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winsBy Andrew Davis In an election that was already decided by 8:30 p.m., Rahm Emanuel won a mayoral race so decisively Feb. 22 that there will be no runoff. The election was groundbreaking because, for the first time in 22 years, JOHNNY WEIR no one named Daley was on the ballot. Also, for the first time in more than six decades, a sitting mayor did not run. INTERVIEW Turn to page 8 page 23 Turn to page 8 for more on Emanuel’s victory, reactions from his opponents and more election results, including key aldermanic races.
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By Marsha Aizumi
My oldest child was born female. Today he lives as a man. For 20 years, he struggled to align his physical body with his core being. I watched that struggle and I saw his pain, but I didn’t know how to help my son. His own mother did not know what to do. The man that lived inside of him screamed to be LESBIAN tv host recognized. He tried to ignore this male voice, but the voice could not be silenced. tackles addiction Then one day, he spoke the words that opened up a whole page 25 new world for me … “I want to transition to be a guy”. And those words changed both of our lives, setting in motion our journey as a family and his journey to become the man he was meant to be. Throughout 2009, my daughter became my son. Day by day, small and large steps presented themselves and we weighed each one. Some steps we took and others were dis- counted or deferred to a later date. Aiden began hormone therapy and had “top” sur- gery. We went to court to change his gender and he completed all the pa- perwork to be officially recognized as male. JOFFREY BALLET’S With each change, my JONATHAN DUMMAR happy, confident child began to return to page 31 me. Hope came back into his heart. Today, he smiles more. He dreams often. And he has found love, when he thought love would never appear.
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Tom Harman has in- BY REX WOCKNER Lambda Legal seemed even more annoyed by the troduced a bill that would compel the attorney day’s developments, throwing a lengthy fit from —Wall Street firms general to defend all ballot measures and (to) A huge new delay was introduced into the fed- atop its highest horse. to host LGBT summit appeal court decisions striking them down such eral case against California’s Proposition 8 on “Because the federal appeals judges said they as what happened with regard to Proposition 8. Feb. 16. need clarification, we look forward to a deci- —Gov. Deval Patrick The bill would also authorize the groups that The case is before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of sion by the California Supreme Court confirming (left) protects placed measures on the ballot to defend their Appeals, which, after hearing oral arguments in that initiative proponents lack legal standing gender identity measures in court if the attorney general is un- December, punted off a question to the Califor- to continue the Perry case,” said Marriage Proj- able to. We call on all Californians to reject this nia Supreme Court. ect Director Jennifer Pizer. “They are not law —Rev. Ted Haggard attempt to take power away from the people’s The California Supreme Court now has decid- enforcers, and have the same limited rights as backs marriage attorney, the elected attorney general, and give ed, unanimously, that it will indeed answer the everyone else to litigate only when their own equality it to special interest groups.” question and has set up a briefing schedule, to rights are at stake, not merely to assert their —Assistance: Bill Kelley be followed by oral arguments no sooner than opinions about others’ rights. Initiative pro- September. ponents also cannot step into the shoes of the The 9th Circuit asked the California Supreme attorney general, the governor or other state of- (CDBG) funding, a program to provide hous- Court if the people who put Prop 8 on the ballot ficials. The reason for this is basic: The governor U.S. House ing assistance to families with low incomes. have any legal right, under California law, to be and attorney general are elected by the people Some LGBT centers around the country have in court arguing to overturn last summer’s fed- to represent all the people, not just one point slashes budget been able to tap into the grants to help their eral District Court ruling that struck down Prop of view on one issue, out of countless, compet- By Lisa Keen clients with low incomes. Obama’s proposed 8 as a violation of the U.S. Constitution. ing concerns. Most importantly, state officials Keen News Service budget for FY 2012 also includes a cut in CDBG Those proponents, ProtectMarriage.com, want swear an oath to uphold the federal and state funding. to defend Prop 8 because California’s governor constitutions, including their abiding promises The U.S. House of Representatives over the The House considered more than 400 amend- and attorney general and everyone else who was of equal protection and due process for every- weekend passed a $1.2 trillion budget for the ments to its original budget proposal. Many of sued in the federal Prop 8 case have refused to one. Initiative proponents take no such oath, current fiscal year (FY 2011)—a budget that those were voted on in blocks but none dealt defend the constitutional amendment that, in and have no such duties. Empowering initiative is $61 billion smaller than the FY 2010 budget specifically with funding for AIDS or funding 2008, re-banned same-sex marriage in the na- proponents with a special, new exception to and one that includes significant cuts likely that impacted LGBT organizations directly. But tion’s most populous state. these rules would be mistaken in any circum- to impact the LGBT community and “massive” the cuts are broad and deep enough to upset The 9th Circuit decided it couldn’t proceed stances but the error is especially stark in this cuts to programs for people with HIV. nearly everyone. For instance, it cut more than with the case without hearing the California case. Prop 8’s proponents claim to represent ‘the The almost completely partisan vote, led by $272 million from border control measures and Supreme Court’s opinion on ProtectMarriage’s people,’ but in fact they only represent some 7 the Republican majority, stands little chance of the all funding for public broadcasting. state-level right to defend Prop 8, which the 9th being sustained in the Democratic-controlled ©2011 by Keen News Service. All rights Circuit could then take under consideration in Senate or by President Obama. reserved. deciding whether to grant ProtectMarriage fed- Many political observers likened it to Repub- eral “standing” to appeal. licans playing a game of “chicken” with the If ProtectMarriage is found to have no stand- president and the Senate, with the moment Indiana House OKs ing, then the case has no proper appellants and of truth coming when a temporary budget for gay-marriage ban the 9th Circuit won’t hear the appeal. Should FY 2011 (known as a “continuing resolution”) The Republican-controlled Indiana House ap- that happen, the most likely outcome would be expires Friday, March 4. Congress must either proved a constitutional amendment that would that the District Court ruling that struck down come up with another continuing resolution or prohibit same-sex marriage and civil unions Prop 8 would take effect, and gay couples in a final FY 2011 budget; otherwise, the govern- throughout the state, WNDU.com reported. California would be able to get married again— ment will be without the funds to operate. The vote, which took place Feb. 15, was 70- although the “standing” question itself could But the House bill cuts were already easing 26. end up being appealed by ProtectMarriage to off the pedal by the time they passed on a State law already bars same-sex marriage. the U.S. Supreme Court. 235 to 189 vote at 4:30 a.m. Saturday. More However, supporters say the amendment would The question the California Supreme Court will conservative Republicans had threatened to protect traditional marriage even more. answer, as asked by the 9th Circuit, is: “Whether cut the budget by $100 billion. Evan Wolfson, founder and president of under Article II, Section 8 of the California Con- Republicans say the cuts are necessary to Freedom to Marry, is urging the Indiana State stitution, or otherwise under California law, the fight a dangerously high deficit between what Senate to reject the measure, House Joint official proponents of an initiative measure pos- the government brings in in revenues and what Resolution 6. In a statement, he said that the sess either a particularized interest in the ini- it is spending. Democrats say the cuts are not amendment “would write discrimination into tiative’s validity or the authority to assert the a serious effort to reduce that deficit and, in- the state constitution.” State’s interest in the initiative’s validity, which stead, will endanger the lives and well-being The ban has to be approved by two sepa- would enable them to defend the constitutional- of the nation’s poorest citizens, while continu- rately elected general assemblies before it the ity of the initiative upon its adoption or appeal ing to deliver tax breaks to its wealthiest. public can vote on it. a judgment invalidating the initiative, when the One government-funding watchdog, OMB- public officials charged with that duty refuse to Shannon Minter. Photo by Rex Wockner Watch, characterized the cuts as going after do so.” the federal budget with a “chainsaw,” because Shannon Minter, legal director of the National they involved “collapsing a year-long process Center for Lesbian Rights, expressed annoyance million voters in a state of 38 million residents. into a matter of hours.” For instance, the bud- at the new, lengthy delay in the case. Moreover, according to the U.S. census, the tiny get for the Center for National and Community “For same-sex couples waiting to marry, and group of same-sex-couple residents targeted by Service was cut by 90 percent, said OMBWatch, for all LGBT Californians waiting to be treated Prop 8 is only around 200,000 people, or less and the budget for the Centers for Disease Con- as equal citizens, the knowledge that they must than 2 percent of the population. The state trol and Prevention was cut by 20 percent. endure further delay is incredibly painful and high court’s previous decision to allow the ini- Carl Schmid of The AIDS Institute said the frustrating,” Minter said. “Prop 8 should never tiative power to be used in the unprecedented House’s proposed cuts on AIDS-related pro- have been permitted on the ballot. The rights way Prop 8 did—to strip a terribly vulnerable grams would have “severe ramifications to mil- of a minority should never be put to a popular minority of a fundamental constitutional right— lions of people’s lives both here in the United vote. Prop 8 was a toxic, anti-democratic mea- also stripped the equality guarantees out of the States and around the world.” sure that continues to wreak havoc in the lives California Constitution. Yet another departure For example, said Schmid, the cuts would of real people and families. The court should now from bedrock California law to allow pro- reduce the money available to help people move as quickly as possible to resolve this issue. ponents an exception from the ‘legal standing’ with HIV infection and low incomes obtain It is clear that California law does not give ini- rules would invite further, deeply problematic life-saving medications by $25 million from tiative proponents the power to override elected consequences. It would mean proponents could the FY 2010 level. AIDS activists had hoped, state officials who have decided not to appeal a enter every case about an initiative to argue instead, to increase the FY 2011 budget for federal court decision holding that a challenged against the state’s position. They could refuse the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) by state law is unconstitutional. The California Su- ever to compromise about anything concerning $65 million over the FY 2011 level to help ease preme Court should rule accordingly, and the 9th the litigation process. And they could object to a growing waiting list of patients in need of Circuit should affirm Judge Walker’s ruling. Prop every settlement plan based on ideology about such help. 8 is blatantly unconstitutional, and it is past what the law should be, rather than what it is.” The House budget also proposes significant time for it to be gone.” Equality California Executive Director Geoff cuts in Community Development Block Grant Evan Wolfson. Photo by Rex Wockner WINDY CITY TIMES Feb. 23, 2011 5
Linda Villarosa. Do you suffer from
BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROFILE Linda Villarosa pain due to HIV- Editor, author, journalist and public speaker Linda Villarosa has received distinguished rec- ognition for her work in the African American and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender com- related neuropathy? munities. Among the honors bestowed upon Vil- larosa were awards from The American Medical Writers’ Association, The Arthur Ashe Institute, Lincoln University, the New York Association of The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Black Journalists, the National Women’s Political Caucus, the National Lesbian and Gay Journal- (RIC) is conducting a study for ists’ Association and the Callen-Lorde Commu- participants who have pain associated nity Health Center. Villarosa has contributed her time and talent with HIV-related neuropathy. The to national magazines throughout her career in- study will evaluate the safety and cluding the very popular publications Glamour, Health, Latina, the New York Times Book Review, efficacy of a trial medication to treat Essence Magazine, Science Times, O Magazine, this pain. Vibe and Woman’s Day. Her column on the les- bian website AfterEllen is called “Outside the If you are interested in participating, Lines” and she is a regular contributor to the please call (312) 238-7611. daily online magazine for black consumption called The Root. Born on Jan. 9, 1959, Villarosa always sus- pected that she was different from the other Participants must meet the following girls. Although she served on the cheerleading squad during high school, ran on the track team, criteria: wore dresses, and dated boys, she felt apart from the other girls in her class. • Be at least 18 years of age The University of Colorado graduate released her very first novel to the world in 2008. It was • Be diagnosed with HIV-related titled, “Passing for Black” and it earned the neuropathy ambitious journalist a Lambda Literary Award nomination. In an interview with SheWrites, the author shared, “I wanted to write a book about passing, but didn’t want it to be histori- This study will last about 127 days. cal fiction. I think of it as a coming-out story Participants may receive placebo or with the larger theme of passing. I was inspired by the work of early 20th-century authors Nella study drug that has not been Larsen and Charles Chesnutt. Passing is also part approved by the FDA for this of my own history: My mixed-race grandmother “passed for white,” in a town outside of Chicago condition. Subjects may receive in the 1950s and ’60s, causing a long and pain- compensation for participation. ful rift in our family.” The above selection is from the forthcoming book Black, Gifted and Gay by LGBT media pi- IRB Project # INC1-10-002; Principal Investigator: Dr. Norman Harden oneer Leyla Farah (with assistance from LGBT The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago is an academic affiliate of Northwestern University Feinberg School of celebrity reporter Sarah Toce) Medicine 6 Feb. 23, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES minimal increases,” said Schmid. “While the pro- posed funding levels are far from what is needed FY 2012 budget: ‘Could have to provide the necessary care and treatment for people with HIV/AIDS or to significantly reduce been worse’—and it might be the number of new infections, The AIDS Insti- tutes appreciates the budget requests and now By Lisa Keen budget for the Department of Justice for imple- urges the Congress to show a similar level of Keen News Service mentation of the new federal hate-crimes law. support.” Lorri L. Jean, co-chair of Centerlink, a nation- The organization Log Cabin Republicans is a There was relatively little for the LGBT and HIV al organization of centers around the country stark exception to the LGBT and HIV communi- communities to complain about in the proposed which provide health services and other pro- ties’ relative comfort level with the president’s fiscal year (FY) 2012 budget released by Presi- grams to the LGBT and HIV communities, said proposal. R. Clarke Cooper, Log Cabin’s national dent Obama Feb. 14. And given the president’s even the five-year freeze is not as scary asit executive director, dismissed the proposal as proposed five-year freeze in non-essential do- sounds. failing to cut more. mestic spending, there were some sighs of re- “The freeze in discretionary spending is at a “Our nation is at a breaking point and the lief. level that is already much higher than under the president’s budget proposal simply isn’t a serious Not that everything is hunky-dory. There is no previous administration,” said Jean. And with response to the challenges facing our country increase for the federal government’s program to the tough economic climate in recent years, today,” said Cooper. “The American people are fight bullying and LGBT youth suicide. Some HIV she said, LGBT centers “have taken our share of facing a federal debt of over $14 trillion dollars, funding does not keep up with the numbers of hits.” But Jean said she thinks the federal gov- and the President needs to join with Congress to people needing help. And there was a significant ernment, under the Obama administration, has make significant cuts.” slash to community development block grants, become more sophisticated in how it distributes Obviously, interpreting budget proposals is upon which many LGBT community health cen- program money. as much art as it is math. And understanding ters rely. “Instead of spreading money around a wide a budget proposal requires seeing not only the And the budget statements released with the array of funders, some of which can’t produce number of dollars the proposal puts forth but proposed dollar figures had a healthy dose of results,” said Jean. “The federal government has also how that number compares with the current bureaucratic doublespeak. A three-page fact gotten better at choosing organizations that fiscal year. The complication this year is that sheet specific to HIV programs says the budget can deliver.” Congress has yet to finalize its budget for FY “authorizes HHS to transfer 1 percent of HHS do- “As worried as I am about all of it,” said Jean, 2011, so budget figures put forth for FY 2012 are mestic HIV program funding (approximately $60 “it’s different now with our community than un- being compared against budget figures approved Carl Schmid. Photo by Rex Wockner million) to support cross-cutting collaborations der the Bush administration. We’ve got an ex- for FY 2010. in areas such as increasing linkages to care and ecutive branch that is open to and significantly Here are some of those numbers for the LGBT developing effective combinations of prevention supportive of LGBT concerns being included in and HIV communities: in funding,” added Schmid. interventions.” the funding streams. The difference is like night —Successful, Safe, and Health Students: —Community development block grants: But overall, community leaders seem pleased and day.” This is a consolidation of several programs, in- Lorri Jean, who is co-chair of Centerlink, said with the proposal. Carl Schmid, deputy executive director of The cluding the Safe and Drug-Free Schools program “a lot” of centers depend on this funding and David Stacy, deputy director of the Human AIDS Institute and one of about 40 HIV and headed up by openly gay Assistant Secretary the president’s proposal to slash 7.5 percent of Rights Campaign (HRC), said he’s generally LGBT leaders briefed about the budget at the Kevin Jennings in the Department of Education. that funding (from FY 2010 levels) “will have an pleased with Obama’s proposal. White House on feb. 14, said he was pleased Programs under this office are addressing such impact,” she said. “In a budget where the president is proposing with the budget. issues as anti-gay bullying and suicide among —AIDS prevention: The proposal calls for a five-year spending freeze, it’s great to see the “We realize the resources of the federal gov- LGBT youth. The budget proposal for FY 2012 is increasing the Centers for Disease Control and administration is able to recognize HIV/AIDS as ernment are severely constrained, therefore, un- $365 million, which represents no increase from Prevention budget by $58 million to support the a priority for funding and to provide at least der today’s fiscal environment, we are pleased FY 2010. National HIV/AIDS Strategy goal of reducing HIV modest increases,” said Stacy. Stacy said HRC the President has maintained his commitment infections. is also pleased to see modest increases in the to HIV/AIDS programs and even proposed some —Breast-cancer research: The president’s budget estimates spending about $778 million on breast cancer research in FY 2012. This is a slight increase over FY 2010’s $763 million. —AIDS research: The president’s proposal calls for $3.2 billion to be spent on HIV/AIDS research in FY 2012. This compares to $3.1 bil- lion expected to be spent in FY 2011. —Hate-crimes law enforcement: The FY 2012 budget calls for a $2 million increase over FY 2010 in the Department of Justice’s Community Relations Service, which is mandated with en- forcement of the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act. “Things certainly could have been much worse,” said HRC’s David Stacy, “and they prob- ably will be much worse once Congress begins its deliberations.” The House and Senate budget committees will now begin to hold hearings to examine various aspects of President Obama’s proposal and will begin drafting a “budget proposal” for Congress to approve. House Republicans have indicated they believe even deeper cuts are necessary in domestic spending, and LGBT and HIV leaders are clearly concerned about what will happen to the president’s proposal once the Republican- dominated House begins its deliberations. Lorri Jean. Photo by Rex Wockner “I am more worried about what Republicans in the House might do,” said Lorri Jean. —Suicide prevention: Funding for suicide- Carl Schmid said the Republican proposals for prevention work under the National Institutes deeper cuts will “seriously exacerbate the crisis” for Health call for a significant increase—from in ensuring that people with HIV infection and only $2 million in FY 2010 to a proposed $18 low incomes can receive lifesaving medications. million in FY 2012. Not all this research is spe- He noted that Republicans call for no increase cific to LGBT-related suicide. in ADAP funding and are still trying to eliminate —AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP): an increase of $25 million appropriated for FY This program, to help people with HIV and low 2011. incomes to obtain life-saving medications, is Michael Ruppal, executive director of The AIDS being increased by $105 million over FY 2010. Institute, issued a statement Feb. 15 saying The With more than 6,000 people on waiting lists AIDS Institute “urges the Congress to reject to receive such assistance, notes