THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 Oct. 15, 2008 • vol 24 no 5 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com 3rd state backs gays: Marriage in Conn. Cynthia Nixon Is By Lisa Keen, keen news service to ban same-sex marriage. And they come less If voters call for such a convention, the legis- than four weeks away from a rare Connecticut lature could—with two-thirds majority of both Coming page 21 The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Oct. 10 statewide vote on whether to hold a convention houses—amend the state constitution to ban that gay couples in Connecticut must be able to consider amendments to its constitution. same-sex marriage. That amendment would then to obtain marriage licenses the same as straight “Given that we are less than a month away have to go back to voters for approval. couples. from national elections, the biggest question But both chambers are controlled by Demo- The decision puts Connecticut on track to about this decision is what impact, if any, it will crats and Governor Rell said, in her statement, become the third state to guarantee equal have politically,” wrote longtime gay legal activ- that she is “firmly convinced that attempts to protection in marriage licensing for same-sex ist Nan Hunter on her blog, Hunter for Justice. reverse this decision—either legislatively or couples—both legal and political victories for The Connecticut vote on whether to hold a by amending the state Constitution—will not the LGBT community. And the political victory constitutional convention comes every 20 years meet with success.” The Connecticut legislature comes at a particularly critical time—less than and, by coincidence, was already on the ballot passed, and Gov. Rell signed, a civil unions law four weeks away from ballot measures in three for this year and already being supported by for the state in 2005. Mulligan states on whether to amend state constitutions anti-gay marriage activists. Turn to page 4 Attacked by Dems page 6 Pride school Chatty recommended By AMY WOOTEN

During a second public hearing regarding a proposed Chicago public high school for LGBTQ Kathy students and their allies, public feedback was nearly 100 percent positive. The public hearing, held Oct. 8 at the Center on Halsted, took place on the same day that the head of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) rec- Down the ommended the proposed gay-friendly school to the school board. CPS CEO Arne Duncan included Rabbit the School for Social Justice Pride Campus in Hole page 22 his recommendation of 20 proposed schools. If chosen, Pride Campus would open in 2010. The proposed school would be open to all students, but would cater to the needs of LGBTQ students and their allies. Pride Campus, which would be open to all students who wish to attend, would have an

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4 Oct. 15, 2008 ing off the fragments of black history and black of race—on the construction of whiteness, on It’s a holiday!: gay history.” racial segregation of leisure, on the performance Barbara Smith, another visionary of Black of stereotypical spectacle. Over the past 20 The origins of Bayard queer history, came up with a metaphorical salve years or so, countless awards, endowed chairs Rustin. for the likes of Beam. Smith had attended the and learned distinctions have gone to historians Black gay history Photo New York funeral of James Baldwin (1924-87) who take seriously the mercurial power of race. By Kevin Mumford, courtesy and described the eulogies to him by America’s Yet it is not an exaggeration to argue that gay Gay History Project of Mark most important writers, Amiri Baraka and Toni and lesbian historiography remains one of the Segal Morrison, neither of whom mentioned his obvi- whitest fields in the discipline. More celebration The idea of Black Gay History is about as far out ous gayness. It was a remarkable omission be- under the rainbow flag won’t correct our errant there as is Gay History Month, and the two cu- cause not only had he written queer novels, but ways. riosities are not unrelated. The first attempt to came out publicly some five years before at a Kevin Mumford is associate professor of set aside a time to disseminate information on lecture sponsored by Black and White Men To- History and African American Studies at the minorities was Negro History Week, invented by gether. Smith imagined how telling the truth University of Iowa. He is the author of nu- the Black (straight) historian Carter G. Woodson could help black queers “all over the globe,” and merous reviews and articles about race and around 1926. He chose February to honor the satisfied herself with the prospect of future cer- sexuality, and of Interzones: Black/White births of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Doug- went on to describe in detail the contributions emonies. In a revelation, Smith told us that “we Sex Districts in Chicago and New York in the lass, and he and his students lectured to clubs of Black gays and lesbians, displaying a learn- must always bury our dead twice.” Early Twentieth Century (Columbia University and fraternities, sponsored essay contests and edness that was common, even constitutive of, LGBT history is a relatively new field, and Press, 1997), and of Newark: A History of published popular textbooks. The impulse to Black gay men of the 1980s. He likened white feels vulnerable—and Black gay history con- Race, Rights and Riots in America (New York reach a wider audience and instill pride caught historians who dabbled in the Black gay past to fronts it with difficult stories of racism. It is a University Press, 2007). on with Women’s History week, and then month, “the presence of intruders.” momentous time when the dean of gay history, Read the entire article at www.WindyCity- and so now let there be Gay History Month. Why History was the favorite subject of the star John D’Emilio, chooses to spend more than a MediaGroup.com. not? high-school student Joseph Beam, who became decade to devote to the biography of a Black This could mean that queer scholars of color a Black gay luminary among Philadelphia cultural gay man, Bayard Rustin. The fact is, in America, will have more opportunities to teach their les- activists (1954-87). Every one who encountered gay worlds have always turned on the question sons, but my fear is that we will have none. This Beam, recalled the depth of his intensity—a sort of anxiety was at the heart of the first ef- carefully controlled rage at invisibility. He wrote equal protection under the law, and our ob- forts to construct a Black gay history, from Mel- dozens of unusually moving essays, mentored CONN. from cover ligation to uphold that command, forbids us vin Dixon to Barbara Smith, and dozens of less- artists and writers, and edited “In the Life,” the from doing so. In accordance with these state known writers. More than 20 years ago, a Black first anthology of Black gay writings. On his- Civil unions = ‘segregation’ constitutional requirements, same sex couples gay journalist, Robert Grier, wrote a column for tory, Beam wrote about how he had to “create In very strong language, the Connecticut Su- cannot be denied the freedom to marry.” Au Courant (a newspaper that consistently cov- myself from scratch as a black gay man living preme Court majority characterized civil unions Palmer was joined in the decision by three ered Philadelphia’s vibrant Black gay life) en- in the late-1980s.” He explained that in the as a form of “segregation” and says they do other Republican appointees. titled, “Black History Month? Why Gays Don’t Ex- 1970s, he enrolled in graduate school in Iowa, “cognizable harm.” It said the disparate treat- Two of the three dissenting justices were ist.” He disparaged books that “communicate to and “spent so much energy in self-observation” ment of gay and straight couples violates the Republican appointees. Justice David Borden, the black straight community that [B]lack gays that he dropped out of the program. “I need he- state law against sexual orientation discrimi- the lone Democratic appointee on the court, are not/no longer contributors and resultantly ros [sic], men and women I could emulate.” He nation and that the courts should scrutinize disagreed with the majority’s conclusion that expendable.” New York activist Craig Harris was later returned to Philadelphia and rented a stu- such discrimination as carefully they do gender laws based on sexual orientation are a quasi- angrier. “Many consider our history unworthy of dio apartment off Rittenhouse Square. “I needed discrimination. suspect class, deserving of the same level of scholarly attention,” he wrote in 1986. He called to create images by which I, and other black This latter statement is seen as especially scrutiny as laws based on sex. Justice Peter out by name Black historian Lerone Bennett, Jr., gay men to follow, could live this life.” In an- significant, legally speaking, because it says Zarella said the majority failed to appreciate and gay scholar Jonathan Katz for refusing “to other Au Courant column, he observed that, “to the Connecticut courts should view sexual ori- the original purpose of marriage laws, which embark upon the discussion of our complete endure with any safety, I must be a historian, entation as a “quasi-suspect classification.” he said is procreation. As such, he said, those history. They supply us with half-truths.” Harris librarian and archeologist, digging up and dust- Such a classification requires that laws treating laws do not discriminate based on sexual ori- people differently based on sexual orientation entation and “persons who wish to enter into must have more than just a rational reason, a same sex marriage are not similarly situated though it stops short of requiring a more dif- to persons who wish to enter into a traditional ficult, compelling reason. marriage.” The California Supreme Court, in its landmark Republican Governor Jodi Rell issued a state- decision in May, said laws banning gay mar- ment shortly after the decision was released, riage discriminate against gay people as a sus- saying that, “I disagree” with the majority pect class and impinge on their fundamental decision, “but as governor, I will uphold it.” right to have “their family relationship accord- Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, a ed the same respect and dignity enjoyed by an Boston-based gay litigation group, filed the opposite-sex couple.” The California court then lawsuit, Kerrigan v. Connecticut, on behalf of concluded that the state’s rationale for treat- Elizabeth Kerrigan and her partner Joanne ing gays different—to retain a traditional and Mock, and seven other same-sex couples. The well-established definition of marriage— can- couples attempted to obtain marriage licenses not be seen as either compelling or necessary. in Connecticut just after the Massachusetts Connecticut’s case was argued May 14, 2007, marriage decision went into effect in 2004 but but conspicuously absent from that panel was were refused. and this decision was the court’s new chief jus- Bennett Klein, an attorney for New Eng- tice, Chase T. Rogers. Rogers