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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. order to have Walker give his toughest scrutiny First up was Kenneth P. Miller, a professor of Parker sat down for an exclusive, wide-ranging first.” to the stated purpose for the same-sex marriage interview that spanned the LGBT scene. She government at Claremont McKenna College, a ban. was opinionated and charming, with a Texas U.S. military: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” private college outside Los Angeles. The defense Power, of course, is relative and Miller tried accent mixed in. “[Gays] should have full rights to serve,” offered Miller Jan. 25 as an expert in the politi- to avoid answering some of the more difficult “We’re still transitioning; there’s a lot of Parker said. “The infamous gay agenda [is]: we cal power of gays and lesbians—a designation questions from Boies. For instance, when Boies stuff going on,” she said. want to get married and we want to serve in that plaintiffs’ attorney David Boies attacked asked Walker which group has the more political No doubt. Parker’s election caused a world- the military; how mainstream is that. even before Miller’s testimony began. power—women or gays—Miller said he wouldn’t wide media blitz after she was sworn in Jan. “I frankly have not been able to pay much Using a trial procedure known as voir dire, be able to answer that questions without doing 2, with her partner (Kathy Hubbard) and three attention to it. I certainly felt that the Presi- Boies formally challenged Miller’s credentials, more analysis. But Boies is decidedly relentless adopted children (two daughters, one son) dent made a commitment to over-turning showing, among other things, that Miller has in his cross-examinations and asked Miller which nearby. She was the media topic in Japan, [Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell], and he needs to follow to his credit only one peer-reviewed journal ar- group has the more political power—women or Australia, South America and India. through on that commitment. But I don’t know ticle on the topic and was so unfamiliar with lesbians. Miller then acknowledged that, yes, “It didn’t occur to me that [being elected] where it is [toward happening].” the gay movement that he did not know what lesbians probably have less political power than would have that kind of global reach. So has President Barack Obama been slow the Mattachine Society was. The peer-reviewed women. “I could see it being a big deal in the United repealing the military’s ban on openly gay in- article was in a French journal of U.S. studies. ©2010 by Keen News Service. All rights re- States, and it clearly had an impact in this dividuals being allowed to serve? The Mattachine Society was one of the earliest served. region. But it just never occurred to me that “I have great sympathy for him because I gay political groups in the country. To find out more about the trial—including people [around the world] would have been haven’t [yet] been on the job for three weeks, Miller acknowledged that he was “not an ex- a fight centered around Yes on 8 campaign interested,” Parker said. “What an awesome and I’m swamped, getting whacked by a lot of pert on the full history of the gay and lesbian manager Frank Schubert—visit www. responsibility.” folks who want to know why I haven’t done, rights movement,” but said he had “read about WindyCityMediaGroup.com. it.” But when Boies pressed him on what books “Sure, [my election] is a significant event, this, this and this,” she said. he had read, Miller could not confirm having but it’s just one more milestone, and we’re on But it will happen, in time, she said. Especially read any notable histories. Robert our way to a future where we stop counting since the U.S. has to catch up to the militar- Boies asked the judge to limit Miller’s quali- these milestones because we should be inte- ies of the rest of the world, she added. “It’s fication for expert testimony, and Judge Walker Mosbacher dies grated into a larger [picture] society,” said something that’s past time to happen,” Parker did so—to the role of gay and lesbian Americans Robert A. Mosbacher, an oilman who was a Parker, who defeated former city attorney Gene said. and California politics. fundraiser, confidant, political adviser and sec- Locke with 53.6 percent of the vote in a race Under questioning by Yes on 8 attorney David retary of commerce for President George H.W. that had a turnout of only 16.5 percent. Anti-gay trail Thompson, Miller told the court that, although Bush during 1989-1992, died at a Houston, Parker endured limited anti-gay attacks dur- gays were a tiny portion of the population, they Texas, hospital Jan. 24, according to the New Gay marriage ing the mayoral race, which surprised her. York Times. He was 82. “We shouldn’t judge the success of our move- The ugliest attacks came from a group of ONLINE AT Mosbacher had a public falling-out with his ment on what happens with these marriage ini- Black pastors who spoke out against her for oldest child, Diane (known to many as Dee), tiatives,” she said. “I have been out for close what they called her gay agenda, and two sep- WINDYCITYMEDIAGROUP.COM when the Republican Party’s stepped up its to 40 years, and have seen tremendous number arate anti-gay advocates who sent out fliers in NATIONAL NEWS anti-homosexual rhetoric in 1992, the Houston of changes and great progress for our com- the mail calling attention to her support from Chronicle reported. Dee, who is lesbian, publicly munity. The way that we have achieved most gay groups and to her relationship with her criticized her father, brother and Bush, saying of that progress is by individuals stepping up partner. Her opponent denied having anything that “it’s neither expedient nor ethical what and stepping out, living their lives openly and to do with the attacks. they are doing.” honestly. Some of what we’ve achieved, we’ve “I fully expected to have some anti-gay at- Houston Mayor Annise Parker, a lesbian who achieved through the direct political process— tacks during the campaign,” she said. worked for Mosbacher Energy for 18 years, said and that’s why it’s important that we have To find out more—including Parker’s long- —Gavin she was proud to push for Mosbacher to be in- open gays and lesbians in political office. But time association with the Victory Fund— Newsom cluded in the city’s Hall of Fame back when she it’s more important to have individuals living visit www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com. (left) criticizes was a city council member. Obama Besides Dee, Mosbacher is survived by son Rob Mosbacher as well as daughters Kathryn Mos- —Hawaii tackles bacher Wheeler and Lisa Mosbacher Mears; step- civil unions, sons Donald Cameron Duncan III, Robert Gerry again and Lloyd Gerry; six grandchildren and a step- grandchild; sister Barbara Susan Mosbacher; and —Lambda Legal numerous nephews and cousins. A private inter- gets trans- ment ceremony will be held at Congressional rights attorney Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

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Greg Harris Race: Illinois State Representative (13th District) Guide to the Gays Web site: GregHarris.org The skinny: Harris, who is openly HIV-positive as well as being openly gay, The Feb. 2, 2010, primary elections have taken on added significance for Cook County’s has represented his district (which includes Uptown, Ravenswood, Lincoln LGBT community, as at least 15 openly gay and lesbian individuals are vying for various Square, North Center and Bowmanville) since being elected in 2006. Although posts. Below are gay and lesbian candidates for office. (Most of the candidates are in the his name has appeared most prominently in LGBT publications in connection Democratic party; Bob Mueller is a member of the Green Party.) with the issue of marriage equality (introducing a civil-marriage bill), he is intimately involved with a host of other issues, such as the state budget, fore- Deb Mell closure mediation, children of incarcerated parents and insurance reform. He is Race: Illinois State Representative (40th District) currently running unopposed. Web site: DebMell.org The skinny: Deb Mell started her first term making history as the first open Ed Mullen Race: Illinois State Representative (11th District) lesbian in the Illinois General Assembly—and then did something historic in Web site: VoteEdMullen.com being the only representative to vote against impeachment of then-Gov. Rod The skinny: This district—which includes parts of Lakeview, Lincoln Park and Blagojevich, her brother-in-law. (She told Windy City Times, “The day I made Ravenswood—is up for grabs because incumbent rep John Fritchey is running that vote, the Rod I knew and the Rod they were talking about didn’t match for a seat on the Cook County Board of Commissioners. On his Web site, Mullen up,” adding that people told her afterwards that they were happy she voted describes himself as “an independent and progressive Democrat” who strongly that way.) A staunch advocate for marriage equality, Mell is locked in a con- believes “in political reform, economic development, and social justice.” Fun tentious primary race with openly gay Joe Laiacona, marking the only race fact: Mullen is a founding member of the D.C. Cowboys, a gay country/western between two out candidates in the state. dance group that has appeared on America’s Got Talent. Joe Laiacona Race: Illinois State Representative (40th District) Joanne Fehn Web site: FriendsForJoeLaiacona.org Race: Cook County Judge, Kelley vacancy The skinny: A part-time instructor at Columbia College Chicago for almost 17 Web site: JoanneFehn.com years, Laiacona told Windy City Times (in an interview that ran Oct. 21) that he The skinny: Although she entered the race relatively late (in August), Fehn is a better candidate than incumbent Rep. Deb Mell because “I have 62 years has been making up for lost time with a slew of fundraisers and personal ap- of experience in living, I’m better educated, I solidly represent the middle- pearances, including hosting a Dec. 13 event at La Villa Restaurant, 3632 N. class people in my district—and I’m better able to speak on their behalf.” Pulaski, that benefited several organizations, including New Moms and Tabitha Laiacona might be known to some in the LGBT community as “Jack Rinella,” his House. Fehn has practiced transactional law for 15 years, and counts lesbian pseudonym when he wrote “Leather Views” for Gay Chicago Magazine. Laiacona state Rep. Deb Mell among her supporters. recently dropped a petition challenge against Mell, citing a lack of funds. Todd Connor Jim Madigan Race: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) commissioner Race: Illinois State Senate (7th District) Web site: ToddConnor.org Web site: JimMadigan.com The skinny: A military veteran, Connor was commissioned as a U.S. Navy offi- The skinny: This race is probably one of the most competitive in Illinois, as cer, quickly becoming lieutenant and serving two tours of duty. As a candidate, challenger Madigan is pitted against Democratic incumbent state Sen. Heather his platform includes competitive bidding; investing in a green infrastructure; Steans, who recently introduced a marriage-equality measure. (The primary and bringing transparency and accountability to the MWRD with an inspec- winner would then compete against Republican Adam Robinson, who is for tor general. Considering his background (earning an MBA at the University of same-sex marriage.) Madigan has spoken on a slew of issues ranging from wom- Chicago Booth School of Business), it should surprise no one that Connor, 31, en’s equality to preventing video gambling in the district. A few weeks ago, wants to bring more of a business perspective to the commission. the contest became even more contentious when Steans’ husband, Leo Smith, confronted Madigan at a pro-Madigan rally in an Andersonville gay nightspot. David Schroeder Linda J. Pauel Race: Illinois State Representative (5th District) Race: Cook County Judge, Dolan vacancy Web site: PeopleForSchroeder.com Web site: LindaJPauel.com The skinny: Schroeder is another challenger who faces a strong opponent; The skinny: A 1991 summa cum laude graduate of Chicago-Kent Law School, this time it is incumbent Ken Dunkin (who Schroeder calls “the ultimate Pauel has been an attorney for the City of Chicago’s Law Department since Blagojevich enabler” on his Web site). Among the issues he supports are mar- 1994. Among the organizations that have endorsed Pauel are the Victory Fund, riage equality, campaign-contribution limits and reproductive choice (adding AFL-CIO and the Cook County Democratic Party. In a recent interview with that he advocates “measures that will lower the number of abortions,” such as Windy City Times, Pauel commented, “It’s important to the community to see “medically accurate sex education”). that we are viable candidates and that we can win despite that fact that people know that we’re gay.” She was born in Jamaica to parents of mixed heritage Jacob Meister (Chinese, Jamaican and Dutch). Race: U.S. Senate Web site: MeisterForSenate.com Sebastian Patti The skinny: Being in a contest for Roland Burris’ U.S. Senate seat (and the Race: 1st Appellate, South vacancy one occupied by one-time U.S. Sen. Barack Obama), Meister finds himself in a Web site: www.SebastianPatti.com battle with heavy-hitters such as current Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, The skinny: Patti, who is running against four other Democrats, became the former City of Chicago Inspector General David Hoffman and Chicago Urban first openly gay member of the Illinois Appellate Court when he was inducted League President Cheryle Jackson. In an interview with Windy City Times that Aug. 3. Patti (who became Illinois’ first openly gay appointed judge in 1996) is ran in the Sept. 16 issue, Meister said that he felt “almost compelled to jump a director of the Alliance of Illinois Judges, which was formed by the Lesbian into this race. There are a number of good people who could have run; unfor- and Gay Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County; the group hopes to be a tunately, they didn’t.” resource for fellow judges and the legal community, and to be mentors for LGBT law students. Mary Trew Race: Cook, 9th Subcircuit, “A” vacancy John Dalton Web site: VoteTrew.com Race: 16th Circuit Court, Kane, “A” vacancy The skinny: Trew, a graduate of Western Michigan University and Michigan Web site: JohnDaltonForJudge.com State University College of Law, began her legal career as a criminal defense The skinny: Dalton—who would be the first openly gay judge elected outside attorney in Detroit. In Illinois, she has devoted much of her life providing of Cook County if he prevails—has been an arbitration chairman for more than legal services to the poor in Cook County; she is the executive director of the a decade and an attorney for more than 22 years. Dalton plans to fund his Domestic Violence Legal Clinic. She ran for a judgeship more than a decade ago, campaign without accepting donations from attorneys—a rare position among and narrowly lost. Illinois judicial candidates. Also, Dalton is an active member of Elgin’s First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. Kent DeLay Bob Mueller Race: Illinois State Representative (99th District) Race: Illinois State Representative (47th District) Web site: KentDeLay.com Web site: VoteMueller.org The skinny: This son of a retired state engineer is a survivor of two car ac- The skinny: Green Party candidate Mueller, 63, resides in Westmont and is cidents that have left him partially disabled. In addition, the candidate—who a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Back in 1997, Mueller and is running to represent Springfield—is a father of two children. his lawyer, Fred Wellisch (now a DePaul University professor), argued that the DeLay was listed on the hand-out at the Sidetrack gay candidate’s night as Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, leading to the filing of three U.S. being among the state’s openly gay candidates for office. He did not attend the Supreme Court petitions regarding LGBT families in 1999, 2001 and 2002; Ted event. Olson (now representing plaintiffs in the current Prop 8 case in California) was on the other side as solicitor general when the 2001 and 2002 petitions were signed. Jan. 27, 2010 7 WINDY CITY TIMES Gay candidates at Sidetrack SUPPLEMENTARY ELECTION SPECIAL This week, Windy City Times is running a supple- mentary election special. (Also, keep in mind that early voting runs through Jan. 28.) Windy City Times does not endorse those in po- litical races. Rather, we send out questionnaires to candidates and rate their responses based on the total number of questions for that race. We also list the endorsements of various gay and progressive groups, and area bar associations. Chart columns this week also include AIDS Foun- dation of Chicago questionnaire scores as well as endorsements from the Stonewall Democrats of Illinois and the Chicago chapter of the National Organization for Women. As always, we have a number of interviews. In this issue, we will run a brand-new interview with lesbian judicial candidate Mary Trew as well as portions of talks with Dan Hynes, Pat Quinn and Rich Whitney, three of the Democratic can- didates for governor—which happens to be one of the tightest races in Illinois. LGBT candidates running in the Feb. 2 primary gathered at the Boystown nightspot Sidetrack last week for a reception hosted by Equality Speaking of Trew, she is one of four additional Illinois, the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago (LAGBAC) and Join the Impact. In addition to being a campaign stop—candidates out candidates featured in the WCT feature Guide made speeches and shook hands—the event had the feel of a celebration: the roster of out LGBT people running for office is larger than it’s to the Gays. The others are state rep candidates ever been in Illinois. Bob Mueller and Kent DeLay (who is actually Most speakers—running variously for U.S. Congress, state legislature, and judicial nominations—urged reform of the political process and down in Springfield) as well as Kane County ju- a greater voice for LGBT people. Many, like state Senate hopeful Jim Madigan, expressed frustration with the slow pace of progress on LGBT dicial candidate John Dalton. issues, saying that the community needs to “insist upon change now.” In addition, read about a recent gathering of Sebastian Patti, recently elevated to the Illinois Appellate Court and now seeking a full term, reflected on the meaning of the large field of lesbian and gay candidates at Sidetrack (right) LGBT contenders. “That has been nothing short of a seismic change of our political landscape,” Patti said. as well as photos from the candidate-studded At least one candidate, though, talked about change yet to happen. “I wish there were more women here,” said Deb Mell, who is seeking re- Equality Illinois gala held Jan. 23. election to her 40th district state House seat. The image shows (back row, from left) Joanne Fehn, Linda Pauel, Mary Trew, Deb Mell and Greg See past editions for interviews and articles on Harris as well as (front row, from left) Jim Madigan, David Schroeder, Sebastian Patti, Bob Mueller, Ed Mullen and Joe Laiacona. Photo by Hal myriad candidates at www.windycitymediagroup. Baim; others online at www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com com.

