked his parents many times about their Ho- ater Wit, through Nov. 17. Wedding-indus- “A story can work on many levels,” insists Cal- corded music also would work. locaust experiences and their families. How try employees remain oblivious to the ro- vin, speaking of his own Tolstoy-wannabe scrib- Generally, it’s good for a play to be lean has Helmut avoided the subject? The play mance right in front of them until a madcap blings, “You don’t have to get it all in one read.” and pared down, but Elegy is scrawny to the doesn’t fill in the logical gaps. chase to Las Vegas supplies the requisite This observation may also be applied to West’s point of being schematic, it’s characters re- Under director Dennis Zacek, the players suspense to happily conclude this unabash- densely-constructed portrait of youths chafing duced nearly to stereotypes by the absence of are extremely sympathetic; they play good edly sentimental comedy. MSB under postwar trauma. On the surface, it can be emotional material to flesh them out, despite people after all. Admired Chicago veteran viewed simply as a feminist polemic of butch the use of the poetry as a linguistic and emo- Bernard Beck completes the cast as Helmut’s —By Abarbanel, Barnidge girls bullied by effete boys (even the likewise tional mechanism. father, seen in flashbacks. However, the ac- and Morgan repressed professor eventually demands that Helmut is emotionally unavailable to his tors need more words and emotions to make his star pupil write less mannishly). Playgoers son, or at least undemonstrative, yet Hilde Elegy the profound experience it might be. versed in scholarly fashions of the era may also WINDY CITY TIMES Nov. 13, 2013 17 Taking The Windy CiTy By STorm

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nOw ThrOuGh DeCemBer 21 Only 800-775-2000• Tickets available at all Broadway In Chicago Box Offices and Ticketmaster retail locations. Groups 20+ 312-977-1710 18 Nov. 13, 2013 WINDY CITY TIMES REELING LGBT FILM FESTIVAL Reviewing the films: Week two BY STEVE WARREN

Here are reviews of some of the movies that will be shown at Reeling: The Chicago LGBT Interna- tional Film Festival Nov. 13-14. A closing-night reception will be held at the Stan Mansion, 2408 N. Kedzie Ave. The movies being shown Nov. 14 are Ludwig II, Reaching for the Moon and Ian Harvie Superhero. —Hawaii (Nov. 13): Hawaii is frustrating enough to give blue balls to female viewers! If filmmaker Marco Berger wanted to recycle a title that had been used before, The Big Tease would have been a better choice. Eugenio (Manuel Vi- gnau) and Martin (Matteo Chiarino) look in each other’s eyes and crotches for a full hour and a quarter before a little drunken groping threatens Kate and Sam Are Not Breaking Up. Photo by Patriac Coakley to get something going; but that’s a false alarm and there’s another half-hour to go. It wouldn’t be so bad if something else were THEATER REVIEW Kate and Sam squabble over an escape plan, happening, but Hawaii is a random collection bossy Becky bullies phlegmatic Bill, the inevi- of scenes of unconsummated sexual tension be- Kate and Sam table gun makes its appearance—complications tween the two men. Eugenio is a serious ver- leading us to wonder in what classroom this sion of “the only gay in the village” in Little Are Not Breaking Up training exercise started its journey to the New Britain sketches and Martin never questions his Ian Harvie Superhero. Playwright: Joel Kim Booster Colony stage. hermitlike existence or asks, “What’s there to At: The New Colony at the As it turns out, several. Kate and Sam Are Not do around here?” Despite a long list of things I Flatiron Building, 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave. Breaking Up is the product of collective input disliked about Hawaii, I must admit to a certain weak point is the screenplay, adapted from a Tickets: 773-413-0862; by author, director and performers—a situation fascination that kept me from being completely novel based on Bishop’s life. www.thenewcolony.org; $20 rather like that of the proverbial elephant and bored by it. —Ian Harvie Superhero (Nov. 14): Why will Runs through: Dec. 14 the six blind men, each focused on their imme- —Reaching for the Moon (Nov. 14): Reaching an Out on Film audience be watching, let alone diate purview. This makes for considerable time for the Moon might have been made in 1951, laughing hysterically at, a stand-up comic talk- BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE devoted to expository details establishing the when its story begins, if they had made movies ing about having sex with his girlfriend? A) Be- locale and characters before the action begins to then about lesbian triangles without substitut- cause he’s funny; B) for the guys, because he’s Kate Thomas and Sam Lewis play lovers in Ghost travel in a recognizable direction to create the ing a man for the woman in the middle. Miranda cute; and mainly C) because Ian Harvie is “the ‘T’ Hunter, a series of immensely popular young- tension that comes only after the risks, and the Otto even looks like Susan Hayward, who might in “LGBT.” A frequent opening act for the film’s adult novels and films. They are also a real-life stakes involved therein, have been identified. have played Elizabeth Bishop then. A renowned executive producer, , who’d better couple, their every step publicized by Hollywood You’d expect a show running a bare 90 minutes poet (I had to look her up, too), she goes to bring her A-game when she follows him, Harvie media for the consumption of envious adoles- (with an intermission) to be honed to its last Brazil to visit Vassar classmate Mary (Tracy Mid- is personable, filthy and self-effacing—but not cents, but lately, rumors have circulated that second of onstage time, but since its gestation dendorf), who is living with Lota (Gloria Pires). self-deprecating. His solid hourlong set answers the duo may be separating. One day, Kate and process apparently excluded assessments of the Soon the shy, uptight New Yorker has replaced most of your F-to-M transgender questions in an Sam find themselves kidnapped by a pair of self- overall dramatic arc, we are unable to believe Mary in Lota’s affections and settled in, while amusing way before an appreciative audience in proclaimed fans—Bill, a thirtysomething recluse that we are viewing anything but a board game Lota helps Mary adopt a child to keep her around his Maine hometown. This would be one of my and, Becky, a teenage blogger who announces for would-be playmakers. What we can believe, too. What could go wrong, right? Surprisingly all-time favorite comedy concert films without “Nine out of 11 therapists think I’m a socio- however, are the depths of calculation and com- little for several years, it turns out, until Eliza- the unnecessary 10 minutes of post-show mate- path!” long after we have already concluded passion brought by the consistantly underrated beth becomes an alcoholic and Mary a bitch. rial. this on our own. These celebrity-worshippers Mary Williamson to Kate’s stratagem securing her Well-acted and beautifully filmed, the movie’s Visit http://reelingfilmfestival.org for more are bent on reuniting the objects of their adora- survival during the last 30 minutes of a comic- information. tion—by force, if necessary. book thriller as artificial as the culture it pro- You’re not alone in suspecting that you’ve poses to criticize. previously encountered this scenario. Joel Kim