recused herself land’s Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, because members of her husband’s law firm, which led the Massachusetts case, Goodridge, Robinson & Cole, authored a friend-of-the- said the California and Connecticut cases were court brief for the Lambda Legal Defense and “identical.” Education Fund. Lambda is a national organiza- “They are the only two states in which mar- tion that supports gay marriage and has been riage litigation took place in the context of involved in lawsuits in six states where same- a state system that paralleled marriage,” said sex couples sought the right to marry. Klein. In California, it was domestic partner- The Connecticut decision was a 4-3 vote, ship; in Connecticut, it is civil unions. When he with the three dissenting justices each submit- argued the Kerrigan case, the justices “keyed ting his or her own brief. in on” the significance of this parallel system, The majority decision, penned by Justice said Klein. “And there was a lot of discussion Richard Palmer, an appointee of former Gov- about heightened scrutiny for sexual orienta- ernor Lowell Weicker, concluded that “our con- tion discrimination, and about the inadequacy ventional understanding of marriage must yield of calling the relationships for same-sex cou- to a more contemporary appreciation of the ples by a different name.” rights entitled to constitutional protection.” On the Hartford Courant Web site, video is “Interpreting our state constitutional pro- posted showing the lead plaintiffs finding out visions in accordance with firmly established the news about the decision and asking each equal protection principles,” wrote Palmer, other, “Will you marry me?” See www.courant. “leads inevitably to the conclusion that gay com/news/politics/hcu-gaymarriage-1010- persons are entitled to marry the otherwise ,0,7812756.story?page=2. qualified same-sex partner of their choice. To Now, the remaining same-sex marriage case decide otherwise would require us to apply one pending before a state supreme court is in set of constitutional principles to gay persons Iowa. and another to all others. The guarantee of ©2008 Keen News Service Oct. 15, 2008 5

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Rosemary Mulligan re- she added. ceived a mailing in her district (the 65th Dis- trict, which includes Des Plaines, Park Ridge and portions of Niles) that attacks her for oppos- Police brutality trial ing a bill that would have required mandatory starts Dec. 8 Internet filters on all public library computers. The Internet-related ad that focuses on Mulligan. A local man’s trial against Chicago police offi- The bill would have also cut certain funding cers for allegedly beating him because he is gay to libraries that did not comply. The mailing, is set to begin on Dec. 8. which was sent by the Democratic Party of Il- Feigenholtz, Annazette Collins and Harry Oster- County Sheriff’s database on sexual predators. Openly gay and HIV-positive Chicagoan Alex- linois, states that Mulligan “has her head in the man. House Speaker Mike Madigan voted for the Due to their ineffectiveness and blockage of ander Ruppert alleges that Chicago police offi- ground” on the issue of protecting children from bill, and Majority Leader and Madigan insider useful and legal information, among those op- cers beat him near the Uptown Lounge in March “Internet predators” because she opposed House Barbara Flynn Currie, who would typically vote posing HB1727 were the ACLU of Illinois and the 2006 because of his sexual orientation. Accord- Bill 1727, the Internet Screening in Public Li- against such a measure, voted “present.” Illinois Library Association. The anti-gay Illinois ing to the lawsuit, Ruppert suffered multiple braries Act, last year during a roll-call vote. Ac- Mulligan told Windy City Times that the bill Family Association supported the bill. injuries, including a head wound that required cording to the bill’s opponents, Internet filters was called “out of the blue” last year. She feels Conservatives Democrats and Republicans several stitches, and was held for more than 48 are ineffective and often block Internet users that it was unexpectedly called just to get a tended to favor the bill, according to Illinois hours at the 20th Police District without food from information on health, reproductive rights roll-call vote that could later be used against Library Association lobbyist Kip Kolkmeir. Oppo- and water. and LGBT issues. Ironically, a number of Demo- candidates during the campaign. nents typically disliked the bill because of the The police officers initially charged Rup- crats also opposed the bill, either because of the Mulligan said there were various reasons why cost or because they block constitutionally pro- pert with battery, but the charges were later cost or because they block useful information. she voted against the bill. She said the “worst tected information. dropped. Mulligan will face Democratic candidate Au- part” is that, if passed, it would have cut the “These filters are really about filtering out rora Austriaco in November. Austriaco, an attor- Secretary of State’s library funding for any li- information about women’s health, family plan- ney who serves as a commissioner of the Cook brary that refused to install the filters. Also, in ning, HIV and sexuality,” said Cosgrove. “This HIV/AIDS focus County Human Rights Commission, as well as order to be successful, such filters require an really effects teenagers, because the internet groups forming her supporters, have branded the Democratic expensive system, constant maintenance and a is really a way for them to get a hold of this Focus groups are being formed that involve: candidate a liberal who is pro-choice and is an trained employee. stuff.” who are HIV-negative or don’t know their sta- ally to the LGBT community. She is endorsed by Mulligan also opposed the filters because she Kolkmeier said that the Illinois Library Asso- tus; heterosexual men who are HIV-negative; U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Cook County State’s believes they are not effective and can do more ciation has always opposed mandatory Internet HIV-positive women; HIV-positive transwomen; Attorney Dick Devine and State Sens. Dan Ka- harm than good. filters. The current law allows libraries to install and teens aged 15-19 who are HIV-negative or towski and John Cullerton as well as State Reps. “I have had eighth graders tell me they could such filters at their own discretion. In addition, don’t know their status. RTI International, with Elaine Nekritz and Lou Lang. Numerous calls and get around them,” Mulligan said. “Then, they filters aim to block sites that are obscene. How- funding from the Centers for Disease Control and e-mails to both the candidate and her campaign, block accurate information on some topics— ever, what is obscene is determined in a court- Prevention, will conduct the research. asking if she supports mandatory Internet filters health care, HIV/AIDS, reproductive health and room, and technology simply isn’t sophisticated Eligible persons will receive $50 each. Call in public libraries and for her response to the information are just a few.” Instead, Mulligan enough to be an adequate substitute. Peyton at 800-334-8571 x27046. mailing, were not returned as of press time. advocates for constant adult supervision of chil- “That was a fundamental problem,” Kolkmeier This isn’t the first time the Democratic Party dren utliziting library computers. said. “There is no such thing as software that has attacked moderate and liberal Republicans According to several studies conducted by knows what a court will say.” for supporting issues that many Democrats sup- the Indian Trails Public Library District staff Instead, such software attempts to do that by port. For example, several years ago, the Dem- on Illinois libraries that use filters, such items searching for keywords, and this method typical- ocratic Party of Illinois sent out a mailing on consistently block vital and legally protected ly falls short. “If the keyword blocked is ‘breast,’ partial-birth abortion, attacking moderate, pro- information on science, political and social is- choice Republican Lynn Kringler’s voting record, sues and health up to 30 percent of the time CAMPUS from cover Campus is a form of segregation, calling it according to Personal PAC’s Terry Cosgrove. while regularly allowing objectionable material “misguided.” Many pointed out that the school In May, HB1727 came up for a roll-call vote, to come through. Among Web sites blocked were will be open to all students and said it serves and it passed 63-51. A number of Democrats op- those referring to hate crimes, certain political About 40 people attended the Oct. 8 public as an additional option for youth. posed the bill, including openly gay state Rep. candidates, basic health information, slavery, hearing at Center on Halsted. Of the roughly Several members of Lambda Legal spoke at Greg Harris and LGBT allies such as Reps. Sara the Archdiocese of Chicago and even the Cook 25 individuals who spoke, nearly all were fully the public hearing, including attorney Jim Ma- supportive of the Pride Campus. digan, who joked that “Usually when I come Among those who spoke were politicians, to a school board meeting it is because I am LGBT activists, leaders of LGBT organizations, suing them.” Madigan, who through Lambda teachers, students and allies. Legal has addressed deficiencies within the While many individuals expressed their ex- CPS system in terms of protecting LGBTQA stu- citement and full support of the school, one dents, said that Pride Campus is necessary and man, activist Craig Teichen, stressed his desire will serve as a model to other CPS schools. Ma- for CPS to make all public schools implement digan said that making the entire CPS system LGBT- and sex-positive programming. Teichen perfect is “naïve,” and “a long way off.” also mentioned his fear that CPS will make the “Until then, we are sacrificing students,” Ma- Pride Campus a “dumping ground” for LGBTQ digan added. “I think it will be a bridge to students. At a September meeting, other indi- improving all schools.” viduals expressed similar concerns, and argued Openly gay state Rep. Greg Harris, during the that such a school would segregate LGBTQ hearing, said that he came to the last public youth and shield them from the “real world.” forum with “mixed feelings,” but fully sup- Others present, however, stressed that LGBTQ ports the Pride Campus and has a “good feel- students need to deal with the real world every ing” about what it can accomplish. He hopes it day, and deserve a safe and affirming educa- receives the school board’s approval. tional environment. Many gays and lesbians A third and final public hearing has been shared their own high school experiences dur- scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 15, from 6-8 ing the hearing, such as DePaul University pro- p.m., at the CPS Board Chambers, 5th floor, fessor Beth Kelly, who said she had a “brutal” 125 S. Clark St. Those who can’t attend, but experience. wish to submit a statement voicing their con- Until all schools are safe and affirming, Pride cern or support, can fax it to the CPS Office Campus is necessary, Kelly said. “It is just one of New Schools at 773-553-1559. Public record step among many, but will serve as a model for will be kept open until 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. other programs,” she added. “This is something 17. we can do before we have a perfect world in The Board of Education will vote on the 20 the far distant future.” proposed high schools on Wednesday, Oct. 22. Others addressed the argument that Pride Oct. 15, 2008 7 joined TPAN in 1995. According to a press release, TPAN’s board Bailiwick prop sale president Condon McGlothlen said, “Rick did Oct. 18 many good things for TPAN, the clients it serves, In advance of its year-end exit from its space Youths at and the readers of Positively Aware magazine. at 1229 W. Belmont, Bailiwick Repertory will “Our View.” He was a leader in Chicago’s HIV community. We hold a Halloween costume and clearance sale Photo by will work to build on his achievements moving Saturday, Oct. 