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That’s cer- der people? tainly one of them. AIDS education has to be a PQ: Well I’d have to think about that. I just part of it. We need age-appropriate sex educa- wrote a note to myself about that. It sounds like tion and we need clean needle exchanges. That’s there’s a lot of different layers of government. I been a little battleground that hasn’t gotten a will inquire exactly how our state operates and lot of attention but we need to be supportive of do my best to ensure that it’s a seamless op- that program and allow it to happen as a public eration. I want to be a humble governor who is health measure. Improving public health edu- proud of our people. I think the governor needs cation in schools could helps with combating Dan Hynes. Gov. Pat Quinn. to show tolerance and concern and that’s where HIV, but also unwanted pregnancies. There’s a I’m coming from. lot that needs to be done to improve our invest- WCT: You’ve got a lot on your plate with law but especially the basic recognition under ment in public health. GOVERNOR the state budget the way it is and cleaning law. It’s a form of discrimination to say we’ll I support single-payer healthcare. That would up after Rod Blagojevich. What can gays and give you certain rights but we won’t really rec- go a long way toward addressing health prob- Pat Quinn lesbians reasonably expect from you if you’re ognize your marital rights under law. That can’t lems in Illinois. I’m also an advocate for free or BY BILL HEALY elected to a new term? be tolerated. drastically reduced higher education and improv- PQ: Number 1: We want to have lots of people WCT: Also on your site it says that you ex- ing the caliber of Pre-K to 12th grade education. Gov. Pat Quinn, 61, took office amidst a storm from the gay and lesbian communities partici- tended healthcare benefits to domestic part- This fits into the idea of investing in people, of controversy last year when he replaced Rod pate on state boards and commissions. We have ners of your employees. Why was that impor- which is a focus of the Green Party. So I would Blagojevich. He talked with Windy City Times three directors of major state departments who tant to you? renew emphasis on public health. about everything from civil unions to gender- happen to be gay and I look forward to more. I DH: I think that sometimes it is difficult to WCT: What are your thoughts on the mili- reassignment surgery. think we need to make sure no one is discrimi- convince every legislator or every elected offi- tary’s policy of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”? Windy City Times: Earlier this year you re- nated against. We want to make sure everybody cial that health benefits or other benefits should I think there’s a general consensus that it stored the state’s HIV/AIDS funding to almost feels like they are a part of the Land of Lincoln, be afforded to gays and lesbians. When you can hasn’t worked really well and that there are still 100 percent of previous levels. In September that they’re treated fairly and that they’re hon- take administrative or executive action you can problems with discrimination in the military. I you created an advisory council targeting ored for their work. We celebrate heroic men and begin to afford those rights to those individuals. think the time has come to just allow gays and AIDS prevention messages to youth. Why, women in Illinois and there are plenty of coura- It’s symbolically important that you’re willing to lesbians to serve in the military openly. That is, with the economy in the shape it’s in, are you geous men and women in the gay community. take those steps and that government—if you’re if they want to serve in the military. The peace choosing to make this a priority? See quinnforillinois.com. going to make these changes, an important place activist in me has mixed feelings about that. Pat Quinn: It’s very important to me, part of To find out Pat Quinn’s thoughts about to start is in government. If there’s anywhere we I think our military-industrial complex in this my mission, that we help those afflicted with “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” visit www. shouldn’t discriminate it’s in government. There country is too large. We need to dial it down HIV and AIDS. There are a number of things WindyCityMediaGroup.com. was the benefit of including more people under and focus on defense. For people who do want the state can do to help. I walked across the these healthcare benefits and the symbolic im- to serve it should be on an equal basis. Let’s State of Illinois is 2001 with my doctor, Quen- GOVERNOR pact of taking executive action. address the question of discrimination in the tin Young. We walked from the Mississippi River WCT: Gov. Quinn has made funding the military as we do in other areas. to Chicago and I met people afflicted with HIV Dan Hynes state’s HIV/AIDS programs a priority this WCT: The budget and clean up government and AIDS along the way. That’s one area of the BY BILL HEALY year. What do you make of his decision to would seem to be priorities this year. Where budget that we’ll always protect. That’s a lot of fund these programs when there are so many on the radar do LGBT issues actually fall? great people and we want to help maintain their Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Hynes, other things vying for attention and money? RW: The Green Party internationally is based on health. 41, is currently serving his third term as state DH: You know there aren’t a lot of areas where the four pillars of grassroots democracy, social WCT: Dan Hynes was in favor of civil unions comptroller. Hynes talked with Windy City Times I would applaud him but here I would give him justice, nonviolence and the environment. These for same-sex couples but recently has come about marriage equality and one of the few credit. I think it’s important that we maintain issues are about equal treatment under the law. out in support of gay marriage. Why are you things he applauds incumbent Gov. Pat Quinn our commitment to funding HIV and AIDS pro- We need to get to a society in which every child in favor of civil unions over marriage? for doing. grams in terms of prevention, education, aware- born has an equal chance to thrive: That’s the PQ: That’s been my position. I took that posi- Windy City Times: I spoke with Pat Quinn, ness, treatment and across the board. I think operating principle. That’s how I defined social tion when I ran for lieutenant governor. That’s and he said that he supports civil unions for that going forward we have to have a plan to justice. From that premise your public policy has the bill that can pass today and that’s the one same-sex couples. He wouldn’t directly ad- address the budget crisis that we’re in so that to reflect that, has to oppose discrimination in we should focus on. I go out to get things dress the issue of marriage but talking about were not just holding steady but so that were in- all its form. We have to oppose hatred. We have passed. Right now the civil unions bill can pass. the civil-unions bill sponsored by Greg Harris, creasing funding for these areas. My budget plan to make sure everyone has economic opportu- I think it will pass now, a year from now, maybe he said, “That’s the bill that can pass today is the most comprehensive plan for dealing with nity. From that premise the issues of concern to sooner. I do believe that it will come to my desk and that’s the one we should focus on.” What these issues and which could eventually increase the LGBT community are always high priorities within the coming year. I think sometimes in do you think of this? funding for HIV and AIDS education. among my concerns. politics we focus on what’s achievable, what can Dan Hynes: I think that when you’re talking See www.danhynes.com. See www.whitneyforgov.org. be done. about human rights and something that’s as To find out how Dan Hynes reconciles his Find out Rich Whitney’s response to those WCT: If the tides change and you think that fundamental as recognizing two committed lov- Catholic beliefs with LGBT rights, visit www. who feel that voting for the Green Party is a a same-sex marriage bill could pass, would ing adults being able to have their relationship WindyCityMediaGroup.com. waste of time at www.WindyCityMediaGroup. you consider signing a marriage bill in the recognized by law for what it is, I don’t think we com. future? should think in terms of what is achievable and GOVERNOR PQ: If the General Assembly passes a bill I have likely to pass. You have to say what you believe. a legal obligation to pass or not sign it. At this You either believe that two committed adults Rich Whitney point in time the bill that has very close to the should be able to marry respective of their sexu- By Bill Healy majority of support is the civil-union bill. That’s al orientation or you don’t. I don’t like the idea a short period of time. And I’m poised to sign of people basing their position based on what’s Green Party candidate Rich Whitney, 54, is an at- it. That’s the one that’s got the support of the achievable in the legislature. It’s a fundamental torney and partner in the Carbondale law firm of majority of the House and the majority of the human rights issue. I am looking forward to be- Speir and Whitney. He has long been politically Senate to it. Gay people in the community know ing an emotional and powerful voice for mar- active in support of the labor, environmental, I was an early supporter of the Human Rights riage equality. I won’t rest until we are able to civil rights, women’s and anti-war movements. Act. I’ve stood up when I was state treasurer. I achieve that. Windy City Times: You lived in San Francisco consider this part of my long-time mission. WCT: On your Web site, it says that you be- in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when AIDS One thing we need to do is to celebrate gay lieve “that if two committed adults want to first struck. How did this affect your sensitiv- history in Chicago and in our country. Learning express their love and their commitment to ity to the LGBT community? how they’ve made our state better. Everybody’s each other through marriage, they should be Rich Whitney: I lived in San Francisco from in, nobody’s left out. You know a year ago the allowed to do so under civil law.” Why do you 1979 to 1981 but also in San Jose, which is governor [Rod Blagojevich] was arrested. I think marriage is significant as opposed to about 45 miles away, for a while. I was of course haven’t had a moment’s rest. My job is to bring civil unions? What led you to this belief? tuned into the gay and lesbian community as a Illinois together. We had a very divided state, a DH: I think it’s almost as fundamental as how political progressive at that time and there were lot of anger and animosity and everywhere I go we learned separate but equal wasn’t truly equal. already issues affecting that community. Prior to as governor I want to include people. That’s why We’re recognizing that the relationship between the AIDS epidemic, there was that whole thing Rich Whitney. I went to Howard Brown. I want to be a uniter two committed adults, that their love for each with Anita Bryant. It wasn’t a major focus of as governor. other, deserves not just all the benefits of the my political work but it was certainly part of it. Jan. 27, 2010 9 married to their abusers. We have a small staff— to be around a little longer—particularly when seven or eight people, with a lot of interns. I’m we were moving into this new courthouse. Hav- also an adjunct professor at John Marshall, so ing friends and political connections from the we have students work in our clinic every semes- first time I ran made it easier to solidify our po- ter. They get their feet wet in litigation, and the sition in the new DV courthouse. That benefited clients benefit because there are more hands on me and the agency. deck. WCT: What is your greatest achievement? I’ve actually wanted to be a judge even more MT: Besides my wonderful relationship with my than a lawyer. partner—and my two well-adjusted kitty cats? WCT: Why’s that? I think it’s probably creating and implement- MT: My temperament is more suited to be- ing that cutting-edge legal clinic. I hope that’ll ing a judge—seeing all sides of everything. I’m serve as a template for legal services around the good at resolving disputes; you have to be when country. you’re at an agency. And I just really enjoy the See www.VoteTrew.com. courtroom. Jacob Meister. When I went to England a few years ago, I Meister’s attorney went to the Old Bailey [the Central Criminal from our forum because he is gay are ridiculous. Court building in London]. The courtrooms are takes action WTTW and Chicago Tonight have a long history Mary Trew. so cool, and they still wear the wigs, you know? against WTTW of coverage of and outreach to the LGBT commu- If I could’ve eaten popcorn there, I would’ve. nity, and there are members of the community [Both laugh.] Here I am on vacation, and I’m BY ANDREW DAVIS on our staff.” COOK COUNTY back in the courtroom. Upon being read Smith’s statement, Meister CIRCUIT COURT My whole career is about public service, and I David A. Axelrod, the attorney for openly gay initially laughed at the part regarding the poll, just want to continue down that path. U.S. Senate candidate Jacob Meister, is asking telling Windy City Times, “You realize the absur- Mary Trew WCT: Let me ask you about working at the the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) dity. There hasn’t been a poll since [the] Dec. 2 BY ANDREW DAVIS clinic. How emotionally draining is it? Does it to find public-television station WTTW Channel [Chicago Tribune poll that WTTW relied on ini- ever get any easier? 11 in violation of FCC rules after it excluded him tially in barring Meister from the Jan. 20 debate, Mary Trew has established a lengthy career help- MT: It’s very emotionally draining—particu- from a televised forum of Democratic opponents according to Meister’s press release]. The argu- ing the poor, most recently by being executive larly for the attorneys who work directly with than ran Jan. 20 on the program Chicago To- ment is absurd.” director of the Domestic Violence Legal Clinic. [the clients]. I still practice some. We just did night. Also in response to WTTW’s statement, Meister Now, she is running in the 9th Judicial Sub- a custody case in December that was extremely In a press release issued Jan. 20 Axelrod said, said, “The effect of what they’re doing is mar- circuit, which includes the cities of Evanston, draining. You’re going to be affected by what “It is unfortunate that we must seek action, but ginalizing a voice for the LGBT community, much Niles, Skokie, Morton Grove, Lincolnwood, Golf, you hear. It’s not for the faint of heart; it takes we must because WTTW has continued to refuse like if a Black candidate were being excluded. Wilmette and the north parts of the city of Chi- a certain type of person to do that day in and to permit Mr. Meister to participate in the pro- That would never be tolerated. If you substitut- cago, such as Rogers Park. The longtime attor- day out—and the staff does a terrific job. gram, taking the position that he is not a viable ed some other minority for LGBT that would be ney, who is openly gay, talked with Windy City WCT: Now, regarding elections and cam- candidate. We had hoped that there would have tolerated, but it’s OK to be dismissive of gays.” Times about her beginnings, the emotional toll paigning, I understand this isn’t your first been a remedy at this juncture. Barring that, “‘Oh yeah, well we do coverage of you guys of her job and her second campaign for a judge- time at the rodeo, so to speak. this action is the right course to take.” elsewhere.’ This is the United States Senate ship. MT: [Laughs] No, I had the lasso out in 1998. Axelrod added that WTTW’s qualifications for debate; I’m not talking about whether they do Windy City Times: Could you tell me a little I was the first openly lesbian candidate county- candidate selection were not objective, saying some nice little piece on gay marriage. I don’t about your background? wide. And in those days—I’m talking like it was “[t]he only fact, which appears to distinguish doubt they’ve done other things; that’s not the Mary Trew: OK—if I can remember back that a million years ago—you only needed 500 sig- Mr. Meister from any of the other Democratic issue.” far. [Laughs] I was born in Detroit, and I grew natures to get on the ballot; as a result, there Party candidates, is that Mr. Meister is gay.” Meister added that, by being denied inclu- up in the suburbs of Detroit. I went through col- were a lot of people who filed. There were nine Meister said in the statement, “WTTW’s deci- sion, LGBT-related issues are being pushed to lege at Western Michigan and law school at MSU people in my race. I was lucky enough to win sion to exclude me isn’t based on any reasonable the side. “Matters like ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ are [Michigan State University]. I became interested the lottery and end up on the top of the ballot. or accurate standard, whether in a court of law things I bring up; they should be discussed and in law because I was so interested in politics, I was not slated by the party; the [person] who or the court of public opinion. My inclusion is not avoided. If somebody doesn’t like the fact and because I had this notion I was going to was slated was Nicholas Ford, who is a judge about access. It is about fairness and the right that I discuss ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ and I can’t save the world and protect people who couldn’t now, of course. I came in second, behind Nick of every Illinois voter to be given the opportu- talk, that’s just political censorship. protect themselves. Ford. I was a good run, but exhausting. nity to choose the candidate who he or she be- “This is something I think the LGBT commu- That’s the direction my career took. First, I It’s been 12 years, but in the interim I ap- lieves is best suited to hold the office of United nity needs to grapple with—how far do we allow represented people in Detroit who couldn’t af- plied to be an associate judge, but I did get on States senator.” somebody to push another member of the com- ford lawyers in criminal matters, so I did a lot of the short list in 2007. But I just keep plugging Jay Smith, the supervising producer of Chicago munity to marginalize them? One of the LGBT criminal defense work. Upon moving to Chicago away. Tonight, e-mailed Windy City Times that “Chicago community’s big problems is [not exercising] in January of 1991, I started working with an WCT: What do you feel separates you from Tonight has a long history of inviting candidates political power in our own best interest. ... This agency called Pro Bono Advocates as a staff at- the other candidates this time? to our studios prior to important elections. We is a civil-rights issue.” torney. Eventually, I became the executive direc- MT: What separates me from the other candi- invite candidates the same way we invite other Meister—who described the exclusion from the tor of that agency in 1996 and we changed the dates is that I have very high bar ratings. I have guests, using our news judgment as to what debate as “damaging” to his own campaign—in- name in 2005 to the Domestic Violence Legal the highest [in my group]. races and candidates are of the greatest interest dicated that he would probably go out to Wood- Clinic. What we do is represent victims of domes- There are five men and myself. I’m actually at to our viewers. In addition, in some high-profile stock, Ill., to speak at an event that evening. tic violence who can’t afford lawyers; we don’t the end of the complete ballot. We like to say, races like the Illinois governor’s race or the race The WTTW Web site features links to the Web represent them in the criminal courts but in the “You’re not through until you’ve voted for Trew.” for the U.S. Senate, we often exclude candidates sites of the candidates who participated in the domestic-relations courts. [Both laugh.] who have not reached 5% in any non-partisan, debate—Alexi Giannoulias, David Hoffman and We have a clinic that’s housed in the new DV WCT: What is one mistake you’ve made in independent poll. We use that low bar in order Cheryle Jackson—as well as the ones of Meister courthouse on Harrison Street. 