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vol 32, no. 42 July 5, 2017 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com RENSLOW COVERAGE BEGINS ON PAGE 8 Above: at the National March on Washington for and Rights, 1979. Courtesy of Chuck Renslow Left: Renslow in the 1950s. DIES Courtesy of Leather Archives & Museum Legendary political activist and founder of International Mr. Leather, ‘NANCE’ fever Vince Kracht stars as Chauncey Miles in the LGBT Gold Coast and other businesses production The Nance. Photo by Paul Goyette 15

ROXANE GAY CLINTON KELLY FAY JACOBS NORMA BARNES-EURESTI Author on her new memoir. TV personality talks love Lesbian comedian is Kellogg attorney talks life, Photo from the Humanities Festival and ‘Hate.’ heading to Chicago. role models, . 24 Photo by Heidi Gutman/ABC 2219 PR photo 26 Photo courtesy of Kellogg 6

@windycitytimes1 /windycitymediagroup @windycitytimes www.windycitymediagroup.com 2 July 5, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES July 5, 2017 3 NEWS Truth Wins Out ends; Kim Foxx’s Pride event 4 Ad POP Awards 5 Kellogg attorney talks job, LGBTs’ hurdles 6 Politicians talk Equality Act 7 Chuck Renslow dies 8 Healthcare plan criticized 9 response, letters 10

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DAILY BREAKING NEWS *MRED MLS, 1/1/16-12/31/16, Chicago, all property types, ranked by total closed volume. 4 July 5, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES State Cassidy backs Sen. Daniel Biss for governor Biss. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Daniel Biss has announced the endorsement of state Rep. Photo . courtesy of Biss’ In a statement, Cassidy said, in part, “Daniel is campaign the only candidate in this race who has a record team of enacting real, progressive change, including for the LGBTQ community. When we passed the ban on , when we passed mar- perintendent of Schools Bob Daiber, state Rep. riage equality—he was there every step of the Scott Drury, activist Tio Hardiman, former Univer- way, working with me and others in the commu- sity of Board of Trustees Chair Chris Ken- nity, doing the actual hard work of making laws nedy, entrepreneur Alex Paterakis, Chicago Ald. that protect us.” Ameya Pawar and venture capitalist J.B. Pritzker. Biss currently represents the 9th District in the The primary election will take place Tues- Illinois Senate and previously served one term in day, March 20, 2018; the general election will the Illinois House representing the 17th District. be Tuesday, Nov. 6. Incumbent Republican Gov. Among those running against Biss in the Dem- Bruce Rauner is running for re-election. ocratic primary are Madison County Regional Su-

Wayne Besen of Truth Wins Out. Photo by Michael Murphy Truth Wins Out closing By Matt Simonette LGBT organizations at the time were wary of the provocative components of the “ex-gay conversa- Chicago-based activist Wayne Besen, on June 26, tion”—religion, politics and sex—he added. “It announced that he would be closing his orga- was kind of toxic. A lot of people were afraid of nization, Truth Wins Out (TWO), which opposed it.” so-called “ex-gay” organizations, after 11 years. He admitted to becoming wary of two parts of With the ex-gay industry largely discredited, his job, fundraising and dealing with ‘nasty, un- Besen thinks the organization has in many ways pleasant people’ in the anti-LGBT movement. But accomplished its goals, he said. Besen is also proud of the legacy TWO leaves be- “When I started the organization, the ex-gay hind, not least of which is what he said is about organizations were called ‘the Normandy landing “a million dollars’ worth of research” about the of the cultural wars,” he recalled. “I started it on ex-gay movement. He is launching an online fun- a lark, after [former President] George W. Bush draising campaign to so that he can continue to State’s Attorney Kim Foxx with Kim Hunt (left photo) and Judge Colleen Sheehan. invited [former Exodus International officials] maintain and update TWO’s various websites. Photo by Tracy Baim Alan Chambers and Randy Thomas to the White Besen launched TWO in City, but House. I said, ‘Enough is enough.’” left because of rising costs there. After a stint in tally, Ewert is also the widow of Gray. Besen had just published a book on the ex- Burlington, Vermont, he hung the TWO shingle in State’s attorney Judge Colleen F. Sheehan of the Juvenile gay movement and was already informally in con- Chicago in late 2013. For , he hopes to stay, Foxx hosts Justice Division of the Circuit Court of Cook tact with people needing help. He took umbrage but said he’ll go wherever work takes him; he is County was also honored, including for her with the ex-gay industry’s stance that looking to move into political consulting or host Pride reception work on creating a restorative justice court. and gays were damaged heterosexuals, and that a radio program. He already hosted a Chicago pro- by Tracy Baim Foxx recognized LGBTQ & Hate Crimes Spe- essentially did not exist. Besen gram until 2017 but was let go after a dispute cialist Angelica D’Souza for her Windy City referred to it as an “existential attack” on the with his station’s owners. Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx contin- Times 30 Under 30 honor the previous week. LGBT community and called it “a form of elimi- He noted that anti-LGBT politics are cyclical, ued the office’s tradition of hosting an LGBTQ Longtime state’s attorney staffer Matt Jan- nationism.” however, and didn’t rule out returning to advo- Pride Celebration. The eighth annual event nusch spoke about his work as part of the of- Besen said, “Once we debunk this particular ex- cacy, adding, “If I need to, I’ll strap my gloves took place June 26 at . fice’s LGBT+ Employee Resource Group. istential lie, it makes it so much easier for other on and come back,” he said. “I will be well-rested Kim Hunt, executive director of Pride Ac- Judge Cecilia Horan, president of the Les- things to succeed.” and ready.” tion Tank, received the Lifetime bian and Association, presented the TWO “filled a vacuum” since many larger larger Achievement Award, named after the longtime group’s annual scholarship to Daniel Stell. lesbian activist and state’s attorney employee. Tom Sondergeld—senior director of health and State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, who was in Spring- well-being for Walgreens, which sponsored the @windycitytimes1 /windycitymediagroup field working on state budget issues, was hon- event—also addressed the crowd, ored for her LGBTQ work, including as a former WGN-TV’s Dean Richards emceed the program staffer at the state’s attorney’s office. Cassidy for the seventh time. Mytyme Jazz ZSoul Funk @windycitytimes www.windycitymediagroup.com staffer Pat Ewert accepted the award. Inciden- entertained the crowd. 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Norma Barnes-Euresti has accomplished much in WCT: What do you feel is the biggest obsta- her career. cle for LGBTs in the workplace? Among other things, she is currently vice-pres- NB-E: I think the biggest issue is still feeling Norma Barnes-Euresti. ident and chief counsel at Kellogg Company. She safe enough to be out and proud. Not being able formerly served as an administrative law judge for to bring your authentic self to work greatly im- Photo courtesy of Kellogg the Illinois Human Rights Commission, and also pedes our ability to reach our fullest potential. served as an attorney for the Legal Assistance That, in turn, hurts the companies we work for. Foundation of Chicago. Kellogg recognizes the benefit it receives when She is also one of 11 new board members at the employees are able to bring their whole selves to place, they might still live in your community, But I offer that advice for several reasons. One, National LGBT Bar Association and Foundation. work. Sadly, not every company has been able to and can have a negative impact on that environ- it takes a tremendous amount of energy to hide In an email interview, Barnes-Euresti discussed recognize that truth. ment. If we want to see change, real change, in your true self. That means you have less energy her job, role models and obstacles for the LGBT WCT: Describe a typical day for you. the places where we work, live and play, we have to devote to your work, and that will impede your community. NB-E: We are a global company, so my workday to be willing to help lead people from wrong to ability to reach your full potential and shine. Windy City Times: What was the biggest crosses quite a few time zones. I partner and col- right. Otherwise, we will just keep encountering Two, people can tell when you are hiding some- motivating factor in you embarking on a legal laborate with people worldwide on a variety of the negative effects of their destructive behavior. thing, which may lead to them not trusting you. career? employment, labor, benefits, immigration, EEO, WCT: What advice do you have for LGBT indi- Trust is a secret ingredient to making work move Norma Barnes-Euresti: For me, my calling has employee relations and ethics topics throughout viduals climbing the corporate ladder? more quickly and effectively. The reverse is also always centered on justice. I wanted to become the day. My wife and I make sure that we carve NB-E: I would recommend a couple of easy ar- true. If people don’t trust you, it will inevitably a lawyer, because I saw from an early age the out time to have coffee together in the morn- eas of focus, and one that will be a little tougher. act as a huge anchor, and will hold you back no power that the law had to right wrongs, to create ing, and that we have dinner as a family every First, technical competence in your role. You matter how talented you are. It will also hamper peace. I wanted to be a part of that magic. day. Sometimes that means have dinner at an odd need to be an expert at what you do, and you your ability to build a relationships at work in My mother came to the from hour, but we make each other a priority. After- will need to invest in yourself outside of work. other ways as well. Mexico in search of a better life when she was ward, I catch up on my work email and whatever That means continuous learning to get better at When I wasn’t yet out to everyone, I tried just 19 years old, and got an opportunity to go research I need to get done. what you do. Attend seminars, read books and to avoid chit-chat like the plague. I knew that to a junior college in Kentucky. In the 1970s, WCT: Who would you say is your role model? articles on the subject, and don’t expect to only answering a simple question like, ‘what did you we moved to Utah, where my mom worked as a NB-E: I have so many people I admire, so it do that during working hours. But keep in mind do this weekend,’ would involve having to be translator for a migrant assistance center. They is hard for me to name just one. A few of them that technical competence is just “table” stakes. thoughtful about names, pronouns and activi- did a number of great things, both big and small, would be Audre Lorde, Barbara Gittings, George In other words, being an expert gets you to the ties. As a result, I would immediately shut down for the migrant community, and I was always very Takei, Bayard Rustin, James Baldwin, Ellen De- base of the ladder, but it won’t help you climb. any attempts to engage in small talk with me by proud of my mom for the role she played. genres and Diana Nyad. I had the pleasure of Lack of expertise, on the other hand, will abso- moving quickly to the business at hand. People Although I was only in grade school at the meeting Diana at Out and Equal last year. It was lutely prevent you from climbing. experienced me as being cold and disinterested time, I was impressed that things could be made my birthday, and I got a picture of us with my Climbing the ladder requires leadership compe- in them as human beings. And if someone thinks right via the legal process and made the decision favorite character, Toucan Sam. Her motto, “Find tencies and your personal brand. Be sure that you you don’t care about them, they will not accept that I would become a lawyer. My decision was a way,” is a mantra that I often rely upon to get know what your company needs from its leaders, you as a leader. If you can’t lead, you will find it further cemented when later another civil rights me through the tough days. what its business strategies and objectives are, difficult to move up the corporate ladder. matter happened in my high school. I never wa- WCT: What are the best and worst aspects of and that you are living those values and execut- However, if you are devoting all of your en- vered from that choice, even when a teacher told your current position? ing on the strategy. ergy to being valuable at work, and are engaged me that I could marry a lawyer, but never be- NB-E: The best aspect of my job is actually One thing we all have to consider is whether to and engaging, you will quickly reach your high- come one. Ironically, my wife did in fact go to law when nothing happens. When we can stop the be out or not. This is very tough for some, but est potential. If you have the reputation as be- school, but I don’t think that is what they meant wrong from happening. In prior jobs, like LAFC, my advice is to try to be out if you can. And if ing a trusted individual, who easily establishes when they made that comment. or when I was an ALJ for the Human Rights Com- you can’t, think strongly about making a move to good working relationships that enables you to WCT: At one point, you worked with the Le- mission, the story had already happened. Some- somewhere where you can be out. This does not manage others, you will find that you will quickly gal Assistance Foundation of Chicago. How was one had already been harmed/discriminated mean you can only live in a state/city that is on move up the ladder. that experience? against. The only remedy was money, but money the leading edge of diversity. Nor does it mean The risk is that you might not be accepted. If NB-E: That was a great experience! I am a big does not restore dignity. only work at companies that have a proven track you aren’t accepted, then trust me, you didn’t believer that everyone should at some point have At Kellogg, we can intercede very early on to record of walking the talk on diversity. That may want to work there in the first place. Because a job where they are focused on making the com- prevent risks. Unfortunately, we aren’t able to make it easier but it’s not absolutely necessary. long-term, it will be very difficult to get ahead munity a better place. I also believe that every- prevent everything. The good news is we can work It’s important for us to champion the change in that environment anyway, because the nega- one can contribute to a better community, re- to bring peace and justice to those situations. We we want to see in companies and communities tive impact it can have on your energy, trust and gardless of their job. The work I did at LAFC was can always work with the person who has been that have not made it there yet. I know this will relationships will make it very difficult for you to very meaningful, and I got the added benefit of wronged to remedy and heal their situation. We sound unrealistic for some folks who will read do your best work and reach your full potential. collaborating with very talented and committed can always work to help people learn what they this advice. I get it. I have lived quite a bit of WCT: What’s one little-known fact about people. I’m happy to report that the same is true have done wrong, and get them to make restitu- my life in locations that had opportunities to be- you? of where I work now. tion and avoid that behavior in future. That is coming more diverse and inclusive. Keep in mind, NB-E: Before I was a lawyer, almost all of my WCT: What does it mean to be on the board actually the harder part of the equation. when I first relocated from Chicago to Michigan, jobs involved working with horses. Although of the National LGBT Bar Association and The natural tendency when someone does K-Pride and Allies did not exist. Battle Creek my health now prevents me from riding, I have Foundation? something wrong is to simply reject them, along Pride did not exist. There were no ordinances for- stayed involved and own several racehorses in NB-E: For me, it is a dream come true. When I with their offensive behavior. The problem is that bidding . I didn’t know anyone at partnership. My best horse currently is 2015 was a child, I never imagined that such an orga- they are then very likely to keep doing the same work who was a member of the LGBTQ community. Horse of the Year, Wiggle It Jiggleit. nization would ever even exist and that I would thing, and will continue to hurt others. Even if I understand what it feels like to have concerns Read the entire interview online at WindyCi- get to be a part of it. To promote justice in and they get fired and are no longer in your work- about safety. tyMediaGroup.com. WINDY CITY TIMES July 5, 2017 7