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Amy Wooten forward.” There will be items from such productions as TPAN board of directors named its director of Jerry Springer: The Opera and Animal Farm. A client services, Bill Farrand, as the interim ex- donation of $1 is required to enter. See www. ecutive director. Farrand also worked as TPAN’s bailiwick.org. editor of the Illinois HIV Services Directory and its prevention manager. Fairygodmother Foundation as the audience, noted that there are youths Howard Brown who do not feel comfortable going to the Center receives MAC grant closing Oct. 31 Black gay The Fairygodmother Foundation—which grants on Halsted for its youth services, and prefer to Howard Brown Health Center was one of 11 or- wishes to adults facing terminal illness with one go to other organizations that they feel better ganizations to receive a new grant from the MAC youths share year or less to live will be closing its doors ef- speak to them and their needs. Many expressed AIDS Fund as part of its campaign to combat fective Friday, Oct. 31. a desire for more options. HIV infection rates among youth. In a press release (and on the Web site), Ger- their views The nearly $200,000 grant will help support By amy wooten ald Cholewa, chairman of the board of directors, outreach programs at Howard Brown’s Broadway TPAN head cited the struggling economy as the main reason Youth Center. Four gay and lesbian youth shared their views for the foundation’s dissolution. The organiza- steps down HIV infection rates among 14-24 year olds on what they consider to be hot topics in hopes tion granted over 1,000 wishes in all 50 states. Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) announced continue to increase. of educating the larger community about what The organization helped patients with a vari- that Executive Director Rick Bejlovec resigned MAC AIDS Fund has given more than $130 in it is like growing up young, black and gay on ety of ailments, including HIV/AIDS. Oct. 3. grants to organizations since 1994. See www. Chicago’s South Side. Bejlovec has been executive director of the macaidsfund.org. Four Youth Pride Center (YPC) members, rang- HIV/AIDS organization since 2004. He first ing in age from 17-21, held the event, titled “Our View,” at the Lakeview Lutheran Church, 835 W. Addison, on Oct. 9. Modeled after the popular daytime show The View, the youths dis- The respected and award-winning leader in the Chicago GLBT market... cussed hot topics, interviewed special guests and invited the audience to discuss issues with Chicago’s only gay media that is independently audited, by them. The youths—three openly gay men and one lesbian—discussed various issues, such as being out on the city’s South Side, people who are on the down low, the growing numbers of youth on Halsted Street and more. They even discussed the proposal for an LGBTQA-friendly Chicago Verified Audit Circulation has, since 1951, provided independent public high school. Three of the four youths dis- circulation auditing to the international newspaper industry. agreed with the creation of such a school, fear- ing violent attacks and segregation. Among the guests invited to join the youth at If you are a business owner looking for results, please join our multi-media company. the table were officer Jose Rios (who serves as the 23rd Police District’s LGBT liaison), Broad- way Youth Center Director Joe Hollendoner and is also among the top performing regional gay media YPC founder Frank Walker. when it comes to reader surveys and response. The youths asked Rios about the high number of youth on Halsted Street and the complaints from the area’s business owners and residents. “Windy City Media Group generated enormous interest According to Rios, more youth are flocking among their readers in this year’s LGBT Consumer Index to the area than ever before and, as a result, Windy City Times Survey. Out of approximately 100 print and online media area police are trying to engage the community. scored just below Rios told the youth that he doesn’t attribute the Logo TV partners who participated in the survey, Windy City was area’s higher crime rate to the youth, and under- in responses for the best performing regional media in the U.S. Only stands where LGBTQ kids are coming from. this survey. survey partners with a nationwide footprint were able to “I was a Latino gay youth on Halsted, too,” Rios told them. generate a greater number of responses.” Rios said that the high number of youths is causing tension, because one side claims people —David Marshall, Research Director, Community Marketing, Inc., October 2008. are afraid to come out of their homes and busi- nesses are losing money while the other side feels that youth are being unfairly targeted and We can provide you low-cost alternatives to reach the loyal GLBT community. misunderstood. 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Serving the community full PDF each According to a recent survey of Halsted youth since 1985, with 30,000 week. at night, Hollendoner said that youths want estimated weekly social spaces and events afforded to young, readers in print, and straight folks that aren’t educational, but are a growing number www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com “fun and sexy.” downloading our full 5315 N. Clark St., #192, Chicago, IL, 60640-2113 Several of the youths on the panel, as well issue as a PDF online. 773-871-7610 fax 773-871-7609 8 Oct. 15, 2008 Ellis’ decision to join the board and to leave the Anti-gay group board was personal, and was not a company de- ends McDonald’s cision. NGLCC released a statement regarding AFA boycott and McDonald’s, which not only reiterated that By amy wooten it does not lobby on issues such as same-sex marriage, but also stressed that its priority is The anti-gay American Family Association (AFA) “access to quality and affordable healthcare for has ended its boycott against Oak Brook, Ill.- our business-owning members.” based McDonald’s Corp., claiming victory be- NGLCC added that McDonald’s USA has been a cause one of the fast-food giant’s employees “good partner.” In the statement, it said, “There resigned from his board seat on a national gay has been no discussion between the NGLCC and business group. McDonald’s regarding continuing membership, Richard Ellis, McDonald’s USA former vice pres- not has the NGLCC been notified of any move ident of communications, resigned from his seat not to renew our work together.” on the D.C.-based National Gay & Lesbian Cham- ber of Commerce’s (NGLCC’s) board of directors. Leather Archives Various reports say that, according to a Sept. 23 corporate memo to franchisees, Ellis made head to speak at WIU a “personal decision” to leave his seat on the Rick Storer, executive director of the Chicago chamber’s board after accepting a new position Leather Archives and Museum, will speak at with McDonald’s Canadian operations. Western Illinois University (WIU) Thursday, Oct. The memo also noted that McDonald’s U.S. 16, at 2 p.m. in the Malpass Building, Room policy is “to not be involved in political and so- 180. The topic of the discussion is “Sexuality Dance the night away cial issues.” The company added that it “remains Collections at the Chicago Leather Archives & The Association of Latino Men for Action (ALMA) hosted “Dancing with ALMA” Oct. 10 at neutral” on LGBT issues such as gay marriage. Museum.” the National Museum of Mexican Arts, 1852 W. 18th. In 2008, McDonald’s USA donated $20,000 to WIU’s University Committee on Sexual Orien- An intimate crowd celebrated the time and effort put forth by volunteers throughout the be a corporate sponsor of the NGLCC’s annual tation and University Libraries will sponsor the year. Among other things, Jesus Estela and David Flores were each awarded the Alvarado/ gala. McDonald’s is also listed as a corporate free event.Contact Thompson at 309-298-2785, Garcia Scholarship, worth $1,000. The award was established in 2003 with the assistance of partner on NGLCC’s Web site. Additionally, El- ext. 7, or [email protected]. For more in- ALMA. Photos by Emmanuel Garcia lis made a personal decision to join the NGLCC formation about the Chicago Leather Archives board. As a result, AFA called for a boycott in and Museum, visit www.leatherarchives.org. May. For months, AFA has been pressuring Mc- Donald’s, calling for Ellis to step down from the AFC awards board. A McDonald’s spokesperson told the Chicago global grants Tribune that Ellis left for an executive position The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) has in Canada, and since the NGLCC is a U.S. asso- awarded $46,000 in micro-grants to bolster the ciation, he decided to resign. He stressed that international work of 10 local HIV/AIDS organi- zations. Among the honorees are Martin SERVING THE NEEDS OF WE ARE A DISTRIBUTOR OF Temple AME Zion Church on Chi- HIV+ INDIVIDUALS cago’s South Side for an AIDS or- • LOWEST PRICES phanage located in Lunzu, Malawi; • FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Heartland Alliance, for research on • COUNSELING men who have sex with men in the • CONFIDENTIALITY DR. SIEGAL’S COOKIE DIET East African country of Burundi; and Chicago Recovery Alliance for com- THORNDALE PHARMACY munity outreach work in Bulgaria. This year’s recipients were recog- 1104 W THORNDALE, CHICAGO Clare-ifying the situation nized Oct. 14. 