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LT. GOVERNOR COOK COUNTY SHERIFF COOK COUNTY board - 12th district Mike Boland (D) 13/14 Y Y 23/23 Sylvester Baker, Jr. (D) John A. Fritchey (D) 12/14 Y Y Y Thomas Michael Castillo (D) 19/23 Thomas Dart (D) 13/14 Y Y Ted Matlak (D) Scott Lee Cohen (D) 13/14 Y 22/23 Frederick Collins (R) Rickey R. Hendon (D) Marshall P. Lewis (G) COOK COUNTY board - 13th district Terry Link (D) Y 16/23 John Michael Keefe (D) 12/14 Arthur L. Turner (D) Y 22/23 COOK COUNTY TREASURER Larry Suffredin (D) Y Y Y Brad Cole (R) Maria Pappas (D) Y Linda Thompson Lafianza (R) Dennis W. Cook (R) Carol Morse (R) George E. Milkowski (G) Matt Murphy (R) Jason Plumer (R) COOK COUNTY board - 1st district COOK COUNTY board - 14th district Don Tracy (R) Mary Collins (D) Jennifer Bishop Jenkins (D) 13/14 Y Randy A. White, Sr. (R) Earleen Collins (D) Y Kurt Eichaker (R) Don W. Crawford (G) Chris Harris (D) Gregg Goslin (R) Adekunle “Ade” Onayemi (D) Patrick O’Donoghye (R) ATTORNEY GENERAL Derrick Smith (D) Lisa Madigan (D) Y 18/23 Ronald Lawleess (D) COOK COUNTY board - 15th district Steve Kim (R) Jim Steven Dasakis (D) David F. Black (G) COOK COUNTY board - 2nd district Timothy O. Schneider (R) Frank M. Bass (D) SECRETARY OF STATE Dennis Beninato (D) COOK COUNTY board - 16th district Jesse White (D) Y Y 19/23 George Blakemore (D) Eddy Garcia (D) Robert Enriquez (R) Erold Elysee (D) Bill Russ (D) Y Adrian Frost (G) Desiree Grode (D) 7/14 Y Jeffrey R. Tobolski (D) 10/14 Robert Palmer (D) Tony Peraica (R) COMPTROLLER Robert B. Steele (D) Y Brian A. Sloan (R) S. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D) Y Michael Smith (G) Alex Matos (G) Clinton A. Krislov (D) Y Y Alejandro Reyes (G) David E. Miller (D) 5/8 Y Y 20/23 COOK COUNTY board - 3rd district Jim Dodge (R) Jerry Butler (D) Y Y COOK COUNTY board - 17th district Judy Baar Topinka (R) Ronald Oliver (D) Victor A. Forys (D) Y Y William R. Kelly (R) Monica Torries-Linares (D) 14/14 Y John J. Maher (D) R. Erika Shafer (G) Patrick Maher (D) COOK COUNTY board - 5th district Donna Sanders (D) TREASURER Sheila Chalmers-Currin (D) Y Elizabeth Doody Gorman (R) Mark Doyle (D) Deborah Sims (D) Y Gerald F. Maher (R) Robin Kelly (D) 8/8 Y Y Y Y 22/23 Miriam Shabo (R) Mark Thompson (R) Y Justin P. Oberman (D) 8/8 Y James Thigpen (R) Richard Dalka (G) Dan Rutherford (R) Y Matthew J. Ogean (G) Scott K. Summers (G) 6/8 23/23 DAN FARLEY Terry MacCarthy Democrat for 11th District FOR JUDGE State Representative “HIGHLY RECOMMENDED” ★ Business degree from DePaul and Law degree by Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago, considering “...Sensitivity to issues of concern from Kent Law School to lesbians and gay men, women and people of color.” U DESERV ★ Farley supports equality for all and the end to -The only candidate in the race with this rating!!! YO E M O discrimination based on sexual orientation R ★ Farley will fight to ensure gay and lesbian E “ENDORSED” adoptive parents have equal rights as by Chicago Tribune, Personal PAC, heterosexual adoptive parents IVI-IPO (Independent Voters) and many other groups! ★ Endorsed by Commissioner Forrest Claypool, -Favorable ratings from all bar associations, Punch Congressman Mike Quigley, State Representative with the highest from most. Greg Harris, Alderman Tom Tunney, and IVI-IPO #154 SPREAD THE WORD!!! PUNCH #72 www.terrymaccarthy.com Paid for by Citizens for Dan Farley http://budurl.com/electTerryGroup Jan. 27, 2010 11 WCT IVI PPAC VF SD WCT IVI HRC SD AFC WCT IVI HRC SD AFC

WATER RECLAMATION COMMISSIONER 1st congressional district 8th congressional district Theodore Aguilar (D) Harold L. Bailey (D) Melissa Bean (D) 80 Michael Alvarez (D) Jo Anne Guillemette (D) Dirk W. Beveridge (R) Stella Black (D) 8/9 Y Bobby L. Rush (D) 90 John Dawson (R) 9/23 Todd Connor (D) 9/9 Y Y Y Y Fred Smith (D) 19/23 Christopher Geissler (R) Wallace Davis III (D) Jeff Adams (G) Gregory S. Jacobs (R) Maureen Kelly (D) Maria Rodriguez (R) Jerry J. Marzullo (D) 2nd congressional district Joe Walsh (R) Barbara McGowan (D) Y Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D) 100 Bill Scheurer (G) Kathleen Mary O’Reilley (D) Isaac C. Hayes (R) Mary Ann Paolantonio Salemi (D) Michael E. Mayden (G) 22/23 9th congressional district Mariyana Spyropolous (D) 6/9 Y Y Anthony W. Williams (G) Janice D. Schakowsky (D) 100 23/23 Kari K. Steele (D) 5/9 Susanne Atanus (R) 5/23 Paul Chialdikas (R) 3rd congressional district Joel Barry Pollak (R) 4/23 Jimmy Lee Tillman II (R) Daniel William Lipinski (D) 45 Simon Ribiero (G) 22/23 John Ailey (G) Jorge Mujica (D) Y Morris Shanfield (G) Nadine Bopp (G) Michael A. Bendas (R) Diana Horton (G) Laurel Lambert Schmidt (G) 10th congressional district Julie Hamos (D) 18/18 Y 19/23 4th congressional district Elliot Richardson (D) US congress RACES Luis V. Gutierrez (D) 100 Daniel J. Seals (D) 18/18 Y 23/23 Robert J. Burns (G) Patricia K. Bird (R) WCT = Windy City Times questions, number listed is of the total William J. Cadigan (R) questions correct for that race 5th congressional district Elizabeth Coulson (R) IVI = Independent Voters of Illinois Independent Precinct Organization Mike Quigley (D) 18/18 23/23 Robert Dold (R) HRC = Human Rights Campaign 110th Congress, ratings are a percentage Ashvin Lad (R) 14/18 Arie Friedman (R) 19/23 of total 100% based on HRC tracking of how candidates voted in the Rosanna Pulido (R) Dick Green (R) 110th Congress David Ratowitz (R) Paul Hamann (R) SD = Stonewall Democrats of Illinois Terrence A. Gilhooly (G) Richard B. Mayers (G) AFC = AIDS Foundation of Chicago AIDS-related candidate questionnaire, Matthew Reichel (G) Y number is the total answers in agreement with AFC out of total number Andrew Williams (G) 16/18 12th congressional district of questions. The AFC survey was done with the Illinois Public Health As- Jerry F. Costello (D) 55 sociation and the Illinois Association of Public Health Administrators. 6th congressional district Theresa Kormos (R) Benjamin S. Lowe (D) Teri Newman (R)

WCT IVI HRC SD AFC Peter J. Roskam (R) 0 Rodger W. Jennings (G) 23/23 u.s. senate 7th congressional district 13th congressional district Corey Dabney (D) Jim Ascot (D) 16/18 Scott Harper (D) Alexander Giannoulias (D) 18/18 23/23 Clarence Desmond Clemons (D) Judy Biggert (R) 55 David Hoffman (D) 18/18 Y 23/23 Robert Dallas (D) Cheryle Jackson (D) Danny K. Davis (D) 100 23/23 14th congressional district Robert Marshall (D) 22/23 Sharon Denise Dixon (D) 17/18 Bill Foster (D) NA Jacob J. Meister (D) 18/18 Y 23/23 Marshall E. Hatch, Sr. (D) Jeff Dankelfsen (R) John Arrington (R) Joyce Washington (D) Ethan A. Hastert (R) Patrick J. Hughes (R) Darlena Williams-Burnett (D) 22/23 Randall M. Hultgren (R) Mark Steven Kirk (R) 85 Mark M. Weiman (R) James T. Purcell (R) Thomas Kuna (R) Kip Robbins (G) 22/23 Mark Vargas (R) Donald Lowery (R) Daniel J. Kairis (G) Andy Martin (R) Kathleen Thomas (R) Robert L. Zadek (R) LeAlan M. Jones (G) 12 Jan. 27, 2010 WCT IVI HRC SD AFC WCT IVI PPAC EQIL VF SD AFC WCT IVI PPAC EQIL VF SD AFC

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Equality Illinois gala: ‘All’ in the family More than 1,000 strong, the gay glitterati There was a video presentation honoring came out at the Hilton Chicago Jan. 23 for award recipients state Senator John Culler- the 2010 Equality Illinois (EI) gala, “Justice ton, Mary F. Morten and Laura Ricketts; in ad- for All,” held at the Hilton Chicago. Almost dition, AT&T received the Business Leadership every local politician left of Limbaugh was Award. Speeches were generally brief, with there—certainly those whose names are on the highlight being a moving tribute by MC the ballot Feb. 2—to claim their queer cred Norma Reyes to her late partner. The couple and gather votes. From Pat Quinn and Dan fought a sudden, brief and devastating battle Hynes, David Hoffman, Toni Preckwinkle and with cancer—and the medical and financial Dorothy Brown, to numerous judicial nomi- establishment—last year, and the presenta- nees and candidates for water reclamation tion emphasized the imperative for establish- district commissioner, the gay, the straight ing full marriage equality and civil rights for and the uncommitted did face time. the LGBT community. Most of the “A-list” pols did the reception With an open bar; an over-the-top auction and the grand procession across the stage including such items as original Picasso lith- and then took off to their next event. Lesser ographs and a Fashion Week in New York; and luminaries stuck around for the four-course a strong fundraising speech by Art Johnston, dinner that included a cheese and fruit salad, EI is sure to have garnered lots of financial tortellini and wild mushroom appetizer, short support for the battle ahead. ribs and sable main course (with a nice vege- Text by Micki Leventhal; photos by Kat tarian-plate option available for those so in- Fitzgerald (MysticImagesPhotography.com). clined) and an over-the-top dessert featuring See more photos online at www.windycityme- a ganache tart and white chocolate shooter. diagroup.com. Dancing to video disco followed the meal. 16 Jan. 27, 2010 Images of McGarrell’s work and curriculum LOCAL NEWS vitae are at homepage.mac.com/gowithflo; and visit the ongoing online memorial to Mc- Trans artist Garrell at wearegoingwithflo.blogspot.com. The full art21 interview with McGarrell is at Flo McGarrell blog.art21.org/2009/08/28/inside-the-art- killed in ists-studio-flo-mcgarrell. Haiti quake Alvarez staffer, by Micki Leventhal Fiorito attorney Flo McGarrell, an internationally recognized mul- worked together tidisciplinary art activist and transgender per- by SAMUEL WORLEY son, died Jan. 12 in the collapse of the Peace of Mind Hotel in Jacmel, Haiti, an arts community While the fate of the Cook County State’s At- about 20 miles south of Port-Au-Prince. torney’s investigation into Chicago police officer McGarrell was visiting with his friend, Chicago Richard Fiorito remains uncertain—that office artist Susan Frame. Frame was in Haiti to build recently denied rumors that it had decided not a woodworking studio at Fanal Otantik Sant D’A to pursue charges—records show a past close Jakmel (FOSAJ), an art center where McGarrell working relationship between the state’s attor- served as director. Flo McGarrell. Photo courtesy of Ann McGarrell. ney’s chief of staff, Daniel Kirk, and the lawyer When the earthquake struck Frame ran out of representing Fiorito. the building; McGarrell paused to retrieve his The Sacred Arts of Haiti exhibition co-curated sieur Flo, these are really good but what we Fiorito is alleged to have falsified numerous computer. by anthropologist Marilyn Houlberg, who later need are art supplies because we can always eat DUI arrest reports, particularly targeting LGBT McGarrell earned his MFA from the School of became his mentor and friend at SAIC. sand.’ motorists. Separately, he is the subject of a fed- the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 2004. McGarrell’s artistic legacy ranges from per- “When he went back he took seeds. Stuff just eral civil-rights lawsuit filed by alleged victims “There are some students you recall clearly be- formance, film, digital and video to large-scale shot up and they were getting lovely vegetables of false DUI arrests. cause they open up so many ideas around cultur- sculptural installations. In 2007 he did an arts to go with the beans and rice and the bits of Pending resolution of the investigation into al meaning,” said Lisa Wainwright, interim dean residency at Roswell, N.M., developing experi- seafood.” Other FOSAJ art projects, made with his actions, Fiorito, who works out of the Chi- of faculty. “I distinctly remember [his] resolve, ments in sustainable living as sculpture. This found materials, include a sculptural rain-barrel cago Police Department’s 23rd District, has been exquisite sense of craft, humanist impulse, and work culminated in the form he described as shower, water-purification system, bicycle-pow- placed on desk duty. adventurous spirit. [He made] compelling work “Agrisculpture” which has food production as its ered washing machine and parabolic oven. Daniel Kirk and Fiorito’s attorney, Daniel Gal- and was a great student who became an even primary goal. His commitment to sustainable art “Flo was truly and genuinely inter-categorical, lagher, worked together on a number of cases as greater member of our global arts community.” met his interest in Haiti and set the course for outrageous, fun and irreverent,” said friend special state’s attorneys under the previous Cook Flores McGarrell was born female Aug. 31, his life’s work. Kathy Smith, a Ph.D. candidate in world arts County State’s Attorney, Richard Devine. Notes 1974 in Rome, Italy, to artists James and Ann “Flo’s interest in the culture of Haiti had much and culture at UCLA. “He lived his life between from 2007 Cook County Board of Commission- McGarrell. The family moved to St. Louis, Mo., to do with the interactive nature of the Vodou boundaries in a very authentic way.” ers Finance Committee meetings list the law firm when McGarrell was eight, and then to Newbury, religion,” said Marilyn Houlberg, who had been McGarrell’s gender transitioning began about Querry and Harrow, including Kirk and Gallagher, Vt., in 1993. with him in Porta-Au-Prince Jan. 10, talking six years ago with hormone therapy. “He was seeking reimbursement for those attorneys’ work “I am extremely lucky to have an amazingly about plans for an art exhibition for Mardi Gras. very pleased by his dashing little beard,” said on cases in which they participated. supportive family who puts up with all my crazy “But his thing was not anthropological research. his mother. Prior to joining the staff of current Cook Coun- schemes,” said McGarrell in a 2009 interview He used his art to work on economic develop- “As a young art student at MICA, Flo—still Flo- ty State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, Daniel Kirk with art21. “This is where all my freedom re- ment. The arts of Haiti are what bring tourists ra then—told me that she had just realized that worked for six years as a partner at Querry and ally comes from. This is why I have the freedom down there. Flo was promoting and supporting all her work was about metamorphosis … as in Harrow—where Gallagher is a shareholder. to go work with people who are not so free at the interests of the artists of Haiti, as well as the classical myths of a girl who becomes a tree Sally Daly, a spokesperson for the state’s at- all…” making sure they had food and essentials. He or stream or flower. So, for a mortal to change torney’s office, confirmed that Kirk had worked As a student at Maryland Institute College of was so generous; he became part of the culture.” genders while remaining in the human species for Gallagher at Querrey and Harrow. But, Daly Art (MICA), McGarrell “was quite involved with Houlberg, who was airlifted out of Haiti and ar- did not, after all, seem such an enormous leap. said, “Mr. Kirk is not involved in the investiga- social justice [and] … pushed the boundaries rived in Chicago Jan. 22, also spoke eloquently ... [Now] he has undergone metamorphosis, shed tion involving Mr. Fiorito.” … in terms of gender issues, poverty issues,” about the devastation and the sincerity of res- what was mortal, emerged as a solely spirit, like Daly went on to characterize insinuations that recalled fiber-arts professor Annet Couwenberg. cue and relief efforts. “But,” she said, “there are the ones that Haitians recognize as inhabiting the case might be tainted by the two mens’ prior “Flo wanted to build a better life for people. too many photographers and not enough food.” every stone and tree.” working relationship as “absolutely ludicrous.” Inclusiveness and generosity were a given for “The first thing Flo did when he took over the McGarrell spent the holidays in Vermont with She said that the attorney in the civil lawsuit, him.” directorship of FOSAJ [in 2008] was to plant a his family, returning to Haiti shortly after the Jon Erickson, has “taken every opportunity to McGarrell’s interest in the art and culture of garden,” said his mother, Ann McGarrell. “He’d New Year. “This is the worst thing, just hor- make inaccurate statements about this investi- Haiti took root at age 11 when his mother took gone there earlier as a visiting artist and took rible,” said his mother, “But how fortunate we gation.” him to see Maya Deren’s film Divine Horsemen, a along a suitcase of Cliff bars and granola bars. were to have had this remarkable creature for 35 “We refuse to stoop to that level,” Daly said. documentary on Haitian Vodou ceremonies, and All the artists and staff ate them and said, ‘Mon- years.” She said that the investigation into allegations leveled against Fiorito is “continuing.” Erickson, the plaintiffs’ attorney, declined to comment on the record for this story. Friday, Feb. 5 Andy Thayer—whose organization, Gay Liber- 7:30 p.m. ation Network, has organized protests demand- Jaimee Wriston Colbert ing that Fiorito be fired from the police force— Shark Girls said, “Anita Alvarez needs to come clean” about the relationship between her staff member and Fiorito’s lawyer. Thursday, Feb. 11 The fact that it “took [another newspaper] 7:30 p.m. reporter to dig it out,” said Thayer, raises ques- Princess tions about the integrity of the state’s attor- Zindaba Nyirenda ney’s office. “I think that speaks volumes about Have your Ta-Lakata: the mendacity of the whole process.” The Tears of Africa Asked if he thinks that the state’s attorney’s premiums Select Italy Travel office can responsibly prosecute the case, Equal- ity Illinois Director of Public Policy Rick Garcia increased Rome said, “Frankly, yes.” Florence “I have complete trust in the state’s attorney,” 5233 N. Clark Venice said Garcia. “She has demonstrated impeccable recently? 