Schmid, the those reckless cuts and consider the long term increase is “far from what is adequate.” “If we human and societal impacts of their decisions.” have long wait lists now, just imagine what the ©2011 by Keen News Service. All rights re- situation will be like next year with no increases served. WINDY CITY TIMES Feb. 23, 2011 7 and because of the research that basically pulls that data into a heterosexual construct because Forum to focus on AIDS of the very small chances that a woman can transmit to another woman without an XY factor and women who or drug factor.” Conscious believes that acceptance, educa- tion and understanding have come a long way. sleep with women When it comes to the rates of infection within BY CHARLSIE DEWEY without practicing safe sex. POW-WOW has seen the African-American community she said, “I an increase in non lesbian identified women who think that they are fully aware of the virus. I Focusing on a sector of the population that are looking for supportive spaces for women, think that African Americans are fully aware of some might argue has been largely ignored when not necessarily lesbian space; however, because C.C. Carter. Photo by Kat Fitzgerald the virus. They are well-educated about the vi- it comes to HIV, POW-WOW, Inc. and The Lesbian they frequent such spaces, will sometimes find rus. The decisions they are making are another Leadership Council of the Chicago Foundation an attraction to someone that they normally and studies began to come forward proving that thing. The decisions they are making I cannot for Women (CFW) will host a performance lecture would not have encountered in strictly straight female-to-female transmission could and had speak for, but as far as them knowing the virus is and panel discussion March 4 on women who venues. What exchanges in conversation is ev- occurred. out there, it is 2011 and if you don’t know abut sleep with women and HIV/AIDS. erything about the person except the person’s Since first telling her story Conscious has con- the virus by now I don’t know what planet you Panelists will include Dr. Margo Bell, director sexual practices and testing status.” tinued to provide a voice for women who sleep are on. We are not accepting that as an excuse of adolescent medicine at Stroger; Alicia Ozier, Best-selling author Conscious will share her with women and is committed to using her per- anymore. executive director of Taskforce and the primary personal story of becoming infected with HIV sonal experience to educate. Her performance “Now, in terms of the decisions they are mak- researcher for the study of Women Who Sleep almost two decades ago. Conscious was one of piece has evolved over the years: “I have estab- ing that might be something associated with with Women; and Christina Santiago, director the first women to come forward and speak out lished a set of key points that will always be my maybe self-esteem or ... what about you as the of the Lesbian Community Care Project. NPR’s about female-to-female HIV transmission. foundation. At any speech that I give, any inter- person, what about you as the individual.” Cheryl Corley will moderate the discussion. “When my book came onto the market you view that I do, any stage production, anything Carter added, “That’s the point. There are no “The event is a public forum to discuss risky should have heard the stuff that people were that I do. As time evolved, as people evolved, discussions happening specifically for lesbians behaviors that exist with lesbian communities saying; the articles that were being written,” I have to add things, things we do, things that and especially for African-American lesbians— that make them susceptible to contracting HIV/ said Conscious. “People were coming up saying need to be addressed.” mostly because of myths that we can’t get it, AIDS,” explained C.C. Carter, executive direc- things like ‘you don’t know if you got it from a One of her key points is to simply ask her au- but also because of the same reasons HIV/AIDS tor of POW-WOW, Inc. “There is a large trend woman. You don’t know where you got it.’” Con- dience to take a look at her. During the forums, got so out of control in the first place in the amongst younger lesbians of the idea and prac- scious said that she experienced a wall of denial she points out, “I’m the first key point. I look African American community: homophobia, gen- tice of sexual fluidity. Much of which is practiced from all directions, but that slowly organizations perfect, but I can infect you.” She routinely der bias and cultural tradition of ‘not airing your shares her story in hopes of making women un- dirty laundry.’” people, Wathen said. derstand that they can become infected. POW-WOW and The Lesbian Leadership Council Gay couple suing “We are shocked that these bed and break- This point is echoed by Carter, who—when of the CFW hope the panel discussion and the fast business owners think that they are above asked why the panel discussion and Conscious’ Conscious’ performance will start a much needed B&Bs, alleging the law,” Wathen said. “[The] innkeeper[s] story are necessary—replied, “I think that it is discussion for lesbians and African-American blatantly rejected and refused to abide by the a misconception that lesbians do not contract lesbians as well as women who sleep with wom- discrimination laws of the State of Illinois.” HIV/AIDS. With the movement in the LGBTQ en to help them make safe choices in all of their By Ross Forman Wathen, 44, said the couple now would not community of sexual fluidity, I feel that it is sexual encounters. ever go to either of the two inns, based on the dangerous to be fluid without protection. Sta- The public forum will be held Friday, March Todd Wathen and his partner of eight years way they have been treated. tistics show that HIV/AIDS is affecting African- 4, 5:30-8:30 p.m., at the Jacob Carruthers were planning their civil union for later this “We want other gay people to be aware of American women [more] and more women with- Center for Inner City Studies, 700 E. Oakwood. year—for what would be their most joyous day this class-based discrimination and we want to in the lesbian community have HIV/AIDS than RSVP to C.C. Carter at [email protected] together. encourage members of the LGBT community to we know. [Also,] we have not fully addressed or 773-592-3492. The event is free but space But now it’s looking like the most shocking. come forward if other businesses discriminate resources of support for them because of stigma is limited. They were denied access to the special- against them,” Wathen said. “There still [are] events services of two Illinois bed-and-break- going to be struggles out there for the LGBT fasts that advertise publicly for such services. community. We are getting closer all the time, And the two men, from East Central, Ill., have but we are still going to have business own- filed complaints with the Illinois Attorney ers out there [who] are going to try to dis- General and the Illinois Department of Hu- criminate against us, and we have to stand up, KI8M Aldermanic races percent to 28 percent with 90 percent of the close behind with 33 percent. votes counted. Also, in the 25th Ward, Ald. Scott Waguespack Although the mayoral race received most of In the 50th Ward, longtime Ald. Bernie Stone easily retained his seat in a race that was ex- the media coverage, aldermanic races were held is seemingly headed for a runoff. With 85 per- pected to be much closer. With 98 percent of the as well. These races were particularly historic cent of the votes in, Stone led a five-candidate vote counted, Waguespack had 66 percent of the as well, as 11 aldermen—including incumbents field with 37 percent, but Debra Silverstein was vote; runner-up David Pavlik had 18 percent. such as Helen Shiller of the 46th Ward and Mary Ann Smith of the 48th Ward—stepped down, making way for a drastically revamped city coun- Affinity family cil. The race to replace Shiller was one of three event Feb. 26 The Affinity Lesbian & Bisexual Moms Round- in Chicago to feature at least 10 candidates— table is hosting “Focus on Our Families: A Fam- and three in this particular race (Emily Stewart, Don Nowotny and James Cappleman) are openly ily Celebration Workshop & Activities” Satur- gay. Although Stewart had the backing of the day, Feb. 26, at the First Presbyterian Church Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune, Capple- of Chicago, 6400 S. Kimbark, 12-3 p.m. 44th Ward Alderman Tom Tunney. man (at 19.81 percent, with 98 percent of votes There will be a community forum on civil counted) and Molly Phelan (at 19.73 percent) unions (for heterosexual and LGBT couples), in the 44th Ward (which includes Boys Town), appeared headed an April 5 runoff. (Runoffs in- and a reading and discussion led by Tina ensuring another term. volve the top two candidates in each race.) Fakhrid-Deen, the author of Let’s Get it In the 47th Ward, a mild upset appeared to In the 48th Ward, state Rep. Harry Osterman Straight: The Ultimate Handbook of Youth with be in the works. With 98 percent of the votes easily outdistanced his opponents, including LGBTQ Parents. There will also be storytelling counted, Ameya Pawar had 50.77 percent of the openly gay paramedic Jose Arteaga. for younger children. vote while retiring Ald. Eugene Schulter’s ally In the 43rd Ward, with 88 percent of the votes The Chicago Childcare Collective will take Tom O’Donnell had 43.51 percent. (The other in, Michele Smith had 37.66 percent of the vote care of the children. RSVP to Kymia Jones at two candidates, Matt Reichel and Tom Jacks, had while Tim Egan had 28.44 percent, sending [email protected]. about 6 percent combined.) those two into a runoff. Ald. Joe Moore easily retained his seat in the Openly gay Ald. Tom Tunney was unopposed 49th Ward, leading challenger Brian White 72 ‘Women of Concern’ event Feb. 25 Nikolai Alekseev. Photo by Andrew Davis Concern Worldwide will hold its annual Wom- en of Concern Brigid Awards luncheon on Fri., Feb. 25, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., at the Renaissance Alexseev to speak at Chicago Downtown Hotel, 1 W. Wacker. The 2011 Women of Concern Brigid Awards Merlo Library Feb. 26 luncheon honors three Chicagoland women Russian gay-rights activist Nikolai Alekseev (Justice Anne Burke, Patricia Blunt Koldyke will speak about his home country and LGBT and Terrie McDermott) for their achievements. advocacy Saturday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. at the A silent auction featuring national and local Merlo Public Library, 644 W. Belmont. celebrities’ new and gently used handbags and Among other things, Alekseev is expected to wallets will take place. The funds raised from discuss the beliefs of new Moscow Mayor Ser- this event will support Concern Worldwide’s gei Sobyanin, who recently said that he would maternal and child health programs in Haiti, continue predecessor Yuri Luzhkov’s policy of Rwanda and Malawi. banning gay-rights marches. Call 312-431-8400 or visit http://www.con- E-mail [email protected] for more in- 46th Ward candidate James Cappleman (right) with his partner Richard Thale at the Equality cernusa.org. formation. Illinois gala. Cappleman appears to be headed for a runoff. Photo by Hal Baim Chicago’s Dedicated and Joshua H. Ehrlich, DMD, PC ALEO Comprehensive LGBT Program General & Cosmetic Dentistry VAT CHICAGO LAKESHORE HOSPITAL Valeo at Chicago Lakeshore Hospital provides comprehensive psychiatric and addiction-related treatment for • Special Evening & Sunday Hours gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals. • Sedation Dentistry Available The program offers a safe, affirming therapeutic environment for members • Check Out Our Reviews Online of the LGBTQ community. The Valeo staff is comprised of well-trained, experienced gay and gay-sensitive behavioral health professionals from 3118 N. Sheffield Ave. a wide variety of disciplines. 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See card for details. Medication coverage must be part of your KALETRA-based regimen. Use KALETRA is a prescription anti-HIV-1 medicine called a protease inhibitor that contains lopinavir and ritonavir. KALETRA is used with other anti-HIV-1 medicines to increase the chance of treatment response in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infection. It is not known if KALETRA is safe and effective in children under 14 days old. KALETRA does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS and does not stop you from passing HIV-1 to others. You may still get opportunistic infections or other conditions that happen with HIV-1. KALETRA Safety Considerations Do not take KALETRA if you are allergic to any of its ingredients, including lopinavir or ritonavir. Do not take KALETRA with certain medicines, as they can cause serious problems, death, or make KALETRA less effective against HIV. Some patients taking KALETRA can develop inflammation of the pancreas and liver problems, which can cause death. Patients may develop changes in heart rhythm, large increases in triglycerides and cholesterol, diabetes, high blood sugar, changes in body fat, and/or increased bleeding in people with hemophilia. Some patients may develop signs and symptoms of serious infections they already have after starting anti-HIV medicines. Please see Brief Summary for more details. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088 (1-800-332-1088). If you cannot afford your medication, contact: www.pparx.org or call the toll-free number (1-888-4PPA-NOW) or (1-888-477-2669) for assistance. For additional information about KALETRA, call 1-866-KALETRA (1-866-525-3872) or visit KALETRA.com. Please see Brief Summary on adjacent pages. Edh^i^kZ Model is for illustrative purposes only. PARTNERSHIP ©2010 Abbott Laboratories Abbott Park, IL 60064 039-418110 August 2010 Printed in U.S.A. Egd\gVb B.DOHWUD$'LQGG 30 DO NOT RE-SIZE Ad unit Project # must match this project # 039-418110 10 Feb. 23, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES ® CONSUMER BRIEF SUMMARY KALETRA (kuh-LEE-tra) CONSULT PACKAGE INSERT FOR (lopinavir/ritonavir) Tablets FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION KALETRA® (kuh-LEE-tra) (lopinavir/ritonavir) Oral Solution Read the Medication Guide that comes with KALETRA before you start taking it and each time you get a refi ll. There may be new information. This information does not take the place of talking with your doctor about your medical condition or Patient Information treatment. You and your doctor should talk about your treatment with KALETRA before you start taking it and at regular check-ups. You should stay under your doctor’s care when taking KALETRA. What is the most important information I • Do not take KALETRA if you have an allergy to Medicines you should not take with KALETRA. KALETRA or any of its ingredients, including ritonavir should know about KALETRA? Serious problems or death can happen if you take and lopinavir. KALETRA may cause serious side effects, these medicines with KALETRA: including: What should I tell my doctor before • ergot containing medicines, including: • Interactions with other medicines. It is taking KALETRA? ° ergotamine tartrate (Cafergot®, Migergot, Ergomar, important to know the medicines that should Ergostat, Medihaler Ergotamine, Wigraine, KALETRA may not be right for you. Tell your doctor not be taken with KALETRA. Read the section Wigrettes) about all your medical conditions, including if you: ® “What should I tell my doctor before taking ° dihydroergotamine mesylate (D.H.E. 45 , Embolex, • have any heart problems, including if you have a ® KALETRA?” Migranal ) condition called Congenital Long QT Syndrome. • Changes in your heart rhythm and the electrical ergonovine, ergonovine and methylergonovine • have liver problems, including Hepatitis B or ° activity of your heart. These changes may be (Ergotrate, Methergine), ergotamine and Hepatitis C. seen on an EKG (electrocardiogram) and can lead to methylergonovine • have diabetes. serious heart problems. Your risk for these problems Ergotrate Maleate, methylergonovine maleate • have hemophilia. People who take KALETRA may ° may be higher if you: (Methergine) have increased bleeding. ® already have a history of abnormal heart rhythm or • triazolam (Halcion ), midazolam hydrochloride oral ° • have low potassium in your blood. other types of heart disease. syrup • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not ® take other medicines that can affect your heart • pimozide (Orap ) ° known if KALETRA will harm your unborn baby. Birth rhythm while you take KALETRA. • the cholesterol lowering medicines lovastatin control pills or patches may not work as well while ® ® Tell your doctor right away if you have any of these (Mevacor ) or simvastatin (Zocor ) you take KALETRA. To prevent pregnancy while taking ® symptoms while taking KALETRA: • sildenafi l (Revatio ) only when used for the KALETRA, women who take birth control pills or use treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. (See • dizziness estrogen patch for birth control should either use a • lightheadedness “Medicines that may need changes” and “What are different type of birth control or an extra form of birth the possible side effects of Kaletra?” for information • fainting control. Talk to your doctor about how to prevent • sensation of abnormal heartbeats about the use of sildenafi l for erectile problems.) pregnancy while taking KALETRA. • alfuzosin (Uroxatral®) See the section below “What are the possible side • take KALETRA during pregnancy, talk with your doctor Medicines that you should not take with KALETRA effects of KALETRA?” for more information about about how you can take part in an antiretroviral since they may make KALETRA not work as well: serious side effects. pregnancy registry. The purpose of the pregnancy • the herbal supplement St. John’s Wort (hypericum registry is to follow the health of you and your baby. What is KALETRA? perforatum) • are breast-feeding. Do not breast-feed if you are • rifampin (Rimactane®, Rifadin®, Rifater®, or KALETRA is a prescription anti-HIV medicine that taking KALETRA. You should not breast-feed if you Rifamate®) contains two medicines: lopinavir and ritonavir. have HIV-1. If you are a woman who has or will have Medicines that may need changes: KALETRA is called a protease inhibitor that is used a baby while taking KALETRA, talk with your doctor • birth control pills that contain estrogen (“the pill”) or with other anti-HIV-1 medicines to treat people with about the best way to feed your baby. If your baby the birth control (contraceptive) patches human immunodefi ciency virus (HIV-1) infection. does not already have HIV-1, there is a chance that • certain anticancer medicines, such as nilotinib HIV-1 is the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune HIV-1 can be passed to your baby through your breast (Tasigna®) and dasatinib (Sprycel®) Defi ciency Syndrome). milk. • certain cholesterol lowering medicines, such as It is not known if KALETRA is safe and effective in Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, atorvastatin (Lipitor®) or rosuvastatin (Crestor®) children under 14 days old. including prescription and non-prescription medicines, • certain other antiretroviral medicines, such as Who should not take KALETRA? vitamins, and herbal supplements. Many medicines efavirenz (Atripla® and Sustiva®), nevirapine interact with KALETRA. Do not start taking a new (Viramune®), amprenavir (Agenerase®) and nelfi navir • Do not take KALETRA if you are taking certain medicine without telling your doctor or pharmacist. Your (Viracept®) medicines. For more information about medicines doctor can tell you if it is safe to take KALETRA with • anti-seizure medicines, such as phenytoin (Dilantin®) you should not take with KALETRA, please see other medicines. Your doctor may need to change the carbamazepine, (Tegretol®), phenobarbital “Can I take other medicines with KALETRA?” dose of other medicines while you take KALETRA. • medicines for erectile problems, such as sildenafi l and consult with your doctor about all other (Viagra®), tadalafi l (Cialis®), or vardenafi l (Levitra®) medicines you take. 03-A387-Kaletra-CB-9x10.5(2.5).indd 1 8/2/10 11:15 AM DO NOT RE-SIZE Ad unit Project # must match this project # 039-418110 WINDY CITY TIMES Feb. 23, 2011 11 • medicines for tuberculosis (TB), such as rifabutin • When your KALETRA supply starts to run low, get • Changes in body fat. Changes in body fat in (Mycobutin®) more from your doctor or pharmacy. It is important some people who take antiretroviral therapy. These • inhaled steroid medicines, such as fl uticasone not to run out of KALETRA. The amount of HIV-1 virus changes may include increased amount of fat in the propionate (Flonase®) in your blood may increase if the medicine is stopped upper back and neck (“buffalo hump”), breast, and • inhaled medicines such as salmeterol (Serevent®) for even a short time. The virus may become resistant around the trunk. Loss of fat from the legs, arms or salmeterol in combination with fl uticasone to KALETRA and become harder to treat. and face may also happen. The cause and long-term propionate (Advair®). Your doctor may need to • KALETRA can be taken with acid reducing agents health effects of these conditions are not known at change to a different medicine used for heartburn or refl ux such as omeprazole this time. • medicines for gout, such as colchicine (Colcrys®) (Prilosec®) and ranitidine (Zantac®) with no dose • Increased bleeding for hemophiliacs. Some • medicines to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension adjustment. people with hemophilia have increased bleeding (PAH), such as bosentan (Tracleer®) or tadalafi l • KALETRA should not be administered once daily in with protease inhibitors including KALETRA. (Adcirca®) combination with carbamazepine (Tegretol® and • Increased risk of certain problems when you • pain medicines, such as fentanyl (Duragesic®, Epitol®), phenobarbital (Luminal®), or phenytoin take medicines used for the treatment of IonsysTM, Fentora®) and methadone (Dilantin®). erectile problems such as sildenafil (Viagra ® ), If you are not sure if you are taking a medicine Avoid doing things that can spread HIV infection. tadalafil (Cialis ® ), or vardenafil (Levitra ® ) with above, ask your doctor. KALETRA does not stop you from passing HIV infection KALETRA: to others. Do not share needles, other injection ° low blood pressure. If you get dizzy or faint, you How should I take KALETRA? equipment or personal items that can have blood need to lie down. Tell your doctor if you feel dizzy, • Take KALETRA every day exactly as prescribed by or body fl uids on them, like toothbrushes and razor or have fainting spells. your doctor. blades. Always practice safer sex by using a latex or ° vision changes. Tell your doctor right away if you • It is very important to set up a dosing schedule and polyurethane condom to lower the chance of sexual have vision changes. follow it every day. contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood. ° penis erection lasting more than 4 hours. If you • Do not change your treatment or stop treatment are a male and have an erection that lasts longer without fi rst talking with your doctor. What are the possible side effects of than 4 hours, get medical help right away to avoid • Swallow KALETRA tablets whole. Do not chew, KALETRA? permanent damage to your penis. Your doctor can break, or crush KALETRA tablets. KALETRA can cause serious side effects. explain these symptoms to you. • KALETRA tablets can be taken with or without food. • See “What is the most important information I • Allergic reactions. Skin rashes, some of them • If you are taking both Videx® (didanosine) and should know about KALETRA?” severe, can occur in people who take KALETRA. Tell KALETRA: • Liver problems. Liver problems, including death, your healthcare provider if you had a rash when you ° didanosine can be taken at the same time as can happen in people who take KALETRA. Blood tests took another medicine for your HIV infection or if you KALETRA tablets, without food. in people who take KALETRA may show possible notice any skin rash when you take KALETRA. ° take didanosine either one hour before or two liver problems. People with liver disease such as Common side effects of KALETRA include: hours after taking KALETRA oral solution. Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C who take KALETRA may • diarrhea • Do not miss a dose of KALETRA. This could make the have worsening liver disease. Tell your healthcare • nausea virus harder to treat. If you forget to take KALETRA, provider right away if you have any of these signs and • stomach area (abdominal) pain take the missed dose right away. If it is almost time symptoms of liver problems: • feeling weak for your next dose, do not take the missed dose. ° loss of appetite • vomiting Instead, follow your regular dosing schedule by ° yellow skin and whites of eyes (jaundice) • headache taking your next dose at its regular time. Do not take ° dark-colored urine • upset stomach more than one dose of KALETRA at one time. ° pale colored stools, itchy skin These are not all of the possible side effects of • If you take more than the prescribed dose of ° stomach area (abdominal) pain. KALETRA. For more information, ask your doctor or KALETRA, call your local poison control center or • Inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis). pharmacist. Tell your doctor about any side effect that emergency room right away. Some people who take KALETRA get infl ammation of bothers you or that does not go away. • Take KALETRA oral solution with food to help it work the pancreas which may be serious and cause death. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. better. You have a higher chance of getting pancreatitis if You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA- • If KALETRA is being used for your child, tell your you have had it before. Tell your doctor if you have 1088. doctor if your child’s weight changes. nausea, vomiting, or abdominal pain while taking • KALETRA should not be given one time each day in KALETRA. These may be signs of pancreatitis. How should I store KALETRA? children. When giving KALETRA to your child, give • Increases in certain fat (triglycerides and KALETRA tablets: KALETRA exactly as prescribed. cholesterol) levels in your blood. Large increases • Store KALETRA tablets at room temperature, • KALETRA oral solution contains a large amount of of triglycerides and cholesterol can be seen in blood between 59°F to 86°F (15°C to 30°C). alcohol. test results of some people who take KALETRA. • Do not keep KALETRA tablets out of the container If a young child drinks more than the ° The long-term chance of getting complications it comes in for longer than 2 weeks, especially in recommended dose, it could make them sick from such as heart attacks or stroke due to increases in areas where there is a lot of humidity. Keep the too much alcohol. Contact your local poison control triglycerides and cholesterol caused by protease container closed tightly. center or emergency room right away. inhibitors is not known at this time. KALETRA oral solution: Talk with your doctor if you take or plan to take ° • Diabetes and high blood sugar (hyperglycemia). • Store KALETRA oral solution in a refrigerator, metronidazole or disulfi ram. You can have severe Some people who take protease inhibitors including between 36°F to 46°F (2°C to 8°C). KALETRA oral nausea and vomiting if you take these medicines KALETRA get new or more serious diabetes, or high solution that is kept refrigerated may be used until with KALETRA. blood sugar. Tell your doctor if you notice an increase the expiration date printed on the label. in thirst or urinate often while taking KALETRA. 03-A387-Kaletra-CB-9x10.5(2.5).indd 2 8/2/10 11:15 AM DO NOT RE-SIZE Ad unit Project # must match this project # 039-418110 12 Feb. 23, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES • KALETRA oral solution that is stored at room What are the ingredients in KALETRA? KALETRA Tablets, 200 mg lopinavir/50 mg ritonavir temperature (less than 77°F or 25°C) should be Active ingredient: lopinavir and ritonavir Manufactured by Abbott Pharmaceuticals PR Ltd., used within 2 months. Barceloneta, PR 00617 Inactive ingredients: • Keep KALETRA away from high heat. for Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, IL 60064, U.S.A. KALETRA 200 mg lopinavir and 50 mg ritonavir Throw away any medicine that is out of date or that KALETRA Tablets, 100 mg lopinavir/25 mg ritonavir and you no longer need. tablets: copovidone, sorbitan monolaurate, colloidal silicon dioxide, and sodium stearyl fumarate. The KALETRA Oral Solution Keep KALETRA and all medicines out of the reach fi lm coating contains: hypromellose, titanium dioxide, Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, IL 60064, U.S.A. of children. polyethylene glycol 400, hydroxypropyl cellulose, talc, 2010, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED General information about KALETRA colloidal silicon dioxide, polyethylene glycol 3350, KALETRA does not cure HIV-1 or AIDS. The long-term yellow ferric oxide 172, and polysorbate 80. * The brands listed are trademarks of their respective effects of KALETRA are not known at this time. People KALETRA 100 mg lopinavir and 25 mg ritonavir owners and are not trademarks of Abbott Laboratories. taking KALETRA may still get opportunistic infections tablets: copovidone, sorbitan monolaurate, colloidal The makers of these brands are not affi liated with and or other conditions that happen with HIV-1 infection. silicon dioxide, and sodium stearyl fumarate. The fi lm do not endorse Abbott Laboratories or its products. Some of these conditions are pneumonia, herpes virus coating contains: polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide, infections, and Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) talc, polytheylene glycol 3350, and yellow ferric oxide infections. E172. This Medication Guide has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes KALETRA oral solution: acesulfame potassium, other than those listed in a Medication Guide. Do not alcohol, artifi cial cotton candy fl avor, citric acid, use KALETRA for a condition for which it was not glycerin, high fructose corn syrup, Magnasweet-110 Ref: 03-A387-R8 prescribed. Do not give KALETRA to other people, even fl avor, menthol, natural and artifi cial vanilla fl avor, Revised: June, 2010 if they have the same condition you have. 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For more information about KALETRA call 1-800-633-9110 or go to www.KALETRA.com. 03-A387-Kaletra-CB-9x10.5(2.5).indd 3 8/2/10 11:15 AM WINDY CITY TIMES Feb. 23, 2011 13 street more often these days, he said his life lacked in training, he made up for in instinct, largely remains focused on his studies and con- an instinct that he showed in Tucson of caring Giffords hero tinuing internship with Giffords’ office rather enough to risk his own life to try to protect oth- than media appearances. He’s also in the midst ers says a lot about him, his family and what of a political campaign of his own—running for his service and commitment that day in Tucson recognized at student body president of the University of Ar- means in the future.” izona—which began several months before the Addressing the conference attendees, Hernan- tragic event that launched him into the national dez spoke of his experience as a first-generation Hispanic conference spotlight. college student within his family and encour- “Other than being recognized, nothing has re- aged high school students, in particular, to con- By Joseph Erbentraut Sheraton in downtown Chicago, who matched ally changed,” Hernandez said. “I’m still at the tinue on to higher education and work hard to the 21-year-old’s modesty. University of Arizona, I’m still an intern with the “be a first-rate version of yourself, not a second While Daniel Hernandez, Jr.—the openly gay Featured as the guest speaker for the Feb. congressional office of Congresswoman Giffords, rate version of someone else”—advice he said intern who has been widely credited with sav- 19 luncheon at the conference, Hernandez told so I haven’t let it change too much. I’m sure I he received from a fortune cookie. ing the life of Congresswoman Gabrielle Gif- Windy City Times that, while he was honored to could have let it get out of hand but I’ve made a “When I see the people that are here, the fords in the tragic shooting in Tucson, Ariz., be invited to the 29th annual event directed concerted effort to try and make sure that I stay majority of them are where I was not too long last month—may not consider himself to be a toward students and young professionals of as normal as possible so still an intern, still a ago—it was three or four years ago that I prob- hero, one would have been hard-pressed to find Hispanic heritage, he was anxious to hop on student.” ably would have been in the exact same position anyone else in attendance at the National Con- his flight home to return to his commitments The “as possible” caveat to that statement they’re in,” Hernandez said. “I’m talking to them ference of the United States Hispanic Leader- there. is an important one to note for the man who, about the importance of getting an education ship Institute (USHLI), held Feb. 17-20 at the While admitting that he is recognized on the last month, celebrated his birthday while sitting and also not letting yourself get put into any next to First Lady Michelle Obama for the presi- boxes. Once you start letting others define you, dent’s State of the Union address, where he was that’s when you start kind of losing who you are. also recognized with a standing ovation. I think it’s a simple message that bears repeat- But despite all the attention, Hernandez said ing.” he is limiting the number of opportunities he Hernandez added that he is hopeful that the will accept in order to maintain a sense of nor- LGBT and Hispanic activist communities will pur- malcy in his life. He said he said “yes” to the sue their legislative priorities—including, but USHLI conference because of the organization’s not limited to issues including marriage equal- emphasis on the importance of education. ity and comprehensive immigration reform—in Introducing Hernandez at the luncheon, USH- concert moving forward. LI President Dr. Juan Andrade described the stu- “One of the things that I think a lot of people dent as someone who had “won the hearts of have realized is that when we work together, millions and millions of people across this coun- we’re a lot stronger than when we’re kind of try” in how he responded to the Tucson shooting fighting our own fights because there’s a lot of tragedy. overlap for a lot of these things,” Hernandez In a press conference preceding the luncheon, said. U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., noted Her- Also present at the luncheon were U.S. Rep. nandez’s “extraordinary courage.” Durbin was Luis Gutierrez, Cook County States Attorney on hand to receive the Institute’s Si Se Puede Anita Alvarez, state Rep. and Chicago City Clerk Award. hopeful Susana Mendoza and former U.S. Am- “Years and years ago, I was an intern for a bassador to Belize Carolyn Curiel. Gutierrez was United States senator and there was never any recognized with the Edward R. Roybal/Henry B. job training that suggested I would face what Gonalez Award for Excellence in Public Service. you went through,” Durbin said. “What he Daniel Hernandez (right) speaks at the USHLI conference while U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin listens. Photo by Joe Erbentraut WINDY CITY TIMES 12th Annual can receive an accredited high school diploma SON from cover and go on to college. And they can start to THIRTY Because of all the wonderful transformations dream about a life where they can be accepted and in gratitude for my son still being alive, I and valued for the gifts and talents that they under 30 searched for a place that I could make a dif- possess. ference … a place where I could give back in Besides the LA Center, I am searching for NOW ACCEPTING appreciation for what had been given to me. other cities to open up programs. I have talked NOMINATIONS And a place that touched my heart so deeply with people in Chicago and I dream of doing Windy City Times is seeking to recognize 30 more outstanding LGBT individuals (and allies) that I would commit myself to doing this work something at the Center at Halsted. A beauti- the rest of my life. And as I searched I found for its annual 30 Under 30 Awards. ful location with an amazing vibe, I can imag- an answer. ine LGBT youth coming to the Center, loving Aiden’s high school years were filled with Nominees should be 30 years or under as of June 30, 2011 and should have made some substantial contributions to the opportunity to study in a safe space that the LGBT community, whether in the fields of entertainment, politics, health, activism, academics, or other areas. some of the most painful, humiliating and is both inspiring and welcoming. It would fill lonely moments of his life. He was harassed my heart with joy to know that there is a place Individuals, organizations, co-workers, etc. can nominate a person by e-mailing Andrew@ regularly at school and physically assaulted for Chicago youth who might struggle and feel WindyCityMediaGroup.com or faxing to Andrew Davis’ attention to 773-871-7609. outside school. Once attacked for no reason that the world offers no hope. I want them to Self-nominations are welcome. and another time assaulted with a bat, I lived know there is hope. This I know is true, be- in fear for his life. At a time when my son cause I have walked with my son on this hope- The nomination should be 100 words or fewer, and should state what achievements or contributions the nominee has should be soaring with hope and possibilities, less path. But neither of us gave up … I did made. Nominators should include their own names and contact information as well as the contact information and the looking forward to his future, he led a life of not give up on him and he did not give up on age of the nominee. depression, solitude and withdrawal. He suf- himself. And so this path became part of our fered from panic attacks. He was diagnosed journey to discover how courageous we could Honorees will be notified in May and recognized at a free ceremony Wed., June 22, 5:30 p.m., agoraphobic. He almost didn’t graduate high be … how strong and resilient was our spirit at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St. school, so afraid of leaving home. … but most of all how much love could flow But my son did graduate and after taking from our hearts to each other. The deadline to nominate individuals is Friday, April 22. off one semester to recover from his difficult I found my life purpose through Aiden’s jour- senior year in high school, he decided to at- ney, but I also found the real individual that tend college. Once his life took a positive turn, lived within my child. Oh what I would have I started to envision a place for bullied and missed, if I didn’t open my heart and mind, harassed high school students to find a safer, acknowledging the truth that was my son. and more nurturing environment to get their Marsha Aizumi lives in Arcadia, Calif. She high school diploma. With the help of many currently works as a director of educational visionary leaders in the Los Angeles LGBT com- programs, developing experiential learning munity, a program opened in February 2010 at and academic opportunities that empower the LA Gay & Lesbian Center. A partnership be- and inspire at risk youth in California, Colo- tween Opportunities for Learning Public Char- rado and Illinois. Her first book, TwoS pirits, ter School and LifeWorks, a youth program at One Heart—a memoir about her transgender the Gay & Lesbian Center became the perfect son’s journey—is written through the eyes 30 Under honorees by Hal Baim. Photo of 2010’s collaboration. Here students both LGBT and of a mother. See http://www.marshaaizumi. WINDY CITY TIMES’ THIRTY UNDER 30 IS CO-SPONSORED BY LGBT friendly can be in school without fear of com. being bullied, harassed or physically hurt. They 14 Feb. 23, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES event announcing that HBHC had met half its you still can’t ignore the fact that they deserved fundraising goal of $500,000]? Why was the to be recognized for the good decisions they Howard Brown’s CEO board given a plaque of recognition? made and that’s what we did. JE: Because the board as the governing body WCT: Have you and Mark Andrews been in- of the agency, the board that helped see us volved in any kind of romantic relationship? talks salary, future through a substantial period of transition, de- JE: Absolutely not. I’ve been involved in no served to be recognized for having done that. romantic relationships with anybody that has By Yasmin Nair We recognized them for having done that. They served on the board. And whoever will, currently also deserved to be recognized for having put or in the future. Howard Brown Health Center (HBHC) Executive the agency first and agreeing being agreeing to WCT: Regarding the committee that has Director Jamal Edwards helmed the organization transition themselves out for the good of the just been formed: Can you tell us about the through its recent financial crisis, and continues people we serve. history of how this came to be formed and to oversee the changes to the group. Windy City WCT: Given that this is also the board that the choice of Ron Nunziato as the committee Times spoke with him about the appointment of oversaw the loss of the MACS [Multicenter chair? Karma Israelsen as chair of the board and the AIDS Cohort Study] grant, some people have JE: The board leadership and the board made functions and structure of the new board of di- been questioning that decision. This is also the decision on the committee. Ron volunteered rectors. We also asked him about several rumors the board under which a substantial amount for this position. In fact he’s the only person swirling around the agency. of money, $3 million in three years, was lost. who volunteered for the position. The board did WCT raised the topic of his salary, which, ever Can you address that? How did that factor that consider other people for the position but we since reported here and in The New York Times, into the decision to give them a plaque? felt very confident in his leadership. ... He has has become a topic of conversation. It should JE: Everybody makes mistakes. But that doesn’t a history with the organization and he has a be noted that the issue of his compensation mean that you ignore the good things they did. reputation for having the utmost integrity and is not occurring in a vacuum, as the nonprofit Howard Brown Health Center CEO Jamal Ed- [As for the transfer of the grant], none of us was also for being very efficient and very efficient. world struggles in a shaky economy and as sev- wards. Photo by Kat Fitzgerald thrilled about that but it seemed like the right I’ve witnessed that firsthand, having served on eral organizations across the country show signs thing to do and ensure that the work continued. a board with him in the past. of stress or are threatened with closure. The ary as $417,808, or 0.79 percent of expenses.) Had that not happened, the grant would have WCT: Did you and Karma have a say in how for-profit world has also seen some of this dis- The highest in 2008 was that of Zarin Mehta, been lost completely. So that decision was the this committee was formed? cussion, especially with regards to the banking of the New York Philharmonic, who was com- right decision for the agency. JE: Absolutely. Karma and I spent a great institutions that have been at the heart of the pensated $2,649,540 in 2008, at 4 percent of More importantly, it was the right decision for deal of time thinking this through. We had sev- recent financial crisis. However, the discussion total expenses. (CN lists his salary of 2009 as the people who depended on the research and eral expressions of interest from people. But we there appears to not have had much cultural or $1,000,778 or 1.50 percent of expenses.) the services of the grant, and the board made thought about the size of the committee, the political will, beyond the rhetoric of some politi- In a wider context: Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s that decision. At the same time, the board also great amount of work the committee has to do, cians. Goldman Sachs recently announced that it salary is $177, 000 and Mayor Richard Daley made the right decision to transition the orga- with all these 30-40 applications pending, the was tripling the salary of CEO Lloyd Blankfein to makes $216,210. However, both men also re- nization to a new board. That was a very impor- timeline under which they have to do it. We $2 million in 2011, up from last year’s $600,000 ceive housing and transportation, and that in- tant big step. The board also supported my deci- identified the people who had expressed a very last year cludes plane travel. Arguably, both men are also sion and worked really hard with me to lead this serious willingness to do this and a willingness To put matters in the context of the nonprofit in charge of the needs of larger populations and lifeline appeal and raise a substantial amount of to take all the time necessary to make that hap- world: the website Mainstreet.org recently list- administrations. money for the organization. And despite what- pen. ed the 15 most highly paid CEOs in the charity Such reports provide objective criteria by ever mistakes they may have made over time, Turn to page 15 world based on the findings of Charity Navigator which to judge the scale of a CEO’s salary among (CN), which describes itself as an “independent comparable organizations. Nevertheless, the charity evaluator.” The introduction to CN’s 2010 conversation about nonprofit compensations … Everybody should expect more change. report states that “[m]any donors assume that will continue as some organizations shut their Howard Brown on There’s no way we can deliver a new Howard charity leaders work for free or minimal pay and doors while others, like HBHC, appeal to the Brown where everything stays the same. … are shocked to see that they earn six-figure sala- community for sustaining funds. Edwards left a staff changes, Any staff that’s not supportive of that will not ries. But these well-meaning donors fail to con- job as partner in the law firm Kirkland and El- continue to work at Howard Brown.” sider that these CEOs are running multi-million database breach lis to join HBHC. Over the coming months, WCT by Yasmin Nair Garofalo, who is currently the board presi- dollar operations that endeavor to change the will be reporting on the financial details of other dent of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Associa- world.” LGBT and AIDS organizations in the city. tion, is also known for his research and grants According to Mainstreet.org, the 13th high- This past week saw the news of a breach in Windy City Times: Karma Israelsen is the the donor database as well as significant that support LGBT health issues, including est salary in 2008 was $861,625, and it went board chair. She’s also from the corporation