JANET JACKSON INTERVIEW WINDY CITY THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 Aug. 10, 2011 vol 26, no. 44 page 34 TIMES www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com Census: More gay

LGBT couples reported PROTECTIONS BY Joseph Erbentraut The numbers also reveal that a large number of same- the other 29 states (plus Puerto Rico) for which data lacking sex couples in Illinois have started their own fami- has thus far been rolled out by the U.S. Census Bureau The statistics on same-sex couples in Illinois from lies and are raising children, including 17 percent of since June. page 4 the latest decennial census were unveiled Aug. 4. The self-reporting gay couples (2,723) and 29 percent of First, Gates noted, he said coupled, cohabitating gay count reveals a marked increase in the number of indi- self-reporting lesbian couples (4,783). All told, 7,506 and lesbian couples are likely more willing to accurate- viduals who report that they live with a same-sex part- same-sex couples in Illinois are estimated to be raising ly report their relationship status on the census and ner statewide. children under the age of 18—making up 23 percent of said it was also possible that broader social acceptance Statewide, the 2010 census estimated that 32,469 the total population. The 2010 estimate of the number has “created conditions where more gay and lesbian gay and lesbian couples live in Illinois, which marks a of same-sex couples raising children is relatively com- people couple off and perhaps come out.” 42 percent increase over the last decennial estimate in parable to the 2000. That said, he admitted some of the increase also had 2000. That increase was led principally by a 53-percent Gary Gates, a Williams Distinguished Scholar at the a lot to do with a heightened grassroots outreach cam- increase in the number of lesbian couple-led house- Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at paign, on the bureau’s part, which encouraged queer holds (16,416, compared to 10,732) who now slightly the UCLA law school, specializes in queer demography couples to accurately report about their lives. outnumber the number of gay couple-led households utilizing census data and said a number of factors are who saw only a 32-percent increase (16,053 house- at play in the increased number of self-reporting same- Turn to page 10 holds, compared to 12,155 in 2010). sex couples over the last decade in Illinois, as well as

LAKEVIEW Lakeview residents SROs CLOSING call in the page 13 Vintage Guardian Angels BY KATE SOSIN

With anxiety high in Lakeview over a perceived market increase in crime, a group of residents is cre- ating a Guardian Angels-Special Boystown Unit (SBU). Residents met with four of Guardian Angels, the volunteer citizen patrol organization, to iron out plans at Center on Halsted Aug. 4. Only a handful of people attended the meet- ing, at which residents opted for joining up with the Angels rather than re-inventing the wheel to create a neighborhood safety patrol. Residents are searching out a Lakeview head- LEANN RIMES quarters for the Angels as well as volunteers to patrol the neighborhood. The Angels, in turn, TALKS WITH will train Lakeview volunteers intensively over WCT the course of three months. While the Angels page 40 patrol the entire city, Lakeview volunteers will work in their community. Lakeview residents have called on the Guard- ian Angels in the past. In 1991, activist Alyn Toler started the Pink Angels Anti-Violence proj- ect, in response to anti-LGBT violence flaring up around the country. The Guardian Angels helped train the Pink Angels. That group, however, dis- banded a few years later. This time around, Lakeview residents will become Guardian Angels themselves, working within the organization’s established hierarchy and codes of conduct. The Guardian Angels are unique from other street patrols in that they physically intervene eric himan AT in situations. While most images of the Angels have portrayed large muscular men, the group MARKET DAYS said it also trains women and is open to trans- page 39 gender people. “It’s all about empowering the members,” said Photographer A.J. Epstein talks about his historical photos (like this one of Richard Schmeichen with his Oscar for The Times of Harvey Milk) as well as his book, Queer Culture. See pages 42-43 for more of his handiwork. Turn to page 14 JEWEL Job Name: Week 24 Windy City Proof Reader: Prod Artist: Bleed: None THUR - WED Job Number: 12560 Date Updated: Trim: Week 24 File Name: wk24_Windy_City_Times 8/4 10:29 AM Live Area: 8/10/11 Color: 4C WINDY Create Date: 8/3/11 Ad Run Dates: 8/10/11 CITY Job Version: 1st Proof 2 Aug. 10, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES

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Lady Bunny Happy 70th, hops into Jim Flint! town. page 8 page 14 [email protected] Find Nightspots on www.WindyCityQueercast.com 4 Aug. 10, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES LGB characters portrayed to date. ONLINE AT “In the past, if you did have an LGB character, Report: Half the country it was usually a pretty campy stereotypical por- WINDYCITYMEDIAGROUP.COM trayal,” said Mushovic. Representations of gay NATIONAL NEWS people are increasingly more diverse, she said. without LGBT protections None of the characters on prime time, how- ever, were reported to be transgender. BY KATE SOSIN “I really think that the amount of progress at Transgender statistics offered a particularly this point is remarkable,” said Mushovic. grim reality, with 90 percent of transgender Compiling data from LGBT organizations nation- That progress has also slowed since 2009 when people reporting employment discrimination (as wide, the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) democrats held more political power. While the opposed to an estimated 15-43 percent for LGB released a comprehensive report that illustrates report illustrates growing support from republi- people). In many parts of the report, such as that more than half the country is still without —Pawlenty (left) cans for LGBT rights issues, Mushovic said that advancements for LGB military service people, signs anti-gay pledge LGBT protections. LGBT-positive legislation still tends to advance transgender people were left off altogether be- The Colorado-based think tank released its bi- more quickly in democratic political environ- cause no advancements have been made. ennial “Momentum Report” Aug. 3. —Trevor Project ments. Transgender people enjoyed at least one sig- marking 13 years According to the report, high-profile triumphs The report also goes well beyond policy issues. nificant win this year, however. Last June, the for LGBT communities in the past two years have According to findings, the number of lesbian, federal government stopped requiring transgen- —Transgender woman had little impact on policies in 28 states, where gay and bisexual characters on primetime televi- der people to undergo sexual reassignment sur- protections for LGBT people are almost non-ex- running for Houston sion has nearly quadrupled since 2001, with 23 gery in order to change the gender markers on City Council istent. their passports. “You realize how far we have to go,” said In- One area where LGBT advancement suffered eke Mushovic, executive director of MAP. was in the financial health of organizations, The report compiles data from major LGBT which continued to be outspent by anti-gay ac- organizations nationwide as well as first-hand tivists. MAP found that just four percent of LGBT research by MAP to create a comprehensive Americans donate the LGBT groups. Part of that, Beyondmedia youth picture on progress in the U.S. on mainstream said Mushovic, can be explained by the fact that gay issues. Those issues include partnership 2011 is not an election year, but organizations summit Aug. 12 recognition, adoption laws, employment pro- also struggled in the poor economy. Beyondmedia Education’s Chain of tections, HIV/AIDS rates, anti-bullying policy, Still the most startling statistic was perhaps Change project will present its third an- immigration rights, the ability to serve openly that less than half of the nation’s states offer nual Youth Media Summit, “Building Safe in the military, hate-crimes laws and the finan- any kind of protection to LGBT people whatso- Communities,” Friday, Aug. 12, 9 a.m.-3:30 cial health of LGBT organizations, among other ever. According to the report, just 22 states of- p.m. at Columbia College, 1104 S. Wabash things. fer some form of protection to LGBT people. In Ave. The report chronicles significant victories for many states, people can still be fired for being Chain of Change is a youth-led project gay rights movements over the past few years. gay. that uses media to explore the roots of vio- Since 2009, it notes, ten states plus Washing- Those numbers are troubling, said Mushovic lence and violence-prevention strategies. ton D.C. now offer relationship recognition to and not just because LGBT advancements have The daylong event will feature youth-led same-sex couples, more than half of Americans skipped over major parts of the country. workshops, panels, film screenings and (56 percent) think that same-sex relationships “I think there’s a false believe by well-minded discussions. The summit will also premiere are morally sound, gay people will soon be able Americans that we’re almost done,” said Mush- the Building Safe Communities multimedia to serve openly in the military and the federal ovic, adding that the majority of Americans were installation, created over several months government lifted the travel ban on people with unaware that in many places, LGBT people can by young people from across Chicago and HIV/AIDS. still be systematically denied a myriad of rights. as far as Brazil and the Kyrgyz Republic. It Such progress, said Mushovic, is both the “We’re seeing this two-tiered America,” she is free and open to all youth aged 12-25. product of a change in popular opinions about said, one where LGBT rights are rapidly advanc- RSVP with Rebecca Connie at rebeccac@ LGBT people and the passage of years-old leg- ing away from states now left in the dust. “There beyondmedia.org or 773-857-7300. Ineke Mushovic. Photo courtesy of MAP islation finally making its way through govern- is a ton to celebrate but don’t think that our ment process. work here is done.”

“If the folks who oppose (the teaching law) but no measure that is essentially the same the 9th Circuit to have no right to appeal when Groups launch have their way, they’ll put a referendum on the as it could be adopted in the future,” David- their initiatives are struck down, then the low- campaign to stop ballot to overturn allowing real history to be son said. “In this way, the referendum could er court’s ruling that Prop 8 is unconstitutional told,” he said. be characterized as quite similar to the mea- will take effect, and same-sex couples will be anti-gay Calif. The new law, which also is known as Senate sure that the U.S. Supreme Court held uncon- able to marry again in California. Bill 48, takes effect in January. Current Califor- stitutional in Romer v. Evans. That measure If the appeal is allowed, the 9th Circuit will referendum nia law requires schools to teach about the his- repealed existing sexual orientation anti-dis- proceed to consider whether the federal Dis- BY REX WOCKNER tory of Native Americans, African Americans, crimination protections for lesbians, gay men trict Court strikedown was correct. In that sce- Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, European and bisexuals and prevented their passage in nario, regardless of the outcome, the case like- The Courage Campaign announced Aug. 1 that Americans and members of other ethnic and the future for that group and that group alone, ly would advance to the U.S. Supreme Court, it has teamed up with Equality California and cultural groups. SB 48 added LGBT people and which is what more no votes than yes on the which could uphold Prop 8, strike it down in a other organizations in an attempt to stop a people with disabilities to the list. referendum would do when it comes to having way that applies only to California, or strike it ballot referendum on the new California law On Aug. 5, Equality California announced a fair and inclusive curriculum. Moreover, there down in a way that legalizes same-sex marriage that requires schools to teach LGBT people’s it has launched an SB 48 hotline and created no doubt would be significant evidence of anti- nationwide. history. “truth squads” to interrupt signature-gather- LGBT sentiment motivating those behind the Meanwhile, California LGBT leaders are mull- Courage said it will run a “decline-to-sign” ing—both on the LGBT referendum and other, referendum, which would bolster any challenge ing over the possibility of collecting signatures campaign with EQCA, the California Federation unnamed anti-”progressive” campaigns. to it.” to force California voters to reconsider Prop of Teachers, the California Nurses Association, “We need your eyes and ears on the ground 8 in the 2012 general election. No consensus the Gay-Straight Alliance Network, and the today,” said EQCA Executive Director Roland Prop 8 has emerged and no decision has been made University of California Academic Student Em- Palencia. “If you spot anti-LGBT, anti-progres- Prop 8, passed by California voters in 2008, on whether to ask voters to repeal the amend- ployees Union. sive signature gatherers, report them immedi- amended the state constitution to ban same- ment. The goal is to prevent anti-gay forces from ately by calling the toll-free ‘Decline to Sign sex marriage, which had been legal in Califor- A side issue also remains unresolved in the collecting 504,760 signatures from registered Hotline’ at 1-877-440-9585. We’ll immediately nia for 4 1/2 months. The amendment was later court case. The Prop 8 proponents have sought California voters by Oct. 12, which would qual- dispatch a trained ‘truth squad’ to make sure struck down as unconstitutional by a federal to have the ruling that Prop 8 is unconstitu- ify the proposed repeal referendum for next potential petition signers know the truth about judge but has remained in effect during an on- tional thrown out because the federal judge June’s statewide ballot. these initiatives including the referendum on going, multifront appeals process. who issued it is gay and in a same-sex rela- “First our opponents wanted to ban love, so the FAIR Education Act.” On Sept. 6, the California Supreme Court will tionship. In the proponents’ view, now-retired they invented Prop 8,” said Courage Chair Rick Meanwhile, Lambda Legal’s legal director, hold a hearing on the question of whether the Judge Vaughn Walker could have had a conflict Jacobs. “Now, they want to use the same fear Jon Davidson, said Aug. 1 that if the repeal people who appealed the strikedown had a of interest if, when he issued the ruling, he tactics to prevent California high school stu- referendum passes, it might be found uncon- legal right to appeal. The California Supreme also had a desire to marry his same-sex part- dents from learning history. They want to gloss stitutional. Court was invited to offer an opinion on the ner. over the fact that important people in history That’s because in 1996, the U.S. Supreme matter by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Walker’s successor as chief judge at the like Walt Whitman, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Bayard Court ruled that laws cannot single out gay to help the 9th Circuit decide the question. federal District Court in San Francisco, James Rustin, Billie Jean King, Leonard Bernstein, people for disfavored treatment. (See tinyurl. The appeal was filed by the people who had Ware, rejected that notion on June 14, and the James Baldwin, Willa Cather, Harvey Milk and com/romer-v.) put Prop 8 on the ballot. They appealed af- Prop 8 proponents have appealed his decision even J. Edgar Hoover were gay.” “If the referendum qualifies for the ballot, ter California’s governor, attorney general and to the 9th Circuit. Jacobs said that as during the Prop 8 cam- and were it to receive more ‘no’ than ‘yes’ other officials refused to defend Prop 8. —Assistance: Bill Kelley paign, opponents will use “fear and prejudice votes, not only would SB 48 not become law, If ballot-measure proponents are found by to scare the voters.” WINDY CITY TIMES Aug. 10, 2011 5 vestigated as a hate crime. Mark-Viverito said in the news release that she Michael Silverman, executive director at the was “truly saddened by the brutal murder.” LGBT groups mourn Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, “It is important that we denounce any act of said that he remains hopeful. “So far the police violence against the transgender community and transgender victim in New York have been actually good at investigating,” he send the message that such violence will not be BY KATE SOSIN Sources have used Guzman’s birth name and said. tolerated in El Barrio/East Harlem or anywhere male pronouns, despite the fact that she is re- Local politicians also condemned Guzman’s in this city,” she said. LGBT activists are condemning the murder of a ported as having identified as transgender. murder. New York City Council Member Melissa transgender woman found stabbed to death in The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defama- her New York apartment. tion, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Camila Guzman, who was identified by her le- the Audre Lorde Project, the Sylvia Rivera Law gal name by New York police, was found dead in Project, Transgender Legal Defense and Educa- APA supports marriage equality her East Harlem apartment Aug. 1 at 4:41 p.m. tion Fund and the New York City Anti-Violence Guzman was 38. No arrests have been made, said Project released a joint news statement Aug. 4 BY ERICA DEMAREST arguing it was ineffective and caused more police. in response to the murder. harm than good. LGBT groups denounced the murder and called “Camila Guzman’s murder and the series of vio- In a move that could have far-reaching im- “Psychology is really important in trying for more accurate reporting from the media. lent attacks against transgender women of color pact in the national marriage equality debate, to keep the discussion around civil rights at in Washington, D.C., highlight the the American Psychological Association’s more of a logical level,” said Anthony Mar- disproportionate impact of severe (APA) policymaking body voted unanimously tinez, executive director of the Civil Rights anti-LGBT violence on transgender Aug. 3 in support of a resolution backing Agenda (TCRA), “as opposed to getting into people of color,” said Ejeris Dixon, same-sex marriage. the moral implications—which the conserva- a deputy director with the New York Citing new studies that show that “many tive right loves to try to throw around—and Anti-Violence Project, in the news gay men and lesbians, like their heterosexual also the emotional implications. Statements statement. “These murders are a counterparts, desire to form stable, long-last- like these help to keep it at a very logical, wake-up call for all organizations ing and committed intimate relationships and sound level.” that work to end hate violence.” are successful in doing so,” the APA amped up Six states (Connecticut, Iowa, Massachu- Numerous studies suggest that its previous support for LGBT family equality setts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont) transgender women, particularly and recommended same-sex marriage become and the District of Columbia currently allow transgender women of color, are sub- a national policy. same-sex marriage, while twelve others of- jected to violence and discrimination “We don’t think there is any justification fer civil unions, which provide fewer benefits at alarming rates. Activists estimate for discrimination against [LGBT] people,” than marriage. that on average one to two trans- said Clinton Anderson, director of the APA’s Activists hope the weight of APA approval gender people are murdered every Office on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgen- could help sway political and legal battles in month in the world. Most are women der Concerns. “Scientific research on marriage coming years. of color. suggests that marriage is a very, very positive “In terms of practical implications, I don’t Two of those deaths took place in thing for people, and to deny access to that… think the average LGBT person is going to see Chicago last year. Sandy Wouldard is something we oppose.” the affect in their everyday lives,” Martinez was found shot to death near the Considered the largest and most respected said, “but I think it will be a very significant corner of 75th and Halsted, and psychological organization in the world, the statement that can be used in the future not Selma Diaz drowned in Montrose Har- APA has long supported LGBT equality. The only by advocacy groups, but in the courts bor. (Diaz’s death was initially ruled group backed same-sex marriage and adop- as well… This hopefully reminds all of us to a suicide but her neighbors alleged Ejeris Dixon, who is with the New York Anti-Violence Proj- tion rights in 2004 and voiced opposition reframe the debate around relationship recog- foul play.) ect. Photo from Dixon to “ex-gay” or “reparative therapy” in 2009, nition as a basic right and a basic need.” Police did not say whether or not the Guzman’s murder was being in-

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BY ERICA DEMAREST mated that anywhere from 10,000 to 15,000 gay In a move that could impact transgender people men were held in concentration camps during nationally, the American Association of Motor Rudolf Brazda, believed to be the oldest known WWII. Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) is recommend- gay survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, died Known as “pink triangles” for the emblems ing that transgender drivers be allowed to more Aug. 3 at the age of 98, according to reports they wore denoting their sexual orientation— easily change the gender markers on their driv- from a leading German LGBT-rights group. Jews wore yellow, gypsies black, Jehovah’s wit- er’s licenses. Brazda was one of thousands of gay men de- nesses purple, etc.—gay men were subject to AAMVA, the non-profit that makes recommen- ported to concentration camps during World War particularly harsh punishments in the camps. dations on driving issues to every state, hosted II. The Nazi regime under Adolf Hitler viewed These included extreme beatings, “extermina- a webinar on transgender issues and driver’s homosexuality as an aberration and a threat to tion through labor,” castration and invasive licenses Aug. 3. According to Thomas Manuel, the Aryan race. More than 50,000 homosexu- medical experimentation intended to make the AAMVA’s program director of driver fitness, they als were convicted as criminals during the Nazi men “normal.” suggested that transgender drivers be given IDs reign. “The way Nazis treated the ‘pink triangles’ is with their preferred gender marker, so long as a In August 1942, Brazda was brought to Bu- unspeakable,” Brazda told the French publica- licensed medical provider signs off on it. chenwald concentration camp after he admitted tion Têtu. “They had absolutely no mercy.” “This is a customer service issue as far as we’re being gay. He stayed there until U.S. forces in- When the Nazi regime collapsed in 1945 and concerned,” said Manuel. “The driver’s license vaded three years later, and Brazda has likened S.S. guards took most of Buchenwald’s prisoners has become the de facto form of ID. … What- Mara Keisling. Photo courtesy of the NCTE his experiences in the camp to descending into on a ‘death march,’ Brazda was saved by a guard ever your gender identity is, that should be on hell. who took pity on him. “He put me in a shed with the license.” Manuel acknowledged that move was contro- “But they were never able to destroy me,” the pigs, made me a bed and I lay there for 14 Overall, Manuel said, he was pleased with re- versial to some. But he said, his organization Brazda said. “I am not ashamed. I have made days until the Americans came,” Brazda recalled. sponse to the webinar. His office logged 52 dif- was following American Medical Association my peace with the past.” “After that, I was a free man.” ferent phone lines on the call. The presentation guidelines that suggest transgender people be The son of Czech immigrants, Brazda was born Brazda settled in Alsace, France, near the prompted 30 minutes of questions, an unusually allowed to live in their preferred gender. in Meuselwitz, Germany, on June 26, 1913. The French-German border after the war and main- lengthy discussion for webinar’s, said Manuel. “You don’t want to let your personal beliefs or youngest of eight children, he dreamed of work- tained a relatively low profile. He met his part- “I think we had a very good response,” Manuel feelings come into this matter,” he said. “This ing in a local gentleman’s clothing shop, but ul- ner Edi in 1950, and the couple remained to- said. “There was interest, generally speaking.” particular part of the population needs to have timately trained as a roofer when he was unable gether until Edi died in 2002. The news could mean changes all over the identification.” to procure an apprenticeship elsewhere. Brazda came out as a gay survivor in 2008, country in the way transgender people navigate Overall, the recommendations will have mar- Although homosexual acts were outlawed in when a monument dedicated to the thousands not just driver’s licenses but daily life. ginal impact in Illinois, where transgender peo- the Weimar Republic, Brazda was able to live as of gays persecuted by Nazis was revealed in Ber- According to Mara Keisling, the executive ple can already switch gender markers with a an openly gay man as he came of age in the lin. Brazda traveled to the city and met with its director of the National Center for Transgender medical provider’s letter. 1930s. Local culture was relatively tolerant, and mayor Klaus Wowereit, an openly gay man who Equality (NCTE), just a handful of states have Dave Druker, the press secretary for the Illinois Brazda and his boyfriend, Werner, lived together held a ceremony for Brazda. policies that her organization considers to be secretary of state, said that Illinois “has moved in room they sublet from a Jehovah’s Witness “He is an example of how important the work good. well into the forefront on” the issue. Since the landlady. of remembrance is for our future,” Wowereit said. Several states require transgender people to mid 1980s, the state has issued licenses to That all changed when the Nazis came to pow- “Fewer and fewer people can give information prove they have had irreversible gender reas- transgender people without requiring sexual re- er. “We gays were hunted like animals,” Brazda about repression under the Nazi dictatorship au- signment surgery. Such surgeries can cost in the assignment surgery, a policy that predates many has said. “Wherever I went with my companion thentically and from their own experience.” tens of thousands of dollars, are typically not of its kind by more than two decades. the Nazis were always already there.” covered by insurance,and are not always wanted Mottet, however, said that Illinois fell short After several run-ins with Nazi officials and a by all transgender people. of the “best” list in the eyes of experts. That handful of detentions, Brazda was brought to As such, many government agencies have be- is because the state still requires a written let- Buchenwald in 1942, at the age of 29. It is esti- gun to ease policies to allow transgender people ter from a physician, whereas jurisdictions like to more easily change their gender markers. Last Washington D.C. offer a standardized form for providers to sign. the Finnish publication HS (Helsingin Sano- year, the federal government began issuing gen- The difference, say experts, is that medical Heroic lesbian mat), according to the Guardian. der marker changes on passports to transgender letters can cost hundreds of dollars to obtain. The couple then immediately pushed the people who furnished a note from a licensed couple saves Druker said that in response to the webinar, boat into Lake Tyrifjorden. Dalen and Hansen medical provider. Illinois is looking into creating a standardized drove the boat to the island, picked up indi- Since, other agencies have started to fall in individuals letter. “We do want to pursue this,” he said. “We viduals from the water and transported them line. want to be in that upper echelon.” in Norway to the opposite shore to the mainland. Be- Illinois is currently in the process of re-writ- In Norway, married lesbian couple Hege tween runs they noticed that bullets had hit ing its policy to more easily allow transgender Dalen and Toril Hansen helped rescue 40 the right side of the boat. people to change their birth certificates. Alaska TSA suit prompts people during Anders Breivik’s recent shoot- The couple made four trips back and forth is facing a lawsuit over denying a transgender ing rampage at a youth camp on Utoya Island, in their small boat, picking up injured and woman a gender marker change on her driver’s transgender according to LGBTQ Nation. scared young people. At least 76 people are license. “We were eating. Then shooting and then confirmed dead in the attacks, which included The driver’s license is fundamental, say ex- sensitivity training BY KATE SOSIN the awful screaming. We saw how the young a bomb explosion in Oslo. perts. people ran in panic into the lake,” Dalen told “It’s what you show when you get a new job,” said Keisling. “It’s what you show when you go A lawsuit against the Transportation Security to the bank. It’s what you show when you go to Administration (TSA) has resulted in transgender a nightclub.” sensitivity training for Los Angeles International Keisling presented during the AAMVA webinar Airport (LAX) managers. alongside Lisa Mottet, the transgender civil- According to Jim Fotenos, a TSA spokesper- Chicago’s Dedicated and rights project director at the National Gay and son, managers are currently undergoing training Comprehensive LGBT Program Lesbian Taskforce; and Harper Jean Tobin, policy after a former transgender employee sued for ALEO counsel at NCTE. wrongful termination. VAT CHICAGO LAKESHORE HOSPITAL Valeo at Chicago Lakeshore Hospital States that participated in the webinar are not According to a press release from the Trans- provides comprehensive psychiatric required to change their policies. Rather, pre- gender Law Center which represented Yang, Yang and addiction-related treatment for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender senters made a case for why they should con- was fired in July 2010. The release alleges that and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals. sider doing so. Yang, who was hired after transitioning to fe- The program offers a safe, affirming According to Manuel, updating transgender male, was told to present as male at work. therapeutic environment for members “To keep her job Ms. Yang bought a short ‘male of the LGBTQ community. The Valeo policies can save DMVs both time and money. staff is comprised of well-trained, Enforcing strict and complicated policies often wig’ to hide her long hair, complied with TSA’s experienced gay and gay-sensitive takes extra resources. Still, he said, it is not cer- male dress code, and pretended to be a man behavioral health professionals from tain how many states will adopt the AAMVA rec- at work,” the statement said. “Despite her ef- a wide variety of disciplines. ommendations, which Manuel also wrote about forts, passengers continued to recognize her as in the organization’s magazine, MOVE. a woman and subjected to her to sexual harass- In time, Manuel said, AAMVA will likely con- ment.” 4840 N. MARINE DRIVE vene experts on transgender issues to draft an As part of a settlement with Yang, TSA agreed CHICAGO, IL 60640 official “best practice” recommendation. For to train its managers at LAX. 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SPONSOR OF THE RIVERS CASINO STAGE AT ADDISON 8 Aug. 10, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES on the bill in Massachusetts, said Michael Avit- zur, counsel for the Joint Judiciary Committee, The bathroom scare: where the bill now sits. But all committee action for this session must be completed by March 2012. Old tactics aimed anew at trans-equality measures In the meantime, the Massachusetts Transgen- der Political Coalition plans to continue educat- Second of two parts there, too. And Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval, York Transgender Rights Organization, largely ing legislators about transgender issues and the a Republican, signed the measure into law July because of “internal, institutional” maneuver- falsehoods in the “bathroom” ads, said Scott. By Dana Rudolph It is also gearing up to expand its own “I Am: Keen News Service 1. ings in the state Senate and the “endless power GLAD’s Levi explained that the bathroom argu- struggle” in the capital. Trans People Speak” public education campaign, a series of videos and written stories from trans- Opponents of equal rights for LGBT people have ments failed in Connecticut and Nevada because, Sklarz said conservatives are using the bath- “they completely fall apart under any scrutiny.” room fears as leverage to “get something from gender people talking about their lives, which been using “bathroom scare” tactics for some it launched in November 2010. And it is raising years now to try and stop bills that would pro- When legislators really focus on the objections the Democrats and Governor.” Republicans con- raised by our opponents, they realize that the trol the state Senate, but Democrats control money to run related ads in Boston-area transit hibit discrimination against transgender people, locations this fall. but fears about who can use public restrooms bathroom issues are raised solely to tank the the Assembly, and Governor Andrew Cuomo is a bill, not because they have any independent va- Democrat. ©2011 by Keen News Service. All rights re- have a long history in the struggle for civil served. rights. lidity.” The New York transgender bill passed the As- Going back to the late 1800s, Jim Crow laws in She said advocates must take the time, sembly but failed in the Senate when the Repub- some states required separate public restrooms though, to educate legislators, first “on who lican conference refused to let it go to the floor for “White people” and “Coloreds.” It was not transgender people are and why we need a law for a vote before the end of the session—a ses- PRIDE LAW to until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that the United to protect that vulnerable community,” and then sion fraught with political deal-making to secure open Aug. 10 States Congress outlawed segregation in “public to “[counter] specious objections raised by idea- marriage equality and resolve unrelated issues of Pride Law—Chicago’s legal aid clinic accommodations,” which include public bath- logues.” rent control and property taxes. and resource center that is focused on the rooms, restaurants, hotels, libraries, and other Sarah Warbelow, state legislative director for In Massachusetts, where the legislature held needs of the LGBT community—will of- public spaces. the Human Rights Campaign, added that one of a hearing June 8 on a proposed bill to prohibit ficially open its doors Wed., Aug. 10, in In the 1970s, during the height of the wom- the reasons for the success of the anti-discrim- discrimination against transgender people, the Andersonville. Services will include consul- en’s movement’s efforts to pass the Equal Rights ination bills in Connecticut and Nevada was “a outcome a remains an open question. A poll tation and advice; help with contracts and Amendment to the federal constitution, oppo- willingness from legislators to meet with trans- conducted in November 2009 by Lake Research LGBT-discrimination matters; assistance nents such as Phyllis Schafly claimed the law gender people and really listen to their stories.” Partners found that over three-quarters of voters with forms; and referrals. Clinic appoint- would lead to unisex bathrooms. She credits advocates in both states for “mak- in Massachusetts—76 percent—had a positive ments will be every Wednesday at 5-8 p.m. More recently, such fears have cropped up in de- ing sure legislators were constantly hearing from reaction to the idea of protecting transgender “Our mission is to provide a place where bates about the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” constituents on the importance of the bill.” people from discrimination in employment, LGBT people can feel safe and secure hav- ban on openly gay servicemembers. Supporters Levi noted that the Connecticut legislature housing, and public accommodations. This in- ing their legal interests represented, re- of the keeping the ban expressed concerns about also defeated several amendments that would cluded a majority of Republicans (53 percent) gardless of their ability to pay,” said Tsamis gay and straight servicemembers showering to- have created a “bathroom exclusion” to the as well as Democrats (90 percent), and indepen- (below) in a statement. “We do not seek to gether. law—something no law regarding transgender dents (74 percent). take away from any of the wonderful orga- Jennifer Levi, director of the Gay and Lesbian protections has ever had. When asked about an earlier, but identical, nizations that represent the legal interests Advocates and Defenders’ Transgender Rights “You can’t create an exception for bathrooms version of the Massachusetts bill in 2009, 73 of LGBT people. We simply seek to supple- Project, said that, in Connecticut, the most re- and come up with a workable bill,” she said. percent said they wanted their legislators to ment what is already available and want to cent state to add gender identity and gender In Maryland, Democrats supporting a bill to vote in favor of it, versus 18 percent against. provide a legal aid clinic in the Anderson- expression to its non-discrimination laws, oppo- protect transgender people from discrimination Those in favor included 57 percent of Republi- ville community, where so many members nents of the bill had raised the bathroom issue took out protections for “public accommoda- cans, 83 percent of Democrats, and 71 percent of the LGBT community live, work, play, and visit.” during hearings and floor debates, but “didn’t tions,” which include public restrooms. The mea- of independents. To RSVP, email [email protected] get any traction.” sure failed to make it out of committee in April. Half of voters (51 percent) said they would be or call 866-703-5509. The Family Institute of Connecticut, the lead- Dana Beyer, executive director of Gender more likely to vote for a legislator who voted ing group opposing the bill, consistently re- Rights Maryland, said the failure of the trans- for the bill, versus 14 percent who would vote ferred to it as the “Bathroom Bill” there, too, gender bill in Maryland was not the result of a against them. The remaining 35 percent said it and ran Facebook advertising and robocall cam- right-wing campaign around bathroom fears. It would make no difference to their vote. paigns against it. was due, she said, to “internal leadership poli- Yet, an anti-gay organization in Massachu- However, the legislature passed the bill, and tics” in the legislature, in the aftermath of a setts has employed a radio ad to characterize Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) signed it July 6. failure to pass a high-profile marriage equality the legislation as “The Bathroom Bill.” The ad Bathroom scare tactics were also employed in bill a month earlier. also borrows on the California formula used Nevada last month against three bills prohibit- Likewise, opponents of a New York transgen- against Proposition 8—children—by suggesting ing discrimination on the basis of gender iden- der bill tried to scare away votes by warning parents soon won’t be able to allow their chil- tity or expression in public accommodations, about bathroom predators. The measure failed dren to go into public restrooms alone. housing, and employment. But the tactics failed in June, said Melissa Sklarz, director of the New There is no timetable yet for a committee vote

