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Go West Get a Sizzling Tan in THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 May 14, 2008 • vol 23 no 35 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com Center on Halsted: A year of highs and lows BY ANDREW DAVIS controversy throughout its first year, including WCT: How would you describe this past year Michelle charges that the organization lacks diversity and [for the Center]—mostly highs in a year of Seldom has a transition been greeted with as has turned a blind eye regarding issues affecting highs and lows? Obama at much fanfare (at least in the LGBT press) as minority youth. Windy City Times recently talked MV: It’s think it’s been mostly highs. Think- when the Center on Halsted opened its doors with the Center’s executive director, Modesto ing back, I’m so proud of the diversity of Luncheon page 6 last spring. Since then, the Center has done “Tico” Valle, as he explained the organization’s people who have come here and the growth of everything from host forums to house various triumphs and challenges. our programs, across the board. That involves organizations—while raising funds that seem Windy City Times: You’re coming upon one our seniors, youth and our computer technol- to dwarf what most groups procure. (April’s Hu- year as executive director… ogy center, which amazes me every single day. man First Gala, for example, raised $1.1 million.) Modesto “Tico” Valle: …And it’s passed by so However, the Center has also had to deal with fast. Turn to page 4 Go West Get a sizzling tan in ... Las Vegas? Yes, the Design desert oasis is offering a lot more these days than poker chips and buffets. See for a our special travel section—which includes Cure page 7 pieces on The Dunes Resort and Milwaukee PrideFest—starting on page 11. Christy & Jennie, Part Two page 20 May 14, 2008 #944 page 11 movement for transgender rights. For Stryker, out new modes of existence that included liv- nightspots Out at CHM looks the term “transgender” doesn’t name a kind of ing outside their designated gender categories. n person but means “anything that breaks apart The 1850s also saw the advent of safer surgical at trans history and makes visible” the ways in which people de- techniques that allowed transgender people to Girls With Guns pick it up Boys will be girls at Armed and Fabulous: The COVERGURLS of ROTC at Hydrate. inSIDE page 31 No one knows freshness Behind the scenes at the BY YASMIN NAIR fine their roles in society, such as through their make desired physical changes to their bodies. like Dixie Longate! Miss Dunes pageant. page 18 page 24 take it home gender or sexual identity and kinship structures. Stryker asserted a connection between the Recent historical work reveals that Stonewall was Events like the Compton’s raid reveal the radical “macropolitical” issues of the organization of not a singular moment of queer insurgency and potential of queer politics in general. labor and urban politics and the “micropolitical” that the mid-to-late 1960s was an era of queer Stryker’s May 8 presentation at the Chicago ones of bodily manipulation now available. The radical political potential. According to Susan History Museum was part of its Out at CHM se- confluence of these resulted in the concentra- Stryker, professor of women’s studies at Vancou- ries. She located the formation of transgender tion of trans communities in low-cost areas like ver’s Simon Fraser University, the 1966 police community within the urban industrial era of www.WindyCityQueercast.com raid at San Francisco’s Compton’s Cafeteria, in the mid-19th century. People could now leave Turn to page 5 the Tenderloin district, helped launch a national the confines of small-town existence and carve JUNE 10 PRESENTED BY & Buy tickets at jamusa.com thechicagotheatre.com The Chicago Theatre Box Office All Ticketmaster Outlets • 312-559-1212 online at ticketmaster.com 2 MayWindy 14, 2008 City Times W e your people are making history every day and every night. With inspiring sights, snazzy shops and action-packed bars, clubs and restaurants, Philadelphia is full of fun. Isn’t it time you joined us? Meet me and my friends and plan your visit at gophila.com/gay. Official airline Photo: ScottPhoto: Nibauer for GPTMC. Inset B. Krist photo: for GPTMC. PHILADELPHIA '%4ß9/52ß()34/29ß342!)'(4ß!.$ß9/52ß.)'