Booster’s workshop-worn premise, while as ser- viceable as any for putting people in a room together, proceeds along likewise familiar lines: SPOTLIGHT

About Face Theatre is launching its new Out Front Series of free public readings and work- shops with a starry bang. That’s because out Tony Award-winner Levi Kreis (Million Dollar Quartet) is co-starring with Kristina Valada-Viers in Billie and Billy. It’s a drama about two city dwellers From left: Alex Newell, Nikki Blonsky, Cameron Deane Stewart and Ally Maki in Geography who form an unexpected bond despite their dif- Club. ferences in gender, sexuality and ethnic back- grounds. Billie and Billy features a script by About fect), Justin Deeley (Drop Dead Diva, 90210), Face Theatre artistic associate Paul Oakley Stovall ‘Geography Club’ at Scott Bakula (Behind the Candelabra) and plus original music by Brad Simmons. Billie and Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray), the 83-minute Billy plays 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. Facets Nov. 15 movie looks at contemporary teenagers as 16 and 17, at American Theater Company, 1909 Geography Club—a film about LGBT teens they discover their own sexual identities, W. Byron St. 4139 N. Broadway St. Tickets are that stars, among others, Glee’s Alex New- dreams and values. free, but reservations are strongly recommended. ell—will screen at Facets Cinema, 1517 W. The movie also screened at the Reeling In- For more information, call 773-784-8565 or visit Fullerton Ave., Nov. 15. ternational LGBT Film Festival Nov. 10. www.aboutfacetheatre.com. Starring Cameron Deane Stewart (Pitch Per- WINDY CITY TIMES Nov. 13, 2013 19 By the way, I asked people on Facebook if they had questions for you. One person want- ed to know how you’d characterize your time on America’s Got Talent. Mel B: I had such an amazing time. Heidi Klum has been my friend for the last 10 years so I already knew her. It was my first time meeting Howard [Stern] on set, but he interviewed me 18 years ago with the Spice Girls so I’ve kept kind of an on-and-off relationship with him over the years. We all got along like a house on fire; How- ard invited us all over to his apartment, which he never does. My kids came down to the set and said hello—we created our own little vibe. We spent four days a week together. WCT: So you’d definitely do another season? Mel B: Oh, yeah—I hope they rehire me. WCT: You’ve mentioned your kids. How much does having kids inform your career choices? Mel B: I always say I have four different lives: the life with my kids, life with my husband, my Mel B in the “For life by myself (as in relaxing) and my career—in Once in My Life” that order. video. Photo by WCT: How do you find time to relax? Alexander George MUSIC Mel B: Oh my God; I try to find time to do something, whether it’s a mani-pedi or a facial. WCT: That’s great because people usually Mel B talks new don’t take enough time for themselves. Mel B: It’s about once or twice a month, but you have to look good. You have to have that song, ‘Talent’ facial! You have to have your nails done. WCT: I think massages are great. Mel B: I don’t find massages relaxing at all. I and massages work out so much that my body’s kind of tense. Getting a massage can be painful—plus I find myself counting down until it’s done. WCT: To each his or her own, but I’ll take a Thai yoga massage any day. by ANDREW DAVIS to let go and dance around your front room, or Mel B: Yes, we changed our music over the Mel B: [Laughs] on a Friday night just dance around with your years, but I think it all works. We write our own Mel B is back—and, apparently, the “B” now girlfriends before you go out. It’s a feel-good music and it has to grow a little bit; you don’t stands for “busy.” song. want to stay in the same place. The onetime (and possibly future) Spice Girl I finished a taping of America’s Got Talent WCT: Absolutely—and the music becomes has been doing everything from serving as judge on a Tuesday around 11 p.m., and I went into boring after a while. [Mel B laughs.] on TV’s America’s Got Talent to guest-hosting on the studio that night. I co-wrote it with some the Today Show. Now, she has returned to her [people]. Three days later I did the video. Then first love—music—with the infectious dance I said, “I have a video and song—what do I do?” single “For Once In My Life.” I have no major label backing me, no radio tour, Windy City Times: How are you doing today? no nothing—so I just released it. Mel B: I’m very good. I just dropped the kids WCT: I thought the video set looked famil- off at school. iar... BY LARRY KRAMER WCT: I’ve spoken with a lot of different Mel B: Yeah—it’s the Desperate Housewives directed by Nick Bowling people—but I don’t believe I’ve talked with set! I’m a big fan of this show. Also, I didn’t someone who’s performed at an Olympics cer- want to go to four different locations because emony. You performed in front of billions of that could take forever to shoot. people last year in London. WCT: There’s also a scene in the video where Mel B: I’m glad nobody told us [The Spice you basically kiss yourself. I thought it was Girls] that. about self-acceptance. Don’t forget that the Olympics is a charity- Mel B: You know, however you want to take it based event, so you don’t get paid for it. It’s you should take it. But the whole premise of the very iconic. We just decided that it had been a song is about feeling good about yourself. Who while since we performed together so we made does want to kiss themself when you’re feeling it happen. so great? WCT: So how nervous were you at that mo- WCT: There’s also a segment with your hair ment? You were used to performing in front in the video. What’s going on there? of large crowds... Mel B: Oh, I just wanted to do something dif- Mel B: Oh, it wasn’t even the large crowds—I ferent. I wanted to make it into a bob and mak- had the opening line! All the girls were like, “Do ing it curly again. [Laughs] NOT screw this up, Melanie. If you don’t get the WCT: And then you were on Ellen wearing “Another formidable timing right, the whole song is off.” I was, like, that same outfit—while making the video. “Damn!” It was kind of cute. Mel B: Yes. I went on Ellen during my lunch TimeLine production” WCT: It seems like you’re everywhere right break. I popped over and did the interview. – Chicago Tribune now. I’ve