the Transgender Research Youth Project, de- to Richard Moe of the National Trust for Historic changes in personnel at Howard Brown Health as Mark Andrews [the former board chair]. Center (HBHC). scribed on the HBHC site as “a study exam- Preservation. The amount was 1.46 percent of JE: They both worked in the same company, ining coding and risk among male-to-female the group’s expenses. (Mainstreet notes that Board Chair Karma Israelsen and CEO Jamal that’s correct. Edwards sent out a jointly signed statement transgender youth. His being put on adminis- this was “due to a one-time deferred compensa- WCT: Was that a factor in how she was cho- trative leave is bound to have some effect on tion payout,” CN lists the 2009 president’s sal- Feb. 19 saying that they had identified a “po- sen to be on the board and then board chair? tential breach” in the HBHC donor database the research studies under him. Edwards con- JE: As far as I know, it was which includes personal phone numbers and firmed that there are staff at Howard Brown not a factor and I don’t think it’s e-mail addresses. The statement said there who participate in those studies but not the relevant. They did work at the same was no reason to “believe that credit card exact number. [WCT has been told by sources company but they did not work in information has been compromised” or “that there are as many as 30.] the same department and, quite confidential patient records were inappropri- Edwards could not specify how long the frankly, Karma is a vice president and ately accessed.” leave would last but said, “There were some more senior than Mark and the board Asked to elaborate on the situation, Ed- concerns raised by staff and patients that we felt very comfortable there would be wards said they were looking into the mat- are looking into and as soon as we are fin- no undue influence or inappropriate ter, and had “some idea which people were ished looking into those, we will take whatev- relationship between the two, that responsible” and “would take swift and ap- er action is appropriate.” He said it would not they both served on the board or propriate action.” stop any of the research going on: “We do not one served on the board, and I be- This news came a day after a report that anticipate any disruption at this time.” In an lieve that completely. The board has Dr. Rob Garofalo had been put on adminis- e-mail, Edwards also confirmed that Garofalo a conflict-of-interest policy and it’s trative leave. He was chief research officer at is employed by Children’s Memorial Hospital fully disclosed that she worked for Howard Brown, medical director of adolescent “and they are responsible for his compensa- the same company. HIV services at Children’s Memorial Hospital tion status. His leave from HBHC suspends WCT: Could you explain and assistant professor of pediatrics and pre- his participation in HBHC programs and ser- the plaque that was given to Mark ventive medicine at Northwestern University’s vices.” Andrews and the board [at the Feinberg School of Medicine. Edwards con- Beau Gratzer, vice president and chief op- firmed this. Asked for details on why, Edwards erating officer, who has been with HBHC first said it was a “personnel matter.” Edwards since 2003, was rumored to have been fired. also confirmed that Bryant Dunbar, director of Gratzer, in an interview, denied that, saying STAND UP FOR LOVE development, has resigned. he would be “transitioning out of his role as When asked if the database breach had any- of June 30 to focus on completing my Ph.D.” VOLUNTEER FOR AN HIV VACCINE STUDY thing to do with Garofalo and Dunbar, Edwards (Gratzer is completing his Ph.D. at the Uni- said, “Not that I’m aware of.” He went on to versity of Illinois at Chicago School of Public We’re looking for HIV-negative men, say, “Howard Brown is [still] in transition. … Health.) According to Gratzer, he anticipated 18-50 years old. You cannot get HIV We have made a substantial amount of change keeping a chief investigative role at HBHC “or from the vaccine. You will be paid Scan it with in the first six months and now we’re focusing in some capacity in the research department.” your phone for your time. on a new direction … a focus on the stability He said that Edwards and he discussed a five- of Howard Brown. As we continue to change month process “to make sure the transition is www.standup4love.org and improve, there will be changes where smooth and that we’re all on the same page.” 312 413-5897 people may not fit within that new direction. chicago_windyCityTimes_5x2_silhouette.indd 1 1/26/2011 9:55:52 AM WINDY CITY TIMES Feb. 23, 2011 15 the CEO. They’re not antagonists of each other, referred to the office of the inspector general CEO from page 14 they have to work together to lead the organiza- … whether or not any potential action would WCT: Out of these, all but one [Alicia Ozi- tion. They play a role in my selection, they play be taken against the organization, or any of the er] have had some kind of connection with a role in my compensation, they play a role in parties held responsible. We have not heard back HBHC. everything I do and I play a role in the things from them … except that we know every federal JE: Leslie Ramyk is the executive director of they do. agency that funded us in the past has been in a foundation [Ravenswood Health Care Founda- The question becomes whether or not the touch with us, we’ve shared all this information Beef ‘n Brandy tion] that provides a relatively small but signifi- person has the character and the integrity who with them and they continue to support us and cant amount of money to HBHC, but that’s the won’t abuse that partnership, and I think I’ve fund us. Restaurant and Bar only connection. shown that I’m that person. I have not abused With respect to whether the organization is WCT: But she does provide some amount of my partnership with the board, I steer very clear going to take any action against those people: funding? of things that are inappropriate for me to be in- That is a question for the new board of directors CHOW JE: Absolutely. And we are really grateful to volved in. The fact that the board consults with and that’s one of the reasons why I think it’s a the people who provide funding and continue me about who might be on the committee, to good idea we have a new board coming in. They DOWN to fight these challenges and have expressed a select the board that I have to work with to lead can make that decision. It’s ultimately their de- desire to support us, and she’s one of them. this agency through crisis, is not a conflict of cision, not mine. … TOWN WCT: That’s quite a number, five out of six interest. I want to resolve this question about my sal- [with prior connections]. Was there ever an WCT: Okay, but just to be clear, about what ary … I want to be really clear about something. Breakfast attempt to say, “We should attempt to have at you referred to as an insinuation: You do un- I think people have made a big issue about my Lunch least half of the number of people who have derstand that, given HBHC’s recent history, salary and it’s completely inconsistent with what had no connection to HBHC prior to this?” why people are asking these questions, the has been established as a baseline for fair ex- Dinner JE: That doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. necessity of these questions. ecutive compensation for an organization of this Cocktails We’re not trying to change HBHC and basically JE: I do, but I also want to know what that size. My salary was set before I even came. The Pizza throw out the baby with the bathwater. HBHC is has to do with helping HBHC succeed. The fact CEO salary was set. First of all, nobody raised any an excellent organization and it has been for 37 that people in the past made mistakes and took issues about this when the organization wasn’t Wi-Fi years. We want to continue our focus, improve advantage and did things that were not appro- performing well. Nobody said anything about our focus and one of the ways to do that is by priate, doesn’t mean I’m gong to do that. Since this over the last three or four years [when we] 127 S. State Street by Adams getting people who understand the mission, who I’ve been there, I’ve provided more transparency suffered a deficit. But, nonetheless, the salary are committed to the organization, who have with HBHC than has been provided; I have taken was set, based upon what people in this role get (312) 372-3451 stood by the organization. all of your calls; I’ve opened up the doors; I’ve paid in similarly sized organizations. beefbrandy.com People who have stood by the organization are worked really hard to turn this agency around; Howard Brown is a $15 million organization; it the best people to lead it forward and everybody I’ve raised a substantial amount of money that has over 200 employees, and people that work who is on that organization has stood by it in almost all of the peer agencies in the country at that size of an organization with that much Friday, Feb. 25 good times and bad times. And they understand thought we wouldn’t be able to do and we did it. responsibility get paid what I get paid. … 7:30 p.m. the importance of the work, they understand the We have started moving in the right direction. I could give you some examples, if you think of Marya Hornbacher mission of the organization, they understand I don’t think there’s any reason for someone it as a function of expenses, which is the guide An Evening With what’s great about the organization and what’s to think that I would abuse the trust that the that Charity Navigator uses. Howard Brown, we’re Marya Hornbacher needed to improve that. To have outsiders who people we serve have placed in me and in this a $15 million organization: my salary represents have not stepped up, who have no connection or organization. less than 2 percent of the expenses [CN lists Sunday, Feb. 27 understanding of the organization, and haven’t I understand that you’re asking the question, previous CEO Michael Cook’s salary as $272,690, 4:30 p.m. been supportive lately, I don’t think that’s good but I’m beyond the point of understanding it or 1.66 percent of expenses. According to the Joey L. Mogul for the organization. and I’m starting to wonder whether people want organization’s 2009 Form 990, this included a Andrea J. Ritchie WCT: What if you had people who were in to support us moving forward or if they want to bonus of $25,000.] Let’s take some peers here Kay Whitlock the healthcare industry and who had an in- continue to dwell on the past. in Chicago, Center on Halsted. I’m not going to Queer (In)Justice: vestment in that aspect of HBHC? Do you WCT: Speaking of the past, can you speak point out people’s salaries in particular but the The Criminalization of LGBT think they would not have cared at all about to when we might get a full report on exactly CEO salary there is 3.14 percent of expenses. [CN People in the United States HBHC? Even if it was half and half, or some- what happened with the MACS grant and with lists Modest “Tico” Valle’s salary as $141,960, thing like that? Are you saying that someone, $3 million gone over three years? or 3.14 percent of expenses.] Another organiza- say, from a medical organization or a founda- JE : We hired new auditors. They have been tion that I think everyone thinks very highly of: 5233 N. Clark tion that had no connection to HBHC would very thorough. It has taken a substantial amount Lambda Legal. It’s important to note that Lamb- (773) 769-9299 not have had any investment in the interests of effort to collect everything they’ve asked us da Legal is an $11 or 12 million organization; say, of patients? to provide but as soon as that audit report is Howard Brown is bigger: Their CEO makes almost JE: I’m not saying that at all, but let me say issued, we’ll be publishing a report that talks $260,000, 2.44 percent of expenses. Let’s take this: First of all, none of those people volun- about the past, what we’ve done over the last another one: Elton John’s AIDS Foundation. A $6 teered. The people on the committee offered six months. I can tell you right now we will soon million organization, the CEO makes $239,000, to help. So if you ask me, did we go shake the be announcing the Lifetime Appeal that’s raised 3.29 percent of the expenses. I can go on and [email protected] tree and search for people to help us, despite over $750,000. We, as of 12/31, went from a on. There are several of them out there, who are www.womenandchildrenfirst.com Parking Available our very public call for help, no we did not. But three-to-four-year deficit to actually having a good organizations. GLAAD: $14 million organi- Wheelchair Accessible those who answered the call, those who are on small surplus. Halfway through the end of our zation; the CEO makes [$238,003], 2.72 percent the committee, have some relationship with fiscal year, the organization is heading in the of expenses. Locally, Chicago House: $3 million HBHC or prior; that’s not a bad thing. … These right direction, and as soon as I have the audit organization, the CEO makes $150,000. [Accord- are all people who volunteered … who said, I report for our fiscal year, 2010, we will be put- ing to its 2009 Form 990, CEO Stan Sloan’s base want to help, let me know how I can help, I’m ting that information out to the public. compensation was $173,417.] going to do whatever it is you need me to do WCT: But you do understand that one reason WCT: So, you’re saying that, in relation to to help. In fact, the people who’re sitting on that people are asking is because we are told similar-sized organizations, your salary is not the committee have come into the organization that things that happened in the past won’t that disproportionate in relation to the ex- over the last several months; they have helped happen again. But the issue is that we still penses. Your salary is concomitant with what promote the image of the organization … they are not clear on exactly what happened. other people get in similar-sized organiza- deserve to be on that committee. And I don’t JE: What more did they want to know? The tions. have a doubt they will do what’s best for HBHC. organization was mismanaged, grant funds were JE: It is, and it’s important to note that in WCT: The question of your salary has come used inappropriately to cover operating costs addition to just running the organization, I pro- up. Your salary is $265,000 [a year]. that should have been covered by fundraising vide a substantial amount of the organization’s JE: That’s exactly right. and by efficient management of the organiza- legal services. … Between my old law firm and Have your WCT: Then the question does become if you tion. We disclosed all of that, we disclosed we myself, Howard Brown does not pay for legal ser- have been part of a process that establishes put in more internal controls, we focused on vices and we have a fair amount more legal work premiums a committee that then chooses a board that improving our efficiency, being very thought- than we ever had before. And at the same time, I will also determine your salary. So, can you ful about the bottom line of the organization. have brought in more revenue to Howard Brown address the issue that might be raised with We put that all out there. The personnel issues in six months. We just redid our pharmacy pro- increased what might seem like either a conflict of in- and personnel matters: I don’t know that we’re gram which, thanks to a lot of our patients who terest or perhaps a way in which you are re- ever going to share that. But we will be able to had insurance and used our pharmacy services, recently? sponsible for determining who will determine walk people through the last four years of per- will probably make us over $750,000 net in one your salary? formance of the organization and what’s been year. I want to get to a place where people un- See me: JE: First of all, that is a very inappropriate happening since I’ve been there. derstand that for an organization to succeed, Charles T. Rhodes, insinuation. Every organization, the executive WCT: And in terms of prior personnel like that means investing and getting the right tal- director or CEO plays a significant role in the Michael Cook and so on, do we know if they’re ent and the right people to do the right work. It Agent growth and development of their board. There’s likely to be subject to punitive measures, ei- does not mean picking on them for making what 2472 N. Clark not a single one in Chicago or this country where ther by HBHC or by federal agencies? they deserve to make. 773.281.0890 the primary head of the organization doesn’t JE: The federal agencies—that’s something State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company they have to decide, and I understand that’s Turn to page 24 (not in NJ) play a significant role in the development of the State Farm Indemnity Company (NJ) board of directors. The board is a partner with something they’re looking into. The matter was Home Offices: Bloomington, Illinois 16 Feb. 23, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES VIEWPOINTs WINDY CITY us pain, as we can’t only portray the lightheart- employment and domestic-partner rights. TIMES ed side of the community, as some would like us As a community, we did all that—and we won VOL. 26 No. 21, Feb. 23, 2011 MARK to do. many battles. Today, our community has three The combined forces of Windy City Times, When there are issues in this community, these out city judges; has had an open lesbian, Alba founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, SEGAL are the pages where those issues are discussed Martinez, as president of that same United Way founded May 1987. and sometimes resolved, or where we agree to that once refused to fund LGBT organizations; PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR disagree. Most importantly, we have chronicled and had a gay man, Andy Chirls, as chancellor Tracy Baim the growth of the community. And the pages of the Philadelphia Bar Association. We have ac- of this paper over the years clearly show that tive community, health and youth centers. And ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky growth. this paper, your newspaper, has grown to be the MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis Reflecting on BUSINESS MANAGER Meghan Streit When we started in the 1970s, it was usual for nation’s most award-winning LGBT weekly, one DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright us to cover events like police raids on gay bars that even interviews soon-to-be presidents. ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson battles won and the D.A. investigating the wholesale black- And I can’t help but get emotional when I SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS: Terri Klinsky, Amy mailing of gay men. PGN took on organizations think of our start, in a building with no electric- Matheny, Kirk Williamson, Dave Ouano PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT Cynthia Holmes I’ve been very emotional in the last few weeks. such as the American Red Cross, Blue Cross Blue ity, no plumbing and, when it rained, needed a NIGHTSPOTS MANAGING EDITOR Kirk Williamson After all, 35 years is a big deal. Shield and United Way and, sadly, we chronicled plastic tarp. I’m not only proud of this paper, NATIONAL SALES Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 At milestones like this, we often reflect on the the brutality of hate crimes and murders. but proud too of the community we serve, and SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Rex Wockner, Marie past. We pushed every envelope, including but defi- look forward to the future battles we’ll wage to- J. Kuda, David Byrne, Tony Peregrin, Lisa Keen, Yasmin Nair, Emmanuel Garcia I’ve been paging through 35 years of Philadel- nitely not limited to police hiring, lesbian nuns, gether to bring growth and services to our com- THEATER EDITOR Scott C. Morgan phia Gay News (PGN). It has been an emotional runaway gay children, the homeless in our com- munity. CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight, Jr. journey. 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Fewer than one in five has private insurance, and cans gain access to recommended preventive WINDY CITY TIMES Feb. 23, 2011 17 GOINGS-ON WINDY CITY TIMES’ ENTERTAINMENT SECTION Photo courtesy of ABC COLORFUL VIEWS Windy City Times talks with The View’s Joy Behar (second from left) about gay rights and much more. See page 24. MOVIES BOOKS SPORTS Moore to see. Skater aid. The bod couple. Page 20. Page 23. Page 30. PR photo Photo from Kevin Ciacco and Andre Rehkopf in San Diego. Snapshots has also had a long de- swim coach neighbor and her partner. Liz Pazik velopmental life in regional theaters, starting in directs the play which is read at 7 p.m. Friday, Scottish 1996 at the Signature Theatre in Virginia and March 4. most recently in 2008 at TheatreWorks in Cali- —Learn to be Latina by Enrique Urueta of San Play Scott fornia. Francisco: A comedy about a wannabe pop star Whether either show has a future life in New whose Lebanese heritage proves to be unmarket- BY SCOTT C. MORGAN York or London might depend upon whether or able. So she’s made over by her record company not Chicago audiences turn out in droves. But to be a fiery Latina, which only makes for com- Schwartz’s kind of town for now, Chicagoans can claim these shows as plications when she falls in love with an actual Will Chicago-area audiences embrace other their own, especially Working with its local roots Latina woman. Eddie Torres directs the comedy works by composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz’s and Chicago-based acting company. at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 5. the way they did with his Broadway blockbuster —Save the Date by Tyler Dean of Chicago: Wicked? Some professional and non-profit pro- More laughs heading your way This comedy involves a wedding planner whose ducers are certainly hoping so. Expect the comedy market to get even more career could be made when he coordinates the Now in previews at the Broadway Playhouse competitive in Chicago. nuptials of his friend whose intended’s mother is at Water Tower Place is Working, a revised take The Chicago Tribune recently reported that also an editor at a high-profile wedding maga- on the 1978 Broadway musical revue based upon the famed Los Angeles comedy club The Laugh zine. But when someone tries to disrupt the cer- the late Chicago journalist Studs Terkel’s 1974 Factory has taken out a lease on the Lakeshore emony, the wedding planner has to sort out the book Working: People Talk About What They Do Theatre at 3175 N. Broadway, which has been ever-increasing mess. John Nasca directs this All Day and How They Feel About What They vacant since April. modern-day farce at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 5 Do. The Laugh Factory is set to renovate the for- —The Times by Mark S. Watson of Key West, Then to open its 2011 season, the Northlight mer movie theater-turned-live venue, notably Fla.: A man’s 10-year reunion with his college Theatre is presenting the musical Snapshots, changing the venue’s seating plan to a tradi- sweetheart goes awry when he discovers that which features several famous and once-aban- tional tables-and-chairs comedy club configura- she’s placed a wedding announcement about doned theater songs by Schwartz in a script by tion. their forthcoming nuptials in The New York David Stern about marriage at the crossroads. The publication also reported that The Second Times. David Zak directs this comic drama at 4 The venerable Skokie-based theater company City is teaming up with Levity