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BY ERICA DEMAREST of which involved young Black men. Many resi- and the developing statewide implementation dents complained visiting youth were to blame CBGMC hosting plans will impact and improve local efforts to Youth Pride Services, a Chicago organization for the attacks, and nearly 800 people attended dinner forum on reduce new HIV infections in the community. that works with Black queer youth, recently a July 6 CAPS meeting demanding solutions. RSVP at [email protected]. launched a “Be Great” campaign. The youth-led “I think [the dialogue there] was getting away HIV crisis Aug. 11 initiative works toward ending violence among from the actual topic, which was: How do you The Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus, with youth of color through PSAs, conflict resolution deal with violence? We believe every person support from the University of Chicago and ALMA picnic Aug. 28 The Association of Latino Men for Action workshops and community events. should live in a safe neighborhood. We don’t the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, will host (ALMA) will hold a picnic Sunday, Aug. 28, “The youth are trying to get people involved believe that it’s racist to say that. Being on the “Conversations: A Discussion on the National 12-5 p.m. at Hollywood Beach. in a grassroots campaign, trying to be great and South Side, we acknowledge that there are some HIV/AIDS Strategy and the impact for Black The beach is just off the Bryn Mawr exit stop the violence and other silliness that can go youth of color who are engaging in activities Gay/Bisexual Men in Chicago” Thursday, Aug. from Lake Shore Drive. A suggested donation on,” said Frank Walker, youth director at Youth they shouldn’t engage in,” Walker said. 11 at the Gary Comer Youth Center, 7200 S. of $10 lets attendees enjoy snacks, desserts Pride Services. “It strives to break down barriers “But the CAPS meeting pretty much showed Ingleside, 6-9 p.m. and non-alcoholic beverages. Among the that can prevent you from trying to be great us that there are so many distractions, so many Conversations is free and open to the pub- scheduled activities are bocci, volleyball, or being better than just hanging out there on agendas,” he continued. “Nobody wanted to lic, and will address the overwhelming bur- badminton and dancing. Belmont.” hear what the youth had to say, and there’s a den of HIV incidence among Black gay and See http://www.almachicago.org. With co-sponsors that include the 23rd Dis- big difference between what youth are saying bisexual men (and especially youth) in Chi- trict Police Department, the Northalsted Busi- and what adults are saying.” cago and how the National HIV/AIDS Strategy ness Alliance and Pow Wow, “Be Great” will fo- Davi Akei, 21, who made a print PSA ad this cus on youth who frequent the Boystown area. summer, said the all-youth aspect is what drew The hallmark effort is a PSA campaign in which young adults produce print and video ads en- couraging their peers to “Be Great.” Local sponsors—including District Command- er Kathleen Boehmer and a representative from Tom Tunney’s office—voted in early August for the best print ad. The winning print PSA will be announced Aug. 18 at Ann Sather’s on Belmont during a “Be Great” meeting; it will run in local KENDALL

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publications (including the Windy City Times) and be distributed among youth as a palm card. ONECULINARY PROGRAM Video submissions are still being accepted on the “Be Great” Facebook page, which has more Chicago Michelin Guide Restaurants recently ranked Kendall College the than 160 members, many of whom post daily. number one Chicago program for preparing students for culinary arts “I’ve always believed that if they’re not a part careers. (ORC International-2011 Survey) of the process, then they don’t have a vested This honor from top restaurants isn’t the only reason aspiring chefs choose Kendall. interest in it,” Walker said. “You’ll have the same Kendall features impressive, professional-grade commercial kitchens, where you’ll find problem over and over and over again every accomplished instructors teaching both the technical side of cooking, and the business year.” side of culinary arts. In coming weeks, youth will sponsor and lead Plus, students have several choices for earning and specializing their degrees—including conflict-resolution, etiquette and de-escalation the option to earn an associate degree, and start working in the field, as they continue workshops throughout the city. Thirty “house” toward completing their bachelor’s. events—15 on the West Side, 15 on the South Side—will allow people to convene in their own If you’re considering a future in culinary arts, learn more about why those in the know rank Kendall College at the top of the list. neighborhoods, while several members of the Northalsted Business Alliance will donate space OPEN HOUSE for Lakeview events. Saturday,August 20 “If visitors to the neighborhood feel like they have a little bit more ownership of it, then 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. they’re more likely to respect it,” said Jay Lyon, DiscoverKendallCollege.com • 800.639.7753 executive director of the Northalsted Business Alliance. Walker said “Be Great” was created as a direct For additional details, including ORC International’s Research Report, please visit Kendall.edu/about/kendall-ranked-first. 900 N. North Branch response to community uproar over a series of Chicago, IL 60642 violent attacks in Boystown this summer—some 10 Aug. 10, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES to disrupt Cocktail’s business.” The suit totals damages at $2.5 million and Zaharakis estimates that Cocktail has been asks for an addition $7.5 million in punitive Cocktail alleges visited between three to four times by both the damages. Department of Buildings and the Department of “We’ve lost quite a bit of our regulars,” Za- Public Health, respectively in recent months. He harakis said. “It’s been incredibly hard on my also said the Fire Department has been to Cock- family. It’s been incredibly hard on my staff.” conspiracy in suit tail at least once. BY KATE SOSIN ness hours; stole and smashed a blender on the the Exodus association for approximately five sidewalk in front of the bar; and publicly ac- Riverdale trustee years. Lakeview bar Cocktail is suing its landlord and cused Hoffman of burning down Scarlet, the Hal- Chambers claimed that Exodus doesn’t ad- two former employees for $10 million over an sted bar where Hoffman was a manager when a accused of vocate for ostracizing gay people. He has gay alleged conspiracy to ruin the bar’s good name fire decimated the property in 2009. friends and family members, he said. and put it out of business. Sikora declined to comment on the allega- anti-lesbian “Our message is the same as anyone’s mes- John “Geno” Zaharakis, who owns Cocktail, tions. remarks sage who is dealing with conflict with how and general manager Dustin Hoffman filed suit The complaint accuses Stoykov of ruining BY KATE SOSIN they want to live,” said Chambers, who said July 29. The suit alleges that the building owner Cocktail’s relationship with its lender of 10 he got over his same-sex attractions in the and management company worked with two for- years, Capital Access Network, by telling the Riverdale Village Trustee Lawrence Jackson is early 1990s. “It’s not hateful to tell someone mer employees to tarnish the bar’s reputation company that Cocktail was “a terrible tenant facing down an accusation that he used anti- you can live how you want to live.” and oust Cocktail to open a new bar. and that Cocktail was going to be evicted.” lesbian remarks in conversation with Trustee Exodus currently has a membership of ap- The suit names Robert Brumbaugh Jr., who has It also accuses Stoykov of delivering a false “ten Tiasha Jackson, the Chicago Sun-Times re- proximately 250 ministries in North America. owned the building on 3359 N. Halsted since days notice” to vacate the property on the 4th ported. Willow Creek Community Church declined to June of this year; Brumbaugh’s company, 3357 of July weekend in front of customers. Echols alleges that Jackson repeatedly comment. Halsted LLC; David Sikora, Cocktail’s former man- Stoykov could not be reached for comment. used homophobic slurs to describe women ager; Alexander Stoykov, a former Cocktail go-go Key Management and Realty did not respond to on the board who disagreed with him. Echols dancer; and Key Management and Realty, Inc., requests to comment in time for publication. told Windy City Times the comments were so the building’s management company, which em- Cocktail has lived at the corner of Roscoe and strong that she felt uncomfortable repeating ploys Stoykov. Halsted since 1995, when Zaharakis opened the them to the paper. According to the suit, Sikora and Brumbaugh bar. Brumbaugh is the bar’s fourth landlord, said “She called her a lesbian term,” Echols said allegedly told Cocktail customers that the bar Zaharakis, adding that he had not had problems of a colleague, and refused to repeated the was going out of business. with landlords in the past. term. The suit claims that “on July 22, 2011, in a Zaharakis said that he had wanted to purchase She said she heard Jackson use anti-gay face-to-face meeting with Zaharakis and Hoff- the building himself but that Brumbaugh beat epithets on two different occasions. man, Brumbaugh stated that, unless Zaharakis him to it. Echols, who has been married to a man for and Cocktail voluntarily agreed to move out “Anything Rob asked of me … I complied 23 years, said she does not identify as LGBT. of the Premises and surrender possession of with,” Zaharakis told Windy City Times. “It’s outright disrespectful to me as a wom- the Premises before the end of August 2011, Zaharakis alleged that Brumbaugh would not an, as a person and a member of this com- he, Brumbaugh, intended to destroy Zaharakis allow him to hang a Pride month banner, as he munity,” she said. “I’m trying to do the right financially and put Cocktail out of business so had done in the past, and that he forced Cock- thing.” that he and Sikora could open their own bar on tail to remove a historic sign advertising the bar Echols sent a letter to Mayor Deyon Dean ask- the Premises.” on the side of the building. ing him to look into the matter. Brumbaugh did not respond immediately to a Finally, the complaint accuses Brumbaugh, Windy City Times contacted the Village of request to comment. Stoykov and Sikora of making “false reports to Riverdale, where a receptionist said the of- The suit further alleges that Sikora spat on the City of Chicago about untrue or grossly in- fice had no comment on the controversy and and urinated on the building during peak busi- flated building code violations, all in an attempt abruptly hung up the phone. Alan Chambers. Photo courtesy of Exodus Comments about Jackson on one Riverdale International forum are mostly positive. One person praises him as “the most outspoken member of the board” while another calls him “an upstand- ing individual who carries himself with class i2i presents ‘Story and dignity.” It remains unclear what, if any, action the of My Pride’ Aug. 13 village could take against Jackson. Much of i2i: Asian Pacific Islander Pride of Chicago what is said in meetings is exempt from slan- will presents “Story of My Pride,” an interac- der and defamation rule, although sexual ha- tive event for exploring the powerful inter- rassment claims might provide an exception. section of LGBTQ and Asian/Pacific Islander If anything, the village could censor Jack- identities. Will Tutol & Ryan Viloria are co- son and request that such alleged comments presenting the discussion on Saturday, Aug. cease. 13, at 7 p.m. at Asian Human Services in Up- town, 4753 N. Broadway. This free special event invites and show- Suburban cases speakers from the LGBTQ-API commu- nity to share. While speakers themselves are STATE REPRESENTATIVE 44TH WARD ALDERMAN megachurch restricted to those of LGBTQ-API identity, the breaks with event is open to friends, loved ones, and al- SARA FEIGENHOLTZ TOM TUNNEY lies. StateRepSara.com 44thWard.org ex-gay ministry Food is provided but space is limited; RSVP 773.296.4141 773.525.6034 BY KATE SOSIN at [email protected].

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We miss him already and keep him in our hearts forever. Rolon is survived by his beloved mother and father, Alma Rolon Ruiz and Adrian Gonzalez Romo; his sisters, Almendra and Gabriela; his brothers, Arturo and Alejandro; his nephews and TAKE A QUEER nices and extended family; his partner for many years, Lothar “Lothi” Becker; and his closest friends, Edward “Edu” O’Shaughnessy, Brian Gid- cumb, Maricela Becerra and Dan “Danny” Vester- LOOK AT CHICAGO dahl. Rolon adored his Dr. Maureen Gallagher, who provided him with outstanding, very personal Dom Orejudos, a Chicago artist and musician who was also known as Etienne, painted this and sensitive care. We are very grateful to Dr. mural in 1973 for Chuck Renslow’s Gold Coast Bar, the first gay leather bar in Chicago and one Gallagher for all she has done for him! of the first in the country, which opened in 1958. A memorial to celebrate Rolon’s life is being planned for his family and friends later this Ralphj Hannie. Photo by Sam Hamilton month. Discover the city through the lens of gender, sexuality and nonconformity Arrangements by Cremation Society of Illinois, 773-281-5058 or http://www.cremation-society. at Out in Chicago — a groundbreaking exhibition that explores 150 years com of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Chicagoans and their Hannie had been told earlier in the year that she had a year to live. quests for self-identity, family, community and political action. “She was a great, giving person. … I’m still in shock right now,” Chicagoan Sam Hamilton said Aug. 4. “She loved her family and did a lot for the community. A lot of people will miss her. She OPEN THROUGH MARCH 26, 2012 was just fun to be around.” Hannie was born on a reservation in Wiscon- GENERAL ADMISSION $14 FREE FOR MEMBERS sin to the Menominee Tribe March 23, 1960. She lived there until the age of 4, and then moved to Chicago with her family. She is the oldest of six girls. Hannie and her partner of 18 years, Janice Kohl, lived in Lincoln Square. “They are both pillars of the community, do- nating time and money for many local causes and personal causes for friends and family,” Hamilton said earlier this year. “Ralphj is an in- spiration to everyone and has a heart of gold. Everyone who has been surrounded by her pres- ence has nothing but good things to say such as, light spirited, a loving and giving heart.” “She was a generous, wonderful woman who Clark Street at North Avenue 312.642.4600 www.chicagohistory.org cared about everyone and was always there for everyone; she spent her life giving,” Edith Nieves, of Chicago, said Thursday. “She knew that she was really loved, that people really PRESENTING SPONSORS: cared about her.” Nieves and Hannie were billiards teammates at Spyner’s. Adrian Gonzalez Rolon. “She was really a terrific lady who’d give you the shirt off her back, if needed,” Nieves said. Spyners Pub owner Maureen Sullivan was friends with Hannie for about 25 years, and Han- Rainbow Social LEAD CORPORATE SPONSOR: nie worked there for approximately 20 years. Aug. 26 The University of Illinois at Chicago’s PASSAGES Gender & Sexuality Center (GSC) will hold its annual Rainbow Social Friday, Aug. 26, Adrian 11 a.m.-1 p.m., in rooms 181 and 183 of the Behavioral Sciences Building, 1007 W. Gonzalez Rolon Harrison. Adrian Gonzalez Rolon, a native of Guadalaja- The Rainbow Social welcomes new and re- ra, Mexico, passed away peacefully, surrounded turning UIC students, faculty, staff, alumni, by love, Aug. 4. He was 42. and community members to the GSC. Rolon grew up in Mexico and studied at the GO BEHIND THE SCENES Established in 1995, the GSC provides Universidad Guadalajara Lamar before he moved or facilitates LGBTQA education, outreach, SCAN THE TAG to the United States, with Chicago becoming his research and support to everyone to elimi- home. He worked in different capacities for com- QR Tag by EventCode.info nate fear and prejudice on campus and be- panies like Apple Vacations, Aveda and H2O+. He yond. For more information, visit http:// was also an artist who was extremely resourceful www.gsc.uic.edu. and creative with any project. WINDY CITY TIMES Aug. 10, 2011 13 fecting the gay community and the AIDS com- be in current terms. “We’ve had some safety is- munity.” sues,” he said. Among them, Lawson said were Hundreds to be Evictions in both buildings could take as long crimes, drugs and prostitution. as two months. Landlords cannot forcibly remove Lawson said that his office was interested in tenants, lock them out, stop providing utilities “more stable” affordable housing in the ward, in- displaced as or remove their belongings without filing and cluding government-subsidized buildings where winning evictions in court. In those cases it is occupants pay 30 percent of their incomes in Lakeview hotels close up to police, not landlords, to remove tenants. rent. Jennifer Ritter, executive director of Lakeview Still he said, figuring out where to immedi- BY KATE SOSIN are not condemned, code mandates that resi- Action Coalition (LAC), which has been fighting ately house people who have been displaced by dents be allowed between a week to 30 days to preserve SROs, said that the closures could the two recent SRO closings, presents a chal- Hundreds of residents in the 44th Ward are to vacate, depending on the length of tenancy. lead to homelessness for many residents. lenge. Lawson informed LAC of the Belair clos- scrambling to find housing after two single- Consequently, some have questioned the legality While rent for SROs can sometimes match ing and asked the organization to help residents room occupancy hotels (SROs) served up notices of the Sheffield notices. those of market-rate apartments, many who find new housing. to vacate late last month. The closings impact Bennett Lawson, a spokesperson for 44th Ward live in SROs cannot afford security deposits on “It’s hard to do in Lakeview,” he said. an estimated 350 tenants, some of whom have Ald. Tom Tunney, speculated that the Sheffield apartments or have been rejected by potential For now, LAC might aim pressure new manag- HIV, mental illnesses and other disabilities. vacate notices were “not exactly legal.” landlords for bad credit or criminal records, said ers at the Sheffield to shell out money for secu- Both The Sheffield House hotel, 3834 N. Shef- Rumors have also swirled that a term of the Ritter. rity deposits and first month’s rent. That way, field Ave., and The Belair Hotel, 424 W. Diversey sale to Sheffield I LLC was that the building be “These folks have jobs,” she said. “There’s just she said, people who can’t afford the deposits Ave., have been sold. vacated. Windy City Times could not confirm something that makes it hard for them to get will be able to relocate. That however, may not The Belair, which houses approximately 250 this. Sheffield I LLC did not return requests to through this incredibly tight housing market.” fix situations for all. tenants, served notice on July 13 that the hotel comment in time for publication, some of which SROs have been disappearing over the past Some who stay at SROs live in shelters half would close Monday, Aug. 15. The Sheffield noti- were made over the weekend. few decades. Originally conceived for temporary of the month, saving enough money for an SRO fied its estimated 105 residents on July 28 and Elizabeth Rosenthal, a housing attorney for Chicago workers in the late 1800s, SRO hotels room to sleep in for the other half, Ritter said. 29 that the premises had been “closed effective Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan in Chicago have often suffered from bad repu- Cannon said that other local groups were immediately for repairs” and that residents were Chicago, also questions the legality of the Belair tations and lack of adequate management. As mobilizing to help SRO residents cope. She re- to leave. notice. such, their demise has been expedited by politi- mained hopeful that her client who spent the “The trauma that this has caused is evident,” While the notice from the building’s manager, cal pressure. weekend in the hospital would recover. said Lori Cannon, a food program coordinator W.H. Windmiller and Associates, asserts that the “There are some rough criminal issues at some “This guy’s had more comebacks than Liz Tay- with Vital Bridges, which provides food to HIV- “notice constitutes the necessary 30 days termi- of these SROs,” said Lawson, adding that if the lor,” she said. “He’ll survive.” positive clients. nation notice for all rental units,” the letters is- alderman supported SRO housing it would not Cannon was on the way out to the Sheffield sued July 13 may not constitute a full month for Aug. 5 in the morning to deliver shampoo, tenants who pay rent on the first of the month. toothpaste and underwear to a client who had Rosenthal believes that notices may have been panicked and thrown out his belongings earlier given to people who pay rent on the first of each in the week. month and not the 15th. If that is the case, The man, who is HIV-positive and gay, was to some tenants in the Belair might be able to stay talk with Windy City Times about how the clos- until Sept. 1. ing is impacting him. He is among an estimated A person who picked up the phone at the Be- 20-40 who have remained in the building. How- lair but refused to give his name said that rent ever, when Cannon arrived, she said, she found is generally collected on the first of the month the man had been hospitalized the night before for month-to-month renters. Management could after an apparent nervous breakdown. not be reached by the time of publication. “This is the result of a lot of stress and panic The Belair’s connection to Chicago’s LGBT and fear,” Cannon said. community is deep, if not for its location near The Sheffield, predating its recent purchase by Lakeview than for one famous former tenant. Sheffield I LLC, was found to have violated 53 For 18 years, room 317 was home of Jon-Henri city codes earlier in the year. Violations includ- Damski, the celebrated LGBT journalist who was ed failure to provide working smoke and carbon instrumental in passing the city’s human-rights monoxide detectors; maintaining potable water; ordinance in 1988. repairing broken and peeling walls; and fixing a Both hotels, Cannon said, are home to people host of electrical and plumbing problems. her organization has served for years. A circuit court ruled in May that the violations Cannon said that at least five of her clients re- be corrected by Oct. 1 or be vacated. mained in the Sheffield hotel. She criticized its The building, however, had not been con- immediate closing as “inexcusable and shame- demned. ful.” Buildings that are condemned can be vacated “Can you imagine if this was the winter? There Formerly “The Carlos” hotel, The Sheffield House appeared dim and quiet the weekend after immediately for safety reasons. Assuming they would have been deaths,” she said. “This is af- residents were told to leave. Photo by Kate Sosin 14 Aug. 10, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES Lakeview CAPS meeting see emotions still running high BY KATE SOSIN tions were related to crime and safety. Another man said that his building, Plaza 32, With nerves still raw in Lakeview over a per- located 3232 N. Halsted St., had requested the ceived increase in violence and Northalsted Mar- restrictions because parked cars sometimes be ket Days just around the corner, an estimated the source of noise-related issues. 80 people turned out to the neighborhood’s “People park their cars below … and use it as CAPS (Community Alternative Policing Strategy) a home base to party,” he said. meeting Aug. 3. Overall, police said, crime rates are dropping, A standoff between residents and youth advo- especially since police have amped up their cates over tactics to make the community safer presence in the neighborhood over the past few continued. However, the attention was on 44th weeks. Ward Ald. Tom Tunney, who was the most vocal Those reports seemed to dissatisfy some resi- he has been on the issues since they erupted in dents who have expressed that such statements mid June. marginalize their concerns. The attendees at the meeting (above); Jose Rios (below). Photos by Erica Demarest “We want to make sure that from the top One man said that he was the victim of an down, our issues are addressed here,” Tunney anti-gay hate crime in the spring and that the dents this summer galvanized the community’s into shouts. Police, declining to answer, ended said. “This is not a simple solution in terms of police had failed to follow-up with him. In a residents to call for action from police and local the meeting abruptly. respecting everybody.” voice still raspy from a tube in his throat and a government. Residents signed up for “working groups” Tunney said that his request for a entertain- brace on his nose from a recent related surgery, More than 700 people attended a July 6 before leaving. Those groups will tackle issues ment late-night police detail had been made fi- he reported that a man had screamed “faggot” meeting. That meeting quickly unraveled into related to social services, neighborhood safety nal and that he had met with top police officials while beating him. a screaming match between residents who said call boxes, youth programs and peace walks. to discuss resident concerns. The alderman also “I’m glad this is being addressed now,” he their safety not being prioritized and youth who Community groups have launched a new announced that his office was testing out new said. “But this happened back in April.” claimed their tactics were unjustly aimed at rid- Facebook page dedicated to similar strate- parking restrictions. Officer Jose Rios, the 23rd District’s LGBT ding the neighborhood of young people. gies called “A Safer Boystown for All.” That Tunney wants to extend parking-meter en- liaison, fielded most of the heat, which came The Aug. 3 meeting echoed those same senti- page can be found at http://www.facebook. forcement until midnight on Halsted Street be- from both sides of what has become a racially ments, but more than a month into the debate, com/?ref=home#!/pages/A-Safer-Boystown-For- tween Belmont Avenue and Buckingham Place. charged debate. those arguments seemed to have grown weary. All/219859044722922. “Meters should be enforced at times when Many young people and service providers have Rios announced that two youths will be liai- businesses are most busy,” he said, adding that accused residents concerned about crime with sons to 23rd Dist. Commander Kathy Boehmer. increased turnover of parking would help local targeting racial minorities, some of whom travel They will also sit on the 23rd District Advisory businesses. Tunney is also testing out a parking to Lakeview for LGBT social services. Council, which convenes representatives from ban on parts of main thoroughfares in Lakeview The Aug. 3 meeting was the second CAPS each beat in the district monthly. between midnight and 5 a.m. meeting for beats 2324 and 2331 to draw crowds “A lot of the problem is that we have adults One attendee questioned how parking restric- since a string of well-publicized violent inci- speaking for the youth all the time,” Rios said. That announcement did not satisfy all in the room. 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Affinity reaches CENSUS from cover Same -sexSame female-sex couplesfemale couples Same-sexSame male-sex couples male couples per 1,000per households 1,000 households per 1,000per households 1,000 households funding goal, At the county level, though Cook County still by county (adjusted)by county (adjusted) by county (adjusted)by county (adjusted) far and away leads the pack in terms of the Same-sex female couples Same-sex male couples currently seeking per 1,000 households per 1,000 households number of same-sex couples overall (17,077), it by county (adjusted) by county (adjusted) immigration intern now calls home to a markedly smaller percent- Affinity—a social-justice organization whose age of the state’s total (53 percent according core constituents are Black lesbian, bisexual and to the 2010 estimate, compared to 58 percent transgender women and LGBTQ youth of African in 2000). When Cook County’s total is added to descent—announced that it has exceeded its the five counties that border it (DuPage, Lake, $40,000 goal for the spring appeal, which ended McHenry, Kane and Will), 71 percent of the July 31. state’s same-sex couples are represented. In Affinity has raised $45,476.49, which includes 2000, the same six counties were home to 75 the $15,000 matching grant awarded by the As- percent of the state total. traea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. Cook County, too, also saw among the lowest On a related front, the organization is seek- increases in the estimated number of same-sex ing an intern to work on its Immigration Initia- couples of any county in the state between 2000 tive. Among other things, the intern will attend and 2010. While Cook’s 17,077 self-reporting board meetings and events, as needed; track couples mark a 29 percent increase over 2000, campaigns; and conduct research, as needed, for several other counties saw much more drastic inclusion in proposals. increases over the last decade including Wil- Data and methodology The part-time position pays $10 an hour for liamson (135 percent), Lake (94 percent) and Percent of same-sex couples Data are compiled from PCT 15, Census 2010 SF-1. Same-sex couples 20-24 hours weekly for 12 months. 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Paul Carter got his first tattoo—a Japanese family caste symbol, with additional rainbow coloring around the edges—in 1996 while living in the Streeterville neighborhood. That circular tattoo on his left shoulder “reminds me that I’m the same person before and after a difficult period in my life,” he said. Carter, an intern at the time, was struggling, to put it mildly. He was poor, overworked and had to use coins to buy milk—and the type of milk was based on which had the most calories, not which was best for him nutritionally. the stats Still, Carter always had a “focus on the finish line,” he said. Have your Name That rough period in his life “definitely shaped my personality,” Carter said. “I am now extremely self-sufficient and truly appreciate the smaller and bigger things in life. It taught me gratitude and Paul Carter humility.” premiums Carter’s career has skyrocketed, particularly over the past six years—and he’s already looking at Age retiring within the next increased 36 10 years. Then he’ll further ex- recently? Relationship status pand his passion for trav- Single eling, which now includes plans to visit Puerto Rico See me: Hometown and Rio de Janeiro over Charles T. Rhodes, Milwaukee the next year or so, and South Africa eventually. Agent Hobbies “Finishing my training 2472 N. Clark [in 2005 as a psychia- 773.281.0890 Traveling, photography and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company trist] was a challenge,” (not in NJ) gardening he said. “But finishing State Farm Indemnity Company (NJ) Home Offices: Bloomington, Illinois has helped shape me into Tattoos the person I now am.” Has two, including one on his “I’m expecting the best right hip, and soon plans to add things to come in the next chapter of my life.” a third—a sea turtle on his Thursday, Aug. 18 back 7:30 p.m. Rebecca Makkai The Borrower Alethea Black I Knew You’d Be Lovely