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All rights reserved.” Oct. 15, 2008 9 “We must stop with hypocrisy,” he added. “One thing that deeply bothers me is these politicians WORLD are not rejecting gay votes and the Brazilian ROUNDUP government is not refusing the taxes they pay.” QUOTELINES BY REX WOCKNER by Rex Wockner Belgrade Queer Festival attacked St. Petersburg gay Ten masked protesters attacked 25 people Q leaving an event of the 5th Queer Belgrade Fes- “For months, John McCain and the film festival tival Sept. 19 in Serbia, injuring four people. “(Regarding) what my position is on Republicans went after Barack Obama for blocked by city One of the injured individuals was American homosexuality and you can pray it away ... lacking the experience they felt was necessary I don’t know what prayers are worthy of being in order to be commander in chief. Yet, on this “Side by Side,” the first gay film festival in and another Russian. Two of the attackers were prayed and I don’t know what prayers are go- day, an aging John McCain, who is the oldest St. Petersburg, Russia, was blocked from starting arrested. ing to be answered or not answered. But as for Presidential nominee in history, chose a run- Oct. 2 by city officials who declared the clubs The Queer Belgrade Collective issued a state- homosexuality, I am not going to judge Ameri- ning mate—a person that is just a heart beat The Place and Sochi, where the films were to be ment demanding police locate and arrest the cans and the decisions that they make in their away from the Presidency—that has no foreign screened, to be fire hazards. remaining perpetrators and punish them in a adult personal relationships. I have one of my policy experience, no national experience and Originally, the festival was to take place in a proper and timely manner. absolute best friends for the last 30 years who limited state government experience...a vir- state cinema house, which later backed out of The group also urged the government to happens to be gay, and I love her dearly—and tual unknown who has only been Governor for the deal. Then the festival was moved to the amend the Serbian Criminal Code to recognize she is not my ‘gay friend,’ she is one of my best a less than 2 years of a state with a popula- private Pik theater, which then backed out as hate crimes. friends, who happens to have made a choice tion of fewer than 680,000 people. ... I believe well. The festival featured movies, performances, that isn’t a choice that I have made, but I’m John McCain chose Gov. Palin because he truly “Russian authorities continue their policy bands and panel discussions. not going to judge people.” — Republican vice believes that women who supported Hillary— of homophobia and arbitrary unlawful actions presidential candidate Sarah Palin to CBS News, an experienced, brilliant, life-long public by preventing events organized behind closed Sept. 30. servant—would vote for him because his Vice doors in private places,” said leading Russian President has two x chromosomes. [H]is selec- gay activist Nikolai Alekseev. “If there’s any kind of suggestion at tion of Governor Palin has demonstrated that The festival was to offer 22 films and appear- all from my answer that I would be anything he is willing to put his desperation to win this ances by international filmmakers. but tolerant of adults in America choosing election above the welfare of the American their partners, choosing relationships that people. ... This calculated, cynical ploy to pull Irish trans laws they deem best for themselves—you know, away a small percentage of Hillary’s women need updating I am tolerant and I have a very diverse fam- voters from Barack Obama will not work. We ily and group of friends and even within that are not that stupid!” — Barbra Streisand writ- Ireland needs to fix its laws on transgender group you would see some who may not agree ing on her Web site, Aug. 29. issues, the Irish Human Rights Commission said with me on this issue, some very dear friends Oct. 1. Allan Spear in a photo taken Aug. in Chi- who don’t agree with me Among other things, post-op transsexuals cago. Photo courtesy of Bill Kelley on this issue. But in that should be able to get a new birth certificate and tolerance also, no one get married to someone of the opposite sex, the would ever propose, not commission said. NATIONAL in a McCain-Palin adminis- She’s the The group recommended the government move tration, to do anything to on the matter with urgency, pointing out that anti- prohibit, say, visitations the current laws run afoul of decisions by the ROUNDUP BY AMY WOOTEN in a hospital or contracts Wonder European Court of Human Rights. being signed, negotiated Woman. Allan Spear—one of the first out elected between parties. But I will —Lynda Carter on Brazil: Gay couples officials in the nation and the first openly tell Americans straight up Gov. Sarah Palin (right) can be recognized gay legislator in Minnesota—died Oct. 11 that I don’t support defin- at 71 following heart surgery, according to ing marriage as anything under current law the Associated Press. Spear, a member of the but between one man and Same-sex couples can be officially recognized Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, came out in one woman, and I think as families under existing law, Brazil’s Superior 1974 to the Minneapolis Star. In a release, through nuances we can go round and round “We are bad at pluralism in the fire Court of Justice has ruled 3-2, according to a Human Rights Campaign President Joe Sol- about what that actually means. But I’m be- brigade. Statistically, it is not plausible that Sept. 17 report by GayNewsWatch.com. monese said, “Spear’s courageous decision ing as straight up with Americans as I can in none of (the 400 of) them are gay. Sadly, the The ruling seemingly clears the way for other to come out inspired both LGBT and straight my nonsupport for anything but a traditional fact that none has come out signals that they courts to recognize gay couples without legisla- Americans, and today, openly LGBT individu- definition of marriage.” — Sarah Palin during feel the fire brigade environment is not ac- tors’ passing any new laws. als running and winning elected office across the vice presidential debate, Oct. 2. commodating to gays, and we have to change The decision came in a case brought by long- the country can walk on the road that he that.” — Stockholm Fire Chief Jan Wisen to EU- time gay couple Antônio Carlos Silva and Brent paved.” “Don’t get me started. She’s the anti- observer.com, Aug. 6. James Townsend. Townsend is Canadian, the Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Wonder Woman. She’s judgmental and dic- couple married in Canada, and he is seeking per- Barack Obama issued a press release mark- tatorial, telling people how they’ve got to “I’d go gay for her (the late actress Tal- manent residence in Brazil. ing the decade since Matthew Shepard was live their lives. And a superior religious self- lulah Bankhead). She was a fascinating and The case now returns to Rio de Janeiro’s high- murdered in Wyoming. Part of the release righteousness ... that’s just not what Wonder exotic woman. There was so much to admire est court for a determination consistent with stated, “[W]e pause to remember the heart- Woman is about. Hillary Clinton is a lot more about her. She lived life to the full, maybe a the Superior Court ruling. breaking and senseless murder of Matthew like Wonder Woman than Mrs. Palin. She did it little too fully. I want to release the inner Tal- Meanwhile, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Shepard. A freshman at the University of all, didn’t she? No one has the right to dictate, lulah in me. God knows I can’t get a man—so da Silva said Sept. 17 that he supports passing a Wyoming, Matthew was a young man com- particularly in this country, to force your own maybe I should cross over.” — Singer Kylie Mi- national civil-union law for same-sex couples. mitted to fighting for equality and changing personal views upon the populace—religious nogue, as quoted by Britain’s The Sun, Sept. 9. One such measure has been stalled in Congress the world around him. He was tragically taken views. I think that is suppressive, oppressive, for several years. from us far too early, an innocent victim of and anti-American. [T]his woman—it’s anath- “There are men living with men, women liv- an abhorrent hate crime, and never had the ema to me what she stands for. I think America ing with women, and they often live well, even chance to see his dreams realized.” should be very afraid. Very afraid.” — Actress —Assistance: Bill Kelley extraordinarily,” Lula told TV Brasil. “They are Read more national news at www. Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) on Sarah Palin building lives together, working together, and WindyCityMediaGroup.com. to Philadelphia Magazine, Sept. 11. that’s why I am in favor (of civil unions).”

Justin Ryan in Concert at Holy Covenant Metropolitan Community Church

Come hear the beautiful voice of Justin Ryan sing songs of love, faith, hope, heartache and joy at: Holy Covenant MCC, Brookfield, IL October 25, 2008 at 7:30 P.M.

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VOL. 24, No. 5, Oct. 15, 2008 viewpointS The combined forces of Windy City Times, founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, for gay marriage as the way to establish health ity with queers in countries where homosexual- founded May 1987. care and guarantee benefits, they’re essentially ity and same-sex desire can be punishable by PUBLISHER & Executive EDITOR yasmin giving the finger to anyone—straight or gay— law. But as gay activists and writers like Jo- Tracy Baim who chooses not to inhabit the institution of seph Massad and Bill Andriette have shown in nair marriage. their nuanced work, asking for help for queers Assistant Publisher Terri Klinsky Gays in the military: I’m a militant pacifist, elsewhere is a fraught enterprise. U.S. feminist MANAGING Editor Andrew Davis Business manager Cynthia Holmes so the idea that I should be able to fight in wars groups like Feminist Majority and women like Director of New Media Jean Albright or to help establish the U.S. rule of law in other Laura Bush ignored the needs of Afghani women ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson countries is repugnant to me. We now live in a by demanding that the U.S. bomb Afghanistan account managerS: Amy Matheny, Kirk war economy where recruitment into the armed to help liberate them from the men of the Tali- Williamson, Terry Wiegel, Shawn Murray Why I didn’t come Promotions director Kathleen Ulm forces is just another term for “job security,” so ban. Similarly, U.S./Western gays put queers NIGHTSPOTS MANAGING Editor Kirk Williamson out on National I’m sympathetic to those who feel compelled to elsewhere at risk by defining acts of oppression SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Amy Wooten join for economic reasons. But I’d like to work as exclusively gay. National Sales Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 Coming Out Day on building a society where peaceniks, like a “Coming out” may be freedom for some here TheatER Editor Jonathan Abarbanel Cinema WRITER Richard Knight, Jr. former student of mine who joined because she but for others across the world, it’s either a non Public discussions around sexuality evoke sim- BOOKS WRITER Yasmin Nair couldn’t afford not to, don’t feel compelled to sequitur or a dangerous calling-out that puts SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Rex Wockner, Marie plistic narratives about gays versus conserva- join the army in order to pay off loans—whether their lives in jeopardy. Coming out is increas- J. Kuda, David Byrne, Cathy Seabaugh, Tony tives. We automatically assume that anything they’re gay or straight. ingly part of a commercialised notion of gay Peregrin ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS gay is part of leftist or progressive agenda. In Hate-crimes legislation: Hate-crimes legisla- identity to which a lot of us can’t subscribe, this context, National Coming Out Day (Oct. 11) Mary Shen Barnidge, Jim Edminster, Steve Warren, tion only serves to enhance penalties, and can especially in light of the mainstreaming of gay Lawrence Ferber, Mel Ferrand, Tim Nasson, Scott takes on the aura of a sacred rite of passage for even lead to the death penalty. The basic idea community. Morgan, Catey Sullivan, Zachary Whittenburg, an entire nation, a way to prove that it collec- behind hate-crimes legislation is that people So when you come out as either a straight ally J. S. Hall Columnists/Writers: Yvonne Zipter, Susie Day, tive self is tolerant towards its LGBT citizens. who somehow demonstrate prejudice towards or as part of the LGBT community, ask yourself: Well, I’m an out queer lesbian who sleeps with Jorjet Harper, Lee Lynch, Steve Starr, Joe Rice, a group (by yelling “fag” during a robbery, for On whose behalf am I coming out? What, ex- Dan Woog, Marie-Jo Proulx, Lisa Keen, Chris Crain, men. Clearly, there isn’t a place for me in that instance) deserve to be punished much more actly, does this community represent? Charlsie Dewey, Michael Knipp, Karen Dixon, Mark acronym. But that’s not my real problem with and that the threat of longer sentences or even If you’re someone to whom a co-worker comes Corece, Sabine Neidhardt PHOTOGRAPHERS Kat Fitzgerald, Mel Ferrand, National Coming Out Day. death will deter similar crimes. In its support out, don’t be content with simple declarative Consciously performing the act of coming out Steve Becker, Steve Starr of hate-crimes legislation, the “gay communi- sentences like “I support you!” or “So am I!” ARTISTS/CARTOONISTS Alison Bechdel, Mikeoart implies that I identify with a larger “gay com- ty” demonstrates its bloodthirstiness—it’s not Instead, this year, don’t be afraid to ask them CIRCULATION munity.” I’m privileged enough to live and work enough for us that someone should go to jail where they stand on the particulars. Ask: So, do Circulation director Jean Albright among like-minded queers and straights. (I use for murdering, beating or robbing us (crimes for you really think that married and coupled people Distribution: Ashina, Allan, Crystal, Dan, Jack, John, Sue and Victor all terms loosely.) But I’ve long felt disconnect- which there’s enough punishment); we’d like to deserve more benefits than single people? How ed from the mainstream “gay community” and expand the prison industrial complex by forcing can you be against the war and also for fighting its notion that “coming out” is a political act of them to rot in prison for the rest of their lives or in the military? Do you really think that putting great meaning and significance. be hanged or electrocuted. people in jail for long periods of time for what My friend B. once said to me, “We [queers] “Coming out,” as defined by the U.S “gay com- they think or say during a crime is a good idea, used to be the most interesting people in the munity,” has also become a dangerous export. especially since most people in jail are the al- room. Look at us now.” Indeed. We’re not just We’ve recently decided that there’s an interna- ready disenfranchised, including the poor? Does Copyright 2008 Lambda Publications Inc./Windy City Media less interesting, but politically conservative. tional gay community that has goals and ide- “coming out” mean the same in vastly different Group; All rights reserved. Reprint by permission only. Let’s consider the main causes of the “gay com- Back issues available for $3 per issue (postage included). als in common across borders, and we have no cultural and political contexts? Return postage must accompany all manuscripts, drawings, munity/movement” today—and why I didn’t qualms in asserting that “gay rights” are the What if your co-worker tells you you’re being and photographs submitted if they are to be returned, and come out on its behalf. no responsibility may be assumed for unsolicited materials. same everywhere. In fact, what counts as “gay” homophobic just for asking these questions? 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But don’t turn it into a social-justice issue by dictatorial. on_national_coming_o.php. pretending that it’s about establishing parity (773) 871-7610 FAX (773) 871-7609 There is, of course, a need to establish solidar- e-mail: [email protected] and equal rights for everyone. When gays argue how to make it better. it was, in their opinion, BTW the full bill is 458 pages or so, but it is www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com radio: WindyCityQueercast.com LAUREN the only option to “stop the bleeding.” actually quite accessible, via internet I found it I doubt that any of the women who come to on the Wall Street Journal website, and it seems WINDY CITY MEDIA GROUP, SUGERMAN CWIT seeking assistance have ever received food most of the important stuff is in the first 100 5315 N. Clark St. #192, Chicago, IL 60640 USA stamps or an opportunity to complete an ap- pages. As you well know, reading is critical to (MAILING ADDRESS ONLY) prenticeship after doing D-minus work or would getting good grades, a D-minus is basically fail- Windy City Times Deadline every Wednesday. get a loan or a pass from their professor or that ing and you wouldn’t put up with a student slip- Nightspots Deadline every Wednesday. any of us would get a bailout from our bank or ping by with that attitude, so why are we letting Identity (BLACKlines and En La Vida): Now insurance company on such flimsy conditions as congress. Also, there is almost nothing in this online only this bill. bill, so vigorously applauded by its architects, Deadline The 10th of month prior. Speaking out OUT! Resource Guide ONLINE But, although I strongly disagree with this bill that is halfway palatable, that any of us would www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com about the bailout and the manner in which it was conceived and ever consider serving to our guests for brunch or birthed, I submit, respectfully, that if they can any other meal. www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com How can Congress, including our congressional stop the bleeding of artificially inflated mon- If I sound cranky, I apologize. It’s just that www.WindyCityQueercast.com reps from the progressive caucus and Senators ies, then perhaps they- congress- can stop real I’m busy trying to meet payroll, keep CWIT from Obama, Clinton, Biden, McCain, Durbin etc. bleeding occurring daily in the countries we needing a bailout, planning a wedding, learning manage to pass the most significant bill of our are occupying, the bleeding of our own troops, how to walk in three inch heels and packing my lifetime, (perhaps less significant only than among them my family, the bleeding of people trousseau. and I’m bummed that the Cubs (and the conferring on the president the powers of in this country who can’t afford health care, Sox) just lost and my one real new years plea- war earlier agreed upon by a joint, bipartisan the bleeding of our environment and natural sure and dream has already been dashed. coalition in Congress and abroad) which from resources, and other places I know we all see And well, after almost two years of illness that my reading appears to abrogate any remaining actual blood. sapped my energy and voice, I’d rather speak out Windy City Times shreds of constitutional, constituent or congres- When will our representatives get some balls, honestly than struggle for breath and words, or sional powers and hand them to an oversight huevos, ovaries, whatever you want to call it, try to couch them. I spent way too much time on is Chicago’s only board consisting of several of the very master- perhaps we should send buckets to congress. the couch and it feels great to be able to stand gay publication with minds and deep thinkers, (see section 104) that tennis balls might work also. I’m embarrassed up again, even walk to the beach. independent, outside either got us into this mess, didn’t see it coming that our leading Gay politician offered this and For some of us, Jews at least, these are the or haven’t a clue as to what to really do, at least lauds the bill and Congress’s great work on it. days of awe. but they shouldn’t be the days of audit verification of as of last week. What I’ve sent is just the summary of the bail- aw shucks, I wasn’t looking. May our new year circulation by the Several local legislators policy directors told out-oops, recovery- or is it the new fuck us over be full of joy and peace. But if we have to leave nationally recognized me the bill was a D-minus, barely, but despite while we watch- bill, I encourage so that we can false prosperity behind, B’shert, which is Yiddish that, they were convinced there was nothing all have a real discussion about how to bring for its meant to be. firm, Verified Audit more to do to make it better or that we could change and hope to our country and maybe even Lauren Sugerman is executive director of Circulation. afford or should spend more time investigating the world we impact so disastrously upon. Chicago Women in Trades. Oct. 15, 2008 11 GOINGS-ON WINDY CITY TIMES’ ENTERTAINMENT SECTION

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idol. At 82, he has a license to kill with him. He stealing your gays? On the gets away with saying anything. Nobody messes KG: Oh God, she is ruthless. She will steal any with Rickles. It’s hysterical. I don’t even think gay that isn’t nailed down. She has the nerve C(hicago) list Oprah has the nerve to mess with him. He’s that to be taking the hot gays. At this point she’s by Jerry Nunn much of a comedic icon. stealing gays from other gays. She plays that WCT: That was a great moment of the show. old-lady card. You know: “I’m vulnerable” and Kathy Griffin’s stand-up act has sold out several KG: It was fun. I was so glad because the that bit, and the next thing you know the gays shows at The Chicago Theatre and added new producers wanted Don to stay on script. And I are over there watching Judge Judy and Dancing ones to keep up with the demand. Her Emmy thought he was obviously such a breath of fresh with the Stars. Award-winning reality show is a huge hit, and it air. I thought it was one of the best moments of WCT: And the Golden Girls reruns. was a nice to find out she is just as funny on the the show also. KG: Oh, yeah. And then I can barely get them phone as on television. WCT: Do you feel vindicated with Gaiken on the phone. I’m on to her trickery. Windy City Times: Hi, Kathy. Thanks for tak- [Clay Aiken] coming out of the closet? WCT: Any new thoughts on The View? ing a few minutes to talk. First off, is Life on KG: I do. I am still hurt that I was not asked to KG: Ohhh. First of all, I still can’t get over the the D-List going to be on for a fifth season? be the babymomma. I am going to have to ask fact that Sherri Shepherd thinks the earth is flat. Kathy Griffin: The Bravo people have said that my own inner Clay on how to get over that. That’s already hysterical to me. Also, she told I have signed