(4,)&%ß'!9 MATTHEW IZZO Designer/boutique owner Matthew Izzo Boutiques matthewizzo.com May 14, 2008 3 Living with HIV index in Illinois? NeWs Confused about who will pay for your Gay Iranian interview 4 health care and medications? Tico Valle, the Center’s ED 4 HIV talk gets personal 5 Finding your way through Medicare, Medicaid and other health insurance Jane Addams and ‘Love’ 5 A trans history lesson 5 options can be overwhelming. Fortunately, the AIDS Legal Council of Chicago Schakowsky’s power lunch 6 can guide you. Call ALCC toll-free for free and immediate legal help with: Profile: Denys Lau 6 Local news 7 x Medicaid & Medicare x Health Benefits for Workers Design for a Cure 7 x Illinois Cares Rx with Disabilities x Chicago’s cross-dressing law 8 A contortionist (above) is among the x AIDS Drug Assistance Program Employer-provided insurance National roundup 8 featured acts in Cirque du Soleil’s x I-CHIP x And much, much more Quotelines 9 Zumanity, one of five shows the troupe Viewpoints: Monroe, Finnessy 10 has in Las Vegas. See our special travel section beginning on page 11. 1-866-506-3038 sUMMeR TRAVeL Statewide toll-free number The Las Vegas Strip 12 Dunes Resort 13 www.aidslegal.com Milwaukee PrideFest 14 Other travel ideas 14 eNTeRTAINMeNT 0DGHSRVVLEOHE\DJUDQWIURPWKH,OOLQRLV'HSDUWPHQWRI3XEOLF+HDOWK Stage Door Jonny 12 Dancin’ Feats; theater reviews 15 Knight at the Movies 17 Gay Idol; Dolly in concert 18 Pets 20 Books: In the Eye of the Storm 21 Read the touching story of Rachel Belcher, who’s running a race for her late mother OUTLINES 05_12_08_Windy_City:Layout 1 5/12/08 7:04 PM Page 1 and brother, on page 22. Real estate; classifieds 18-19 Calendar 21 Photo courtesy of Rachel Belcher Woman runs for family 22 OPENING This week’s online-only www. features include: NIGHT Windy —Media Watch —World roundup MAY City —Theater: She Calls Up TIEMPO LIBRE/LUNA NEGRA Media the Sun; Our Town —Starrlight: Debra LATIN DANCE NIGHT! 31 Group Messing at Rumba —Pop Making Sense .com —About Face Theatre Artistic Director Bonnie Metzgar (right) Photo by Michael Ensminger JJOINOIN US US!! A SPECIAL NIGHT OF MUSIC, DANCING www.WindyCityQueercast.com AND FOOD WITH A LATIN FLAIR: •CHICAGO YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA •CHICAGO LATINO COMPOSER ELBIO BARILARI WITH ENSEMBLE FACETADA •DANCE FLOOR ON THE LAWN GIRLs WITH GUNs •FREE COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS AND FOOD TASTING WITH LEVY RESTAURANTS Boys will be girls at Armed and •FREE GIFT WITH RAVINIA GARDEN DEMONSTRATION Fabulous: The Covergurls of ROTC at Hydrate. Photo by Ryan Kolodziej TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT nightspots WWW.RAVINIA.ORG n FEATURED SPONSOR:RUTH PAGE FESTIVAL OF DANCE 4 May 14, 2008 can’t say they’re homosexual or gay. So the truth is we don’t know if they were gay or not. It’s not CeNTeR from cover black or white. We had a hard time with the international There’s a waiting list for it; we could use two journalists [and activists who insisted they were labs, and that’s exciting. We didn’t start off a gay]. The Western media sometimes doesn’t know membership program, but what we’re hearing what’s going on. In May 2007, 80 men were ar- from the youth is that they want a membership rested in Ishafan—and most media insisted they program for things like the computer lab, or were gay men. And we had a hard time, because if they came to cultural programs they would that gave the courts evidence about their sexu- get a discount for a poetry jam or art exhibit. ality. So the Western media helped the judge What we’re seeing is that people are coming prove their homosexuality. The Western media back over and over for programming, so we’re Arsham Parsi. Center on Halsted Executive Director doesn’t know what’s going on. looking into a membership program. Modesto “Tico” Valle. WCT: What do you think about the threat of WCT: Now what would you say is the big- war on Iran? gest obstacle the Center has faced during tied in with race. There was a forum at the Arsham Parsi AP: I believe that war is not about democracy your time there? Center last August that involved youths and and gay Iran and human rights. If the United States attacks MV: I think it was going from a $2.5 million business leaders, and some issues were Iran, it won’t be about democracy. I’m anti-war. budget to a $4.7 million budget, finishing a definitely raised. Have you heard any feed- BY YASMIN NAIR WCT: We don’t hear much about lesbians in capital campaign and immediately educating back from the business leaders since that IRQO. our donors that we needed to double our pro- forum? Arsham Parsi is the head of the IRQO (Iranian AP: Lesbians, unfortunately, are more invisible gram budget. It wasn’t an obstacle; it was a MV: I can give you some feedback about Queer Organization), and was born in 1980. As than gays; they have more problems. They pre- matter of just getting the word and education what’s come out of that.
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