Entertainment p.m. Sunday, March 6. Michael Mahler in Working. Image by Amy performs Snapshots from Sept. 16 through Oct. (which owns the nationwide chain of The Im- Each play is competing for both an Audience Boyle Photography 23. prov comedy clubs) to renovate the Piper’s Alley Award and one selected by a reading panel in- Though a quick flop on Broadway during its space that once hosted Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding cluding Marshall W. Mason, Jason Moore, Doug original 1978 run, Working instead proved to be into a 280-seat comedy club. Five new plays by playwrights from around the Finlayson, Patricia Kane, Jeremy Cohen, Patrick a hit with community, school and other regional The Improv already has a presence at Wood- country writing on GLBT themes have been Trettenero, Brian Fonseca and other theater pro- groups in the ensuing years. Now Schwartz, Nina field Mall in Schaumburg, so having a Chicago selected to compete for prizes at this festi- fessionals. Faso and director Gordon Greenberg have up- outpost should please comedy fans who don’t val which runs from March 3 through 6 in the The Great Gay Play Fest is sponsored by Pride dated the show, which has always been famous want to trek out to the suburbs. The Improv’s Hoover-Leppen Theatre of the Center on Halsted, Films and Plays and the Center on Halsted, in for featuring material by other songwriters like move into the Chicago should also put pressure 3656 N. Halsted. association with Lampkin Music Group. Mary Rodgers (Once Upon a Mattress) and rock on the venerable Zanies, which has a comedy The roster features: Tickets to each staged reading are $10 ($5 for and folk star James Taylor. club down the street from Second City along —False Reality by Joe Lauderdale of Los An- students). A weekend pass is available for $25. Schwartz invited Tony Award-winning compos- with suburban venues in St. Charles and Vernon geles: It’s about a young man who creates an Tickets can be ordered by calling 800-838-3006 er/lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights) Hills. imaginary twin in order to cope with his trou- or by visiting http://www.brownpapertickets. to contribute new songs, while Alex Lacamoire bled family. Patrick Rybarczyk directs this drama com. Visit http://www.PrideFilmsandPlays.com (also of In the Heights) wrote new musical ar- Gay play readings a plenty at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 3. for more information. rangements. Pride Films and Plays is at it again with an- —Short Expanse by Corinne J. Kawecki of Chi- Please send theater news and other related This latest incarnation of Working was previ- other script-writing contest. Last time around cago: This drama concerns some unsetting reve- tidbits to [email protected] and ously developed at the Asolo Repertory Theatre it was film screenplays. Now the Great Gay Play lations that get unearthed at a 10-year-old girl’s [email protected]. in Sarasota, Fla., and at the Old Globe Theatre Fest is upon us. costume-themed birthday party thrown by her 18 Feb. 23, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES Feet of Clay. Photo courtesy of LASTmatch Theatre Company THEATER REVIEW War (the first one and the present one) vets and Army lifers, and that works well, too. Feet of Clay But all of that is little more than a writing ex- Playwright: Stephen Louis Grush ercise in style and adaptation. I can discern no At: LASTmatch (sic) Theatre Company, vital or apparent reason for creating this Amer- Royal George Gallery, 1641 N. Halsted ican version, other than as practice. Along the Tickets: 312-988-9000; way, Grush has made one large, fatal error: He’s http://www.lastmatch.org; $25 condensed Chekhov’s work into a much shorter Runs through: March 19 play. Chekhov’s three acts become three scenes Eddie Bennett (left) and Alex Weisman in Mary. Photo by Liz Lauren in Grush’s long one-act. What that does—and BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL this is the fatal part—is to rob the audience of the ability to come to know the sisters deeply does David reject his family’s ways (much as he THEATER REVIEW I didn’t see the press release for Feet of Clay, and sympathetically, and to see the relation- lost his accent upon migrating north), demand- so I didn’t know beforehand that it was based ships grow between them and the men they Mary ing that Mary, the illiterate housekeeper, be on Chekhov’s Three Sisters. However, it took love. Indeed, the men’s roles are so greatly re- Playwright: Thomas Bradshaw taught to read. only minutes to figure out as Stephen Louis duced that one scarcely understands that there At: Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn Time passes, Mary and Mrs. Jennings bond Grush’s play is quite faithful to the original, ARE relationships until they are announced. Phone: 312-443-3800; $10-$42 over widowhood and education, both dancing even down to correlating the character names: The intimate moments are missing. Runs through: March 6 at the boys’ Massachusetts wedding in 2005. Olga, Masha and Irina—Chekhov’s sisters— Above all, Grush’s swift version does not al- But all does not end happily: in an epilogue, we become Orah, Matty and Iris in Feet of Clay. low the audience to feel the slow and heavy BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE learn that two years later, Jonathan died of you- Chekhov’s play concerns the lives and loves of passage of time. To weep for these women and know-what disease, and Mary, now an ordained three adult sisters (and their wastrel brother) understand their heartache and loss one must Our play’s premise locates us in 1983, when Da- minister, proclaims this scourge to be divine who are the children of an army general. His spend a prolonged period of time with them. vid Jennings, a very gay music major, learns that punishment for the sin of homosexuality. death leaves them stranded in a dreary, rural Even in the shorthand of theater, that needs to his upstate New York school may have spawned It’s a thoroughly artificial construct, of Russian military town. They dream of returning be several hours. its first outbreak of AIDS. His boyfriend, Jona- course—the racist language is pasted into the to the social and cultural high-life of Moscow, Director David Perez has staged the play well than (David and Jonathan, get it?), wants to text as awkwardly as if lifted from a tourist where they grew up, but as several years pass in the tiny Royal George Gallery, which of- alert their campus LGBT organization, but David phrase-book, and a cook unable to read could it becomes clear they never will. Grush trans- fers little room to move. Scenic designer John refuses to cancel their plans to spend the Christ- scarcely be expected to do the grocery shopping poses Chekhov’s late-19th Century play to a Wilson provides atmosphere with a crumbling mas holidays together with his parents in Mary- (plantations don’t raise their own food any more, contemporary Louisiana army town where the wooden porch, perhaps an antebellum rem- land. The Jennings household, however, includes you know). If playwright Thomas Bradshaw and orphaned sisters dream of New Orleans. nant. Kimberly Logan (Orah), Jennifer Alex- a pair of African-American servants employed director May Adrales had presented this material Grush’s transposition is successful in part. ander (Matty) and Leah Karpel (Iris) display under antiquated conditions that nobody seems as the cartoon farce it wants to be instead of re- He’s evocation of a Louisiana parish near Fort nice intensity and pent-up energy. But the play to consider eccentric but damnyankee Jonathan. lying on its audience’s willingness to be bullied, Polk reeks of the bayou, with convincing use doesn’t provide enough for us to understand Only after a series of unfunny sitcom mishaps its slap-in-the-face criticism—Bradshaw claims of regional vocabulary and dialect, and proper the sources and complexities of that energy. Mac Wellman as his mentor—would still have details of food and drink. In place of Russian raised the desired questions: Does inhumanity military men, Grush fills the ranks with Iraq CRITICS’ PICKS beget inhumanity? Is the American South inher- ently evil? Was/Is ignorance bliss? Should we be housemaid with a shady past begins to behave The Earl, The Inconvenience at Red Or- surprised when those we thought to help turn THEATER REVIEW erratically, even as the burglary victim refuses chid, extended through March 2. You’d nev- on us? to co-operate with the private investigator sum- er guess it was Brett Neveu supplying the If Bradshaw’s goal is to stir controversy, de- The Moonstone Playwright: adapted by Rob Kauzlaric moned to identify the culprit. ultra-violence in this Shepardesque fable of bate and perhaps a fist-fight or two in the lobby, from the novel by Wilkie Collins Our shamus has plenty of help. The compul- boys’ games after the toys have gotten big- his adolescent diatribe may be counted a suc- At: Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N. Glenwood sion to join in the search for the thief—what ger and deadlier. Danny Goldring steals the cess. But in his zeal to jerk us around far harder Phone: 761-4477; $32-$35 the family steward dubs, “detective fever”—is show as a Dirty Harry-like hero they don’t than necessary, he leaves us no recovery time Runs through: March 27 as universal as it is irresistible. The novel’s epis- make any more. MSB during which to contemplate what lessons may tolary structure is rendered on the stage by a In Darfur, TimeLine Theatre, through be found in unpleasant opinions articulated by BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE bevy of serial narrators, none of whom are above March 20. This compelling drama about the actors grimly reciting ugly words as if through interrupting one another’s testimony to dispute recent genocide in Sudan masterfully shows surgical masks. Yes, social issues reduced to Zap It’s a statement of fact, not idle nostalgia, to say order of disclosure or to hint at further infor- the different agendas of people who are try- Comics-simplicity are provocative—but so is a that they don’t write stories like this any more. mation to come. Far from confusing playgoers ing their utmost to help out in an impos- pie in the eye. sible and deadly situation. SCM Wilkie Collins’ Victorian thriller shares credit likewise stricken with the sleuthing malady, this with Poe’s Gold Bug as the prototype for the de- device serves to keep the raconteurs firmly on Lakeboat, Steep Theatre, through Feb. 26. You’ll find no thrilling adventures on a T’s Bar to host tective story genre, but whodunits in 1868 were track as they guide us through a universe where freighter carrying steel from Duluth to Chi- expected to provide several weeks of ruminative substances frowned on today—e.g. opiates and cago, but a young David Mamet captures event on reading, each new revelation being only a small tobacco—were commonplace. the poetry of the inland seas and the men step toward actually solving the crime. And so, This brand of boat-in-the-bottle drama is whose lives are bound to its watery myster- lesbian plays given the length and intricacy of the source Lifeline’s stock-in-trade: Paul S. Holmquist’s di- T’s Bar & Restaurant, 5025 N. Clark, will ies. MSB material, Rob Kauzlaric’s two-and-three-quarter- rection makes for an always-uncluttered stage mark Pride Films and Plays’ upcoming lesbi- Travels with my Aunt, Writers’ Theatre, hour adaptation (with two intermissions) repre- picture (as do the dressers responsible for con- an-themed projects with an event Saturday, through March 27. This intimate work of sents a model of verbal efficiency. verting the 11 actors into twice that number of Feb. 26, 8-11 p.m. theatrical fabulosity, adapted from Gra- In the first 30 minutes we learn that a sacred characters in mere seconds). Together with Ian Two plays with lesbian themes are among ham Greene’s comic novel, is visually and diamond, stolen in India by a misanthropic co- Zywica’s multiple-level scenic design—encom- the finalists in the Great Gay Play Fest at verbally stylish. Its dazzling four-man cast lonialist, has brought misfortune and discord on passing locales ranging from the exotic Orient to Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, March all play the Aunt, and everyone else! Don’t his descendants, and that it is now in the pos- the foggy marshes of northern England—Cristina 3-6. Corinne J. Kawecki, author of one of miss. JA session of the lovely Miss Rachel Verinder, who DeRisi’s cello-based score of somnolent inciden- the plays (Short Expanse) will be present wears it to a party attended by her two would- tal music, and Brandon Wardell’s shadowy light- along with the play’s director, Liz Pazik. The —By Abarbanel, Barnidge be suitors—the urbane philanthropist, Godfrey ing, they create an atmosphere of suspense to other play is Learn to be Latina. and Morgan Ablewhite, and the long-estranged Franklin rivet our curiosity for every swiftly paced minute E-mail [email protected] for more Blake. The jewel is stolen from her boudoir that leading up to a satisfying resolution. information. very night, after some mysterious Hindu enter- tainers are sighted in the vicinity, whereupon a WINDY CITY TIMES Feb. 23, 2011 19 A “HILARIOUS, DISCOMFITING NEW SATIRE” —Chicago Reader Jackie and Me. Photo by Michael Brosilow “BOLD…BRAZEN… THEATER REVIEW sake, and to highlight just how unreasonable the racist invective that was hurled at anyone Jackie and Me (no matter what color) who was brave enough A PRICKLY PROD OF A PLAY” Playwright: Steven Dietz based to challenge America’s ingrained racism. upon Dan Gutman’s novel Though Sanders doesn’t have the benefit of a —Variety At: Chicago Children’s Theater at thrust stage (like director Sean Graney had with Ruth Page Center for the Arts, Honus and Me at the Goodman Theatre), he 1016 N. Dearborn works well with set designer Ian Zywica to in- Phone: 866-811-4111; $25-$35 corporate baseball hallmarks like bleachers and Runs through: March 27 rotating outfield walls to move the story along. As Dietz’s Robinson, Kamal Angelo Bolden BY SCOTT C. MORGAN seems a tad stiff, playing more of the baseball icon rather than a man thrust into a history- Sequels in theater rarely succeed. But in the making moment. (This stiffness also applies to case of Chicago Children’s Theatre’s Jackie and Tracey N. Bonner as Robinson’s wife, Rachel, Me, a duplicated formula definitely lives up to rather than her role as Joey’s strict history the original. teacher.) But this fault also lies with Dietz, who Chicago Children’s Theatre staged Steven Di- understandably simplifies things for younger au- etz’s adaptation of Dan Gutman’s children’s diences. novel Honus and Me to great acclaim in 2007. The rest of the cast gets more freedom rotating Now Dietz is back adapting another of Gutman’s through numerous roles, ranging from histori- formulaic books where a kid travels in time to cal figures like Brooklyn Dodgers owner Branch meet great baseball players. Rickey (a brash Charles Stransky) to fictional In the case of the 1999 novel Jackie and Me, it’s ones like Joey’s dad (Ron Rains in a role origi- the color-barrier-smashing baseball icon Jackie nally created by Sean Cooper, who is back to Robinson who now gets justifiably beatified in play the eccentric card shop owner Flip among Dietz’s new stage adaptation. Like in Honus and many other characters this time around). Me, young audiences learn American history and Patrick de Nicola is great in his two roles of important life lessons from the experiences of Joey tormentors, while Vanessa Greenway does Joey (an amiable and wide-eyed Tyler Ross) who what she can with the small role of Joey’s travels back in time via magical player cards to mom. meet with and befriend historical baseball play- Instead of playing during baseball season, Chi- ers. cago Children’s Theatre has instead strategically The twist this time around is that Joey be- programmed Jackie and Me during Black History Mary BY THOMAS BRADSHAW comes an African-American kid in the process, Month. It’s definitely a welcome addition that so Joey gets to experience the indignities of is both eminently entertaining as it is educa- DIRECTED BY MAY ADRALES segregation in 1947 America firsthand. tional. Now some audiences may grumble about di- rector Derrick Sanders’ decision to keep Ross as Joey instead of rotating in an African-American actor. But it’s a smart choice for consistency’s SPOTLIGHT NOW THROUGH MARCH 6 It wasn’t too long ago that Laura Jacqmin critically acclaimed Dental Society Midwin- ter Meeting played at Chicago Dramatists. If Outrageous. Ruthless. Explosive. Named “Best Provocative Playwright” by the you missed that world-premiere production, Village Voice, Thomas Bradshaw pulls no punches in his social satire Mary, thank your lucky stars that 16th Street The- ater is bringing back this quirky comedy that which confronts hypocrisy and oppression with exhilarating wit. looks at dentists in their off hours (and the scandals they bite into). Dental Society Mid- winter Meeting plays from Feb. 24 through “Like” us on Facebook and join the conversation about this provocative play. March 26 at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and at 5 and 8 p.m. Saturdays at the Ber- wyn Cultural Center, 6420 16th St., Berwyn. Tickets are $18. Call 708-749-4900 or visit GoodmanTheatre.org http://www.16thstreettheater.org. Photo 312.443.3800 courtesy of 16th Street Theater Special discounts for groups PRINCE CHARITABLE TRUSTS of 10 or more: 312.443.3820 Prince Prize for Commissioning Principal Support of Artistic Development Exclusive Airline of Original Work for Mary and Diversity Initiatives Goodman Theatre 20 Feb. 23, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES stop Mathis from attending (and financially sup- porting) a host of other artistic events around town. So, when this year’s Oscar memorial trib- KNIGHT ute is introduced and the movie actors and film- makers who passed away last year are shown in AT montage, I will take a moment to think of Ma- THE this, who co-hosted one hell of an Oscar bash. I will be thankful I got the chance to attend at MOVIES least one of them. Check out my archived reviews at http:// www.windycitymediagroup.com or http:// www.knightatthemovies.com. Readers can leave feedback at the latter website. By Richard Knight, Jr. Oscar galas Feb. 27 Once again, Chicago will be the site of at least two top-notch Oscar fetes. Queer at On Sunday, Feb. 27, Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, will host its annual “On Annette Bening (left) and Julianne Moore in The Kids Are All Right. The Red Carpet” Oscar Party. Guests will en- the Oscars joy sponsored cocktails and buffet while the Academy Awards are broadcast live on the big The gay community’s national holiday—the Speech. He will beat James Franco, who’s co- recent news of the problems with Regent Media screen in the Hoover-Leppen Theatre. Guests annual Oscar telecast—is once again upon us. hosting the Oscars along with Anne Hathaway, really hits home for LGBT filmmakers and queer may bid on vacations, spa packages and more (The awards don’t air until this Sunday at 7 p.m. who is nominated for 127 Hours. The “I might be film fans. The company has specialized in licens- in our silent auction throughout the evening. on ABC but trust me: Gay men all over the city gay” Franco is hot stuff and saw his public pro- ing and distributing LGBT and foreign films for Moreover, for the first time ever, the center is are already decorating for their viewing parties file take off in 2010. But suspiciously, the me- years—many of unparalleled quality. (Depar- conducting an Oscar prediction competition. as you’re reading this.) As far as queer Oscar dia blitz surrounding the actor who has played tures, a masterpiece from Japan, was the 2009 Doors open for the red carpet pre-show at nominations go, the year is refreshingly tilted gay myriad times (and will play gay again) has Best Foreign Film winner, for example.) They are 6 p.m., and the telecast begins at 7 p.m. Di- toward the ladies. either downplayed or completely ignored Fran- accused, via a lawsuit from investment firm Mer- rector-level tickets ($75) include admission The Kids Are All Right, out writer-director Lisa co’s startling performance as queer poet Allen rill Lynch, of fraudulently obtaining $90 million to the party, and producer tickets ($125) in- Cholodenko’s dramedy, is the most prominent of Ginsberg in Howl—the performance that should in loans, using its film library (which includes clude reserved telecast seating in the theater these with four nominations including one for have garnered him the nomination. close to 100 titles—a majority of them LGBT- with table service. See http://www.centeron- Best Picture, one for Annette Bening as one But there are dozens of examples I, and a themed) as collateral. halsted.org. of the lesbian moms, Cholodenko’s script (co- lot of other Oscar watchers, could cite when it Whether or not Regent (which, aside from the In addition, the Gene Siskel Film Center of written with Stuart Blumberg) and a supporting comes to movies and performances that didn’t films, also owns the Advocate, Out, the Here ca- the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, actor nod for Mark Ruffalo. I think the script get the all important nod. Then there are the ble channel,and various porn sites) goes down 164 N. State, will host “Oscar Night Amer- has a chance of winning (and certainly hope it movies and performances that nearly missed in flames or successfully refutes the charges, ica—Chicago,” Chicago’s only event sanc- does) but the movie’s shot at Best Picture isn’t the winners’ circle for business reasons. Slum- there are many pissed-off, saddened queer film- tioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts great. (The King’s Speech and The Social Net- dog Millionare, for example, was supposed to makers whose creative works are lodged in le- and Sciences. The event will be 6 p.m.