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Green thumb [email protected] Has about 25 plants growing www.womenandchildrenfirst.com Parking Available inside his two-story condo Wheelchair Accessible 18 Aug. 10, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES VIEWPOINTs WINDY CITY terest, but all it did was prompt more questions sible, what is currently happening to hold these JERRY in my mind about the whole situation. Although individuals responsible? Are there lawsuits or TIMES these questions occurred to me, I am surprised charges pending against these individuals? VOL. 26 No. 44, Aug. 10, 2011 RUPERT that they have not occurred to the general pub- I feel that the above issues need to be ad- The combined forces of Windy City Times, founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, lic. Please see below for some of my questions: dressed for some “real” transparency to occur. founded May 1987. It should be noted that my questions are based To date all of the comments I’m reading in upon the statement contained within the audit the various gay media are nothing more than PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR report that the reported problems occurred dur- “window-dressing” or “spin” generated by the Tracy Baim ing the period of 2005 to 2010: HBHC board members and/or employees. The ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky Howard Brown, 1. Who were the auditors for Howard Brown comments in these articles “sound” nice and MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis during the period of 2005 to 2010 prior to the sound like things are getting done, but lets get BUSINESS MANAGER Meghan Streit release of the current audit report? some comments addressing the above issues and DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright by the numbers 2. Where are the audit reports from Howard have these members/employees quit putting out ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS: Terri Klinsky, Amy Brown’s previous auditors? “fluff” that is deemed acceptable to the public During the course of the past several months Matheny, Kirk Williamson, Dave Ouano, Kirk Smid 3. Why weren’t the previous audit reports post- and designed to do nothing more than protect I have read Windy City Times’ articles dealing PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT Cynthia Holmes ed on the website for us to read as part of the reputations and the fundraising efforts of HBHC. NIGHTSPOTS MANAGING EDITOR Kirk Williamson with the scandal occurring at the Howard Brown transparency promise? I have read a comment from a Letters to the NATIONAL SALES Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 Health Clinic. The articles have all contained SENIOR WRITERS Kate Sosin, Bob Roehr, Rex 4. Did the previous audit reports contain the Editor section of one of the gay publications some of the details surrounding the scandal and Wockner, Marie J. Kuda, David Byrne, Tony Per- section titled “Auditor’s Report on Internal Con- suggesting that people withhold their donations do emphasize the need for ongoing transpar- egrin, Lisa Keen, Yasmin Nair, Erica Demarest trols?” and contributions to this organization until “all THEATER EDITOR Scott C. Morgan ency as the details of this scandal continue to 5. What comments were made by the previ- the cards are on the table” and I certainly agree CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight, Jr. emerge. BOOKS WRITER Yasmin Nair ous auditors concerning the internal controls in with this point of view. These board members As I have sat back and read all the many ar- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS their reports? and/or employees of HBHC are not telling all ticles written by yourself and others in the gay Mary Shen Barnidge, Steve Warren, Lawrence 6. What actions were taken (or not taken) in they know because they are all “ducking for cov- Ferber, Mel Ferrand, Jerry Nunn, Alicia Wilson, press about this topic, I have wondered about connection with those previous audit reports on er” and the latest mode of operation there has Jonathan Abarbanel some of the various aspects of this whole situa- COLUMNISTS/WRITERS: Yvonne Zipter, Jorjet internal controls? to be “cover your ass.” tion. It may just be that because of my previous Harper, Lee Lynch, Tully Satre, Lisa Keen, Charlsie 7. If no actions were taken to correct previ- Although the “cover your ass” strategy is go- training and experience in the accounting and Dewey, Michael Knipp, Lisa Klein, Joe Erbentraut, ously reported internal controls problems, why ing to work to maybe tell the public what you Carrie Maxwell, Billy Masters, Chuck Colbert, auditing fields that I may be questioning some not? think it wants to hear, the real stories will leak Micki Leventhal, Sarah Toce, Dana Rudolph, Sally of the aspects of this situation differently than Parsons, Emmanuel Garcia 8. What is the extent of the responsibility out either from rumors or from former employees most people would. SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Kat Fitzgerald, Mel shared with the board members as part of their telling all. I was recently surprised that the 2010 audit Ferrand, Hal Baim, Steve Starr, Emmanuel Garcia, fiduciary responsibilities? Jerry Rupert is a professional IT consultant Dave Ouano, Tim Carroll report has been posted on the clinic’s website 9. Can members of the board be held indi- who, in addition to IT experience, has more CIRCULATION (http://www.howardbrown.org). This is certain- vidually (or collectively) be held responsible for than 20 years experience in the accounting CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Jean Albright ly a good beginning for the organization’s trans- DISTRIBUTION: Ashina, Allan, Dan, John, Renee, these previous problems, civilly or criminally? and auditing fields. parency promise. I read the audit report with in- Sue and Victor 10. If the board members can be held respon- WEB HOSTING: LoveYourWebsite.com (lead pro- grammer: Martie Marro)

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A special series in partnership with the AIDS Foundation of Chicago Kit Duffy: Liaison for change By John J. Accrocco back the NAACP in the late 1960s. Throughout main effort should be toward passage of a [city] the 1970s in Chicago, Duffy became involved human-rights ordinance and that proved to be Before there was Boystown there was New Town. with several other activist groups including a huge undertaking. Our intent all along was to What once was a fringe community became Women Employed, a group that helped pass the move toward a more formalized structure for the mainstream by the time AIDS became prominent first laws in Illinois making sexual harassment GLBT community within the city by first setting by the mid 1980s. illegal. up the Committee on Gay and Lesbian Issues. Kit Duffy is one woman who helped bring Chi- “I am not gay, but I have many gay friends Mayor Washington, like myself, did not believe cago’s LGBT community to the foreground. Duffy and during the late ’70s and ’80s the Chicago in having to beg for services that were already served as the liaison between the community gay scene was very raucous,” Duffy said. “In a being covered by taxes and it seemed silly to us and Mayor Harold Washington’s administration Midwestern-conservative city like Chicago some- to deny the gay and lesbian movement the only during the 1980s; it was her job to act as the times the anti-gay sentiments were overwhelm- thing they were asking for before AIDS, which go-between for the Illinois Gay & Lesbian Task ing.” was just to be acknowledged.” Force, and others, with the administration. Duffy was called to action by a few friends Times were very different when Duffy served as Duffy grew up in Maryland and moved to Chi- who suggested she work with Washington in a Washington’s liaison. Gay youth counselor Bruce cago to study journalism at Northwestern Uni- new position as the liaison between the Illinois Koff recalls a different Halsted Street than the versity in 1964. Though she did not finish, she state legislature and the Illinois Gay & Lesbian familiar hangouts of today. “The area was not as earned a degree in engineering from IIT. Duffy Task Force. In early 1984, Duffy took her posi- prominently gay as it is now, the bars on Hal- stayed on in Chicago after school and spent sev- tion as liaison in a very tumultuous time as the sted certainly were not as obvious as they are eral years working in the insurance and medical tragic effects of AIDS had started to eclipse the today,” he said. “The Pride Parade in those days industry. positive work being done by gay activists. was made up of exclusively gay organizations, But she had always been particularly interest- “When I found out their agenda was primar- you wouldn’t have seen the kind of corporate ed in political activism. As early as 14, Duffy no- ily state issues I suggested to Harold that the sponsorship like Treasure Island, etc., and no ticed the injustices of segregation while living function should be broadened and he agreed,” politicians participated. Harold Washington was in her Appalachian Maryland hometown. Eventu- Duffy said. “The thing just grew organically, actually the first politician I remember attend- ally Duffy would help form a group that would mostly because the community decided the ing the parade and I’m sure Kit had something to do with that.” [Washington attended the post-Parade rally in Lincoln Park.] The gay movement was going strong in Chi- Kit Duffy in a more recent photo by Israel cago until the early 1980s when all that seemed Wright. dashed with the outbreak of AIDS. Part of Duffy’s job was to separate the popular myths about the disease from the facts. “The truth is that it was such a very different for the resources for prevention and research,” time back then, when open discussion of sexual- she said. “It brought a community to the po- ity and particularly gay sexuality was taboo, and litical arena to solve a problem. The AIDS crisis very nearly all politicians were resistant to talk- showed that the gay community here in Chicago ing openly about what realistically was needed had stunning organization skills.” to combat AIDS, the first and most essential In the wake of tragedy several organizations step of course being that very thing, open dis- began to help the GLBT community from within. cussion,” Duffy said. “I had real conflicts with One group was called Horizons, the precursor to the head of the Health Department at the time the Center on Halsted. Bruce Koff is a former over some statements he’d made about AIDS head of Horizons, and he remembers working and his handling of the issue in general, which with Duffy. “Kit was our access to resources and reflected that same reticence in dealing openly her job was to provide a lot of education to leg- with needs such as clean needle programs, con- islators about the multiple challenges we were dom use, bathhouses, education of sex workers, facing at one time: AIDS, issues of gay youth, etc. I felt the same I think as any other GLBT and victims of hate violence which was all re- activist, anger that the disease was spreading ally just a part of mainstreaming the GLBT com- needlessly because people couldn’t or wouldn’t munity, she really helped us forge a path. Kit talk about sex and in particular gay sex.” helped us feel empowered and that was crucial “AIDS forced a generation to become activists, and provided a very powerful sense of comfort,” it required people to get organized and to fight Koff said.

This April 10, 1986 cover story by Tracy Baim in Windy City Times is about Kit Duffy being Duffy (left) at a Metropolitan Business Association event mid 1980s. MBA was a gay business named to head the new AIDS Foundation of Chicago. group. At right is Sarah Craig. From the Outlines/WCT archives WINDY CITY TIMES Aug. 10, 2011 21

In 1985 Duffy became the first executive di- rector of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC). Duffy also continued her work with Washington Dr. Kevin De Cock until his death in 1987, managing to move her role into a permanent position. In addition to By Sarah Toce income countries and to a considerably large helping AFC, she also worked with others to extent in low and middle-income countries as help pass Chicago’s gay-rights ordinance. Duffy Belgium-born infectious disease specialist Dr. well. So transmission of HIV through blood as a continues to be a strong voice in the gay com- Kevin De Cock is the director of the World Health blood product is not a huge issue anymore the munity more that 20 years after that bill passed, Organization (WHO) Department of HIV/AIDS— way it was at the beginning of the epidemic. under Washington’s successor, Eugene Sawyer. a position he has held since 2006. Prior to sign- But, you know, human behavior will remain a Duffy said she feels it a privilege to have seen ing on at WHO, Dr. De Dock spent six years as the constant issue as we try to control HIV-AIDS and the civil-rights movement from the start, and director at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control then there’s, of course, also a very important how awesome it was to see a Chicago commu- and Prevention (CDC) in Kenya and as director of behavioral aspect related to healthcare seek- nity go from begging for exposure to marching the CDC Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Sur- ing behavior, adherence to drugs, adherence to in the streets. But it is with sadness she remem- veillance and Epidemiology in Atlanta. interventions, you know, and so on. So there’s bers those friends lost to AIDS. Windy City Times had the opportunity in July much more to it…to HIV/AIDS than just com- “Destruction of life is horrendous and we’re to speak with De Cock in Atlanta. modities and biomedical intervention. missing a whole generation of activists who Windy City Times: Two new studies were re- WCT: From your experience to someone would now be in their 50s, and there’s a huge leased with findings of a significant decrease reading this interview having just been di- impact on today’s progress because of the ab- in HIV/AIDS transmission by using PrEP and agnosed with HIV/AIDS, what are the major sence of these people,” Duffy said. “The next the drug Truvada. Can you explain to us why differences say, today, as opposed to being Dr. Kevin De Cock. Press photo generation is lacking the transfer of knowledge these new findings are so important? diagnosed 30 years ago? and those crucial confrontation and organiza- Dr. Kevin De Cock: Sure. In the past couple KDC: Oh it’s a night and day difference. At the people for long enough. But, so in other words, tion skills which allowed those activists to be of years there’s been a tremendous sort of re- beginning of the epidemic…it’s difficult to de- it’s a completely different situation today, but heard and get things done.” surgence of interest in HIV prevention and im- scribe what it was like. I don’t know how old you we still need a lot of attention to it. People still Now in her 60s, Duffy is finding herself a little portant scientific findings concerning new inter- are. Were you around? need support. There still is stigma and discrimi- discouraged by the current state of the LGBT ventions. At the international AIDS conference WCT: I’m 28, so I was not around. Almost, nation. People still need prevention support to leaders. “One of the interesting things about the held in Vienna in 2010, a study was presented but— make sure they don’t transmit the infection to particular time span during which I was heav- showing efficacy of a vaginal microbicide con- KDC: Well that’s amazing actually. I mean others. They need to adhere to their drugs, etc., ily involved was the very rapid cycling through taining Tenofovir. The study showed that it of- it’s…it’s difficult to describe what it was like. etc. So it’s not…simple, but it is completely dif- phases of a civil-rights movement that the GLBT fered partial protection for women in regards It was…I mean the fact that this disease ap- ferent. communities made: from suppression to activ- to becoming infected with HIV. The important parently came out of nowhere…that wasn’t un- WCT: Are there specific areas in the world ism to legislated rights to political and social thing about that study in 2010 was that it, derstood, the virus hadn’t been discovered, and where we see a pattern of an increase or de- equality and power,” she said. firstly, showed that it was possible to develop a there wasn’t a blood test. What you saw was ini- crease in the number of newly infected indi- “Unfortunately, having slipped through those vaginal product that women could use, that was tially gay men and then drug users and then the viduals? phases, the movement seems to have entered under the woman’s control and that this could recipients of blood transfusions and transfusion KDC: No, I think…there’s reason to be opti- the same moribund state that grips many minor- be efficacious. But of course the product con- products…particularly young hemophiliacs. You mistic, but there’s also reason to be concerned. ity and liberal interest and rights groups now,” tained an anti-retroviral drug so it was … proof saw these people presented with terrible infec- I think that globally we’re seeing a reduction in Duffy said. “They gained a seat at the table but of concept also of pre-exposure prophylaxis; in tious diseases that basically were incurable. And the numbers of new HIV infections, and that’s forgot that sitting there isn’t so you can more other words taking a drug before an exposure these people were young, by and large, and they continuing to occur. The peak in new infec- easily reach the Kool-Aid, it’s about dictating to prevent the establishment of infection. It’s rapidly went on to die. tions was probably about 10 years ago, and the whole damn menu. just in this case the drug was delivered topically WCT: Right. the number of new infections has continued to “Initially I thought it was a generational shift rather than taken by mouth. KDC: And then the numbers started increasing decline and is still doing so, so that’s encour- in the definition of power. From the ’60s through So that was the first study last year and then, and the spectrum of the disease broadened, in aging. Nonetheless, it still means we’re having much of the ’80s power was about taking charge as you know, about eight months ago there was other words, other things started to be noticed well over 2 million new infections globally every and organizing was about identifying what was another study in gay men that showed that like men would lose weight and develop swollen year…about 2.5 - 2.7 million new HIV infec- needed in order to do that, and strategizing taking the pills by mouth also prevented the lymph nodes, and that was a pretty sure sign tions or something like that. That’s still a lot of (sometimes on a very long-term basis) over who establishment of infection in uninfected men. that down the line they were going to get the new infections and it’s just adding to the total had control, what their vulnerabilities were, And now we have two studies in heterosexuals full-blown disease. So there were just so many burden of people living with HIV. With our bet- what it would take to either co-opt or defeat showing protection in men and women. An ad- things to work out. Then we saw women get- ter understanding of prevention and these new them in order to get that power. Now it seems ditional reason that so much attention is going ting it…becoming ill. Clue by clue was pieced modalities, I think we have remarkable oppor- as if people define power in terms of how of- to these two studies is that a few months ago together and…for example, the first cases in tunities to do even better and to really have ten one’s name is mentioned (and that’s really there was yet another study called a FEM-PrEP women were very puzzling but then it was found a substantial impact on the epidemic, particu- a throw-back to pre-movement days) and what study which actually was stopped early because that, well, yes, but their husband had had male- larly through expanding HIV treatment based on one is graced to receive from those who have it wasn’t showing any benefit. So in a way these to-male sexual contact when he traveled away some of the new science that has come in. power. additional studies that have just come out are from home, and one saw these sorts of obser- Having said all of that, and I think of interest “Today organizations are trading for that grace sort of supporting the study in gay men and vations. And then, you know, the recognition to your readers, because of your area of focus, I with money and endorsements. The shame of it suggesting that that negative study in women, that this wasn’t just in the United States, but in am very concerned about the epidemic amongst is that proof that the old model still works, that the FEM-PrEP study, was probably negative, you other industrialized countries cases were seen, gay men…men who have sex with men. Firstly, the keys to power are organizing and a strategy know, failed to give a positive result, for other and then in Europe black Africans were showing we are not seeing a reduction in new HIV infec- to take power rather than wait around for some- reasons. up coming for treatment from Africa. And then, tions in gay men in the United States. The num- one to toss a few crumbs of it. In addition to all of that, there have been I mean, it just went on and on and on and just ber of new infections has been quite stable for “So yeah there is hope, if we climb out of our other very important data showing that treat- more and more information, and it was just…it quite some time at over 50,000 new infections; Armani suits, maybe skip a few White House tea ment of infected people reduces their likelihood was extraordinary. It was really a steep change about 56,000 is our estimate in this country, parties and hit the streets instead, realize that of transmitting the infection to an HIV-negative from before. and that hasn’t really changed. And one has to organizing is more than chaining ourselves to a person. So all of this, what all of this shows, lit- But today, we are familiar with AIDS, we un- ask; the way trends are...can we accept this? Is fence and yelling stuff, and return to the con- erally in the space of about a year, is just a tre- derstand the infection, the natural history of it just…do we have to sort of just think that it cept that our job is to strategically find means mendous amount of new information highlight- the disease, there are very good blood tests and is just inevitable that in the life of a gay man, to empower people rather than just ourselves. ing the very important role that anti-retroviral other tests, and most importantly, of course, we there is a very high…probability that he will Frankly though I don’t see that hope in the cur- drugs play … or can play … in HIV prevention. have very effective therapy. Having said all of become infected with HIV before the end of his rent or older generation of activists, the lure of WCT: How important is mass education in that, this is not a disease that anybody wants. life? I mean that’s a terrible thing to accept, that White House china has irreversibly seduced the wake of preventing and possibly finding a This remains a…you know, it’s not a good dis- but you know the cumulative risk for gay men them, I think.” cure for HIV/AIDS? ease to have. It’s difficult taking medicines for remains very high. Duffy concluded: “If there is hope it’s going to KDC: Well I think AIDS is the kind of problem the rest of your life, because the drugs do have The other point to emphasize, the second have to come from the young. I see in the GLBT for which we’ll never have a single magic bullet tough side effects. And we don’t really know point, is that we now recognize that, of course, youth a lot of hope. They are unencumbered by because, you know, it’s fundamentally a disease yet, because we haven’t been doing this long there are gay men all over the world, men who the confines of the identity politics older gener- … or it’s an infection … that is transmitted enough, you know, whether people with HIV have sex with men, all over the world, including ations found necessary to get power and there- through behaviors, through very common and who go off to therapy, whether in fact they will in countries where we didn’t think or where very fore whole ranges of strategies are available to human behaviors relating to sexual behavior, live a normal lifestyle or not. It wouldn’t be sur- little attention went to this issue. And when them, if they learn the system and work at it. drug-using behavior and reproductive behavior, prising. It’s what we see with most other diseas- studies are done, we do find that gay men have They remind me of the Teddy Kennedy quote, you know, having children. We have pretty much es that in fact, you know, life is shortened. But increased rates of HIV infections compared to ‘Some men see things as they are and say why, completely closed down the transmission of HIV we don’t really know that, because the therapies I dream of things that never were and say why through blood transfusion; certainly in high- are very effective and we haven’t been following not.’” Turn to page 23 22 Aug. 10, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES

‘It Gets Better’ because we grow stronger: Gay men’s health expert Dr. Ron Stall by Jim Pickett monly found in populations that are at high risk Director of Prevention Advocacy for HIV. Syndemics research studies why HIV is and Gay Men’s Health, so closely intertwined with epidemics of sub- AIDS Foundation of Chicago stance abuse, depression, violence and other psychosocial health problems. More important, syndemics research also studies how we can in- In 1981, severe illness in a group of young terrupt syndemic production by starting a larger gay men caught the attention of federal pub- health movement that works to lower risk for lic health officials who could not explain the HIV by addressing multiple psychosocial health cluster of rare, deadly cases of pneumonia. This problems in a community. ominous medical mystery is widely regarded as I’m part of a research group that has conduct- the start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which con- ed a set of investigations into syndemic produc- tinues to rage on every inhabitable corner of tion among gay men, and we were able to show earth. that epidemics of substance use, depression, Over the past 30 years, HIV/AIDS in the U.S. childhood sexual abuse and violence victimiza- has spread to many other populations, particu- tion are intertwining and making each other larly low-income women of color and injection worse and in the process raising risk for HIV drug users. While no longer a singularly “gay transmission. Our study was the first to show disease,” gay, bisexual and transgender people that this phenomena exists among gay men, but remain by far the most severely impacted by this analysis has now been replicated in several HIV/AIDS in the U.S. For young gay, bi, and different studies, including one among MSM in transgender youth of color, alarming rates of Thailand. One implication of our analysis is that HIV rival those of some Sub-Saharan countries. there is a lot more to gay men’s health than a What can we learn from the 30-year history of simple focus on HIV and that addressing these the HIV/AIDS epidemic in order to forge a bet- multiple health risks may work to lower HIV risk ter, future response? among gay male communities. These are just some of the questions the AIDS JP: There has been a lot of talk about bul- Foundation of Chicago (AFC) is posing this year lying these days, thanks to the brilliant “It as it reflects on lessons learned from the past 30 Gets Better” campaign. Do you see bullying years of HIV/AIDS. Chief among these questions as something that feeds into syndemic pro- is why, 30 years into the crisis, are rates of HIV duction? What kind of research do we have highest among young gay men, particularly men around bullying and health outcomes for gay Dr. Ron Stall. Press photo of color? According to federal officials, rates of men, or more broadly, for LGBT people? HIV among gay men are 50-times higher than RS: Once you buy the idea that syndemics ex- know you have been thinking about. Tell us HIV prevention responses? any other group and, while new cases have pla- ist among gay men, the next question would be what we know about resilience and strength RS: I think that our focus on deficits among teaued for other groups, among gay/bi men and why is that so? We think that a very important in terms of gay men’s health and HIV preven- gay men has to do with the long-term effects of transgender, they continue to climb. piece to this puzzle is that gay men not only tion. the shock of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic To help inform AFC’s 2012 strategic plan, I in- suffer far greater rates of violence victimization RS: While it is true that there are important among gay men. We had this terrible new epi- terviewed Dr. Ron Stall, professor and chair of as adolescents, but that nearly all young gay health disparities that cluster and make each demic that seemed to miss most other popula- the Department of Behavioral and Community men watch schoolmates being publicly victim- other worse among gay men, once you start tions. The questions of why we were so vulner- Health Sciences in the Graduate School of Public ized for having the same sexual orientation that looking for resilience to fight health problems able to AIDS, and the study of our unique risk Health at the University of Pittsburgh, a lead- they do. This sets gay men up early on to have among gay men, you start seeing it everywhere. factors for this disease naturally followed. And, ing HIV prevention expert. He began researching a sense of being different, of being less than, of For example, gay men may use more drugs than to be fair, this research frame has resulted in AIDS-related topics in 1984 on the AIDS Behav- not being deserving, of being alone—in short, straight men, but for all of that drug use, we some important insights around HIV prevention ioral Research Project, one of the first longitudi- for internalized homophobia at a very early age. don’t have comparable increased rates of behav- and care. nal studies of AIDS risk-taking behaviors in the And these experiences predispose young gay iors that look like addition. This suggests that That said, over time, it has also become clear world. men to be more depressed, to have greater sub- there is an important, but unstudied, self-regu- that there are lots of men—indeed the majority Since that time he has published more than stance abuse profiles at a very early age, to have lation process at work that men use to monitor of gay men—who’ve exhibited significant resil- 140 peer-reviewed scientific papers on many dif- higher rates of having sex under the influence their drug use and avoid addiction. And when iencies when it has come to dealing with the ferent aspects of the AIDS epidemic, including of alcohol or drugs and to suffer greater rates of gay men do get addicted to dangerous drugs HIV epidemic. The time has come to understand research on determinants of risk-taking behav- violence victimization, each of which raise HIV such as tobacco and stimulants, we have very more about these resiliencies so that we can iors and HIV transmission, co-occurring epidem- risk profiles among young MSM. high rates of being able to resolve these addic- learn how better to respond to the many health ics, life-course issues important to AIDS-related Dr. Mark Friedman in our group published an tions on our own. problems affecting our community. Put another risk-taking, and a portfolio of research on global analysis to show the associations between the And, of course, there are many, many men way, if we are interested in finding effective AIDS issues. He is currently co-director of a cer- experience of violence victimization and bul- who’ve enjoyed full sex lives for decades on end ways to treat substance abuse among gay men, tificate program in LGBT health and is collabo- lying during adolescence and poorer health and have not become HIV seropositive, not to are we better off studying men who became ad- rating on several National Institutes of Health profiles—including HIV seropositivity—among mention the large numbers of seropositive men dicted or men who became addicted and quit on research projects focused on gay men’s health. adult gay men. We are conducting additional who’ve led full, healthy and productive lives their own? Or men who use and don’t become Ron and I recently had the opportunity to check analyses from a separate cohort study to mea- even while battling a serious viral infection. We addicted? Each group is important, but it may in and talk about the needs of gay men and sure how the experiences of violence victimiza- also exhibit important strengths in the way that be that the men who resolved substance abuse youth. Only by understanding and responding to tion at a young age predict syndemic production we’ve always managed to build families, commu- on their own are the experts from whom we can the epidemic among gay youth and adults can among middle-aged gay men. nities and political movements in very unfriendly learn the most valuable lessons. efforts to end the epidemic in the U.S. have any JP: “It Gets Better” speaks to the tran- contexts. Once you start looking at the data this JP: What are you currently doing to change chance of success. sience of being harassed and bullied—that way, you could be excused for concluding that the deficit dynamic, what can we look forward Jim Pickett: Your work concentrates on co- we won’t be in that situation all of our lives, resilience and strength in the face of adversity to? occurring health concerns that conspire to so we basically just need to hang on. You may be the two most important characteristics RS: I’m working with a group of very smart col- fuel the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Can you briefly just explained how bullying can have nega- that distinguish gay and heterosexual men. leagues to propose a theory of resilience among describe this concept of “syndemics” and ex- tive health outcomes for people, so while JP: Why do you think we have focused so gay men, and to propose a research agenda to plain why it is so important to consider in the bullying may end, the consequences can singularly on weaknesses and deficits? Why study strengths among gay men. There is an terms of gay men’s health and efforts to meet continue. But there is another side to this haven’t we flipped this script and focused ef- old saying that the most practical thing that their HIV prevention needs? story—yes, it gets better, but you also get forts on building the resilience of gay men, one can do is to come up with a good theory. Ron Stall: The term “syndemics” describes in- stronger. And coming out the other side of particularly toward improve their health? The time for a good theory to explain resilien- teracting and intertwining epidemics, or syner- bullying can make people stronger, and more Why haven’t we taken the collective wisdom cies among gay men—and make use of these gistic epidemics. Syndemics are found in many able to address challenges in their lives. This of men—young and old—who have success- strengths to promote health in our communi- different human populations, but are very com- speaks to strength and resilience, which I fully avoided HIV infection to inform better ties—is long overdue. WINDY CITY TIMES Aug. 10, 2011 23