seen you on the Today Show. Have WCT: So is there going to be a whole album? you thought about getting your own talk Mel B: Well, because I’m not backed by a label show? I don’t want to put pressure on myself. I’m in Mel B: You know, I’m always thinking about the studio tomorrow night. All I know is that “Breathtaking” that. I’ve certainly thought about it, but is it I’ve got that fire in my tummy again. I hadn’t – Chicago Sun-Times actually going to happen? Who knows? It’s kind had it in eight years. Now I’ve got that passion of a hard one to pull off. back; I just want to do more and more music. WCT: Who would like to interview? WCT: When you did you first realize you had Mel B: I’ve interviewed so many interest- a gay following? HHHHH ing people—Harrison Ford, Prince. I’m kind of Mel B: It was with the Spice Girls when we had – Time Out Chicago spoiled in that department. our first number-one song—and it was in Japan. WCT: Switching over to music, when I heard Just looking at the diversity of fans: straight, the title of your new song I thought you were gay, bisexual, trisexual. It was nice seeing peo- remaking the Stevie Wonder song. ple from so many walks of life, especially in a Mel B: [Laughs] conservative country, showing us love. It was NOW PLAYING AT STAGE 773 WCT: Then I listened to it, and I’ve seen the really nice. video several songs. What is the song about? WCT: I know many people prefer the Spice 1225 W. Belmont Avenue, Chicago Mel B: I just wanted to create a song, create Girls hits like “Wannabe”although I’m a fan 773.327.5252 timelinetheatre.com a vibe. Listen to it and it makes you happy. For of the later songs like “Tell Me Why” and those three minutes and 30 seconds, I want you “Holler.” 20 Nov. 13, 2013 WINDY CITY TIMES BOOKS “He wrote an autobiography, when he was in his 70s. He only Essentially, according to Elledge, Darger’s novels and art became had good things to say,” Elledge said. “My guess is that nobody metaphors for his trials and tribulations. Though the history con- ever told him. People did a lot of things to him like that and never tinued haunting him, his creations allowed Darger to “become Jim Elledge explained anything.” victorious” over his demons. Physicians, as early as 1850, believed masturbation was a “He didn’t let his past get in the way of his need to write and symptom of homosexuality or “masturbic insanity,” according to paint,” Elledge said. discusses Elledge. That myth was prevalent until the 1940s. Castration was Neighbor David Berglund made the Darger discoveries. His land- considered one of the alleged cures. lord tapped Berglund to clean out the hoarding artist and writer’s The author discovered this in a 1,000-page report, resulting abode. late gay artist from state legislature committee probe of the asylum, which Apparently, fulfilling the need to create didn’t involve sharing opened several cans of worms. his work. Elledge believes Darger never exhibited or sold any of Henry Darger “That investigation sort of set off other investigations,” Elledge his work. Dusty diaries and journals—lying around his apartment said. “That ended up being key to understanding his paintings.” at 851 W. Webster St.—contained his writings. Investigation testimony included asylum inmates noting that Darger’s debut exhibit occurred in 1977, four years after his By Jason Carson Wilson most boys who were confined weren’t mentally disabled. Some death. were promiscuous. Some were truants. “Basically, it’s an accident that we even know about Henry Darg- Images might say a thousand words. Determining exactly what And, some were criminals. Other inmates included older men, er,” Elledge said. they’re saying depends on who one asks. who couldn’t be accommodated by the state’s prisons. Elledge re- Darger lived at 851 W. Webster St. from the fall of 1932 (after Words can brand the creative person, who conjured or captured called another vivid image from Darger’s paintings. moving from 1035 W. Webster St. in 1921) until he entered a nurs- them. Author Jim Elledge’s book, HENRY DARGER, THROWAWAY “There are images of the individual children being sliced open ing home shortly before his death. Despite his graphic images, BOY: The Tragic Life of an Outsider Artist, (published by Overlook by adults,” Elledge said. horrendous childhood, Elledge learned Darger wasn’t a hermit or Press) chronicles the life of late gay Chicago artist Henry Darger. With that said, Darger didn’t just express himself with a paint- a pedophile. Darger died in 1973. His dark art prompted people to project brush. He used the power of the pen, writing several novels. “I hope people come away [with the fact] that he wasn’t any- meanings on his creations and pass judgment on him. Elledge said his writing provided a window into his troubled thing from the sort,” Elledge said. Elledge recalled seeing a Darger painting that featured girls with childhood. In one novel, he said Darger shares a conversation be- Darger and William Schloeder shared a nearly 50-year relation- penises. Critics wrote off Darger as a pedophile or killer, while tween two children: Whenever a girl is raped, she is ripped open. ship. That really resonated with Elledge. Elledge, a Kennesaw State University English professor, got a dif- “What Darger was painting [and writing] were his own experi- “He was not only loved, but loved another person,” he said. “I ferent vibe. ences,” Elledge said. “It has given me a huge appreciation for felt like uncovered something really important.” “When there’s no evidence, it’s pretty drastic. It was reason Darger as a human being.” enough to spend 10 plus years to research and write the book,” he said. BOOKS BOYS anthology gives voice to Jim Elledge. Photo courtesy gay, queer and trans men of Elledge By Ross Forman

Zach Stafford has a love-hate relationship with Boystown, the predominantly gay section of Lakeview anchored by various bars. “I moved [to Chicago] thinking [Boystown] was this magical land of love and community and so much more,” said Stafford, now 23. “In every way, I over-romanticized it. Sure, it is a place that is filled with love and community, but it is so much more than that. It’s a place that hurts; it’s a place that is extremely problematic; it’s a place where I find myself looking forward to being, and then the next day waking up and hating that I was Elledge initially planned to write an essay about Darger’s Girls there.” With Penises. Boystown, said Stafford, is “pretty complicated.” A desire to write a book critiquing Darger’s art burned until “But, through all of my feelings, and these feelings change a Elledge realized he knew nothing about art. So, Elledge settled on lot in regards to Boystown, I do at the end of the day respect writing Darger’s biography. it, and I am thankful that it led me to Chicago because I truly “He was very obsessive about these images. They appear over think I found home here, and that