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Houston's Parker Scores Big As Lesbian Mayor THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 Jan. 27, 2010 • vol 25 no 17 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com Houston’s Parker scores big as lesbian mayor EXCLUSIVE BY ROSS FORMAN Major League Soccer titles in 2006 and 2007. outing him. So who better to analyze the LGBT scene in “I think someone being outed doesn’t really Mona Noriega, HOUSTON—Her third-floor office, here in down- the four major men’s sports—baseball, foot- count because this is about us being open and town, is about a five-minute drive from Minute ball, basketball and hockey—than Parker, who honest about our lives, not being forced to re- Alderman? page 17 Maid Park, home stadium for the Houston As- watched in late 2009 as Houston became the luctantly come out. We need role models, and tros—and this city’s new mayor, Annise Parker, largest city in America to elect an openly gay anyone who is forced out of the closet,” is not a definitely is a baseball fan. It’s probably her mayor. willing role model, she said. favorite sport, although she admits she doesn’t “It will happen, and that will be another huge And if not from one of the big four sports, page 16 get to as many Astros’ games as she’d like to. milestone. [Sports] is a huge closet that we re- certainly a male player from the huge, worldwide Parker, an admitted sports fan, was a season- ally haven’t breached, yet,” she said. soccer scene. ticket holder for the entire run of the WNBA’s But when, in five years? “I think some major soccer stars will come Houston Comets, from 1997-2008. This sports “No doubt, a major active player [will come town is known as Clutch City for its NBA Rock- out while still active],” Parker said. Turn to page 4 ets, and the Houston Dynamo won back-to-back And he’ll come out on his own, not someone Getting Trans Artist Political Killed in Haiti Inside, find: -Charts showing bar ratings, endorsements and scores -Interviews with lesbian judicial candidate Mary Trew and gubernatorial Santino Rice page 27 candidates Hynes, Quinn and Whitney INFERNO burns it down at -Coverage of tJanuary 20, 2010 Hydrate. nightspots page 12 Stroke It political events NAGAAA Softball Drag Show at Spin. page 25 Online, find: page 15 nightspots -Interviews n with candidates Lesbian activist Jane Saks (left) and Cook County Board President candidate Toni Preckwinkle pick it up were among the attendees at “Justice for All,” the annual Equality Illinois gala that features take it home On the Jennifer Parello Lambert sets Maine for county, state at Roscoe’s straight... -ish. page 11 page 18 politicians (actual and aspiring) from around the state. See many photos of the event on page 15 and federal office and online at www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com. Photo by Kat Fitzgerald (MysticImagesPhotography. com) Brought to you by the combined efforts of page 28 2 Jan. 27, 2010 Help us Make History by electing the first openly gay member of the US Senate. On February 2nd come out to vote and be heard. www.MeisterForSenate.com Jan. 27, 2010 3 index NEWS Prop 8 trial’s latest 4 Robert Mosbacher dies 4 Houston’s lesbian mayor 4 Trans artist dies in Haiti 16 Twist in Fiorito case 16 Mona Noriega; Quotelines 17 View: Monroe; letters 18 ELECTION GUIDE Guide to the Gays 6 Gay candidates at Sidetrack 7 Gov. candidates speak 8 Mary Trew interview 9 Meister’s battle with WTTW 9 Political charts 10 Equality Illinois gala 15 Pat Griffin talks about the demise of the It Takes A Team! LGBT education ENTERTAINMENT campaign. See page 30. Scottish Play Scott 19 Theater reviews 20 Photo courtesy of Pat Griffin Book review: Girldrive 23 Knight at the Movies: Brando 24 Pop Making Sense 25 Autos 27 TV: Santino Rice 27 Billy Masters 29 OUTLINES Real estate; classifieds 26 Calendar Q 28 Sports: Pat Griffin 30 WCT movie critic Richard Knight, Jr., discusses the impact of Marlon Brando’s Photo on cover (from top left): Image of Mona Noriega by smoldering sensuality on page 24. Hal Baim; photo of Flo McGarrell courtesy of Ann McGarrell; PR photo of Santino Rice L%J%_`^_ ((>Xpjile]fif]ÔZ\ Zflikdfm\j nfiip^Xpj N`e[p:`kp<c\Zk`fe>l`[\ ;FNECF8;K?@J >fkfnnn%N`e[p:`kpD\[`X>iflg%Zfdkf[fnecfX[Zfdgc\k\`jjl\jf] N@EK<I N`e[p:`kpK`d\jXe[E`^_kjgfkj% <EK<IK8@ED<EKGI<M@<N 2010 Census Workers!!! 