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Home Offices: Bloomington, Illinois Wheelchair Accessible Jan. 27, 2010 17 Mona Noriega seeks aldermanic post QUOTELINES By Tracy Baim BY REX WOCKNER Longtime Latina lesbian activist Mona Noriega is Q seeking appointment by Chicago Mayor Richard “Not only am I a single mother who’s nouncer, Alan Kalter, then reacted to the news Daley to the 1st Ward aldermanic seat vacated pregnant, but I’m also a lesbian mother with disgust and mock horror, saying: ‘What? by Manny Flores. The appointment could come who is pregnant and having a baby for two Amanda used to be a dude? My God!’ He hur- as early as this week. gay men. That might be startling to some.” — ried off stage to laughter from the audience, Flores has been nominated by Gov. Pat Quinn Utah state Rep. Christine Johnson, D-Salt Lake apparently to go collect himself after the to be chief of the Illinois Commerce Commis- Mona Noriega. City, to the Salt Lake Tribune Jan. 8 on being shock of this discovery. ... By promoting unfair sion. Flores reportedly has a replacement (his impregnated by a gay-male couple she is close and cruel reactions to transgender people, the chief of staff, Raymond Valadez) in mind for Da- friends with. David Letterman Show is feeding an epidemic ley, but with the next city elections in 2011, the any one person can do. That may sound idealis- of discrimination and violence that currently appointment would last a short time before the tic, but it’s how things happen.” “We do not expect to win at the tri- faces transgender Americans.” — The Gay & ward’s residents vote again. Born and raised in Chicago, Noriega’s father al level, but with God’s help, at least five Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Jan. 6. Noriega is a well-known and -liked community was Mexican and her mother Irish. She raised members of the current (U.S.) Supreme Court activist who has worked on LGBT and Latina is- two children and is partnered with another long- will have the courage to sues since the late 1970s. She has been a vol- time community activist, Evette Cardona. Both defend our Constitution unteer, board member and staff member for a women are in Chicago’s Gay and Lesbian Hall of from this grave attack.” — Fame. They hosted a campaign event for Daley at wide range of groups serving individuals across National Organization for There are too the region. She co-founded the Lambda Legal their home during his last election. Marriage Executive Director Midwest Office with attorney Pat Logue in 1993, Noriega’s experience includes: Brian Brown in a Jan. 8 let- many (gay people) and two years later co-founded the important —Co-founder and, later, director of the Lamb- ter to supporters about the in the world who Latina lesbian group Amigas Latinas. da Legal Defense and Education Fund Midwest ongoing federal trial in San ... worry about “This is a moment I’ve dreamed about for a Regional Office; Francisco over Proposition —Co-founder, Amigas Latinas in 1995, a group their lives. long time,” said Latino gay activist Robert Cas- 8. The case, featuring su- —Annise Parker, tillo, who was lobbying for Noriega at Saturday’s still serving the needs of Latinas; perstar attorneys Ted Olson lesbian mayor of Houston Equality Illinois gala. “We, as Latino/a LGBTs, —Co-chair and later staff member for the and David Boies, could lead have spent years supporting, endorsing, volun- original 2001 bid for the Gay Games coming to to legalization of same-sex teering for and campaigning for straight Latino/a Chicago in 2006; marriage nationwide. candidates. It was only a matter of time before —Former assistant publisher of Windy City “As a straight man I really have noth- we would seek our rightful place at the table. Media Group (publisher of Windy City Times); “There are too many (gay people) in ing to gain by standing up for equal I, along with many others in the Latina/o com- —Publisher of lesbians of color chapbooks in the world who don’t worry about ref- rights for Gays, Lesbians, Bisexual, and/or munity, believe that now is the right time to do the 1980s; erendum battles, they worry about my Transgender friends. Except for the fact so and we are thrilled to have such an extremely —Co-founder of Chicago’s International Wom- their lives. They worry about being mur- that I have many friends who are still sub- qualified candidate in Mona. The city council en’s Day dances; dered on the streets or murdered officially in jected to hurtful comments by a society that could have its first Latina lesbian alderman. How —Member of LLENA, a lesbian Latina organi- the prisons, with or without judicial sanction. hasn’t yet embraced fully the nature of... na- amazing that would be! “ zation in the 1980s; There are too many people in the world who ture. Supporting a limiting system of rules for “Last night, everyone I spoke to was very —Former marketing staff for the Chicago Park don’t have the privileges that we have, and specific people to follow is prejudice. It’s the excited,” Noriega said Sunday. “They’re excited District’s Garfield Park Conservatory; and if by my election and the media coverage and Antithesis of Christ Consciousness and (like about larger representation. This is not a criti- —Involvement with Affinity Community Ser- the dialogue around that, we can change one smoking) it’s Soooo last century. Allowing love cism of Manny Flores. It is about the larger pic- vices, Lesbian Community Care Project, the Girl’s person’s life in one of those countries, it would to freely flourish will only enhance the life ex- ture, about people wanting to be heard. This Best Friend Foundation board, the National So- make everything worth it.” — Houston’s new perience—For All.” — Top-10 pop singer Jason represents an opportunity to have another gay ciety of Hispanic MBAs, and the Horizons Com- lesbian mayor, Annise Parker, speaking to sup- Mraz on his blog, Dec. 31. person in office, respectful of gays, Latinos, munity Services’ Community Leadership Council. porters in Houston on Jan. 3. women, of everyone.” Ald. Tom Tunney (44th Noriega has a bachelor’s degree from North- “We will not gag ourselves when it Ward) is still the city’s only openly gay alder- eastern Illinois University, an MBA from the Uni- “We face two major challenges in comes to gay porn stars, Manhunt profiles, man. versity of Illinois at Chicago; in addition, she 2010. We must simultaneously combat right- sex clubs, three-way relationships, poppers, or For the past week, Noriega has been speak- is a student in the Public Administration Ph.D. wing groups working against us, while pushing all the other dirty little secrets of gay culture ing with numerous gay and Latino activists and program at U of I. for faster and more meaningful change from that the khaki-clad HRC clones are afraid ‘the politicians about the possibility of her appoint- Ald. Flores “has been a steadfast supporter of Congress and the White House. And it’s not go- straights’ will find out about and use against ment to the post, as well as the potential of the LGBT community and I expect that his sup- ing to be easy. From the outrageous lies used us to continue depriving us of our civil rights. running for the position in 2011. She said if she port will carry over into his new position,” Cas- to end marriage equality in Maine and Califor- Until they can deal with those things, they does not get the appointment, her decision to tillo said. “I am proud that as a Latino elected nia, to the turncoats in the New York Senate will only be tolerating us, not accepting us, run in 2011 for alderman would be informed by official, he never wavered in his support of our who rejected marriage equality, 2009 showed so it’s better to just get it out in the open the person Daley selects to replace Flores, and community and I want to publicly thank him be- us that we can’t expect change to come to us. now.” — Gawker.com, Dec. 22, after the site if they can represent a diverse voice in the city ing such a strong ally. While I am sad to see To put our 2010 game plan into action imme- was criticized for an item it published about a council. him go, his departure brings an opportunity for diately, we must grow our ranks by 2,010 new CNN iReport piece done by gay porn actor Collin “I want this post because, first, I want good the Latino/a LGBT community to seek to fill his members this month. Join HRC right now, and O’Neal. See tinyurl.com/gawkprn1 and tinyurl. government, with everyone represented. Sec- vacancy with an openly gay, lesbian, bisexual be a part of this movement. If you join as a com/gawkprn2. ond, because I was prompted by people calling or transgender Latino. Imagine that—a place at new member with a gift of $35 or more, we’ll me to say ‘please do this,’” Noriega said. “The the table!” send you this water bottle (pictured) as our “Nice. New York now joining Cali- alderman’s job is not glamorous. It is about real The 1st Ward is an odd J-shaped mix of neigh- way of saying thanks.” — The Human Rights fornia in banning gay marriage. New issues, basic issues, like making sure the system borhoods, located on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Campaign, Dec. 21. York and California: the only two states in the works for everyone.” She said this includes is- Its northernmost point is Belmont Avenue, country whose streets have disco rollerblading sues of safety, the environment and affordable bounded on the west by the Kennedy Express- “After Amanda Simpson became the lanes. Not cool with gay marriage. Because housing. way and on the east by Damen. The middle por- first transgender presidential ap- New York and California aren’t as progressive “I have a history of bringing people together,” tion is from California to Western, and the base pointee ... talk show host David Letterman as Iowa!” — The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart, Dec. Noriega said. “When different types of people is Ohio, bounded partly by Leavitt, Hoyne and announced Simpson’s appointment on his 3. come together, they create a better vision than Greenview. show and aired a photo of her. The show’s an- —Assistance: Bill Kelley

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VIEWPOINT VOL. 25, No. 17, Jan. 27, 2010 The combined forces of Windy City Times, founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, what little it had has now been taken away. rebellion toward God” to reverse itself, had this founded May 1987. But for those who subscribe to Robertson’s to say: “We believe that God is in control of the REV. theodicy—imbued with violent apocalyptic im- weather. The day Bourbon Street and the French PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR IRENE ages and cryptic messages of a God who must Quarter were flooded was the day that 125,000 Tracy Baim punish the “unfaithful”—this disaster is a homosexuals were going to be celebrating sin in MONROE ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky deserved suffering Haiti is experiencing; and the street. We’re calling it an act of God.” For MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis therefore, in order for Haiti to wash away its sins these conservative religious groups, the flood BUSINESS MANAGER Meghan Streit of the past, this disaster is an act of redemptive was a prayer finally answered and a sin finally DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright suffering. addressed. ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson ACCOUNT MANAGERS: Terri Klinsky, Amy Matheny, Pat Robertson’s Robertson’s deification of violence and natural While suffering points to the need for redemp- Kirk Williamson disasters as redemptive suffering has deleterious tion, suffering in and of itself is not redemp- PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT Cynthia Holmes theodicy on Haiti implications that are not-so-benignly played out tive, and it does not always correlate to one’s NIGHTSPOTS MANAGING EDITOR Kirk Williamson today. sinfulness. But rather, a person’s suffering or a NATIONAL SALES Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 Religion-based bigotry has been the mainstay of SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Rex Wockner, Marie For example, Robertson blamed 9/11 terrorist people’s suffering, like Haiti’s, should serve as Rev. Pat Robertson’s bully pulpit. And he mounts J. Kuda, David Byrne, Tony Peregrin, Lisa Keen, attack on pagans, abortionists, feminists, and a lens to critically examine the connections be- Yasmin Nair, Emmanuel Garcia this pulpit as an uber-God, possessed with an LGBTQ people. tween the abuses of power and its victimization THEATER EDITOR Scott C. Morgan inherent omniscience in knowing not only the When I gave a sermon about 9/11 a parishio- of the helpless. CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight, Jr. mundane and wicked thoughts and actions of BOOKS WRITER Yasmin Nair ner came up to me after church and told me she In other words, when suffering is understood man but also in knowing the cataclysmic actions ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS thought the Twin Towers needed to burn down as an ongoing cycle of abuse that goes on unex- Mary Shen Barnidge, Jim Edminster, Steve Warren, of God’s wrath on man. as a symbolic act of God’s wrath against NYC’s amined and unaccounted for, we can then begin Lawrence Ferber, Mel Ferrand, Catey Sullivan, While scientists explain Haiti’s recent natu- LGBTQ community in Greenwich Village. She said to see its manifestation in systems of racism, Zachary Whittenburg, Jonathan Abarbanel ral disaster as an earthquake due to a fault it COLUMNISTS/WRITERS: Yvonne Zipter, Susie the Towers crumbling symbolized the demise of sexism, classism, heterosexism and religion- sits on along the border between two large tec- Day, Jorjet Harper, Lee Lynch, Steve Starr, Lisa the twin evil cities Sodom and Gomorrah in Gen- based bigotry not only in our everyday lives but Keen, Charlsie Dewey, Michael Knipp, Mark Corece, tonic plates—the North American plate to the esis 19. also in the world. Sabine Neidhardt, Sam Worley, Billy Masters, John north, and the Caribbean plate to the south— And when Hurricane Katrina hit, not surpris- For example, Haiti’s political and economic Fenoglio, Chuck Colbert, Micki Leventhal, Sarah that slowly slide horizontally past each other, Toce, Rachel Pepper ingly, Robertson blamed it as God’s disapproval state has largely been due to both U.S. and Robertson explains the disaster as “Something PHOTOGRAPHERS Kat Fitzgerald, Mel Ferrand, Hal to America’s abortion policy, stating, “But have European intervention. In 1791, Toussaint Baim, Steve Starr, Emmanuel Garcia [that] happened a long time ago in Haiti, and we found we are unable somehow to defend L’Ouverture led a slave rebellion defeating Napo- CIRCULATION people might not want to talk about it.” ourselves against some of the attacks that are leon’s army winning Haiti’s its independence in CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Jean Albright The something that happened a long time ago coming against us, either by terrorists or now by 1804. Fearful that the Haitian revolution might DISTRIBUTION: Ashina, Allan, Dan, John, Renee, was an earthquake on the same fault in 1860. Sue and Victor natural disaster?“ inspire enslaved Africans in other parts of the And this fault is the same type as the San An- But some blamed Katrina on LGBTQ people. world to rebel, bringing an end to slavery world- dreas Fault in California—a “strike-slip” fault. For example, Katrina slammed into the Gulf wide, U.S. Congress banned trade with Haiti During an interview on the Christian Broad- Coast just two days before Labor Day week- joining French and Spanish boycotts. These em- casting Network the day after the earthquake, end in 2005, when New Orleans’s annual Queer bargoes crippled Haiti’s economy to this day. televangelist Robertson said “ Many years ago, “Southern Decadence” festival was to begin. Perhaps, if Robertson dismounted his bully the island’s people “swore a pact to the devil. While floods are a regular part of life in the pulpit for just a moment, he might find his own True story. And so the devil said, ‘OK, it’s a deal.’ lowlands of Louisiana and hurricanes are fre- countenance in the demons and devils he’s fight- They kicked the French out. The Haitians re- quent occurrences all along the coastline, Mi- ing. volted and got themselves free. Ever since, they chael Marcavage, director of Repent America, an have been cursed by one thing after the other.” Copyright 2010 Lambda Publications Inc./Windy City Media evangelical organization calling for “a nation in Group; All rights reserved. Reprint by permission only. Back Haiti didn’t have much before the quake, and issues (if available) for $5 per issue (postage included). Return postage must accompany all manuscripts, drawings, and photographs submitted if they are to be returned, and no responsibility may be assumed for unsolicited materials. All rights to letters, art and photographs sent to Windy LETTERS City Times will be treated as unconditionally assigned for publication purposes and as such, subject to editing and comment. The opinions expressed by the columnists, cartoonists, letter writers, and commentators are their own We are still waiting for our Tom Tunney, our priority. When it comes down to it, Harris and and do not necessarily reflect the position ofWindy City Greg Harris, our Debra Shore, our Sebastian Tunney back the people House Speaker Madigan Times. Publication of the name, photograph, or likeness of a person or organization in articles or advertising in Windy Patti, our Deb Mell. And now is the time to do and Mayor Daley tell them to. Now that they City Times is not to be construed as any indication of the something about it! are comfortably inert in their incumbencies, the sexual orientation of such person or organization. While we encourage readers to support the advertisers who make I am proud to be able to say that someone community that helped elect them is betrayed this newspaper possible, Windy City Times cannot accept from the Latino LGBT community has stepped and forgotten. responsibility for advertising claims. forward to seek appointment as alderman of the Barry Aldridge (773) 871-7610 FAX (773) 871-7609 1st Ward, and the city council could soon have Chicago e-mail: [email protected] it’s first openly lesbian Latina alderman. www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com It is my hope that Mona Noriega’s decision to Riding the Red Line radio: WindyCityQueercast.com seek this position will inspire others to consider video: QueerTVNetwork.com running for public office. For years, me and many Concerning the unfortunate criminal victimiza- WINDY CITY MEDIA GROUP, in the Latina/o LGBT community have worked tion of the 33-year-old gay man on the Red Line to elect our straight Latino brothers and sisters. 