-12 work are the odds-on favorites and out producer be released straight to DVD (aka: oblivion) be- gal purgatory. (Several of them talking about a a.m. Scott Rudin might get an Oscar for the former or, fore making it to theaters. Probably Blue Sky, class-action suit of their own.) And who knows Tickets are $100 each, and they must be in a long shot, his other contender, True Grit.) which eventually got released in 1994 after how many of these are future Oscar contenders? purchased in advance. For more information, Bening might finally also make it to the stage if being locked in the vault for four years during Certainly I Killed My Mother, from gay teenage call the Film Center at 312-846-2072 or e- voters have weighed her multiple nominations the bankruptcy proceedings of Orion Pictures, is French-Canadian auteur Xander Dolan, which is mail Joel Mangers at [email protected]. versus Natalie Portman, whose intense, techni- Oscar’s most celebrated Cinderella story. When mired in the legal mess, is one of them. (A full cally brilliant, much more showy performance in the movie finally emerged (it was the last film of list of titles presumed to be affected by the law- Black Swan is only her first Best Actress nod. bisexual director Tony Richardson, a casualty of suit are listed in a Feb. 11 story by Eric Kohn; Rustin film Whether it’s Natalie or Annette, a lesbian char- the AIDS plague in 1991), Jessica Lange won a it’s available at indiewire.com.) acter is going to win that Oscar (okay, a really Best Actress Oscar. Oscar party memorial: As for Oscar parties, screening screwed-up ballerina with lesbian fantasies, in This is an old story. Many, many other films the town is full of them, from high-ticket affairs the case of Portman). at Center Feb. 28 have gotten brief releases and then have be- to gay-bar viewing events. Last year I noted Brother Outsider—a film about the life of As for Best Actor, expect the talkative Colin come tangled in legal or creative purgatory and the Center on Halsted’s fancy fete and the Gene the ‘60s Black gay activist Bayard Rustin— Firth (who would have won last year playing gone on to box-office and award glory. (The Siskel Film Center’s Oscar bash, Chicago’s only of- will screen at the Center on Halsted, 3656 N. gay in the sublime A Single Man if not for Jeff rights to Hitchcock’s Vertigo kept it from being ficially sanctioned Academy Awards event (both Halsted, on Monday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. Bridges and his worthy performance in Crazy seen for decades while George Gershwin’s estate again taking place this year). I didn’t mention The film has been shown at The United Na- Heart) to make one of the drollest yet heartfelt still refuses to let 1959’s Porgy & Bess be shown the annual, hotly anticipated Oscar bash hosted tions, The Kennedy Center and for members speeches of the night for his role in The King’s because certain people don’t like it much.) But by Hugh Mathis and Tom Hedeen, as it was by of Congress, as well as at hundreds of film invitation only. The two friends had co-hosted festivals, community forums, and schools; it their lavish viewing party for years and last year is also being used widely in diversity presen- CULTURE CLUB agreed, without hesitation, to add a fund aising tations at corporations, law firms and other component for the Queer Film Society (QFS), the workplaces. non-profit gay movie critic and academic orga- The Chicago Urban League and WTTW-11 nization that this writer heads. are co-sponsoring the showing, and there I didn’t meet the very gracious Hedeen until will be a post-screening discussion with film- the night of the party but the gregarious Mathis maker Bennett Singer. had attended several QFS screenings and was fanatical and funny in e-mails and phone calls about the preparations leading up to the big Facets develops night. When I arrived, indeed, the décor (includ- ing a life-sized Oscar statuette), food and spir- anti-bullying series Facets Multimedia, 1517 W. Fullerton, will its were mighty impressive—even by gay men’s starting screening films that are part of the standards. Mathis and Hedeen, ablaze with en- “No Bullies, Please!” series Tuesday, March 1, ergy and enthusiasm, were great hosts, greeting at the facility and at specific Chicago-area their guests (many of them in costume with a schools. few in drag, natch) and working the crowd. As The first of the programs, “Sticks and I looked around the packed room and watched Stones,” is targeted for first- through third- friend and stranger alike unite over this one’s graders. “Actions Speak Louder” is for fourth- bad gown and that one’s witty remark during and fifth-graders, while, for middle school- the telecast, I experienced a real sense of com- ers, “Teasing Texts: Don’t Hit Send!” covers munity with My People. the too-familiar scenarios of text bullying But this year the Mathis-Hedeen party prob- Thursday–Sunday through March 27, 2011 and unwisely-sent e-mails. ably won’t be happening as shockingly, Mathis, Call 773-761-4477 or visit www.lifelinetheatre.com E-mail [email protected] or call only 41, passed away unexpectedly while on 773-281-9075, ext. 3009. a vacation in late January. He had had health problems throughout the year but that didn’t WINDY CITY TIMES Feb. 23, 2011 21 munity. Her work pleads for “Far Away” is from Ambrosius’s solo bow, Late social justice (“Rhythm Na- Nights & Early Mornings. The trimmed-down Bieber airs tion”), remembers loved Ambrosius might be recognized as being half of ones lost to AIDS (“To- the acclaimed duo Floetry. The pair also penned views on gether Again”) and tackles Michael Jackson’s “Butterflies.” The scornful homophobia (“Free Xone”). single “Hope She Cheats on You (With a Bas- gays, abortion On top of recording a mes- ketball Player)” already has been released from Justin Bieber’s popularity is skyrocketing, sage for the It Gets Bet- Ambrosius’s Late Nights & Early Mornings. thanks to his music, film and television ap- ter campaign, the Grammy Sophie B. Hawkins has posted a new song pearances—but he may now have hit a sour POP winner penned the self- “Flying at Half Mast” in reaction to the tragic note with the LGBT community. help book True You: A Jour- shootings in Tucson, Ariz., that took place Jan. In an interview with Rolling Stone maga- MAKING ney to Finding and Loving 8. This track is available for free download at zine, the “Baby” singer seemingly implied Yourself. Jackson’s latest sophiebhawkins.com. that homosexuality is a choice, even though SENSE retrospective Number Ones Hawkins is no stranger to mixing her craft with he added that people’s lives are no one by David Byrne spans three decades and current events. Last year, proceeds from “The else’s business. When asked if he believes with Tony Peregrin includes the new track Land, the Sea & the Sky” benefitted Waterkep- homosexuality is a sin, Bieber responded, “Make Me.” per’s Alliance to aid the Gulf Coast oil spill. Also, “It’s everyone’s own decision to do that. It On “It Gets Bet- she transformed her breakthrough hit “Damn I doesn’t affect me and shouldn’t affect any- ter” Rebecca Drysdale Wish I Was Your Lover” into “Damn! We Wish You one else.” tells the story of high Were President” in conjunction with Hillary Clin- The interview also had him being more Just three months before the due date of the school youths leading tor- ton’s presidential run. “Betcha Got a Cure,” from conservative about abortion, even when the highly anticipated album Born This Way, Lady mented lives. Drysdale sums up recent public the forthcoming album Dream Street & Chance, pregnancy is caused by rape, saying that Gaga returns to Chicago with fellow New York- episodes of bullying by stating, “There’s no one is available for purchase on Hawkins’s official “everything happens for a reason.” He also ers Scissor Sisters for The Monster Ball Tour at who is meaner than a bunch of asshole teens.” web page. said, “I really don’t believe in abortion. I The United Center, 1901 W. Madison, on Monday, During the bridge, a laundry list of LGBT celeb- think [an embryo] is a human. It’s like kill- Feb. 28. rities is rattled off. This recalls the “Vogue”- ing a baby.” The controversial blonde could not wait to like “Legendary Children (All of Them Queer)” However, according to Digital Spy, Roll- release the title track, which sounds like the by Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood ing Stone admitted that an “editing error” love child of Madonna’s “Express Yourself” and fame. Some of the names that Drysdale mentions resulted in Bieber’s comments on abortion Patrick Hernandez’s “Born to Be Alive.” There are not commonly known as queer, such as ac- being misquoted. Bieber’s full quote was, is no relation with the coming-out disco an- tor Sir Alec Guinness and Billie Joe Armstrong “Um. Well, I think that’s really sad [referring them “I Was Born This Way,” which has been from Green Day. “It Gets Better” is available on to abortion], but everything happens for a sung by Valentino and Carl Bean. On a recent iTunes and the video is on YouTube. reason. I don’t know how that would be a appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, As part of the It Gets Better campaign, TimPer- reason. I guess I haven’t been in that posi- Gaga said she received an e-mail with a blessing manent posted a very personal video. Here, he tion, so I wouldn’t be able to judge that.’” from Madonna’s camp, as many have compared recounts how he was picked on continually in During the interview, Bieber also said the two hits. The “Paparazzi” singer’s new look high school and even in college. But things did that he does not agree with war, saying, “I gives a nod to the modified persons community get better for him, as he beams talking about think everyone should just get along.” He with dulled horns in her temples and protruding making music and performing before an audi- also said in the seven-page piece that he bones in her shoulders. When Lady Gaga was in ence. believes that people should not have sex town last summer for Lollapalooza, she unveiled TimPermanent just released the EP Marker. Just without love. the grammatically incorrect “You and I.” imagine if Jason Mraz had a gay younger brother There is a Facebook petition to get a Scissor who has a knack for electronica. On “More Than Marsha Ambrosius. Sisters song to be performed on Glee, ever since Want,” the Los Angeles-based artist feels pres- Emmy Award winner Chris Colfer said he would love to do one of the quartet’s numbers on the primetime program. “Any Which Way” and the terribly catchy Elton John collaboration “I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’” seem to be obvious choices, but the ’80s electro-sleaze delicacy “Invisible Light” or Talking Heads-inspired “Running Out” could do the trick, too. Scissor Sisters’ Night Work is out now. Janet Jackson’s Number Ones: Up Close and Personal Tour will be holding court Monday, Center on Halsted March 7, through Wed., March 9, at The Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State. Throughout her career, the Oscar Party superstar has claimed the top spot on the pop, ® dance and R&B charts on multiple occasions. 2011 The concert’s set list ranges from the assertive, funky jam “What Have You Done for Me Lately?” to Jackson’s contribution to the 2010 Tyler Perry film Why Did I Get Married Too?, “Nothing.” In 2008 Jackson deservingly received the Van- guard Award at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards for continually supporting the LGBT com- TimPermanent. sure to hold back and asks, “and what you might say if I was to sing it out like Beyonce Knowles?” On “Asymmetrical” the singer-songwriter con- fides that he bears his soul in his craft, which is a perfect lead into the more organic closing track “Alkaline.” On Marker TimPermanent gives a glimpse to thoughts running through his mind in a fun, personable fashion. Marsha Ambrosius has a must-see video on her hands with “Far Away.” Here, the British chanteuse belts out a slower-paced song—not to be confused with Carole King’s classic—while telling the story about her gay friend. After awk- ward social interactions with the object of his affection and getting beaten up in the park, her friend overdoses on pills. At the end of the clip, Ambrosius reveals that she lived through a simi- lar event with one of her friends and she begs Lady Gaga on the cover of Billboard. for tolerance and change. 22 Feb. 23, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES Sidetrack raised money for both Affinity Com- munity Services and Broadway Youth Center. Chuck Hyde, one of Sidetrack’s co-owners, said, MillerCoors donates “We are very proud of MillerCoors and now that they have their headquarters in Chicago they to LGBT organizations have reached out to our community. They are partnering with us all the time in many different ways and this is just one significant one they did last summer. We want them to make a nice beginning in Chicago so they can grow with our growing community.” Michele Miller of Affinity said, “this is an awe- some day and I am so honored. I want to thank Sidetrack for thinking of Affinity when it came to donating the funds from MillerCoors. It’s an honor and we really appreciate Sidetrack’s faith in us.” George Nichols, manager of the Boystown bar North End, said it originally partnered with Bet- ter Existence for HIV, but since that agency fold- ed it is looking for another organization. Nichols said he appreciated MillerCoors for holding this challenge last summer as well as the company’s commitment to the community. Spin Nightclub owner Dave Gassman said he was thrilled to help Chicago House since the agency does such great work in the community. Michael Herman, who is the development direc- BY Carrie Maxwell an amazing event because it is truly what the tor of Chicago House, said, “All of our corpo- community is about, partnering. We very easily rate sponsors are fantastic, including Spin who MillerCoors presented checks to several LGBT could have set aside a certain amount of dollars is looking out for us and is very helpful to us. non-profits Feb. 16 at its Chicago headquarters and just given it away, but we said no let’s work Those kinds of cooperative events allow us to as the culmination of last summer’s “Great Cents with our partners. So we reached out to local grow and thrive as an organization.” Challenge.” Participating gay bars selected LGBT bars and said to them, help us help the com- Roscoe’s General Manager Brenden Chrisman charities to benefit from sales of MillerCoors munity. We asked, who should we work with? We thanked MillerCoors while Shawn Hazen, the products. thought what a great way to do it since we are nightspot’s promotions and marketing manager, At the event, non-profit representatives and new to the community. We’ve only been here in said “This program that MillerCoors has put those from MillerCoors and its distributors joined town for a couple of years [as a merged com- together to give to charities is great. Howard bar owners and managers. pany] and it really gives us the opportunity to Brown has been so involved in our community The challenge raised $15,000, which will be be sincere in our desire to help local organiza- and based in our community so it was without funneled to the charities on behalf of the dis- tions.” question who we were giving our money to.” tributors, retailers (the Chicago bars that partic- Mary Lou Polcyn, who has been with Chicago Also attending were two representatives from ipated) and MillerCoors. They raised the money Beverage Systems for 15 years as director of cus- the board of the group hosting the Gay Softball by setting aside 15 cents from the sale of every tomer service and liaison in the LGBT Commu- World Series in Chicago this summer. Board Pres- MillerCoors product sold at the participating nity, said she was “thrilled with the commitment ident Ted Cappas and Larry Kuhn, the group’s bars. that MillerCoors has made in the LGBT commu- director of sponsorships and partnership, at- The participating bars were: T’s, sofo, The nity. They have always been great partners with tended because of their relationship with Mill- Glenwood Bar, Sidetrack, The North End, Spin Chicago Beverage Systems. Now that the head- erCoors. “We really want to create an integrated and Roscoe’s. The benefiting agencies were Les- quarters for MillerCoors is in Chicago and the partnership with the community before, during Doug Sanborn of MillerCoors presented checks Feb. 16 from funds raised by gay bars for Chicago LGBT non-profit agencies during last summer’s Great Cents Challenge. Photos by Hal Baim bian Community Care Project (LCCP) of Howard joint venture we have with MillerCoors is getting Brown Health Center (HBHC), HBHC itself, HB- stronger, it’s very exciting to reach out to the and after the World Series,” Kuhn said. Cappas HC’s Broadway Youth Center, Chicago House and community through the charities in Chicago.” added, “This goes along with what Doug said Affinity Community Services. Colm Treacy, owner of T’s, Sofo and The Glen- about not just giving money and walking away. During the check presentation, Doug Sanborn, wood bars, selected LCCP. “It is a great opportu- It’s about having a relationship and partnering brand manager for multicultural marketing—LG- nity to work with MillerCoors and the community to help the community in a positive way. That is BT for MillerCoors, explained why the company to raise money for the community,” Treacy said. one thing we are proud of with the World Series, was a partner for this event. He said MillerCoors Daisy Lynn Mertzel, director of community which is the charity aspect where any leftover CEO Leo Kiely put forth a challenge with this relations at Howard Brown Health Center, said proceeds will be given to charity. We are hoping statement: “We work in this community, we live the recognition and support they are receiving to raise $20,000 during the series to help the in this community, so we need to partner in this through this event speaks volumes regarding local community.” community.” Sanborn thanked Chicago Beverage MillerCoors commitment to what LCCP does as The check presentations were made at the Systems, one of the distributors, as well as the an organization. Her colleague, Christina San- company’s Fred and Adolph’s Pub, and approxi- bars. tiago, manager of programming at LCCP, said mately 75 people attended the event. Sanborn said the company no longer does “Colm and the entire T’s family has been such a in next week’s issue, Windy City Times will “sponsorships” but rather “partnerships” with huge supporter of LCCP … so we are all a part of profile Doug Sanborn, the brand manager of the community. the same family and are happy to continue this multicultural and LGBT relations for Miller- “It just warms my heart,” Sanborn said. “It’s relationship.” Coors. WINDY CITY TIMES Feb. 23, 2011 23 who I am. You always have a fear when you meet JW: I hope there will be. There were many famous people that they will be a douchebag or mixed feelings from the public. Some people your image will crumble. All of my heroes—Lady liked it; some people hated it. There was a lot Gaga, Elton John and Christina Aguilera—have of drama and injury on the show, which is what been so beyond amazing. America loves to watch. I was proud of the show. WCT: Is your reality show Be Good Johnny It came off much better than I thought it would. Weir coming back? We had an average of five million viewers per JW: We are coming back again. The first sea- episode. It is not the 20 million of Dancing With son was on the Sundance Channel and now we the Stars or American Idol but we were beat- will be on the Logo network. It will start in the ing Modern Family, which is also on ABC and springtime. The first season was my journey to an Emmy-winning show. It all depends on the the Olympic games and the competitions. Sea- networks and want they want for their program- son two is about me creating my own show. It ming. I am very hopeful that we will do another will involve ice, singers, dancers, prostitutes— season. whatever you think will be in the show will be Buy Johnny Weir’s book, Welcome to My BOOKS there. I want to have a cabaret Berlin-in-the- World, at http://www.borders.com or skate ‘30s notion to it. The entire show will be about over to your local bookseller. Johnny Weir self-acceptance and loving yourself. It will focus on my life and going to across the country on Johnny Weir. lets us in the bus, all my day-to-day life. The main dia- mond will be this spectacular that I have put ed me to be some Liza Minnelli doppelganger. together. his ‘World’ WCT: Growing up, were you bullied or picked BY JERRY NUNN WCT: You even have a song out now. on? JW: It came out the same time as the book; it’s JW: I lived my childhood in rural Pennsylvania Johnny Weir skated his way into being a U.S. na- called “Dirty Love.” It’s already number one in so didn’t experience it at first because I lived in tional champion three times as well as a bronze Japan. It is rising up slowly on the United States a satellite sort of town. There was not a lot of medalist. He recently took his flamboyant cos- dance charts. I am very proud of it. I went into outside influence and everyone knew each other. tumes out of the closet with a new memoir en- it as a side project. I had so much fun doing it It was a utopian way to grow up. I could run titled Welcome to My World. and I said let’s release it. If one person buys it through the forest without a care in the world. and enjoys it that’s more than enough for me, Windy City Times: Hello, Johnny. I just read That was a beautiful way to grow up. I wanted people to have fun and try something your book and you dedicated it to your par- When I moved to Delaware to pursue figure new. People tend to think that I try to do things ents. Have they always been supportive of skating I went to my first real integrated school for attention and money. In reality, I do things you? with African-American kids, Muslim kids, Jew- Johnny Weir: Absolutely. They have always because they are fun and I enjoy it. ish kids—all those different people who had no been my biggest cheerleaders. When I was young WCT: That’s a good way to live life. idea who I was [started] bullying because I was my mom taught me about style, being eclectic, JW: Yesterday I had the coolest moment be- different. I was tiny. I was pale. I didn’t go to being free and expressing your feelings. My dad cause I went through a Starbucks drive-thru and school the whole day because I had to go skat- taught me discipline, how to be strong and do heard someone in the car next to me blasting my ing and train. Everyone knew what I was doing everything right the first time you do it. In that song. as a figure skater and, of course, you get bullied way my parents were already teaching me to be WCT: Congrats! Will there be more seasons Weir at a book-signing. Photo by Jerry Nunn for doing those things. I never got sad when I an Olympic figure skater. of Skating With the Stars? was called the f-word or a name. I am not a per- WCT: It was interesting to read the whole son that cries over those things. I get stronger. journey towards your goals and all the be- I always come back fighting and I don’t know hind-the-scenes [details] to get you there. why that it. It is my defense mechanism. When JW: I wanted to give the full experience and Coleman comes in second someone wants to belittle me then I come back the whole story. Even when you show up to com- 10 times harder so that I can be the one that petition then you start to tell a little story of laughs last. I don’t let it effect me in a negative yourself to the press they only use little pieces way. and they talk about little parts. Your words can WCT: How has the whole coming-out pub- get twisted and that was the main reason for my licly been for you? memoirs. There was a lot of stuff out there about JW: I am shocked by the amount of attention me that wasn’t true or was written wrongly. This that coming out gets. I never lived in the closet. book was the chance to set people straight on I don’t remember sweeping on top of my issues. many different facets of my personality and dif- I was born gay. I was born white and I was born ferent times in my life. male. I don’t celebrate any of those things be- WCT: You mentioned being a private person cause they are not important to who Johnny but then you were out there with all the of Weir is. the outfits. Everything I have done in my life I have JW: Fashion is very inspiring to me and I worked really hard for and I want people to focus almost go drag queen where I wear the heels, on those things. The whole admission that I was make-up on or a big fur coat. Those things get in a long-term gay relationship is dirt for people noticed. But today, for example, I have jeans to run with. Most people are hung up on the gay and cashmere hoodie on. I change it up. Nobody Chicagoan Georg Coleman with her partner, Theresa McCauley (on the left in the right pho- thing more than [I am]. I don’t celebrate it on a really cared when I looked like a boy. They want- to), were at a celebration Feb. 20 at Charlie’s bar. Georg was a finalist on The Food Network’s regular basis. It is kind of a moot point because Worst Cooks in America show, coming in second. Photo by Tracy Baim now I am so busy. I don’t have sex. I don’t have a boyfriend or a girlfriend. I am