would have never happened and over … in about half of his paintings,” he said. without Boystown.” The exact meaning of images of abused children and “girls with Stafford, who lives in the Edgewater neighborhood, is a writer penises” (better known as Vivian Girls) isn’t known. However, and behavioral research associate at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Elledge offers an educated guess. Children’s Hospital. He was born in Nashville, Tenn., and moved “It’s not really girls that he’s actually thinking about, but Vivian to Chicago in 2008 to attend DePaul University. belles, fairies, pansies, queers, or queens.” “I come from a school of thought that really believes in vis- Elledge’s research revealed Darger’s art delved into a sad and ibility, while understanding that being visible is just one step horrific period in his life. in a long walk,” Stafford said. “My whole life, I have been ha- Darger’s father sent the then-12-year-old to the Illinois Asy- rassed for being not ‘Black enough,’ or being ‘too gay,’ or nu- lum for Feeble-Minded Children in Nov. 1904 in Lincoln, Ill. The merous other things that are connected to my identity. Where younger Darger had been masturbating since age 6. I am from, if you are ‘other,’ then you should just lay low and Elledge even found the asylum application. In it, the elder Darg- try not to make too much noise. I think that is [wrong.] So, I er said Henry engaged in “self-abuse.” have worked very hard to be loud, to keep my head high, and He was at the asylum until he ran away in 1909. Darger’s fa- to not only be visible but create work that seeks to challenge ther died, while he was confined. Elledge said his father’s decision all of those people [who] always told me I wasn’t good enough available at Barnes & Noble stores and local bookstores world- didn’t dampen the younger Darger’s view of him. or told me to shut up. wide. “I hear so many stories of boys that look like me, who were “My co-editor and I love working with new writers, helping get their work out there,” Stafford said. “So, over the years “Sex, lieS, betrayal and murder - told similar things, and have been hurt or died because of it, a hothouSe of myStery and obSeSSion. and my heart breaks more and more each time these stories we have met some pretty amazing people while writing online A dArk beAuty of A film thAt gets come up. But it pushes me to work harder because I realize, and for different outlets. One day we were talking about how inside your heAd And stAys there.” again, that there is still so much work to do, and I want to be a awesome it would be to have an anthology out there that show- -Peter travers, rollinG Stone part of getting it done. For me, writing has been one way that cased not only people from an amazingly diverse background daniel dane I can do that.” [who] still fell under the LGBT umbrella, but also a diverse set radCliffe dehaan His latest writing venture certainly is boy-focused. Stafford of stories. I joked at the time that we should just take a note ben miChael C. JaCK and fellow Chicago resident Nico Lang are the editors of BOYS, from Lena Dunham and call it ‘BOYS,’ find the writers, and, well, foSter hall huSton a new anthology that the two curated and edited. The book is the rest is now a book.” Jennifer JaSon eliZabeth a compilation of 19 original essays from emerging and well- Their BOYS project spanned four months, which certainly was leiGh olSen known gay, queer and bisexual men from around the world, a “grueling” stretch, Stafford said. The New York Times talking about a broad range of topics, all told in the first per- “I literally worked on it every day, spoke to at least one writer killkill youryour ddAArlingsrlings once a day, and even carried around each version of the manu- A true story of obsession And murder son. script in a pink binder I took almost everywhere,” Stafford said. story by AUSTIN BUNN screenplay by JOHN KROKIDAS & AUSTIN BUNN Contributors include trans icon and adult entertainer Buck directed by JOHN KROKIDAS www.sonyclassics.com Angel, 1Girl5Gays personality JP Bevilacqua, Noah Michelson of “For me, it literally consumed most of my time for a good part The Huffington Post and others. of 2013. We were working on a really tight deadline [to be Chicago Landmark’s Evanston Century 12 Century Centre Cinema evanston / Cinéarts 6 & Xd The 200-page book is being sold online as an eBook (Ama- (773) 509-4949 (800) FANDANGO #942 zon.com, Barnes and Nobel, iTunes), and in late October will be Turn to page 24 VIEW THE TRAILER AT WWW.kILLyouRdARLIngs-moVIE.com

WINDY CITY TIMES WEDNESDAY 11/13 1/15 PAGE ( 3.125” ) X 2.75” FS ALL.KYD.1113.WCTEmail #1 WINDY CITY TIMES Nov. 13, 2013 21 CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL new brand. Each chapter has helpful exercises (“Make a list of the things about yourself that most surprise people ….”) and summation Lesbian tennis icon points. At the back is a self-assessment and a list of questions for book discussions. Clark makes clear her book is not about spin Martina Navratilova on or claiming you’re something you are not. She says it’s about “taking control of your life and living strategically.” What that means to her is “…defining your goals, working hard and life’s hurdles, Olympics ethically to get there, and then making sure that people notice once you do.” BY GRETCHEN RACHEL BLICKENSDERFER about the freedom to play tennis whenever and Reinventing You is enhanced by Clark’s wherever she wanted, she knew she could not go examples from successful re-inventers she Martina Navratilova has spent a life fighting and back and see her family without facing jail time. has studied or interviewed—including Mark winning battles. On the tennis court, a career It was years before she saw them again. Zuckerberg, Al Gore and others, as well as a that spanned more than three decades net- In 1981, her career was flourishing and she peek into her own achievements in rebranding ted her 59 Grand Slam titles and nine women’s had a lover, basketball star Nancy Lieberman. It herself. A notable example Clark highlights singles title on the grass at Wimbledon. In was also the year that Navratilova came out as is the success of hotelier Chip Conley, who is her personal life, she faced leaving her family a lesbian. “Male reporters wouldn’t ask a male openly gay. As Clark recounts, Conley decided in Czechoslovakia at a young age, overcoming player if he was gay,” she recalled. “But it was to use his identity as a gay man as a source of breast cancer and as a lesbian. certainly OK to ask women players. The press put strength. “If you’re gay or lesbian, you have On Nov. 9, Navratilova talked candidly about more and more pressure [on me].” to figure out how to walk into a room and the changes and adaptations she had to make Fear of being disqualified from U.S. citizen- make yourself comfortable in an environment personally, physically