DE COCK from page 21 zole, the antibiotic septrim or bactrim, which in this country was used for the prevention of a particular type of pneumonia called pneumocys- heterosexual men and women. And that’s true tis. But we weren’t sure whether that drug would in studies out of Africa, studies out of Asia and be useful in Africa or not, and it showed great Latin America. So the epidemic in gay men is a benefits and remains a very important medicine global one, it’s not just a domestic one and I in AIDS care. But it’s not a drug that acts on the think we need to bear that in mind. virus; it prevents or treats some of the complica- WCT: How important is increased access to tions…some of the infectious complications. It healthcare in this country? Does it have a was very interesting work applying what we had profound effect on the HIV/AIDS crisis? learned in this country to low-income settings. KDC: It’s not really my area of expertise since I But actually, interestingly, the thing that focus on global health. But, you know, obviously dominated a lot of the work over those two- we all hope that whatever happens with health- and-a-half to three years was how best to un- care in this country, that it leads to increased dertake public health reporting. At the begin- access for everybody and better health for the ning of the epidemic, the epidemic was tracked country. It’s worth emphasizing that the issue - monitored by the reporting of AIDS cases to of access to drugs, access to AIDS medicines, is the health department and then eventually the not just an international problem outside of this data would come to CDC so we got a picture of country. There are places in this country where the epidemic. Well, when these anti-retroviral there are waiting lists for the AIDS drug assis- drugs started to be used, AIDS cases dropped tance programs. So it’s a concern everywhere. Image from Dance for Life. off. People were using the drugs before patients WCT: You served as Director of the CDC Divi- Press photos from HMS Media developed AIDS, so all of a sudden, reporting sion of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Surveillance and AIDS cases wasn’t telling you the same thing Epidemiology in Atlanta, Georgia from 1997 anymore. And it wasn’t a reliable monitor of to 2000. Can you tell us a little bit about the the epidemic because the epidemic is caused time you spent in office and a major mile- by underlying HIV infections. So we needed to Dance For Life documentary stone or two that occurred during that time? move or to add on the reporting of HIV cases. KDC: Well I think an absolute milestone was And that was a tremendously challenging issue actually the year before I started that job, 1996. socially, politically and technically. There were to air on WTTW The international AIDS conference was held in many community members who were opposed to By Joe Franco The documentary includes commentary from Vancouver that year…the international con- that because they were concerned about confi- “storytellers”. These individuals tell their own ference on AIDS. And that was the conference dentiality and a number of other issues. Now, it’s Scott Silberstein is not a stranger to compel- personal story of AIDS and Dance For Life. “John where the impact of combinations of anti-ret- one thing being reported to the health depart- ling documentaries. He and his business part- Ford, my director of photography came up with roviral drugs was presented. I mean, there were ment when you’re sick, but perhaps another one ner Matt Hoffman, through HMS Media, have a great way to make these stories even more lots of presentations on the clinical impact of when you’re well, even if you have HIV infec- produced several series that dealt with the si- personal. The storyteller, rather than looking at combination anti-retroviral therapy…essentially tion. So there was this tremendous amount of lence surrounding rape and sexual assault to an the camera looked at my face through a tele- as we use the drugs today. And it was just a work to be done with communities and trust to entire film emphasizing the work of the River prompter,” said Silberstein. This technique de- remarkable conference. I mean, it was just re- be built and so on. It was a very interesting North Dance Company. Their most recent proj- emphasized the camera and allowed the story- markable seeing these advances being presented event and in 2000…in late ’99-early 2000, we ect highlights the mission and art of Dance For teller to give their account to a face instead. and the buzz at that meeting, the feeling of op- did end up, CDC, issuing our guidelines on HIV Life, which has become the “largest dance per- “Our production crew didn’t want to get in the timism that, “Gosh, here was a real medical ad- reporting. And it actually all went very well and formance-based AIDS fundraising event in the way of the story.” vance”. I mean something as significant as the has continued to go well since then. And those Midwest.” Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, Harriet Ross, Todd introduction of antibiotics, or the introduction political discussions seem long ago now, but at “The conversations to do a documentary about Keich, Randy Duncan, Keith Elliott, Danny Ko- of drugs for tuberculosis, I mean, a truly histori- the time they were very intense. Dance For Life started well over 15 years ago,” pelson and dozens of others tell their story. By cal event. Dr. De Cock has served on a number of no- said Silberstein. “Keith Elliott and Harriet Ross telling their story, they are telling the story of I took up that position in ’97 and I think the table professional committees, including the were approached in 1994 and the idea was well Dance For Life. Not just what it means as an or- thing that…there were lots of interesting stuff WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group received but just never came to fruition. Both ganization but what it means as art and as pure that went on…we were involved with two very on HIV/AIDS, the WHO Stop TB TB/HIV Core AIDS and Dance For Life were really in their ear- human ingenuity to dance in the face of death. important clinical trials…internationally, well Group and the UNAIDS Data and Safety Moni- lier years and no one knew what was going to Ross reflected that living in the early days of three actually. Two of mother-to-child transmis- toring Board. He co-edited the book “AIDS in happen with either.” AIDS as a teacher and choereographer felt like sion prevention in Thailand and in West Africa in Africa, Second Edition” (Rapid Science Pub- Now, in its 20th year of operation, Dance For “burying my own children.” Keich added that Côte d’Ivoire, in the Ivory Coast, and a trial also lishers, London, 1997). Life was poised for someone to tell its story. since the dancers themselves do not earn a lot in the Ivory Coast of a drug called Co-trimoxa- “This seemed like the best time to feature the of money that they “can dance and it’s an amaz- project,” said Silberstein. “There is a new set ing gift.” of challenges in the HIV/AIDS community and Silberstein utilized the choreography of each broadcast and online media reaches the greatest dance piece to tell the larger story of the AIDS audience possible to that message.” epidemic and Dance For Life. “The choreography The documentary is simply titled Dance For helps tell the story. We let the dance advance Life. Silberstein believed there was no reason to the story. For example, when Nan Giordano is add or subtract from that title. As Keith Elliot, talking about the dead and dying dancers that a Dance For Life co-founder had previously said, she was faced with, we lined up a dance piece “This was not a vanity piece. The film is about that told that story.” the strength of the dancers. This was not about The documentary originally premiered on May Dance For Life but about the Chicago dance 11 to a small group. Silberstein said that the community.” final piece is slightly different from the May 11 The project was partially underwritten by the version. “There is much more footage of Harrison AIDS Foundation of Chicago and was filmed al- McEldowney’s finale. We had to compress some most entirely during the rehearsal and perfor- other footage but we got the performance in mance of 2009’s Dance For Life benefit. there.” McEldowney’s finale is reason alone to “We would film during each dance company’s see this documentary. Set to the music of Annie rehearsal then film again during the actual per- Lennox, a barrage of sight, sound and emotion formance. This gives the illusion of eight camera fill the stage. McEldowney’s finale encompasses shots during one performance,” said Silberstein. the very spirit that Elliot, Kopelson and Ross What surprised him the most was the fluidity speak of throughout the film. The documentary of production. “This was an exquisite … an ex- is to air on WTTW on August 11 at 10 p.m. traordinarily smooth filming day. I’m not sure Dance for Life’s 20th performance will be we could have pulled this off anywhere else but Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011 at the Auditorium Chicago,” Silberstein said, adding that the “Chi- Theater. Tickets for the performance will be cago arts community believes in collaboration.” available for purchase June 15. Pre-order Dance For Life as an organization and the docu- tickets now by contacting 312-922-5812. mentary itself is a symbol of that collaboration Also see www.danceforlifechicago.com. so often heralded in Chicago. 24 Aug. 10, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES

New HIV/AIDS housing opens in South Chicago

BY KATE SOSIN a 2009 grant through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act revived the project. Under overcast skies in the city’s South Chi- The ministry began its HIV/AIDS work in cago neighborhood, service providers with the Chicago in 1989. Since, it has opened the Bo- Alexian Brothers AIDS Ministry cut the ribbon naventure House in Lakeview and The Harbor in on a new permanent housing facility for people Waukegan, IL. Bettendorf Place bears named af- with HIV/AIDS and disabilities on Aug. 4. ter the late Brother Felix Bettendorf, who helped Bettendorf Place, the third of the Alexian found the AIDS ministry. Brothers HIV housing facilities, brings the min- “When the Brothers opened Bonaventure istry’s presence to the South Side for the first House in 1989, we were essentially a hospice,” time. With 23 studio apartments and a green said ministry CEO Michelle Wetzel. The expan- energy design, the new building also marks an sion of the ministry’s services into permanent extension in services for the ministry from tran- housing represents a shift in the pandemic as sitional to permanent housing. people are now living longer. “This facility has been built to provide help to The new Bettendorf Place will house a variety people with disabilities, whatever that disability of services for clients including case manage- may be,” said Brother Dan McCormick, president ment, recovery support, spiritual care and oc- of the ministry. “It is the outcast who is the cupational therapy. source of healing.” The ministry celebrated the new facility with The $4.8 million project has been more than a ribbon-cutting ceremony, tours of the building five years in the making. Building plans were and refreshments. initially postponed in poor economic times, but

L-R: Michelle Wetzel, Brother Dan McCormick and Father Freddy Washington cut the ribbon on Bettendorf Place. Photo by Kate Sosin

estimates allow for a reliable examination of trends over time. They reveal no statistically significant change in HIV inci- CDC: HIV jump in young gay Black men dence overall from 2006 to 2009, with an average of 50,000 for the four-year period. In 2009, the largest number of new The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) an- needed to reverse the course of the epidemic among African infections was among white MSM (11,400), followed closely nounced Aug. 3 a troubling rise in new HIV infections among Americans and Latinos, and gay men of all races, including by Black MSM (10,800). Hispanic MSM (6,000) and Black wom- young gay men and men who have sex with men (MSM). New gay youth and young African-American gay men,” said Green. en (5,400) were also heavily affected. HIV cases rose by nearly 50% among young African-American “We are deeply concerned that the debt ceiling agreement Men who have sex with men remain the group most heavily gay men and MSM, the sharpest increase of any group. reached by Congress and President Obama could undermine affected by new HIV infections. While the CDC estimates that The CDC’s first multi-year estimates from its national HIV the fight against HIV by forcing major cuts in HIV prevention MSM represent only 2 percent of the U.S. population (a num- incidence surveillance find that overall, the annual number and care funding. Today’s alarming news could be even worse ber that is heavily debate inside and outside the gay move- of new HIV infections in the U.S. was relatively stable at ap- next year.” ment), they accounted for the majority (61 percent; 29,300) proximately 50,000 new infections each year between 2006 “While incidence rates among gay men and other MSM are of all new HIV infections in 2009. Young MSM (ages 13 to 29) and 2009. absolutely unacceptable, new infections were stable over- were most severely affected, representing more than one quar- According to the CDC, young gay men and MSM ages 13- all, indicating some level of success in our nation’s efforts. ter of all new HIV infections nationally (27 percent; 12,900 in 29 accounted for 44% of new HIV cases among gay men and Our prevention and care systems are working, but need to 2009). MSM in 2009. An estimated 2,100 young African-American gay be much, stronger and much smarter,” said Jim Pickett, AFC’s Young MSM of all races are heavily affected. By race/risk men and MSM contracted HIV between 2006 and 2009, a 48% director of prevention advocacy and gay men’s health. young, Black MSM were the only group to experience a statis- increase. Data from the Chicago Department of Public Health “The National HIV/AIDS Strategy, announced a year ago by tically significant increase in new infections over the four-year indicates that reported HIV cases among young gay African- President Obama, outlines how the United States can turn the time period studied. CDC estimates that new HIV infections American men 13-29 rose 62% from 2005-2008, mirroring the tide against the HIV epidemic,” Pickett said. “With that blue- among young, black MSM increased 48 percent during that national trend. print, continued investment and laser focus on the hardest period (from 4,400 HIV infections in 2006 to 6,500 infections “We face a snowballing health crisis among young, gay hit populations and regions remains critical if we are to come in 2009). African-American men,” said David Ernesto Munar, president/ close to achieving the Strategy’s goals. The Strategy rightly The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to exact a heavy toll on CEO of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC). “Immediate pays special attention to gay men, and so should the rest of communities of color. While Blacks represent 14 percent of measures are needed to prevent an even greater health emer- us, as these latest numbers from CDC once again reflect a ter- the total U.S. population, the new estimates find that they gency.” rible burden on this group.” accounted for 44 percent of new HIV infections in 2009. The AFC is heightening its response to HIV among young gay The Strategy aims to reduce new HIV cases by 25% by 2015, HIV infection rate among Blacks in 2009 was almost eight men and MSM to address the high rates of new infections. The increase the number of people with HIV who are in medical times as high as that of whites. The HIV infection rate among agency kicked off 2011 with broad community education on care, and reduce health disparities. Black men was the highest of any group by race and sex— the intersection of anti-gay bullying, homophobia, and HIV. The new U.S. estimates were published today in the online more than six times that of white men—and the rate among Renowned advocate for gay youth Dan Savage headlined the scientific journal PLoS ONE. The incidence estimates are based Black women was 15 times that of white women. There was no Spring Luncheon, and through an array of new programs, AFC on direct measurement of new HIV infections with a labora- statistically significant change in HIV incidence from 2006 to is working to expand testing and linkage to care for gay men tory test that can distinguish recent from long-standing HIV 2009 overall, among Black men or Black women. of color, including young gay men. infections. Hispanics represent approximately 16 percent of the total “As AFC develops our 2012-2014 Strategic Plan,” Munar con- “More than 30 years into the HIV epidemic, about 50,000 U.S. population, but accounted for 20 percent of new HIV tinued, “we will work with area youth, providers and commu- people in this country still become infected each year. Not infections in 2009. The HIV infection rate among Hispanics in nity and government leaders to identify strategies to reduce only do men who have sex with men continue to account for 2009 was nearly three times as high as that of whites. The HIV new HIV cases among youth and link young Chicagoans living most new infections, young gay and bisexual men are the only infection rate among Hispanic men in 2009 was two and a half with HIV to life-saving medical care.” group in which infections are increasing, and this increase is times that of white men, and the rate among Hispanic women AFC’s Director of Federal Affairs Keith Green said, “There are particularly concerning among young African American MSM,” was more than four times that of white women. There was no likely many reasons HIV cases are increasing among young said CDC Director Thomas Frieden, M.D. “HIV infections can be statistically significant change in HIV incidence from 2006 to African-American gay men and MSM. Primary, the forces of prevented. By getting tested, reducing risky behaviors, and 2009 among Hispanic men or Hispanic women. homophobia, stigma, and racism are creating a perfect storm getting treatment, people can protect themselves and their For more information visit www.cdc.gov/hiv. To access the for a marginalized group of youth of color. In addition, lack of loved ones.” new CDC analysis in the journal PLoS One, visit http://dx.plos. access to healthcare, HIV testing and treatment is a signifi- According to the new estimates, there were 48,600 new org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017502. cant driver of high HIV rates, among other factors.” HIV infections in the United States in 2006, 56,000 in 2007,

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at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt Universi- Lubovitch Dance Company and Chicago Dancing ty, 50 E. Congress Pkwy. A gala reception is from Festival co-founder), for a discussion on the ar- Dancin’ Feats 4:45-6:45 p.m. and the performance is at 7:30 tistic relationship between choreographers and p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20. Gala-level tickets are specific dancers. These two free MCA Stage pre- $175-$500 and executive producer-level tickets sentations are currently sold out, but a waiting BY SCOTT C. MORGAN Though previous Dance for Life performances are $1,000-$5,000. Call 312-922-5812 for gala list will be made available prior to curtain time. have frequently sold out, Kopelson is nervous and show tickets combos. Performance-only Two Chicago Dancing Festival concerts titled Many a diehard Chicago dance fan knows that whether this year’s edition will pull in the tickets are $50-$75. Call Ticketmaster at 800- Moderns are at Millennium Park’s Harris The- the Windy City gets hopping in the month of crowds. But Kopelson has plenty of faith in a 982-2787. For more information, visit http:// ater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Dr. August. new Dance for Life TV documentary set to air on danceforlifechicago.com. Moderns features members of New York’s Doug Thanks to the HIV/AIDS benefit concert Dance WTTW Channel 11 to help drum up interest and Varone & Dancers, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Adam for Life and the five-day Chicago Dancing Fes- ticket sales for the event. Chicago Dancing Festival Barruch, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and tival, local audiences can see a sampling of “Is this just a vanity project?” questioned Ko- Another milestone being celebrated this Au- River North Dance Chicago. The Moderns concert some of the best homegrown and internationally pelson and several other Dance for Life board gust is the fifth anniversary of the Chicago is at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, while a short- famed dance companies and choreography com- members when the notion of a documentary was Dancing Festival. ened Lunchtime Series version is at noon Wed., bined in multiple performances. floated last year. There was also the concern of Created by Chicago-born choreographer Lar Aug. 24. These performances are also free, but This August, both Dance for Life and the Chi- whether the money needed to produce a docu- Lubovitch and former dancer Jay Franke, the Chi- tickets are required. Call 312-334-7777. cago Dancing Festival commemorate important mentary should be put directly into HIV preven- cago Dancing Festival attracts dance companies A concert titled Masters featuring members milestones. tion and aid programs instead. from around the country for a series of mainly of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Lar Lubovitch However, as it turned out, many donors were free performances at various Chicago locations. Dance Company and the Martha Graham Dance Dance for Life on stage and screen eager to fund the documentary and Kopelson This year’s festival runs Aug. 22-27. Here’s a Company is at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, at It’s a sobering fact that the first cases of HIV/ said that it was completely underwritten in the breakdown of what’s in store for the 2011 edi- the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, AIDS were reported 30 years ago. However, this course of two weeks. But more importantly, Ko- tion: 50 E. Congress Parkway. The performance is free, year also marks a commemoration of the Chicago pelson says the documentary ties into the pur- The Chicago Dancing Festival’s opening night but tickets are required. Call 800-982-2787. dance community’s response to the AIDS crisis: pose of Dance for Life itself. gala and benefit featuring Chicago Mayor Rahm Dance movies like Invitation to the Dance, A The 20th anniversary of the Dance for Life con- “The mission of the Dance for Life, which is Emanuel as honorary chair is at 6 p.m. Mon- Dancer’s World, Dancemaker and The Red Shoes cert benefiting HIV/AIDS organizations. also the mission of the documentary, is to pro- day, Aug. 22, at the Museum of Contemporary are also screened for free from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. According to Dance for Life co-founder Danny mote dance in Chicago while raising funds and Art’s MCA Stage, 220 E. Chicago Ave. Tickets are Friday, Aug. 26, at the Chicago Cultural Center’s Kopelson, Dance for Life has presented around creating greater awareness of HIV and AIDS,” $250; call 773-609-2335 for more information. Claudia Cassidy Theater, 78 E. Washington. 24 dance companies in 20 years while benefiting Kopelson said about the documentary which The MCA Stage also is host to the concert The Chicago Dancing Festival concludes with a 28 different AIDS service organizations. In the captures the rehearsals and performances that “MCA Moves” at 6 and 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. free concert at Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavil- process, Dance for Life has also raised around went into the 2010 edition of Dance for Life. 24. On the bill are independent and avant-garde ion at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27. On the bill $4 million. “That’s what Dance for Life has always been and dance artists’ works and hosting by famed Mar- are members of the Joffrey Ballet, Ballet West, To commemorate Dance for Life’s 20th anni- what it still is. It’s that simplicity of that mis- tha Graham impersonator Richard Move. There is Martha Graham Dance Company, Paul Taylor versary, the concert has moved to its largest- sion somehow we’ve proven to people that we also a site-specific Japanese Butoh performance Dance Company, New York City Ballet and River ever venue: the 3,800-seat Auditorium Theatre can do that.” by Eiko & Koma at 7:30 p.m. on the MCA Plaza. North Dance Chicago. This concert is not tick- of Roosevelt University. On the bill are perfor- The hour-long HMS Media TV documentary on Also at the MCA Stage is a panel discussion on eted, so be sure to arrive early to try to snag mances by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Jof- Dance for Life is broadcast on WTTW Channel 11 Muses at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26. Historian and a seat or a spot on the lawn. All seating for all frey Ballet, Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, River at 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11. The Dance for Life writer Lucia Mauro talks with Martha Graham venues is general admission. Unclaimed tickets North Dance Chicago, Ron de Jesus Dance plus documentary is also to be rerun at 4 p.m. Friday, Dance Company artistic director Janet Eilber, for ticketed events will be released 15 minutes two world premiere finales: Queenz by choreog- Aug. 12, and at 4 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 13. The Paul Taylor Dance Company rehearsal director prior to curtain time. rapher Harrison McEldowney and Stand by Me by Dance for Life documentary may also be viewed Bettie de Jong, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s For more information on the entire Chicago Randy Duncan. WGN-TV’s Dean Richards is set to via Comcast on Demand. choreographer-in-residence Alejandro Cerrudo Dancing Festival, visit http://chicagodancing- host the performance. The 20th anniversary Dance for Life concert is and Lar Lubovitch (artistic director of his Lar festival.com. 26 Aug. 10, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES

THEATER REVIEW carefully walks the line between its twin aes- thetics of slam-bang comedy and home-grown Black and Blue wisdom. Tournis and Greg Caldwell’s Jake and Playwright: Nick Digilio & Anthony Tournis Tommy may command center stage, but what At: Factory Theater at we take home with us are the archetypes cre- Prop Thtr, 3502 N. Elston Ave. ated by an ensemble of versatile actors, nota- Phone: 866-811-4111;$15-$20 bly Laura Deger as the testosterone-tolerant Runs through: Sept. 3 Mrs. Jake and Brian Amidei as the patient pa- terfamilias Sonny. Wrigley Field will be shut- BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE tered for the winter eventually, but Black and Blue is a parable for ALL seasons. Once upon a time, there were two brothers, “My heart’s shooting dice in my chest— one who rooted for the Cubs and the other, snake-eyes!” declares our heroine, thrilling for the Sox. Jake and Tommy met regularly to the powerful engines that swiftly slice at their father’s tavern for the “crosstown through boredom and bodies. Is Wallace’s play classic” matches (neither one being willing a neo-gothic romance of innocents thwarted to enter the enemy’s stadium), where they by nihilism driving them to a despair as fa- quarreled—loudly, passionately, incessant- tal as that of Heathcliff and his Cathy? Or is ly—over the merits of their respective cham- it a social drama, its subject the hardships pions. Then came the day in 1997 when they suffered by working-class citizens in less en- proposed a wager on whose team would score lightened times? Whatever the answer, there the highest number of wins over the next 10 is no denying the riveting suspense gener- years, with papa Sonny deciding the prize. ated by the Eclipse Theatre Company’s darkly This would have comprised another harm- evocative production. less beer-fueled bet if America’s national pas- time had been the only bone of contention between the siblings instead of the focus for deeper rivalries that their widowed sire (him- self, a football fan and thus, nonpartisan) struggles to address. Time passes, but Jake and Tommy (according to the former’s wife— a likewise neutral hockey devotee) continue to bicker “like a pair of 13-year-old girls”, oblivious to both the bad and good examples presented them: movie buffs wholly absorbed in their chosen hobby, a mixed Cubs/Sox female couple who trounce the squabbling sports fanatics at Trivial Pursuit. The advice of bartender Cassell and regular customers Milt and Mickey is also lost in the morass of Side Men. Photo courtesy of Ka-Tet Theatre Company adolescent insecurities that threaten to pre- vent the lads’ ever achieving maturity. “You’re bitter young men who’ll turn into bitter old a portrait of an era now lost to myth. His char- THEATER REVIEW men.” warns Cassell. acters comprise a cross-section of the personali- Playgoers inclined to accuse co-authors Side Men ties defining it to future generations—nebbisher Nick Digilio and Anthony Tournis of exaggera- Playwright: Warren Light Ziggy, alley-catting Al, philosophical Jonesy, tion in choosing baseball as their metaphor At: Ka-Tet Theatre Company den-mother-with-benefits Patsy—and his mi- may want to explore a section of Graceland at City Lit, Edgewater Presbyterian lieu, the now-legendary cabarets and bistros of cemetery bearing the familiar blue-and-red Church, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. lower Manhattan, where youthful pilgrims seized insignia, set aside for Cubs supporters whose Phone: 1-800-838-3006;$20 the day with all their might, only to evolve into loyalty extends, literally, beyond the grave. Runs through: Aug. 20 old pilgrims, still seeking that single elusive This may be a Chicago play on its surface, high note transcending the squalor of common- but the stories of intratribal animosities born BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE place responsibilities. Richard Stockton Rand di- of frivolous differences and continuing be- rects this Ka-Tet Theatre production in City Lit’s yond their proper life span are as universal as “Everything was happy before I was born!” la- intimate space with a likewise gentle touch, the intractable personalities who perpetuate ments young Clifford Glimmer, looking back on eliciting performances of bittersweet poignancy them. his parents’ troubled marriage—an assessment from an ensemble of uniformly-excellent actors This 80-minute Factory Theater production Black and Blue. Photo by Paul Metreyeon often true in the 1950s, but inaccurate, in (bookended by Jeremy Clark’s withdrawn Gene this case. When your father’s a jazz trumpeter and Rich Logan’s mercurial Jonesy), while Tracy from the Bronx named “Clean Gene”, and your Otwell’s overlapping-collage scenery establishes mother, a classical flutist from Boston’s Italian just the right tone of delicate nostalgia. ghetto whose own family calls her “Crazy Terry”, your chances for a normal childhood are slim al- ready. Add in the changing musical tastes of an American public that would soon abandon Big ‘Queerer Time’ SPOTLIGHT Band for rock ‘n’ roll and the malaise engendered by thwarted dreams becomes inevitable. Warren event at Leather Light is no angry young man, however. The same open-form structure at the foundation of the Archives Aug. 10 music that shapes his play’s universe also grants The LGBTQ Focus Group of the Associa- tion for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) its people amnesty. In Broads on Boards, two Jazz, you see, doesn’t adhere to a written score, is holding the “A Queerer Time, A Queerer Place” pre-conference Wed., Aug. 10, at show-biz veterans try to get a like classical music, but instead draws upon an leg up on each other when they aesthetic rooted in spontaneous improvisation the Leather Archives & Museum, 6418 N. Greenview, at 1 p.m. reminisce about their up-and- reflecting the artist’s emotions at that instant. down careers on Broadway and Clifford’s account of his parents’ meeting and This pre-conference happens before the ATHE conference that will take place at the in Hollywood in Matthew Loren subsequent first date in New York City’s Village Cohen’s new musical comedy. district evidences this romantic lifestyle. Such Palmer House Hilton Hotel Aug. 11-14. The 2011 ATHE theme, “Performance Re- Broads on Boards plays 8 p.m. a carpe-diem sensibility might have continued Sundays through Sept. 4, at 4830 to sustain a marital dynamic constructed around mains, Global Presence,” has inspired an afternoon of events particularly focused N. Broadway. Tickets are $10. Call out-of-town tours, trips to the unemployment 773-561-4665 or visit http:// office on 92nd Street (dubbed the “Club 92” on temporalities and localities. Highlights of the pre-conference include a tour of the www.TheAnnoyance.com. Photo by the musicians congregating thereat), and a courtesy of Annoyance Theatre. home serving as a repository for the flotsam of Leather Archives & Museum similarly peripatetic comrades, but it’s no way Registration for the pre-conference is to raise a son—especially after “addict-but-not- $25 and is due in person on Aug. 10. Email junkie” trombonist Jonesy introduces Terry to Aaron C. Thomas at [email protected]. the taste of hard liquor. 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INDICATION: REYATAZ® (atazanavir sulfate) is a prescription medicine used in combination with On REYATAZZ,, hhow you spen d your time is up to you. other medicines to treat people 6 years of age and older who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). REYATAZ has been studied in a 48-week trial in patients who have taken anti-HIV medicines and a 96-week trial in patients who have never taken anti-HIV medicines. REYATAZ does not cure HIV or lower your chance of passing HIV to others. People taking REYATAZ may still get opportunistic infections or other conditions that happen with HIV infection. W IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION: edne Do not take REYATAZ if you are allergic to REYATAZ or to any of its ingredients. sday Do not take REYATAZ if you are taking the following medicines due to potential for M serious, life-threatening side effects or death: ary Versed® (midazolam) when taken by mouth, Halcion® (triazolam), ergot medicines (dihydroergotamine, ’s ergonovine, ergotamine, and methylergonovine such as Cafergot®, Migranal®, D.H.E. 45®, ergotrate birt maleate, Methergine®, and others), Propulsid® (cisapride), or Orap® (pimozide). hday Do not take REYATAZ with the following medicines due to potential for serious side effects: Camptosar® (irinotecan), Crixivan® (indinavir), Mevacor® (lovastatin), par Zocor® (simvastatin), Uroxatral® (alfuzosin), or Revatio® (sildenafil). ty Do not take REYATAZ with the following medicines as they may lower the amount of REYATAZ in your blood,which may lead to increased HIV viral load and resistance to REYATAZ or other anti-HIV medicines: rifampin (also known as Rimactane®, Rifadin®, Rifater®, or Rifamate®), St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum)-containing products, or Viramune® (nevirapine). Serevent Diskus® (salmeterol) and Advair® (salmeterol with fluticasone) are not recommended ay with REYATAZ. Thursd Do not take Vfend® (voriconazole) if you are taking REYATAZ and Norvir® (ritonavir). The above lists of medicines are not complete. Taking REYATAZ with some other medicines 5:30 may require your therapy to be monitored more closely or may require a change in dose or dose schedule of REYATAZ or the other medicine. Discuss with your healthcare provider r all prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamin and herbal supplements, or other health Choi preparations you are taking or plan to take. tice Tell your healthcare provider if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.REYATAZ prac use during pregnancy has not been associated with an increase in birth defects. Pregnant women have experienced serious side effects when taking REYATAZ with other HIV medicines called nucleoside analogues. After your baby is born, tell your healthcare provider if your baby’s skin or the white part of his/her eyes turns yellow. You should not breast-feed if you are HIV-positive. Buy new Also tell your healthcare provider if you have end-stage kidney disease managed with hemodialysis or severe liver dysfunction. sh Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any side effects, symptoms, or conditions, oes including the following: fo • Mild rash (redness and itching) without other symptoms sometimes occurs in patients taking r Latis REYATAZ, most often in the first few weeks after the medicine is started, and usually goes away haa within 2 weeks with no change in treatment. • Severe rash may develop with other symptoms that could be serious and potentially cause death. If you develop a rash with any of the following symptoms, stop using REYATAZ and call your healthcare provider right away: – Shortness of breath – Conjunctivitis (red or inflamed eyes, – General ill-feeling or “flu-like” like “pink-eye”) symptoms – Blisters – Fever – Mouth sores – Muscle or joint aches – Swelling of your face Individual results may vary. • Yellowing of the skin and/or eyes may occur due to increases in bilirubin levels in the blood (bilirubin is made by the liver). • A change in the way your heart beats may occur. You may feel dizzy or lightheaded. These could be symptoms of a heart problem. Once-daily REYATAZ can help fight your HIV. • Diabetes and high blood sugar may occur in patients taking protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ. Some patients may need changes REYATAZ, a protease inhibitor (PI), in HIV combination therapy: in their diabetes medicine. N Can help lower your viral load and raise your T-cell (CD4+ cell) count • If you have liver disease, including hepatitis B or C, it may get worse when you take anti- HIV medicines like REYATAZ. N Has a low chance of diarrhea (shown in clinical trials) Find out if you can save on REYATAZ. • Kidney stones have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ. - REYATAZ in combination therapy had a 1%-3% rate of Signs or symptoms of kidney stones include pain in your side, moderate-to-severe diarrhea in adults Call 1-888-281-8981 or visit blood in your urine, and pain when you urinate. N Is taken once a day with a snack or meal ReyatazSavings.com for details. • Some patients with hemophilia have increased bleeding problems Fight HIV your way. with protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ. REYATAZ is one of several treatment options your doctor may consider. Subject to terms and conditions. Restrictions apply. • Changes in body fat have been seen in some patients taking anti-HIV Do not take REYATAZ if you are allergic to REYATAZ or to any of its ingredients. medicines. The cause and long-term effects are not known at this time. • Immune reconstitution syndrome has been seen in some patients with advanced Ask your healthcare team about REYATAZ www.REYATAZ.com HIV infection (AIDS) and a history of opportunistic infection. Signs and symptoms of inflammation from previous infections may occur soon after starting anti-HIV treatment, REYATAZ does not cure HIV and has not been shown to reduce the risk of passing HIV to others. including REYATAZ. People taking REYATAZ may still get opportunistic infections or other conditions that happen with HIV infection. • Gallbladder disorders (including gallstones and gallbladder inflammation) have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ. Other common side effects of REYATAZ taken with other anti-HIV medicines include: nausea; headache; stomach pain; vomiting; diarrhea; depression; fever; dizziness; trouble sleeping; numbness, tingling, or burning of hands or feet; and muscle pain. REYATAZ is a registered trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb. You should take REYATAZ once daily with food (a meal or snack). Swallow the capsules All other trademarks are the property of their respective whole; do not open the capsules. You should take REYATAZ and your other anti-HIV Please see Important Patient Information owners and not of Bristol-Myers Squibb. medicines exactly as instructed by your healthcare provider. © 2011 Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ 08543 U.S.A. about REYATAZ on the adjacent pages. 687US10AB06425 02/11