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly and U.S. Rep. David Cicilline. SWEDISH SNUS Photo by Matt Simonette SUPPORTS Politicians talk Equality CHICAGO Act, local politics By Matt Simonette campaign to become chairman of the national Democratic Party, but lost to former U.S. Labor PRIDE. For U.S. Rep. David Cicilline (D-Rhode Island), Secretary Tom Perez, wants to build awareness the most frustrating aspect of conveying the ur- about the importance of politics at the state and gency of the Equality Act, LGBT-rights legislation local levels. for which he is the chief co-sponsor, comes when “We’re all obviously following the blow-by-blow he realizes that many people already think that of what’s going on in Washington, but at the widespread legal protections for LGBT individuals same time its often easier for people to under- are already in place. stand the impact and implications of policy when “When you tell people that you can be fired it’s at the local level,” he said. “People are also from your job, be denied an apartment, or de- more empowered at the local level.” nied service in a restaurant because you’re gay He noted that he had just testified before Con- or lesbian, they often say, ‘That can’t be legal,” gress for the first time, noting that he had to be said Cicilline, shortly before a discussion he had invited to do so. But with regards to the South alongside Illinois U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Illi- Bend city council meetings, “Anybody can show nois), and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete But- up and testify. I tell people, including kids, you tigieg on June 19. “The truth is, in most states, don’t even have to be old enough to vote.” it is legal.” Buttigieg said he is proud that South Bend “has The Equality Act amends the 1964 Civil Rights its own version of the Equality Act. In my first the Act to extend federal protections against hous- term, we passed a non-discrimination bill. It was ing, employment and public accommodations to very controversial. One of the things that made LGBT individuals. Cicilline introduced the legisla- the difference at this debate that, I think went until two in the morning, was this parade of resi- SWEDISH tion in 2015, but it was never brought to a vote. He reintroduced the legislation in May. dents—gay and straight, old and young, people He said that “ensuring that there is full protec- of color, religious people—getting up there and • tion for all members of our community, in every saying, ‘This is what it means to me.’ There was a FREE WI-FI FIKA BAR SNUS TM area of life” is paramount. “It’s building those parade of people on the other side, but they were rights into existing civil rights architecture. The in the harder position because they were stand- categories are listed: race, gender, ethnic origin. ing in front of a body of elected officials asking 840 W. ARMITAGE STORE It’s really the the only way to ensure that mem- for a license to continue to discriminate.” bers of our community enjoy those rights.” Buttigieg added, “When the vote passed, it Congress “catching up on the issue is actually became something that was a credit to our com- our challenge,” Cicilline added. He is convinced munity.” ALL 21+ WELCOME that if a vote were called on the measure it would Kelly said that local government “was where pass. the rubber meets the road in so many ways. When “That’s why they don’t call it,” added Kelly. I try to talk to people about both running for “The Democrats would go for it, and enough office—and voting—I say, ‘Don’t forget about lo- Republicans would not want to be seen voting cal.’ … That’s where you really get your founda- 840 W. ARMITAGE against equality for our community. It’s really up tion from.” to [Speaker of the House] Paul Ryan. It’s up to Cicilline also spoke about the need for the LGBT WARNING: This product one person.” community to cultivate allies. He praised Kelly as Every member of the Democratic Caucus—save being “a champion for our community in the Con- FREE WI-FI • LOCAL ART • COMPLIMENTARY FIKA BAR two who include Illinois U.S. Representative Dan gress. She’s been a passionate and strong advo- can cause mouth cancer. Lipinski (3)—signed on as a co-sponsor of the cate for our community in our fight for equality. legislation. Two Republicans also signed on. Our success is going to be marked by the willing- “It’s officially bipartisan,” joked Cicilline. ness, in particular from our allies in Congress, to Buttigieg, who this past winter mounted a stand with us.” 8 July 5, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES hide Male magazines, publications mailed and cratic Club in 1980, and they hosted events with shared across the country as the earliest ways top politicians from Chicago and Cook County, found each other. In 1965, he was a and even presidential candidates coming through founder of Second City Motorcycle Club, the first the area. He pushed for the gay and lesbian civil- such club not on the West Coast. rights ordinance when it was first introduced in He opened Gold Coast, believed to be the first the City Council in the early ‘70s, and the initial leather bar in the U.S., in Chicago in 1958. It executive order banning discrimination in Chi- closed in 1987, when it was known internation- cago city government, as issued by Mayor Jane ally as the oldest leather establishment in the Byrne. world. Organizations he was involved in included He was the founder of many bars and sex clubs Strike Against AIDS, Human Rights Campaign since the ‘60s including Man’s Country, which is Fund, Metropolitan Business Association, Illinois still open in Andersonville. In the ‘70s, the bath- Gay and Lesbian Task Force, National Organiza- house attracted top names on the “K-Y circuit.” tion for Women, American Civil Liberties Union, For decades, he and his Renslow “family” ran NAACP, Chicago Association of Commerce and In- Chicago’s famous White Party, coinciding with his dustry, Uptown Chamber of Commerce, 46th Ward August birthday. He was reportedly the first to Advisory Council and the 48th Ward Democratic have a float in the Chicago Parade (a flatbed, a gazebo, and three drag queens). Chuck Renslow on a Renslow had many partners over the years, motorcycle at the Touché among them Dom ‘Etienne’ Orejudos, who he was leather bar, 1978. with more than 40 years and, and helped encour- Courtesy of Leather age Dom’s work as the artist Etienne. He was also Archives & Museum involved with Cliff Raven, Chuck Arnett, David Grooms of Wisconsin, Ron Ehemann and Sam ‘Phil Andros’ Steward and encouraged them in their fa- mous work too. In 1979, he founded International Mr. Leather, Legendary Chicago which grew out of his Mr. Gold Coast contest and the experience he had managing A.A.U. physique competitions. When Dom ‘Etienne’ died, Renslow combined his collection of Eteinne’s art with businessman, activist his own archives from his business and his life; Renslow and Tony DeBlase co-founded the Leath- er Archives & Museum in 1991. Renslow served as Chuck Renslow dies president for many years. Renslow was inducted into the the Chicago by Tracy Baim the Kinsey Institute’s sex research. LGBT Hall of Fame in 1991 and received dozens of The founder of International Mr. Leather, owner awards from the gay and leather communities. He Chuck Renslow, 87, a longtime pillar of the LGBTQ of Man’s Country and the Gold Coast bar, publish- received The Leather Journal’s lifetime achieve- Renslow at the helm of GayLife newspaper in community in Chicago and around the world, has er of the GayLife newspaper in the ‘80s, politi- ment award and a Centurion Award as Leatherman died after multiple long-term health issues. cal activist, and much more was an out business of the Century. the early 1980s. Renslow reigned over a seven-decade empire, owner since the ‘50s. He was a critical contribu- He served on the board of directors of the Na- Courtesy of Ron Ehemann starting more than two dozen businesses—bars, tor to a wide range of political, social, business, tional Gay and Lesbian Task Force and was a U.S. discos, photo studios, health clubs, bathhouses, health and other causes. representative to what was known then as the Party Advisory Board. gay magazines and newspapers, hotels, restau- In the early ‘50s, Renslow founded Kris Stu- International Lesbian and Gay Association. He served as a Democratic Party 43rd Ward rants and bookstores. He fostered organizations dios, one of the earliest and most durable of the Renslow also was involved in newspapers, precinct captain for eight years, as a candidate and dealt with Mafia and police payoffs, the Chi- physique photography houses. He was an accom- purchasing GayLife newspaper from its founder, for delegate to the 1980 Democratic National cago Machine, anti-gay government policies, and plished photographer, including of the ballet. His Grant Ford, and publishing it for several years, Convention (for U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy), and controversy within the gay community. dance photography is in the Newberry Library until it folded in 1986. within the 46th and 48th Ward Democratic Orga- Because of his businesses, he also knew celeb- dance collection in the Chuck Renslow Dance Renslow was especially active in politics in nizations. rities from Marlene Dietrich to Rudolf Nureyev, Photographs collection. the ‘70s and ‘80s, as the gay community gained His other bars and businesses have included the from Divine to Sally Rand. He even helped with He was the publisher of Triumph, Mars and Raw- clout. He was the founder of Prairie State Demo- Chicago Eagle, Triumph Health Studios, Sparrows Lounge, Bistro Too, Zolar, The Club Baths, Center Stage and Pyramid. In 1958, he was brought to a local court for the distribution and possession of material with “ex- cessive genital delineation.” Unlike some gays, Renslow did not passively wait for a conviction. He and his attorneys fought back, including as evidence nude statues in Chicago. In 1964 the Post Office Department also brought Kris Studios up on charges of pornography. The studios did not use the more common strategy of saying the materials were art; they just denied they were pornography, and the judge agreed that the hu- man body itself, in posing straps, was not porn. Renslow was born in 1929, raised in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago, and graduated from Lane Technical High School. Left to right: Renslow with Chicago mayors Richard J. Daley, Jane Byrne and . Photos courtesy of Renslow Turn to page 27 WINDY CITY TIMES July 5, 2017 9 SAGE hosts talk, LGBT-friendly LGBT advocates, honors Rep. Harris housing gets By Tarina Hargrays CHA approval allies decry Senate On June 20, Center on Halsted hosted a fund- by Matt Simonette raiser and presentation for SAGE (Advocacy & Services for LGBT Elders). An LGBT-friendly housing complex planned for healthcare plan Among other things, SAGE CEO Michael Ad- Logan Square is one step closer to breaking ams discussed the importance of appreciating ground. Curbed Chicago reported, on June 21, that By Matt Simonette elderly LGBT members. Afterward, quotes from a few SAGE members around the country were Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) has approved plans for the John Pennycuff Memorial Apart- Advocates decried details of the U.S. Senate’s HR read. One member named Carol wrote SAGE ments at Castillo Plaza, which is slated to be 1628, a.k.a., the Better Health Care Reconcilia- and said, “My partner of 45 years and I were built at 2031 N. Milwaukee Avenue. The com- tion Act, after logistics of the plan were released blatantly discriminated against at a retirement plex is currently expected to have 41 affordable June 22. home. It is clear that help is needed.” apartments and 47 CHA residences. The intricacies of the plan—the Senate’s an- As the presentation went on, speakers pre- The project is named after LGBT- and hous- swer to the House’s Affordable Health Care Act sented information on SAGE training and ing-rights activist Robert Castillo and his late (AHCA)—were crafted in secrecy. The Congressio- stressed the fact that it is extremely useful and husband, John Pennycuff. In May, Raymond Va- nal Budget Office, on June 26, announced that necessary in order to better relations with LGBT ladez, chief of staff for Ald. Proco Joe Moreno the Senate plan would result in about 22 million How do you spelders.eak to the LGBT community? (1st Ward), told Windy City Times that stake- Americans losing their insurance. Both pieces of Later in the evening, state Rep. Greg Harris holders hope to have a final presentation ready legislation, which would have to be reconciled was honored for his work in the LGBT commu- for the Chicago City Council by the end of the with one another if HR 1628 passes the Senate, nity as well as his political work. In his accep- summer, and construction permits in hand by scale back the Medicaid expansion that was inte- tance speech, Harris stressed the fact of urg- late2017 or early2018. gral to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). ing political leaders for better care for seniors. The project will be financed through funds “This bill, negotiated by 13 men behind closed Throughout the night, one quote in particular from the Milwaukee-Fullerton TIF district, doors, represents more of the same from Republi- Throughwas said numerousthe publications times: “We refuse to be inthey- know and trust. as well as CHA funds, tax credits and private cans in Congress. Senate Republicans are willing visible,” usually followed by a jab at the Trump funding. The Chicago City Council approved to deny healthcare to millions of Americans, tar- administration and what people said was its Rea Carey, executive director of the National $16 million in borrowing for the apartment in geting children and the elderly with almost surgi- lack of support for the LGBT community. December 2016. cal precision, simply to give the top 1 percent a LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund. For more information on SAGE or to donate, Curbed Chicago’s article is at http://bit. generous tax cut. To quote President Trump, this Photo from the Task Force visit SAGEUSA.org. ly/2sqrLHE. bill can be summed up with one word: ‘mean,’” said Clare Duggan of the Indivisible Chicago co- input—is a disturbingly harmful bill that Sena- alition, which held a rally downtown at Federal tors must reject.” Plaza Thursday afternoon. Scott Schoettes, ’s HIV project “The Trump administration and the Republican- director said during a June 22 Facebook Live pre- led Congress need to stop playing politics with sentation that the Senate plan was “just as bad, How do you speak to the LGBT community? the lives and wellbeing of people,” noted Rea if not worse,” than the House plan for people liv- Carey, executive director of the National LGBTQ ing with HIV, noting that the Senate plan allowed Task Force Action Fund. “Repealing the Affordable for the the rolling-back—and long-term elimina- Care Act will lead to devastating and irrepara- tion—of essential benefits. Through the publications they know and trust. ble consequences, including increased mortality “There can be no floor to healthcare plans,” he rates, skyrocketing healthcare premiums, over- explained. “They can be pretty subpar, and if you crowded emergency rooms, and limited insurance have a chronic manageable condition like HIV, options. Callously denying access to affordable you’re going to have a lot of trouble when the healthcare further underscores the Trump admin- insurance companies pull the legs out from those istration’s malice toward the nation’s most vul- benefits.” nerable, including the 1.8 million LGBTQ people Schoettes noted that scaling back Medicaid who rely on Medicaid, the over 1 million LGBTQ would also have a devastating impact on persons older adults living with disabilities, and the 1.1 with HIV/AIDS; some 40 percent of such indi- million people living with HIV.” viduals receive Medicaid benefits. Representing the “best of the best” in LGBT media, with “If the Trump-McConnell health care bill be- Schoettes and five colleagues recently resigned comes law, it will threaten the lives of count- from the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/ over a million readers weekly in print and online. less Americans,” said HRC President . AIDS, citing the Trump administration’s osten- “For LGBTQ people, who already face health care sible indifference to the epidemic. During his 212-242-6863 disparities, this proposal is downright dangerous. 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I was reading we stand against is oppressive governments be these headlines and it was all a fabrication. they in Israel, El Salvador, Nicaragua; if people Laurel made a Joan of Arc appearance on WGN are struggling for their freedom, we try to show member responds to television yesterday like she was a person who support in the context of the small organization innocently showed up. No. This was not just some that we are. The State of Israel is not endangered criticism and attacks isolated incident. This was orchestrated to smear by anything we have to say at Dyke March and the Dyke March Collective. A Wider Bridge has a neither was Laurel. Nobody attacked her. by Gretchen Rachel Hammond toos, bracelets with the Star of David. That was history of going after LGBT groups that are anti- When the Christian protestors who were at the never an issue. It’s being framed that we asked Zionist. They’re well-funded and highly coordi- rally refused to leave, we got volunteers to stand During the rally at Piotrowski Park which fol- people to leave because of flags. It just isn’t true. nated and use media tools to stifle any criticism there holding a blue tarp for almost 90 minutes lowed the 2017 Chicago Dyke March held June They also were never tossed from the march. They of the State of Israel. Her story was totally false. blocking those people until they gave up. We had 24 in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, an marched all the way from 27th and Lawndale. WGN asked us to appear but they only gave us a to contain a couple of people from trying to jump incident occurred involving Dyke March organiz- [March starting point]. Even when they were in- four-hour window. That’s not enough time for us on [the Christians] and that was real difficult be- ers (the Collective) and three Jewish women who terrupting the anti-Zionist chants….. to get a message together when we are facing a cause people were very angry. When we have vol- were carrying rainbow flags with a Star of David Windy City Times: How were they interrupt- constant onslaught. atile situations, we want harm reduction but we upon them. ing them? WCT: Laurel said she told the Dyke March don’t have any enforcement and we’re definitely The women included A Wider Bridge Midwest AM: They were taking ‘No walls from Mexico to that she was pro-Zionist and was also for an not going to ask the police to intervene because Manager Laurel Grauer along with Eleanor Sosha- Palestine’ and they started with “No walls any- independent Palestine and a two-state solu- we are also anti-police. ny-Anderson. The third girl has not been named, where.” They were disrupting the chants and no- tion. Is that your understanding of what she But, we need to be in control of our space just possibly by preference. body said anything to them. said to you? like you wouldn’t accept Nazis in your synagogue. Within hours of the Windy City Times report on What happened at the site [of the rally] was AM: Not to me. But her words were that she WCT: There are a lot of nation states which the march, the incident ballooned into an inter- some Palestinian who came up to organiz- could be a Zionist and pro-Palestinian. But we’re are oppressive to populations. Example, the national controversy. Back-and-forth arguments ers and said they were being antagonized ver- not in the business of solving a problem that British to Northern Ireland, the Australians to on social media ensued and commentators, ce- bally. The Jewish contingent kept agitating and American presidents have been unable to deal the Aboriginal people, France to the Muslims lebrities and advocacy groups weighed in. being aggressive about presenting a pro-Zionist with. The UN [United Nations] have been un- living within its borders, Iran to the LGBTQ able to deal with the conflict. How a ten-person people living there. Is the presence of such collective in a small park on the South Side of people or open support of their government’s Chicago is supposed to be the centerpiece of a policies whether verbal or in a manner of dress solution is kind of ridiculous. or a sign also unacceptable at Dyke March? WCT: Others who have spoken about the in- AM: We’re not ignoring that. It’s why you see cident in support of the Collective have said very few flags [at the march]. But we’re pro-Pal- Alexis that they did ask the women to put away their estinian. We think that the Palestinian struggle Martinez. flag because the Star of David on a Rainbow demonstrates a good model for what constitutes flag is pink-washing and, therefore, Zionism. oppression. You have a military power that subju- Photo by Gretchen AM: I don’t know which Dyke March Collective gates a group of people. It could be any number Rachel member said that. If they did, they were wrong of places in the world including the U.S. But I’m Hammond because it just isn’t part of our policy. It never not going to stop somebody from wearing a U.S. has been. If that occurred, it was an error. It flag tattoo or whatever. It’s only if you begin to was a very emotional issue. To my knowledge it agitate a point of view that creates a condition was the agitation, not the flag that was creating that could explode into something much bigger. the issue. We have to be the judge of that. It’s not just hurt WCT: So, you are saying that, if the women feelings. It could become physical. If somebody had minded their own business, enjoyed the gets hurt, we are going to be held accountable. rally and not engaged others, that would have I don’t get sucked into arguments with circular Alexis Martinez has been a core organizer position to Palestinian women. been fine? logic. If you want to debate Zionism, there’s with the Dyke March Collective for eight years. I would say 15 or 20 minutes after we entered AM: Right. We’re not there to resolve the po- other forums for that. I’m not going to ban you She told Windy City Times that because the initial the park. One of the organizers came to me and litical issues of the world. Laurel could have ap- from my event. facts of the story were not accurately reported said “Alexis, you have to do something about proached Dyke March at any point prior to the Inclusivity is a word that can be very loaded and no one from Windy City Times approached this.” So, I went over and talked to Laurel. She march and requested to make a statement but she because it means, “Do we include the views of the collective for a statement, it was unfairly ma- tried to make it about the flag. I said “Nobody’s used the occasion as a representative of A Wider the radical Christians who showed up with their ligned from the outset. got anything against your flag. Wave it proudly. Bridge to inject herself into a space and then insults?” We definitely wouldn’t have Log Cabin She asked to be able express her account of I am asking you if you’re trying to present a pro- ferment dissention. Republicans at Dyke March. We center our mes- what occurred in a one-on-one interview. Palestinian, pro-Zionist point-of-view.” WCT: You think that was her intention? sage on dyke, trans, and gender noncon- In agreement with Martinez, the conversation She said that she was proud of her Zionist AM: Without a doubt, because the media and forming people of color. It doesn’t mean we are is reproduced here with edits only for space or views and she needed to be able to express them. social media outrage was almost instantaneous anti-white. We’re trying to give voice to people clarity. I told her, “This isn’t the format to do that. Ei- and we got hit from every possible site and angle. who don’t have much of a voice. We are a small Alexis Martinez: The first thing I want to say ther you have to stop or you have to leave.” They I have never seen any member of the Collective group of people who are anti-oppression. We’re is that this was never about the Jewish Pride refused. We don’t have an armed security force to make anti-Semitic statements. We’re anti-Zionism not anti-Semites. We’re not bigots. That’s not flags. They never came into the conversations. As push people out so I left. They stayed around the and people are conflating that into being anti- part of our conversation. long as I’ve been an organizer, Laurel has always park until the whole event was over. They were Semitic. They’re saying that we acted against WCT: Is there a danger that the LGBTQ move- marched [in the Dyke March] with that flag. I still there an hour and a half later. Jewish queer women and it’s just a complete ment is becoming too embroiled in identity had a conversation on text message with Laurel The way it’s being framed is that we acted falsehood. Anyone who interprets our political politics? the night before. She asked me if people would against Jews or Judaism but we tried to get other positions as anti-Semitic is profoundly wrong. AM: Identity politics is another loaded be protesting her Jewish flag. I told her “No. It’s Jews to intervene in the situation, to calm the They’re misinformed. There’s nothing in our his- [phrase]. We’re just as diverse politically as never been an issue and it shouldn’t be an is- situation down before somebody got angry and tory that indicates that. America is. Twenty percent of gay people voted sue.” But I also told her very clearly that we were escalated the situation which is the way that we WCT: Was this the first year that the anti- for Trump. How did that happen? anti-Zionist and pro- Palestinian and she needed dealt with the radical Christian group that was Zionist stance was so up front? If so, what WCT: Are we too siloed? to understand that and the nature of the event. there. prompted that decision? AM: Once, we were a radical, political move- AM: No. We’ve always stood for liberation move- There were Jews there with all kinds of tat- Within 12 hours, this was all over the world. Turn to page 27 WINDY CITY TIMES July 5, 2017 11 WCT: Were you actually ejected from the ral- conference was over, they may have come back ly? for an event or two, but then they were gone. Grauer responds to Dyke LG: They were trying to eject us. At one point, This is something that happened on the ground after confrontation, I furled up my flag and was here in Chicago and involved Chicago activists. I trying to reach a friend on my phone, someone think there is an opportunity for local voices— March organizers’ claims who’d come with me and I wasn’t leaving without leaders in the LGBT community, leaders in the By Matt Simonette who’s grown up living in Chicago, I’m someone her. There were drums going, but I said, clearly, Jewish community—to come together on the who does archery. I’m many things—I’m not only that I was waiting for her. When she came, we local level first, about what these social justice Dyke March Collective member Alexis Martinez, ‘A Wider Bridge’ just because I work for them. stepped off the green and stood around on the passions may be, and how we identify, “That’s on June 27, offered her group’s perspective on All these things that I am are closely tied to the sidewalk trying to collect our thoughts and think who we are.” How can we find ways together? the events of June 24, when three Jewish women local Jewish and queer communities, so that’s about what we’d been through. Several times, Whether the term is “pro-Palestine,” “pro-Israel,” became involved in a dispute with other partici- why I march in a women-led space for people of people told us to leave, and we eventually did “Zionist,” “anti-Zionist.” We have these words— pants at a rally at Piotrowski Park following the different gender-identifications. I march for so- before the end. put them off to the side, and then what do they 2017 march. cial justice because I’m also a social worker, and WCT: The Dyke March became the object of mean? Can we find commonality? That’s an op- Windy City Times also spoke with Laurie Grauer, I march with a rainbow flag with a Jewish star much scorn after the news broke. What are portunity we have here that we didn’t have with one of those women. Grauer—who is Midwest because that identifies the communities I most your thoughts on the march continuing? Would Creating Change since it was an outside organi- director of the advocacy organization A Wider closely identify with. you want to see it shut down as some commen- zation. Again, since it’s local players here, it’s Birdge, which foster relationships between the WCT: But A Wider Bridge did publicly respond tators and community members called for? time for local leaders to step up from these com- U.S. and Israeli LGBT communities—maintains to what happened. Why did they step in? LG: I wouldn’t want to see the Dyke March munities and try to bring people together. I don’t that she was asked to leave because of her Pride LG: Yes, I’m an employee of theirs, but, beyond shut down. If I felt that, I wouldn’t have been think anyone is opposed to that. flag, which had a Star of David imprinted on it. me, it’s the idea that people were saying, ‘If you marching in it as long as I have. This is a place WCT: Anything else? Collective members assert that Grauer was dis- are a Zionist, you can’t be here,’ along with the where you see women, people of other genders LG: I was horrified to learn people are getting ruptive during the event. idea that this was an anti-Semitic action that and identities, religious or non-, everything in- death threats over this. I very much want that took place, because people saw the Jewish star between, marching together. They are raising to stop. Whatever happened on that day, physi- Windy City Times: Why did you contact Dyke and made assumptions about me, and excluded awareness about issues affecting our city and cal violence is never something that came up. No March officials the night before, and what un- me, when this took place. That’s where this all nation. People who feel they don’t have a voice, one’s life was put in danger. Tensions rose, but derstanding on the Collective’s stated position started from, and came out only when I was ap- who feel oppressed, can actually raise their voice. no violence was threatened and I definitely want on Israel/Palestine did you already have? With proached [at the rally]. Our mission is equality in that position, why did you still want to be part Israel and equality for Israel. In the ‘equality for of the march? Israel’ piece is a space, when there’s an opportu- Laurie Grauer: I saw—not on the Dyke March nity, to have a nuanced dialogue on Israel, saying Facebook event page, not on the website—but that you should be accepted and not excluded in social media elsewhere some comments going because you believe there should be an Israeli back and forth about anti-Zionism. I reached out state. That’s why they felt the need to step up. affirming that I planned on coming, as I had for That goes hand-in-hand with the portion ‘equal- the past 10 years, with my Jewish Pride flag, and ity in Israel’ because it’s our job to speak up for Laurie Grauer indicated that I wouldn’t be wearing anything the people in Israel in the LGBT community who in 2015. Israel-related. I’d just be coming and showing are working every day to make Israel equitable for Photo by Matt my pride as a lesbian Jew. [Martinez] said in the all, for people in Israel and for people in Pales- Simonette text, ‘That’s fine, I even remember seeing your tine as well. flag in previous years and there’s never been any WCT: The Dyke March collective maintained problems.’ It was confirming that I’d be doing that you were disruptive at the rally, changing what I’ve always done. words in the chants and antagonizing people In this conversation, Alexis talked about there verbally. Martinez said, “The Jewish contin- being a ‘Free Palestine’ and that’s not in con- gent kept agitating and being aggressive tradiction with what I believe. I believe there about presenting a pro-Zionist position to Pal- should be Palestinian country with a sovereign estinian women.” She also stated that this was I consider myself a part of that. Palestinian state, with an Israeli state as well, “never about the flags.” How do you respond This is supposed to be a space about intersec- that to stop. Dyke March should not be receiv- with the two existing side-by-side, ideally at to that? Was it your intention to disrupt? tionality, about how all the things that make us ing death threats. No one should. There’s always peace. I didn’t think that excluded me. I didn’t LG: No. There were three of us. You have to up affect how we are seen by society. That speaks someone on the other side of the screen. know beforehand that they had said that they question how three people could come to disrupt to many people and this can be a prime place to Also, I’ve heard that people are threatening the were explicitly anti-Zionist. I appreciated a num- a march of 1,500 or 2,000 people. We were simply show all the different shades and interpretations Windy City Times, and that needs to stop as well. ber of things that they said they stood for, for coming to march. I did not change any words of intersectionality if people aren’t excluded. I recognize that the Windy City Times is a com- example, halting deportations and rights for that were being said. If there were ones I didn’t There was actually a really great article in the munity newspaper, the only newspaper usually people of all different relationship statuses. As agree with, we stayed silent and that was it. As Forward on this, by Jenna Shaw. She wrote, “This covering our issues and we need that. There are far as their website or Facebook page, there was we walked to the park, and people saw this flag, addresses a deeper issue about genuine intersec- times when I’m not happy with how things are nothing on there talking about Zionism. If people that’s when people automatically came up to us. tionality and inclusion within the queer commu- covered and that comes with having a community had approached me, I’d always be open to con- We weren’t going up to people and saying they nity, as there is a fine line between full inclusion newspaper. This incident is bringing up a lot of versation, but otherwise I’d just march and talk, should be Zionists. They were coming up to us and uncomfortable inclusion.” feelings and a lot of emotions. It’s bringing up be with people who I’d seen and marched with in and treating us differently, looking at us differ- Even if they started out with uncomfortable in- conversations and that’s great. But threatening the previous years. ently, based on the flags we carried. When ques- clusion, but that we could walk together, imagine with violence is not the answer, and if my words WCT: Were you there on your own volition or tioned, or told what the symbol stood for, then what we could do with full inclusion. mean anything, and can get that to stop, that as a representative of A Wider Bridge? absolutely, I spoke up. WCT: This is at least the second time since needs to stop right now. LG: I was there of my own volition, because I When Alexis approached me, she had been in- last year, the first being Creating Change, There’s a reason why the symbol of the LGBT- have marched for over the past 10 years. Yes, I formed by people who perceived the situation a where controversy came about in Chicago be- TQQIAAP community is a rainbow. We all come am Midwest manager for A Wider Bridge, where certain way. And when she saw me, my temper cause of differences between activist factions bearing different expressions, but we are most I’ve been working since August 2015. I’m also a was flared because of the people interrogating in events touching upon Palestine and Israel. visible when we stand together. There’s a reason member of various Jewish communities and vari- me about my beliefs, and telling me that I had to What kind of conversations do you think need why there’s an old cultural adage, “two Jews, ous LGBT communities here in Chicago. I sit on leave because of a flag that I have carried for ten to take place? three opinions.” We will never agree on every- boards. I am a member of various congregations years. LG: With Creating Change, it was a national thing, but we can progress when we engage and and community think-tanks. I’m also someone organization that came to Chicago. Once the talk with one another. 12 July 5, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES pro-Palestine memes and art that were posted on self as being “inclusive,” removed three Jews who bearers, once known for making false accusations Letters to the editor: the Dyke March page, and was also aware of the were carrying rainbow flags printed with the Star at the 2016 Creating Change Conference. The following letters, statements and Facebook fact that her flag could be interpreted as being of David. One woman states that she was told to What did get reported though? Jews were banned posts were shared with Windy City Times in re- at odds with that position. The night before, she leave because her flag “was a trigger” to people from a Chicago Pride event. sponse to the controversy at the Chicago Dyke contacted an organizer to ask if her flag would who found it offensive. The organizers said that CDM organizers have been enduring increasing March. We would not normally dedicate this much “be protested.” The organizer told her the flag was the flag made people feel “unsafe.” What kind of numbers death threats, which illustrates how this space, but we do so to get as many opinions in as welcome, but reminded her that the space is one insanity is this, that a handful of Jews express- kind of journalism is irresponsible. It is a calam- possible. WCT stands by our original story the eve- that supports Palestinian rights. ing pride in both their cultural heritage and their ity compared to WCT’s decades of coverage of LG- ning of the Dyke March, in which those kicked out, Upon arrival at the rally location in Piotrowski gayness are such a threat? Were they also carrying BTQIA+ issues. and a member of the Dyke March collective, each Park, Palestinian marchers approached those car- AR-15s? CDM released a statement alongside other soli- had an opportunity to give their side. The story rying the flags to learn more about their inten- For the historically illiterate, the Star of David darity letters from groups like For the People’s Art- continued to develop and more responses were tions, due to its similarity to the Israeli flag and did not originate with the modern state of Israel. ists Collective and Jewish Voice for Peace. added. WCT does not relish being in the middle the flag’s long history of use in Pinkwashing ef- It was first seen on a 3rd or 4th Century syna- The lack of editorial procedures at Windy City of this controversy, as the messenger, and it is forts. During the conversation, the individuals as- gogue in Galilee. Its use as a symbol of Judaism Times to prevent such slanderous accounts is quite certainly horrible that anyone would use this op- serted their Zionist stance and support for Israel. became widespread in the Middle Ages. Including disturbing, and the Dyke March Collective is owed portunity to give death and other violent threats. At this point, Jewish allies and Dyke March orga- it on a rainbow flag says nothing one way or an- an apology by all concerned. We must not threaten one another over our views, nizers stepped in to help explain why Zionism was other about Zionism. And if someone carrying that Ryne Poelker (he/him), Jes Scheinpflug (they/ and as a community we need to have continued unacceptable at the march. There was an earnest flag says she supports the survival of the state of them) and Andy Thayer (he/him) dialogue to try to figure out how best to navi- attempt at engagement with these marchers, and Israel, how is that a threat? Are the pro-Palestin- gate inclusion of LGBTQs in public events in public the decision to ask them to leave was not made ian marchers so timid, so unsure of their beliefs, Statement from Jewish Voices for spaces. abruptly nor arbitrarily. Throughout a two-hour that they can’t even stand the presence of some- — Tracy Baim, Publisher conversation, the individuals were told that the one who thinks differently? Peace march was explicitly anti-Zionist, and that if they This incident doesn’t just “veer down a danger- As a Jewish organization dedicated to justice for were not okay with that, they should leave. ous path toward antisemitism.” It is antisemitism, Palestinians and opposition to all forms of bigotry, Statement from Christopher Clark, Zionism is an inherently white-supremacist ide- pure and simple. And by no coincidence it comes including antisemitism, Jewish Voice for Peace- ology. It is based on the premise that Jewish peo- at a time when anti-Jewish, anti-Islamic, and rac- Chicago affirms our support for the Chicago Dyke Midwest Regional Director of ple have a God-given entitlement to the lands of ist hate crimes have risen dramatically. March Collective, a powerful force for justice and Lambda Legal Regarding Incident historic Palestine and the surrounding areas. This Martha Shelley queer and trans liberation in our city. While we at Chicago’s Dyke March ideology has been used to justify dozens of laws Gay Liberation Front-New York, 1969 also hear those who are concerned at the percep- that discriminate against Palestinian citizens of tion that Jewish participants were singled out at Lambda Legal has proudly participated in Chi- Israel, segregated road systems in the West Bank, the march, we ask that everyone reflect on how cago’s Dyke March for more than 20 years, and we and forced removal of Palestinian families from To the editor: events actually unfolded, how Israel has appropri- were proud to be there again this past weekend. I have read Martha Shelley’s letter concerning their homes in order to make way for Jewish-only ated Jewish identity and symbols, and how that We are concerned, however, that women carrying the dyke march, and as a longtime gay activist and housing, among other violent and discriminatory impacts our movement spaces. rainbow pride flags with the Star of David were journalist, I wish to clearly state my resounding practices. We recognize that Zionism is not syn- On Saturday at the Chicago Dyke March, a small questioned about their beliefs and asked to leave. approval of every single word of Martha’s letter. In onymous with Judaism, but instead represents an number of members and staff of A Wider Bridge We are even more deeply disturbed by the con- the name of everything I have struggled for all my ideology that uses legacies of Jewish struggle to challenged the inclusion of Palestinian human versation that has followed the incident, and the life as an anti-war, anti-racist and freedom-loving justify violence. rights as an issue supported by Chicago Dyke anti-Semitic statements that have been expressed gay activist, I reject the repressive anti-Semitic Chicago Dyke March Collective is a grassroots March. A Wider Bridge has the explicit purpose of in our community’s discussion. and anti-democratic stance taken by those who ex- mobilization and celebration of dyke, queer, bi- “building a movement of pro-Israel LGBTQ people In our work, we strive to protect the voices of all pelled the Jewish pride marchers because of their sexual, and resilience. Our priority is and allies.” “Pro-Israel,” for a Wider Bridge, has members of the LGBTQ community. Inclusion and flag and their opinions about Israel. to ensure a safer space for those who are most included organizing war rallies cheering on the Is- mutual respect are part of our core values. Allen Young marginalized. We welcome and include people of raeli military during the massacre of civilians in Lambda Legal welcomes those who seek to stand Royalston, Massachusetts all identities, but not all ideologies. We believe Gaza in August 2014 and partnering with Israeli with us. We cannot and will not participate in in creating a space free from oppression, and that consulates in the U.S. in organizing events and activities that exclude people based on involves rejecting racist ideologies that support To the editor: propaganda tours. who they are. If our movement cannot find com- state violence. We welcome the support we have As anti-racist LGBTQIA+ organizers, we unequiv- The A Wider Bridge contingent loudly encouraged mon ground in a spirit of inclusion, we all lose. received from Jewish allies and marchers who are ocally stand with The Chicago Dyke March. fellow participants to erase mentions of Palestine as invested in liberation as we are. The Windy City Times journalism of last week- during solidarity chants. When Palestinian attend- Chicago Dyke March official The threats that have been made to Chicago end’s incident was sloppy at best, dangerous at ees approached them, they became hostile while expressing explicit support for Zionism, which was statement on 2017 march and Dyke March and its organizers by Zionists world- worst. Overall, it was very disappointing as regular wide does not even compare to the violence that readers. one of the ideologies that march organizers had solidarity with Palestine Palestinians endure on a daily basis while living This controversy began with a rushed piece by disavowed because it has led to decades of dis- On June 24, 2017, a small group of individu- under Israeli military rule in the name of Zion- WCT lacking in detail of the events that unfolded. placement and violence against Palestinians. After als were asked to leave Chicago Dyke March for ism. Palestine is being occupied by Israeli military We need to address what was initially left out: a two hour conversation with organizers and other expressing Zionist views that go directly against forces, and at the time of writing, Gaza is current- Both before and after Saturday, CDM has received members, the attendees were asked to leave for the march’s anti-racist core values. In the days ly being bombed. This is what we as a collective death and rape threats. not respecting the community norms, including following, articles have appeared in a number of are most concerned with. Palestinians deserve to The WCT left out that those with the flags were opposition to all forms of racism and violence. One major news outlets that put forward false reports live free from violence, and Dyke March will con- known figures from Zionist organizations con- of the people asked to leave was Laurel Grauer, based on testimony that is purposefully mislead- tinue to fight for Palestinians alongside all other nected to hate groups profiled by the Southern Midwest Manager from A Wider Bridge (AWB), who ing. We wish to clarify the circumstances under oppressed communities around the world. Poverty Law Center. They left out that these indi- held a rainbow flag with a blue Star of David iden- which organizers and community members alike Link: http://bit.ly/2seNLGP . viduals went to the event with full knowledge of tical in color, size and placement to the one on the asked the group to leave. the march’s mission and acknowledged they antici- Israeli flag. The group in question was heard disrupting pated it’d be a “politically fraught atmosphere.” Many other Jews, including members of Jewish chants, replacing the word “Palestine” with “ev- To the editor: The WCT left out that these individuals inter- Voice for Peace-Chicago, were present at Dyke erywhere,” saying: “From everywhere to Mexico, Today’s story filled me with fury. I was one of rupted pro-Palestinian chants. They left out that March wearing Jewish symbols, including Stars of border walls have got to go.” One of the individu- those who organized the first gay protest march mostly Jewish activists tried to have a dialogue David, t-shirts with Hebrew, kippot, and sashes als, Laurel Grauer, is the Regional Director of A in 1969, exactly one month after Stonewall. Im- with the flag wavers for literally two hours before with Yiddish script, and none of them were asked Wider Bridge, an organization with ties to the mediately after that, we formed the Gay Liberation asking them to leave. They left out that many to leave the event, interrogated about their poli- Israeli government that was protested for pink- Front. I have attended marches year after year, other attendees wore Jewish symbols and imagery tics, or were the target of any complaints because washing at the Creating Change Conference in Chi- and watched gay people carry flags of all nations. and have been doing so for years at the CDM with of their visible Jewish presence. cago in 2016. It was later revealed that Laurel was No one was excluded. nothing but acceptance and affirmation. They left The Star of David is a Jewish symbol not inher- aware of Dyke March’s anti-Zionist position from This year the Chicago Dyke March, which bills it- out the history of dishonesty by one of these flag ently connected to the State of Israel. Since much WINDY CITY TIMES July 5, 2017 13