5315 N. Clark St. #192, Chicago, IL 60640 USA “L” train, LGBT people are criminally victimized (MAILING ADDRESS ONLY) Now we have an opportunity to have a voice on Robert Castillo and Mona Noriega. Photo by just like everyone else. In this case, the vic- the City Council and we should seize the oppor- John Pennycuff tim demonstrated several lapses in judgement Windy City Times Deadline every Wednesday. tunity. Nightspots Deadline Wednesday prior to street date. that hastened the criminal offense. Media re- A chance for history Are you with me? Identity (BLACKlines and En La Vida): Now ports indicate both the Chicago Transit Author- online only Robert Castillo ity (CTA) and Chicago police responded appro- Deadline The 10th of month prior. The Latino LGBT community in Chicago has a Chicago OUT! Resource Guide ONLINE priately and even placed three men under arrest tremendous opportunity created by the recent www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com decision by 1st Ward Ald. Manny Flores’ decision Questioning loyalty for the incident. to accept an appointment by Gov. Quinn to head While establishing motive is not a required element under the law, nothing indicates this www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com the Illinois Commerce Commission. To the editor: www.WindyCityQueercast.com offense was motivated by the victim’s sexual Manny has been a steadfast supporter of the In the coming primary I’m wondering where www.QueerTVNetwork.com orientation, although one glaring omission does LGBT community and I expect that his support our gay elected officials’ loyalties lie. stand out. Under Illinois law (720 ILCS 5/12-4), will carry over into his new position. I am proud In the 7th State Senate district there is an misdemeanor battery committed on either pub- that as a Latino elected official, he never wa- excellent gay candidate, Jim Madigan, running a lic property or involving a passenger on a public vered in his support of our community and I very credible campaign. Yet, Greg Harris, a gay transportation system becomes aggravated bat- “Windy City Media Group generated want to publicly thank him being such a strong legislator, endorses the straight incumbent. tery, a class 3 felony. enormous interest among their readers ally. In the 11th State Legislative district there is While I am sad to see him go his departure The failure of the Chicago Police Department in this year’s LGBT Consumer Index another highly regarded gay candidate, Ed Mul- brings an opportunity for the Latino/a LGBT and the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office to Survey. Out of approximately 100 len; yet Greg Harris and Alderman Tom Tunney community to seek to fill his vacancy with an seek and/or approve felony charges for this and print and online media partners who both endorse one of his straight opponents. openly gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender La- other similar offenses, as the General Assembly participated in the survey, Windy The straight people these gay elected officials tino. Imagine that—a place at the table! provides for, demonstrate the unequal and sub- City was the best performing regional have endorsed are politically well-connected The time is right for such a move and there jective application of criminal charges. This only media in the U.S. Only survey partners and intertwined with the Democratic Machine with a nationwide footprint were are a number of organizations and individuals promulgates future crime and allows riding the that runs Illinois. able to generate a greater number of who recognize how important having one of our CTA to be a risky endeavor. Getting more gay, lesbian and transgender responses.” ­­—David Marshall, Research brothers and sisters representing us on the City Bob Zuley folks elected is clearly not Harris’ or Tunney’s Director, Community Marketing, Inc. Council would be. Chicago Jan. 27, 2010 19 GOINGS-ON WINDY CITY TIMES’ ENTERTAINMENT SECTION

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tures Academy Award-winner Estelle Parsons in of clues about what’s on the roster. Scottish the role of the acidic and drug-addled matriarch Two years ago, the Lyric trumpeted the fact Violet Weston. that it had two famous Chicago directors who Of course, those of us who caught August: would make their Lyric debuts in future seasons. Play Scott Osage County originally in Chicago will likely be One was Gary Griffin (who staged Lehar’s The BY SCOTT C. MORGAN able to crow over those who missed it the first Merry Widow this season), while another was time. After all, the show played Steppenwolf’s Chicago Shakespeare Theater founder and ar- Help for Haiti intimate 515-seat Downstairs Theatre with a tistic director Barbara Gaines helming the 2010 Make sure you have some extra cash to donate cast comprised largely of Steppenwolf ensemble opener of Verdi’s Macbeth. in your pocket if you’re heading out to see a members (who performed it without amplifica- Opera singers also sometimes offer clues by show. tion). detailing their upcoming schedules in their In response to the devastating series of earth- The August: Osage County national tour is program bios or their own personal Web sites. quakes in Haiti, The League of Chicago Theatres playing the much-larger Cadillac Palace space of For instance, the baritone Wilbur Pauley’s bio has organized support among more than 200 2,344 seats Feb. 2-14. It’s likely some kind of for a 2009 Chicago Cultural Center performance theaters around Chicago to raise funds for the sound amplification will be employed (alas). But of Handel’s Acis and Galatea mentioned that people of Haiti. let’s hope the cast has become as tightly knit as he was cast in a future Lyric production of A “This will be an industry-wide initiative that the original Steppenwolf ensemble. Midsummer Night’s Dream. So it’s safe to guess will provide easy access to over a million people For more information on the return of August: that Benjamin Britten’s 1960 operatic version of in Chicago and surrounding areas to help those Osage County, visit www.broadwayinchicago. Shakespeare’s romantic comedy is on the bill. in need,” said Deb Clapp, executive director of com Then it’s also wise to check up on what other the League of Chicago Theatres in a statement. opera companies are staging, since many co- “One hundred percent of all donations are being Athol Fugard festival produce productions to help save on costs. For directed to the Red Cross.” With three Chicago theaters schedule works by instance, the San Francisco Opera’s upcoming So don’t be caught unawares if you encounter acclaimed South African playwright Athol Fugard new staging of Massenet’s Werther carries the a growing number of curtain speeches, e-mails in the same season, it only makes sense for them small print that it’s a co-production with the and other requests for Haiti aid donations from to team up together and create an incentive for Lyric. Whether or not it will appear in the same Chicago’s theater community. Do your part and playgoers to see all three productions. season is a matter of conjecture. help out. That’s exactly what has happened with Time- Then company subscribers get plenty of glaring Line Theatre Company (which is producing ‘Mas- clues from the Lyric itself in its Lyric Opera News Whole lotta’ Letts ter Harold’…and the Boys now through March magazine. In the Follow the Stars feature from In the next couple of weeks, fans of playwright 21), Remy Bumppo Theatre (which is producing spring 2009, readers found out that American and actor Tracy Letts are in for a feast. The Island Jan. 27-March 7) and Court Theatre mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe would make Letts has already been wowing Chicago audi- (which is producing Sizwe Banzi is Dead May 13- her Lyric debut as the witch Ulrica in Verdi’s Un ences by playing the role of the foul-mouthed June 13). ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball), while South small-time crook Teach in Steppenwolf The- The three companies are offering ticket pack- African tenor would return to the Lyric in the atre Company’s acclaimed production of David Tracy Letts in American Buffalo. Photo by ages and discounts to all three plays via the Web title role of Wagner’s Lohengrin. Mamet’s American Buffalo. The Amy Morton- Michael Brosilow site www.FugardChicago2010.org. See why Fu- But by now, the guessing game is over. Visit directed revival has been extended to Feb. 14. gard has become famous for confronting South www.LyricOpera.org to find out what eight op- Then over at Profiles Theatre, Letts’ 1993 But the really big news is the triumphant Africa’s ugly legacy of Apartheid in his supreme- eras the company is producing next season, and breakthrough and ultraviolent drama Killer Joe return of Letts’ Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize- ly poetical works of drama. the starry stars they cast to sing them. is receiving its first home-grown revival. This winning play August: Osage County to Chicago. Please pass along theater news and other squalor and shock-filled play put Letts on the This epic-length and large ensemble-piece Spying on an opera season related tidbits to scottishplayscott@yahoo. map and no doubt played a part in Steppenwolf famously debuted in the summer of 2007 at The Lyric Opera of Chicago officially announced com and [email protected]. asking him to become a member of its ensemble. Steppenwolf and later triumphed on Broadway, its 2010-11 season on Tuesday, Jan. 26 (after Let’s hope it gets plenty more extensions beyond in London and even Melbourne, Australia. It’s the Windy City Times deadline for this issue). its Feb. 28 closing date. now on a national tour with a cast that fea- But opera fanatics have already received plenty 20 Jan. 27, 2010 THEATER REVIEW Dreamgirls CRITICS’ PICKS Playwright: Book and lyrics by The (edward) Hopper Project, WNEP Tom Eyen, music by Henry Krieger, with Dreamgirls. Theater at Storefront Theater, through Feb. additional material by Willie Reale Photo by 21. Though it runs far too long, this show At: Broadway In Chicago at the Joan inspired by the works of American realist Cadillac Palace, 151 W. Randolph Marcus painter Edward Hopper has its enjoyable Phone: 800-775-2000; $18-$85 moments in dramatizing some of his iconic Runs through: Jan. 31 paintings on stage. SCM Hughie and Krapp’s Last Tape, Good- BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE man Theatre, through Feb. 21. Expect challenging and intelligent theater in this The principal theme is sisters doing it for Broadway-bound double bill featuring mas- themselves, of course, but Tom Eyen and Henry ter actor Brian Dennehy in works by iconic Krieger’s behind-the-music chronicle can also be Nobel Laureates Eugene O’Neill and Samuel viewed as a docudrama of racial integration and Beckett. JA the introduction of Rhythm & Blues—a genre aerial-view video monitors facilitating—would I writer/actors Mikala Bierma, Christina Boucher Killer Joe, Profiles Theatre, through Feb. once called “race” music—into mainstream lie to you?—Busby Berkeley-style kaleidoscopic and Rachel Farmer’s amazing quick-change work 28. It’s said that every great fortune begins American culture. Unlike the educational pag- graphics. Rub on your sequin-burn block and on Kink. with a crime, but in Tracy Letts’ first play, eants at Black Ensemble, however, the timeline hurry to this cure for winter blahs. Under Rebecca Sohn’s astute and incisive di- the goals of his hardscrabble clan are as in Eyen’s book is not that of individual names rection, Kink comments on so-called suburban petty as the murder they propose to achieve and dates, but instead, a fable invoking images DOUBLE REVIEW sexual repression by taking on characters like them—so why are we riveted by their prog- at once nebulous and familiar. speed-walking housewives (who like to one-up ress for every instant of this grimly humor- Our story opens with a trio calling themselves Kink each other with their questionable talk-show ous in-your-lap revival? MSB Playwright: Mikala Bierma, the Dreamettes (think Shirelles, Crystals, Su- facts), probable high school lesbian sport stars Private Lives, Chicago Shakespeare, Christina Boucher, premes) losing a talent contest at New York’s and even jiving teenage boys. And what’s great through March 7. Gary Griffin directs Noel Rachel Farmer; additional famed Apollo Theatre, but securing a job sing- is these women go beyond the “I can’t believe Coward’s glittering comedy of manners music by Bryan Dunn ing back-up for headliner James “Thunder” Early they did that!” barrier with hilarious costumes, among divorcees who hook up in wholly At: Annoyance Theatre, 4830 N. Broadway (think James Brown). Making for progress, set- props and bawdy song lyrics. inappropriate circumstances. Since it’s Phone: 773-561-4665; $15 backs and hard decisions on their path to suc- For example, a fellatio workshop featured the Coward, expect rapid-fire sparkling wit and Through March 6 cess are their ambitious manager, whose com- catchy song lyric, “Make that dick a fountain, deliciously fanged humor. And since it’s mercial savvy too often exceeds his ethics, and Climb that BJ mountain” all the while being Griffin, expect a story grounded in absolute seductive mentors like the aforementioned Early, Glitter in cleverly choreographed with two blow-up male emotional truth. CS whose love for himself exceeds any he can give sex dolls (Finally! Parity for overused female sex —By Abarbanel, Barnidge, to any woman. the Gutter dolls in comedy!). Morgan and Sullivan Fame, wealth, true love and a mouth-watering Playwright: Kellen Alexander While Kink could do with some trimming and a wardrobe comprise a formula capable of drawing At: Annoyance Theatre, 4830 N. Broadway better-focused storyline, its current state practi- audiences anywhere, anytime—and so Dream- Phone: 773-561-4665; $10 cally guarantees to make you laugh throughout. of the 60,000 Canadians who perished in that girls, from its premiere in 1981 (at the Apollo, Through March 11 Laughs are to be had in Kellen Alexander’s Glit- terrible attrition? Is he the man who will, on the naturally) to the 2006 film, has remained undi- BY SCOTT C. MORGAN ter in the Gutter, but not nearly as big or with morrow, be the groom at Mary’s wedding? minished in its popularity. But the touring pro- as much frequency. For a show that aims to be a Playwright Stephen Massicotte doesn’t make it duction currently playing for much too short a Now at the Annoyance Theatre, two new shows “drag queen sitcom,” that’s a liability. easy for us to guess the answer. Since this is run at the Cad Palace is no threadbare retread, promise to be a barrel of laughs and pique certain The problem is Alexander isn’t clearly spoofing a dream, the narrative is presented mosaically, but a freshly-assembled dazzler replete with the subsets within the LGTBQ community. There’s a half-hour sitcom conventions to tell his story, episodes flashing back and forth between con- latest in rising talent and high-tech machinery. world premiere of Glitter in the Gutter that bills nor does the show really use its drag perform- tinents over an unspecified period spanning The former include leading ladies Moya Angela itself as Chicago’s first drag queen sitcom. And ers to comment on those hackneyed hallmarks. the final years of the deadly conflict—Charlie’s and Syesha Mercado, playing, respectively, the there’s the new musical Kink that features char- There also aren’t enough nasty and cutting quips hardships might be suffered at a picnic vexed robust Effie (think Aretha Franklin) and the deli- acters like a suburban married couple where the from the two drag queen characters at the center by bad weather, or in a trench under artillery cate Deena (think Diana Ross), whose fortunes mom’s a wannabe dominatrix and the dad hides of the show since Pepper LaRoo (Seth Dodson) fire. (He makes several entrances, heralded by are dictated as much by their physiques as their his love of wearing women’s underwear. and Velveeta Fitzgerald (Wes Perry) are both cut his beloved’s cry of, “You’re back!”, but we must vocal ranges. As for the men, it’s no slight to Both shows are typical Annoyance Theatre from the same flakey dim cloth. Only when rival wait for the dialogue to tell us from where, and Chaz Lamar Shepherd’s interpretation of the ma- fare. But not all Annoyance shows are created Beverly Poon (Sarah Fineout) appears do we get when, he has returned.) Mary’s role in this fan- nipulative Curtis to say that Chester Gregory— equal, and one shines brighter than the other. banter we expect of acidic drag queens. tasy-chronicle is no less nebulous: after a scene, remembered in these parts for his breakout 2000 The real impressive news is Kink, a consistent- Glitter in the Gutter also isn’t nearly as fabu- she may remind herself that the events therein portrayal of the charismatic Jackie Wilson— ly funny and truly refreshing show in large part lous with its production elements when com- didn’t actually occur. At times, she even changes enjoyed the home-field advantage on opening because all of the sexual and irreverent humor pared to Mid-Tangent Productions’ recent Snow into Charlie’s platoon sergeant—no easy task night with an array of show-stopping octave- come from a nearly all-female cast and creative White spoofs at Hydrate. Alas, this show is more when dressed only in slippers and a nightie. leaping fermatas and gymnastic swagger in the team. gutter than glitter. So is this hankie-wringing historical docudrama role of Jimmy Early. If you thought that men only had a monopoly or teeth-aching romantic fiction? At a running The real star of the show, however, are the on creating ribald sexual comedies in the vein THEATER REVIEW time of 90 minutes (with an intermission), why optical effects—walls of sparkling LEDs, pin- of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, then you must see should we be in a hurry to resolve that ques- spots masking lightning costume changes and Mary’s Wedding tion? In the intimate Raven west stage under Playwright: Stephen Massicotte Mark Ulrich’s direction for this Rivendell Theatre At: Rivendell Theatre Ensemble Ensemble production, Massicotte’s eloquent ode at the Raven Complex, 6157 N. Clark to lovers put asunder, as portrayed by Cassan- Phone: 773-334-7728; $22 dra Bissell and Shane Kenyon, are themselves Runs through: Feb. 20 enough to engage us until playgoers exercising SPOTLIGHT patience are rewarded with a sweetly satisfying BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE denouement.