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Read Chicagoan Ed Negron’s personal PAULA Call 866-861-2010 POUNDSTONE account. #350 Photo courtesy of Ed Negron Or visit our website: JUST THE TAX, MA’AM http://2010censusjobs.gov Tom Franklin (left) discusses unique tax Applicants must pass a Written Test and Background Check deductions for certain and bring 2 forms of identification to the testing session. unmarried couples. www.WindyCity Acceptable forms of identification and our Queercast.com Photo from Tom Franklin practice test can be found on our website. FINE AND BRANDI TVN QueerTVNetwork.com Singer Brandi Carlile (right) talks about how she’s giving back to Check OUT OUR Seattle, Wash. video CHANNEL for new videos weekly Photo by Jeremy Cowart The US Census Bureau does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, www.QueerTv religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, Network.com age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factors. 4 Jan. 27, 2010 gained considerable political power through their own lives openly and honestly. The issue their affiliation with the Democratic Party and HOUSTON from cover Into the second of marriage is so culturally fretted, so tied to labor unions and that they benefit from the sup- out in the very near future,” she said. “I don’t [the] politics of the church, issues of faith, week of the port of newspapers, corporations, and celebri- know enough about the culture of hockey; I contract laws, and so many other things that ties. [also] wouldn’t be surprised to see some base- I just think we need to re-focus on the suc- Prop 8 trial Miller’s testimony seemed to suggest he had ball players [come out while active.].” cesses we have had in domestic partner ben- BY Lisa KEEN only cursory knowledge in any area regard- Such news truly would be ground-breaking efits, in job protection, in non-discrimination KEEN NEWS SERVICE ing gay political power. When asked about gay and, she jokes, “it will take me off the front- ordinances that, to me, it’s more important to political power nationally, he spoke about the page, which is great.” knock off [the ban on] gays in the military.” SAN FRANCISCO—Defenders of Proposition 8, “upward trajectory of power” for the movement Parker added: “It would be huge because Parker was asked on the campaign trail if she the 2008 initiative that amended California’s in its efforts to repeal the Defense of Marriage then [sports] would be another milestone that was going to personally get involved with try- constitution to ban same-sex marriage, began Act (DOMA) and “Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell” (DADT). we can mark off.” ing to change the gay marriage situation in their effort Jan. 25 to defend the measure in a And he testified that President Obama has given Parker, 53, certainly knows about ground- Texas. However, Texas lost a ballot initiative U.S. federal district court. “significant support” to the community during breaking milestones. She is, after all, a bud- on the matter, so it would require a vote of all The court, presided over by Chief Judge his first year in office. He also talked about the ding legend, joining a small group of openly the citizens of Texas—“and I’m just much more Vaughn Walker, has already heard nine days of Gay & Lesbian Victory fund having boasted that gay U.S. mayors that includes the leaders in focused on what I can do in my own city,” she testimony put on by the legal team challenging most openly gay candidates are elected. Providence, R.I.; Portland, Ore.; and Cam- said. the constitutionality of the law—including 17 Boies spent all afternoon Jan. 25 shooting bridge, Mass. “I certainly support full marriage equality, witnesses. This week, with only a few reporters down Miller’s testimony concerning gay political The mayors of Paris and Berlin also are open- but it’s not the highest thing on my personal still watching and the courtroom audience thin- power. The team challenging Prop 8 needs to ly gay. political agenda,” Parker said. “I have other ning out, the defense prepared to bring just two establish that gays are politically powerless in Less than three weeks after being inducted, responsibilities that, as mayor, must attend to expert witnesses to the stand.
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