of the media coverage has centered on whether condemning and banning the Star of David from parades who banned openly gay groups. we will only carry what is considered politically Palestinians can justifiably feel unsafe around your march, but you have succeeded in establish- This last action shows you have become an orga- correct at this particular moment in history. That a blue Star of David in the center of a flag, we ing a precedent for your historically supportive nization of short-sighted, close-minded, narrow- a movement that prides itself on inclusion, and believe it is worth remembering that in the West organization as a safe haven for hateful rhetoric minded hypocrites and you dishonor the very free- that began by people fighting back, has turned Bank, Israeli flags bearing a blue Star of David fly aimed at condemning all Jewish members of the dom that gives you the right to march. on some of its own because they “trigger” strong above military installations and settlements. Stars LGBTQ community who believe in the historic ne- Cara Meiselman emotions is intolerable, and must never happen of David are painted onto Palestinian homes to cessity of a Jewish state. Chicago again. intimidate people, near Hebrew graffiti calling for Saying that you are a Zionist is not a statement Jason Victor Serinus “Death to Arabs.” Palestinian homes are demol- of support for the current Israeli government. founder, New Haven Gay Liberation Front; ished and replaced by Jewish homes flying the Star It is a belief in the State of Israel. How conve- To the editor: member, New York Gay Liberation Front, As one of the original marchers in New York’s of David on an Israeli flag. nient that someone born after the Holocaust can Port Townsend, WA 1970 “Gay Parade,” as well as someone born into While for many this incident may have evoked make a statement condemning the existence of a a Jewish family, I’m dismayed by the Chicago Dyke fears engrained in our collective memory of in- state that was conceived for victims of hate and March’s rejection of three people who carried rain- stances in which Jews have been singled out, we violence. Refugees who were refused a safe haven To the editor: bow flags with Jewish stars on them. First of all, The recent events are very unfortunate (“Jewish believe this incident is a sad reminder of the de- found refuge in the State of Israel and they still the allegation that people carried Israeli flags pride flags banned,” June 24 Windy City Times). structive impact of the State of Israel’s appropria- do. Exactly which refugees do you support? Who superimposed over the rainbow flag is, judging One obvious point is that the Star of David on a tion of Jewish symbols and identity. do you like enough? from the photo I’ve seen, preposterous. Secondly, rainbow flag represents Jewish LGBT people, not As Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago, we share Those who march with a Palestinian flag are not even if they did, people from other faiths routinely the policies of Israel. The exclusion practiced by the Chicago Dyke March Collective’s opposition to questioned as to the current Palestinian govern- carry rainbow flags that include symbols of their the Chicago Dyke March organizers is wrong. But state violence, anti-Muslim, anti-Arab, anti-Black, ment views. The elimination of Jews. Not just the religious affiliations. I find it hard to believe that given what happened at the Chicago Dyke March anti-immigrant, anti-queer and trans, anti-woman elimination of the State of Israel, but the eradi- there was anything other than a strong undercur- and the organizers’ statement, it seems important and anti-Person of Color bigotry. As a Jewish or- cation of the Jewish people. You can get behind rent of anti-semitism at work here. to address widespread misunderstanding in our ganization committed to justice and equality for that? That’s just fine with you? There is nothing inherently Zionist about being LGBT activist community about what Zionism is Palestinians, we invite everybody to work with As for the Jewish members of Dyke March Chi- gay and Jewish. One can simultaneously support and what kind of country Israel is. us in opposing the State of Israel’s use of Jewish cago, do you practice your religion or do you just the existence of a Jewish state, reject the Israeli identity, trauma and symbols in its oppression of celebrate with lox, bagels and the NYTimes on The Chicago Dyke March statement expresses government’s treatment of Palestinians, and sup- concern for refugees today. They should also be Palestinians. Sunday mornings? Cowards! You really thought it port a negotiated two-state solution. Even if the was justified to condemn and suppress someone concerned about the safety and wellbeing of the flag holders were Zionists, so what? A movement carrying a rainbow flag with the Star of David be- Jewish refugees and their descendants who left that keeps on adding letters of inclusion to its To the editor: cause it looks like the flag of Israel? their homelands in Europe and the Arab and Mus- I could not believe it so I read as much as I identity—LGBTQIA—has all of a sudden declared Oppression by the oppressed. Congratulations, lim world for Israel in the late 19th and 20th cen- could. I called the editor of the Windy City Times that Zionists need not apply? you’ve made it to the level of oppressor. Dyke- turies. For Jewish refugees from Russia, Poland, to verify a quote by Dyke March organizers. There The leaders of the Chicago Dyke March seem to MarchChicago, perhaps your statement should Yemen, Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and elsewhere is no justification for the behavior of organizers at want some kind of anti-Zionist loyalty oath from read, “Dyke March Chicago you can march with us who left under duress or were expelled from their the Dyke March in Chicago. participants. We won’t carry American flags, we only if WE respect your right to self-determina- The Middle East problems will not be solved by won’t carry flags with six-pointed stars on them— Turn to page 14 tion.” You are no better than the St. Patrick’s Day 14 July 5, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES LETTERS from page 13 To the editor: In the meantime, I look forward to celebrating the I am writing this letter to the Editor in response faith and pride of the Jewish community on Pride Day, 2018, where everyone is welcome. homelands, and for their descendants, Zionism repre- to the current online issue of the Windy City Times Laurie J. Dittman sents liberation, freedom from millennia of persecu- concerning the incident that occurred at the “Dyke tion, self-determination, refuge (the literal meaning March” on June 24 the day before Chicago’s Pride Pa- Uptown of “Zion”), and relative safety. Being a Zionist means rade. It was reported in this article that members of WINDY you support all of these things, and Israel’s right to the Jewish community were ejected from the march Personal account from Facebook: exist, and its right to a place of respect and equality for showing their pride by integrating the Israeli flag Yesterday I was removed from the Chicago Dyke CITY among the nations. It does not mean you support with the rainbow colors. The claim of the Dyke March March. I am so upset that I’m no longer upset, so everything the Likud government does, or its prob- leadership was the Jewish participants were engaged here is a faithful narrative of every event. lematic settlement policy. in pinkwashing, a term used by march leadership to I wanted to be in public as a gay Jew of Persian TIMES Many, probably most Zionists support a negotiated expose hypocrisy and German heritage. Nothing more, nothing less. So VOL. 32, No. 42, July 5, 2017 peace and a two-state solution. But to negotiate At the outset let me say as a person of faith I be- I made a shirt that said “Proud Jewish Dyke” and The combined forces of Windy City Times, peace one needs a reasonable partner willing to com- lieve in the just aspirations of both the Palestinian founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, hoisted a big Jewish Pride flag—a rainbow flag with founded May 1987. promise and coexist, and Israel has been attacked people and LGBQ people, both communities are en- a Star of David in the center, the centuries-old sym- over and over again by its Arab neighbors from when gaged in a just struggle for human rights. Both peo- bol of the Jewish people. I snapped a picture before PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR it was founded in 1948 to the present. Many attempts ples suffer greatly in the Middle East. In my opinion; the March, and in retrospect my happy, proud smile Tracy Baim have been made to negotiate a settlement. Thank- the incident was an example of how well intentioned breaks my heart. fully peace agreements have been negotiated with people can get it wrong. I knew the March was a politically fraught atmo- ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky Egypt and Jordan. I hope that, eventually, one will be However, I believe this could be an opportunity to sphere, so I went in very carefully. I ignored people MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis engage in bridge building rather than political ex- ASSOCIATE EDITOR Matt Simonette negotiated with the Palestinians. But the Israeli-Pal- side-eyeing me. I stayed away from Palestinian flags BUSINESS MANAGER Ripley Caine estinian/Arab conflict is complex and not black and tremist knee-jerk reactions. It reminds me of the over and Palestinian chants. I actively walked away from DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright white. There are people of good will on both sides. reaction of Ferguson Police Department. people who directly tried to instigate conflict. I ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson LGBT community leaders in the U.S. should not im- I appeal to the Dyke March leadership to remem- SENIOR REPORTER Gretchen Rachel Hammond thought maybe if I played by their rules, I could just Senior Account Executives Terri Klinsky, pose narrow litmus tests on participation in events, ber its roots of inclusiveness, and use this as an op- be Jewish in public. Kirk Williamson, Amy Matheny, Gretchen Rachel like the Chicago Dyke March organizers did, based on portunity to call for dialog between the Christian, No such luck. During the picnic in the park, orga- Hammond, Scott Duff, Monika Pickett, David flawed and simplistic understandings of history and a Jewish and Moslem members of our community. It nizers in their official t-shirts began whispering and Strzepek does not serve the human-rights agenda of either of NATIONAL SALES Rivendell Media, 212-242- complex, regional conflict. pointing at me and soon, a delegation came over, 6863 Sean Cahill these communities to pit Palestinian rights against announcing they’d been sent by the organizers. They SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Tony Peregrin, Boston gay rights told me my choices were to roll up my Jewish Pride Lisa Keen, Yasmin Nair Joe Murray, Executive Director, Rainbow Sash Move- flag or leave. The Star of David makes it look too THEATER EDITOR Scott C. Morgan ment (LGBTQ Roman Catholics) CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight Jr. To the editor: much like the Israeli flag, they said, and it triggers SPORTS WRITER Ross Forman people and makes them feel unsafe. This was their ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS The Nazis forced Jews to wear the Star of David complaint. Mary Shen Barnidge, Lawrence Ferber, Mel (before the founding of the State of Israel) to demon- To the editor: I tried to explain—no, no! It’s the ubiquitous sym- Ferrand, Jerry Nunn, Jonathan Abarbanel ize and isolate them prior to extermination. Organiz- It’s a sad irony to read that the Dyke March, an COLUMNISTS/WRITERS: Yvonne Zipter, Jorjet bol of Judaism. I just want to be Jewish in public. ers of the Chicago Dyke March forced Jews to remove event originally established to create a safe place for Harper, Charlsie Dewey, Carrie Maxwell, Billy No luck. So I tried using their language. This is an Masters, Sarah Toce, Dana Rudolph, Melissa the Star of David. Ironically, the Nazis also forced gay lesbians to celebrate Pride, recently prevented the intersectional march, I said. This is my intersection. Wasserman, Joe Franco, Nick Patricca, Liz people to wear an identifying triangle. participation of Jewish lesbians doing nothing more Baudler, Rex Wockner, Angelique Smith I’m supposed to be able to celebrate it here. No, As the son of a survivor of Auschwitz and Mauthau- than expressing pride in who they are. Is that how far SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Kat Fitzgerald, Hal they said. People feel unsafe. I tried again to explain sen concentration camps whose extended family was we have (not) come? I thought that was the point. Baim, Tim Carroll, Ed Negron about the Star of David. I tried again to use their lan- WEBSITE LISTINGS VOLUNTEER Gene Naden destroyed there, I consider this act by the organizers When did I miss the part when Jewish flags became guage, to tell them that not being able to be visibly, CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Jean Albright clearly and shamefully anti-Semitic. “triggers” and symbols that make “people feel un- DISTRIBUTION Ashina, Allan, Dan, John, Sue flagrantly, proudly Jewish on my terms makes me feel George Muenz safe.” Warnings about veering “down a dangerous and Victor unsafe. This was what I said. WEB HOSTING LoveYourWebsite.com (lead Vancouver, BC, Canada path toward anti-Semitism” have arrived too late. We’re there. But it didn’t work. After some fruitless back-and- programmer: Martie Marro) forth, during which more people joined the organiz- Separatism has always been a dangerous concept Copyright 2017 Lambda Publications Inc./Windy City Media To the editor: ers’ delegation and used their deeper voices, larger Group; All rights reserved. Reprint by permission only. Back because it encourages just that; rather than celebrat- issues (if available) for $5 per issue (postage included). I have read the recent news reports in the Windy ing what we all have in common, separatism does physical size, and greater numbers to insistently talk Return postage must accompany all manuscripts, drawings, City Times indicating that Dyke March Chicago over my attempts at explanation, at conversation, I and photographs submitted if they are to be returned, and nothing more than continue to divide us into smaller no responsibility may be assumed for unsolicited materials. (“DMC”) condones anti-Semitism and divisiveness. and smaller parts. Are we not seeing enough of that recognized a losing battle and left sobbing. All rights to letters, art and photographs sent to Windy In participating in censorship and denying indi- City Times will be treated as unconditionally assigned on a daily basis from the Trump Administration? Re- I was thrown out of Dyke March for being Jewish. for publication purposes and as such, subject to editing viduals the right to participate in the DMC March be- And yes, there were other Jews there, visible ones and comment. The opinions expressed by the columnists, moving Jewish lesbians from a march sounds more cartoonists, letter writers, and commentators are their own cause they wish to waive a flag with the Star of David like a strategy pulled from the Breitbart playbook even, who weren’t accosted, who had fun, even! And and do not necessarily reflect the position ofWindy City not only fans the fire of hate and anti-Semitism, but Times. Publication of the name, photograph, or likeness of than anything I would expect to see happening in yes, Israel exists in a complicated way. But in this a person or organization in articles or advertising in Windy it insults every person who has sacrificed in the fight case, it doesn’t matter what Israel does or doesn’t City Times is not to be construed as any indication of the Chicago. of such person or organization. While against racism and for equality. So, let’s not forget some of our own history here do. This was about being Jewish in public, and I was we encourage readers to support the advertisers who make The Supreme Court has announced it is reviewing this newspaper possible, Windy City Times cannot accept in Chicago. As one of the people who spearheaded thrown out for being Jewish, for being the “wrong” responsibility for advertising claims. whether businesses can discriminate against LGBQT the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance in the late kind of Jew, the kind of Jew who shows up with a big (773) 871-7610 FAX (773) 871-7609 people based upon the business owner’s own religious Jewish star on a flag. No matter how much I tried e-mail: [email protected] or 1980s, I will never forget the people and organiza- [email protected] beliefs. If the Court allows this sort of discrimination, tions that stood at our side during the “early days.” to avoid conflict, to explain. Oh, maybe there was a it will be a dismantling of all the LGBTQ rights that so way I could have stayed, but rolling up my beautiful www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com To demonstrate support for the ordinance, we sent podcast: WindyCityQueercast.com many men and woman have sacrificed and fought for. out letters to over 100 community leaders and orga- proud flag for them would have been an even bigger DMC is now a participant in censorship and dis- nizations asking for their public endorsements of the loss. WINDY CITY MEDIA GROUP, crimination, and has provided support for hate in the This was my community, where for four years I have 5315 N. Clark St. #192, Chicago, IL, 60640 U.S.A ordinance. The first two letters we received back were (MAILING ADDRESS ONLY) name of its members own religious/political view. You from Jewish organizations. Many more arrived in the shown up, stood up, and helped out, and I am bro- dishonor all who marched before you. following days. Jewish community organizations and ken-hearted. Windy City Times Deadline every Wednesday. Deborah S. Ashen (I do not want this to turn into a debate about Is- OUT! Chicago’s LGBTQ Visitor’s Guide Online leaders have stood by us from day one. Further, the www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com Jewish community has not only been our longtime rael and Palestine in the comments. That is not what ally, but is also part of our collective community. this is about. This is about being Jewish in public. I recommend that the leaders of the Dyke March Also, I have made this post public and do not mind take some time to review its mission. Unless their ac- sharing done respectfully.) tions change in the future, it may be time to disband. Ellie Otra WINDY CITY TIMES July 5, 2017 15 WINDY CITY TIMES DIVERSIONS THEATER • FILM • ENTERTAINMENT • SPORTS