From the moment at the very beginning of the play when we are told that what we are about to see is a bride’s dream on the eve of her nuptials, Music-filled adaptations of Herman Melville’s we think we know how it will end. But playgo- classic novel Moby Dick are getting quite the ers who focus on the search for clues to their attention this season. In addition to Dallas preconceived resolution, instead of just per- Opera’s world premiere of composer Jake Heg- mitting the author to lead them on the course gie’s opera adaptation, Chicago hosts a brand he wants them to follow, will miss a lot of the new version featuring puppet creations by finely-honed craft invested in this delicate lyric Blair Thomas with music by singer/songwriter of roads untraveled. Michael Smith. This “In the Works” theater We are also told, early on, that the year is 1920 lab production of Moby Dick plays 7:30 p.m. and the “great war” over, and that we are in a Thursday, Jan. 28, through Saturday, Jan. 30, small village in Alberta, where a local farm boy on the stage of Millennium Park’s Jay Pritzker and a newly arrived English girl pay shy court Pavilion, 205 E. Randolph. Tickets are $10; call to one another. Then comes the call to enlist, 312-742-8497 or visit www.millenniumpark. sparking young Charlie to join a cavalry unit in org. Photo of Thomas with one of his creations the mother country’s fight against Germany. Did Mary’s Wedding. in Moby Dick courtesy of the company Mary’s sweetheart return, or did he become one Jan. 27, 2010 21

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RPDRS2_TabAd_WindyC_10x13.indd 1 1/14/10 1:08 PM 22 Jan. 27, 2010 of where to emphasize the movement are hit or miss. When used in exposition such as the cho- reographed prologue of the goddess Venus curs- ing Phèdra on her wedding day to fall madly in love with her stepson Hippolytus, it feels like mere pantomime. When Phèdra (Sarah Pinkham) uses all kinds of arm movements to signify how she feels covered with the filth of shame, it’s an interesting supplement to the language. Pinkham, however, doesn’t quite command the attention expected of a titular character in a Greek tragedy. Her madness is more temperamen- tal; she is not pitiable or sadly misunderstood. The direction doesn’t help her either: When she rips the tapestry off a wooden post and reveals it to be a cross and in only the third act leans back on it as if crucifying herself, if Phèdra were ever to be seen as a martyr, that symbolism is Phèdra. furthermore ruined. The production’s best artistic choice is in- THEATER REVIEW explore movement-based expressions of the in- cluding Venus (Laura Merchut) as a character. ner torment of its ill-fated characters, but the She enters intermittently throughout Phèdra’s Phèdra effectiveness of Laban’s theory in this produc- scenes, controlling her movements, physically By Jean Racine, translated by tion varies. Much of its cast could use some demonstrating the gods’ antagonistic power Robert David MacDonald more command of Racine’s visceral poetry be- over her will and the hopelessness of Phèdra’s At: New World Repertory Theater– fore exploring the ways it might manifest itself predicament. In all other aspects, that sense of Mary Beth Fisher in The Year of Magical Theatre Building Chicago through movement. powerlessness, the magnitude of the inner con- Thinking. Phone: 630-663-1489 ; $20-$25 After a local run in November, the Downers flict, never fully reaches the audience. Runs through: Feb. 14 Grove-based theater company now tries Phèdra Phèdra is a well-meaning production but a bit the journey was worthwhile. But it’s not a fun before a city audience at the Theatre Building too ambitious. As hard as this cast likely trained journey for her or the audience. The work’s tone BY STEVEN CHAITMAN Chicago. It’s a young cast that will likely gel to learn Laban’s theory, applying it to a Racine is warm but solemn, and Didion doesn’t pretend more with a young urban audience, but the flip- play that is contingent upon its actors’ ability to have profound answers. It’s not a work of The challenge of Phèdra or any production more side is the inexperience. Robert David MacDon- to grasp the language and communicate great faith, either, in any religious sense. than 300 years old is finding a renewed purpose ald’s translation is clear but riddled with diffi- internal struggle to the audience is quite an un- In enlarging the work to include more mate- to bring it back to the stage. The New World cult couplets and to self-impose the challenge dertaking. rial about her daughter, Didion also questions Repertory Theater aspires to enhance its produc- of Laban Movement Analysis as well makes for a the truth or falsehood of such assurances as “I tion of French playwright Jean Racine’s 1677 difficult task. It’s one achievement to grasp the THEATER REVIEW won’t leave you,” “You’re going to get well,” “I Greek tragedy through Laban Movement Analy- meter while projecting all that internal conflict won’t let anything happen to you.” How many sis, an intensive study of body movement and and another to create movement that coincides The Year of times can you will another person to live, if you its connection to thought and emotion. A story with it seamlessly. Magical Thinking ever can at all? Again, Didion has no answers of irrepressible passion and shame at the hands Consequently, director and certified Laban but raises the questions as a caution to her au- Playwright: Joan Didion of the gods, Phèdra seems an ideal choice to Movement instructor Alison Henderson’s choices dience. “If I’m sane, what happened to me can At: Court Theatre, 5555 S. Ellis happen to you.” Tickets: 773-753-4472; As Didion, Mary Beth Fisher perfectly balances www.courttheatre.org; $38-$56 gravitas against human accessibility, and in- CULTURE CLUB Runs through: Feb. 14 tellectual vigor against a refusal to patronize. Charles Newell has directed with quiet authority, NOWTICKETS ON SALE! BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL isolating Fisher on a small and sparely elegant raised platform in a sea of darkness (John Cul- Esteemed writer Joan Didion’s 2007 stage adap- bert’s scenery, Jennifer Tipton’s lighting). T H E O L D tation of her 2005 memoir won’t be to everyone’s taste. It’s passionate, intelligent and keenly ob- served, and Mary Beth Fisher is an outstanding Northlight to feature interpreter of Didion’s words and persona. But SETTLER this 100 minute solo work is a meditation rather Fields, Mahoney BY JOHN HENRY REDWOOD DIRECTED BY RON OJ PARSON than a play; a meditation on life, memory and Northlight Theatre has announced the casting Performed at 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe survival rather than on the deaths that inspired for the rest of its 35th-anniversary season, and it. Broadway veterans Felicia P. Fields and John Ma- Two women test the bonds of sister- In December 2003, Didion’s husband (writer honey are featured. hood and find the strength and Fields, a Tony nominee, will be Low Down Dirty forgiveness only family can offer. John Gregory Dunne) dropped dead in front of her in their home. Refusing to grieve, Didion fo- blues, written by Randal Myler and Dan Wheet- cused on saving the life of their adult daughter man. Previews will run May 27-June 4, with ORDER YOUR TICKETS TODAY! Production Sponsor (and only child) who was fighting a catastrophic regular performances taking place June 6-July illness. 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In adapting her memoir for the stage, Visit www.northlight.org or visit the box of- WAIT WAIT…DON’T TELL ME’S Didion incorporated fresh material about her fice, located at the North Shore Center for the daughter. Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie, Skokie. The title, The Year of Magical Thinking, sug- PAULA gests enchantments and fairytale darkness turned to light, but it’s none of that. Rather, Rhinofest running POUNDSTONE Didion “magically” reasoned that if she kept her through Feb. 14 daughter alive then her her husband would re- The 21st Annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival Fri., Feb. 5, 8 p.m. turn. Part of her process was an obsessive avoid- (Rhinofest) is running through Feb. 14 at Prop ance of physical places and emotional spaces Thtr, 3502-04 N. Elston. where she and her husband/daughter had shared Curious Theatre Branch has curated a one- 847.673.6300 happiness. If you don’t see the present reality of month marathon of performances for this year, northshorecenter.org these places, then the happier past remains the with new original works by various theatre art- only reality. ists. Among the productions is Imposters, di- Groups of 15 or NORTH SHORE CENTER FOR Eventually, Didion understood her magical rected by Kelvin Hayes; Mark Chrisler, ELIZA and THE PERFORMING ARTS IN SKOKIE more save 10%! thinking was misguided and accepted that “life PARRY wrote the play, which is based on gay 9501 Skokie Blvd. FREE PARKING Call 877.447.7849 changes in an instant,” as she repeats several British codebreaker Alan Turing. times. Still—and here’s the point—although the Admission is $15 or pay what you can, $12 in destination she wished to reach was impossible, advance at www.rhinofest.com. Jan. 27, 2010 23 BOOK REVIEW itz. Driving through North Carolina, they spend the night at the house of Fred, an old family Girldrive: friend of Willis Aronowitz. Fred just happens to be Frederic Jameson, one of the most influential Criss-Crossing theorists of postmodernity. America, Despite Willis Aronowitz’s attempt to make them seem like two wide-eyed innocents who Redefining stumble into interviews like one with Erica Jong, Feminism it is clear that the duo benefited greatly from Written by Nona their social connections and enormous cultural Willis Aronowitz capital. That is not in itself a bad thing—every and Emma Bee Bernstein writer makes do with the resources at hand— $19.95; Seal Press; 221 pages but they could have used all that as a base from which to expand their pool of interviewees and REVIEW BY YASMIN NAIR to let happenstance dictate more of their agen- das. At one point, they run into a single female Some years ago, I was waiting for a colleague bartender with a child and on welfare, unsure as she finished her last student conference of if she can finish a degree in anthropology (the the day. She was teaching a class on gender value of which she now doubts) and angry about and a student had come to discuss paper top- Girldrive took Willis Aronowitz and Bernstein prising non-profit devoted to some form of so- being treated like “a vagina behind the bar.” ics. “I’d like to look at some sexist histories,” to places as different as Jackson Hole, Miss., cial justice; and they support queer, sex- and The authors do not even get her name, but more the young woman said, with great assurance. I and Chicago. The book reveals at least one kind fat-positive politics. stories like hers could have complicated their could not help but turn sharply in my squeaky of American feminism, one that is contradictory The women are no less interesting for these journey in a good way. wooden chair, just in time to see the bemused and richly complex. Willis Aronowitz and Bern- reasons. And while some of us might, indeed, In another rare trenchant moment, the poet expression on my colleague’s face as she asked, stein, diehard progressives, don’t shy away from strongly identify as and with them, I suspect Lyn Hejinian conveys her distrust of relying on “Um, do you mean feminist histories?” “Oh, women like Beth in Fargo, N.D., who tells them that they are entirely new to most Americans social-networking sites and blogs to stimulate yeah, right, I guess I meant feminist,” came the that she believes in equality in the workplace who cannot fathom a discussion about feminism feminism because they can “lead to false senses cheerful answer. but also that “[t]here are definitely roles for beyond the standard “Should women work after of community and obsession with faking a cari- That inability to distinguish between femi- a husband and a wife, and feminism would be having children?” question. catured self-image,” but the authors simply dis- nism and sexism is unsurprising in a world where erasing that.” On the other end of the spectrum Yet, it becomes clear that the two women miss her critique, putting it down to an unwill- Republicans denounce anyone critical of Sarah is Rebecca, who runs Pantymistress, a porn-pro- rarely ventured outside their socioeconomic ingness to “communicate that way.” Yet, surely, Palin’s vacuousness as sexist and where Hillary duction company for men with fetishes. backgrounds. Entries are often prefaced with face-to-face organizing and community-building Clinton’s career, forged under the aegis of a suc- Girldrive boasts of its diversity because the phrases like, “Cille …a friend of my best friend,” is doubly important for women who do not have cessful husband, is seen as a feminist triumph. two went to a number of cities and the pho- indicating that they rarely reached out of their access to the urban areas that the pair choose In all this topsy-turviness, is it any surprise that tographs of their subjects, taken by Bernstein, network of friends or like-minded blogosphere to focus on. some can barely distinguish feminism from its indicate a rich mix of heritages, from Chicana of supporters (the book originally began as a Girldrive gives a sense of a certain kind of opposite? to Creole to Anglo. But the differences in hues blog, and was featured on sites like Feminist- feminism in America today, one that mirrors the In the fall of 2007, Nona Willis Aronowitz and of skin and ethnic lineages cannot hide the fact ing). Bernstein, who committed suicide in De- privileged experiences of the writers rather than Emma Bee Bernstein, both in their mid-20s, got that underlying the surface diversity is much of cember 2008, graduated from the University of challenging their or their intended audience’s into a car and spent a good portion of the sea- the same-old, same-old. Chicago and was the daughter of the artist Su- assumptions. But if feminism is to survive to son and spring 2008 crisscrossing the country If you live in a hipster bubble in a liberal san Bee and the writer Charles Bernstein. Willis the point where women understand its value and and talking to women about the meaning of hotspot like Austin, Texas, or Chicago, you will Aronowitz, who wrote much of the book, gradu- the distinction between it and sexism, we have feminism. They spoke to 127 women involved in recognize these women. Their feminist creden- ated from Wesleyan and is the daughter of the to be willing to record far more uncomfortable fields like sex work, abortion-provider services tials are first earned in a liberal arts college or Second Wave feminist Ellen Willis, who died in realities than our own. and Native American rights activism. university; they take their degrees to an enter- 2006, and the cultural critic Stanley Aronow- 24 Jan. 27, 2010 lease Brando’s sexual potency hasn’t dimmed a power it retains. ing a double feature of Sir Carol Reed’s 1947 whit. Kazan, who had directed the groundbreak- A Streetcar Named Desire ushered in a decade British suspense thrillers Odd Man Out starring ing 1947 Broadway production of the Tennessee of both sexually tinged melodramas and the era James Mason and 1949’s The Third Man starring KNIGHT Williams play, had already conquered Hollywood of movie stars as sexual glamazons—the physi- Joseph Cotton and Orson Welles (and the movie and had to be coaxed into returning to Streetcar cally imposing Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter and the features perhaps one of filmdom’s most memora- AT and directing it for the screen. Part of the rea- rest of their ilk for the men, and Marilyn Monroe ble music scores). The former will feature a new THE son he made the film was a chance to balance and her thousand imitators for the women. (It’s 35mm print. See www.musicboxtheatre.com. the movie version more judiciously between also ironic to note the prominence of these in- Check out my archived reviews at www. MOVIES Blanche and Stanley—a decision that actually your-face sexual movie stars during the 1950s— windycitytimes.com or www.knightatthemov- turns up the heat. Kazan first gives us a look at the decade of conservative repression.) Brando ies.com. Readers can leave feedback at the Stanley through the starstruck eyes of Blanche’s enjoyed many other “firsts” when it came to his latter Web site. sister, Stella (Kim Hunter). Finding her younger appearance in movies but opening the flood- sister and husband in a bowling alley, Blanche gates for outright sexual objectification (Monroe (Vivien Leigh)—the delicate, wilted Southern did it for women) for film audiences of all stripes GLAAD Awards belle—recoils when Stella points out roughneck may be his true legacy—certainly it’s his most nominees Stanley, who is briefly glimpsed in the midst of potent. And objectification is surely one of the a scuffle with a group of men. most primal allures of the medium—conscious announced Back at Stella and Stanley’s cramped apart- or not. Brando’s sexual influence and his rebel- The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defa- ment, Kazan’s camera lingers on Brando, who lious attitude on U.S. society (not to mention mation (GLAAD) has announced the nominees The Brando does a subconscious striptease for Blanche in gay culture, with the experimental films of Ken- for its 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards, ac- his first meeting with her. Stella has retreated neth Anger as just one prime example of the cording to a press release. effect to the bathroom to escape Blanche’s unexpected Brando Effect) is almost incalculable—and it all Among the various nominees are the mov- By Richard Knight, Jr. recriminations and when Stanley strides into started with the removal of that sweaty T-shirt. ies A Single Man and Precious: Based on the the apartment, she’s shy and reserved. Stanley With regard to movies, as director Martin Scors- Novel Push by Sapphire; TV shows One Life to It doesn’t take much of a stretch of the imagi- quickly removes first his silk bowling jacket and ese has noted, “There’s before Brando and after Live and Glee; singers Adam Lambert and Lady nation to point out that gays objectified men then his sweat stained T-shirt. Nonchalantly, he Brando.” Gaga; and Spanish-language shows Sábado Gi- on the screen decades before Marlon Brando’s takes his time about putting on a fresh T-shirt Film audiences who haven’t experienced gante and Primer Impacto. The GLAAD Media riveting screen performance as the brutish über- as Blanche is open-mouthed, almost salivating Streetcar