married to an airplane. It has probably been made into a big deal by the press because I didn’t make a big deal of it in the book. DaveOuanoPhotography.com WCT: You talk about Christina Aguilera in Events • Fashion • Fitness the book and what a fan you are. Have you met her? JW: I got to meet Christina when I went to the MTV Movie Awards this past spring. I started walking the red carpet and there was a big com- motion. I sent my manager over to grab her and tell her that I wanted to meet her. That is how things work in Hollywood circles, which I am still not accustomed to. She came over and she had seen me skate. I have always respected her for never caving in to what the public wanted to see from her. She was always so powerful and used her talent as opposed to other things to become famous. She ModelMayhem.com/DaveOuano relied on her voice to sell albums. I always re- spected that and tried to bring that philosophy FACEBOOK: Dave Ouano Photography to my world. I try to take no prisoners and be [email protected] 24 Feb. 23, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES NUNN ON ONE: JB: I have a movie right now; [even though] How do I make that happen? TELEVISION it is a very small part but I am in all the trailers. JB: [Laughs] Well, you have to start small. She It is called Hall Pass. It is the Farelly Brothers started as a small station. She was a writer when movie. It is coming out Feb. 25. I don’t have a she was young at the Today Show and then they Joy Behar airs her views lot of time for acting but I love to do it. If I put her on the air one day and she kept going. didn’t have two shows and only had one then I You have to have a break but I think a small BY JERRY NUNN would do something else. market is where you start. WCT: Have you had a guest on The View who WCT: You have to come back to Chicago Joy Behar is an accomplished comedian, writer was a special one for you? soon. and actress known for her quick wit on the talk JB: Catherine Deneuve. I love French and Brit- JB: I love Chicago. When we were there we show The View. She started her own television ish Cinema. I like foreign films and she is on said, “ We would rather live in Chicago with all program, The Joy Behar Show, in 2009 on HLN. the top of my list. When she came there I was of its miserable weather than live in Los Ange- Beginning as a teacher in New York, Behar like, “Whoa!” In fact I was stalking her so much les.” instead moved to the next logical step—stand- that she asked me if I was gay! She said, “Are For more Joy-ful antics see her weekdays up—before landing Barbara Walter’s creation for you lesbian?” I said, “Not really but I still love on ABC and HLN. For up to date listings and ABC The View back in 1997. She has hosted her you.” information visit http://theview.abc.go.com own segment, “Joy’s Comedy Corner,” that has WCT: I want to be the gay Barbara Walters. Nand http://joybehar.blogs.cnn.com. opened the door to a variety of comedians, and she has written a couple of books such as Sheet- zucacapoopoo: My Kind of Dog. Controversy has and the Roberto Clemente High School steel followed all of The View cast members, including Heartland’s drum band, among others. Behar, who recently walked off the set (along ‘Art of Human Tickets are $17.50. (Kids under 2 are free.) with castmate Whoopi Goldberg) during an in- Buy tickets at http://www.BrigidsBags.com or terview with Bill O’Reilly. Strong opinions are Rights’ Feb. 25 at the door. what make talking with Behar a joy! “The Art of Human Rights”—Heartland Al- Windy City Times: Hello, Joy. How was your liance’s annual silent and live art auction recent trip to Chicago and going on the Oprah featuring unique works of art from across the Cinema Q film Winfrey Show? world, gourmet fare, cocktails and music—will Joy Behar: We had a lot of fun. I like Oprah take place Friday, Feb. 25, at Gruen Galleries, series in Chicago The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs very much. I found her to be very generous and 226 W. Superior, 6:30-9:30 p.m. and Special Events, the Queer Film Society, sweet. All in all, it was a lovely experience. We Individual tickets start at $125 ($150 at the the Center on Halsted and Chicago Filmmak- enjoyed it. door). See http://www.heartlandalliance.org/ ers are presenting Cinema Q, a new film series WCT: I attended Whoopi Goldberg’s show at howtohelp/events/artofhumanrights. celebrating outstanding LGBT movies made in the Venue that evening. Chicago. JB: How was that? The free screenings will take place on four WCT: She covered lots of hot topics. She ‘Milly’s Spring Wednesdays—March 16, 23, 30 and April said that Elizabeth Hasselbeck has grown a Spectacular’ 6—in the Chicago Cultural Center ’s Claudia lot from the show. Do you think that is true? Cassidy Theater, 78 E. Washington, at 6:30 JB: Well, she has never been homophobic. March 20 p.m. All screenings will feature a discussion She’s pro-female but she is still a Republican. “Milly’s Spring Spectacular: Family Style”— and Q&A following the film. This series con- WCT: Would you do stand-up like that an installment of “Milly’s Orchid Show”—will tains films with mature subject matter. Viewer again? take place Sunday, March 20, at the Park discretion is advised. JB: You know what? I haven’t done any stand- West, 322 W. Armitage. The show starts at Films include Quearborn & Perversion: An up since last July because I have two shows 3:30 p.m.; the parade lines up at 3:15 p.m. Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago (March now. I have a lot on my plate. I certainly plan to “Milly’s Orchid Show,” a show featuring 16); Go Fish and outtakes from Fish Out of go back to it when I have time. Joy Behar. Photo courtesy of ABC eclectic acts, introduced the world to such Water (March 23); JoJo Baby and two music WCT: How is your grueling schedule of doing individuals as David Sedaris, and has featured videos of The Joans by Peter Neville (March both shows? Are you exhausted? JB: Well, it has made me financially solvent— performers such as Poi Dog Pondering and 30); and Were the World Mine (April 6). For JB: No, I am not physically exhausted at all that is for sure. I bought a house. That’s one Blue Man Group. This year’s show includes fla- more info, visit http://www.ChicagoCultural- because it is just a full day’s work. I do have a thing. It allows me more access to things. More menco dancing Wendy Clinard and her family Center.org or call 312-744-6630. lot of stuff in my head all day long, a lot of top- people know me so my career is better. In terms ics. I have to read the papers all day and don’t of my personal life it has not changed it that have a minute where I can zone out. much. I still have the same boyfriend. My daugh- WCT: That must be a hard job sometimes. ter and I are as close as ever. My friends are the JB: That’s the thing; I have to really pay at- same. tention because I am in charge of the show. The WCT: You have been so supportive of gay View has topics that I have to be on top of, comics such as Mario Cantone and Alec Mapa. Jojo Baby. we have guests, I have to watch movies, do re- Why do you have such a strong connection to search. It’s a lot of homework but I like it. the gay community? WCT: How does it feel to have your own JB: The gay community was very good to me show? when I first started my comedy. I started in the JB: I like having my own show because I can village at a place called the Five Oaks near Chris- call the shots. There are things that I am inter- topher Street. They were always my big fans. ested in doing. When you are in charge of a show They always understood what I was trying to do. revenue in the organization that we generate it’s more fun in a way because you have fewer That’s one reason I feel great about them for CEO from page 15 through our medical practice on a fee-for- people telling you what to do. I like that. that. I am very thankful, actually. service basis. [This] actually includes mental WCT: Is there a guest that you would like to The other thing is that I have a soft spot health, which she doesn’t technically oversee. have that you haven’t had yet? for anyone that is the underdog. Gays in this WCT: One of the issues seems to be that, Nonetheless, that’s $160,000 for $3 million JB: We are having Helen Thomas on today, unlike, say the other organizations you country still don’t have all the rights that they of the revenue. I’m responsible for five times which is an interesting booking because of the named, HBHC is a service organization. The deserve and I don’t think it’s fair. I really go that. Chicago House, a social-service agency stuff she said about Israel. Tomorrow we are crazy when there is unfairness in the world and other issue that people are raising is a ques- tion of scale, between how much a CEO gets which sees people for healthcare and housing, having Rosie O’ Donnell on. people are being mistreated in some way. It is in paid versus, say, what a case manager might $3 million worth of revenue; I have five times WCT: What is she promoting now? my personality to also speak out for minorities. get paid. that responsibility and I don’t make five times JB: She has a show on OWN [the Oprah Winfrey Anybody that needs help then I am there for JE: That’s not correct, either. First of all, any of my peers’ salary. Network] in the fall that she is promoting. Also, them. we’re the only LGBT health center in Chicago; If people want to be really serious, they need she is on that Lisa Kudrow show Who Do You WCT: Congratulations on the GLAAD Media we’re also the only health center that’s as di- to think about that. Same thing with our case Think You Are? I haven’t seen her for a while Award that you won last year. verse as Howard Brown is, in the whole city. managers: Our case managers at Howard Brown because after she left The View; we lost touch a JB: Thank you. That was nice. I really appreci- We’re not just healthcare, we’re also a youth are compensated comparably with their peers little bit but now she is back. ated it. It meant so much to me that award. I center, we’re also a retail shop. Even if you at other organizations. We strive to be at par- WCT: Good. Where do you see your show go- said at the time that I would rather have that took pure healthcare and compared it to other ity, if not a little bit ahead of that, and I’ve ing in the future? than an Oscar and I meant it. federally qualified health centers or community said publicly that one of my commitments to JB: I think that the show is getting better. WCT: That’s really nice to say… health centers, their CEOs all make comparable the organization making sure our talented staff It has gotten better even in the last two weeks JB: Of course, no one is offering me an Oscar salaries, if you compare them to an organiza- is appropriately compensated, because when and crisper. I see it becoming more interesting. so I guess it was easy to say. [Laughs] I am tion of our size. you work in the health industry in particular, I like to keep it smart and funny. kidding but I am serious about that. I prefer Take, for example, just the medical director. you have to compete with hospitals, which can WCT: I want to ask you the question that an award that says I am doing something good Our chief medical officer rightly earns about pay much more money. Those people deserve Oprah started to but ran out of time. How has in the world other than having a great perfor- $160,000 a year, and that’s because he or she to be compensated, or we’ll lose them. The View changed your life? You have been mance. is responsible for about $3 million worth of there since the beginning. WCT: Do you want to do more movies? WINDY CITY TIMES Feb. 23, 2011 25 NUNN ON ONE: BOOKS fast food. People should admit that they are powerless to not go through a drive thru and not touch it. Studies have shown that fast food Jane Velez-Mitchell is addictive. Look at kids—they love it an early age. tackles addiction WCT: Do you have kids yourself? JV-M: No, I don’t. I have two little rescue BY JERRY NUNN the remorse. The remorse wears off and the crav- dogs. Those are my kids. ing comes back. The thing about addiction is WCT: You are partnered, right? HLN’s Jane Velez-Mitchell is a best selling au- that it gets more pronounced over time and the JV-M: I do have a girlfriend. We have not de- thor with a new book called Addict Nation. The reason is that we as addicts build up a tolerance cided to call each other partners yet. out lesbian has been a recovering addict herself and need more of the same to get the same rush WCT: Your show, Issues with Jane Velez- for over 15 years. Jane chatted Nunn on One or kick. It always gets worse and worse until the Mitchell, is still going strong? about her current “Issues.” point of crisis. Hopefully the person hits bottom JV-M: Yes. It has been more than 10 years now Windy City Times: Hello, Jane. How are and can see themselves more objectively. and we cover a lot of the subjects we have talk- you? WCT: Then what did you start to learn from ed about today. In fact I am covering different Jane Velez-Mitchell: Excellent. research? chapters in the book starting this week. WCT: Have you been busy with all the book JV-M: I started looking at other behaviors. WCT: People should check it out. You have promotions? Celebrities were keeling over from prescription already won the two Green Thumbs Up awards JV-M: I have been. It has been adventurous drug overdose. By talking to experts, I realized WCT: That is something to think about. for your book. but a little hectic. I am trying to not descend celebrities are just the tip of the iceberg. Pre- JV-M: I basically outline 12 addictive behav- JV-M: Yes, it is a blueprint for green living. I into my addictive behavior from the stress of it. scription drug overdoses have surpassed car ac- iors that are not usually acknowledged as addic- hope everyone reads Addict Nation. I defy any- It’s always a challenge. cidents as the leading cause of death! This is a tions. It is a wake-up call. The bad news is that one who lives in the United States to not iden- WCT: Well, you will be pleased to know that huge crisis. Yet it has not been acknowledged as we are not only enslaved into these terrible self- tify with some of the addictions listed in this I gave up drinking for the New Year. the crisis that it is because it is medicine. destructive behaviors that are making us high, book. JV-M: Congratulations! That is wonderful— WCT: People don’t even realize that it is a in debt, depressed and overweight but we are The book Addict Nation: an Intervention for if you gave it up for the right reasons. Some problem. also making a handful of people very rich. We America can be purchased at http://www.ad- people give it up for weight loss or any number JV-M: Yes; then, I started looking at food. Two are told for our economy to be stronger we all dictnation.org. of reasons. thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. have to buy products. The average American is WCT: That is just the bonus. Tell me about People are eating addictively. It was so clear to not getting rich off of this. The rich are getting your “blueprint for change.” me. The most dangerous addictions are the ones richer because they are encouraging our addic- JV-M: I am a recovering alcoholic and I will that we don’t even acknowledge. tive behavior. Television ads foster the addictive get to 16 years by April 1. I do it one day at a WCT: I agree with that. mindset. We live in a society that encourages time. As I got into sobriety I noticed over the JV-M: People are still talking about being over- people to be addictive across the board. years that other people were behaving very ad- weight is a lifestyle choice and it really isn’t. It WCT: What other addictions do you men- dictively but not just about alcohol or smoking. is addiction, plain and simple. People are bring- tion? I noticed a pattern of behavior in people. The ing all kinds of products in their homes, which I JV-M: Internet porn, which is a huge addic- first place I noticed was in generic consump- call a blended cross-addiction. This can be even tion. It is really destroying relationships. Once tion and buying stuff. People, myself included, with cleaning products. We know that plain old a person gets addicted to this a real flesh and come home every day with shopping bags full of soap and water kill 99 percent of germs. Peo- blood partner is not likely to do all the kinky things. Is this making us happier? No! I decided ple are now using products that were used in things that is being watched on a daily basis. to hold a consumers anonymous meeting. It was hospitals to the point where kids are develop- Gambling is another one. The Internet super- like a recovery meeting but about consumption. ing asthma and allergies because they have not sizes our addictions so if you have a tendency People started relating stories about buying been exposed to the healthy germs that build toward gambling or porn then it is like having a items at a superstore and making themselves resistance. brothel or casino 24 hours a day! feel better. Did they really need to buy two cases WCT: I have never heard that before. WCT: What do you recommend people do? of water bottles? JV-M: I go into a whole chapter in my book JV-M: The first step in any recovery problem is WCT: I doubt it. how these products then go into our eco system to admit that your life has become unmanage- JV-M: Everybody started sharing very emo- and pollute. The irony is that while we are clean- able and you are powerless over the substance tionally. To me, addiction is getting a craving, it ing, we are actually making the world a dirtier of choice or the behavior. For example, [take] Jane Velez-Mitchell. overpowers you, binge on it, then begin to feel place. BOOK REVIEW Streisand and her seeming indifference towards her audience; and how young, up-and-coming Stevie Nicks, My Life, As I See It: female performers should dress better and with An Autobiography more class. She also writes about spoiling her Ricky Martin by Dionne Warwick with cousin Whitney Houston, and supporting Hous- ton’s career goals. in town in April David Freeman Wooley Warwick writes of mistakes (the infamous “e” Legendary singers Stevie Nicks and Rod $25.99; Atria Books; she added to her last name on the advice of Stewart will stop Saturday, April 9, at the 384 pages, includes discography an astrologist, then dropped) and triumphs (re- United Center, 1901 W. Madison, as part of REVIEW BY TERRI SCHLICHMEYER energizing her career after disco almost killed their joint tour. it). She also writes of her passionate wish for In a press release, Stewart said, “With Throughout your life, music has been your back- the cure of AIDS and her tireless work toward Stevie on board our audiences are in store ground. that end. for an evening of pure rock & roll music. Hear the first notes of “Baby Love” and you’re The problem with My Life, As I See It is that I’m already thinking about which of my old 10 years old, sitting on your back steps in the it suffers from the same malady as do so many favorites to bring back and, vocally, I think sun. Listen to the opening of “Hot Stuff,” and other stars’ autobiographies—that is, the seem- we’ve both begun thinking about which you’re doin’ the hustle in your memories. Hear ingly incessant need to mention the names of songs might be great fun and well-suited “Chances Are,” and you’re ready for cuddling. every single person with whom the writer ever for a duet or two.” But what plays in the background for those worked. Also, out singer Ricky Martin will be lo- same singers? Read My Life, As I See It: An Au- You can well imagine that, in her decades of cal in April. He will appear at the Allstate tobiography by Dionne Warwick, and you might performing, author Dionne Warwick worked with Arena Tuesday, April 19, as part of his find out. a lot of people. You can also imagine how tire- “Musica+Alma+Sexo” world tour. Tickets are Born just before World War II, Marie Dionne some it gets trying to slog through pages and $40.50-$126.50. Warrick was raised in a diverse neighborhood pages of shout-outs and brief anecdotes. War- Tickets are available online at http:// where everyone got along despite their differ- wick then goes further by acknowledging child- www.LiveNation.com. ences. Warrick (who always went by her middle hood friends, the likes of whom few readers will name) loved to perform, and her grandfather, with a misspelling, and the singer became of- know or care about. Yes, there are some amusing a minister, gave her the confidence to sing in ficially known as Dionne Warwick. stories in this book but finding them is a dual church. Throughout her career, Dionne Warwick worked lesson in archaeology and spelunking. Ricky Many in Warrick’s family possessed musical tal- with some of music’s best-known singers and I think, if you’re a major, dyed-in-the-wool, Martin. ent and some of them performed as The Drinkard songwriters. In this book, she writes about long-time fan of Dionne Warwick, you might Photo by Singers. In high school, Warrick formed The Gos- her early years and how she worked with Burt want to peek at My Life, As I See It. For the rest Jerry pelaires and that group was asked to do studio Bacharach and Hal David, and the “triangle mar- of us, though, just “Walk On By.” Nunn back-up for other acts. riage that worked” until it ended in lawsuits. Want more? 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Photo from the Chicago Auto Show website www.ArlingtonKia.com 28 Feb. 23, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES Sunday, Feb. 27 aChurch4Me MCC Worship Celebration The LGBTQ community’s oldest and larg- est spiritual movement; 11 a.m., Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, http://www. achurch4me.org Lambda Legal’s Womens’ Brunch Hear Brought to you by the combined efforts of remarks by Jenny Pizer, Lambda Legal’s National Marriage Project Director, and GOING GAGA learn how you can support Lambda Legal in its fight for LGBT civil rights. Confirm Monday, Feb. 28 your reservation by calling Carla at 312- 663-4413; 11 a.m., 312-663-4413, Shaw’s Little Monsters will be Crab House, 21 E Hubbard crawling all over the Wed., Feb. 23 Urban Village Church Wicker Park Worship Services LGBT welcoming worship services United Center, 1901 W. Working In the tradition of Studs Terkel, ‘BLACK’ MAGIC at Urban Village Church are eclectic and Madison, when Lady Gaga learn about local heroes through a vital Friday, Feb. 25 experiential, practical and intelligent, rel- new musical based on the book by Pulit- (above) takes the stage. evant and, hopefully, inspiring. 5:30 p.m., zer Prize-winning author and Chicago’s Woke Up Black will premiere 1502 N. Hoyne (at LeMoyne), http://www. own Terkel. Adapted by Stephen Schwartz at the Gene Siskel Film Center, newchicagochurch.com/ (WICKED, PIPPIN and GODSPELL) from the 164 N. State. 2011 On the Red Carpet Oscar Party Walk original adaptation by Stephen Schwartz the red carpet at the most glamorous Os- and Nina Faso, WORKING is the working car Party in town! Join us at The Center man’s A CHORUS LINE. 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The funds raised from this event until 4 a.m. Featuring a special Hydrag Re- so we’ll be throwing a wedding shower www.parlouronclark.com LGBT health and service organizations. will support Concern Worldwide’s Maternal view; 8 p.m., Hydrate, 3458 N. Halsted at Sidetrack in anticipation of the big Chicago Area GL Chamber of Commerce It is presented in association with Front- and Child Health programs in Haiti, Rwan- Woke Up Black, a new documentary by day! 7 p.m., Sidetrack, 3349 N Hal- runners/Frontwalkers Chicago, Chicago’s Mary Morten The film follows five Black sted, http://www.facebook.com/event. LGBT running and walking club. 7 p.m., youth as they journey into adulthood. 