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BY SCOTT C. MORGAN male stripteases and sexual innuendo-filled com- edy sketches. One of the popular stock character John Nasca likes a challenge. types was known as an effeminate (and thinly Earlier this year, the Pride Films and Plays ar- veiled homosexual) dandy known as a “nance”— tistic associate designed dozens of glittery cos- a likely variation on the derogatory gay putdown tumes for the company’s regional premiere of “Nancy boy.” Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical—all on In writing The Nance, Beane copiously drew a very tight budget. For his efforts, Nasca won from author George Chauncey’s thoroughly re- another costume design Jeff Award to add to his searched 1994 non-fiction book Gay New York: previous one for a Pride Films and Plays revival of Gender, Urban Culture and the Making of the Gay Noel Coward’s Design for Living. Male World 1890-1940. Instead of basing The Now Nasca is not only tackling the costume Nance on a historical actor, Beane created a fic- designs for Pride Films and Plays’ Chicago pre- tional one called Chauncey Miles that was written miere of The Nance, he’s also directing Douglas specifically for Tony Award-winning star Nathan Carter Beane’s historical gay drama. It’s a play Lane. (Beane also acknowledges the character that Nasca has wanted to stage since he saw the was named so as a major thank you to George 2013 world premiere of The Nance on Broadway. Chauncey and all of the research in his book.) “I thought it would be a great fit for Pride Films To play Chauncey Miles, Nasca sought out gay and Plays,” Nasca said. actor Vince Kracht to navigate the role’s drastic And that’s despite the elaborate turntable sets shifts between cartoonish comedy onstage to From left: Vince Kracht and Royen Kent in The Nance. designed in the original production. Tony Award- painful personal moments offstage. Unlike Nasca, Photo by Paul Goyette winning set designer John Lee Beatty was able to Kacht did not see The Nance on Broadway. Yet quickly shift between multiple locations of 1937 Kacht feels like that’s a good thing because it al- tor’s union. posing views on sexuality. New York ranging from an Automat restaurant to lows him to build up his take on the character of And in the time The Nance is set, the whole “In the four years since the play was written, the backstage areas and proscenium stage of the Chauncey Miles away from the shadow of Nathan network of New York burlesque theaters were un- so much has changed politically in this country. long-gone Irving Place Theatre. Lane’s towering performance. der threat. Just ahead of New York’s staging of At one point, I realized that it was more relevant “The big challenge for us was to translate that “It freed me up to do whatever I wanted,” said the 1939 World’s Fair, then-Mayor Fiorello LaGuar- now,” Nasca said. “Going into rehearsals and ex- into our space,” Nasca said. “And after many Kacht, noting that he drew from many influences dia went on a harsh crack down on all kinds of ploring the play, I do see that Chauncey really hours of discussion the set designer and techni- ranging from the late gay actor/director Charles “vice”—particularly targeting the sexual content was ahead of his time where he wanted to be cal director, we figured out a way to do it all Nelson Reilly to Bert Lahr’s performance of The in burlesque shows. himself both onstage and offstage. Although it’s without a revolving stage.” Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz. “For the audi- Nasca says designing the costumes for The suggested that he get married to one of the bur- Nasca also noted that The Nance is actually ence, I wanted to kind of bring things that were Nance is right in his wheelhouse, since he nor- lesque girls, he also refused to do that because a musical masquerading as a drama, since it is familiar to them.” mally loves exploring the fashions of the 1920s, he didn’t want to mask who he was.” filled with full-out burlesque comedy songs. So In addition to personal drama between Chaunc- ’30s and ’40s. But he’s also keen for audiences to Pride Films and Plays’ Chicago premiere of Nasca is very glad to have music director Robert ey Miles and the young gay man he picks up learn about the historically coded gay city life Douglas Carter Beane’s The Nance continues Ollis aboard for the production leading a live five- called Ned (Royen Kent), a lot of politics course explored in The Nance. through Sunday, July 30, on The Broadway piece band. through The Nance. Chauncey is a staunch Re- Nasca said he also wants audiences to look at stage of the Pride Arts Center, 4139 N. Broad- The Nance focuses on the once-thriving bur- publican, despite the left-leanings of many of his The Nance in the context of our own times—es- way St. Tickets are $30-$40; call 800-737- lesque theatrical world known for elaborate fe- stripper co-stars who seek out help from the ac- pecially with so many political divisions and op- 0984 or visit PrideFilmsAndPlays.com. 16 July 5, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES

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Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, headache, sore throat, vomiting, longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain. diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck u Bone problems, including bone pain, softening, or thinning, which may lead to or groin. fractures. Your healthcare provider may do tests to check your bones. While taking TRUVADA for PrEP: Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP are stomach-area u You must continue to use safer sex practices. Just taking TRUVADA for (abdomen) pain, headache, and decreased weight. Tell your healthcare provider if you PrEP may not keep you from getting HIV-1. have any side effects that bother you or do not go away. Have you heard about u You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP: | What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking • Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months. TRUVADA for PrEP™? TRUVADA for PrEP? • If you think you were exposed to HIV-1, tell your healthcare provider u All your health problems. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider if you have or right away. The once-daily prescription medicine that can help reduce have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis. u To further help reduce your risk of getting HIV-1: u If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if TRUVADA the risk of getting HIV-1 when used with safer sex practices. • Know your HIV status and the HIV status of your partners. can harm your unborn baby. If you become pregnant while taking TRUVADA • Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it for PrEP, talk to your healthcare provider to decide if you should keep taking • TRUVADA for PrEP is only for adults who are at high risk of easier for HIV to infect you. TRUVADA. • Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior, such as u If you are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. If getting HIV through sex. having fewer sex partners. you become HIV-positive, HIV can be passed to the baby in breast milk. • You must be HIV-negative before you start taking TRUVADA for PrEP. • Do not miss any doses of TRUVADA. Missing doses may increase your risk u All the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, of getting HIV-1 infection. vitamins, and herbal supplements. TRUVADA may interact with other medicines. u If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA Keep a list of all your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and Ask your doctor about your risk of getting HIV-1 infection and if alone to treat HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for pharmacist when you get a new medicine. HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become u If you take certain other medicines with TRUVADA, your healthcare provider TRUVADA for PrEP may be right for you. harder to treat over time. may need to check you more often or change your dose. These medicines TRUVADA can cause serious side effects: include certain medicines to treat hepatitis C (HCV) infection. u Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. TRUVADA is not approved You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the to treat HBV. If you have HBV and stop taking TRUVADA, your HBV may FDA. Visit www.FDA.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088. suddenly get worse. Do not stop taking TRUVADA without fi rst talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to monitor your health.

Please see Important Facts about TRUVADA for PrEP including important warnings on the following page. visit start.truvada.com

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What is TRUVADA for PrEP? | Who should not take TRUVADA for PrEP? Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP if you: TRUVADA for PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is a prescription medicine u Already have HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your HIV-1 status. If that is used together with safer sex practices to help reduce the risk of getting you are HIV-1 positive, you need to take other medicines with TRUVADA to HIV-1 through sex. This use is only for HIV-negative adults who are at high risk treat HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If you of getting HIV-1. To help determine your risk of getting HIV-1, talk openly with have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat your healthcare provider about your sexual health. over time. Ask your healthcare provider if you have questions about how to prevent u Also take certain medicines to treat hepatitis B infection. getting HIV. Always practice safer sex and use condoms to lower the chance | What are the other possible side effects of TRUVADA for PrEP? of sexual contact with body fluids. Never reuse or share needles or other items that have body fluids on them. Serious side effects of TRUVADA may also include: u Kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION may do blood tests to check your kidneys before and during | What is the most important information I should know treatment with TRUVADA. If you develop kidney problems, your healthcare provider may tell about TRUVADA for PrEP? you to stop taking TRUVADA. Before taking TRUVADA for PrEP: u Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic u You must be HIV-negative before you start taking TRUVADA for PrEP. acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical You must get tested to make sure that you do not already have HIV-1. emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare Do not take TRUVADA to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being confi rmed to be HIV-negative. more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast u Many HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has breathing, stomach pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, recently become infected. If you have flu-like symptoms, you could have feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or abnormal heartbeat. recently become infected with HIV-1. Tell your healthcare provider if you u Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare had a flu-like illness within the last month before starting or at any time provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, headache, sore throat, vomiting, longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain. diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged lymph nodes in the neck u Bone problems, including bone pain, softening, or thinning, which may lead to or groin. fractures. Your healthcare provider may do tests to check your bones. While taking TRUVADA for PrEP: Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP are stomach-area u You must continue to use safer sex practices. Just taking TRUVADA for (abdomen) pain, headache, and decreased weight. Tell your healthcare provider if you PrEP may not keep you from getting HIV-1. have any side effects that bother you or do not go away. Have you heard about u You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP: | What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking • Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months. TRUVADA for PrEP™? TRUVADA for PrEP? • If you think you were exposed to HIV-1, tell your healthcare provider u All your health problems. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider if you have or right away. The once-daily prescription medicine that can help reduce have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis. u To further help reduce your risk of getting HIV-1: u If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if TRUVADA the risk of getting HIV-1 when used with safer sex practices. • Know your HIV status and the HIV status of your partners. can harm your unborn baby. If you become pregnant while taking TRUVADA • Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it for PrEP, talk to your healthcare provider to decide if you should keep taking • TRUVADA for PrEP is only for adults who are at high risk of easier for HIV to infect you. TRUVADA. • Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior, such as u If you are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. If getting HIV through sex. having fewer sex partners. you become HIV-positive, HIV can be passed to the baby in breast milk. • You must be HIV-negative before you start taking TRUVADA for PrEP. • Do not miss any doses of TRUVADA. Missing doses may increase your risk u All the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, of getting HIV-1 infection. vitamins, and herbal supplements. TRUVADA may interact with other medicines. u If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA Keep a list of all your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and Ask your doctor about your risk of getting HIV-1 infection and if alone to treat HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for pharmacist when you get a new medicine. HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become u If you take certain other medicines with TRUVADA, your healthcare provider TRUVADA for PrEP may be right for you. harder to treat over time. may need to check you more often or change your dose. These medicines TRUVADA can cause serious side effects: include certain medicines to treat hepatitis C (HCV) infection. u Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. TRUVADA is not approved You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the to treat HBV. If you have HBV and stop taking TRUVADA, your HBV may FDA. Visit www.FDA.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088. suddenly get worse. Do not stop taking TRUVADA without fi rst talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to monitor your health.

Please see Important Facts about TRUVADA for PrEP including important warnings on the following page. visit start.truvada.com

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IMPORTANT FACTS This is only a brief summary of important information about taking TRUVADA for PrEPTM (pre-exposure prophylaxis) to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 infection. This does not replace talking to your (tru-VAH-dah) healthcare provider about your medicine.

MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF TRUVADA FOR PrEP TRUVADA FOR PrEP TRUVADA can cause serious side effects, including: Before starting TRUVADA for PrEP: • Those in the “Most Important Information About TRUVADA for PrEP” section. • You must be HIV-1 negative. You must get tested to make sure that you do not already • New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure. have HIV-1. Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are • Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency confirmed to be HIV-1 negative. that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach • Many HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has recently become pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include flu-like symptoms, tiredness, fever, joint or infected. abnormal heartbeat. muscle aches, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged • Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away lymph nodes in the neck or groin. Tell your healthcare provider if you have had a flu-like illness if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, within the last month before starting TRUVADA for PrEP. light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain. While taking TRUVADA for PrEP: • Bone problems. • You must continue to use safer sex practices. Just taking TRUVADA for PrEP may not Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP include stomach-area (abdomen) pain, keep you from getting HIV-1. headache, and decreased weight. • You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP.Get tested for HIV-1 at least These are not all the possible side effects of TRUVADA. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you every 3 months while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any new symptoms while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. think you were exposed to HIV-1 or have a flu-like illness while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Your healthcare provider will need to do tests to monitor your health before and during • If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA alone to treatment with TRUVADA for PrEP. treat HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time. • See the “How To Further Reduce Your Risk” section for more information. BEFORE TAKING TRUVADA FOR PrEP TRUVADA may cause serious side effects, including: Tell your healthcare provider if you: • Have or have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis. • Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. TRUVADA is not approved to treat HBV. If you • Have any other medical conditions. have HBV, your HBV may suddenly get worse if you stop taking TRUVADA. Do not stop taking • Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. TRUVADA without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to check your health • Are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. If you become HIV-positive, HIV regularly for several months. can pass to the baby in breast milk. Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take: ABOUT TRUVADA FOR PrEP • Keep a list that includes all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal TRUVADA for PrEP is a prescription medicine used together with safer sex practices to help supplements, and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist. reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 through sex. This use is only for HIV-negative adults who are at • Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that should not be taken with TRUVADA high risk of getting HIV-1. for PrEP. • To help determine your risk of getting HIV-1, talk openly with your healthcare provider about your sexual health. HOW TO FURTHER REDUCE YOUR RISK Do NOT take TRUVADA for PrEP if you: • Know your HIV status and the HIV status of your partners. • Already have HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your HIV-1 status. • Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it easier for HIV to • Take certain medicines to treat hepatitis B infection. infect you. • Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior, such as having fewer sex partners. • Do not share needles or personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them. HOW TO TAKE TRUVADA FOR PrEP • Take 1 tablet once a day, every day, not just when you think you have been exposed to HIV-1. GET MORE INFORMATION • Do not miss any doses. Missing doses may increase your risk of getting HIV-1 infection. • This is only a brief summary of important information about TRUVADA for PrEP. Talk to your • Use TRUVADA for PrEP together with condoms and safer sex practices. healthcare provider or pharmacist to learn more, including how to prevent HIV infection. • Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months. You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA • Go to start.truvada.com or call 1-800-GILEAD-5 for PrEP. • If you need help paying for your medicine, visit start.truvada.com for program information.

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TVDC0093_B_10x10_WindyCityTimes_p2.indd 3 6/7/17 3:45 PM WINDY CITY TIMES July 5, 2017 19 THEATER REVIEW pagandist Dr. Joseph Goebbels (Amy Gorelow in bunker. The artist behind the infamous Nazi pro- male drag and white-fright makeup) has been paganda film The Triumph of the Will has arrived Hitler on the Roof holed up through to today. Yet Goebbels some- on a mission to convince Goebbels to seek for- Playwright: Rhea Leman how has kept up with pop culture, often breaking giveness and express remorse for his actions. Yet At: Akvavit Theatre at Strawdog out into songs written well after the end of World Goebbels wants none of it, and starts interrogat- Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice Ave. War II (and his suicide death in 1945). ing Riefenstahl’s on her motives and whether she Tickets: ChicagoNordic.org; $25. “Dr. G” (pronounced “gay” in the German al- truly regrets working with the Nazis. Runs through: July 9 phabet) is often cowering as if under siege—be Co-directed by Kirstin Franklin and Amber Rob- it from recorded bombing sounds or real-life rum- inson, Hitler on the Roof is oddly both theatrical- BY SCOTT C. MORGAN blings of passing trains. Yet he’s also unrepentant ly clever and tiring at the same time—especially in spouting out his party’s intolerant ideals and for the perspiration-drenched actors. The design Audiences attending Hitler on the Roof are put in still very proud at how the German people in- elements are all in tune, with set designer Chad the uncomfortable position of deciding whether stalled the Nazis into power. Eric Bergman particularly in fine form with his or not to sing along with Nazis. But that’s just These portions of Hitler on the Roof feel like transformative wall of filing cabinets. one of many morally questioning oddball mo- a performance-art history lesson, with Gorelow With Hitler on the Roof, Leman’s takes lots of ments in American-Danish playwright Rhea Le- being overworked into a state of exhaustion. It comical pot shots at Nazism while also empha- man’s hectoring 2011 “play for two clowns,” now could be invaluable for those who don’t know sizing that those ideals did not die out in the making its U.S. debut courtesy of Scandinavian about Goebbels’ role in the Third Reich, but it 20th century. Leman wrote the play in the face playwright-dedicated Akvavit Theatre. can be tiring for those who know their World War of rising Danish nationalism, though it feels very From the start, Leman shows that she’s theat- II history. unsettling now considering how much support rically willing to play fast and loose with time Amy Gorelow and Jay Torrence in Hitler on The dramatic dynamic changes when contro- the current U.S. president received from white and history. Hitler on the Roof takes place in an the Roof. versial filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl (Jay Torrence nationalists in the last election. underground bunker where notorious Nazi pro- Photo by Karl Clifton-Soderstrom in drag and a busted wig) infiltrates the

THEATER REVIEW grave encompass simple regression to the earth fies as heaven. This precipitates a crisis of um, sounds, foods—all the ice cream she wants—and (as observed in animals) and regeneration (as ob- faith as Roberta contemplates the possibility of eventually Joe, too, once he discovers where to Going To a Place served in plants), as well as elaborate recycling a future bereft of her beloved husband—misgiv- look for her. schemes involving transmigration into altered ings shared by her granddaughter Ellie, whose re- Even a cosmological approach as rational and Where You physical states. Christianity, however, promises cent love-at-first-sight epiphany also introduces egalitarian as Brunstetter’s could quickly suc- its believers eternal liberation from corporal re- uncertainty over the wisdom of investment in cumb to sticky sentimentality in the wrong hands, Already Are straints within a mythic sanctuary—descriptions ephemeral joys. but director Matt Hawkins never allows his actors Playwright: Bekah Brunstetter of which differ widely, no first-hand witness ac- Fiction exploring the boundaries of mortality to engage in stereotypal cuddliness, whether of At: Redtwist Theatre, counts ever having been reported. tends to avoid knotty theological arguments in the geriatric, millennial or ambisexual varieties. 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Roberta and Joe have enjoyed 30 years of mar- favor of whimsical fancies cobbled from a me- Kathleen Ruhl and Art Fox anchor an ensemble Tickets: $30-$35 riage, comfortable in their atheist rejection of lange of spiritual hearsay. Bekah Brunstetter re- making the most of Redtwist’s tiny studio space Runs through: July 23 conventional dogma, but attendance at the fu- fuses to traffic in harps, wings or angels from (no easy task when stage furnishings include a nerals endemic to their age bracket brings them Dubuque dancing on pins, though, instead zero- laptop screen, a hospital bed and a motorized BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE into ever-increasing proximity with Protestant ing in on the fundamental question of where we wheelchair) to invoke a cozy intimacy belying the Christian gospel lore. One day, while undergoing go after we leave here. The answer, it emerges, weighty issues under scrutiny. Rare is the human being who has not grappled an MRI for what will turn out to be cancer, Ro- lies not in any particular sectarian creed, but in c with the mystery of death and its aftermath. berta has a momentary vision of a boyish con- each individual’s personal bliss. For Roberta, the Cultural speculations on the realms beyond the cierge offering her entry into a domain he identi- paradise awaiting her is a place of favorite smells, CRITICS’PICKS Jacques Brel’s Lonesome Losers of the Night, Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre at No Exit laces can be gulled by flag-waving oratory. frequently overwhelms singers in the upstage THEATER REVIEW Cafe, through Aug. 6. This collection of ballads On the centennial of our nation’s entry into regions of Stage 773’s cavernous Thrust space) by Belgium’s hippest mid-20th century export is World War One, Chicago Folks Operetta felt the are juxtaposed with expressionistic visual im- less a comprehensive revue than a tone poem. Johnny Johnson time was right to revive this rarely performed ages—a psychiatrist wearing a swami’s turban, Playwright: Music by Kurt Weill, But when the bard outstrips both Aristide Bruant 1936 play-with-music—the collaborative ef- a nun swathed in voudou-priestess finery and and Leonard Cohen for romantic melancholy, who libretto by Paul Green, fort of Weimer Republic composer-turned-expat a roomful of generals transformed into carnival adapted by Gerald Frantzen can resist? MSB refugee Kurt Weill, who arrived in the United clowns by a laughing-gas attack. The score like- Late Company, Cor Theatre at Pride Arts Cen- At: Chicago Folks Operetta States versed in Brechtian Songspiele to find wise reflects hybrid sensibilities, weaving hints at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. ter, through July 16. Everybody talks about gay himself confronted with a Broadway aesthetic of bugle calls and patriotic hymns into melo- bullying and teen suicide nowadays, but Jordan Tickets: $40 based in frothy spectacle hearkening to the Vi- dies encompassing sentimental ballads, martial Runs through: July 9 Tannahill’s play avoids easy blame-games to ex- ennese confections of Sigmund Romberg, and anthems and patter songs in praise of tea and plore why solutions remain elusive. MSB playwright Paul Green, whose tales of racial in- psychiatry. BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE Paradise Blue, TimeLine Theatre, through July justice in the antebellum south drew him to the The assembled cast for this museum-piece 23. Jazz man Blue is squeezed between personal ensemble-based Group Theater. Sharing a con- embraces its generic characters and timeworn Some experiences cannot be described in words, demons and urban renewal in 1949 Detroit, and viction of music as a tool for social commentary, text—the latter newly adapted by Gerald Frant- makes all the wrong choices. This atmospheric war being one of them. The difficulty of sum- these two creative minds forged a pacifist par- zen—with gleeful gusto. At the vangard is Ga- marizing so vast and varied a topic accounts for play has strong characters and dialog but weak able constructed on both classical and modern- briel di Gennaro’s performance in the title role structure. Powerful acting carries it, along with the similarities evident in their documentation, ist lines. of the Yankee stonecutter who enlists in the popular motifs generally focusing on assertions Orbert Davis’ original jazz score. JA Such contrasting elements can make for jar- war-to-end-all-wars (but, in fact, only changed Pilgrims, Gift Theatre, through July 30. Claire that armed conflict is cruel, that warriors suffer ring contradictions in 2017, however. Under how wars were waged) and whose common- and die at the behest of reckless leaders, and Kiechel’s sci-fi drama keeps you guessing as a the direction of George Cederquist, bel canto sense approach to his task leaves him a broken laconic soldier and a chatty young woman are that those who survive are shunned by their fel- vocal delivery and instrumental arrangements man, fit only for selling trinkets to children—no low citizens as reminders of how quickly popu- forced to share a spaceship cabin with a comi- for an eleven-piece orchestra (whose volume toy soldiers, though. cally perky robot stewardess. SCM