on the big screen and the Brando ef- Awards ceremonies will be held in New York hunk Stanley Kowalski in Elia Kazan’s 1951 (standing in for the audience, unaccustomed fect will have the chance to see the movie Jan. March 13 at the Marriott Marquis (where Cyn- masterpiece A Streetcar Named Desire. Tyrone to having their baser instincts so precisely laid 30 at 3 p.m. and Feb. 1 at 6 p.m. at the Gene thia Nixon will receive the Vito Russo Award); Power, Robert Taylor, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, open). Interesting trivia: Brando’s chest was Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State. The film—which in Los Angeles April 17 at the Hyatt Regency Joel McCrea, Montgomery Clift and Clark Gable’s shaved and his skintight T-shirts were custom- is a glorious, mesmerizing experience from be- Century Plaza; and in San Francisco June 5 at removal of his undershirt in 1934’s It Happened made to cling to the contours of his muscular ginning to end, thanks to the performances of The Westin St. Francis. One Night all preceded Brando’s real arrival at torso. Brando, Leigh, Hunter, Karl Malden et al., as well “Words and images matter,” said GLAAD the movies in Streetcar. (He had been seen by This outright objectification is part of the as Williams’ lyrical dialogue and Alex North’s hot President Jarrett Barrios. “With these awards, audiences as the bitter paraplegic in 1950’s The genius of Williams’ Streetcar: Despite Stanley’s jazz score—is being shown as part of the Siskel’s we seek to recognize news coverage and en- Man before this.) crude tirades and his tendency toward emo- monthlong tribute to Kazan. Titled “Elia Kazan’s tertainment programming that go beyond But the combination of Brando’s frank por- tional and physical violence his sexual hold on American Century,” the series has included the stock stereotypes with LGBT storylines that trayal of the heated Stanley, his blasé attitude Stella and, eventually, Blanche trumps every- majority of the late director’s masterworks. The more fully reflect the challenges gay and about applying sexual labels in real life; his in- thing. (Both women at various moments act as highly erotic 1956 movie Baby Doll—Kazan’s transgender people face and the aspirations sistence in interviews about discussing acting stand-ins for the audience, equally enthralled.) second collaboration with Williams that intro- we hold for ourselves and our families. The as an art and not just as a means to a paycheck; In today’s enlightened, sexed-up age we quickly duced audiences to actress Carroll Baker and GLAAD Media Awards honor media profes- his derision about stardom and the limits it en- intuit Stella (and the audience) as being “dick- another daring sexually tinged taboo—is on the sionals who are doing an exceptional job at forced on those who accepted its constraints; matized” by Stanley. But in 1951, Williams’ lyri- bill for Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. Visit www.siskelfilm- bringing our stories into the living rooms of and, more than anything, his overripe beauty cal writing provided the subtext for what was center.org. America—and set a ‘fairness benchmark’ for and physicality all said to canny moviegoers, then an unexplored “fact of life” (and I’ve al- the news and entertainment industries.” straight and gay, “Go ahead—let your imagina- ways loved that it took a gay playwright to bring More classic cinema: Beginning Jan. 29 the Mu- See www.glaad.org/mediaawards/21/nomi- tion run wild.” Here at last was an actor who this unacknowledged human behavior to the sic Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport, is present- nees for all the nominees. knew he turned on both women and men and mainstream). Brando’s performance, as the film didn’t give a damn—and whose objectification, attests, made this possible—as it still does. No in fact, may have turned him on, too. other male star of the era could have given the DVD REVIEW Almost 59 years after Streetcar’s initial re- role the unforgettable, unignorable magnetic I Can’t Think Straight BY STEVE WARREN

There must be a special breed of vicious person who dreams up obstacles for lovers in romantic movies. Two people meet and we know they’re made for each other, whether they do or not; but one thing and another keep them apart until the final reel—or beyond, if it’s that kind of story. I Can’t Think Straight reunites lesbian film- maker Shamim Sarif (The World Unseen) with her muses, Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth, who may become the Tracy and Hepburn (Hepburn and Hepburn?) of lesbian cinema. I Can’t Think Straight. Tala (Raye) is celebrating her fourth engage- ment. So far she’s been always a fiancée, never London and Oxford while cramming more songs a bride. She might make it this time if her old onto the soundtrack. friend Ali (Rez Kempton) didn’t introduce her to It would be silly if it weren’t played so seri- the woman he’s dating, Leyla (Sheth). ously. About the only comic relief is an over- The women get into a heavy discussion of re- used running gag about the housekeeper (Nina ligion and politics at their first meeting. “Don’t Wadia) spitting in the food of Tala’s snobbish, they have small talk in the Middle East?” Lon- bigoted mother (Antonia Frering). don-raised Leyla asks. “This IS small talk in the There are two minor gay male characters. Tala’s Middle East,” Tala replies. fiancé has a brother, Sami (Ishwar Maharaj), who They click and even spend a blissful night to- “used to like musicals” and is “not interested gether, but while Leyla’s ready to declare them in women”; and Tala’s Uncle Ramzi (George Tar- a couple, Tala’s more concerned about her tra- dios) is as openly closeted as he can be. ditional Jordanian parents, not to mention her I Can’t Think Straight isn’t great drama, but husband-to-be. Leyla’s not out to her traditional lesbians looking for eye candy shouldn’t be dis- Indian family either (although her sister sus- appointed. pects, from seeing her collection of books and Steve Warren is in the movie Scarce (www. CDs), but she’s ready to be. myspace.com/scarcemovie), available from As one obstacle is overcome another pops up, Netflix, Blockbuster, Movie Gallery, Amazon, Marlon Brando. obviously just Sarif’s way of delaying the inevi- Best Buy, Target, Walmart, TLA Video and oth- table and allowing more scenic shots of Amman, er fine outlets. windy 0113 brother:Layout 1 1/22/10 9:28 AM Page 1 Jan. 27, 2010 25 ness. Ultraviolet is a much needed dose of energetic hip hop from a woman’s Now Playing! point of view. Corinne Bailey Rae, the sweet girl next door behind “Put Your Records On,” blossoms with her follow- up, The Sea. Here, post- “The major theatrical event of the POP psychedelic pop meets folk numbers like “Are You Here,” Chicago winter.” “Closer” and “Love’s on Its MAKING —Chicago Tribune Way.” They seem as if they SENSE were plucked from Min- nie Riperton’s 1970 bow, Come to My Garden. Tracks like “The Blackest Lily” and “Diving for Hearts” have a full band supporting the by David Byrne with Tony Peregrin British singer-songwriter, giving the material a full body. Bailey Rae suc- Just a month into it, do not fall behind on New ceeds by taking artistic chances on her sopho- Year’s resolutions. Leave it to music to help. more outing, making The Sea the first pleasant Recent upbeat albums like Bill Bennett’s Big surprise of 2010. Muscle Remixed, Now That’s What I Call Club When I was in Las Vegas, a group of Australian Hits and Now That’s What I Call Dance Classics performers was making quite a buzz. It was not make an ideal soundtrack to getting physical. the male dance revue The Thunder from Down Let me warn you right now: if you play DJ Under, but rather Human Nature. Unlike most Bill Bennett’s Big Muscle Remixed during a car- of its peers, this vocal quartet has survived the dio workout, you will run out of breath. The big near extinction of boy bands at the turn of the voiced divas here will steal your precious air. century. Some might remember that these fel- On this continuous mix, HI-NRG singer Abigail lows sang the Australian national anthem at the remakes Alphaville’s signature “Forever Young.” opening ceremonies of the 2004 Olympics in Thea Austin, who contributed to SNAP’s “Rhythm Sydney. Is a Dancer,” belts it out on “Big Muscle.” Chi- On the Motown tribute Reach Out, the four- cago’s very own Suzanne Palmer takes this re- some does not stray from the original arrange- vamped version of “Fame” to a new level. Pep- ments. The guys seem to have the most fun on per MaShay’s “Manhunt” is 6 minutes of driving The Jacksons’ “ABC.” The heartfelt rendition of inspiration. Big Muscle Remixed is out now on “Ooo Baby Baby” is as seductive as ever. In be- Centaur. tween commitments at The Imperial Palace in That’s What I Call Club Hits features radio Sin City, Human Nature will be at The Venue, 777 favorites, but has a bit too many Auto-Tuned Casino Center Drive, Hammond, Ind., on Friday, vocals. Tiesto transforms “Spaceman” by The Jan. 29. Killers with electro beats, but keeps Brandon Sadly, Lady Gaga had to cancel a show in Flowers’ nervous voice intact. The ubiquitous Lafayette, Ind., but promised to return. Based Lady Gaga’s “Love Game” is sped up thanks to on what she said during her three-night sold-out Dave Aude’s remix. What would a dance mix be run at Rosemont Theatre and on a recent taping without Michael Jackson? The set concludes of the Oprah Winfrey Show, the artist also known with The Polow remix of Jackson 5’s “Dancing as Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta sincerely Machine.” loves her fans. During her Michael Jackson- and the brother/ The companion set Now That’s What I Call Blonde Ambition Tour-inspired concert, the “Bad Classics contains the key ingredients to a fun Romance” singer assured her little monsters that wedding reception or lively workout. Woman- they were safe with her. This is so important, ly sex appeal comes courtesy of Salt n Pepa’s especially with so many LGBTQ youth in the au- dience. sister plays “Push It” and Jody Watley’s “Real Love.” The Gap Band’s “You Really Dropped the Bomb on Me” Lady Gaga is more worthy of Madonna’s pop- and Cameo’s “Word Up” bring the funk. Again, princess baton than Britney Spears. But let’s first In the Red and Brown Water the late Jackson keeps the party going with hear Lady Gaga’s forthcoming album, rumored to The Brothers Size and Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet “Shake You Body (Down to the Ground).” Even be out later this year, before her inevitable coro- campy anthems are present with The Weather nation. Regardless, I remain thankful that Lady written by Tarell Alvin McCraney Girls’ “It’s Raining Men” and Right Said Fred’s Gaga’s tour with Kanye West did not come to directed by ensemble member Tina Landau “I’m Too Sexy.” This compilation reminds me to fruition. when club music had a stronger presence in the featuring ensemble members Alana Arenas, K. Todd Freeman and charts and pop radio. Ora Jones with Phillip James Brannon, Rodrick Covington, Glenn Shannon’s ’80s dance hits prove to be a gold- Davis, Jeff Parker, Tamberla Perry and Jacqueline Williams mine for samples. American Idol winner Jordin Sparks’ “S.O.S.” borrows from “Let the Music Play,” whereas Frenchie Davis’ collaboration A breakthrough theatrical event: three interconnected with TR, “Give Me Tonight,” lifts its chorus from Shannon’s original of the same name. plays by a brilliant new American voice. Grand in But it is out rapper Cazwell’s “Tonight” that scope, yet intimate and heartfelt, Tarell McCraney’s proves to have the hottest hook thanks to Shan- plays are daring, funny and genuine. non. In the accompanying video, the MC chases his flame throughout New York City. Like in his previous clips, Amanda Lepore makes a cameo here. “Tonight” is on Cazwell’s latest album, Watch My Mouth. steppenwolf Ever wondered what Neneh Cherry’s 1989 Raw Like Sushi would sound like if it came out today? Then check out Chicago’s Kid Sister’s much- buy online at steppenwolf.org anticipated full-length debut, Ultraviolet. “Get Fresh” possesses Cherry’s up-front attitude. “Big or call 312-335-1650. 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TV WCT: It’s obvious that the competition Cloris Leachman! I love Reno 911! Niecy Nash, means so much to these contestants. was a really excellent judge. Also, Henry Rollins Runway’s Santino SR: Even in gay society, drag queens are mar- and Terri Nunn from Berlin. ginalized to an extent. To be able to get this WCT: Do you still have time to design cloth- now on RuPaul’s kind of recognition in the gay community and ing with all this reality television? straight community, internationally now that SR: Oh, yeah. It is still my day job. I always Drag Race the show is in Europe, has to feel good. want to design. Two thousand nine was a tough By JERRY NUNN WCT: I agreed with your comments in the year for everybody. I had to do 10 times the first season but the competitors felt like you amount of work in order to make the same Santino Rice had his big break as a finalist on were being hard on them. amount that I had been making in previous the second season of Project Runway. Proving SR: I am a huge fan of every single contestant. years. I see things getting much better. I am that great things come in twos, he is once again I am a huge fan of drag queens in general. I very thankful to have two different channels to connected to the runway, this time judging on think if the world was full of more drag queens create and make an income. season two of RuPaul’s Drag Race. that it would be a more beautiful place. I try to WCT: You were the most entertaining de- Windy City Times: Hi, Santino! I love how get that through to everyone before I really start signer on the special Project Run All Stars. RuPaul’s says your name with a big O! splitting hairs. Even Shannel—I was a huge fan Have you always been dramatic and funny? Santino Rice: That’s funny. He always makes of and it just happened as the show goes on, the SR: I love life and I love to make other people me laugh when we are around each other. Santino Rice. whole process just wears you down. There was a laugh. I like to make fun and do imitations of WCT: How did you get involved in the show point where her true attitude came out. She just people. I also make fun of myself. I enjoy laugh- in RuPaul’s Drag Race in the first place? WCT: What do you look for in a contestant thought if she focused all that negative energy ing a lot. I think it probably gets me through SR: Five years ago I did Project Runway. My when you are judging? onto me that it would be fine for her. In actual- most of the time. Ultimately I want to create personality and my work polarized people to ei- SR: What is amazing is that there are so many ity I probably liked her the most of everybody. beauty in the world. I am not the kind of the ther love or hate me. Ru was one of those people variables that you have to look at. Anything I wish the best for her and every contestant. I person that looks around and says, “ugh, look that reached out to me early on and said, “Hey that a queen can bring to the stage for their per- want to see everyone succeed. at those shoes.” I put on blinders so I don’t see kid, you are doing the right thing and I love formance is something to critique. It’s not only WCT: This past season there was such a big ugliness in the world. your work.” When he was starting another show style, grace and poise; it is personality, overall following in the Chicago gay community. WCT: You are bisexual, correct? he gave me a ring, we hung out and became charisma and talent. SR: Comparative to bigger networks and real- SR: Well that is a whole other interview right fast friends from there. Anything you do with Ru I am always looking for someone who can take ity shows, Rupaul’s Drag Race is small show with there. You can just call me gay but I like men is a blast, whether you are on a hike or roller- nothing and turn it into something amazing. For a huge buzz and a core audience who is loyal and I am attracted to beautiful women. I didn’t skating! as little time as I am on each episode, some- and keeps tuning in to every single episode. like the negativity that was attached to being WCT: So you judged the whole first season, times there is two full days of note taking, cri- That’s better. You want that quality over quan- gay growing up so that is why I have problems which gained a big following. tiquing and judging all the contestants. It takes tity all the time. Even the vocabulary sometimes with the label. SR: It was really a no-brainer. I don’t know a while to decide who is the winner and who are when we are on the judging panel and some of WCT: Well, try to find time to visit us in why it took so long to have a show like that on the two in the bottom who have to “lip-sync for the things that come out, I look at Ru and say, Chicago. the air. It is really my favorite reality show now. their lives.” “I think that is first time that phrase has been SR: I have many friends in Chicago and in I think all the contestants are hugely creative WCT: So this is fun but serious. said on television before.” You are really going Downers Grove. I want to give a shout out to and complex people. It is great that they are SR: I take it totally serious. I hate it when to blown away by the second season, Jerry. Hunters Danceclub! representing for who they are. people get it wrong on shows. I hate it when WCT: There is a celebrity judge on every “Shake the dice and steal the Rice!” as Ru- WCT: I interviewed Jade last season and people don’t recognize when someone really tal- episode, such as Kathy Griffin and Debbie Paul says. Start your engines as season two of now Mystique Summers, originally from Chi- ented is on stage in front of them. I always want Reynolds. RuPaul’s Drag Race debuts Feb. 1 on the Logo cago, for this season. to champion the person that is speaking from SR: Oh. my God—Dita Von Teese was amazing. network. Drive over to www.logoonline.com SR: I love Mystique Summers Madison. their heart. You could have an outtake reel with six hours of for details and last season’s episodes. 28 Jan. 27, 2010