up but I have not. I am trying WCT: You were so right about the whole Bill Maher that God personally speaks to her. I to extract tens more dollars from Bravo. Those thing. am fascinated by that. cheap bastards—you would think after four KG: Well, I think it’s really great that he came Kathy Griffin. Somehow, Elizabeth Hasselbeck has snowed years and two Emmys that they could come up out. The picture of him holding the baby is such American audiences into not knowing that she a powerful image because gay adoption is such a is a fucking Survivor reject. I am sorry; I am go- with it. I am in bitter negotiations, because you WCT: What kind of speech do you have hot issue. He came out at a relatively young age. ing to listen to the political beliefs of someone know they are very busy with shows like The planned for the Grammy win? I very much applaud him for coming out at this who wore wacky scarves on Survivor? Break Up with Jo & Slade. KG: I love your positive energy. Well, I can time. He’s still facing the people on Broadway God knows Barbara [Walters] can’t stand me, WCT: I heard that you might be moving to tell you this: When I was making the CD, some every night. He’s being honest with himself and but at least I listen to her because she has in- Lifetime—any truth to that? bigwig at Sony had me take out all the Britney his kid, and I think it’s great. Doesn’t mean that terviewed every world leader, living and dead. KG: Lifetime is not one of them, but I have Spears material. She was on the label and they I am not going to make fun of him for the rest Of course I like Whoopi and Joy very much. I been talking to one of the other major cable didn’t want to have that. I thought, “What kind of my life, but I still think he’s great. get along great with them. Sherri is a pistol. But networks. Honestly, I would like to stay at NBC comedian worth their salt would not make fun of WCT: There was a rumor that you were sup- this notion that everyone has to be quiet and since I have worked there since Suddenly Susan, Britney Spears, especially in the last year?” So posed to be on Dancing with the Stars. Is listen to Hasselbeck is out of control. It’s always so we will see how it all works out. the day the tapes were going to be “mastered,” there any truth to it? amusing to hear her lose her points when you WCT: How was the second Emmy win com- (I am not really sure what that means but I KG: That’s actually why I left my agent. After watch her on YouTube.com. pared to the first? think it’s the point of no return) they said, “You winning an Emmy and having my own show and WCT: She seems more and more stressed KG: It was glorious. I wanted to win more than have to take it out or we won’t do it.” So if I am I, oh, I don’t know, selling out four nights at the out. I am supposed to say. I am supposed to say that lucky enough to win, I will have to mention that Chicago Theatre, I am playing Madison Square KG: She’s getting more and more strident; it’s an honor to be nominated. But it’s much bet- incident and possibly that person by name, Garden in February, and for them to call and say, that’s for sure. But also, I am not sure why Babs ter to win. I wanted to win like I was in a fuck- WCT: That’s a great idea. [Both laugh.] “We have a hard offer for Dancing.” It’s such a treats her like a rock star. Believe me: When I ing Jacqueline Susan novel. I wanted to win like KG: I always like the mentioning-of-names show-business line. I of course love the show. I, was there, Barbara Walters was kicking my shins Neely O’Hara in Valley of the Dolls. I would have part. I met Drew Barrymore one time and she of course, want my beloved Lance Bass to win. under the table. Barbara had me on a short ripped the wig of Ty Pennington if I could! said that we should have a dinner party some- I am just saying: When you think Kathy Griffin, leash—not one of those leashes where you push WCT: What was the behind-the-scenes ex- time. She said that we hate the same people you think dick jokes. You don’t think leg exten- the button and it gets longer, she had me on a perience during the Emmys with Don Rickles and we could talk about it. I said, “Drew, the sions or tumbling of any kind. I already wear short choke chain! like? difference is that I mention their names on tele- enough drag makeup; that would not be a new KG: I talk about all of that in the shows for vision.” So that party never materialized. Turn to page 20 thing for me. I just thought you can not be more sure. Let me just say that Don Rickles is so funny WCT: Maybe one day. So is your mother still and so sweet and delightful, and he really is my off the mark. 12 Oct. 15, 2008 the company’s ambitious nationwide movie-the- Scottish ater screenings of its opera productions. Two straight plays rounded out my Bay Area Play Scott arts pilgrimage: Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s world premiere of Itmar Moses’ high school by SCOTT C. MORGAN drama Yellowjackets and American Conservatory Theatre’s West Coast premiere of Tom Stoppard’s “Who needs drugs when you have opera?” Rock and Roll. Indeed! I overheard this comment during in- Like Steppenwolf’s recent Superior Donuts, termission for San Francisco Opera’s marvelously Yellowjackets is pitched specifically at home- surreal production of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s town audiences (so much so that its local jokes unjustly neglected Die Tote Stadt (The Dead and references would be lost elsewhere). Set at City). It really brought home the fact that you Berkeley High School in the 1990s, Yellowjack- can go on some mind-bending trips theatrically ets takes its name from the school mascot and without any illegal substances. shows the perils of political correctness as a Die Tote Stadt was a high point (no pun in- school newspaper gets boycotted by a group of tended) of my recent trip to see theater and op- teachers for printing a “racist” article. era in that lovely California city of San Francisco The young cast playing multiple roles was ex- and its East Bay neighbor of Berkeley. tremely versatile and funny, each getting across Chicago and the Bay Area have a history of Die Tote Stadt. the confusing mixture of multiculturalism and sharing theater and opera productions. Most of power plays that take place even in assumed director Mary Zimmerman’s works for Looking- bastions of liberal enlightenment. glass and the Goodman regularly journey out tions of Chinese women spread out over two many surrealistic flourishes like flying restaurant I’m worried that I’ll be disappointed when I see west, as do several Steppenwolf Theatre pro- continents has plenty of potential. She’s writ- waiters and oversize aquarium video projections Rock ‘n’ Roll later this season at the Goodman ductions. Conversely, John Adams’ opera Doctor ten some wonderfully dramatic scenes and lyrics, were head-scratching and odd. Theatre, since American Conservatory Theater’s Atomic presented last season the Lyric Opera of but the overall libretto felt too scattershot, with Surrealism dominated Die Tote Stadt, a 1920 production, under Carey Perloff’s direction, was Chicago originated as a co-production at San missing plot threads and details—one glaring opera by Korngold (a Jewish Viennese composer so strong in its casting and design elements. Francisco Opera in 2005. omission was an explanation of what exactly a best known for fleeing the Nazis in the 1930s Jack Willis stood out as the dedicated British On my visit this past September, the San Fran- bonesetter is. (A bonesetter’s like an osteopath/ to pioneer the lush Golden Era Hollywood sound communist Max, holding true to his ideology de- cisco area had several productions that would pharmacist.) with film scores like The Sea Hawk and The Ad- spite the constant news that his rock-and-roll- make any Chicago culture-booster jealous. Tan’s hit a upon an interesting theatrical de- ventures of Robin Hood). loving Czech protégé, Jan (unflappable played The major reason for my visit was to see two vice of having dutiful daughter Ruth Young Ka- Since most of Die Tote Stadt is a dream, origi- by Manoel Feliciano), is suffering from oppres- works at the San Francisco Opera that haven’t men (a compelling mezzo performance by Zheng nal director Willy Decker had a field day in this sion behind the Iron Curtain. Other treasures been seen before in Chicago: the world premiere Cao) physically reliving the traumatizing youth imported 2004 production from Salzburg and in this emotionally-involving Stoppard drama of The Bonesetter’s Daughter and the company of her dementia-suffering mother LuLing Liu (an Vienna. Twisted perspectives and commedia included a feisty Rene Augesen and a touching premiere of Die Tote Stadt. equally affecting Ning Liang) to find out the dell’arte iconography played well in this lushly Summer Serafin, both in dual mother/daughter The Bonesetter’s Daughter was the event to be secret behind the ghost of Precious Auntie (a scored piece about a mourning man named Paul roles. seen at among the city’s cultural elite, since it wonderful Peking opera singer Qian Yi). Yet it (tenor Torsten Kerl, sounding a tad reedy at So even though you can stay at home a see all featured a libretto written by hometown hero lacked the plausible tidiness that came in the times) who finds Marietta, the doppelganger of sorts of world-class theater and opera in Chica- Amy Tan (based upon her own 2001 novel) and novel when Ruth learns about the past from a his dead wife, Marie (the vivacious soprano Em- go, it’s still fun to visit other cities to compare a score by Stewart Wallace (best known for his written manuscript. ily Magee). and contrast. Like Chicago, San Francisco is a 1995 opera Harvey Milk). Wallace’s score captivated with its skilled mix- Both operas showed off the cultural cache that hub of theatrical splendors that makes it well Though it was rapturously received by the local ture of traditional Chinese instruments with a former Houston Grand Opera general director has worth journeying to. press and audience, The Bonesetter’s Daughter big western symphony. Director Chen Shi-Zheng brought to his new job at San Francisco Opera. didn’t live up to my expectations. created a fluid and fantastical staging, though Hopefully these two productions will be part of Amy Tan’s ghost story involving three genera-

