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Raising Their Voices ANDERSON- MINSHALLS ON THEIR BOOK, WINDY CITY ‘QUeerly THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, beloved’ BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 PAGE 28 JUNE 11, 2014 VOL 29, NO. 37 TIMESwww.WindyCityMediaGroup.com Joel Hall studio has money woes BY GREtchEN RACHEL BLICKENSDERFER enue. His mission then—as it is today—was to offer place they want to be.” anyone who wanted to try, instruction in the art of That place encompasses the desires and dreams of AGLO’S JERRY In 1974, U.S. Reps. Bella Abzug and Ed Koch worked dance regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, those who want to express themselves through move- with the then-National Gay Task Force to introduce gender expression, ability, racial or economic back- ment via jazz, ballet, street or any number of dance MCENANY DIES a Federal Equality Act with the purpose of banning ground or body type. forms all to be nurtured rather than squelched in an PAGE 4 employment and housing discrimination against gays As far as Hall is concerned, discrimination of any environment completely insulated from the inequity and lesbians. The bill never made it out of the House kind simply does not exist on his dance floors. “Ev- of the world around it. For those who can’t afford of Representatives. eryone who comes in here does so on an even keel,” class fees, Hall offers scholarships—sometimes from That same year, Joel Hall opened a studio under the he told Windy City Times in a recent interview. “Every- his own pocket. His staff works tirelessly, often only name of the Chicago City Theatre Company/Joel Hall body starts out as an artist and that’s where we come Dancers in the Pakula Building on South Wabash Av- in with our faculty and mentoring to take them to the Turn to page 9 RAISING THEIR VOICES HBHC’S MUNAR SPEAKS AT ANNUAL MEETING PAGE 14 page 27 page 31 OUT chicagoan roberT Fraga STILL HOLDS college SPORTS records Chanteuse Karen Mason (left) chats with Windy City Times about her upcoming show that honors singers such as Doris Day, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler and PAGE 30 others. Genderqueer playwright Sharon Bridgforth (right) plans to bring the blues-focused work “River See” to Links Hall. Mason press photo; Bridgforth photo by Vanessa Vargas WEDDING DAY 2 June 11, 2014 WINDY CITY TIMES WINDY CITY TIMES June 11, 2014 3 this week in When A Great Deal Matters, Shop Rob Paddor’s... WINDY CITY TIMES Evanston Subaru in Skokie NEWS ENTERTAINMENT/EVENTS AGLO figure dies 4 Dancin’ Feats 19 Truly Exceptional TRUE LOVE Religious ruling; Sun-Times piece 6 Knight: The Case Against 8 26 E LOOK F OR US IN Garcia’s new job; Rogers obit 8 Playwright Sharon Bridgforth 27 Customer Service THE PRIDE PARADE Equality Illinois Tribute reception 8 Anderson-Minshals discuss book 28 Dance company’s money troubles 9 Out Chicagoan’s college sports record Books on marriage, Gray, cinema 13 30 PROUD SUPPORTER FOR HBHC news; civil-union conversions 14 Singer Karen Mason 31 Crime stats; Edgewater 16 Dish: Packing House 34 NEARLY 2 DECADES! 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