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INDICATION: REYATAZ® (atazanavir sulfate) is a prescription medicine used in combination with On REYATAZZ,, hhow you spen d your time is up to you. other medicines to treat people 6 years of age and older who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). REYATAZ has been studied in a 48-week trial in patients who have taken anti-HIV medicines and a 96-week trial in patients who have never taken anti-HIV medicines. REYATAZ does not cure HIV or lower your chance of passing HIV to others. People taking REYATAZ may still get opportunistic infections or other conditions that happen with HIV infection. W IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION: edne Do not take REYATAZ if you are allergic to REYATAZ or to any of its ingredients. sday Do not take REYATAZ if you are taking the following medicines due to potential for M serious, life-threatening side effects or death: ary Versed® (midazolam) when taken by mouth, Halcion® (triazolam), ergot medicines (dihydroergotamine, ’s ergonovine, ergotamine, and methylergonovine such as Cafergot®, Migranal®, D.H.E. 45®, ergotrate birt maleate, Methergine®, and others), Propulsid® (cisapride), or Orap® (pimozide). hday Do not take REYATAZ with the following medicines due to potential for serious side effects: Camptosar® (irinotecan), Crixivan® (indinavir), Mevacor® (lovastatin), par Zocor® (simvastatin), Uroxatral® (alfuzosin), or Revatio® (sildenafil). ty Do not take REYATAZ with the following medicines as they may lower the amount of REYATAZ in your blood,which may lead to increased HIV viral load and resistance to REYATAZ or other anti-HIV medicines: rifampin (also known as Rimactane®, Rifadin®, Rifater®, or Rifamate®), St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum)-containing products, or Viramune® (nevirapine). Serevent Diskus® (salmeterol) and Advair® (salmeterol with fluticasone) are not recommended ay with REYATAZ. Thursd Do not take Vfend® (voriconazole) if you are taking REYATAZ and Norvir® (ritonavir). The above lists of medicines are not complete. Taking REYATAZ with some other medicines 5:30 may require your therapy to be monitored more closely or may require a change in dose or dose schedule of REYATAZ or the other medicine. Discuss with your healthcare provider r all prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamin and herbal supplements, or other health Choi preparations you are taking or plan to take. tice Tell your healthcare provider if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.REYATAZ prac use during pregnancy has not been associated with an increase in birth defects. Pregnant women have experienced serious side effects when taking REYATAZ with other HIV medicines called nucleoside analogues. After your baby is born, tell your healthcare provider if your baby’s skin or the white part of his/her eyes turns yellow. You should not breast-feed if you are HIV-positive. Buy new Also tell your healthcare provider if you have end-stage kidney disease managed with hemodialysis or severe liver dysfunction. sh Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any side effects, symptoms, or conditions, oes including the following: fo • Mild rash (redness and itching) without other symptoms sometimes occurs in patients taking r Latis REYATAZ, most often in the first few weeks after the medicine is started, and usually goes away haa within 2 weeks with no change in treatment. • Severe rash may develop with other symptoms that could be serious and potentially cause death. If you develop a rash with any of the following symptoms, stop using REYATAZ and call your healthcare provider right away: – Shortness of breath – Conjunctivitis (red or inflamed eyes, – General ill-feeling or “flu-like” like “pink-eye”) symptoms – Blisters – Fever – Mouth sores – Muscle or joint aches – Swelling of your face Individual results may vary. • Yellowing of the skin and/or eyes may occur due to increases in bilirubin levels in the blood (bilirubin is made by the liver). • A change in the way your heart beats may occur. You may feel dizzy or lightheaded. These could be symptoms of a heart problem. Once-daily REYATAZ can help fight your HIV. • Diabetes and high blood sugar may occur in patients taking protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ. Some patients may need changes REYATAZ, a protease inhibitor (PI), in HIV combination therapy: in their diabetes medicine. N Can help lower your viral load and raise your T-cell (CD4+ cell) count • If you have liver disease, including hepatitis B or C, it may get worse when you take anti- HIV medicines like REYATAZ. N Has a low chance of diarrhea (shown in clinical trials) Find out if you can save on REYATAZ. • Kidney stones have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ. - REYATAZ in combination therapy had a 1%-3% rate of Signs or symptoms of kidney stones include pain in your side, moderate-to-severe diarrhea in adults Call 1-888-281-8981 or visit blood in your urine, and pain when you urinate. N Is taken once a day with a snack or meal ReyatazSavings.com for details. • Some patients with hemophilia have increased bleeding problems Fight HIV your way. with protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ. REYATAZ is one of several treatment options your doctor may consider. Subject to terms and conditions. Restrictions apply. • Changes in body fat have been seen in some patients taking anti-HIV Do not take REYATAZ if you are allergic to REYATAZ or to any of its ingredients. medicines. The cause and long-term effects are not known at this time. • Immune reconstitution syndrome has been seen in some patients with advanced Ask your healthcare team about REYATAZ www.REYATAZ.com HIV infection (AIDS) and a history of opportunistic infection. Signs and symptoms of inflammation from previous infections may occur soon after starting anti-HIV treatment, REYATAZ does not cure HIV and has not been shown to reduce the risk of passing HIV to others. including REYATAZ. People taking REYATAZ may still get opportunistic infections or other conditions that happen with HIV infection. • Gallbladder disorders (including gallstones and gallbladder inflammation) have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ. Other common side effects of REYATAZ taken with other anti-HIV medicines include: nausea; headache; stomach pain; vomiting; diarrhea; depression; fever; dizziness; trouble sleeping; numbness, tingling, or burning of hands or feet; and muscle pain. REYATAZ is a registered trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb. You should take REYATAZ once daily with food (a meal or snack). Swallow the capsules All other trademarks are the property of their respective whole; do not open the capsules. You should take REYATAZ and your other anti-HIV Please see Important Patient Information owners and not of Bristol-Myers Squibb. medicines exactly as instructed by your healthcare provider. © 2011 Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ 08543 U.S.A. about REYATAZ on the adjacent pages. 687US10AB06425 02/11

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FDA-Approved Patient Labeling REYATAZ® (atazanavir sulfate) R Patient Information • About all the medicines you take including prescription and nonprescription s REYATAZ® (RAY-ah-taz) medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Keep a list of your medicines (generic name = atazanavir sulfate) with you to show your healthcare provider. For more information, see “What c Capsules important information should I know about taking REYATAZ with other medicines?” and “Who should not take REYATAZ?” Some medicines can Tricyclic antidepressants such as ELAVIL® ALERT: Find out about medicines that should NOT be taken with cause serious side effects if taken with REYATAZ. REYATAZ (atazanavir sulfate). Read the section “What important information How should I take REYATAZ? should I know about taking REYATAZ with other medicines?” • Take REYATAZ once every day exactly as instructed by your healthcare Medicines to prevent organ transplant rejection: SANDIMMUNE® Read the Patient Information that comes with REYATAZ before you start using it provider. Your healthcare provider will prescribe the amount of REYATAZ that and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This leaflet provides is right for you. a summary about REYATAZ and does not include everything there is to know • Always take REYATAZ with food (a meal or snack) to help it work better. Fluticasone propionate (FLONASE® about your medicine. This information does not take the place of talking with your Swallow the capsules whole. Do not open the capsules. Take REYATAZ at healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment. the same time each day. What is REYATAZ? • If you are taking antacids or didanosine (VIDEX® or VIDEX® EC), take REYATAZ is a prescription medicine used with other anti-HIV medicines to treat REYATAZ 2 hours before or 1 hour after these medicines. people 6 years of age and older who are infected with the human immunodeficiency • If you are taking medicines for indigestion, heartburn, or ulcers ® ® ® virus (HIV). HIV is the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome such as AXID (nizatidine), PEPCID AC (famotidine), TAGAMET (AIDS). REYATAZ is a type of anti-HIV medicine called a protease inhibitor. HIV (cimetidine), ZANTAC® (ranitidine), AcipHex® (rabeprazole), NEXIUM® infection destroys CD4+ (T) cells, which are important to the immune system. (esomeprazole), PREVACID® (lansoprazole), PRILOSEC® (omeprazole), ® The immune system helps fight infection. After a large number of (T) cells are or PROTONIX (pantoprazole), talk to your healthcare provider. destroyed, AIDS develops. REYATAZ helps to block HIV protease, an enzyme that • Do not change your dose or stop taking REYATAZ without first talking

is needed for the HIV virus to multiply. REYATAZ may lower the amount of HIV in with your healthcare provider. It is important to stay under a healthcare your blood, help your body keep its supply of CD4+ (T) cells, and reduce the risk provider’s care while taking REYATAZ. of death and illness associated with HIV. • When your supply of REYATAZ starts to run low, get more from your healthcare Does REYATAZ cure HIV or AIDS? provider or pharmacy. It is important not to run out of REYATAZ. The amount of HIV in your blood may increase if the medicine is stopped for even a short time. ® REYATAZ does not cure HIV infection or AIDS. At present there is no cure for Calcium channel blockers such as CARDIZEM • If you miss a dose of REYATAZ, take it as soon as possible and then take HIV infection. People taking REYATAZ may still get opportunistic infections or other your next scheduled dose at its regular time. If, however, it is within 6 hours conditions that happen with HIV infection. Opportunistic infections are infections that develop because the immune system is weak. Some of these conditions are of your next dose, do not take the missed dose. Wait and take the next dose Medicines for indigestion, heartburn, or ulcers such as AXID® ® pneumonia, herpes virus infections, and Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) at the regular time. Do not double the next dose. It is important that you do Midazolam, also known as VERSED infections. It is very important that you see your healthcare provider regularly not miss any doses of REYATAZ or your other anti-HIV medicines. while taking REYATAZ. • If you take more than the prescribed dose of REYATAZ, call your REYATAZ does not lower your chance of passing HIV to other people through healthcare provider or poison control center right away. sexual contact, sharing needles, or being exposed to your blood. For your What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ? CRIXIVAN® health and the health of others, it is important to always practice safer sex by The following list of side effects is not complete. Report any new or continuing using a latex or polyurethane condom or other barrier to lower the chance of sexual symptoms to your healthcare provider. If you have questions about side effects, Cholesterol-lowering medicines MEVACOR® contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood. Never use or share dirty needles. ask your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider may be able to help you Who should not take REYATAZ? manage these side effects. Do not start a new medicine without talking to your healthcare provider. The following side effects have been reported with REYATAZ: Do not take REYATAZ if you: H • mild rash (redness and itching) without other symptoms sometimes occurs • are taking certain medicines. (See “What important information should I Store REYATAZ Capsules at room temperature, 59° to 86° F (15° to 30° C). know about taking REYATAZ with other medicines?”) Serious life-threatening in patients taking REYATAZ, most often in the first few weeks after the medicine is started. Rashes usually go away within 2 weeks with no change D side effects or death may happen. Before you take REYATAZ, tell your healthcare provider about all medicines you are taking or planning to take. in treatment. Tell your healthcare provider if rash occurs. ® These include other prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, • severe rash: Rash may develop in association with other symptoms which Rifampin (also known as RIMACTANE and herbal supplements. could be serious and potentially cause death. Keep all medicines out of the reach of children and pets at all times. Do not k • are allergic to REYATAZ or to any of its ingredients. The active ingredient St. John’s wort ( If you develop a rash with any of the following symptoms stop using is atazanavir sulfate. See the end of this leaflet for a complete list of REYATAZ and call your healthcare provider right away: ingredients in REYATAZ. Tell your healthcare provider if you think you have VIRAMUNE® • shortness of breath had an allergic reaction to any of these ingredients. • general ill feeling or “flu-like” symptoms What should I tell my healthcare provider before I take REYATAZ? S • fever Tell your healthcare provider: • muscle or joint aches

• If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. REYATAZ use during • conjunctivitis (red or inflamed eyes, like “pink eye”) pregnancy has not been associated with an increase in birth defects. • blisters Pregnant women have experienced serious side effects when taking • mouth sores REYATAZ with other HIV medicines called nucleoside analogues. You and • swelling of your face your healthcare provider will need to decide if REYATAZ is right for you. If you • yellowing of the skin or eyes. These effects may be due to increases in use REYATAZ while you are pregnant, talk to your healthcare provider about bilirubin levels in the blood (bilirubin is made by the liver). Although these the Antiretroviral Pregnancy Registry. effects may not be damaging to your liver, skin, or eyes, call your healthcare • After your baby is born, tell your healthcare provider if your baby’s skin provider promptly if your skin or the white part of your eyes turn yellow. ® or the white part of his/her eyes turns yellow. CIALIS • a change in the way your heart beats (heart rhythm change). Call your • If you are breast-feeding. You should not breast-feed if you are HIV-positive healthcare provider right away if you get dizzy or lightheaded. These could because of the chance of passing HIV to your baby. Also, it is not known if be symptoms of a heart problem. REYATAZ can pass into your breast milk and if it can harm your baby. If you • diabetes and high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) sometimes happen in are a woman who has or will have a baby, talk with your healthcare provider patients taking protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ. Some patients had ® about the best way to feed your baby. ADCIRCA diabetes before taking protease inhibitors while others did not. Some patients • If you have liver problems or are infected with the hepatitis B or C virus. may need changes in their diabetes medicine. ® See “What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?” LIPITOR • i f you have liver disease including hepatitis B or C, your liver disease may • If you have end stage kidney disease managed with hemodialysis. get worse when you take anti-HIV medicines like REYATAZ. • If you have diabetes. See “What are the possible side effects of REYATAZ?” • kidney stones have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ. If you develop ® Medicines for abnormal heart rhythm: CORDARONE • If you have hemophilia. See “What are the possible side effects of signs or symptoms of kidney stones (pain in your side, blood in your urine, REYATAZ?” pain when you urinate) tell your healthcare provider promptly. F1-B0001B-02-11 Rev February 2011

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A • some patients with hemophilia have increased bleeding problems with • BUPRENEX®, SUBUTEX®, SUBOXONE®, (buprenorphine or buprenorphine/ protease inhibitors like REYATAZ. naloxone, used to treat pain and addiction to narcotic painkillers). • changes in body fat. These changes may include an increased amount of fat • VASCOR® (bepridil, used for chest pain). in the upper back and neck (“buffalo hump”), breast, and around the trunk. • COUMADIN® (warfarin). Loss of fat from the legs, arms, and face may also happen. The cause and • Tricyclic antidepressants such as ELAVIL® (amitriptyline), NORPRAMIN® long-term health effects of these conditions are not known at this time. (desipramine), SINEQUAN® (doxepin), SURMONTIL® (trimipramine), • immune reconstitution syndrome. In some patients with advanced HIV TOFRANIL® (imipramine), or VIVACTIL® (protriptyline). T infection (AIDS) and a history of opportunistic infection, signs and symptoms • Medicines to prevent organ transplant rejection: SANDIMMUNE® or NEORAL® of inflammation from previous infections may occur soon after anti-HIV (cyclosporin), RAPAMUNE® (sirolimus), or PROGRAF® (tacrolimus). treatment, including REYATAZ, is started. • The antidepressant trazodone (DESYREL® and others). A Other common side effects of REYATAZ taken with other anti-HIV medicines • Fluticasone propionate (FLONASE®, FLOVENT®), given by nose or inhaled to include nausea; headache; stomach pain; vomiting; diarrhea; depression; fever; treat allergic symptoms or asthma. Your doctor may choose not to keep you dizziness; trouble sleeping; numbness, tingling, or burning of hands or feet; and on fluticasone, especially if you are also taking NORVIR®. muscle pain. • Colchicine (COLCRYS®), used to prevent or treat gout or treat familial Gallbladder disorders (which may include gallstones and gallbladder Mediterranean fever. inflammation) have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ. The following medicines may require a change in the dose or dose schedule What important information should I know about taking REYATAZ with other of either REYATAZ or the other medicine: medicines? ® • INVIRASE (saquinavir). Do not take REYATAZ if you take the following medicines (not all brands may ® • NORVIR (ritonavir). be listed; tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take). ® D • SUSTIVA (efavirenz). REYATAZ may cause serious, life-threatening side effects or death when • Antacids or buffered medicines. used with these medicines. • VIDEX® (didanosine). • Ergot medicines: dihydroergotamine, ergonovine, ergotamine, and ® W ® ® ® • VIREAD (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate). methylergonovine such as CAFERGOT , MIGRANAL , D.H.E. 45 , ergotrate ® maleate, METHERGINE®, and others (used for migraine headaches). • MYCOBUTIN (rifabutin). H ® ® • ORAP® (pimozide, used for Tourette’s disorder). • Calcium channel blockers such as CARDIZEM or TIAZAC (diltiazem), COVERA-HS® or ISOPTIN SR® (verapamil) and others. • PROPULSID® (cisapride, used for certain stomach problems). • BIAXIN® (clarithromycin). • Triazolam, also known as HALCION® (used for insomnia). • Medicines for indigestion, heartburn, or ulcers such as AXID® (nizatidine), ® (used for sedation), when taken by mouth. • Midazolam, also known as VERSED PEPCID AC® (famotidine), TAGAMET® (cimetidine), or ZANTAC® (ranitidine). Do not take the following medicines with REYATAZ because of possible Talk to your healthcare provider about choosing an effective method of serious side effects: contraception. REYATAZ may affect the safety and effectiveness of hormonal • CAMPTOSAR® (irinotecan, used for cancer). contraceptives such as birth control pills or the contraceptive patch. Hormonal • CRIXIVAN® (indinavir, used for HIV infection). Both REYATAZ and CRIXIVAN contraceptives do not prevent the spread of HIV to others. sometimes cause increased levels of bilirubin in the blood. Remember: ® ® • Cholesterol-lowering medicines MEVACOR (lovastatin) or ZOCOR 1. Know all the medicines you take. (simvastatin). 2. Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take. • UROXATRAL® (alfuzosin, used to treat benign enlargement of the prostate). 3. Do not start a new medicine without talking to your healthcare provider. • REVATIO® (sildenafil, used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension). How should I store REYATAZ? m Do not take the following medicines with REYATAZ because they may lower a • Store REYATAZ Capsules at room temperature, 59° to 86° F (15° to 30° C). the amount of REYATAZ in your blood. This may lead to an increased HIV viral load. Resistance to REYATAZ or cross-resistance to other HIV medicines may Do not store this medicine in a damp place such as a bathroom medicine cabinet or near the kitchen sink. develop: ® ® ® ® • Keep your medicine in a tightly closed container. s • Rifampin (also known as RIMACTANE , RIFADIN , RIFATER , or RIFAMATE , used for tuberculosis). • Keep all medicines out of the reach of children and pets at all times. Do not keep medicine that is out of date or that you no longer need. Dispose of a • St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum), an herbal product sold as a dietary If you develop a rash with any of the following symptoms stop using unused medicines through community take-back disposal programs when supplement, or products containing St. John’s wort. R available or place REYATAZ in an unrecognizable, closed container in the • VIRAMUNE® (nevirapine, used for HIV infection). • shortness of breath household trash. The following medicines are not recommended with REYATAZ: • general ill feeling or “flu-like” symptoms General information about REYATAZ • SEREVENT DISKUS® (salmeterol) and ADVAIR® (salmeterol with fluticasone), • fever This medicine was prescribed for your particular condition. Do not use REYATAZ • muscle or joint aches used to treat asthma, emphysema/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease also known as COPD. for another condition. Do not give REYATAZ to other people, even if they have the I • conjunctivitis (red or inflamed eyes, like “pink eye”) same symptoms you have. It may harm them. Keep REYATAZ and all medicines • blisters Do not take the following medicine if you are taking REYATAZ and NORVIR® out of the reach of children and pets. • mouth sores together: This summary does not include everything there is to know about REYATAZ. • swelling of your face • VFEND® (voriconazole). Medicines are sometimes prescribed for conditions that are not mentioned in • y The following medicines may require your healthcare provider to monitor patient information leaflets. Remember no written summary can replace careful your therapy more closely (for some medicines a change in the dose or dose discussion with your healthcare provider. If you would like more information, talk schedule may be needed): with your healthcare provider or you can call 1-800-321-1335. A ® ® ® What are the ingredients in REYATAZ? • CIALIS (tadalafil), LEVITRA (vardenafil), or VIAGRA (sildenafil), used to a treat erectile dysfunction. REYATAZ may increase the chances of serious side Active Ingredient: atazanavir sulfate I effects that can happen with CIALIS, LEVITRA, or VIAGRA. Do not use CIALIS, Inactive Ingredients: Crospovidone, lactose monohydrate (milk sugar), LEVITRA, or VIAGRA while you are taking REYATAZ unless your healthcare magnesium stearate, gelatin, FD&C Blue #2, and titanium dioxide.

d provider tells you it is okay. ® ® VIDEX and REYATAZ are registered trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. ® ® ® ® • ADCIRCA (tadalafil) or TRACLEER (bosentan), used to treat pulmonary COUMADIN and SUSTIVA are registered trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb arterial hypertension. Pharma Company. DESYREL® is a registered trademark of Mead Johnson and

® ® Company. Other brands listed are the trademarks of their respective owners and • LIPITOR (atorvastatin) or CRESTOR (rosuvastatin). There is an increased i chance of serious side effects if you take REYATAZ with this cholesterol- are not trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. lowering medicine. I k ® • Medicines for abnormal heart rhythm: CORDARONE (amiodarone), lidocaine, Princeton, NJ 08543 USA quinidine (also known as CARDIOQUIN®, QUINIDEX®, and others). • MYCOBUTIN® (rifabutin, an antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis). 1246226A9 F1-B0001B-02-11 Rev February 2011

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THEATER REVIEW touches him, and is soon in danger of losing the vestiges of her family by becoming a full- Put My ____ time follower. Fisher and his cast and crew go all out to in Your ____ aka create a weird black-and-white mod world of Your 15 minutes amusingly more-stylish-than-thou artsy types with a sinister undercurrent. Many cast mem- of Finger bers go all out in their roles as bitchy gay Playwright: Bob Fisher gatekeepers and willowy mod fashion plates, At: The Mammals at Zoo adding bright spots to the otherwise incon- Studio, 4001 N. Ravenswood gruous plotting. Phone: 866-593-4614; $20 Put My _____… would have benefited if Runs through Aug. 27 Fisher had more clearly underlined the char- acters’ dramatic stakes and the vampire-like BY SCOTT C. MORGAN fantasy rules that govern this trendy subter- ranean art world. And anyone unfamiliar with Many theatergoers know the perils new plays Warhol’s New York Factory scene (depicted so where the playwright is also the director. The well in the 1996 film I Shot Andy Warhol) will storytelling often suffers since there isn’t an undoubtedly be at a loss to relate to what interpreter to challenge or clarify the play- Fisher is spoofing. wright’s intensions. Hence we really don’t care for the fate of the Bob Fisher’s Put My ____ in Your ____ aka sparring sisters, nor do we understand why so Your 15 minutes of Finger, now presented much hinges on Snail’s need to find a single by The Mammals at Zoo Studio, is hindered ultra-devoted female follower to continue liv- due to this playwright/director dynamic. Ad- ing his altered life after he was shot by a for- That’s Weird, Grandma. Photo by Dean Ponce ditionally, Fisher is also responsible for the mer follower (probably Valerie Jean Solanas). show’s lighting and complex video projec- I guess I should add that Put My _____… tions, giving an extra sense that the empha- proudly advertises itself as BYOB, which ary kiddie show focused on pet-feeding habits THEATER REVIEW sis is more on style instead of substantive might make the proceedings more fun if whose host is put to rout by a pair of piranhas? storytelling. you’re soused. But if you’re sober, Put My More teen-friendly premises include a vegetar- That’s Weird, Put My _____… appears to be a nonsensi- ____… will only be admirable for its wacky ian vampire, a corporate executive with a fond- cal fantasy mash-up of Andy Warhol’s 1960s sense of style rather than its sub-par fantasy Grandma ness for nacho chips, and an innocent citizen Playwright: various authors pop art world and pop culture’s current-day storytelling. harassed by a squad of sinister Ducks-In-Black. At: Barrel of Monkeys at the fascination with the undead. There’s poten- Responsible mentors may protest the absence Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland Ave. tial in this conceit, but the whole enterprise of educational content in “Vampire, Alien, Su- Phone: 312-409-1954;$10 stumbles along due to a muddled storyline perbaby and Bowser” (featuring a quartet of Runs through: open run and missing historical context. Put My characters named...you get the idea), but many Put My ____… focuses on two symbolically ____... of the scenarios embrace a surprisingly explicit named orphans named Birdy (Erin Orr as the Photo BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE moral lesson. Bullies get their comeuppance in sister who wants to flee the nest to party) courtesy “Stupid.” A blissfully spaced-out girl suffers a and Turtle (Stacie Hauenstein as the sister of The Entertainment proclaiming itself “Children’s sorry fate in “Daisy Never Learned,” while Avon- who is content to nest at home by worship- Mammals Theater” can take many forms, ranging from dale 5th-grader José J. argues for and against ing a portrait of their Elvis Presley-loving late plays written and performed by adults for an ide- the automated nannies in “Babysitter Robots.” mother and watching TV reruns of America’s alized “youth market,” to plays written by adults Even the sexuality is kept age-appropriate, as Funniest Home Videos). for performance by children for “family” audi- in a Dolly Parton-ish ballad of a couple whose Birdy falls in with an undead pop artist film- ences (i.e., those of the participants). Barrel of romance is rekindled by a Vegas vacation (“They maker named Snail (dressed like Andy War- Monkeys, however, rejects the nostalgia-fogged rode the boat and made out the whole time.”) hol) and his shallow art factory followers. epics beloved of parents and grant committees The Neo-Futurarium’s maze-like corridors and Birdy becomes obsessed with Snail’s ability to instead pursue original stories composed by playroom-decor lobby (where ensemble members to administer hallucinogens to anyone who third- through fifth-graders in Chicago Public cheerfully mingle with young playgoers) gener- Schools and geared toward the sensibilities of ate anticipatory energy well before the doors their peers, which then inspire the scripts in this open for the hour-long sprint through 16 skits. comedy revue. After all, who knows better what That’s Weird, Grandma has been running year- CRITICS’ PICKS youngsters like than the youngsters themselves? round for more than a decade, its slate chang- Woodstock Mozart The differences reveal themselves immediately: ing over time, but the current show is gleefully Festival thru The Homosexuals, About Face Theatre at What “juvenile fiction” author would dare cast directed by Monkey emeritus Molly Brennan of as his or her protagonist a Serial Killer Squirrel? the Biograph, through Aug. 14. A decade 500 Clown, putting an extra-impish edge on the Aug. 14 in the life of a once-naive young gay man, (“I’m gonna getcha!” his theme song warns.) Or hi-jinks. Bring your niece or nephew, borrow the A diverse season of composers and propose a hospital exclusively for ninjas, where told via two-person flashbacks through neighbors’ kids or go by yourself—grown-ups award-winning artists will take part in the friends and lovers. Philip Dawkins’s serio- even the doctors warm up with a few katas be- are welcome, too. Woodstock Mozart Festival’s Silver Anni- fore attending to patients? What about a sug- comic world premiere is smart writing, well- versary through Aug. 14, at the Woodstock acted. JA Opera House, 121 Van Buren, Woodstock. The Trestle At Pope Lick Creek, Eclipse There will be three concert programs, a Theatre at the Greenhouse, through Sept. piano recital and two master classes. 4. Part social drama and part neo-gothic ro- CULTURE CLUB Echo Klassik (European Grammy Award) mance, Naomi Wallace’s eerie tale of teen- award-winning cellist Peter Hörr and agers and parents adrift in America’s min- Hungarian conductor Istvan Jaray will be ing regions during the Great Depression is a among those participating. haunting caveat on our own troubled times. See http://mozartfest.org. MSB West Side Story, Cadillac Palace Theatre, through Aug. 14. This classic 1950s New Open call for York update of Romeo and Juliet gets an student dancers in extra jolt of Spanish in this solid touring version of the 2009 Broadway revival di- ‘Nutcracker’ rected by the show’s late book writer Arthur The Moscow Ballet will host auditions in Laurents. SCM Rosemont Wed., Aug. 31, at 3:30 p.m., at The Women, Circle Theatre, through Aug. SPACE Peterson, 3433 W. Peterson, for stu- 14. Clare Boothe Luce’s classic and very dent dancers to perform in the Dec. 11 per- catty 1936 comedy featuring an all-women formance of the Great Russian Nutcracker cast is essential Gay 101 cultural viewing. at Rosemont Theater alongside the Russian, Circle Theatre provides a fine opportunity to classically trained professionals. see the un-sanitized original play. SCM To register and for more audition infor- mation, contact Altin Naska 773-463-1220 —By Abarbanel, Barnidge or [email protected]. and Morgan WINDY CITY TIMES Aug. 10, 2011 33