and professionally in or- ship, along with a scandal that outed Billie Jean where you feel like you’re different,” says Con- King and cost all of her endorsements, had kept Dorie Clark. Photo courtesy of Clark ley. Navratilova in the closet. Two days after she re- Readers can key in “Dorie Clark” on You- ceived her U.S. passport, a New York Daily News Tube, where she is featured in multiple lec- Reporter asked her if she was a lesbian, but tures about business success. Navratilova still refused to talk to him, citing BOOK REVIEW A former board member of the Gay and Les- the WTA’s (Women’s Tennis Association’s) advice bian Victory Fund, Clark was the Liaison to that she could lose her sponsorships. “And the Reinventing You the GLBT community for Somerville, Massa- next day it’s in the paper,” she said. “’Martina by Dorie Clark chusetts. Clark has consulted for MassEquality, can’t come out because…..!’” $25; Harvard Business Massachusetts’ statewide GLBT political orga- Navratilova acknowledged that, in 32 years, Review Press; 240 pages nization, and was a recipient of the Young times have changed in the United States. “You by SALLY PARSONS Democrats of Massachusetts’ GLBT advocacy were ostracized once for being out, now you’re award. ostracized for being a homophobe,” she said. To succeed in today’s job market and build “It’s ironic. People are in the closet about being a career, the author contends, you’ll need to anti-gay.” continually reinvent yourself. In Reinventing However, regarding the effects of the Russian You, she provides the tools to do it. And, if anti-gay legislation on athletes competing in experience counts, Clark’s own background the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi, Navratilova proves her approach works. Clark is a consul- believes the International Olympic Committee tant and speaker for clients including Google, has taken a backward stance. “They’re certainly Yale University and the World Bank, and an not supporting their gay athletes and, to me, adjunct professor of business administration if you don’t support a gay athlete, you’re not at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Busi- supporting any athlete,” she said. “I think there ness. She has been a journalist, documentary should be a lot of kissing going on. The athletes filmmaker, and presidential campaign spokes- Martina Navratilova at the CHM event. Photo need to be safe about being able to speak.” person. She is quoted frequently in media, by Ben Gonzales Navratilova’s partner is Russian and she won- including NPR, the BBC, and U.S. News and dered whether they would ever be able to vis- World Report. She is a columnist for Mint, In- der to keep coming away with match point. Her it with their two children. But, as with every dia’s second-largest business newspaper. interview, in front of a live audience, was a part challenge she has faced in life, Navratilova has In Reinventing You, an engagingly written of the Chicago Humanities Festival at the UIC stayed positive. “Tennis is the epitome of that,” self-help book, Clark provides guidelines for Forum. she said. “You lose a point and you’ve got to answering the questions, Who do you want Navratilova left Communist-controlled Czecho- get over it. I always say attitude is a choice. to be? and What do you need to do to get slovakia in 1975 at 18. She wanted to play in You can either be miserable or you say, ‘This is there? She suggests the process should in- the U.S. Open. “Just to get out of the country, really tough, but this is what I’m going to do clude discovering what might be holding you you had to get permission from the interior min- about it.’” back, researching your destination, test-driv- istry,” she remembered. “They [The Czech Ten- Read an interview with Martina Navratilova ing your plan, skills development, finding a nis Federation] said ‘no’ but I was independent, at http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/ mentor, leveraging your points of difference, and a trouble maker and defiant.” Navratilova /Tennis-icon-Navratilova-talks-Chicago- building your narrative, and introducing your left without permission. While she was excited career-Czech-food-/45090.html.

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on the chicken and it’s fried perfectly crispy, not too greasy and not too dry. Each bite starts off rich and buttermilk-y and finishes with a nice hint of spice and salt. The chicken itself is plump and super juicy, which is no doubt thanks to the salt, sugar, spice and citrus brine it’s soaked in before it gets fried. And yes, the rumors are true—the Honey Butter chicken has no bones. Don’t worry, it’s not gross mass-produced chicken that’s been genetically Fried Chicken modified to grow boneless. Quite the opposite. It’s happy chicken: locally sourced, hormone- BY Meghan Streit and antibiotic-free. The good folks at Honey Butter simply remove the bones before frying Believe the hype, y’all. Honey Butter Fried it up and serving it to you. That means there Chicken really is that good. It’s worth the drive, is nothing standing between you and bite after worth the lines, worth every last gram of satu- juicy bite. Frankly, I think it’s brilliant. rated fat. If you have taste buds, you won’t be And then, there’s the eponymous honey but- disappointed by this place. ter. Sweet, sweet nectar from the poultry gods. The Avondale space is unassuming on the out- Listen up. This fried chicken is damn good all side—except for a line that will inevitably be on its own, but when you slather it with fluffy winding out the front door for the foreseeable whipped honey butter that glistens as it melts, future. On the inside, you might expect to see the flavors combine to give you the ultimate kitschy Southern décor in a nod to the cuisine, salty/sweet mouth-gasm. It’s like eating at Wil- but the dining room is decidedly urban, with ly Wonka’s Chicken Factory—it’s so magical that exposed brick, lots of clean lines and a bunch you can’t help but overindulge. Honey Butter Fried Chicken. Press photo of different kinds of reclaimed wood. My favor- If you’re in the mood for a cocktail, there is a ite element is the old banquet chairs, which nice selection of craft beers and several clever I’m eating fried chicken. Honey Butter’s rendi- Honey Butter Fried Chicken is very quickly en- are redesigned with slabs of grainy wood where cocktails that play off of the down-home theme. tion of the creamy classic is made with pimento dearing itself to Chicagoans, and for good rea- ugly red pleather used to be. What I really love The “damn good sweet tea” is spiked with cheese, which gives it a pungent and memorable son. The food is special and inspired, without an about Honey Butter is the feeling you get when whiskey and sold by the pitcher. The “hill pop” flavor. Depending on the day, you’ll also find ounce of pretense. And that, in my book, is a you step inside. This