—By Abarbanel, Barnidge and Morgan 20 July 5, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES THEATER REVIEW Ah, Wilderness! eSPOTLIGHT Playwright: Eugene O’Neill At: Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. It’s not often that critically acclaimed Chicago Tickets: 312-443-3800; productions get brought back for a second GoodmanTheatre.org; $20-$75 run complete with the original cast. So con- Runs through: July 23 sider yourself lucky that Broken Nose Theatre is remounting its four-time Jeff Award-winning BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL production of At the Table. Michael Perlman’s play looks at a diverse group of friends away Ah, Wilderness! is a classic sentimental comedy on a weekend retreat, and what drama emerges given a sweetheart of a production by director when those from marginalized minorities speak what you can. Visit BrokenNoseTheatre.com. Steve Scott. out to those with privilege. At the Table con- Caption: David Weiss and Echaka Agba It’s a summertime treat from its airy beachfront tinues through Friday, July 28, at The Den The- in Broken Nose Theatre’s revival of At the setting (Todd Rosenthal) and warm-hued light- atre, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. Tickets are pay Table. Photo by Matthew Freer ing (Aaron Spivey), to its comfy costumes (Amy Clark), to its engaging performances generating appreciative laughter. It’s one of three terrific with a functional, pillar-of-the-community fam- bring tears to your eyes. shows about life in early 20th-century America ily headed by well-matched, warm-hearted and Several of the actors—but not all—sound running concurrently—Parade (Writers Theatre insightful parents—nearly the opposite of his ac- miked, which is disconcerting at first but quickly through July 15), set in 1913 Atlanta; Ragtime tual family. Set on July 4, 1906, the play revolves fades as the play unfolds with perfect charm and (Griffin Theatre through July 22), set in New York around Richard Miller (Niall Cunningham) and his ease. The pace is leisurely but never slow, moving about 1912; and Ah, Wilderness!, set in 1906 dad, Nat Miller (Randall Newsome). Richard, rep- along with judicious cuts and on-the-nose comic New London, Connecticut. Parade and Ragtime resenting O’Neill himself, is 17 and fancies him- timing. Each chief character has a big moment are large-scale dramatic musicals about tumultu- Niall Cunningham and Aysette Munoz in Ah, self a poet and socialist. In due course, Richard or two, with famous highlights being Uncle Sid’s ous social forces shaping 20th-century America, Wildernness!. gets drunk for the first time, is really kissed for (Larry Bates) Act I drunk scene during a family while Ah, Wilderness! celebrates the enduring PR by Liz Lauren the first time and woos his high school sweet- lobster dinner, and Nat’s facts-of-life talk with heart as his occasionally flummoxed father guides Richard late in the play. You’ll like these peo- values of close-knit family life. It’s a hat trick not alcoholic and tubercular master of loss, loneli- him with tolerance and small-town wisdom, as- ple—even the surly bartender (Joe Dempsey) and to be missed, a potent trio about times imagined ness and despair. Set in the town where O’Neill sisted by wife Essie Miller (Ora Jones). It could be the prostitute (Amanda Drinkall). (Didn’t I men- to be simpler and easier. grew up, Ah, Wilderness! is the flip side of his a sitcom pilot if O’Neill didn’t elevate the familiar tion them?) You’ll like this play, and you’ll like Ah, Wilderness! is the most fantastic (as in great autobiographical work, Long Day’s Journey family circle with wit and intelligence, and take this production. It’s “paradise enow,” as stated in “fantasy”) of the three as it comes from Nobel Into Night. plenty of time to establish the characters. The The Rubiyat, from which the play takes its title. Prize laureate Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953), that In this one O’Neill imagines life in New London play ends with a scene so lovingly tender it may

BOOK REVIEW spected their personhood and helped them grow suggested cleaning up the consonants, but it’s professionally and personally through including more snippets than scene. The Harmony them in his radio ventures. The Harmony of Parts is a unique look at a Toward the end the narrative slightly loses niche world through someone attuned to every of Parts steam as Garabedian focuses on his current proj- aspect of it. It’s worth a read for those who know By John Garabedian, ect, Open House Party. It’s interesting to hear Garabedian’s radio work and those who hadn’t with Ian Aldrich about his championing of Lady Gaga, whose first considered how radio works, and how sexuality $29.95; Orange Frazer version of “Poker Face” apparently sounded a can be a burden in any profession. Press; 411 pages little obscene on the radio waves so Garabedian Review by LIZ baudler

John Garabedian’s world is a world of technology cally year over year. In 2016, only 20 percent and song, of competition and fame. Studio responsibility of LGBTQ characters were people of color, com- It’s the world of Top 40 radio, a world most of pared to 25.5 percent in 2015 and 32.1 percent us never get to see and Garabedian entered in index released in 2014. high school. An early obsessive who bugged his GLAAD has released its fifth annual Studio The full index is at https://www.glaad.org/ parents for a tape recorder in elementary school, Responsibility Index—a report that maps the sri/2017. as a teenager Garabedian made a spoof record- quantity, quality and diversity of LGBTQ people ing of his favorite radio show and gave it to the in films released by the seven largest motion host. This landed him his first job in radio, and picture studios and their subsidiaries during ‘Golden Girls’ now he’s remained there: as DJ, engineer and station the 2016 calendar year. owner, ever since. The Harmony of Parts is his GLAAD found that, of the 125 releases from through Aug. 26 story of how he succeeded in radio, constantly major studios in 2016, only 23 of them (18.4 Due to popular demand, Hell in a Handbag adapting to a shifting landscape, and putting constantly balanced escalating work with rela- percent) included characters identified as LG- Productions’ campy world premiere The Golden him in contact with generations of music fans tionships, though he was often looking for a new BTQ. Girls: The Lost Episodes is adding six additional and stars from Aerosmith to Katy Perry. job more than a new partner. Transgender representation remained very weeks of performances, extending through Garabedian also had a secret, a secret he was Life in radio, at least the way Garabedian lived low, with only one transgender character Aug. 26 at Mary’s Attic, 5400 N. Clark St. hiding pretty well until a pretty boy named Joe it, seemed like constant conquest of breaking counted (the same number as the 2015 report) The production stars (who wrote came along. He was bisexual. This revelation got stories and finding new music and new projects and, once again, the character was used a it as well), AJ Wright, Ed Jones and Adrian him fired from his first DJ gig—he eventually to pursue. Readers might find themselves root- punchline in Zoolander 2. Hadlock. Shade Murray directs. got the job back years later, but it left him with ing for Garabedian’s stations and relationships to GLAAD also found that racial diversity among For tickets, visit HandbagProductions.org or the idea that openness was potentially scary. succeed. He clearly had an eye for younger men, LGBTQ characters in film again dropped drasti- call 800-838-3006. Throughout the next few decades, Garabedian at one point falling for a 16-year-old, but also re- WINDY CITY TIMES July 5, 2017 21 Alphawood Gallery debuts internment exhibition By Carrie Maxwell mors against the Japanese-Americans reported in the Oregon Journal and the Oregonian. He was Seventy-five years ago President Franklin D. Roo- interviewed by the newspapers and he also tes- sevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This order tified to the Tolan Committee on behalf of the set in motion the forced removal and internment, community to prevent incarceration. without due process, of over 120,000 citizens “Dad served on the Portland auxiliary fire de- and legal residents of Japanese ancestry living partment and the police department. He trained on or near the west coast during World War II. and marched with the police. He guarded bridges Keynote speakers Rebecca Ozaki and Roy Wesley. For its first original exhibition Alphawood Gal- in the middle of the night in case there was an lery, in partnership with the Japanese-American enemy invasion. It’s amazing that he was able to Photo by Carrie Maxwell Service Committee (JASC), debuted Then They do that in spite of the hysteria against Japanese- happen again” at the commemoration event she She said her older brother volunteered to go to Came for Me: Incarceration of Japanese-Ameri- American citizens at the time. He also assisted said those words became ingrained in her mind. Manzanar so that is how her entire family ended cans during WWII and the Demise of Civil Liber- the FBI in identifying Japanese Issei loyalists. He “They have come to guide my own path as an up there. Hiyama noted that they had to make ties at a June 28 opening reception. saw this as his patriotic duty.” aspiring organizer and advocate,” said Ozaki. their own mattresses out of hay. She explained The event featured keynote addresses by Jap- Wesley noted that everything his father did “More recently I remember my feeling of help- that her older sisters were married to servicemen anese-American Citizens League Program Coor- was in vain because of the , hate and lessness as a string of Executive Orders were re- and lived in Chicago. In order for them to leave dinator Rebecca Ozaki and Exhibition Curatorial discrimination against Japanese Americas at the leased ... That the unconstitutional Muslim ban the camp and come to Chicago her sisters got Committee member and Fermalogic, Inc. COO Roy time. spawns from the same hate and fear politics as their father a job at the Hilton Hotel as a chef. Wesley. “I was born on May 5, 1942—the last day we my family’s history of incarceration. And the mass This was in 1944. Alphawood Foundation Executive Director were ordered to go to the Portland Assembly Cen- incarceration and brutality against Black bodies Mishima (who was taken with her family when James McDonough kicked off the event by noting ter,” said Wesley. “ Dad had to apply to the War also parallel my family’s story ... I had to find my she was six years old to Gila River War Relocation the Art AIDS America exhibit that was recently on Relocation Authority for an exemption because place in this movement ... We need to remember Center 30 miles southeast of Phoenix, Arizona) display at the gallery. of my birth. Mom and I had three days at the that we are part of a collective resistance and so said at the time she did not realize they were in- “We wanted to continue telling important sto- Good Samaritan hospital before being taken into many of us have the same vision of an equitable carcerated but as an adult she learned the truth. ries like that in this space,” said McDonough. “We the Portland assembly Center ... I was born and future ... My act of resistance is sharing my fam- She explained that they got permission to leave thought that this [Japanese-American incarcera- immediately became a suspect enemy alien capa- ily’s story of incarceration ... I urge you to find the camp in 1944 when her mom got a job in Chi- tion] story was very important to tell especially ble of sabotage and had to be locked up behind yours.” cago. Mishima noted that Chicago was one of the at this moment in our country’s history.” barbed wire and guarded by rifle toting soldiers Among the over 200 attendees were two sur- welcoming cities for Japanese-Americans during Chicago Commission on Human Relations Com- in case I tried to escape.” vivors of the incarceration camps—Yuki Hiyama World War II. missioner Mona Noriega read a statement from Wesley explained that his father was able to and Chicago Japanese-American Historical Soci- Tatsu Aoki and The MIYUMI Project provided the Mayor Rahm Emanuel who was unable to attend. leave the camp to go to college (he did this even ety President Jean Mishima. evening’s entertainment. In Emanuel’s statement he noted the importance though he already had his Doctor of Optometry Hiyama (who was taken with her family when See related story on Wesley here http://www. of remembering what happened to Japanese- degree). He said his dad chose Earlham College in she was 13 years old to Manzanar War Relocation windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Chicagoan- Americans so it does not happen again. Richmond, Indiana and that is when he changed Center at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains looks-back-on-concentration-camps-for-Japa- Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and the family name from Uyesugi to Wesley after the in California’s Owens Valley) explained that she nese-Americans/58294.html. Special Events Commissioner Mark Kelly noted founder of the Methodist church. Wesley noted did not know it was an incarceration camp be- The exhibit AlphawoodGallery.org/exhibition/ that this exhibit is a reminder to everyone how that his parents, especially his mother, never cause they were one of the first families to arrive. runs from June 29 to Nov. 19. Admission is free. easy it is to demonize a group of people due to recovered from their time in the incarceration fear and ignorance. camp. JASC CEO Mike Takada echoed the others about “Remember James Baldwin’s words from I Am how timely the exhibit is in this current political Not Your Negro,” said Wesley. “’History is not the climate. He also talked about the JASC’s involve- past. It is the present. We carry our history with CULTUCULTURREE CLUBCLUB ment with the exhibit. us. We are our history. If we pretend otherwise, Wesley (who spent the first two years of his life we literally are criminals.’” incarcerated with his family at Minidoka War Re- Ozaki read her late grandfather’s (Sam Ozaki) location Center in the Snake River Plain 17 miles 1981 Redress testimony where he recounted his northeast of Twin Falls, Idaho) spoke about his time at the Jerome War Relocation Center in family’s immigration story from Japan to Port- southeastern Arkansas beginning when he was land, Oregon. 17 years old. “My experience as a third generation Japanese- “My grandpa was the first Asian American prin- American, or sansei, is typical of many Japanese- cipal in Chicago, a beloved community activist Americans of my time,” said Wesley. “My family and my best friend and hero,” said Ozaki. “He was immigration histories are also pretty typical of one of the only people I ever felt truly listened to Japanese-Americans who came to America around me. He made a decision to speak out against the the turn-of-the-century [in 1900].” injustice that was done to him and the injustice Wesley noted that all of his grandparents built that continues to target communities of color lives rooted in American ideals that were passed and marginalized groups in this country.” along to their children, including his parents. He Ozaki noted that because her grandfather stood explained that his family’s way of life was up- up and spoke about his story in 1981 and later ended when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. at a Day of Remembrance event commemorating “Dad was a 24-year-old president of the Port- the signing of Executive Order 9066 shortly after land Japanese American Citizens League (JACL),” 9/11 she was able to understand what resistance said Wesley. “JACL was fiercely patriotic then as means. it is today. He rebutted false accusations and ru- When her grandfather said “We will never let it 22 July 5, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES every gay guy in the place was wearing a tropical you the most? shirt, short shorts, and pool slides. I didn’t have CK: Most cooking personalities don’t impress BOOKS a problem with the look, but with the lack of me that much, except for Ina Garten. She is ev- variety. The other thing that makes this tricky is erything you’d dream she would be. After she I can’t tell who’s gay and who’s not anymore— was on The Chew a few times, we struck up a not by the way they dress. I like the fact that so casual friendship. This past Christmas season Clinton Kelly many heterosexual men are starting to embrace my husband and I went to Paris and we got to- fashion. gether with Ina for lunch. She was so incredibly WCT: With What Not to Wear and the cooking charming and the next day took us to her favorite show The Chew, you’ve become a highly visible bakery, and her favorite cheese shop and bought talks love gay man. What is the biggest surprise you’ve us ice cream. As we were eating the ice cream I found about being so recognizable? turned to Damon and said, “Can you believe we’re CK: It’s both wonderful and terrible. I’ve had hanging out with Ina Garten?” and ‘Hate’ women cry their eyes out telling me how I’ve WCT: What food would it be impossible for changed their lives for the better. Raising the you to live without? self-esteem of so many women was never some- CK: I don’t think I could live without cheese. thing I set out to do and I’m grateful for having a And wine. And really good coffee. positive impact in the world in that way. The bad WCT: Reading your book I was really im- part of fame is that I might wake up tomorrow pressed by your flow from one career path to to an email that says I’m going to burn in hell another—freelance writer, editor, What Not To because I’m a fag, or I’m not funny and too ugly Wear, The Chew, writing scripts, etc. Any idea to be on television. People can be so mean some- as to your future career path? times. Anybody who puts themselves out there CK: I have a script deal in the works, but noth- can be the target of the same sort of vitriol. You ing has been signed. I’ve had a career philosophy don’t have to be famous. That’s just a downside from the beginning that I am only going to take of living in today’s society. a job if I love it, if I think it can be fun, or if WCT: Congrats on winning an Emmy Award I think I can learn something from it. When it for The Chew. Where do you keep it? stops being fun or I stop learning, it’s time to CK: I keep it in the guest bathroom. I felt like move on. Then I put it out to the universe to anywhere else would be too showy and a closet send me another opportunity and if something seemed disrespectful to the Emmy. The guest comes along that looks right, I’ll take it. That bathroom works. I feel like my guests are more philosophy has worked for me. I believe if you’re Clinton Kelly. impressed by it that I am. doing something you love, your energy and en- PR photo by Heidi Gutman/ABC WCT: In I Hate Everyone, Except You, you thusiasm gets rewarded. share several fish-out-of-water anecdotes WCT: Chicagoans will be interested to know about growing up gay on Long Island. Have you worked at Cornelia’s Restaurant on Cor- they come to embrace your success? nelia and Halsted in 1992 when you were at CK: Yes. I went to my 25th high-school reunion Northwestern for journalism. What was your a few years ago and people were just great. I favorite Chicago thing to do? thought, “Wow, so many of you were real dick- CK: I loved show tunes at Sidetrack. It was so By Owen Keehnen ceptance, co-star Stacy London, husband Damon bags back in the day and now we’re posing for much fun. It always felt like a unified group of and much more. photos together.” I don’t know if that’s being people having a great time. I used to love to go The Clinton Kelly memoir I Hate Everyone, Except Windy City Times: How did you come up with on TV or people just growing up and stop be- line-dancing there as well. I also went to Roscoes You has just come out in paperback. In the book, the title for the book? ing idiots, at least some of them. The reunion a lot. the star of What Not To Wear and The Chew talks Clinton Kelly: I wanted to encapsulate my was really important for me because back in high WCT: Congratulations on your 2009 marriage about growing up gay, his search for love and ac- mood in one sentence, but in a joking way. When school all I could think was, “I’m going to show to Damon and your happy home in Connecti- things aren’t going your way and you say, “I them someday.” cut. What’s your secret to a good relationship? have everyone,” but then realize you are with a WCT: In your book you mention not being a CK: Damon is a psychologist, so all we do is friend or your husband so you add, “except you, fan of Paula Deen. What cooking personalities of course.” I wanted that to convey the tone of who’ve appeared on your show have impressed Turn to page 23 the book. I don’t really hate anybody. It’s very tongue in cheek. WCT: And it establishes a sort of confidenti- Queen, Lambert ality with the reader too. What is the biggest misconception people have about you? in Chicago July 13 CK: That I care what they’re wearing, because Queen + Adam Lambert will tour North Amer- the truth of the matter is, I don’t. You should ica this summer with a 25-city arena tour kick- care what you’re wearing, not me. People imagine ing off June 23 in Phoenix. I spend my time in the streets of NYC comment- This includes a July 13 stop in Chicago at the ing on women’s shoes and things. That was a TV United Center. show. I was paid to do that. That’s not who I am. After sold-out tours throughout Europe, Asia, WCT: Going along with that, in What Not to Australia, Latin and North America, Brian May, Wear, you and Stacy London did fashion make- Roger Taylor and Adam Lambert will debut a overs on [more than] 300 women. If you did new show specially designed and created for the same thing with gay men, what do you this outing, bringing fans all their favorite imagine would be the most common fashion Queen hits, like “Another One Bites the Dust,” misstep you would find? “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “We Will Rock You” and CK: This is tricky because I don’t really pay at- “We Are The Champions.” tention. The one criticism I might have is that it Tickets will go on sale Friday, Feb. 3, at 10 seems a little uniform at times. Recently, I was a.m. through the Live Nation mobile app and at Adam Lambert. in West Hollywood and went to get coffee and LiveNation.com. PR photo by David Roemer WINDY CITY TIMES July 5, 2017 23 NUNN ON ONE: THEATER Blake Hammond: ‘Something’ to talk about by Jerry Nunn on Donny Osmond’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat production. I went on Set in 1959, the hilarious show Something Rot- tour with it for a year. That motivated me to ten! is the story of two brothers named Nick and move back to New York because I had money to Nigel Bottom living in the Renaissance period. just work as an actor. It worked out well! They are competing with William Shakespeare to WCT: Do you have a favorite musical? find success in the theater world. BH: I adore Hairspray. It is one of the best After a series of mishaps and crazy situations, books ever and I love the songs. a production is brought to life called Something My favorite dramatic one is Man of La Mancha. Rotten! Be prepared for lots of laughs and a pos- It tugs at my heart. I love the play within the sible beheading in the process for this 10-time play. As an actor it is fun to play a prisoner then Blake Hammond (left) and Rob McClure in Something Rotten! Tony-nominated show. transform into a padre. PR photo This year, a national tour of Something Rotten! WCT: How was dressing in drag to play Edna was launched, bringing Blake Hammond back in in Hairspray? I think you would have to be confident to take done so many musicals in my career. Chicago, where he has spent time. Over his career BH: It was great. I had done When Pigs Fly on money to tell the future. He is not that good at WCT: I met Renee recently and she was very he has played many roles, such as Ernie in Sister Broadway that had some drag in it before that. it. He sees things that are true, but he doesn’t nice. Act, Chadwick in Elf, Braithwaite in Billy Elliot Doing Edna was amazing because it was play- know how to put them into context. I think that BH: She is a sweetheart. I remember in one and Pumbaa in The Lion King. ing a mother as opposed to playing a . is where a lot of the comedy comes into this rehearsal that she asked the cast if we had any Windy City Times: Hi, Blake. Where are you What is great about Broadway is that you have so character—things that shouldn’t go together go tricks for learning our lines. I thought, “You from? much help. You have someone to paint your face together, but somehow he sees that. speak seven languages and can sing any opera and choose the colors for your lipstick. WCT: There are a lot of gay jokes? you can name, so I think you will be okay learn- WCT: Doing anything for Pride month be- BH: Absolutely. There is a Puritan who is the ing some words!” sides being gay? villain, if there is one of the piece. He is against WCT: How was the Addams Family experi- BH: [Laughs] Something Rotten! We don’t have theater. He has a daughter who falls in love with ence? lots of free time on these tours. I am proud on- one of the Bottom brothers. The Puritan is about BH: That is one of my favorite roles. Not the stage every day. as prissy as they come. greatest show I have been in, though they re- Unless I happen to be in a city, like for When There are also some yummy men in the show. wrote it for the tour, and was improved hugely Pigs Fly when I was in LA. Years ago we were in Shakespeare has some back up boys that wear from the Broadway production. the . It is hard to do on the road. black leather with codpieces. The four of them I loved playing Fester Addams. I played him like There is not necessarily a Pride parade in every are H-O-T. That is always fun to watch for me! a 40-year-old man with the mind of a 10-year-old city that you go to. WCT: Talk about your recent show Living on boy. He is like a child. When they rewrote the WCT: Where are you on the tour currently? Love. script they made him more of a narrator. It is a BH: I am in Dallas, so I am home. I have been BH: It didn’t last for very long, which was a fun experience as an actor to step forward and in Texas for a month. It has been nice to stay shame. They didn’t know how to market it I think. break the wall to talk to the people sitting there. with family and have them all see the show. Renee Fleming, the opera star, was in this play. I liked to stand in front of the curtain and look WCT: Talk about Something Rotten! They had written it for her and worked with her the audience in the eye. That doesn’t happen a BH: It is brand new for each city, because it on developing it. There were six of us in the play. lot in theater. has never been on tour before. It is a completely We did it at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. WCT: What are you doing after the tour ends? new musical that people are not usually familiar It was picked up for the Broadway run. It was a BH: It goes on until May 2018. I am signed with. I love that about it. It is not based on limited run to begin with, but opened the same until January. Who knows what will happen after previous other stuff like movies, or a book. It time Something Rotten! opened. It has gotten that. I would love a little time off, but I have comes out of two brother’s minds and is about really competitive in New York. enjoyed touring though. I like bringing these two brothers. I remember when there were a only a few shows great shows to people that would not see them It is a love letter to musical theater in a way. opening at a time with empty seats, now shows otherwise. It touches on all the different musicals that have are waiting to get in. There are like 18 new musi- Something Rotten! comes to Chicago July happened over history. There are so many refer- cals in a season. It is incredible. 11-23 at the Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph Blake Hammond. ences in the show. If you love musical theater I had a great time doing that play. It was fun St. Call 800-775-2000 or visitBroadwayInChi- PR photo you will have a lot of laughs just with that alone. to be in an original Broadway play since I have cago.com for tickets. There is also the Shakespeare component. It is Blake Hammond: I grew up in Texas­­—a small set in 1590s where he is the bees knees. He’s sort KELLY from page 22 CK: Mr. Rogers. There was something about town called Glen Rose. It has about 1,800 people of a like a rock star. I think it is fun for people him that when I watched him as a kid that af- living there and [is] about an hour from Fort that love or hate Shakespeare. He is made fun of communicate! But in all seriousness, that is so fected my entire life. He was calm and fastidious Worth and Dallas. so it works on both levels. important because you can’t expect other people and creative. I liked his overall sense of life—be I went to school at University of Texas at Aus- What I find is that no matter what city we go to read your mind. I think getting married at an calm, be nice, take your time and do things right. tin, where I studied theater. Afterward, I went to to the audiences just come out in droves and just older age helps. Know what you don’t want in WCT: What do you want readers of I Hate New York for two years, then Chicago for seven loved it. People say they didn’t know what to ex- a relationship and make mistakes, so you can Everyone, Except You to come away knowing years. pect, but are surprised how funny it is. It is a recognize a good guy when you find one. Also, about Clinton Kelly? WCT: Where did you perform in Chicago? great night at the theater. People leave smiling you cannot expect any person to complete you. CK: I want to connect with the readers I can BH: I did a lot of musical theater. I was in from ear to ear. That’s why you need friends and family. You can’t connect with and if you don’t connect with me, Oak Brook and Lincolnshire. Back then there was WCT: Talk about your character, Nostrada- get mad at your spouse for not being everything that’s fine too. I’m kind of a nice guy who’s done Candlelight Playhouse, Drury Lane South and Hal- mus. you need. some stupid things in life and made his career in sted Street Company. BH: He is a soothsayer. He predicts the future. WCT: What individual has been your most television. Aside from that I’m a normal human The last couple of years I was there, I worked I love him. I play him with a lot of confidence. surprising inspiration? being who has lived a fun life. 24 July 5, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES