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He makes Richie so ish life in the 21st century will infuriate for be- self-aware and expressive about his sexuality ing too mundane and too long for its own good. that it’s hard to believe he would enter the mili- Another flaw is Stephens’ handling of a charac- CRITICS’ PICS tary as a way to squelch his desires, even in pre- ter’s shocking death, which is introduced like an Stonewall days. afterthought. Caroline, or Change, Court Theatre, Roiling these three guys is the newly arrived Another deterrent comes from the fact that through Dec. 7. An unusually intelligent private Carlyle. Direct from the inner city, Carlyle the cast all make strong stabs at the characters’ musical—really a contemporary opera with Streamers. Photo courtesy of Gift Theatre barges in hypersexed and in a rage about his K.P. thick Northern English dialects. If you never Broadway style—by Tony Kushner and Jea- duties and his future as Vietnam cannon fodder. tune into the BBC, you’ll long for subtitles. nine Tesori, about an 8-year-old boy and a (Emanueal Buckley was just right at depicting Yet Stephens packs a lot of challenging acting “colored” maid in 1963. It’s a huge hit— THEATER REVIEW Carlyle’s bitter anger and ghetto background.) moments for Griffin’s mostly strong ensemble. and rightly so. Don’t miss. JA Also good were the drunken team of Rooney Director Berry stages the whole show fluidly and Streamers Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Northlight (John Kelly Connolly) and Cokes (John Gawlik), effectively. Playwright: David Rabe Theatre at the North Shore Center for the who show off a deep butch affection for each On the Shore… is an ensemble piece, but the At: Gift Theatre, 4802 N. Milwaukee Performing Arts, through Oct. 26. Jeffrey other while poetically explaining the play’s title people who get the juiciest dramatic moments Phone: 773-283-7071; $20-$25 Hatcher blurs the boundaries of Victorian (a careening paratrooper whose chute fails to are the parents Peter and Alice. In these respec- Runs through: Nov. 16 morality in this smart adaptation starring open). tive roles, Paul D’Addario and Elise Kauzlaric are Nick Sandys as the Man of Two—make that The Gift’s intimate space adds immeasurably to utterly convincing as a couple who has drifted BY SCOTT C. MORGAN five—Minds. MSB Daniel J. Ahlfeld’s strong and disturbing produc- apart and consider others for solace when trag- Joffrey Ballet’s Postcards, Auditorium tion. It succeeds at unsettling, not just because edy strikes. Backers of the flawed military policy informally Theatre of Roosevelt University, through of the violence, but also because of the fact that Brian Deneen is utterly genuine as their lanky known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” could point to Oct. 26. The Joffrey Ballet’s first season un- many Americans still hold so many outdated 18-year-old teenage son, Alex. So is Josh David Rabe’s 1976 drama Streamers to support der new artistic director Ashley C. Wheater views depicted in the play. Schecter as the randy 15-year-old son Christo- their parroted “loss-of-unit-cohesion” argu- kicks off with a world premiere (Edwaard pher, who has the hots for his brother’s pill- ments. After all, the play climaxes when a bar- Liang’s Age of Innocence), a company pre- popping girlfriend Sarah Black (a compellingly racks confrontation over gay sex escalates into THEATER REVIEW miere (Jerome Robbins’ In the Night) and sarcastic Lucy Carapetyan). bloody murder. returning favorite (Robert Joffrey’s Post- On the Shore Norm Woodel brings panache to the violent Citing this fictional work to justify the sup- cards). SCM and drunk grandfather Charlie. By contrast, Ariel pression of gay and lesbian soldiers from serving Manon, Lyric Opera of Chicago, through of the Wide World Brenner’s turn as Gran Ellen feels underplayed openly would be ridiculous. But it wouldn’t be Playwright: Simon Stephens Oct. 31. French soprano Natalie Dessay and undefined. surprising, since a recent Senate hearing fea- reigns supreme in David McVicar’s gritty At: Griffin Theatre Company at The rest of the cast make essentially cameo ap- tured Howard Weizmann of the Bush administra- production showing the rise and fall of an Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont pearances that are spot-on. Christopher Chmelik tion’s Office of Personnel Management citing the 18th-century good-time girl torn between Phone: 773-327-5252; $25 is perfectly hilarious as Paul, Alex and Sarah’s plot of the Adam Sandler movie I Now Pronounce Runs through: Nov. 16 love and money. SCM You Chuck and Larry as evidence that programs drug-dealing pyromaniac friend, while Karyn Morris milks the laughs and poignancy as the offering equal family benefits for LGBT federal —By Abarbanel, Barnidge, Morgan BY SCOTT C. MORGAN pregnant editor Susan Reynolds. Ian Novak’s workers would be scammed. and Sullivan handsome turn as John Robinson also makes a So there are sure to be mixed feelings while A sense of decay pervades Simon Stephens’ 2006 watching the Gift Theatre’s involving production compelling case for the adulterous subplot. Olivier Award-winning drama On the Shore of On the Shore… may drag on too long with too of Streamers. We can be glad at how much has the Wide World. Or the play’s overall mood could changed in American culture since the play’s de- reflect the need for constant rebuilding after ir- but and its 1965 setting—or dismayed because reversible personal cataclysms. many pockets of America are still just as back- For Griffin Theatre’s American premiere of BIZET’S ward. Stephens’ working-class British drama, direc- Though set during the Vietnam War, Streamers tor Jonathan Berry and set designer Marianna isn’t so much a criticism of that conflict but an Czaszar wallow in bleakness: Secondhand chairs exploration of race, class, masculinity and sexu- with torn upholstery are strewn about the stage ality in the military. Rabe keeps Streamers state- THE PEARL FISHERS like a bombed-out antique shop. side, where three bunk mates anxiously question Yet there’s a metaphorical bright light from the whether they’ll be shipped off to fight. fact that two characters are historic preserva- There’s Roger, a soft-spoken African American tion specialists. The surroundings and charac- capitalizing on the integration gains in the Army ters’ emotional states may look trashed to hell, to rise in the ranks. (Evan Lee’s performance as but Stephens hints at the potential for revital- Roger is defined by a no-nonsense gravitas.) 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Photo by Kirk In French with projected English translations Williamson 16 Oct. 15, 2008 THEATER REVIEW are played by costumed actors, other characters ly prepackaged from New York, the revision for Mac could also have brushed up his drama- are portrayed by the intricately-crafted puppets its amusing Chicago premiere does let us see one turgy, since there is no mention of the play that In the Curious Hold that are Incurable Theater’s stock-in-trade—a of the country’s rising stars of drag performance inspired Carousel (Ferenc Molnar’s Liliom), which life-sized doll worn by its operator like a coat, art. has a far less forgiving outcome for its anti-hero of the Demeter: for example, or three fashionable damsels com- Taylor Mac’s brand of writing and starring in abuser than Rodgers and Hammerstein’s version prised of rod-activated arms topped by placard- drag-performance art is largely political and known as Billy Bigelow. Count Orlock cutout faces. Silhouette figures on a screen de- caked with loads of glam makeup. (He also plays But aside from these qualms, The Young La- at Sea pict the cruel deeds of the ancestral Orlock, Vlad the ukulele.) With The Young Ladies of…, Mac dies of… is a thoughtful and enjoyable show Playwright: Jill Summers The Impaler—a legacy which, we are given to takes a more personal (though still political) that should resonate with any gay man who has At: The Incurable Theater at the understand, led to his descendant’s flight from turn by addressing subversive questions of mas- butch fathers known for their military service, Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph the family estate—but any serious moments are culinity, many of them directed at his late Texan riding motorcycles, or membership in the Na- Phone: 312-742-8497; $15 quickly dispelled by such comic showstoppers as father. tional Rifle Association (hey, that’s me, too). Runs through: Oct. 25 the sandwich composed of a large flailing-tailed Mac seizes on the fact that his father corre- rat imprisoned between two slices of bread. sponded with dozens of Australian women while BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE The antics of a self-absorbed nerd, even one he served in the Vietnam War. (Mac happened ‘Burn Notice’ star masked as a venerated cinematic icon, grow upon dozens of letters women sent after his fa- coming to F.W. Murnau’s classic 1922 silent film, Nosfer- quickly tedious, however. Even at a running time ther placed a newspaper ad seeking companion- atu, is a thinly disguised adaptation of Dracula, of only 50 minutes (including a song-and-dance ship in Sydney for his R&R stay.) Royal George English novelist Bram Stoker’s 1892 thriller. In finale, complete with straw hat and cane), noth- Mac also weaves Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Jeffrey Donovan, currently starring in USA the screenplay, the undead predator Count Or- ing can disguise the fundamental ambivalence Carousel into the show, claiming it was his fa- Network’s TV series Burn Notice, will headline lock travels from his home in the mountains of at the foundations of this frivolously conceived ther’s favorite movie musical. Mac is appalled the Chicago Premiere of Don’t Dress for Dinner, a eastern Europe to the German city of Bremen spoof. Too juvenile for adult audiences and too at the musical seemingly condoning domestic comedy of errors written by Boeing-Boeing play- (not London, as in the original novel) by ship, vulgar for children, this brand of teenage-boy abuse, yet he longs for its plot device of allow- wright Marc Camoletti and directed by legendary specifically the Russian schooner Demeter—a humor should find a ready audience among the ing a dead man to come back to Earth for one New York director John Tillinger. journey requiring him to sequester himself in his college crowds increasingly infesting the Loop day to right the wrongs he caused. Don’t Dress for Dinner will begin performances coffin for the duration of the nine-day voyage. district. Like the hanging stars in the Carousel film, let- on the Royal George Theatre Main Stage, 1641 N. Jill Summers’ script for this Incurable Theater ters addressed to Mac’s dad float above Courtney Halsted, Friday, Nov. 14, and run through Sun- production speculates on the Count’s thoughts THEATER REVIEW O’Neill’s clever paper-filled set. When the letters day, Jan. 11, 2009. as he keeps his lonely vigil. rain down on Mac, it’s one of the show’s funniest Tickets are $49.50-$59.50 (and start at $45 The problem is that Summers appears to have The Young moments. for preview performances Nov. 14-22). Call 312- done the major part of her speculating over a few Ladies of… Admitting that his costume is less of his typical 988-9000 or visit www.Ticketmaster.com too many beers at a campus-frat bar. Her insom- radical drag than an idea of one dreamed up by Playwright: Taylor Mac niac vampire hero with the cadaverous visage is the patriarchy of his father’s relatives, Mac goes At: About Face Theatre at characterized as a wimpish post-adolescent, his about exploring society’s condoned misogyny as Lily Tomlin Hoover-Leppen Theatre, 3656 N. Halsted days in isolation devoted to rueful memories of he explicitly questions some of his father’s more Phone: 773-784-8565; $20-$40 at Rosemont a coddling mother and sexually voracious girl- perplexing actions—the constant belittlement Runs through: Oct. 26 friends, alleviated only by bouts of insecurity of anything feminine and the emotional lurch Theatre Nov. 1 over the condition of his personal hygiene, his he created by giving hope to so many Australian One of America’s queens of comedy, the leg- uncertain virility (fortunately, he’s remembered BY SCOTT C. MORGAN women. endary Lily Tomlin, will take the stage of the to pack some Victoria’s Secret catalogs), and the Metzgar does a good job of keeping interest Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N. River, Saturday, Nov. It wouldn’t be fair to expect About Face The- slim chances of his finding new love in a new through Mac’s constant digressions and annota- 1, at 8 p.m. for “An Evening of Classic Lily Tom- atre’s new artistic director Bonnie Metzger and country. tions throughout the show. Mac would have been lin.” Tickets are $37.50-$75. Call Ticketmaster managing director Rick Dildine to produce a This doesn’t mean that his fantasies aren’t even more effective if his energy didn’t seem to at 312-559-1212; visit Ticketmaster outlets or world premiere for their first show. So even if fun when rendered as visual spectacle. While lag in his many breathy and angrily exasperated the Rosemont Theatre box office; or visit www. 