kind of a restaurant could combines house made lemonade with bourbon. a few special side dishes. Recently, schmaltz recipe for success. easily feel overly trendy or like you have to be It tastes like a grown-up and liquid version of smashed potatoes have been gracing the menu. Honey Butter Fried Chicken is located at a hipster to eat there. But, it doesn’t. It feels sweet tart candy, and is nice to sip while you Nothing like a little clarified fat to make mashed 3361 N. Elston; call 773-478-4000 or visit grounded and authentic. Everyone working at wait for your chicken. potatoes even more decadent. The fragrant rose- www.honeybutter.com. the place seems genuinely happy to be there, Oh, and there are side dishes. Really, really mary gravy they’re doused in provides an herby Do you need some more Sugar & Spice in and completely jazzed about fried chicken. good ones. One of my favorites is the slaw, an contrast to the creamy potatoes. You won’t need your life? Follow me on Twitter: @SugarAnd- Speaking of fried chicken, it only takes a bite upgraded and modern version made with kale more than a few spoonfuls of these guys, but SpiceMS—for inside scoop and commentary to understand why these folks are so damn hap- and yogurt cumin dressing. It’s cool and refresh- they sure do taste delicious with the out-of- on Chicago’s dining scene. py. You’d be cheerful too if you got to eat this ing and dried pomegranate gives it a tart little this-world fried chicken. stuff everyday. There’s a thick layer of breading kick. Mac ‘n cheese is a must-have for me when

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Marcus Terell and The Serenades will also be WCT: Was there a moment when you knew and it showcases my journey through the ups the March on Springfield for Marriage Equality performing on New Year’s Eve at The Hard Rock singing would be your career path? and downs of reality TV. Even though I’m tired at the City Winery. Have you made any con- Live in Hollywood, Florida and they are currently MT: I don’t think there was a moment because of talking about my reality show experience the nections with other musicians? What was it in rehearsals for an evening of burlesque using I feel like I’ve always known I’d be a singer. I interest hasn’t died down so I thought I could like performing at the March on Springfield elements from the musicals Moulin Rouge and started singing in church from the time I was incorporate all of those experiences into a show and why is it important for you to perform at Chicago. about 6 or 7 years old. I fell in love with it so that has a storyline, theme and flow. marriage equality events? What kind of feed- He spoke to Windy City Times about his life, much that I didn’t want to stop singing. Artistry WCT: You said before that you are a fat boy back did you get after your performance? music career and love of food. isn’t always easy and there are always ebbs and at heart and love food. Tell me more about MT: Talking to other singers it’s apparent how Windy City Times: You just returned from flows and high and lows and I’ve realized that that. connected everyone is here in Chicago and work- performing on a cruise. What was that like? there really isn’t anything else that I want to do MT: I like to eat before I perform. Most singers ing with Stephen Leonard and Sami Grisafe has This wasn’t your first time performing at sea. other than sing so I’ve gotten comfortable with say that they can’t eat before they go onstage been really great. I’m really happy to be a part How long have you worked for Royal Carib- that over the last three or so years. but I like to feel full on stage because I want of that community. Stephen, Sami and I per- bean International? WCT: How would you describe Marcus Terell to feel like a big fat Black woman who can sing formed a song together at the march. Marcus Terell: It was great. Marcus Terell and and the Serenades to someone who hasn’t for days. When I performed in Hairspray in Kan- Performing at the march was not only a posi- the Serenades has been performing on cruise heard of you before? sas City, I would literally eat in between acts tive experience, but an empowering one as well. ships for about a year and a half and this was MT: That was my biggest struggle in the past because how can you perform a two-hour show Five years ago, I would’ve never imagined that the first time I ventured off on my own. because I would tell people that I’m trying to do hungry? Food is always on my mind and I have I would feel strong enough or confident enough WCT: You’re new to Chicago. Where did you Motown with a new feel but no one understood to have a plan in my head of what I am going to to stand up and represent my community in grow up? What made you decide to move that so now I tell people that I see us in the eat before I get out of bed. such a powerful way. The keynote speakers, es- here? What discoveries have you made since same genre as Bruno Mars. I can’t sing without gum in my mouth. I don’t pecially Bishop Carlton Pearson, really struck moving here? WCT: You mentioned Bruno Mars. Are there chew it while I’m singing but I do I hide it under a chord with me. I grew up in the Black Pen- MT: I grew up in Kansas City, Mo., and I’ve any other musicians or artists who strike your my tongue. tecostal church and often times faced scrutiny been in Chicago for about six months. I really fancy? 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Ontario St. For info, Monday, Nov. 18 Through Dec. 7 and Americans For Truth About Homo- Pub Stumpers Trivia Mondays Teams of 1-4 Leonard, Circuit Mom and Chadwick Stadt. see Art Sims on Facebook. sexuality anti-gay fundraiser banquet. players can sign up with a chance to win a Silent auction. Proceeds benefit Gilda’s River North Dance Chicago’s Fall Engage- A Raisin in the Sun is 5:15pm - 7pm at Olympic Park Swim Cen- Crew gift card. Prizes awarded to top three Club Chicago. Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted, ment The season begins with the compa- at TimeLine Theatre, ter, 660 N Ridge Ave, Arlington Hts. Ques- teams. Class time is 8pm. 8pm, Crew Bar & 7-10 p.m. www. sidetrackchicago.com. ny’s Fall Engagement, Nov. 14-17, treat- tions to Alex Forgue at alexforgue.mchs@ Grill, 4804 N. Broadway, www.worldsgreat- 615 W. Wellingotn Ave. Reeling: Free to Love (LIBRES PARA ing audiences to three premieres, RNDC gmail.com . estbar.com . Photo by Lara Goetsch AMAR) Free to Love chronicles an im- welcomes back Adam Barruch, Kevin Iega Olympia Dukakis will star in Rose, a one- Disco Bingo Disco Bingo at M7 Bar. Have portant chapter in the history of the Jeff and Ashley Roland. 6pm-9pm, 312- woman play by Martin Sherman, in the fun Win prizes 8pm-11:45pm, Circuit LGBT movement in Puerto Rico. 6:30pm- 334-7777, Harris Theater for Music and Dorothy Menker Theater, in the Fine and Nightclub, 3641 N. Halsted St., www.face- 8:30pm, Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, www. Dance, 205 E Randolph St., http:// www. Performing Arts Center, 9000 W. College book.com/circuitclub . reelingfilmfestival.org. Tickets: http:// harristheaterchicago.org. Pkwy., Palos Hills. 