cymbal, but otherwise the casual listener wouldn’t have noticed anything wrong until the group called attention to it. The notori- ously outspoken singer kept things moving and didn’t need to tell the audience to talk amongst Roxane Gay themselves while things were quickly adjusted. She did restart a song saying that it just wasn’t going right at one point though. The talks crew had driven straight from New York the night before, so maybe there was no time for a soundcheck. This show focused on a series of the three ‘Hunger’ Mercury recording albums ranging from the ‘80s and ‘90s, each played at different venues over the course of three separate months. This par- at CHF ticular set list was dedicate to 1988’s popular Michelle Shocked. . There are 10 tracks on the PR photo record, which sports an unforgettable cover of Shocked being arrested in San Francisco during the 1984 Democratic National Convention. CONCERT REVIEW She told a few short stories in between sev- Michelle’s concert eral of the tracks, such as using her dog while asking for money for “Hello Hopeville” and the is free of shocks white-on-Black police brutality inspiration for by Jerry Nunn “Graffiti Limbo.” From the beginning, the artist—who changed Roxane Gay. The most controversial thing artist Michelle her name to refer to shell-shocked victims in PR photo Shocked did at City Winery in Chicago on June World War I—has always been enmeshed in courtesy of 27 was to not allow photographs to be taken controversy. Her opinions addressing war and the Chicago by anyone. the gay community (which switched from pro Humanities It is a shame because she appeared happy, to vehemently anti) have alienated many of her Festival healthy and ready to perform. While it was nice fans over the years. This night, everything was to see a show where fans were not recording kept focused on the music that combined many video and snapping shots with their phones ev- genres, including blues and folk. In fact, she ery minute, a professional photo taken from the thanked the audience several times for being side for a few minutes of the first song would there. not have been distracting, and would have al- The crowd sang along to several lyrics with lowed people who did not attend to see her. her encouragement and gave her a standing The Trio kicked off the City ovation at the end. She ended the night with Winery show that night. Anderson has been an encore of “Fogtown,” a hidden track on the by Nina Matti her sexual assault in a way she hadn’t before. record. She encouraged the audience to pursue change, working with Shocked for over 30 years as a Her energy, humor and vocals were all in har- The Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) welcomed but to “pace yourself. Take time to care for your- producer and instrumentalist. He provided the mony, boding well for her return shows on July New York Times best-selling author Roxane Gay self, and I don’t mean in a corporate ‘self care’ backing band for the Texas singer after a short 23 and Aug. 23. Visit Citywinery.com for tickets for a book reading and question and answer ses- way,” she said. “You need to have something for break of opening for her. There were some tech- and information. sion on June 19 at the Francis W. Parker School. yourself and time off when you need it.” nical problems with her earpiece and a broken The sold-out event focused on Gay’s recently re- She said that she “has no idea how [she’s] do- leased memoir Hunger. ing it” herself though. She credits her supportive Hunger, Gay said, is “a memoir of [her] body.” family, especially her “super cute” five-year-old In it, she explores trauma and fatness and their nice as being her safety net, but she also said Open TV hosts interactions with sexuality, gender, race and body that meeting people that she impacts and that image. relate to her help her get through. “To meet peo- potluck, preview Although the evening’s subject matter was ple like you, honestly, is what sustains me,” Gay By Tarina Hargrays rather serious, Gay’s wit and sarcasm kept the said to an audience member. “It’s always nice to audience laughing as she read two sections of know that you’re not alone. When you’re a fat On June 27, Open TV (beta) hosted its Two the memoir and then fielded questions from the Black woman in her forties, you are alone in a lot Queens in a Kitchen preview and potluck. crowd of about 1,100. People asked about ev- of different ways.” The free event was held at Reunion Chicago, erything from not conforming to social norms to an art gallery in the Humboldt Park neighbor- her favorite franchise of The Real Housewives— hood. Two Queens in a Kitchen (2QIK) is one of which, for the record, is Atlanta. Rolling Stones Open TV’s most popular series, and it aims to Several audience members lauded Gay for dis- bring relevance to discussions about relation- cussing body image, fatness and sexual violence exhibit at Navy Pier ships, sex, family, politics and more. Elijah McKinnon. The Rolling Stones’ first-ever major exhibition, so openly and noted the courage that she must The potluck was hosted by Open TV’s Elijah Photo by Matt Simonette “Exhibitionism,” will make its Chicago debut at have to be so vulnerable in her writing. “I don’t McKinnon, who recently became a manager of Navy Pier through July 30. think I had the courage but I wrote the book Reunion Chicago and Aymar Jean Christian, Season two of 2QIK includes Aymar Jean The Chicago engagement follows the exhibit’s anyway,” Gay said in response. “If I sat around Open TV’s head of development. Guests were Christian, Kristen Kaza, Eli Micky, Cori Dave, global premiere in London and its star-studded waiting for courage, I wouldn’t do anything. I able to watch a special preview of 2QIK’s sec- Nathanial Tenenbaum, Oli Rodriguez, Rashaad U.S. premiere in NYC. Exhibitionism is the largest decided to write this book because I so much did ond season while enjoying delicious snacks and Hall and Felicia Holman. The full series is set to touring experience of its kind ever to be staged, not want to write it. I was so scared of it.” drinks. premiere July 12. and the first time in history the band has un- Gay overcame her fear and, she said, the writ- After the viewing, guests were asked to take For more information, visit WeAreOpen.tv/ locked its vast private archive. ing process forced her to confront her body and an online survey rating the episodes seen. open-tv-originals/2qik. See StonesExhibitionism.com. WINDY CITY TIMES July 5, 2017 25 Or Chadash marks Pride with award ceremony, reception By Melissa Wasserman dash with 24 years on the Board and a member of the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame. On June 23, Or Chadash’s Shabbat was ushered in “I just felt like the portion from the Torah from with a Pride reception and the Am Keshet Com- this week had a rebellion among the Israelites munity Award ceremony at Temple Sholom. because they just weren’t happy with the way Or Chadash is an LGBT community group that things were going and life was difficult and im- calls Temple Sholom home and provides a wide perfect and that ultimately, I think the message range of spiritual and social programming/ac- is life is not perfect and especially in times like tivities. Since its establishment 41 years ago, all these we have to remember that we just need to members of the LGBT community and its allies keep moving forward and keep showing up,” said have been welcome to participate. Katzman, the first female member of the Jewish With Or Chadash coming into Temple Sholom, clergy to serve within the city of Chicago and the facility’s LGBTQ affiliate group, previously cantor of Temple Sholom of Chicago for 28 years named Am Keshet, expanded. (now Cantor Emerita), of what she shared in her Or Chadash co-chair Edwards Buice founded the brief acceptance speech. Am Keshet Community award six years ago, and Following the reception and awards ceremony described the reception and awards ceremony as was the Friday night service. Buice said the Pride a chance to thank certain individuals and organi- service was centered around Or Chadash Pride zations for their support. weekend and celebrating the LGBTQ community, “I founded the award six years ago because I but also remembering those who passed away,

Callie Calamia and her girlfriend with the defiant kiss. Photo courtesy of Calamia A defiant kiss Callie Calamia (right) and her girlfriend decided to pucker up in front of anti-gay protesters at this year’s Chicago Pride Parade.