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Amigas Latinas held its annual gala and awards ceremony at the National Museum of Mexican Art Aug. 6. Approximately 100 people attended the event and upon arrival they received a mask (for the masquerade theme) and were encouraged to buy raffle tickets for the silent auction. Partygoers were treated to food provided by Chef Toni and festive music by the group Jarochicano Xicago as they mixed and mingled prior to the awards ceremony. Coya Paz, board secre- tary of Amigas Latinas, presented the scholarships and awards to the honorees. The four scholarship winners were Viviana Moreno, Jacqueline Carmen Salgado, Alicia Figueroa and Emilia Chico. Two people—Lu Rocha and Tania Unzueta—received the community award. Finally, Paz presented the inaugural Diamente award to Zaida Sanabia. “Affinity is so inspired by the work of Amigas Latinas and looks forward to deepening our relationship through shared space and collaboration,” said Kim Hunt, executive director at Affinity Community Services. Mona Noriega, one of the founders of Amigas Latinas said, “I love this event! It is such a great way to celebrate both our queer and Latino identities ‘unapologetically’ as stated in the Amigas Latinas mission. It is wonderful that we can celebrate in such a beautiful environment, and the fact that the National Museum of Mexican Art continues to support Amigas Latinas, the queer prom, and other queer events tells you that our communities are overlapping and dynamic.” “As co-founder I am proud of and humbled by the ongoing work of the board, staff and volunteers. What I love about the Siempre Latina gala is the diversity of its audience, which shows that Latina queer issues are universal and matter to everyone,” said Evette Cardona. For more information on Amigas Latinas visit http://www.amigaslatinas.org. Text by Carrie Maxwell; photos by Mel Ferrand WindyCityTime_Sweeney.pdf 1 7/19/2011 3:12:43 PM

‘The Homosexuals’ extended through “A bloody good musical!” - The New York Post Aug. 14 Due to popular demand, About Face Theatre’s (AFT’s) world premiere of The Homosexuals, writ- ten by Philip Dawkins and directed by AFT Ar- tistic Director Bonnie Metzgar, has added three additional weeks of performance—extending through Aug. 14. The production featured AFT Artistic As- sociates Patrick Andrews, Scott Bradley and Elizabeth Ledo through July 24 and Benjamin Sprunger with Stephen Cone, Eddie Diaz, John Francisco and Sara R. Sevigny from July 25 through Aug. 14. The Homosexuals plays at The Victory Gardens Richard Christiansen Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. Tickets are available at http://www.about- facetheatre.com or 773-871-3000. Andrew Dits

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Aug. 19 in Indiana M Andrew Dits will star in Memoir, a play by Y Father Harry Cronin, Friday, Aug. 19, at the First United Methodist Church, 333 N. Main St., SouthCM

Bend, Ind., at 7:30 p.m. MY “Memoirs of Jesus” involves Jesus’ personal reflections on what it’s like to discover that heCY is both God and man. Dits plays multiple characCMY- ters in addition to Jesus, including Mary, Judas, K Satan and a prostitute. Lampkin Music Group is producing the show. Tickets are $10, and are available at the door. Call 574-233-9463.

Aug. 11 - Oct. 9 Free Parking Gift Certificates Andrew Dits. Photo courtesy of Lampkin 630.530.0111 Group Discounts Music Group drurylaneoakbrook.com 34 Aug. 10, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES NUNN ON ONE: MUSIC JJ: Yes, I have done special arrangements of most important thing is to recognize when I am many of my songs. You will still recognize them dealing with it so I can accept where I am and but I had to do them differently to get as many move on. Janet Jackson songs into the show as possible. WCT: I think the new short hair displays a WCT: How long do you train for the dance confidence in you. Is that true? moves in the show? JJ: It is not the first time I have had short JJ: We rehearsed for hours but with this tour hair. I love it! I was filming a movie, For Colored does it for her fans we were in dance rehearsal for about two weeks. Girls, by Tyler Perry, and I thought the character WCT: Sounds intense. This is a tour for the would have this hairstyle. It has been a lot of Janet Jackson grew up on television with the fans, correct? fun, though. family variety show The Jacksons, following that JJ: Yes. I wanted my Number Ones: Up Close WCT: What has been the most challenging with Good Times and Diff’rent Strokes. She then and Personal tour to be a thank you for all the part of acting on television or movies? took “Control” of her music career in the ‘80s fans that have supported me all these years. JJ: Acting was my first passion. It is what I thanks to producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. WCT: Are you working on new music at the always thought I would do with my life—that She went on to become one of the best-selling end of the tour? or be a horse jockey or lawyer. I have been for- artists in the industry, with multimillion-dollar JJ: I will go back into the studio at some point tunate to enjoy success in music as well, which contracts and hit song after hit song, including this year. I am always thinking about new songs, makes it hard to accept all the acting roles that “Rhythm Nation,” “Together Again” and “All For but I am not sure what it will be yet. My music is I would like and I guess that would be the hard- You.” She brings these number-one singles on very personal and I write about what is going on est part. … I am very fortunate. tour with her to finish out another stellar year. in my life. So I will wait until I am in the studio WCT: Do you have more movies in the Windy City Times: Hi, Janet. Is there a hit to decide. works? that you never get tired of performing? WCT: Is there someone that you would like JJ: I will definitely act in other movies. I am Janet Jackson: All of them. [Laughs] to duet with but haven’t? excited to have a deal with Lionsgate to produce WCT: On the current tour are you perform- JJ: There are so many people I would enjoy a movie as well. I am looking forward to that BY JERRY NUNN ing any different or remixed versions on past signing with; I couldn’t give you just one. experience. hits? WCT: You have influenced so many perform- WCT: What do you think of LaToya being on ers from Beyonce to Rihanna and they have Celebrity Apprentice? publicly said that so you can take your pick JJ: I’m happy for her. on a duet. WCT: Would you ever do a reality show? JJ: There have been artists that have come JJ: I was on the season finale of American before me that have been a big inspiration. I Idol, which was fun. I enjoyed getting to see all hope I do the same for others. the talented kids on that show. I don’t think my WCT: Tell our readers about your book, True schedule would allow me to be on a show as a You. regular, though. JJ: True You is not an autobiography, but it WCT: Have you thought about writing a mu- does have anecdotes from my life. I thought sical? You could do Velvet Rope, the Musical! it was important to share what I have gone JJ: I have, actually. We’ll see. I have always through. People always look at me and think I wanted to be on Broadway. I have a friend who grew up with the perfect life. I thought that was and he said it is a whole different discipline. if people, especially the kids, could see what I want to experience that someday. I have gone through, that they could relate to WCT: You have so many fans that will always what I wrote about in “True You.” It is a jour- support you. Any special shout out for your ney to finding and loving yourself. It has been a gay fans? long road, but I am happy with who I am now. JJ: I want to thank all of my fans for their sup- WCT: What do you recommend for people port over the years. It means a great deal to me. with body-image issues? For the gay community, love yourself for who JJ: You need to love and accept yourself for you are! I hope to see all of you in Milwaukee. who you are, but you also need to appreciate Janet brings her Number Ones, Up Close and respect what God has given you and treat and Personal to the Milwaukee Theatre, 500 it with respect by trying to stay as healthy as W Kilbourn Ave., on Sunday, Aug. 14. Visit possible. http://www.janetjackson.com for tickets and WCT: Is it still a daily struggle for you? details. JJ: Most of us struggle with something. The Out Christian singer to perform in Skokie Out gay Florida-based singer/songwriter Shawn Thomas will perform at the Skokie The- atre Sunday, Aug. 28, at 7:30 p.m. Thomas, an award-winning singer, songwrit- er, musician and producer, recently released his first recording in two years, a two-disc set called Covered and Created that features his own newest work along with covers of work by Mariah Carey, Cher and others. Tickets to the concert are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. For more information, visit http://www.skokietheatre.com. Skloot, Ebert to receive literary honors Windy City Times’ review of the book is at The Chicago Public Library and Chicago Pub- http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/ lic Library Foundation announced that writer lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=27595. Rebecca Skloot and film critic Roger Ebert The event will take place at The Forum, 725 will be honored at the Carl Sandburg Literary W. Roosevelt Rd., with a cocktail reception at Awards Dinner Thursday, Oct. 20, according to 6 p.m. and a dinner at 6:45 p.m. Individual the Chicago Tribune. tickets are $1,000 and $2,500; reservations Ebert will be given the Carl Sandburg Liter- are strictly limited. For information or to pur- ary Award, while Skloot will receive the 21st chase tickets, tables or sponsorships, contact Century Award. Madeline Long at 312-201-9830, ext. 25, or Skloot penned The Immortal Life of Henri- [email protected]. Janet Jackson. Photo by Rocco Laspata etta Lacks, a tale about family and medicine. WINDY CITY TIMES Aug. 10, 2011 35 Lollapalooza: Music, merriment and mud

BY JERRY NUNN

Lollapalooza celebrated its 20th year and broke attendance records, with more than 270,000 paying customers. (There were also the bracelet- switchers and fence-jumpers.) Grant Park be- came “muddypalooza” as the weather changed drastically throughout the weekend. Many vol- unteers and crew worked through the rain that poured on Sunday several times but did not halt the music. The Cars cruised along with hits from the ‘80s; meanwhile, Flogging Molly did an Irish jig on the other side of the park. Groups from the past such as Big Audio Dynamite played on the same stage as heavy-hitters Coldplay and Foo Fighters. Rapper Eminem packed the area, pos- sibly because no other musician with his kind of following competed on an opposite stage. The “Love the Way You Lie” rapper even had Bruno Mars appear for his single “Lights” as watchers Scenes from Lollapalooza. Photos by Jerry Nunn followed suit by flicking their Bics. Cee-Lo Green channeled Lady Gaga with spiked shoulder pads and said to the fans, “Don’t you dare let this wonderful outfit go to waste!” Arctic Monkeys continued playing through a downpour while Please Take Your Seats! Damian Marley summoned the ghost of his leg- endary father, Bob. 2011-2012 Feature Series Deadmau5 may have had the biggest fan base, with people tattooed and wearing mouse ears to show their appreciation. Where was the country music? Well, it wasn’t here as almost every other musical genre was represented. Without Gaga this year our people were represented by open lesbian Kate from An Horse and gay supporters such as the band Deluka. Late-nighters attended club after-parties each evening with such acts as Fitz and the Tantrums and Foster the People, with a DJ set by actor Elijah Wood at the W Chicago and Hard Rock. People may not grasp how the event takes over the city with all the stages and masses of MORNING SHOW COMEDIANS ELVIS TRIBUTE ARTIST SPECTACULAR people (of which 40 percent were out-of-town- FROM WGN-TV ers). This year the area was expanded—and the CAPITOL STEPS crowds needed the room to roam from stage to STARS OF RENT, ADAM PASCAL stage. THE MUSIC OF ABBA Perry Ferrell announced at a press confer- & ANTHONY RAPP ence that he will now be expanding the festival CHINESE GOLDEN DRAGON ACROBATS to Brazil after a successful run in Chile. Check HANDICAP THIS! http://www.lollapalooza.com for more updates. THODOS DANCE CHICAGO & LUNA Photos by Jerry Nunn ORBERT DAVIS’ CHICAGO JAZZ NEGRA DANCE THEATER PHILHARMONIC CHAMBER ENSEMBLE LILY TOMLIN JOAN RIVERS BÉLA FLECK & THE ORIGINAL CHRIS ISAAK FLECKTONES SALT CREEK BALLET’S PAULA POUNDSTONE THE NUTCRACKER NATYA DANCE THEATRE & MORDINE & COMPANY DANCE THEATER ITH YOUR PUBLIC W BEAT JOE N LIZ & ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY IVE SEASO EXCLUS ALE IN BOOM! PRES at, 8/20 COLIN MOCHRIE & BRAD SHERWOOD Now thru S TPRE DANCEWORKS CHICAGO & se Code WC U MUNTU DANCE THEATRE

SURE SELL-OUT PERFORMANCES! NORTH SHORE CENTER NORTH SHORE CENTER’S NorthShoreCenter.org for the Performing Arts in Skokie 2011-2012 847.673.6300 BY HILTONTM Cee-Lo Green, who will also headline Macy’s THERE’S MORE AT THE NORTH SHORE! CHICAGO - NORTH SHORE Feature Series FREE PARKING Glamorama this Friday. Photo by Jerry Nunn 36 Aug. 10, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES was being conned—held a passionate prisoner, suckered in once more. However—just like when I watch Crimes of the Divine Secrets of the Ya KNIGHT Ya Fried Green and Color Purple Steel Magnolia Tomato Beekeeper Sisters for the 199th time—I AT didn’t give a shit. THE Film notes: MOVIES —The Film Noir Foundation is once again teaming up with the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport, for the third edition of Noir City: Chicago 3, a one-week film festival (Aug. 12- 18) presenting nightly double features of 16 By noir classics and rarities—many not available Richard on DVD—all in glorious 35mm black and white, Knight, Jr. and many of them restored. The lineup includes prominent titles like The Blue Dahlia and The Glass Key and little-known fare like Larceny and The Story of Molly X. I’m psyched to see two The Help; of my favorite bad-girl noir movies on the big screen: Olivia de Havilland playing good/bad twin sisters in 1946’s The Dark Mirror (screening film notes the first night of the fest) and Barbara Stanwyck as the rich, spoiled rotten hypochondriac heiress As I sat and watched The Help—gay screenwrit- who gets Burt Lancaster—and who finally lives er/director Tate Taylor’s big-screen adaptation to regret it in 1948’s Sorry Wrong Number. Film- of his best friend Kathryn Stockett’s best-selling noir experts and authors Foster Hirsch and Alan novel—I found myself experiencing something K. Rode from the Film Noir Foundation will intro- that a lot of avid filmgoers and movie critics will duce many of the movies—a big plus. Complete recognize. I call it “movie déjà vu,” and it usu- schedule and advance tickets are at http://www. ally happens when the picture I’m watching calls Emma Stone in The Help. musicboxtheatre.com. up scenes or visuals from previous movies I’ve —Glee: The 3D Concert Movie, a film doc- watched. Having seen thousands of movies, this white employer’s now-grown children, comes in Spacek and Jessica Chastain as a blonde, ditzy umenting the summer music tour of all your happens to me a lot. On most occasions I find the form of a young spitfire nicknamed Skeeter Marilyn Monroe type in freefall, the movie got favorites from the hit TV show (including the the movie déjà vu quite welcoming but never is (the ginger-haired Emma Stone). Skeeter, just back on track and these powerhouse women Emmy nominated, openly gay Chris Colfer) opens it so emotionally satisfying to me (and I suspect out of college, has landed a job as a house- helped steer The Help emotionally home, just as in theatres this week but was not screened in kindred audience members) as when I’m smack hold-hints columnist after winning over by the I hoped they would. Inside the darkened theatre time for WCT deadlines. dab back in the patently false but emotionally newspaper’s salty, pint-sized editor (hilariously as many of the patrons dabbed at their teary Check out my archived reviews at http:// compelling world of the “sisterhood” genre, of played by out comedic actor Leslie Jordan). eyes with Kleenex, the sun was setting, the www.windycitymediagroup.com or http:// which The Help is the latest example. However, she, too, was a child of privilege and crickets were chirping and the chicken was siz- www.knightatthemovies.com. Readers can It’s been about three years since the last one hasn’t a clue when it comes to hints on polish- zling in the pan. Far off in the distance I knew I leave feedback at the latter website. of these Southern-fried chicken, hymn-singin’, ing silver and the like, so she turns to Abileen dappled-sunset, inspirational homilies with for advice. emotionally charged sisters-under-the-skin kind Skeeter isn’t interested in finding a man of movies held me in its firm but phony grasp. and settling down. (“Are you having unnatural That was 2008’s The Secret Life of Bees with thoughts about … girls?” her mother, played Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, Dakota Fanning, by Alison Janney queries.) She wants a big-city Jennifer Hudson, et al which, like The Help, career, far beyond the dreary advice column and was based on a best-seller. We are back in true as she comes to see things through Abileen’s sisterhood genre territory once again: It’s the and Minny’s eyes, an idea slowly takes hold: a early ‘60s, ugly racism is rampant and the nasty, book focusing on Abileen’s life. At the behest privileged white Southerners are doing awful of her publisher she wishes for (played by Mary things to their Black underlings, who are justifi- Steenburgen, glimpsed living it up in the Big ably chomping at the bit as the promise of civil City), Skeeter begins to craft a non-fiction book rights is taking hold. with stories supplied by all the maids, who talk Our story focuses on the simmering divide be- to her anonymously. It’s not long before all hell tween the African-American maids (headed by breaks loose—thanks to a defining incident that Viola Davis as the quiet, taciturn Abileen and threatens to rip the fabric off the lid of this Octavia Spencer as her sassy best friend, Minny) “genteel” society. and their white employers, the “polite” upper This incident involves a fed-up Minny feed- crust of Mississippi. However, hope for the Black ing her horrid, bigoted employer—the snobbish maids, who have spent their lives tending their town ringleader Hilly (Bryce Dallas Howard)—a tempting pie that’s actually made with her own excrement. When this becomes an open secret the housewives and maids take sides, but not before screenwriter/director Taylor makes sure The Batmobile, which will be at Comic Con. Photo courtesy of Jerry Milani that his actresses (including Sissy Spacek as Hilly’s dotty mother) repeatedly and delightfully pronounce the word “shit.” This anachronism— kissing out actor John Barrowman, who plays considering the time, place and culture—is such Patrick Stewart, the pansexual Capt. Jack Harkness. an example of pandering to the audience that it other stars at Chicago Comic Con is the seventh stop on has the effect of throwing one out of the pic- Wizard World’s 2011 North American tour. ture each time it’s uttered. The magic embrace Comic Con Hours are Thursday, Aug. 11, 5-9 p.m.; Friday, of the sisterhood genre was broken for me when Aug. 12, 12-8 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 13, 10 Taylor resorted to this all-too-easy gag (and I Aug. 11-14 a.m.-7 p.m.; and Sunday, Aug. 14, 10 a.m.-5 am told by friends who devoured Stockett’s book Wizard World Chicago Comic Con returns to Rosemont’s Donald E. Stephens Conven- p.m. that the word wasn’t used there) and I began Tickets are available in advance online at to question the too-pat set-up of many of the tion Center Aug. 11-14, with celebrity guests Patrick Stewart, Bruce Campbell, Christopher http://www.wizardworld.com/chicago.html at scenes, the stereotypical situations and the far- a savings over tickets purchased at the door. from-fresh story itself. (Would it have been so Lloyd, Morena Baccarin, Felicia Day, Academy Award Winner Lou Gossett, Jr., and James Advance adult single-day tickets are priced at bad if Skeeter had been a lesbian? Also, why $25 ($35 on site); four-day all-session tickets can’t we for once follow the trajectory of an Af- Marsters headlining the list of attendees. Stewart (X-Men; Star Trek: The Next Gen- are $50 ($60 on site), and tickets are free rican-American woman who leaves the provincial for children age 10 and under when accom- South and heads to Gotham, I wondered?). eration) will attend Aug. 12-13 only. He is also known to gay fans from his role in the panied by a paid adult (limit two children per Then slowly, thanks to expert handling by Da- adult). VIP packages with special entry and vis (whose dripping nose is becoming as much film Jeffrey. Marsters is best known as Spike Sissy Spacek in The Help. from the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer; he exclusive items are also available on a limited a recognizable acting tic as Meryl Streep’s up- basis. turned hand on her forehead), Spencer, Janney, also guested on a Torchwood arc that had him WINDY CITY TIMES Aug. 10, 2011 37 NUNN ON ONE: MUSIC few weeks ago I was in Miami for a private show TH: Really? I know Gloria, the old bird. [Both and I was introduced to Barry Gibb from the Bee laugh.] She’s a good lass and a lovely woman. Gees. We are going to write together so I have WCT: What are you wearing? A suit will be Spandau Ballet’s Tony to factor that in as well. How bloody brilliant is really hot! that? He’s a fantastic guy. TH: It’s hot in America at the moment? Hadley’s ‘True’ confessions WCT: Do you want to perform in more musi- WCT: Yes. It has been blazing in Chicago. cals for the future? TH: People ask me if I wear all the ‘80s get- TH: You know they offered me a year tour and ups. I say, “No, I bloody well don’t!” I adopted BY JERRY NUNN America. There are lots of great musicians there I could do as little or as much as I wanted. I a Robert Palmer or Tony Bennett style to my but we have something to offer, too. Our fingers did three months at the West End. It was great wardrobe. They always look so cool. So I will Tony Hadley fronted the pop group Spandau Bal- are crossed and I am looking forward to it. fun and incredibly challenging. I loved it but be wearing a classic suit. I will be absolutely let in the ‘80s, spawning such hits as “True.” The WCT: Thousands of people come to Market I have been there and done that. I have been sweaty and horrible by the end of that. But who song had a life of its own, being used in such Days so it’s a big crowd for you, I am sure. offered other plays and musical theatre gigs but cares anyway? We are just excited about getting generational movies like Sixteen Candles and TH: Brilliant! We just did a festival in Scotland I turned them down. If I were to do it again I there and playing. We are going to come there, later sampled by PM Dawn in the ‘90s. Hadley with 20,000 people so that was pretty cool. To would only do it if I were offered Broadway in have a good time and entertain people. That is crosses the pond with an appearance at Market be honest it doesn’t matter to me if it’s 300 or New York. If they asked me then I would be on what it is all about. Days this week. 300,000 people. I just like playing live. The Tony the first plane. That would be an amazing op- WCT: I will definitely meet you face to face. Windy City Times: Hi, Tony. You are Skyping Hadley band has been together for a long time. portunity. If you are asking me if I want to be a TH: Come have a beer and see you there, mate. from Spain right now? Our newest band member Richie Barrett is our theatre person the answer is no though. I prefer Thanks for phoning. Cheers! Tony Hadley: Yes, I am visiting north of Mal- guitarist and been with us 13 years. This is an to appear at different venues around the world. For more from Hadley visit http://www. lorca. It’s beautiful but pitch black. It is a quar- established band and out first opportunity to It is fun for me. This thing in Chicago is a big tonyhadley.com and see him live and in per- ter moon with the mountains around me. I’ve play there. My auntie lives in Chicago so I hope festival, right? son Sunday, Aug. 14, 6 p.m. at the Rivers Ca- got a glass of wine. she is coming to the show. I must give her a call. WCT: Yes, it is a huge gay street festival. sino Stage on Halsted Street. WCT: Nice. What part of the country do you WCT: Are playing songs from you jazz album You are playing right before Gloria Gaynor. live in? at this show? TH: We live in England. My family and I just TH: No, I am not. The swing album, Passing moved out of London to Buckinghamshire. It is Strangers, came out a few years ago and tied in absolutely beautiful and in the country. We just quite nicely with when I was performing Billy decided we wanted the green fields of cows and Flynn in the musical Chicago at the West End. sheep. I moved over the weekend then went on For this show it will be straight ahead pop rock holiday the following Monday. so pretty loud. I am not sure of people are ex- Tony Hadley. WCT: Taking a break before leaving for the pecting a teen ‘80s band to arrive. It is not like United States soon… that at all. We usually have percussion but this TH: I can’t wait. This is the first time for me is a core band of five that are coming over. We since Spandau Ballet in 1985. For some reason will do songs that were hits in America such as it has been very difficult to get into the States. “True” and “Gold.” There might be one song from An American agent saw us in Europe and wanted the new album a rocker called “Imagination.” to get us over there. It’s funny because Spandau Just songs that we love to do that hopefully Ballet has more of a cult following in America people over there will connect with. rather than a mainstream band. We want to WCT: You have a new album that is coming come over to the States and prove ourselves. out this year, right? We are doing a handful of shows then come back TH: No, next year; I am a little behind on it. next year and do 20 or 30 shows. We want to It will be the first album that written by me. build up a reputation of a great live band in It will be 12 tracks that are classic pop rock. A