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AN IMPROVISED STEW OF VIDEO FRIVOLITY... BILLY MASTERS COMEDY THURSDAYS “Ladies and gentlemen, the director and star of where Matt is asked point blank about the gay ‘The Beaver’, Golden Globe winner Jodie Foster.”— rumors. He simply said, “I don’t care about that Come laugh out loud with The actress’ upcoming flick got quite a plug at at all. I’m completely happy and fulfilled in my your friends at Sidetrack the Golden Globes. And, you know, she’s been personal life.” When pressed, he refused to com- researching “The Beaver” for decades. ment, saying, “I have a network and a show We’re just starting up award season and it riding on my shoulders.” You know what I say? could be a bad omen that Hollywood is engulfed BRAVO! He’s not denying it, nor is he dragging in torrential rain. The Golden Globes were a female friends along for photo ops (take that, soggy affair, with the most prevalent accessory Kristen). He’s simply doing his job and keeping being an umbrella (ella, ella, hey, hey). How- his private life private. That’s all I ask. Back to ever, that didn’t dampen my spirits—especially our tête-à-tête—I didn’t grill him or put him on since I was sporting my new silver tuxedo and the spot. I congratulated him on White Collar looking quite dapper, if I do say so myself. That being picked up for a second season, wished him opinion was echoed all evening by celebs and well and we took a photo together. After all, he civilians alike who stopped to comment on my is dreamy. And incredibly sweet and sincere. So, dashing appearance—most notably, the pretty dashing Gilles Marini, who said if I added some sequins to my lapels, I could be on Dancing with the Stars! It may have been the Golden Globes, but silver was most definitely the color of the evening—and I’m not just saying that as a trend setter and fashion plate. Speaking of fashion, what should have been a Laughtertakesthe professional dream turned into a fashion night- Laughtertakesthe mare as Chloë Sevigny ended up with a torn train on live TV, courtesy of a friend of mine. cchhiilllloouutt Sexy Joe Everett Michaels was one of the male escorts situated at the foot of the stairs to help female winners to the podium. The prob- lem was, he stepped on her voluminous train as she took a step closer to the microphone. Smooth out Winter’s rough edges ® with a cocktail featuring... Suddenly, a tear could be heard throughout the 3349 N. Halsted ballroom and Sevigny (whose first name showed Valet Parking Available up on television as “Chloï”), exclaimed, “I can’t www.SidetrackChicago.com believe he just ripped my dress!” Happily, she had a back-up frock with her—a fabulous (and much more flattering) black number—which she changed into prior to the HBO party. After the awards, people scattered to a variety of soirées throughout the hotel. Some had bet- ter luck than others. AnnaLynne McCord looked ridiculous walking through the lobby in a Gre- cian goddess/Barbarella-inspired gown, while Lindsay Lohan nixed bringing an umbrella and sported a sequined hoodie/dress! But at least they were recognizable. Poor Kristen Bell kept recounting her resume just to get past the gate- Scott Brown is the nudest, er, newest U.S. keepers. Security was tight and if you didn’t senator. have an invite or if the door person didn’t rec- ognize you, there was no admission. The Glee back off bitches ... I’m giving him a pass (I also kids had some difficulties getting into the HBO made a pass, but that’s another story). party, but did OK with Warner Brothers/In Style. While I was celebrating in Hollywood, I can’t It worked out perfectly since Neil Patrick Harris deny that part of me was concerned about the was already sequestered in a booth with pro- special election for Ted Kennedy’s senatorial ducer Ryan Murphy plotting a guest spot on Glee seat in Massachusetts. While I like Martha Coak- for May sweeps. ‘Cause, that’s what happens at ley, I wasn’t surprised at Scott Brown’s win. In the parties—deals. Beantown, he’s popular, accessible and known Shortly after chatting with Ryan Murphy, Neil for posing nude in the June 1982 issue of Cos- and boyfriend David Burtka were already on the mopolitan. He may look good now, but he was move to the HBO party. Along the way, they even hotter back then—which some speculate passed a seemingly inebriated Chris Kattan, who helped tempt the gay vote. (We’re a fickle peo- appeared to be kept upright with the assistance ple.) Allegedly, it was his younger sister who of a woman on either side. I would have given submitted a shirtless pic of the then 22-year-old Kattan a roadside sobriety test, but my atten- BC law student to “Cosmo”. However, he didn’t tion was diverted by a statuesque Black woman have to be cajoled to drop his jeans: “I’m not in an enormous hat trying to talk her way into ashamed of my body. I sure work hard enough the party. That was no woman—that was Grace to keep it in shape. When you go to the beach, Jones! And she succeeded in gaining entrance— you automatically seek out the best bodies, fe- ‘cause who’s gonna fuck with Grace Jones? She male and male. Why should it be different in a held court only tables away from George Lucas magazine?” Why indeed. We’ll be happy to run (who was talking about his Star Wars in 3-D his nude on BillyMasters.com. In fact, just for project), Drew Barrymore (who enjoyed her Grey kicks, we’ll run one of Ted Kennedy, too. Gardens win on the arm of “friend” Justin Long) When I’m finding any reason to admire a Re- and Ricky Gervais (who was laughing with Extras publican, it’s definitely time to end yet another co-star Ashley Jensen). column. Phew, we ran awfully long this week. At one point in the evening, I found myself But I must tell you that pics from the Golden inches away from Matthew Bomer. As you know, Globes and all my other adventures will turn he’s been featured prominently in this column up on www.BillyMasters.com. And if you have a over the past few months—what with specula- question for me, drop a note to Billy@BillyMas- tion about his sexuality, his ex leaking pics of ters.com and I promise to get back to you before them making out and said ex posing in under- Gilles teaches me the Argentine Tango! So, until wear. All that coverage surely led to the line next time, remember, one man’s filth is another of questioning in the current issue of Details, man’s bible. 30 Jan. 27, 2010 Griffin is convinced the project was a success, rules, guidelines and education about effective especially based on the limited resources they and fair policies related to LGBT issues in sport. It Takes had to work with. “We were a very small op- We’ve got the issues on the table, but we still eration. I was a part-time director, and I had a have a lot of work to do before being LGBT is part-time assistant at the Foundation also,” she secondary to your athletic talent, your personal A Team! said. “I spoke to 10 national gatherings of ath- character and your academic achievements when letic administrators, coaches, and educators ev- it comes to acceptance and inclusion.” ery year about LGBT issues in sport and It Takes So where will the LGBT sporting world be in, project A Team! resources every year for five years. Our say, 2020? That’s a tricky question, she admit- educational DVD and curriculum materials were ted. In a perfect world, Griffin and advocates ending adopted by the NCAA for use in their CHAMPS like her will be out of business. By Ross Forman Life Skills courses for student-athletes across For a good reason. the U.S. We had cultivated 18 endorsing organi- “I’d love to say that, in 10 years, there will Pat Griffin’s years of hard work and dedication zations across the U.S. and Canada who linked to be no need for programs like It Takes A Team,” to the advancement of the LGBT sporting com- our website and shared our goals. Our monthly Griffin said. “Maybe that will be so. munity, via It Takes A Team!, are coming to an e-newsletter subscriber list was over 3,000. We “I do believe that our progress is accelerating. end this month, a direct fallout of the global co-sponsored a national think-tank with the Na- We’ve accomplished so much over the last 15 economic crisis. tional Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) on equal years. Before 1995, this was the elephant in the “Yes, I am very sad,” she said. “I love working opportunities for transgender student-athletes. locker room issue. No one wanted to talk about on LGBT issues in sport and felt like It Takes A We co-wrote a report for another national think- it, but it was a huge obstacle everyone knew Team! had developed some great relationships tank on negative recruiting based on perceived Pat Griffin. Photo courtesy of Griffin was there. We had brave pioneers like Billie Jean with sport organizations and other LGBT advo- sexual orientation. I received about three or four King, Martina Navratilova, Dave Kopay, and, I e-mail inquiries a month from parents, coaches am going put myself in that company too, at the cacy organizations. We were having an impact, fin said. “It Takes A Team! and the NCLR Sports but there is still a lot of work to do. I am now and athletes looking for advice and information risk of seeming a little arrogant. I’ve been talk- about LGBT issues in sport. Project has worked together on a number of suc- ing about homophobia in sport since the early thinking about how to continue the work in a cessful projects over the years. It Takes A Team! different way. I am definitely not finished with “My goal was always to make It Takes A Team! 1980s. I felt pretty lonely for a long time. Now, the ‘go to’ place for anyone looking for infor- focuses on education and NCLR focuses on legal there are several organizations, activists, educa- it. issues and advocacy. The national think-tank we “The decision to eliminate my position was di- mation and resources on LGBT issues in sport. tors and researchers who focus on these issues. I think we were well on our way to achieving co-sponsored [last] October on transgender ath- If we continue along this trajectory, by 2020, rectly related to the larger hard economic times. letes was a huge success and my last It Takes A The Women’s Sports Foundation, like many non- that goal.” maybe homophobia in sport will be a non-issue. Griffin estimated that It Takes A Team! im- Team! task will be to complete the report from I hope so.” profits, has been affected and has made several that think-tank which will include much needed serious cutbacks over the last year.” pacted thousands, particularly due to the web- The centerpiece for the ITAT educational kit site, newsletter subscriber count, participants in policy recommendations to schools for including was the video, made on limited resources, but The New York-based Women’s Sports Founda- transgender athletes on sports teams.” tion (WSF) attempts to create an athletic cli- workshops and her various talks. Not to mention effective nonetheless. the athletes who participate in the CHAMPS Life Griffin is happy with the progress for the LGBT “We did some research in Life Skills courses mate that is respectful and safe for all people community in sports, but knows the job isn’t and eliminating barriers to all girls being active Skills courses or other sport courses where in- with student-athletes assessing their attitudes structors use It Takes A Team! curriculum materi- over. Not even close. about LGBT teammates and coaches before and and healthy. It Takes A Team! Education Cam- “There are way more LGBT high school and col- paign for LGBT issues in sport is an education als. She said they distributed thousands of DVDs, after viewing and discussing the video,” Griffin posters, and ITAT safe zone stickers to schools. lege athletes who are publicly out or at least out said. “We saw statistically significant positive project focused on eliminating homophobia as a to their teammates and coaches and having a barrier to all participating in sport. The primary “I am most proud of the resources we have changes in their comfort with and willingness made available on our website,” Griffin said. “I positive experience,” than in the past, she said. to speak up about LGBT issues in sport. These goal is to develop and disseminate practical ed- “That is progress. ucational information and resources to athletic developed them based on the kinds of questions results reinforced the value of education for me. and concerns I get from people in athletics. “We also [now] have many more resources I think a lot of athletes say homophobic things administrators, coaches, parents and athletes at available. The NCLR Sports project, of course. the high school and college level. They are up-to-date, comprehensive and address because they think that is what is expected of the nitty gritty questions that coaches, parents Our Group is a national network of high school them. What our results said to me is that having The WSF will keep the resources available on and college LGBT student-athletes. Outsports. the web at www.ItTakesATeam.org. and athletes have about addressing LGBT issues the opportunity to talk in an educational set- in sport. These resources are available at no com is a Web site devoted to discussion of gay ting about LGBT issues in sport helped student- “We have the best collection of information and lesbian issues in sport. The NCAA provides and resources available for coaches, athletes, cost for anyone who needs them. I’m very happy athletes believe it was OK to say they are fine about that.” training for member schools on what they call with LGBT teammates and coaches and that the parents and athletic administrators for how to ‘sexual orientation issues.’ Organizations like make sports safe and respectful for LGBT peo- Griffin, in 2007, was named one of the top most important issues are about the team and 100 sport educators in the U.S. by the Institute GLSEN and PFLAG also help disseminate It Takes how everyone contributes to team success, not ple,” Griffin said. “I suppose there is a possi- A Team! materials. The issues are on the table bility that, with a change for the better in the for International Sport. She coached high school someone’s sexual orientation or gender iden- basketball, field hockey and softball in Mont- now. Five or 10 years ago, no one wanted to tity.” economic climate, the foundation could revive talk about homophobia in sport and hardly any It Takes A Team, but there is no plan for that gomery County, Md., and coaches swimming Griffin is a professor emerita in the Social Jus- and diving at the University of Massachusetts coaches or athletes were out. tice Education Program at the University of Mas- at this time.” “Another sign of progress I see is that parents WSF’s It Takes A Team! project has its roots Amherst. sachusetts-Amherst. She is the author of Strong What’s ahead for Griffin? with LGBT children are much more active in sup- Women, Deep Closets: Lesbian and Homophobia in 1998, when Martina Navratilova worked with porting their children who are athletes and run the Foundation to raise money to start a project “I don’t know yet,” she said. “As I said, I am in Sports, published by Human Kinetics in 1998. not finished with this work. I still have alot in to discrimination in sport. That is a change Plus, she is the co-editor of Teaching For Diver- focused on eliminating homophobia in sport, over the last 5 or so years. I don’t like it that for men’s and women’s sports. “She participat- of passion for, and commitment to, working on sity and Social Justice: A Sourcebook for Teach- LGBT issues in sport. I’d love to be able to find I still get e-mails about coaches or teammates ers and Trainers, (second edition) Routledge, ed in two fund-raising dinners and this money who are harassing or discriminating against a was dedicated to the creation of what was first another venue to continue the work we started 2007. with It Takes A Team. My biggest obstacle is that gay athlete, but it is good news that their par- “When I first began working with coaches on called ‘the project to eliminate homophobia in ents are supporting them in challenging it.” sport’ in 2000, Griffin said. I am an educator, not a fund-raiser or entrepre- these issues in the 1980s, the sessions were very neur. I need a sugar momma or poppa to step up Coaches and [athletic] administrators need uncomfortable. No one wanted to talk. No one In 2002, Griffin worked as a consultant with the most additional help, she said. the Foundation to develop the first It Takes A and say, ‘Pat, here’s $100,000 a year for the next wanted to be there. The coaches of men’s teams five years. Do your thing!’” “I always tell athletic [departments] I work didn’t see how this applied to them. The lesbian Team! ‘education kit.’ She was, at the time, a with that their athletes are way ahead of them professor in social justice education at the Uni- In the meantime, Griffin said she will continue coaches were afraid of being outed. The straight consulting with individual school athletic pro- on this issue,” Griffin said. “We still have too women were defensive about everyone thinking versity of Massachusetts in Amherst. many situations where coaches are blatantly “I retired from UMass in 2004 and took over grams, as she has done for years before It Takes they were lesbians,” Griffin said. “My work was A Team. Particularly, coaches. discriminating against gay or lesbian athletes convincing them this was an issue they should as director of the project in 2005,” she said. on their teams, where administrators look the “We renamed the project, It Takes A Team, and Plus, she has a blog: Pat Griffin’s LGBT Sports think about. Blog. other way or support discrimination. Negative “Now when I work with coaches, the atmo- I’ve work as director since then. We made a de- recruiting is still a huge issue in women’s sports. cision to focus our efforts on high school and Griffin said working with Helen Carroll, the sphere is entirely different. Both the men’s and director of the NCLR Sports Project, was a high- Few schools are prepared with sound policy for women’s coaches are interested for the most college athletics and that’s what we’ve done for the inclusion of transgender athletes. Sport five years. light of ITAT. part. They have specific questions. They know “Helen and I jokingly refer to ourselves as the governing organizations, like coaches’ associa- they have gay and lesbian athletes on the teams “The reason it started is that homophobia in tions, need to provide their membership with athletics is a persistent and pernicious problem Frick and Frack of homophobia in sport,” Grif- and lesbian and gay colleagues in the depart- in both men’s and women’s athletics. Few coach- ment. They want to know what to do. They want es or athletes have publicly identified them- to avoid team crises. We have animated dis- selves out of fear that they will be dismissed 2010 WCAA Men’s Basketball cussions. It is really fun to work with coaches from teams, lose their jobs, face harassment or now. Of course, not all coaches are cooperative or interested. No all coaches believe that hav- discrimination, or lose the support of their col- Competitive W L Intermediate W L Recreational W L leagues and teammates. 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