Activism meet-ups, personal book recommendations, weekly events, Kids Storytime, and more! There are so many reasons to support Chicago’s only Award recipients (from left): Norman Sandfield, Ramon Rodriguez (Dignity/Chicago) and Aviva feminist bookstore. Katzman. Photo by Melissa Wasserman realized that we’re so busy celebrating, some- times we forget to thank those that have made specifically, the individuals killed in Orlando last the effort to make this happen, that we have a year. more open society, a more open spiritual organi- “I was very pleased and very excited that so zation, that allows us as the LGBTQ community many individuals came out to celebrate and share to be who we are, to bring our spouses, our part- the happiness of Pride weekend and to thank ners, our families and be openly gay or transsexu- the individuals, recognizing them and honoring al, or questioning or bisexual without judgement them for their support throughout the years of or being exploited,” said Buice. the LGBT community and it was a great way of us This year’s award recipients included Aviva coming together as one community and celebrat- Katzman, Norman Sandfield, Dignity/Chicago, ing, socializing and supporting each other,” said Judi Gorman and Pride Parade organizer Richard Buice of the evening’s events, which welcomed Pfeiffer. about 65 people. “I felt like it was a community “I’m a very lucky man,” said Sandfield. “I’ve building opportunity for the LGBT community, as done what I want to do, I contributed, I’ve been well as our allies.” thanked for it, this is another cherry on the For more information on Or Chadash and Tem- cake,” said Sandfield, past president of Or Cha- ple Sholom, visit SholomChicago.org. 26 July 5, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES know whether to feel proud or report him.” really change, just the protections we have—and Audiences who’ve seen Jacobs’ hilarity in per- that’s nothing to laugh at. I can laugh when Bon- son before need not worry about disappointment. nie says, ‘It might only be 17.5 years because I Comedian provides “Folks who have heard me at readings and book only listen to her half the time.’” conferences will find this show a completely dif- The wives live in a boat, two condos, two hous- ferent experience,” she said. “And for folks who es and an RV. a ‘Fay’ ol’ time have seen it, there are new stories. And truth- “Well, not simultaneously!” she quipped. “In fully, every show is different because audiences the past 20 years in Rehoboth Beach, we started react differently. This one, with a large LGBT au- out in a boat, graduated to two different condos, dience, should be especially fun since so many of then a house and an RV and now we’ve become the stories will be relatable to the crowd.” downwardly mobile and live in an ... ahem … Jacobs has been married for more than 35 years manufactured home. Actually, it’s great, because to her wife, Bonnie. So, how’s married life? we can just turn off the water, lock the door and “It’s a 35-year discussion! Bonnie and I met winter in Florida. But the trailer park jokes have in 1982, got married in Canada in 2003, civil been a blessing.” unioned in Delaware in 2012, saw that convert to Something that Jacobs said hasn’t been a marriage in 2013 with the Edie Windsor decision. blessing is the current White House administra- So I think it’s a done deal,” she said. tion. “The only thing our current administration Did anything substantially change with the has made great again is late-night comedy,” she added classifications of their relationship during said. this time? Not so much. Catch Jacobs’ performance of 50 Shades of “I never, ever thought I would see marriage Fay at the Center on Halsted Sunday, July 9. equality in my lifetime, so it’s a big deal,” she Tickets are available at https://community. Fay Jacobs. said. “Of course, our 35-year relationship didn’t centeronhalsted.org/FayJacobs. PR photo courtesy of Jacobs By Sarah Toce Olivia cruises and in LGBTQ meccas like Ft. Lau- derdale, Winston-Salem, Philadelphia, Allentown, 325 W. Huron St. Collins will also take part in a Beloved comedian Fay Jacobs will grace the Cen- Asheville, Rehoboth Beach, Provincetown and Q&A and meet-and-greet with members of the ter on Halsted stage for the first time in her ca- others. Center on Halsted and Sky fans on Saturday, reer on Sunday, July 9. The goal of her repertoire is relatively simple: July 8, 5:30-6:30 p.m., in the Skyline Room at Her previous stint in Chicago occurred more It’s time to laugh … at yourself. Allstate Arena. than 10 years ago for a reading at Women & Chil- “When I am telling stories about aging—like See ChicagoSky.net. dren First and was at a completely different time when I talk about ‘the organ recital,’ when your and place. Now she’s headed back to the Windy friends sit around discussing which of their or- City to present her latest rendezvous with aging gans are deteriorating, I hope folks who relate ‘BLACK!’ in titled 50 Shades of Fay. have a good laugh at themselves - and those who Chicago in July “I’m most looking forward to making people don’t see it as funny and learn that it’s okay, Michael Washington Brown, in association laugh and thinking about how far we’ve come mandatory actually, to laugh at life’s humilia- with Athenaeum Theatre Productions, present on the road to full equality,” Jacobs told Windy tions,” she shared. BLACK!, July 20-30, in Studio 2 at the Athenae- City Times. “Hopefully [the audience] will laugh Millennials have a coveted place at Jacobs’ per- um Theatre, 2936 N. Southport Ave. Opening with me on the relatable tales of aging in place— formance table as well. night is Thursday, July 20, at 7:30 p.m. whatever that place may be.” “There have been many millennials who’ve seen The England-born Browncreated BLACK! in Laughing is indeed the best medicine in times my show, on Olivia or in P-town, for instance,” 2016. In the production, Brown inhabits an of uncertainty and stress—two items greatly af- she said. “I was especially touched by the young array of characters from Africa, the United fecting the aging population in America. women who’d tell me they had no idea about States, England and Jamaica, performing each “As a humorist, it’s my job to see the tough some of the discrimination issues and hard times person’s individual perspective and sharing his stuff through a funny lens,” Jacobs said. “My in the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s.” experiences. The production highlights the nu- Jason Collins. show looks at issues like staying fit…Did you Inviting the younger crowd in to the wonders ances and life perspectives of various people Photo by Tracy Baim know there’s a smart bra that works as a pedom- of aging is a happy medium for all involved, it who are from the Black global community. eter?; Cataract surgery…It’s terrifying to wake seems. The performance schedule is Thursdays and up, look in a mirror and more clearly see your “I’m always careful to give the young ones per- Jason Collins at Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2 and 7:30 wrinkles; and remembering when we smoked mission to laugh with me for the stories about my p.m. as well as Sundays at 2 p.m. The running joints instead of replacing them.” getting older,” she said. “They’ll have their turn!” Chicago Sky events time is 100 minutes, including a 10-minute in- Along with the humor, the show’s narrative fol- Does Jacobs have any advice for the not-yet- The Chicago Sky and retired NBA trailblazer termission. lows both the trajectory of the fight for equal wrinkled children of our era? Jason Collins will host diversity and inclusion Tickets are $25; visit AthenaeumTheatre.org rights and some of the hilarious and relatable “I tell them, ‘Keep a sense of humor. It will celebrations July 6-8. or call 773-935-6875. indignities of getting older. save your butt,’” she admitted. Collins was the first active male athlete in The bulk of her incredibly relatable perfor- Jacobs has been awarded multiple times for her any of the four major U.S. professional leagues mance in 50 Shades of Fay is borrowed from real works of literature and is a staple in the LGBTQ to publicly announce he was gay in a Sports ‘TRUE LOVE’ block experiences. community—and aging community. How does Illustrated story following the 2012-13 NBA “Much of the funny stuff is from my books, but she select which stories to bring to the big stage? season. party July 21 the narrative is also based on my work for gay “Since I started touring in 2015, the narrative The first private event will be a meet-and- Clark, 6500 N. Clark rights and marriage equality,” Jacobs ruminated. has stayed pretty much the same, but some of the greet panel with Collins and Imani Boyette, St., will host a “True Love” block party on Fri- “I remember the first time a newspaper quoted fun stories get changed, depending on the crowd, “Facing Adversity Through Sports,” moderated day, July 21, 5:30-7:30 p.m. me on an issue and attributed it to ‘Fay Jacobs, or as I have new material published,” she shared. by Stephen Bardo on Thursday, July 6. The This community gathering will reveal the gay activist.’ I gasped, but then realized it was “At a show in DC last week, I added a story that event will be hosted at Midtown Athletic Club TRUE LOVE interactive sculpture at the Clark true. And some of those tales are great examples happened just the day before, when I was online and The Hotel at Midtown in Chicago. Street clinic in Rogers Park. Conceived by artist of my motto ‘Nothing is so bad if it’s worth the with computer tech support and the fellow in On Friday, July 7, 7:30-9 a.m., Collins will Bob Faust, TRUE LOVE is proclaimed as Howard story you can tell.’” Mumbai, or wherever the call center was, com- participate in a breakast networking event with Brown Health’s “message for Pride month and Jacobs has been a mainstay in women’s fes- plimented me on my keyboard speed and grasp of the LGBT Chamber of Commerce atNacional 27, beyond.” tivals around the world, most notably gigs on his commands, ‘for someone of your age.’ I didn’t See HowardBrown.org. WINDY CITY TIMES July 5, 2017 27 MARTINEZ from page 10 barometer of their actions. I view it like I view I got literally hundreds of nasty stuff on social not giving Palestinians equal rights. Having equal the Apache in this country—people who were media—people saying they’re going to petition rights for queer people in the U.S. doesn’t give ment on the fringes of society but essentially our invaded by refugees fleeing religious oppression City Hall to not give us any permits. I was called us the right to ignore the problems that queer values are still middle class—marriage, a couple and took over a country and their land. Other “enemy number one of Jews in America.” “I know people of color face. of kids, get a nice car, a nice job and everything people say “that’s not valid.” For me it is. where you live.” “I’m coming after you.” I was WCT: A Wider Bridge has asked you to apolo- is alright. We don’t see the need to build solidar- WCT: Let’s talk about the international anger threatened with rape, with murder. gize. Is the answer “no”? ity and uplift other oppressed groups. and push-back. What did you experience and People were making comments with absolutely AM: I’m not saying that the Dyke March doesn’t WCT: Is there a risk, throwing around words why do you think it happened? no idea what Dyke March was. They just read that apologize. We’ve publicly apologized for things like , cisnormativity and so AM: I thought Windy City Times failed in its we banned Jewish flags from the march. I’m read- before. But, from my position, we have no reason on, of alienating allies? journalistic mission [breaking the story] and not ing these stories and I’m going “where are they to apologize. We did nothing wrong. Those peo- AM: The problem is that, yes, there are a lot looking for a real response from the Collective be- getting this?” By this time, I was only asked for ple who are asking us to apologize need to come of loaded words that have double meanings to fore putting Laurel’s position out there. I’m a se- comments by the Windy City Times, WGN News up with facts. They need to have been there, on people and we have to be careful how we use nior member of the core. Windy City Times should and a couple of online podcasts. We didn’t want a the ground and involved in the situation to have them. On the other hand, when people are pur- have known that I would be one of the people bunch of different messages out there. That’s why some validity. posely looking for faults and not to raise their who could speak at length about what went I am talking with your right now. WCT: Any take-aways for next year’s march? consciousness or to avoid dealing with problems down. I’m not trying to defend all the actions of WCT: Some commentators challenged you to AM: We’ll just keep on being the Dyke March. like racism or oppression, there’s a tendency to Dyke March. There were mistakes made in there hold the Dyke March in the middle of the Gaza We’re part of a tradition. Where we make mis- use the words that we frame our conversations somewhere obviously. In a two-mile march and a Strip and “see what happens”—that the Pal- takes, we’ll correct them. Where we do the right in against us. three-block park with 2,000 people, we can’t be estinians would respond with violence. How do things, we’ll reinforce them and make them part We do it to each other but sometimes you have aware of everything that goes on or is said your respond to that argument? of our foundation. to stand on a principle even if it’s highly unpopu- But, once you put that stuff out there, it’s like AM: If we had our march nearly anywhere in the Link to previous story: www.windycitymedia- lar. I know that being pro-Palestinian in America trying to put the shit back in the sausage. So, world, we run the risk of being attacked. There group.com/lgbt/More-than-1500-at-Dyke-March- is not a popular position. But I don’t do it from by the morning after the march, the Collective are Gay Pride marches being attacked everywhere. in-Little-Village-Jewish-Pride-flags-banned-UP- a mean-spirited, anti-Semitic point-of-view. I was being attacked on alt-Right sites without Even in Israel. Queer people have civil rights DATED-June-25-/59621.html . wasn’t raised to look at a person’s religion as a any feedback from us. It caught us off guard. there but that doesn’t give you a free pass on

RENSLOW from page 8 so that they might better understand and bring paign for President of the United States. We need More details, and memorial info, will be posted as enhanced visibility to ‘Leather history.’ As co- to re-elect President Obama. This year the choice information becomes available. Preserving history founder, longtime President and, most recently, is between a history making man who stands up Renslow’s life is chronicled in Leatherman: The Leather Archives & Museum staff and board Chairman of the Board, Chuck has left his mark for the gay community and tells the world that The Legend of Chuck Renslow, by Tracy Baim issued this statement, in part: throughout our institution and touched each of we must have civil rights. Or … if he is defeated, and Owen Keehnen, available in B&W and full “As LA&M’s co-founder, Chuck gave deeply and us very deeply. He will be missed. we’ll live under Mitt Romney, a self-avowed Mor- color editions. worked with great passion for over 26 years “During this time of grieving and celebrating mon conservative who believes that marriage is See Tracy Baim’s 2007 interview from 2007 to save the names and faces of Leather, kink, of Chuck’s life and contributions, LA&M will con- strictly for one man and one woman.” here: http://chicagogayhistory.org/biography. BDSM and fetish people, communities, and his- tinue to hold its open museum hours. Beginning Renslow is survived by many friends and family. html?id=772 . tory, and he fought to ensure that Leatherfolk Saturday, July 1 we will establish a temporary were the ones who would ‘tell’ their own stories display of rare and remarkable items from Chuck’s private collection for visitors to view In the Eti- enne Auditorium. “For the next month, we will also have a letter- writing station available during museum hours where folks can write letters to Chuck that we will then bundle and give to the Renslow Fam- ily. Those who cannot visit LA&M are welcome to write a letter or send a postcard to Chuck and The mail it to us via the postal service at 6418 N. Greenview Ave., Chicago, IL 60626 USA. Letters hookup site via post only, please.” In a 2012 speech to the crowd gathered from around the world at International Mr. Leather, Renslow, ever the political activist, stated, in TOO HOT part: “I am really proud of the Leather Archives & Museum. The Leather Archives serves as a re- for the pository for our history ... a place where future generations will be able to know what has come before. It is never too early to save history. … app store Write your history as it was and as you lived it. Don’t rewrite history as others have done. ... “If you’re here from one of our 50 United States there is something else you can do this year. You can help someone and in doing so, help your- selves. A few weeks ago, during an election year when it could hurt him the most, President Obama became the first sitting President to champion gay marriage. As you can imagine, the right-wing conservatives have been energized and the only way to off set them is to become energized our- Renslow and Tony DeBlase at the opening of selves. More than any other time in your lives you the Leather Archives & Museum. need to become active and involved in the cam- Photo courtesy of Leather Archives & Museum 28 July 5, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES infused with cucumber, mint and lime. This gin burned just the right amount. My dining com- cocktail tasted like summer (which is how it felt panion found the pork-belly poutine not quite as at CH, thanks to a broken air-conditioning sys- decadent as it sounded, and liked my sandwich a tem—that, thankfully was quickly fixed), and is bit more. the DISH exactly what I would love to be sipping on during Overall, CH Distillery is a sophisticated and Weekly Dining Guide in a hot day at the beach. fun experience. The menu is teeming with savory The only thing that could make the cocktail cocktails and food, and the search for original WINDY CITY TIMES better, however, was the grilled cheese with recipes is always a priority with this spot.​ smoked bacon. Grilled-cheese sandwiches, of Note: Restaurant profiles/events are based SAVOR course, can be made a variety of ways—and I on invitations arranged from restaurants and/ CH Distillery liked how CH Distillery makes it: juicy, smoky, and or firms.

BY EMAGIN TANASCHUK —Sonal Aggarwal is a world traveling perform- Sidetrack’s er. Raised in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, CH Distillery (564 W Randolph St.; CHDistillery. CH Distillery’s braised pork belly poutine she left the country after college to travel the com)—called Chicago’s first combination distill- and Make Me Feel Fine cocktail. world. In March of 2015 while living in India as OUTspoken! Series: an artist and emcee, her life took a dramatic turn ery, bar and restaurant—is situated in the West Photos by Emagin Tanaschuk Loop, which is certainly the place to be after a July’s featured with a motorcycle accident that led her back to long day of work at the office. Chicago. During her rehabilitation, she realized The vibe at CH Distillery is sophisticated, mod- storytellers that she was meant to do stand up comedy. Now, ern and filled with Chicago professionals looking her infectious energy is on stage all over Chicago. —Mark Balakoohi was born alongside his twin to unwind with co-workers or friends. Upon en- Sonal Aggarwal tering, it is hard not to notice how aesthetically brother in a refugee camp in Austria to a Polish pleasing the location is with the dimly lit, sleek Catholic mother and Iranian Muslim father. He restaurant area on your left and the actual distill- immigrated to the US as a baby and has grown ery on your right. (Tours of the distillery are every up in Chicago and the area. Mark graduated from Tuesday and Saturday, and include free tastes.) UIC with a degree in business and spent his 20s Once the first round of drinks arrived, I realized married and climbing the corporate ladder. Now, that the word “sleek” did not just describe the in his 30s, Mark downsized to a small Chicago marketing company. bar’s physical appearance. To celebrate National Mark Balakoohi Iced Tea Month, CH Distillery collaborated with —Patrick Dati is an advocate and speaker for several organizations devoted to promoting LG- Argo Tea to create three deliciously refreshing Patrick Dati tea-based cocktails. BTQ rights and preventing childhood abuse and I ordered the “Makes Me Feel Fine,” which is bullying. Dati sits on the board of directors for Break The Silence Foundation, a local domes- tic violence organization. He also is a national public speaker for The Elite Speakers Bureau in addition to these organizations: Center on Hal- sted, Teach Antibullying, Inc., Dreamcatchers for Abused Children, The National Association of Erin Diamond Adult Survivors of Child Abuse and RAINN. —Erin Diamond is a writer and comedian. She The Dutchman is a frequent contributor to The Paper Machete at The Green Mill. Erin also co-produces The Kiki, a Queer comedy variety show at The Laugh Factory. The Kiki will also take up a summer residency at Transistor in Andersonville beginning July. She is a devoted fan of the band Third Eye Blind. —The Dutchman was born in this town and has lived here all his life. He was an out bisexual Gabriel Gomez in high school and people just thought he was confused. Ever since he has been very strident Coya Paz about bisexual visibility. He is a leatherman, a family man (with three children), a Latin Mass Catholic and a communist. —Gabriel Gomez is a Chicago native and sig- nificantly, a mutt, who has lived abroad and trav- eled widely. In the US, he has been politically active with ACT-UP, , The Legacy Project and the American Federation of Teachers. Since 1998, he has been at Chicago State Uni- The July edition of OUTspoken! versity, a university committed to social justice, LGBTQ storyteller series takes place where he is a professor in Information Studies. Tuesday, July 11, at Sidetrack, —Coya Paz is a writer, director and lip gloss 3349 N. Halsted St. Doors open at 6 connoisseur. She is the Artistic Director of Free Street Theater, a cofounder of the Proyecto Latina pm, stories begin at 7. collective, and served as the founding co-Artistic Director of Teatro Luna for nine years. Coya is See www.outspokenchicago.com for an Associate Professor at The Theatre School at more info. DePaul University and holds a PhD in Performance Studies from Northwestern University. WINDY CITY TIMES July 5, 2017 29 More photos of Chuck Renslow from the book Leatherman: The Legend of Chuck Renslow.

The Chicago Eagle staff with Renslow in 1999. Courtesy of Leather Archives & Museum

2002 IML winner Stephen Weber with Renslow, first runner- up Borisz Mos (left) and second runner-up Herb Kaylor (right). Photo by Israel Wright

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1. Chuck Renslow in the 1950s. 2. Renslow in his Masonic uniform, at a Masonic function. 3. Jim “Felicia” Flint with Renslow, judging a contest in Wisconsin. 4. Renslow and Grace Jones at Center Stage. 5. Renslow and the singer Sylvester promoting his planned show at Bistro Too. 6. Touché bar owner Chuck 2 Rodocker with Renslow at IML. 7. Gold Coast float in a 1970s Pride Parade, with , Renslow, and Patrick Finnegan- 4 5 Renslow up front. Photo 1 and 2 courtesy of Renslow; photo 3 courtesy of Jim Flint; photos 4 and 5 courtesy of Ron Ehemann; photo 6 courtesy of Israel 6 7 Wright; photo 7 courtesy of Gary Chichester Billy MastersMasters will return next week. 30 July 5, 2017 WINDY CITY TIMES of the time in a most suggestive manner. Saturday, July 8 Aging Gracelessly - 50 Shades of Fay Af- Through July 30. 7:30pm Pride Arts 2017 Ride for AIDS Chicago On July 8-9, ter four books and countless magazine COMMUNITY Center, 4139 N Broadway, Chicago, 800 hundreds of ndividuals will ride 100 or columns, author Fay Jacobs is touring 737 0984 http://www.pridefilmsand- 200 miles in support of the 2017 Ride with a hilarious and moving oral memoir. CALENDAR plays.com for AIDS Chicago. The Ride is commit- 4:00pm - 6:00pm Center on Halsted ted to providing essential services to 3656 N Halsted Chicago http://www. Friday, July 7 people living with and vulnerable for centeronhalsted.org/newevents-details. Wed., July 5 Jason Collins at Chicago Sky event Col- HIV and AIDS. See http://tpan.con- cfm?ID=14281 Taste of Chicago Outdoor food festival lins will participate in a breakast net- vio.net/site/TR/CyclingCenturyRide/ showcasing the diversity of Chicago’s working event with the LGBT Chamber of General?pg=entry&fr_id=1050. 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