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South, one who can’t even imagine what a life around with me for weeks and weeks, because I BOYS from page 20 would be like being openly gay, living in a place related so much to the stories. The anthology is like Chicago or even in his hometown, and even- about bi-cultural people living in America, and published in the] fall [of] 2013, so we really had tually becoming a boy who likes other boys so this essay gave me similar feelings and in turn to hustle, which was really difficult [since] both unapologetically. I hope he reads it and not always reminded me why I love anthologies so Nico and I have many other things going on. only sees himself represented in the pieces, but much.” “BOYS was not done just because we had so meets other people who will eventually become Stafford said he definitely envisions the book much [free] time, but quite the opposite. [Still], his friends as he gets older. And then I hope as a continuing project, republished regularly we both felt like it was a book we really wanted he goes off and starts to write his own story, with new essays from new writers. “I think this to put out right now.” gather his own group of boys, and they create book can really become, and should become, a They originally aimed for 20 subjects to spot- work that is similar. project about capturing the lives and personal light, but one person didn’t make the deadline, “I hope the book allows others to not only stories of the boys within the LGBTQ communi- so it dropped to 19. Neither Lang or Stafford find a community, but to be inspired to build ties around the globe, and told by the people objected to 19. In fact, they embraced the odd their own.” who have experienced the stories written,” he total. Stafford said his highlight of the book was said. “I think that would be so powerful. I mean, “Nico and I spent weeks before announcing reading the essay called, “Confessions of a Snow for decades and decades our stories have been the book discussing who we had worked with Queen,” about a Southeast Asian-American man hushed, and when they’ve been told they have in the past and would love to work with again, who confesses to only dating white men, real- been by outsiders, historians, scientists, etc. I who are people we admire, and who are people izes the problems within that, and goes to India would love to be able to create a project that is we think would have an amazing story to tell,” to “find himself.” guided by the communities that are being repre- Stafford said. “During the initial meetings with “This essay really struck a chord with me,” sented. It would actually be a blessing.” writers to see if they were interested and what Stafford said. “It was amazing to read this sto- A portion of sales of BOYS will benefit the they would like to write, we were connected to ry and sit back and be like, ‘Damn. I have had Lambda Literary Foundation, Stafford said. other writers, too. People who were friends of these same thoughts. I have had such similar “They work so hard to preserve LGBTQ literature friends who had agreed to be a part of the book. feelings. But at the same time I haven’t.” while also encouraging and supporting writers So, I guess it was all really like this intentional “One of the first anthologies I remember read- who identify as LGBTQ,” he said. “I was so ex- and organic process. ing that I still think about to this day is called, cited when they agreed to allow us to donate “I hope the book gets into the hands of a ‘Waking Up American’ by Angela Jane Fountas. I proceeds from the book to them.” boy like me when I was younger, [living] down remember reading that and literally carrying it Zach Stafford. Photo courtesy of Stafford WINDY CITY TIMES Nov. 13, 2013 25 BILLY MASTERS

“Don’t you know lots of people like that? I do. would be a reunion for Cheyenne and Alicia, who I’ve seen those little girlie boys from Thailand— co-starred in the short-lived Broadway play The they’re quite fabulous.”—Sharon Osbourne tells Performers, where Cheyenne played a porn star. Arsenio Hall about her experiences with people Jackson has also been cast in Ryan Murphy’s pi- having both male and female genitalia. lot for HBO called Open, which is about a group I, Billy Masters, being of relatively sound mind of five friends played by Michelle Monaghan, and having body fat in the mid-teens, declare Scott Speedman, Wes Bentley, Anna Torv and this my last will and testament. Yes, this could Jennifer Jason Leigh. Jackson’s role is described very well be the last column you read from me. as a “handsome meth addict.” Hmmm ... that Not because I want to stop writing to you, Lord could explain the video of him masturbating on knows, but because I could die on the operating BillyMasters.com. He was doing research. table. For the first time ever, I am going under Making a smooth transition to the rollicking the knife. One would think that my maiden sur- world of gay porn, Trenton Ducati just signed a gery would be something completely elective to three-month contract with Michael Lucas. While enhance my slightly fading beauty. But like Joan that in itself is not notable, the details are in- Collins, I am much more afraid of surgery than I triguing: “I am so excited to be sharing my first am of growing older. No, this surgery is one that non-condom scene with the world. I have been is far from elective, but also far from fatal. On waiting a long time for the opportunity to film the other hand, my surgeon did just point out to this type of scene.” This is ironic because only me that there are “no guarantees,” so I’d better six months ago, Trenton sent out the following make this column a good one ... just in case. tweet: “How about giving and taking education Let’s start with what I think is an important and promoting safe sex practices and doing your topic. I’ve seen Jack Andraka featured on both barebacking at home, especially if like you say 60 Minutes and The View. He’s the 16-year-old they get paid 250 dollars. Shit, I will pay them scientist who has come up with a way to detect that much to stop.” Either he had no takers or pancreatic, lung, and ovarian cancer that costs too many. Anyway, I suspect he’s getting more three cents and takes five minutes to run—this than $250 from Lucas Entertainment. means it is 168 times faster and 26,000 times But Trenton doesn’t simply call this bareback- less expensive than the current test. Why am ing: “The term I want to use going forward is I bringing this up? Because he’s also GAY! I’m ‘informed bareback.’ It’s not about denying risk not outing him—he’s openly gay. In fact, it’s or forgetting a condom or not wanting to use the first thing he brings up in an online inter- one in the heat of the moment. It’s not at all view: “Being an LGBT teen in science right now careless. On the contrary, it relies on explicit, is kinda lonely. Looking around at scientists it’s open communication and status sharing among the models. That makes it possible to give fans the kind of sex scenes they have been craving, while creating a space for performers that en- sures them full information and consent.” What I think he’s saying is that if he wants to get a ride home from someone who is drunk and he’s willing to take the risks, then he should be able to. You also have the right to check him out on BillyMasters.com. Our “Ask Billy” question comes from Benjamin in Atlanta: “I have a non-penis-related question. Kate Jackson was supposed to release an autobi- ography called The Smart One that was available for pre-order on Amazon. The date has changed several times and is now February 2014. Do you know who or what is holding it up?” Who are you to say this isn’t penis-related? Watch how I turn an innocent question about Kate Jackson into a cornucopia of cock. But, first, your question. On Charlie’s Angels, Kate may have played the smart one, but in real life she’s been plagued with a myriad of problems. However, she was determined to write her story, and on Aug. 3, 2010, it was announced that her autobiography would come out May 3, 2011. That quickly changed to Oct. 11, 2011. After several more delays, I’m told the publisher is now listing this for release on Feb. 1, 2015! Why Cheyenne Jackson is a very busy guy, Billy the long wait? The biggest problem is that Kate says. Photo by Karl Simone hasn’t written anything more than the outline, perhaps because she is having great difficulty remembering much of her past. My hope is that like, wow, there are no other gay people. And I’m she doesn’t gloss over her first marriage to sexy like, ‘Come on, guys—science. We can go out- Andrew Stevens—who went on to produce and side of like fashion design and stuff. It doesn’t star in a number of softcore porn releases. Sam- matter who you like, what gender you are, where ples of his prolific body of work can be found on you come from, none of that matters. It’s just BillyMasters.com. your ideas that should count.’” An insider at 60 When I’ve written more about Kate Jackson Minutes told me, “We didn’t mention he was gay than Kate Jackson herself, it’s definitely time because it wasn’t relevant to the story—and it to end yet another column. I do hate to think might have turned some people off.” Shame on I could die on the operating table and my final you, 60 Minutes. LGBT teens like Jack Andraka story would have been about Kate Jackson. So, make me feel like the world is in pretty good while I’m being wheeled into surgery, I’ll write hands. a bit more that will eventually show up on www. In the never-ending quest to find a television BillyMasters.com, the site that speaks for it- project for Cheyenne Jackson, there are two pi- self—even from the great beyond. If you have lots he’s attached to (three if you count the one a question for me and don’t have a Ouija board from Delta). Jackson has been added to the cast handy, drop a note to [email protected] of an Alicia Silverstone pilot for Lifetime called and I promise to get back to you before I’m ex- HR—where she plays the director of a human orcized (or, for that matter, exercise). So, until resources department (hence, “HR”). This is a next time, remember, one man’s filth is another guest role that could become recurring. This man’s bible. 26 Nov. 13, 2013 WINDY CITY TIMES TERELL from page 23 WCT: As an out gay performer do you have MT: My life is an open book and, more impor- Tickets for “A Midwinter Night’s Journey” are a any advice for other entertainers who are still tantly, I don’t have any food allergies. suggested donation of $15 in advance and $20 because of the lifestyle that I was “choosing” closeted? Has being out impacted your career See www.twitter.com/marcusterell, www. at the door for adults. Tickets for seniors age 65 to live. I would continually take on these feel- (negatively or positively)? facebook.com/marcusterelltheserenades, and and older and for children age 12 and younger ings of guilt and shame which was easy because MT: I understand that when you are a celebrity www.youtube.com/marcusterell for more in- are a suggested donation of $10. Visit http:// I wasn’t conducting myself in a Godly manner or a public figure there is a certain kind of ex- formation. artemismidwinter.brownpapertickets.com. within my lifestyle. It’s great to see leaders like pectation to come out and be an advocate but Bishop Pearson stand up and show the commu- we shouldn’t expect that of celebrities or public nity there is another way. figures. I wish there were more Black gay ce- Artemis Singers Chicago Dragons’ I used to be the person that said I don’t care lebrities who were out of the closet but I don’t winter solstice ‘Miss Ruck-n-Maul’ about gay marriage. I was in a five-year relation- think it’s a requirement. ship with someone who wasn’t a U.S. citizen and I feel like when we go about our lives and it’s concert Dec. 6-7 Nov. 16 I couldn’t provide him with the rights and ben- not about waving the flag and being in people’s Artemis Singers, Chicago’s lesbian feminist The local gay rugby team The Chicago Dragons efits of marriage under the Constitution. That faces we can have a positive effect on society chorus, will present its winter solstice concert, will hold its annual drag-show fundraiser, “Miss inability is probably the biggest reason why we although activism is also important. “A Midwinter Night’s Journey,” at 8 p.m. on Fri- Ruck-n-Maul,” Saturday, Nov. 16, at 5 p.m. at aren’t together right now and that changed the I performed with an a cappella group in Bran- day, Dec. 6, and at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7, Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted St. way I feel about marriage equality so that is son, Mo., for about three and a half months and at the Ethical Humanist Society, 7574 N. Lincoln The Dragons aim to raise money to get to Syd- why I decided to perform at the benefit and the when I decided to leave the group a woman Ave., Skokie. ney, Australia, to participate in the 2014 Bing- March on Springfield. ticket seller said, ‘Great now that that gay guy is The chorus will perform “A Midwinter Night’s ham Cup. Since the performance, I’ve had a few people leaving I’ll sell your tickets.’ In that community, Journey” on two nights because the group’s Jan. Tickets are $20 and include two drink tick- stop me in the streets just to say “good job.” I never declared that I was gay so that was an 19, 2013, concert at this venue sold out. ets; purchase at the door or online at ruck- I’ve only been in Chicago for about six months eye-opening experience. 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