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The crowd cally linked to Robbie Rob Clivilles of C&C Mu- POP enjoyed her so much, that sic Factory, who remixed her dance hit “Let the she belted out her take on Beat Hit ’Em.” Lisa Lisa’s “I Wonder If I Take MAKING “When Love Takes Over” You Home” has been sampled by many including again as an encore. Davis Kylie Minogue and Black Eyed Peas. SENSE was on tour with the other Darren Criss, who plays the gay teen Blaine by David Byrne contestants from The Voice on Glee, is due to perform at Northalsted Market with Tony Peregrin earlier this summer and is Days as well. Criss will be featured in the limited on board to delight attend- run Glee: The 3D Concert Movie, which opens ees at Northalsted Market Friday, Aug. 12. Days on Sunday, Aug. 14. Shiny Toy Guns will be at the street festival Davis will be singing at the too. This goth-pop-electronic band burst onto wedding for Bev McClellan, the scene with We Are Pilots, but turned heads The powerhouse vocalist Frenchie Davis recent- a lesbian contestant on The Voice. with a cover of “Major Tom (Coming Home)” for ly was a semi-finalist on The Voice, where she Just before Exposé performed in Chicago in Frenchie Davis. Lincoln MKZ commercials. was coached by Christina Aguilera. The “Beauti- 2008, I ran into a friend, who asked me if Expo- Other talent lined up for Northalsted Market ful” singer made the mistake of saying that Ma- sé would be the original singers. I laughed and Days include “Funk Boutique” freestyle vo- donna’s “Like a Prayer” has never been done in pointed out that this was a trick question. In length debut, Exposure. Prior to the release of cal trio Cover Girls, out singer-songwriter Eric a fashion similar to how Davis reworked the hit. 1985 when “Point of No Return” topped the club the 1992 self-titled outing, Gioia Bruno tempo- Himan and disco icon Ms. Gloria Gaynor. For a Cue up Loleatta Holloway’s version from Virgin charts, the three vocalists were not the same rarily bowed out of the group when she lost her complete schedule, please visit http:// www. Voices: A Tribute to Madonna Volume 1. My votes singers, who comprised Exposé on its 1987 full- voice. Kelly Moneymaker filled Bruno’s vacated chicagoevents.com. Dave DeRosa is the mastermind behind the new electro-pop act Genius Lovers. Joined by vocalist Katara, the New York-based band’s de- but Strange Game shows how Auto-Tune should be done on “Three-Thirty.” “Hi-Tech” is fun and funky, worthy of Klymaxx. “Press Play” is a mod- ernization of freestyle straight from the latter half of the ’80s. But all of the electronic enhanc- ers are stripped away on the superb showstopper “You Know Why You’re Here.” Strange Game is out now via Thrill Horizon Records. Last year the blogosphere went aflutter over Graffiti6. The British band’s brilliant lead single “Annie You Save Me” transports me back to the late ’80s, where soul, pop and modern rock unit- ed on hits like When in Rome’s “The Promise” and Love & Rockets’ “So Alive.” Resistance is fu- tile with the well delivered bridge “stars, please shine for me tonight.” It doesn’t hurt that lead singer Jamie Scott has handsome looks, blend- ing Jason Priestly and Nick Lachey. Don’t be fooled, Graffiti6 does not rely on studio magic. You Tube clips feature the group jamming on a stairwell. The EP Annie You Save Me is out now. Wynter Gordon burst onto the scene with “Dirty Talk,” where she tempts her listener by cooing, “I’m no angel.” She followed with “Be- liever,” a club ready collaboration with Freema- sons. As an accomplished songwriter, she has penned material for the likes of Mary J. Blige and Jennifer Lopez. Gordon’s feel good track “Til Death” is a clever play on words as she sings “til death do we party.” Her latest EP, With the Mu- sic I Die, also features “Buy My Love,” which is the most humorous capitalist cut since The Tam- 8 SESSION / 7 WEEK LGBTQ perer’s “If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better).” “Still Getting Younger” is airy and melodic, yet it still has a beat. My foot taps im- SMOKING CESSATION GROUP patiently awaiting Gordon’s full-length album. Like Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendryx BITCHTOQUIT.ORG Join today. and Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse is another musician gone at the age of 27. The British soul 773-388-8682 singer will be remembered for her hit “Rehab,” which is her rebellious rant about the disease that cut her life short. In a day when garish outfits and outlandish behavior overshadow NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY the actual music, the five time Grammy winner is better known for her very public battle with FOR ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS addiction that lead to unflattering appearances in tabloids, instead of her well executed tales Howard Brown of heartache like “Back to Black.” Attempts to Health Center Open to all adults! record a proper follow up were unfruitful, but Supported by a community grant from Winehouse guests with Tony Bennett on “Body and Soul” on his upcoming album Duets II. Looking for other contemporary artists with Winehouse’s Billie Holiday-influenced vocal ® Bitch to Quit Campaign by Firebelly Design style? Then check out Glovebox and Angela Mc- Cluskey. WINDY CITY TIMES Aug. 10, 2011 39 MUSIC After 10 years in the business—built during the rise of the Internet, satellite radio and mu- sic downloading—Himan feels his fan base “has ‘Unknown’ no longer: expanded, but really hasn’t changed that much.” Himan’s eclectic music has long had wide ap- Eric Himan breaks through peal, gaining him a diverse group of fans. “I’ve played all different types of bars/clubs/events, and find different listeners in each one. I am by Shawn Schikora By the time the session was over, I had about 10-12 songs which made it easy to consider it pretty lucky and blessed that my music has at- After appearing in Chicago for several Market my next full-length disc.” tracted women, men, gay, straight. I’m always Days concerts and participating in the closing “Recording the CD was the most relaxed re- trying to reach more people, and I hope with ceremonies for Gay Games VII in 2006 at Wrigley cording session I ever had. There was no look- this new disc that it does reach out to more Field, singer/songwriter Eric Himan returns for ing at the clock to see how much time I had listeners.” this year’s Market Days. left in the studio or my wallet. It was organic, Eric Himan performs at Northalsted Market A longtime LGBT indie music favorite, Himan and Namoli was a great producer to have on the Days Saturday, Aug. 13. For more info on Eric, feels this year’s Market Days performance will be disc.” visit http://www.erichiman.com. his “biggest appearance yet.” Accompanied by Himan has steadily built a career on his own his new back-up band, Himan seemed psyched terms, without major label backing or a team of during a recent interview, having recently re- agents or publicists. He’s also refused to com- AGLO seeks leased a well-received new recording, Supposed promise his electric musical style to fit one par- Unknown, his seventh studio CD on his own la- ticular category. “I do feel pressure as an acous- choir director bel, Thumbcrown Records. Considered by many tic artist to be softer and quieter in my sound,” The Archdiocesan Gay and Lesbian Out- to be a commercial breakthrough, the new CD is he said. “I had a run-in with a record label that reach (AGLO-Chicago)—which has held a also both a continuation of Himan’s long-held wanted me to be their quiet singer/songwriter. weekly welcoming, open, and celebratory eclectic musical mix of folk/pop/rock and a re- Suffice it to say, it didn’t work out that well. I GLBTQ Roman Catholic mass on Sunday turn to his acoustic roots after a slight depar- have no problems singing a ballad, but I do like Eric Himan. Photo by Kelly Kerr evenings at 690 W. Belmont for the past 23 ture for a more pop-oriented approach with his to get loud a good percentage of the time.” years—announces its first open search for now-disbanded group, Eric and the Adams. While While he embraces a wide variety of styles the position of AGLO choir director. few of my songs, namely ‘Protest Song.’” well-received, Himan considered the group “a in his music, and is equally adept at singing a The choir director position requires Himan’s grassroots approach to building his short-lived pop project that I lead. It was fun, rockabilly song as well as a soulful ballad, when knowledge of the Roman Catholic liturgy, career has included extensive touring. While but I don’t see an [Eric and the Adams] reunion asked which genre he most identifies with, Hi- and conducting training and experience. this has earned him a loyal fan base (includ- show anytime in the future.” man said, “I think blues music is at my core. I GLBTQ candidates are encouraged. ing many in the LGBT community), some might While Supposed Unknown is broadening Hi- can pick up any other style but the minute I The director works closely with the music wonder if his extensive touring schedule makes man’s fan base (the hard-edged single “Dust” hear someone sing the blues, all I want to do is director/organist, director of liturgy and maintaining a romantic relationship difficult. “I was a hit on Midwest rock stations, and the bal- join in.” cantors; leads two rehearsals per month in have been with my partner for six years and, yes, lad “Save the Afternoon” has received substan- Although openly gay since the beginning of Lakeview on the first and third Sunday eve- sometimes it does get hard when I am gone for nings, 5:45-6:45 p.m.; and conducts mass tial airplay on Sirius XM’s Coffeehouse Channel), his career a decade ago, Himan hasn’t used his weeks at a time, but many jobs involve this kind following these rehearsals, from 7-8 p.m. Himan downplayed any career maneuvering in sexuality as direct marketing tool. He admitted, of traveling and distance,” Himan explained. “I The position pays a per mass stipend. regard to this new disc. When asked about his “I’ve gotten a bit of the ‘Use more male pronouns am lucky to be with my loving, trusting per- Interested candidates should submit a intent creating the music, Himan said, “I really in your songs’ speech and ‘Why don’t you go for son who has made my life so much easier, and cover letter; resume or curriculum vitae; didn’t have big intentions for the CD. I was just a more Lady Gaga appearance style?” Himan be- pushes me to be the best musician I can be. If and references to the search committee at excited to work with my friend and fellow sing- lieved he simply does “what comes naturally. It you are with someone supportive, you can do [email protected]. er/songwriter, Namoli Brennet. 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I have playing with Crystal Bowersox at Joe’s on been covering “Someone Like You” and God LeAnn Rimes burst into the spotlight at the Weed Street. knows I can barely make it through that song. young age of 13. Her breakthrough song “Blue” LR: I have never met her before. I am excited We play it right after “What I Cannot Change” so flew off the shelves and led to many honors to meet her. She is from Chicago, right? the two of those things together kill me. such as Grammys, Billboard and American Music WCT: Yes; she used to play in train tunnels WCT: You have been hosting the Colgate Awards. She married her Northern Lights co-star before she landed American Idol. Country Showdown for five years now. Eddie Cibrian this past April. Her new album, LR: Very cool. LR: I don’t know if I am doing this coming Lady and Gentlemen, has her “Swingin’” into WCT: You just did some acting on the Life- season in January. I did it this year though. I town and we sat on the porch to talk about it. time show Drop Dead Diva. started there in a way because I did those re- Windy City Times: Hi, LeAnn—looking LR: Yes, I did. It was really fun. I got to play gional competitions in the beginning. It is al- forward to seeing you stay in Chicago for a such a bitch. It was great. I never get to play ways fun to see new talent. It is another great while. that kind of role. Every time I walked of the set avenue to have a platform to show off their LeAnn Rimes: Eddie’s show, The Playboy Club, the creator said I played a bitch so well. I didn’t talent. This business is so hard. I am a little is filming there so we are basing out of there, know whether to take that as a compliment or jaded for doing it so long but to see these kids splitting our time between there and L.A. Then not. that are my age—wide-eyed and that is all they I am splitting my time between there and the WCT: Are you going to focus on more roles want. I remember that time and they come up road. I am going to rack up the miles for sure on after this album? and ask for advice. It is sweet and a nurturing the airplane. We started last week and it is quite LR: Definitely. I just shot a film that will come environment at that talent show. an adjustment. It’s temporary. When it rains it out in November for CMT where Burt Reynolds WCT: [This] seems like your year, with a pours. All of a sudden my album is coming out plays my dad. It is called Reel Love. We just fin- new marriage and album. Sept. 27. I am going to be doing press and tour- ished that in May. I saw some of it the other day LR: It is a milestone year for me. I have been ing with him and the kids so it is a lot. and I am really pleased with it. It is a really cute in this business so long and you ride a roller- WCT: With the new album you re-recorded little film. I am sure I will be doing something coaster. You go down and go up. I have been your hit “Blue,” correct? on Playboy Club soon. I want to do more acting. fortunate enough to maintain a great career and LR: Yes, we did. It was Vince Gill’s idea to re- I am falling in love with it. my personal life is on the upswing. Eddie and I record “Blue.” When it comes out it will be 18 WCT: How was playing Milwaukee Pridefest? are both on that rise. It is nice to have you and years since I recorded the original version. It LR: It was awesome. I had such an amazing your spouse on the upswing together. I will be came out when I was 13 years old but I recorded time there. My gay fans totally support me and 30 next year so I think 2012 will be even better! it when I was 11. I turn 29 at the end of the always have. It was very emotional because I Join LeAnn and Crystal at Joe’s Bar Chicago, month. It was kind of surreal doing that. I have sang “What I Cannot Change.” I knew I shouldn’t 940 W. Weed St., for the first-ever AMC Lift- always had fans come up and ask me if I would have opened my eyes. I sometimes get lost in ing Lives Benefit Concert Aug. 15. Purchase rerecord that song. myself when I sing especially with such an tickets at http://www.ticketweb.com; more It sounds so different than when I was a fe- emotional song like that that I wrote. When I information is at http://www.acmliftinglives. tus basically to now. My whole approach and opened my eyes not just one person was crying org. appreciation for the song has changed. I really LeAnn Rimes. Photo by Brian Higbee but the whole crowd was crying. I lost it. I to- For more on LeAnn Rimes’ world visit do love that song. I don’t get sick of singing tally lost it. It means a lot to people. When you http://www.leannrimesworld.com. it, especially now. We recorded it with The Time can touch people like that it makes it a special Jumpers, who Vince records with a lot. It swings of the guitar stuff is him. He put a Latin flair show. differently and it is a little more uptempo. It is to it, which was very cool. We did two Merle a thank-you to my fans as a bonus track to the Haggard songs “The Bottle Let Me Down” and Goldie Hawn at ships from $500 to $20,000 are available by record. It is cool that we don’t make it an actual “I Can’t Be Myself When I Am With You.” What I calling 312-926-4274. Tickets can be pur- bonus track but part of the CD. It is such a clas- love about all of these songs is that they are so Lynn Sage chased at http://www.lynnsage.org. sic that it fits so well within all of these other real. I love the fact that these men were never gala Sept. 19 classic songs. afraid to write reality and what was going on in Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation ‘Remix’ art WCT: What other covers can people listen their lives, then live it and sing it. They are so (LSCRF) and Presenting Sponsor Carson Pirie for on the new album? honest. I think it is the most authentic album Scott will be among the first to kick off Octo- fest Sept. 3-4 LR: “Give” is the new single. “Give” and “Crazy that I have ever done, even though they are not ber’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month The inaugural Ravenswood Remix, to be Women” are the bonus tracks with “Give” as the my songs completely. with its 26th Annual Fall Benefit Monday, held Sept. 3-4, will showcase an eclectic mix kickoff single on the radio. We had about 75 I have such an appreciation for that kind of Sept. 19, beginning at 11 a.m. at the Ritz- of unique art made from, among other things, songs then we narrowed it down to 12. We paid music. That kind of country music is dead. No Carlton Chicago, 160 E. Pearson, headlined by recycled and found materials. homage to the original but definitely twisted one sings it. I am bringing it to a new generation Academy Award-winning star Goldie Hawn. This new event’s location is on the stretch them and made them my own. You can hear with of people by twisting it and making it my own. Proceeds will go toward breast cancer re- of Ravenswood Avenue between Addison “Swingin” how we really did make it my own. I am so excited because Merle had the album in search, fellowships and education programs (3600 North) and Grace Street (3800 North). We took the old John Conlee song “Rose Colored his hand a couple of days ago. His road manager at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Hours are 12-10 p.m. both days. The gate Glasses” and made it a western swing. We sped said he is over the moon. To have people that Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center donation (benefiting the neighborhood’s it up. We did “He Stopped Loving Her Today” and are that iconic and have pleased them in rere- of Northwestern University. Hamilton School’s art program) is $5. Visit it is very much like the original. cording their music by capturing the essence of Event tickets are $250 per person or $150 http://www.ravenswoodremix.com or call Vince played and sang on the album, so most their music is important to me. To make “Good for those under the age of 30, and sponsor- 773-433-8084.

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Once when we were out he saw a woman in a hat and said to her, ‘I love your hat! But Raymond Hudd liked to tell a story that the first you’re wearing it ALL wrong,’” said Remick. He time he ever made hats they were for his mules, proceeded, much to the surprise and chagrin of Jack and Fanny. Apparently, they never left the the poor woman, to fix her hat. “He was happi- barn without them on. “Raymond did his own est when he was creating joy for other people. It thing,” said Ivan Huddlestun about his older was never about the money,” said Remick. brother. “He loved art and he loved nature. I’d In 2001, The Chicago History Museum featured be hard pressed to come up with a material that a collection of Hudd’s creations. The curator of wasn’t in one of his hats.” the collection, Timothy Long, named Hudd the Hudd spent his early years on a small farm “Milliner of the Millennium.” Shortly after that, near Custer, Mich. While his brothers and his fa- due to increasing health problems, Hudd closed ther grew potatoes and tended to the orchard, his landmark Clark Street store and moved to Hudd was busy in a large flower garden that he an assisted living facility in Michigan. That did and his mother had planted. “He never seemed not stop him from creating. “Oh we had a vin- cut out for farm life,” said Huddlestun. tage hat show in Muskegon and Raymond just Hudd left the fields of his boyhood farm for loved that,” said Robak. He even worked on sev- the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) eral hats for some of the residents. “Ivan (Hud- in 1948. “He was just enthralled with creating dleston) was sent out to the Hobby Lobby on a one of a kind pieces,” said Mary Robak, a friend number of trips.” “I just couldn’t seem to get and Chicago millinery historian. “Chicago be- the right color for him!” added Huddelstun. came a huge hat city in large part because of Aside from the more than 50,000 hats that he Raymond Hudd in an undated photo. Bertha Honore Palmer. She loved bringing mil- created during his lifetime, Hudd’s legacy also liners to Chicago.” Hudd lived in a city where includes the Raymond Hudd Millinery Award. Benjamin Greenfield was the go-to milliner for the majority of well-appointed ladies. “The shop was called Bes Ben after he and his sister Bessie. Raymond just idolized that shop and his work,” added Robak. Hudd opened his own shop in 1950 and ended WINDY CITY up at a small street front at 40 Oak St. “I just TIMES remember going shopping downtown with my mother and sister,” said Nancy Remick, a long time Hudd friend. “They would each wear a Hudd Hat into the shop and then leave wearing a new hat for the year while holding the old hats in Hudd Hatboxes. I’m sure he just loved that.” Hudd’s creations were one of a kind and all marked on the inside with a number and a PRIDE DAY small fabric violet he fashioned himself. “Well, don’t you know the significance of the violet?” asked Remick. “The violet was inspired AT WRIGLEY by his mother, who he was very close with. Every year in the middle of spring Raymond and the Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011 others longed to go barefoot around their land. So his mother said, ‘Okay. The first of you who comes back with the first bouquet of violets for me can go barefoot.” Hudd used a soft, hand- made violet as his signature label, both as an homage to his mother and to the sheer joy he MEDIA SPONSORS: Bleacher felt as a young boy going barefoot through flow- WINDY CITY nightspots ers. TIMES tickets Hudd’s joy for his craft was obvious to even $50 those who did not know him. At each shop he owned he would change his window displays Join us for a charitable event at the monthly. Sometimes reflecting the season and sometimes reflecting a current event. “He’d put Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates game everything in those windows. He had a fascina- tion with space and space travel as did a great 1:20 p.m., Sept. 4. many people back then,” said Robak. “When his last shop on Clark was closing, people stopped 2011 Windy City Gay Idol to express how upset they were. Not so much at Then, join us at the after-party at the loss of hats since most people weren’t wear- ing them, but on the loss of the elegant and TJ CHERNICK funny windows they got to pass every day,” said 800 W. Belmont Ave. performs at the game and at Spin Eia Radosavljevic, a millinery instructor at SAIC. (with other Windy City Gay Idol contestants at Spin) It was not just inanimate paper and fabric 4 p.m. Hudd placed in his windows. Legendary comedi- an Phyllis Diller, a longtime friend and wearer of Hudd Hats frequently tried on hats while in the window of the shop itself to attract passersby www.windycitymediagroup.com/WrigleyPride and, of course, to be herself. “She met Raymond since his shop was near Mr. Kelley’s Nightclub. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the following charities: She has over five hundred of his hats,” said Ro- bak. Diller was not the only celebrity to wear a Hudd creation; Joan Crawford was a frequent In partnership with customer, as was Ann Landers. “I remember he also did a series of hats to be worn at the Chi- cago premiere of the movie ‘The Birds’,” said Huddelstun. & Certainly, Hudd loved celebrity but most friends described him as exceedingly modest. Hudd was also well known for his sense of hu- mor. “Raymond was very honest with his feel- 42 Aug. 10, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES

Photo of Chicago Gay Day, circa early 1970s by A.J. Epstein

A.J. Epstein. Photo by Bob McCamant

History revealed: when you look over these pictures? AE: What got me was that it was a political Snapshots with queer photographer A.J. Epstein statement which they [Pride Parades] sure aren’t no more, It’s all turned into corporate beer BY OWEN KEEHNEN thrilled by some of the great tales this man has swer. She asked who I’ve shot, and all theses floats. The street drag queens were so strong. to tell. Epstein has been capturing history for important names came out, in my case they were Tough dames. They were the most political. The Artist and photojournalist A.J. (Andrew) Ep- decades and in the process has become an inte- just my friends, the crowd I ran with in the old strongest ones are in the book. I wonder what stein has been taking pictures since the late gral part of the unfolding of gay history, queer days. Ann was the one that planted the notion ever became of them. I guess that’s what I see 1960s. Capturing queer life and events in the culture and queer art himself. that I was shooting a very important part of lost or what I think, what happened to them all? post-Stonewall era, he worked in Chicago before Windy City Times: Andrew, congratulations queer history. I went home and started reediting WCT: And what do you hope these photos relocating to Los Angeles but has worked chroni- on your new your book. Tell me how Queer my images, and the box got bigger and bigger. show the younger generations of queers who cling gay history nationwide. Culture came about? Since I’m still alive and half the people in the weren’t around at the time? Epstein photographed Chicago’s Gay Pride Pa- A.J. Epstein: I have to give much of the credit book are dead, I felt it was my responsibility to AE: That history didn’t start with Madonna rade in the early 1970s, the Gold Coast bar, gay to that amazing novelist Ann Bannon, who I met tell their stories. or Lady Gaga. There is an amazing history that special events, entertainers of all stripes and at the Lavender library in Sacramento when I we have had. I remember this cute guy I hired various happenings in the Windy City. His pho- was the art director for the News & Review. I years ago named Josh, and he was going to tography, art and design have appeared in doz- had read her books especially The Beebo Brinker the Pride Parade but didn’t know what Stone- ens of periodicals from Esquire to Playboy and Chronicles. (My best friend’s girlfriend was in wall was, didn’t know Harvey Milk, nothing. I from Rolling Stone to Vogue. His work has been a band in the 1980s with singer Michael Cal- made him watch Before Stonewall and Times of shown at MOMA in NY, MOMA in SF and numerous len.) They asked me to design a logo for their Harvey Milk, who was a friend. The latter film galleries nationwide. CD called Be Bo Brinker. I didn’t understand got an Oscar for my partner of many years Rich- Epstein’s newest work, Queer Culture, began the name and Harriet Lyons (one of the original ard Schmiechen. It amazes me Richard could be as a showing at ONE, The National Gay and Les- editors of Ms. magazine) made me read Ann’s forgotten. Richard made some important films, bian Archives in L.A. It soon became a book as books. I loved the sexy ’50s campy covers, but a great one about Evelyn Hooker, but try and well. This diverse and evocative collection of the writing inside was something else, just blew find five queers under 40 that know of her, or photographs captures the feel and oftentimes me away. When I heard we lived in the same Richard’s films ... or Tom of Finland, Mappletho- the grit of gay history at its vital stages. In ad- town I wanted to take a picture of her. I’ve al- rpe, Etienne, Cliff Raven, and let us not forget dition, Epstein has a second collection due this ways loved documenting people that are larger Chicago’s Chuck Renslow. A lot of history has summer entitled The Blonde Bomber, a photo then life. Ann is certainly in that category, al- Novelist Ann Bannon. Photo by A.J. Epstein passed in front my lens. chronicle of the rough and wonderful world of though she was surprised that I had read all her WCT: Your photos provide such a great time women’s roller derby. books. capsule—capturing things like the 1976 Recently, Windy City Times had the opportu- We hit it off, but when she asked what the Once I did figure out just what I had, and mock slave auction in West Hollywood that nity to chat with Epstein about his art and was shot was for … I really didn’t have a good an- went into my journals and found I had written was raided by LA police, the protests sur- stories about my friends. I was able to put the rounding the movie Cruising, Chicago’s Pride and anti-Anita Bryant rallies and so much Covers of Epstein’s books images and words together, made a website, and more. Did you always feel like you were cap- Queer Culture (left) and the next day ONE called and offered me a show. I turing history? The Blonde Bomber (right). put the book together after I almost died from a botched spinal operation. I was house-bound for AE: Yes, always, and much of that came from over a year, so I printed the images for the show Richard Schmiechen, he really taught me to see and decided to go the self publishing route. the bigger picture, and always the politics of Funny story, I worked with Bruce Vilanch and the times. Richard was much more than the love then it turned out we both moved to L.A. in the of my life ... he was a great teacher. I never early 1970s, into the same building. I haven’t was an “art” photographer like my buddies Ar- seen him in 30 years, we travel in very differ- thur Tress or Duane Michaels, I was more into ent crowds, but one day I had just come from Margaret Bourke-White, Diane Arbus, or Allen the show and was at the West Hollywood Book Ginsberg who was a friend. Blake Little (In the Fair. Suddenly Bruce walked past with a very old Company of Men) the photographer called my woman in hand. I had a copy of the book and images snapshots. I took it the wrong way, un- reintroduced myself, throwing out names of edi- til I saw the book of Ginsberg’s photos—all the tors we both worked for at the [Chicago] Tribune snapshots he had laying around his East Village and finally he remembered me. I showed him apartment, in books, on the floor, in the kitch- the book, and he couldn’t stop laughing, and he en. I took one look at his book Beat Memories, showed the woman the 30-year-old photo of him and had to admit that I did do snapshots of his- waiting for a bus. She started laughing. He then tory. Now I take that as a compliment. introduced me to his friend Carol Channing, and WCT: You also have so many great photo said he loved it. portraits of such a diverse crowd—Bette WCT: You’ve been documenting queer cul- Midler, Grace Jones, Craig Russell, The Cock- ture since 1969, including pictures from ettes, Tom of Finland, Ann Landers, Leonard Chicago’s first pride march. What do you see Matlovich, The Pointer Sisters, Edie Sedge- WINDY CITY TIMES Aug. 10, 2011 43 wick, etc. What is the key to taking a great portrait shot of someone? AE: With disco diva Grace Jones, I was hired by Renslow to shoot her show, also IML [Inter- national Mr. Leather], and Sally Rand. In Chi- cago Chuck was always hiring me. I was the guy with a camera. My style has changed a bit. Later it became being honest, friendly and having a The conversation before pointing a lens in anyone’s face. I’m always shooting my friends. I like to Photography of have some sort of symbol of their work in the shot, like Ann holding one of her books, a prop but something she is proud of. Then I get that A.J. Epstein real smile and look in the eyes, it’s always in the eyes. It used to be easy, but now there are a Subjects of A.J. Epstein’s photographs in- few people I want to shoot very badly, but don’t clude (clockwise from top) Grace Jones; Fred know them or anyone that does, so if anyone Halsted; Ann Landers; attendees at Chicago knows Rachel Maddow, Lt. Dan Choi, Dan Savage, Pride Parade, early 1970s; tattoo artist Cliff or Levi Kreis, give them my email. Raven; a ‘70s disco; photographer Robert WCT: In Leatherman: The Legend of Chuck Mapplethorpe; and Tom of Finland. Renslow there are some of your great evoca- tive pictures of the era—photos of the Gold Coast, Etienne, and Cliff Raven etc. What drew you more towards the leather extreme as a photographer? AE: Well Dom Orejudos (Etienne) seduced me off the Belmont El stop on my way to college in the Loop back in the 1960s, the first leather sex I ever had. He was wonderfully twisted. He introduced me to Cliff Raven [the tattoo artist], and I fell hard for the guy. I chased him for almost a year. Cliff was my first older-guy-artist- lover-teacher. He taught me about art, he got me into printmaking, he took me to museums. He was a very knowledgeable guy about art and life. We remained friends for many years. When Tom [of Finland] and Dom were having the big show at Stompers Gallery in the East Village in the late 1970s, Louie the owner and Mapplethorpe wanted to include my erotic art, but Tom didn’t want another gay artist, their [his and Dom’s] work was similar enough. Robert found out that Tom had never seen my artwork, and set up a meeting between us at this crazy party. Tom and I sat in the kitchen most of the night. From that point on I was in the show, and Tom would introduce me as his favorite young gay artist, and he meant it. Dom was shocked that I was the same scared goofy guy from the El. What drew me to the kinky side, well being an alcoholic was sure part of it. I was there but at times, not there. I always got the shot somehow. Joe Gage had to remind me a few years ago that I did the photography for his [porn film] clas- sics, Kansas City Trucking Co, El Paso Wrecking Crew, LA Tool and Die, and Closed Set. I even did the poster for Kansas City Trucking. I was so drunk back then working for Fred Halstead. I got sober 34 years ago. God knows running with Mapplethrope wasn’t going to help me get sober. I ran with a crowd that was all crazier then me so no one noticed how I clung to my bottle of Southern Comfort and tab of acid. I loved to shoot under that influence. WCT: You also are quite renowned as a pho- tographer of the roller-derby world. What about that world drew your interest? AE: My next book out this summer The Blonde Bomber, and the new resurrected derby, I will be selling and signing it at all the derby games, and possibly a show at Chicago’s Aaron Pack- ard Gallery. The Blonde Bomber, Joan Weston, was a close friend and taught me to skate, my grandmother Pearl Kahn worked for Leo Seltzer, the father of roller derby. She managed the con- cessions for the roller derby for about 20 years, when other kids went to see the Easter Bunny I was at the derby with Pearl. She was a very special grandmother. WCT: What makes a great photo? AE: You can have all the equipment, lens, as- sistants, studio, but if you don’t have an eye, it’s just toys. As I said earlier, it’s always about the eyes. For more information about the work and life of artist and journalist A.J. 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.org around 86,000 seconds—and you still can’t woman who could be bought, Cobi searched do everything you need to get done. for his twin brother. Some days, you just want to clone your- However, as Cobi was finally reconnecting self. With two of you, maybe you’d get fin- with a part of him he never knew about, he ished. Double you, and you might actually get was also inviting trouble. Although he’d been ahead. successful in hiding it thus far, there were Cobi Aiden Winslow just found his doppel- suddenly too many people who knew he was ganger in the last place he’d ever think to gay—and that knowledge was going to cost look. In the new book No One in the World by him. E. Lynn Harris and RM Johnson, it might be Author E. Lynn Harris has been gone two the last thing he ever does. years now and, in his preface, co-author RM Winslow always had whatever he wanted— Johnson says that he and Harris collaborat- except for one thing. ed on this novel before Harris’ death. So is From the moment he was adopted, he had this book reminiscent of Harris’ other books, maid service in a mansion in the best Chicago or…? neighborhood. He had nice clothes, a law- No One in the World is spicier than you school education, cars and antiques, but he might be used to. There’s an underlying feel- Thursday, August 25, 2011 didn’t have his father’s acceptance. ing of threat that’s irresistible and though Winslow was gay, and his father hated it. you might think you know what’s going to Sponsored by: However, that acceptance was never going happen, you’d be wrong. There were times, to come. Cobi’s parents were killed in a plane granted, when I thought the story briefly got crash, but not before telling him that he had a little silly but I did like how it unfolded a twin brother … somewhere. Absent a fa- overall, and how there were surprises in the ther’s love, a new-found brother occupied all creases. Gay Chicago of Winslow’s thoughts. If you’re looking for something quick to Sissy Winslow learned about the family take on vacation with you this summer, you business at her father’s elbow. She thought it can’t go wrong with a book like this. No One would be hers someday, so when her parents’ in the World will grab you in a second. You’ll will was read and her brother got half the want to read it all day. shares, she was stunned. Cobi didn’t know a WINDY CITY TIMES Aug. 10, 2011 45