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USA Tour by Russian Gay Leader The Gay http://www.centeronhalsted.org php?gid=10150094929770492 Liberation Network kicks off a national The Monster Ball Tour Starring LADY GAGA tour by Russian Gay leader Nikolai Alek- Tour extended, appearing with special Thursday, March 3 seev and Andy Thayer. 2 PM at the Merlo guest Scissor Sisters 8 p.m., United Cen- Great Gay Play Fest Pride Films and Plays Public Library, 644 W. Belmont Avenue, ter, 1901 W. Madison, http://www.livena- presents staged readings of the five final- Chicago. 2 p.m., (773) 209-1187, Merlo tion.com ists in the Great Gay Play Contest. 7:30 Public Library, 644 W. Belmont, http:// p.m., 800-838-3006, Center on Halsted, www.gayliberation.net Tuesday, March 1 3656 N. Halsted, http://pridefilmsand- Lord of the Dance, the world’s highest Gay Incorporated & Marriage, Policing, plays.com grossing Irish Dance show created by Chi- and War forum, Gender JUST A screen- cago native Michael Flatley, performs at ing of the film Homotopia will precede Friday, March 4 the Rosemont Theatre for two shows on the interactive forum on the current LGBT Chicago-Kent Lambda’s First annual LGBT Saturday, Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. agenda and its impact on people of color, Civil Rights Conference Activist Art 800-745-3000, Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N. young people and low-income queers, Johnston, owner of Sidetrack and a co- River, http://www.rosemonttheatre.com focusing on the issues of same-sex mar- founder of Equality Illinois, will deliver Amy Armstrong and Freddy Allen Live at riage, policing through hate-crimes legis- the keynote address leading up to March Francesca’s on Chestnut Join talented lation and the issue of Don’t Ask Don’t 5 full-day of seminars at IIT Chicago-Kent cabaret duo Amy Armstrong and Freddy Al- Tell. [email protected]. 6 p.m., Rudy related to LGBT issues (see calendar list- len this Saturday at Francesca’s on Chest- Lozano Public Library, 1805 S. Loomis, ing for March 5); 6 p.m., Michael Lew nut, 8:30 p.m., Francesca’s On Chestnut, http://www.genderjust.org Gallery, 415 S. Sangamon, http://www. 200 E Chestnut, http://www.facebook. Raven Award for Excellence in Arts & cklambdas.com com/amyfreddy Entertainment The 2011 Raven Award Urbano Clubhouse Productions presents for Excellence in Arts and Entertainment Urbano Hip-hop for all, every Saturday will be presented to Award winning com- REFLECTING ON OSCAR night at Circuit. Music By DJ Kenae, DJ Co- poser and lyricist Stephen Schwartz for; rona and DJ Anton. $5 cover before mid- 7 p.m., 224-521-2491, Y-Bar, 224 W. On- Sunday, Feb. 27 night with pass, $10 after. 11 p.m., Circuit tario, http://www.ravenfoundation.org/ Night Club, 3641 N. Halsted, http://www. details/29-the-2011-raven-award circuitclub.com Two Oscar galas will take place at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, and the Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted. Get WindyCityMediaGroup.com Photo from 2010 by Kat Fitzgerald : online ChicagoPride.com WINDY CITY TIMES Feb. 23, 2011 29 Sunday, February 27 BILLY MASTERS NO COVER • 7pm An Annual Favorite... Oscar® Sunday Edition of “I have seen some of the episodes. My niece, my young niece saw Funny Girl on DVD and said, ‘How SHOW TUNE SUNDAY come you’re singing so many songs from Glee?”— Streisand shares her thoughts on Glee’ When specifically asked if she would consider being on the show, she added, “Not if I can help it.” As you all know, I was just in London for some theatre, opera, and, oh yes, the BAFTAs. But I’m surprised I never ran into Prince Harry because, 15%#4 as it turns out, we travel in similar circles. On Saturday night, Harry was cavorting in a gay bar Win Star with drag queens and scantily clad men while I 2#46; was trying to avoid running into Keira Knightley Treatment! for the umpteenth time (no matter where I go in London she’s there—like a stalker). I think Harry had the better night—he was at the popular Box Bar in SoHo celebrating a female friend’s birth- day. The group enjoyed the male strippers and *QUVGFD[%KTEWKV/QO female impersonators—to say nothing of quite Open at 3pm, with Show Tunes 4pm - 7pm; NO COVER a few beverages. When the Prince emerged at 3 a.m., his shirt was slightly undone and showed Nick Youngquest certainly makes sports worth Win your chance to watch the show from the a bit of his ginger happy trail—which always watching. makes us pretty happy. Sticking with the UK, a waiter at a popular blowing him, he’d be just another bottle blond 5KFGVTCEM¤5VCT$QZ¥ Chinese restaurant in SoHo just won a sexual- looking for work, so he should be more respect- Every hour, 4 people will win the right to sit in the “StarBox” discrimination suit. The waiter (who happens ful of people trying to give him work. He then with complimentary cocktails and surprises served up by to be gay and Chinese—not that it matters) texted, ‘Calvin is my partner—you don’t under- our scandalous Golden Oscar® Boys. 16 winners claims that two male managers simulated sex stand because you don’t have that. I am famous throughout the night...and a swag-bag could be yours too. acts in front of him and on sang “Like a Virgin” now, and people want me for my fame, and you and kissed and fondled each other. It sounds should be careful ‘cause of the people I know thanks to our friends at: like being at the Grammys—but is it sexual ha- and what they could do to you.’” People want rassment? He also claims that a customer once him for his fame? Really? WHO IS HE? A gay tweaked his nipple and the manager asked “Did porn star/hustler who’s trading sex for cash and you like it?” I’m wondering what service he pro- reconstructive plastic surgery. I’m sorry, but I vided to provoke a customer to go anywhere think it’s about time someone called a whore 3349 North Halsted St. SidetrackChicago.com near the nipple? I’m sure I’ve done it—but it’s a whore. He may not be in Playgirl but he’s on been established that I have boundary issues. BillyMasters.com. Come and get me... He claims that the restaurant is very chilly and Our “Ask Billy” question comes from Jeremy his thin uniform led to his nipples being erect. in San Diego: “You always know who the hottest Part of the problem might be his type-2 diabe- men are. So what do you know about Nick Young- tes: “My loss of weight leads me to look attrac- quest? I think he’s an athlete, but I saw him in RENT THE tive but it brought me trouble as I suffered from an underwear ad and WOOF!” HISTORIC sexual harassment from some duty managers. I Nick Youngquest is an Australian rugby play- was losing weight and, due to the tightness of er—but, of course, we don’t care about that. the company uniform, a black T-shirt, my body In 2006, he posed for the Naked Rugby League KEITH figure was being shown.” Oh, he’s too thin and Calendar, which raised money for the National too attractive because of the diabetes. Who do Breast Cancer Foundation. His shot as Mr. June I have to fuck to get that??? And, more impor- 2007 immediately became a sensation as he was HOUSE tantly, where is this restaurant where waiters completely naked with his manhood partially for your don’t wear pants? The owner was ordered to covered by a strategically placed forearm. He pay £21,500 ($40,000) for “lost earnings and was chastised by the National Rugby League, -CIVIL UNION injury to feelings.” Maybe they should also send who said, “It’s something we feel the publish- him some Sassy Nips! My feelings were hurt just ers went too far with.” Youngquest, however, -WEDDING reading this crap. Send me some cash. had no problem with the nudity and said, “It is For rates and availability contact: -OR OTHER EVENTS With all the embarrassing stories that contin- for a good cause, so, if it stirs any controversy, Marcy Baim ue to surface about John Travolta’s alleged gay so be it.” He has continued to stir all sorts of 312-907-7909 Capacity: tendencies, I am starting to believe that coming emotions in us with his second career as a male [email protected] 25-150 people out could only help his reputation. The latest model. Cover shoots for gay magazines such as tale finds him openly flirting with a waiter— Attitude, Têtu and DNA followed, and he’s en- www.prairieavenuegallery.com courtesy of the National Enquirer: “When John joyed showing off even more of his body. (Our learned his studly server was an aspiring actor, eagle eyes detect a sign of circumcision.) While he asked what projects he’d worked on, who not gay, he actively courts the attention (and represented him, etc.—and then flashed that affection) of the gay community. This past year, award-winning smile and asked, ‘Could you give he indulged in some semi-flirtatious banter via me your phone number? I might be able to help Twitter with openly gay rugby player Gareth you out’. The waiter told me it really bothered Thomas. The boys even took some photos when him that Kelly never even looked up at him— they met in a locker room. A variety of photos not once!” Well, you know, she is a Method ac- of Nick with Gareth and alone will be posted on tress! BillyMasters.com. Didya know Calvin Klein’s latest boytoy, Nick When we’re showing so much interest in sports, Gruber/Aaron Skyline, almost appeared in Play- it’s definitely time for me to end yet another col- girl? Editor Daniel Nardicio said, “I had contact- umn. Finally, I’m back in the States and spend- ed him a long time ago about posing in Playgirl, ing a week (or two) frolicking in Florida. But I’m before he was outed as a porn star. I kept trying always updating www.BillyMasters.com—a site to meet up with him and he kept blowing me for sore eyes. If you have any questions, drop off, with monosyllabic texts, yet he said he’d a note to me at [email protected], and I do Playgirl as long as he got the cover. Finally, promise to get back to you before Travolta makes in frustration I texted him to forget it, and he a reservation at that chilly Chinese restaurant! came back with ‘You only want me because of So, until next time, remember, one man’s filth is my fame, so you can go fuck yourself.’ To that I another man’s bible. told him that in three years when Klein tired of 30 Feb. 23, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES “I had always wanted to do a triathlon and it’s because he has much longer legs than me,” seeing that T2 was offering a new program Ciacco said, laughing. Kevin Ciacco and designed to get you ready to finish your first Rehkopf said he is considering expanding his triathlon, I signed up the first day I could,” endurance-training to include a triathlon in Ciacco said. “It was an amazing process. I had 2011 Andre Rehkopf: never swam much and all I could do was dog- Ciacco said the keys to their success include gie paddle. T2 and TriMonster taught me how to honesty and communication. “Learning how to swim and really prepared me for the race. Now I apologize and admit when you are wrong,” is Staying on track swim once-a-week because I learned that it was important, too, he said. something I was actually good at. I plan to do at least one triathlon a year now and would like to someday do a half Ironman. More about Andre Rehkopf and Kevin Ciacco: “I know so many great people [through T2]. —Hobbies: Kevin: Reading, line dancing, bi- They offer great training programs and are very cycling and playing video games; Andre: Work- passionate about what they do.” ing out, running, making music, reading and Rehkopf has fundraised more than $4,000 for traveling AFC. —Favorite TV show: Kevin: Glee. Andre: And this year’s Honolulu race was his favor- None ite. —Favorite movie: Spirited Away (Kevin), At- “I was injured during my first marathon [in lantis (Andre) 2008] and had a really hard time finishing it. —Favorite actor or actress: Jake Gyllenhaal The 2010 Honolulu Marathon, meanwhile, was (Kevin), Meryl Streep (Andre) great. It did not rain like the [2008 race] and —Little-known skill or trait: Pottery (Kev- the course’s scenery is just beautiful,” Rehkopf in), whittling (Andre) said. “Getting up at 2 a.m. [since the race starts at 5 a.m.] sucks, but is so worth it. I always tear up when the fireworks are shot off, marking the Gay softball start of the race. In the dark, running through Waikiki with a lot of people cheering … amaz- series selects ing.” charity partners The 35th annual Gay Softball World Se- ries, which will take place in Chicago Aug. 29-Sept. 3, has chosen three local charity partners to benefit from the event’s annual talent show: Howard Brown Health Center, Il- linois Safe School Alliance and The Families’ Kevin Ciacco (right) and Andre Rehkopf. Photos courtesy of the couple & Children’s AIDS Network, according to a press release. In addition to its focus on amateur softball By Ross Forman both so people won’t have to travel so much,” competition, the series and its fundraising Ciacco said. “We both love running and we love activities generate tens of thousands of dol- Andre Rehkopf slowly walked into Orchid’s Res- each other and are usually together. When one of lars for charity. Series 2011 will donate 100 taurant at the prestigious Halekulani Hotel on us does a race the other usually signs up shortly percent of the proceeds from its annual tal- Sunday night, Dec. 12, hours after complet- after and we always start off together. I think ent show—which will take place Wed., Aug. ing the Honolulu Marathon. His partner of four that the running has brought us closer together. 31, at 8 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the years, Kevin Ciacco, was by his side, along with We have been there for each other when we are Hyatt Regency O’Hare—to the three organi- several Chicago friends who cheered on Rehkopf sore and tired, and have helped each other when zations. throughout his 26.2-mile journey to the finish one of us wanted to quit.” Last year, the series donated $11,000 to line. Rehkopf and Ciacco live together in Rogers the Columbus AIDS Taskforce and Camp Sun- They had a view of the ocean from their table, Park. Rehkopf is a senior support scientist at rise ($5,500 each). with the picturesque sunset, and Hawaiian mu- Illinois Institute of Technology. Ciacco is the Series 2011, Inc. is seeking volunteers, sic in the background. house manager of the CILA (Community Inte- sponsors and donations (financial and in- Paradise seemed perfect to pop the question. grated Living Arrangement) Program for the kind). Visit http://chicagoseries2011.com. So Rehkopf got down on one knee, slowly, still Counseling Center of Lakeview. in pain from his four-plus hours running earlier “We met through a mutual friend while at Gen- that day, and proposed to Ciacco. try [Bar] downtown,” Ciacco said. “We started LPL bowling “I was very surprised,” Ciacco said. “My hands talking then, but nothing really happened. A couldn’t stop shaking. few months later, we both ended up being des- event March 19 “I said, ‘Yes,’ right away and was so happy that ignated drivers to drive our groups of friends Lincoln Park Lagooners will hold a “Candle- he had done it with so many of our close friends to different parties that night. We spent the light Bowl” Saturday, March 19, at Timber there. I had no idea that he was planning on whole night together talking and dealing with Lanes, 1851 W. Irving Park. Registration is at doing it either.” our drunken friends. After that, we started going 8:30 p.m.; bowling starts at 9:30 p.m. Rehkopf added: “He was immensely surprised, on dates, but did not decide to ‘make it official’ Two-person teams will compete, with a fee but immediately said yes. Everybody at the table until [Rehkopf] knew that he would be in the of $30 per person. First prize is $100, second congratulated us and all was just great. During States for awhile.” is $75 and third is $50. dinner I saw Kevin looking at his ring; it was Their lives are intertwined with AFC and run- Reserve spots by March 12 at http://www. very endearing, as if he could not believe it.” ning, fundraising and T2. And plenty of love. LPLChicago.com or 773-742-0793. Rehkopf and Ciacco are, sort of, the First Cou- “I joined [the National AIDS Marathon Training ple of Local Gay Runners. Program] because of my friend Shaun Sperling. 1st U.S. gay polo Ciacco, 28, has run two marathons, each time I had seen him out and he talked about how fundraising to support the AIDS Foundation of he was working with AFC and suggested that I tourney held in Calif. Chicago (AFC). He also completed his first tri- give it a try,” Ciacco said. “I had never run more The First Annual U.S. West Coast Gay Polo athlon in 2010 through AFC’s Team To End AIDS than 8 miles at that point in my life, so I did Rehkopf had several Chicago cheerleaders Tournament was held Feb. 20 at the Eldorado (T2) endurance-training program. Plus, he ran not think I would be able to do it. I went home along the course in Honolulu, not just Ciacco. Polo Club in Indio, Calif. the 2010 Monster Dash Half Marathon and com- and thought about it for a long time. I finally And also support from the T2 contingent from The event is organized by the Gay Polo pleted the Ride For AIDS. decided to join—on the day that training was Los Angeles. League (GPL), which is based in Los Angeles, Rehkopf, 31, has run three marathons, includ- starting. “It was great getting to cheer Andre on and Calif. The league’s mission is “to provide the ing Chicago in 2009 and Honolulu also in 2008 “I wanted to give back to the community in a to help push him along. I was very proud that GLBT community with the opportunity to de- to benefit AFC. And he too completed the 200- new way. I wanted to make a commitment to a he was able to cut over two hours off of his velop the skills necessary to participate in a mile Ride For AIDS. cause and push myself to try something that I last marathon time,” Ciacco said. “We sometimes unique sporting activity, promote participa- And, yes, they are planning a civil union for didn’t really think I would ever do. It was one of [train together]. When we first started, we al- tion in amateur competitions, as well as fos- next summer in Illinois, if they are still living lo- the best decisions I have ever made. Since then, ways ran together. This year, though, since I ter, develop, support and recognize sports- cally. Or a marriage in Rehkopf’s native Germany, I have stayed involved with different programs was training for a triathlon and he was train- manship, fellowship and goodwill among the if they are living there at the time—but they to raise money for AIDS funding and research. I ing for a full marathon, we ran more apart than members,” according to its website. want their Chicago friends to attend, regardless have also met some of the most amazing people before. The farthest I had to run for the tri was The International Gay Polo Tournament will of where it is. since joining in 2005.” six miles. And a six-mile run for him was pretty take place Saturday, April 2, at the Grand “Personally I would love to do [a civil union] In 2010, Ciacco raised about $2,000 for AFC, much a warm up.” Champions Polo Club in Wellington, Fla. in Chicago, but we are also talking about going bringing his overall total to about $6,000. And So who’s faster? For more information, visit http://www. back to Germany where Andre is from and get- he participated in T2’s inaugural triathlon train- “Well, I’m faster at short distances, but Andre gaypolo.com. ting married there. Maybe we will end up doing ing program. is better with the long distance running. I think WINDY CITY TIMES Feb. 23, 2011 31 Ballet dancer a Jonathan Dummar GAYin the LIFE the stats Text by ANDREW DAVIS, PHOTOS by ANDREW DAVIS (unless otherwise indicated) rium Theatre, 50 E. Congress. “[The Merry Widow] is fun; Age For Jonathan Dummar, becom- However, this was all back in it’s kinda more of a Broadway show than a ballet, but it’s 27 ing a dancer was a family affair: Reno, Nev. Dummar took a cir- nice to have some levity now and again. I mean, we ac- “My sister was taking dance les- cuitous route to get to Chicago tually do the can-can at one point.” However, Dummar is Neighborhood sons, and I was watching with and joining the world-famous really looking forward to the Joffrey’s spring show, “Rising Boystown my mom. It looked like a lot of Joffrey Ballet. He took sum- Stars”: “We’re doing two world premieres as well as a Joffrey fun and the teacher said, ‘Come mer courses in Seattle, Wash.; premiere with Julia Adam, whom I’ve had the pleasure of Hometown in here and try this.’ I never went to the Harid Conservatory working with in Memphis. I’m so thrilled; I can’t wait.” Reno, Nev. left and had a fondness for it in Boca Raton, Fla. (where he Dummar also teaches at the Academy of Dance. “I love from the get-go. When I found graduated first in his class); teaching,” he said. “Having students is such a good experi- Relationship it that you could have a legiti- and danced with Ballet Mem- ence. It can make things so clear sometimes when you’re status mate career doing it, I knew it phis in Memphis, Tenn., before trying to communicate what you’re trying to achieve. I Has been with his was what I wanted to do.” ending up in the Windy City. think the students also being taught by a professional— boyfriend for a year sometimes it brings in a more realistic perspective about Favorite what they’re expected to do. The best thing is that knowl- snack food edge is being passed down from generation to generation; Photo by Herbert Migdoll it’s nice to be able to share what you’ve learned, and to see Fresh produce that it makes a difference.” As for being out, Dummar said that a situation in boarding school helped him come Dream destination Lastly, with all the hype surrounding the Natalie Port- to terms with his sexuality. (“It wasn’t the first situation, but it was the first one man movie Black Swan, that flick Mount Shasta where I was comfortable enough to admit it.”) He add- begs the question: How realistic ed that “my mom still has issues with it because she Hobbies is that movie? “I actually think wants grandkids—but she’s met every guy I’ve called a the competition factor is a little Reading, boyfriend, and she’s been gracious.” overstated,” Dummar said. “No meditating, yoga, Dummar has been with the Joffrey for more than five one wants to be doing these roles playing video years, meaning that he was here when Ashley Wheater every night. We do 30 to 40 per- games, going to became the company’s artistic director (a develop- formances of The Nutcracker, and Sidetrack’s “Musical ment Dummar called “the great turnover”). “Honestly, if I had to go out there and do I think he’s done great things,” Dummar said. “I can’t Mondays” the Cavalier 40 times, I’d be in complain about him at all. He’s a wonderful human— the hospital. I think you’re in Favorite singer so kind, so generous.” competition with yourself. ... The Yolanda Adams As for the company, it’s currently performing The director was probably the most Merry Widow through Sunday, Feb. 27 at the Audito- ridiculous aspect of that movie.” Photo courtesy of Joffrey Ballet CONNEXIONS MAKE IT YOUR BUSINESS Ray J. Koenig III and Clark Hill PLC The Law Offices of Ray is a legal authority on all of his Alexander Weaver practice areas, which include probate, trusts, guardianship, estate planning, and elder law, including the litigation 312-588-5005 of those areas. He is a longtime advocate for and member of the email: [email protected] LGBT community, and is involved in several charitable groups, community associations, and professional A Full Service organizations. 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