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The calamari and the bacon some Wilde specialties like beer-battered cod truffle mac and cheese are two stand-out start- served with Irish cheddar on a pretzel roll or Former Chicagoan Dr. Marianne Marchese is on ers. If you want to make a night out of it, try the decadent macaroni and cheese: curly maca- a mission to transform the way women look one of the entrees named after iconic females. roni and Irish cheddar sauce baked to creamy at their health with her new book, 8 Weeks to I recommend the Jayne Mansfield—seared sea goodness with Irish bacon, sliced garlic, diced Women’s Wellness: The Detoxification Plan for scallops atop a crisp truffle polenta cake with tomato and caramelized onion. I’m salivating Breast Cancer, Endometriosis, Infertility and spring onions and artichoke puree—or go with just thinking about it. Wilde also serves a great Other Women’s Health Conditions ($16.95; Smart a classic like grilled skirt steak with blue cheese brunch that you can enjoy on the street side pa- Publications). Dr. Marchese recently talked with and truffle fries, aptly named after the time- tio. Wilde Bar & Restaurant is at 3130 N. Broad- Windy City Times about her book and why she lessly elegant Audrey Hepburn. Kit Kat Lounge & way St.; call 773-244-0404 or visit http://www. decided to go into naturopathic medicine. Supper Club is at 3700 N. Halsted St.; call 773- wildechicago.com. Windy City Times: What made you decide to 525-1111 or visit http://www.kitkatchicago. go into naturopathic medicine? com. Dr. Marianne Marchese: I decided to become a naturopathic doctor after years of being in the field as an occupational therapist. I was talking with doctors I worked with and said I wanted to be a doctor so I could work with people on their diet and exercise to reverse conditions like diabetes. They said to me, you don’t want to be a doctor because you won’t have time to do any which are estrogen mimicking and/or hormone of that. You will just be prescribing medication disrupting. and seeing patients every 15 minutes. WCT: There are many toxins out there but I got a little discouraged and then I heard which one are the worst for a woman’s body? about naturopathic medicine as I was reading Marchese: There are three that women need to a magazine. It was a perfect blend of what I be most aware of; bisphenol a (BPAs), phthal- was looking for. I can spend an hour with a new ates and parabens. patient and as long as I want with follow up WCT: How do people figure out which products visits. I can work on preventative medicine with are the safest to buy since there is so much con- my patients. Here in Arizona, I am also a full flicting information out there? primary care physician so I can also do minor Marchese: Use my book as a guide and go to surgery and prescribe medication. the Environmental Working Group website here WCT: You run your own private practice and http://www.ewg.org. They have a database teach gynecology at the Southwest College of where you can enter in the brand names of the Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Ariz. Tell me products you use and they will tell you what what that is like. chemicals are in them and rate them on a toxic- ity level. Press photo Marchese: [Laughs] Well, I have a lot more wrinkles and gray hair. I’m very busy. I’m in pri- WCT: What’s the coolest development in vate group practice three days a week. There’s products in the last few years? What has six of us and we all have a different focus, mine made you believe that people are getting the is women’s health, gynecology and environmen- message? tal medicine. I teach a gynecology lab course Marchese: Due to consumer demand and public at the college one day a week. Then on my fifth awareness companies have had to pull chemicals day, I sit at home and do a lot of writing for out of their products. Some states like Missouri medical journals, magazines and public speak- and New Mexico are banning BPA in products ing engagements. I like it because it’s a nice and other states are taking action and not wait- blend of patient care plus education and teach- ing for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ing which keeps me up to date on the latest to intervene. studies and research. 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The National continues to coop- baseball legends Cal Ripken Jr. and current Chi- driguez, Mark McGwire and Albert Pujols, the As- erate with any and all national-local authorities Some of the biggest, best, most successful and cago Cub infielder Starlin Castro. Also appearing sociated Press reported. when it comes to protecting the integrity of the most well-known athletes ever—as well as one at the show: Joe Montana, Reggie Jackson, Bo Steven Jensen, 40, of Osseo, Minn., was ar- sports and entertainment collectibles industry.” of the most controversial athletes off all time— Jackson, Bart Starr, Rafael Palmiero and others. rested Aug. 4 at the show and was charged in The National was last held in Chicago in 2008 converged at the 32nd annual National Sports “I was happy with the results of the show. We federal court in New York with mail fraud and and the event’s co-founder is Mike Berkus—the Collectors Convention (“the National”), held sold a lot of [trading] cards—by the team and wire fraud. father of gay interior designer/talk-show host Aug. 3-7 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention by the player,” said New York-based dealer Lisa Jensen was escorted out of The National in Nate Berkus. Nate has appeared at The National Center in Rosemont. Stellato, of Never Enough Cards, Inc. handcuffs, by U.S. postal inspectors who allege in the past alongside his dad, but never as an The event attracted more than 10,000 col- The National, as the show is known within the the scheme has been going on for about four autograph guest. lectors, with about 100 autograph guests rep- industry, is the largest annual sports memora- or five years, according to the Associated Press. Pro wrestler Tara, who moved to the North Side resenting all four major professional male team bilia show, featuring millions of trading cards, On The National website, organizers issued the of Chicago this summer, was the lone female sports, as well as professional wrestling. In ad- photos, relics and more, plus tens of thousands following statement: “[Thursday], the National signing autographs at the show. dition, boxing legend Mike Tyson made his first- of game-used memorabilia items, such as jer- ever card show appearance, signing autographs seys, hats, skates, gloves, balls and more. The and posing for photos on the final day of the National travels to different cities every sum- World swim records set at Cleveland event four-day card fest that feature about 600 dealer mer, and has been held in Chicago more times than any other city. The event will be held in tables. The Illinois Masters swim team—comprising it was for the 400-meter freestyle relay. Baltimore in 2012. The 2011 National was not In addition to Tyson, other top autograph Vince Allegra, Tim Carlson, David Kinsella and SYNERGYFEST, described on its website as without controversy as the head of a sports guests included wrestling legend Ric Flair, for- Charles Cunnick, who are all from the Chicago a “GLBTS multiple sports and cultural event,” area—set world swim records at the SYNER- marked its second consecutive year. Several GYFEST, held July 29-31 in Cleveland, Ohio. hundred individuals competed in areas rang- On July 30, the squad broke the record for the ing from tennis to cards to Wii. Photos by 800-meter freestyle relay; the following day, Bob Olayas

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Queerer Time, A Queerer Place: Memory/ Amy Armstrong will celebrate Northalsted Market Days® takes place the Archives/Testimony/History,” featured her birthday at Mayne Stage, weekend of Aug. 13-14, when a crowd of events will include a memorial for beloved more than 100,000 from across the coun- playwright Doric Wilson, a keynote ad- 1328 W. Morse Ave. PR photo try will converge on Halsted Street to cel- dress by Sharon Bridgforth, and a keynote ebrate the annual event. It’s the largest performance by Brian Eugenio Herrera, two-day street fair in the Midwest and Tuesday, Aug. 16 $25 due in person, reserve at acthomas@ Photo by John Fenoglio lives up to its reputation as one of the PRIDE Up North get-together PRIDE Up fsu.edu; 1 p.m.-8 p.m., Leather Archives & country’s finest festivals! 11am-10 p.m., North is a social network for GLBT living Museum, 6418 N. Greenview Ave. 773-584-6631, Sidetrack, 3349 N. 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First place winner gets $150. 1 pion will be crowned at the finale event Take your place in the spotlight as host- her 40th Birthday in style at the Mayne companies that participated in the 2010 p.m.-2 p.m., D.S. Tequila Company, 3352 tonight. The Battle of the Bars proudly ess, Honey West entertains throughout! Stage. Featuring Freddy Allen and a host Dance for Life benefit performance. 10 N. Halsted St. supports the 2011 Gay Softball World There’s not a bad seat in the house. 10 of special guests. Get your tickets today! p.m., WTTW-TV, Channel 11, http://www. Wet Boxer Contest at D.S. Tequila Let the Series, which will be played in Chicago p.m., 773-281-3355, Roscoe’s, 3356 N 6:30 p.m., Mayne Stage, 1328 W. Morse danceforlifechicago.com/documentary. Market Day’s mayhem continue with one this August 29 - September 3. 8 p.m.-11 Halsted St, http://www.roscoes.com Ave., http://www.amyfreddy.com/music- html and-comedy/ Pyramids Of Pluto Market Days pre-party hell-of-a Wet Boxer Contest at D.S. Te- p.m., Spin Nightclub, 800 W. Belmont Ave, Thursday, Aug. 11 Chicago Sex Worker Film Festival For more with Honey Soundsystem. 10 p.m., Berlin quila, hosted by ChicagoPride.com’s Bill http://www.chicagoseries2011.com Pritchard. First-place winner gets $150. 4 Drag Race with Frida Lay Chicago’s only Wizard World Chicago Comic Con Patrick info, call SWOP-Chicago; 7 p.m.-11 p.m., Nightclub, 954 W Belmont Ave, http:// p.m.-5 p.m., D.S. Tequila Company, 3352 amateur drag contest, hosted by Frida Stewart, Bruce Campbell, Christopher 312-252-3880, Everleigh Social Club, 939 www.berlinchicago.com N. Halsted St. Lay! A hit at Roscoe’s since its premier in Lloyd, Morena Baccarin, Felicia Day, W. Randolph St. i2i Presents: Story of My Pride 2i: Asian 2000. 11 p.m., 773-281-3355, Roscoe’s, James Marsters among headliners through The White Party At minibar, the weekend Friday, Aug. 12 Pacific Islander Pride of Chicago presents 3356 N Halsted St, http://www.roscoes. the weekend. 5 p.m.-9 p.m., Donald E. starts on Thursday! It’s also the only night HRC “Swing” A Women’s Golf Outing Golf STORY OF MY PRIDE, an interactive event com Stephens Convention Center, http://www. of the week where you can see most, if followed by barbeque at 4:30 p.m.,$150 for exploring the powerful intersection of wizardworld.com not all, of your favorite minibar men & per golfer; 11am, Sunset Valley Golf LGBTQ and Asian/Pacific Islander identi- Wed., Aug. 17 Conversations: Natl HIV/AIDS Strategy & the Lovely Linda Little! 9 p.m., Minibar, Course Highland Park, http://www.hrcac- ties. Will Tutol & Ryan Viloria are co- $1 Drink Night Enjoy $1 cocktails, and beer BMSM Discussion about the Impact of 3341 N Halsted tioncenter.org/site/calendar?view=detail presenting the discussion. 7 p.m.-9 p.m., drafts and wine all night long! Free entry the National HIV/AIDS Strategy on Black Sinferno Chicago Lesbian Pride Events &id=104761&autologin=true Asian Human Services 4753 N. Broadway, before 9 p.m., $7 cover after; 8 p.m., Spin Gay/Bisexual Men in Chicago; RSVP: CB- The Windy City PRIDE PARTY, hosted by Beyondmedia 3rd Annual Youth Summit http://www.chicagoi2i.org/events.html Nightclub, 800 W. Belmont Ave, http:// [email protected]; 6 p.m.-9 p.m., MTV’s Real World Chicago Star Aneesa; 9 Beyondmedia’ Chain of Change, a youth- www.spin-nightclub.com Gary Comer Youth Center, 7200 S. Ingle- p.m., 708-668-6226, Illuminati 2354 N led project that uses media to explore the You’re The Star Karaoke with Honey West side, http://on.fb.me/pfacqg Clybourn, http://lafemmeent.com roots of violence and violence-prevention strategies, will present “Building Safe Sunday, Aug. 14 Take your place in the spotlight as host- Communities” a daylong event featuring Urban Village Church Worship is about ess, Honey West entertains throughout! youth-led workshops, panels, film screen- coming together as community to make There’s not a bad seat in the house. 10 ings and discussions; free and open to all space for God to move in us. It’s a place to p.m., 773-281-3355, Roscoe’s, 3356 N. youth aged 12-25. 3:30 p.m., Columbia receive God’s grace and love and to give Halsted St, http://www.roscoes.com College, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., http:// of ourselves, as well. 10:15am-11:30am, www.beyondmedia.org Urban Village Church, Spertus Institute, Thursday, Aug. 18 Thank GLAAD It’s Friday GLAAD presents 610 S. Michigan, http://www.newchica- Step Up Women’s Network to Launch a national networking event series for gochurch.com Shine & Dine The evening will feature young LGBT professionals and straight Body Heat Next Door Studios presents Body philanthropy and seasonal fare from Chi- allies in Chicago, featuring ABSOLUT ® Heat, with special guest appearances by cago’s hottest restaurants while welcom- Vodka; host committee Trish Bendix, John adult film stars Samuel O’Toole, Anthony ing 400 local professionals and notables, Blazek, Kevin Boyer, Justin Brunner, Nina Romero, James Huntsman and Austin all to benefit the charitable programs of Fernandez, Sue Fisher, Jenn Gibson, By- Wilde. $5 cover. 10 p.m., Spin Nightclub, Step Up Women’s Network, a national, ron Hoover, John Libby, Grant McCorkhill, 800 W. Belmont Ave, http://www.spin- nonprofit membership organization Hadley Rue, Doug Sanborn, Brooke Skin- nightclub.com dedicated to connecting and advancing ner, Ricardo Torres, Nick Urig; 6 p.m.-8 women and girls. 6 p.m.-9 p.m., Galleria p.m., TBA, http://facebook.com/glaad Monday, Aug. 15 Marchetti, 825 W. Erie, Chicago, http:// Impromptwo - Club for Gay Swingers New, United House: A Night of Unity in House www.suwn.org private club for committed, non-monog- Music Join Hydrate Nightclub, Chicago- amous gay couples. Meet like-minded Pride.com, and host Cyon Flare for United Saturday, Aug. 20 couples in a relaxed, private setting. Pool House: A Night of Unity in House Music, 2011 Dance For Life Dance For Life. Ben- table, videos, dance floor & private play featuring New Resident House DJ Semaj; efiting: AIDS Foundation of Chicago and rooms. 2nd Friday of every month. RSVP 10 p.m., Hydrate, 3458 N. Halsted, http:// the Dance for Life Fund. Companies Sched- required. BYOB; 8 p.m., 847-417-7076, www.hydratechicago.com uled to Perform: Giordano Jazz Dance Chi- Impromptwo, 1640 W Hubbard St, http:// Live Band Karaoke with Amy Armstrong cago, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The www.impromptwo-chicago.com Every Monday night at 10 p.m. in the Joffrey Ballet, River North Chicago Dance Lady Bunny Instinct Magazine presents Front Bar, hosted by the one and only Company, and two World Premiere perfor- Lady Bunny. Hosted bar 8-10 p.m. fea- Amy Armstrong; 10 p.m., 773-281-3355, mances by choreographers Harrison McEl- turing Appleton Estate rum cocktails & Roscoe’s, 3356 N Halsted, http://www. downey and Randy Duncan. 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BILLY MASTERS Market Days “Good things don’t end unless they end badly.”— Ben from The Bachelorette tells Ashley his feel- ings after being dumped during the season fi- Weekend nale. He should be relieved he doesn’t have to stand there and watch her endlessly twirl those The Street Fun Continues Inside rosebuds betwixt her fingers. I fingered a rose- bud recently, but you’re certainly not gonna see With Full Bar • AC • Video Frivolity that on network TV! Have I told you how popular I am with the deaf community? I suppose that’s no surprise to anyone who’s ever seen me live—I’m told my comedy is very “visual.” And let’s be honest, not having to hear me can only make me more ap- pealing! In my personal life, I’m quite appealing to the blind. In fact, the one person who gave me money after sex was a blind man, but that’s Some men were recently all over Scott Her- probably because I was nice to his dog. Obvi- man—and not in a good way. Photo from Jeff ously the blind can appreciate a thing of beauty Dorta such as moi. But what about paintings? I would think not—it’s not a sculpture they can feel, getting two times the $1,048.72 rent Faye is cur- like in that Lionel Richie video. Yet this hasn’t rently paying, so he’s suing to have her evicted. /SidetrackBar stopped Italy from posting most museum signs La Dunaway, not one to take these things lying in Italian, German, French, English and Braille! down, called the New York Times with her side. I’ll tell you now, those wacky Italians wouldn’t After calling her accuser a slumlord, she said, “I stand for anyone fondling the David...trust me, I have not been evicted. I have chosen to leave Your Favorite know. Because I also saw the sign that says “Do because of the state of the apartment”, adding Frozens are Always Not Touch”—which is also in Braille!! that “bugs were everywhere.” The landlord’s law- Available Inside I’m not sure exactly what handicap Jeremy yer then called the Times and played them three Available Inside Jackson has, and frankly I don’t care—he’s hot voice mails Faye left the previous day in which enough for me to overlook his obvious deficien- she offered to turn in her apartment keys, but cies. When he was filming Celebrity Rehab, he added—in that way only Faye can—“I hope you brought a large water filter with him. Why? Be- need that money like crazy and you’ll give it to cause he believes bottled water causes bisexual- poor people. I hope you have a terrible life.” ity! “The plastic leeches and causes cancer and This reminded me of that legendary phone The Video Bar bisexuality. It’s been linked directly.” Really? message Faye left for that documentary film- 3349 N. Halsted Directly where? I’m not sure drinking bottled maker where she complained about the focus SidetrackChicago.com water will cause him to crave sex with men, but on Mommie Dearest, any discussion of her ex- it very well may cause him to fantasize about husband Terry O’Neill, and the sensationalistic the bottle! tone of the piece. Here’s what we didn’t know There has been much speculation about what at the time—that message, too, was part of a SEPTEmbEr 1 – 5 Rosie O’Donnell’s new OWN show will be like. multi-message string. One which certainly is re- When it debuts Oct. 10, you can expect much ome Aga quired listening for all fans and can be found on to C in of what you saw on her very successful daytime BillyMasters.com. ing talk show—prior to the Columbine breakdown, o I haven’t mentioned my buddy Scott Herman g naturally. She plans to keep it light, give away in a while. You remember Scott—that insanely s r' loads of gifts, play games, feature lots of com- gorgeous fitness model from “The Real World— e edy and keep things as entertaining as possible. Brooklyn” who can be found giving workout tips m Given the success of Oprah: Behind the Scenes, on ScottHermanFitness.com. Anyhoo, he’s been u Rosie plans to allow viewers access to how the the victim of a gay hate crime—which rarely S show is put together. Something tells me that happens to heterosexual men. But when you will be VERY entertaining! look like Scott, most people make the assump- Another long-awaited return to Broadway is tion that he plays for our team. (Isn’t it funny taking place with Patti LuPone and Mandy Pat- how that’s the image of gay men now?) inkin. No, it’s not The Prime of Miss Eva Peron, or He was in his native New Hampshire driving a musical version of Driving Miss Daisy. Nope— around in his Toyota Scion, which has his image the twosome will be bringing their double act to and logo wrapped around it, when three guys Broadway’s Ethel Barrymore Theatre Nov. 21 for in a pick-up truck started taunting him at a red a limited run of 63 performances. “An Evening light; entered his car; and began a verbal and with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin” will mark physical attack. He got away from the guys, but DJ Lydia Prim the first time the two have appeared on Broad- not before taking down their license number. way together since their legendary “Evita” run. After reporting the attack, he said, “I take my DJ Joe Gauthreaux Yet, when they first started performing this act, involvement with the LGBT community on anti- they didn’t initially include ANYTHING from “Evi- bullying very serious which is why I spoke out.” DJ ta”—to the consternation of the paying public. I’m writing about it simply to have an excuse to Mark Vallese Now, alongside extended scenes from “Carousel” post a few skin shots of Scott (where you can and “South Pacific,” an “Evita” sequence has see pretty much everything) on BillyMasters. been included. com. Brace yourselves—it’s time for another in- When people hate Scott just because he’s stallment of “Fayewatch.” The 70-year-old ac- beautiful, it’s definitely time to end yet another tress may be on a hiatus professionally, but that column. If I post this article on www.BillyMas- Men of Manwatch hasn’t kept the darling Miss Dunaway out of the ters.com, then you’ll know I returned to the headlines. She’s just been named in an eviction States in one piece ... and then will take my Karaoke lawsuit by her NYC landlord. Oh, you didn’t know piece down to Ptown for my annual trip with Cabaret: Amy & Freddy, Dunes Divas Faye had a New York pied-à-terre? Apparently various glitterati, including the divine Marilyn she’s never there and it’s usually occupied by Maye who will be performing at the Art House Tea Dances Sunday and Monday! her son. The problem is, it’s a rent stabilized Aug. 11-12. If you have a question you want me apartment which is intended for people who to tackle, send a note to [email protected] “Come join the Party! make New York their primary residence—and we and I promise to get back to you before Faye It's a Celebration!”~Madonna all know Faye’s home is really Los Angeles, where stops leaving voice mails and starts tweeting! she pays taxes and has voted since the suffrag- So, until next time, remember, one man’s filth is ette movement. The litigant claims he could be another man’s bible. SaUGatUCK, MICHIGaN 54 Aug. 10, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES “That’s essentially what the foundation of hip- “I was institutionalized to be a straight male, hop music is—the music of minority people tell- so it wasn’t hard to ‘live a straight life,’ but there Will Sheridan: ing their story fused with having a good time. was a tough struggle internally between what And I’m all about that. So being openly gay was right for me and what everyone else want- may or may not have its benefits, but I plan to ed,” he said. “Sports served as a passion that in Ex-college hoops overshadow all that with charisma, uniqueness, turn served as a distraction from my personal never talent, and people will eventually give up struggle of loving me. It also threw people off trying not to like me.” and made them think—no way he’s not gay!” standout comes out Sheridan acknowledges that, by coming out, Sheridan said he has had two major relation- he immediately returns to the spotlight, perhaps ships. So who’s his Mr. Right? By Ross Forman with a brighter glare than when his work clothes “He’s confident, easy on the eyes, different, included shorts, tank tops and high-top gym has a perspective on the world, is not obsessed His official coming-out was two years in the shoes. with me playing basketball; yet not dismissive,” making after Dana O’Neil from ESPN approached “I’m now so much to so many people, [many Sheridan said. “He has personal power, passions him to write his story. who] I don’t even know [me],” he said. “I want and is in pursuit of all things he deserves and She wanted the scoop and Will Sheridan was to hear those people’s concerns and fight for wants. Also, he [should be] tall. For some reason ready, but the timing just wasn’t right. them. I would love to be an ambassador to the that works better for me. Power is probably the “What I neglected to consider was the other world for the [LGBT] community, but I have to most appealing attribute to me. ... Feel free to people who my coming-out would affect,” Sheri- get out there and actually do more first. I’m a ask me what I mean by that in person.” dan said. “So I made sure my family wouldn’t bit different than any other popular artist right Sheridan has long endured, and heard, homo- be surprised and other people were very clear now. I’m not Adam Lambert, Ricky Martin [or] phobic comments—and is not surprised. of my intentions—and they are to be me, who Lady Gaga, respectfully. We have different life “Until the majority agrees that nigger and fag- I am. I can help people who need someone to experiences and perspectives, so I really think I got are equally offensive the world won’t change look to for motivation and inspiration to just be will add to the spectrum of messages being put the way they talk or think,” Sheridan said. “Peo- themselves.” out to the masses. ple who make individual attacks on the gay com- Sheridan, now 26 and single, came out this “I came out [to myself] ages before ESPN, so munity fit into a few categories—it’s either a spring, jumping into the sports spotlight as the everything in my mind is and was great. I want reflection of their own insecurities, what people second former Division I male college basketball Absolut Vodka to throw a huge party for me and may have projected on them and they are afraid player to reveal he is gay. Former NBA player all the people who are absolutely who they want it’s true or upset, that they want attention in John Amaechi is the other. to be.” media or they’re so old and irrelevant that they Sheridan now lives in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn Sheridan’s next major project is the full LP just can’t embrace change. (N.Y.), and works in the fashion industry, man- on Royal Advisor Records that is not yet titled. “At the end of the day, I want to be an ambas- aging at the No. 1 retail store in the world, he Thewillsheridan.com will launch and a tour will sador for being who you are. My personal jour- said. In addition to performing, song writing for follow, too. Plus, he plans to continue public ney is my own—by representing me—I am so others and himself, Sheridan also organizes and speaking. many things: Black, gay, tall, a former athlete, promotes his own events, such as, Eclectic Col- When asked if the mainstream sports world, a musician [and] an artist. One thing I’m not lective at Fatbaby on the first Tuesday of every particularly the big-four male sports, are ready is, [being] afraid anymore. I’m not afraid to be month, and WestSide Wednesdays at Rockbar, for an openly gay athlete, Sheridan said the ath- brave for that little boy or little girl with old- both in New York City, and he performs at both. lete, “better be a beast, though.” school parents. I’m not afraid to be an example However, it’s Sheridan’s performance on the Meaning, he has to be better than reigning for closeted gays and I’m not afraid to rock out hardwood that thrust him into mainstream me- NBA MVP Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls. for closeted artists who think they can’t make it dia headlines, particularly of late. “Not only does he have to amazing, I hope he’s being who they are.” Will Sheridan. Photo courtesy of Sheridan “This past month has been epic,” Sheridan smart, [too,]” Sheridan said. “John [Amaechi] For more about Will Sheridan, his videos of said. “I’ve received so much love. The response was smart enough to articulate his experience “Welcome to the Jungle” and “302” are available has been positive for me, but people who know and, for that, I’m so grateful.” on YouTube. Plus, Ngoma—his first EP featur- me were already on board with my life. My par- the [homophobic] slander was usually at games Sheridan said it was not difficult being a Di- ing WTJ—is on iTunes and is available through ents were a bit anxious about the coming-out from crowds in the heat of things or used as vision I player at a good/competitive program, Amazon and Beatport. story, but now I think they’re in a better place a distraction at the foul line or something. On yet quiet about his sexuality. with it. All in all, I’m happy with the story, the campus, sometimes people would ask me [about response and what it’s doing for the communi- my sexual orientation while] drunk at a party or Association (CMSA), will take place on Wave- ty.” something like that, but rarely.” Hockey tourney land Avenue between Halsted and Broadway The 6-foot-8, 240-pound Sheridan was named Sheridan told his teammates gradually over streets and feature local cover band Final Say Delaware’s Prep Player of the Year as both a ju- time. “I earned their respect with my game, so details revealed and DJ Bill Bennett. nior and a senior. He then played at Villanova [my sexual orientation] wasn’t really an issue. By Ross Forman There is a $5 suggested donation, which University, finishing his college career in 2006. They weren’t really interested in my sex life and will benefit the Ben Cohen “Stand Up” foun- “Villanova was an amazing experience for me the feeling was mutual. When I was a senior, There are eight teams participating in the dation. because it was small enough to feel safe and some of the younger guys didn’t understand me, inaugural Market Days Classic ice hockey See http://www.chicagoseries2011.com. nurturing, but large enough to not feel on top of but they were like I was focused on developing tournament—scheduled for Aug. 12-14 at one another,” Sheridan said. “With that said, all and becoming a part of a great basketball tradi- the Heartland Ice Arena in Lincolnwood—in- tion.” cluding two teams composed of Chicago Gay Sheridan never flat out told a coach at Vil- Hockey Association (CGHA) members. HRC’s Swing Aug. 12 lanova until after he graduated. “Over time, our Chicago Crew will be in the top-tiered in Highland Park conversations about my social life changed … Northside Division and open play on Friday, The 2011 Human Rights Campaign women’s they never asked questions that they didn’t want Aug. 12, at 6 p.m., against Team Ottawa. golf event “Swing” will take place Friday, [to hear] the answer to, and vice versa. I never Chicago Crew will face Team Vancouver on Aug. 12, at 11 a.m. at the Sunset Valley Golf gave complete answers that were too revealing,” Saturday, Aug. 13, at 9 a.m., and then Team Course, 1390 Sunset Road, Highland Park. A he said. Toronto at 4 p.m. BBQ follows the golf at 4:30 p.m. He said he had a few advocates on campus and Chicago 312 will be in the Southside Divi- The cost is $150 for golf ($25 for only the they were “amazing throughout my campus life, sion and open play on Friday, at 7:10 p.m., BBQ). See http://www.hrc.org/get_involved/ really supportive.” against The Zoo. Chicago 312 will battle Team attend_an_event.htm. Since coming out, Sheridan has had endless New York on Saturday, at 10:10 a.m., and online love too, so to speak. That’s been one of then Team Boston at 5:10 p.m. the biggest surprises, he said. Championship games will be played Sunday, Pride Day at “I have people coming out to me everyday Aug. 14, at 1:40 p.m. (Southside) and 3:10 on Facebook, [many] asking me for advice,” he p.m. (Northside). Wrigley to benefit said. “More shocking. I’m surprised [by] people For more information about the tourna- Chicago charities [who] flirt with me on Facebook and Twitter. Se- ment, visit http://www.chicagogayhockey.org CHICAGO—Windy City Times will present riously, they do, and I wasn’t prepared for that. Pride Day at Wrigley Field Sunday, Sept. 4, at Sheridan’s current world, the hip hop industry, 1:20 p.m., when the Chicago Cubs take on the isn’t as accepting, though. World Series closer, Pittsburgh Pirates. The sales of tickets for the “Hip-hop is homophobic,” he said. “So, when fair in Boystown Labor Day weekend game will benefit six local I do gigs, I usually perform like I have a chip The 35th annual Gay Softball World Series LGBT and AIDS charities. on my shoulder—like I need to be way better (GSWS), which will take place in Chicago be- Tickets are $50, and they are all for bleacher than the straight acts to be accepted,” he said. ginning Aug. 29, will wrap-up a week of soft- seats. The price includes tax, shipping and a “For the most part, I’ve been successful or just ball and social events with a closing awards portion donated to charity. Deadline for ticket flat out better prepared for the gig. 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