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The second disc has KNIGHT filled with tremendous, heartwrenching perfor- clusively at Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema oodles of behind-the-scenes stuff for those who mances, the movie begins in 1968, when flower beginning Friday, Oct. 17. See www.landmark- want to know how all the cool high tech stuff AT children Catherine, Yves and Herve convince sev- theatres.com. was done. It’s big, loud and fun—get it! THE eral of their friends to join them in starting a Check out my archived reviews and Knight —L.A. Confidential (Warner Home Video): My commune in the countryside. Twenty years later, at Home at the Movies column for DVD rec- long wait for a two-disc special edition of Curtis MOVIES with the collapse of communism and the rise ommendations at www.windycitytimes.com Hanson’s 1997 masterpiece is finally here, and it of AIDS, Catherine and Yves’ children must deal or www.knightatthemovies.com. Readers can only disappoints in that it gives short shrift to with the fallout from the free-love generation. leave feedback at the latter Web site. the amazing score by the late, great Jerry Gold- Screens Oct. 18, 19 **** smith (though his contributions are noted in —The Dead Girl’s Feast (Brazil): Every year, DVD REVIEWS some retro footage that’s included in the second pilgrims pour into a small community in the up- disc). Hanson’s movie, a modern-day film noir per Amazon to worship at the mystical shrine Knight at Home that delves into corruption in the Los Angeles of a little girl who went missing 20 years ago. at the Movies police force, is set in the early 1950s and has The faithful await her life-changing revelations, by Richard Knight, Jr. breakthrough performances by Russell Crowe and channeled through an enigmatic local known as Guy Pearce. Both are matched by Kevin Spacey, 2008 Chicago the Saint, but the little girl’s brother has grown The following DVDs showcase four great exam- Danny Devito, James Cromwell and Kim Basinger, tired of the exploitation of his sister’s memory ples of movie-making at its best. (Actually, it’s in her Oscar winning performance. The film was International Film by the Saint’s profiteering father. Soon, he’ll un- six if you include all three Godfather pictures.) overshadowed by the massive success of Titanic cover an astonishing secret about them both. All are worth checking out in this edition of and unfairly died at the box office. Hopefully, Festival preview; Oct. 19, 21, 28 Knight at Home at the Movies. this feature-packed special edition will help ad- —Lokas (Chile/Mexico): The film follows —Sex and the City (New Line Home Video): dress this oversight. It’s one of the greats. Tru Loved 9-year-old Pedro, his homophobic single father Carrie & Co. are here at last in this two-disc —The Godfather—The Coppola Restoration By Richard Knight, Jr. and what happens when they move in with Pe- special edition that includes a longer cut of an Gift Set (Paramount): The greatest of Coppola’s dro’s gay grandfather. Screens Oct. 21, 22, 23 entertaining but already too-long film (though 1972 original and 1974 sequel has long been a Oscar-winning actors Rachel Weisz and Jen- —The Other Side (Portugal): A gay transves- die-hards will love the additional material), a matter of record (and his second return to the nifer Hudson; directors Darren Aronofsky and tite recovering from a recent suicide attempt re- digital copy on the second disc, some deleted Corleone family, in Part III, has plenty of fans Mike Leigh; and other film celebs will attend turns to his hometown to stay with the sister he scenes and a half-hour conversation between as well). Now, Paramount has restored the first the 2008 Chicago International Film Festi- hasn’t seen in 16 years. There he’s introduced to star Sarah Jessica Parker and gay writer-director two films to their original, dark splendor, and val (CIFF), which begins its 44th year Thursday, his teenage nephew, an exuberant teenager with Michael Patrick King that is enjoyable but a tad it’s like seeing the movies for the first time. I’ve Oct. 16 and runs through Wed., Oct. 29. The Down’s syndrome. Screens Oct. 17, 18, 21 too self-reverential. There is also a long seg- never seen The Godfather and The Godfather Part Brothers Bloom—a comedy from director Rian —The films will screen at the AMC River East ment on costume designer Patricia Field (who II (which I prefer) in a theatre and have always Johnson starring Weisz, Adrien Brody and Mark 21, 322 E. Illinois; 600 N. Michigan 9; and the also pulled together the amazing clothes for thought that the dark, smoky interiors were just Ruffalo—kicks off the festivities with a red- Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport. Both The Devil Wears Prada), the unsung star of the a given, but this new restoration adds enor- carpet premiere Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Harris opening and closing nights will be at the Harris movie. And let’s be honest: This DVD is going to mous detail to the films—and Paramount hasn’t Theater, 205 E. Randolph, which Johnson and Theater, 205 E. Randolph. Complete information launch a zillion viewing parties for the ladies stopped there. The set includes all the special Weisz will attend. Hudson will be honored Oct. on tickets, show times and special events are and gay men across America. One special feature material featured in the previous collection, and 18 with an Artistic Achievement Award at the available by calling 312-332-FILM (3456) or on- I look forward to in the next edition: how many they’ve added a disc of all new stuff—hours and Black Perspectives Tribute at Chase Auditorium, line at www.chicagofilmfestival.com. gay men dressed up as the foursome for Hallow- hours worth. For Godfather junkies, this is set 10 S. Dearborn. een 2008! is a no-brainer, and for film collectors this is a As always, the CIFF will showcase a multitude Queer writer-director Stewart Wade, last seen —Iron Man (Paramount): Another of summer’s must have as well. of star-driven indies receiving their Chicago pre- with the gay comedy Coffee Date, returns with biggest hits arrives in a two-disc edition. This mieres (e.g., Seth Rogan in Zack and Miri Make a another gay-themed movie, Tru Loved. The film Porno; Philip Seymour Hoffman in Syndoche, New follows the exploits of recently transplanted York; Viggo Mortensen in Good; Mickey Rourke in San Franciscan Tru—short for Gertrude (Na- The Wrestler; and Jada Pinkett Smith’s directo- jarra Townsend)—to a new conservative high rial debut, The Human Contract) along with a school. Tru, an individualist who has two moms wide-ranging slate of international fare. The fest at home and two dads a phone call away, isn’t will comprise 116 features, 38 shorts and stu- bothered by the catcalls of the popular girls, dent works and 18 documentaries programmed and she quickly discerns that her potential new into several categories. They include “Cinema boyfriend Lodell (Matthew Thompson) is gay. of the Americas,” “Restored and Rediscovered,” But Lodell—who is a football jock secretly lust- “Green Screen” (a new series highlighting films ing after his best friend, Manual (Joseph Julian that celebrate the environment), “Spotlight Il- Soria)—is closeted and pleads with Tru to act linois” and others. Chicagoan Tom Gustafson’s as her beard, even after Tru decides to start a queer-themed directorial debut, Were the World straight-gay alliance club at school along with Mine (which I’ll review in next week’s column), Walter (the winning Tye Olson). Then Tru falls is part of the latter category. (Windy City Times hard for Trevor (Jake Abel), whom everyone as- is co-sponsoring its Wed., Oct. 24, screening.) sumes is gay but is straight. Nine other films with prominent GLBT themes are Further complications abound as this cross be- included in this year’s lineup. Those screening tween TV’s My So-Called Life and an ABC After the first week of the fest include: School Special wends its way to the finish line. —Be Like Others (Iran/France/UK): In Iran, Wade’s low-budget film is hampered by badly re- homosexuality is considered a crime punishable corded dialogue and a script that tries to cram by death but for decades a painful sex-change too many issues and characters in (the closet- operation has been a legal alternative for men ed jock is also an African-American, etc.) but seeking to either live as women or have relation- Townsend, Abel and Olson are convincing teens ships with other men. This documentary follows worth rooting for and a lot of familiar faces in a group of twentysomething males “diagnosed”

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DJ Tiesto and MAKING Airscape provided the de- finitive trance versions of SENSE song; then in 2004 Above & Beyond and Filterheadz added their touches to the anthem. Now this beloved number is being revamped once more courtesy of the by David Byrne and Tony Peregrin Niels Van Gogh vs. Thomas Gold mixes. Serving as a much-needed history lesson, Sarah Fellow Canadian crooner k.d. lang returns to McLachlan unveils her first retrospective 20 the Windy City with a date at The Chicago The- years after she debuted with the album Touch. atre, 165 N. State, Friday, Oct. 17. The Grammy- Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan shows how winning out songbird’s latest is the self-pro- many like Dido and Jem have been influenced by duced Watershed. Here, the intimate collection McLachlan’s artistry. Grammy-winning material shows a mature lang aging gracefully as she still such as Building a Mystery and the teary-eyed I delivers those oft melancholy titles like I Dream Will Remember You fit perfectly among favorites of Spring, Sunday and Shadow and the Frame. like Vox, Sweet Surrender and Fallen. The track Watershed marks lang’s first album of new mate- listing was hand-picked by McLachlan herself. rial since 2000’s Invincible Summer. Electric Six (top); Low vs. Diamond (above). Sadly, her duets with Cyndi Lauper and Emmy- Acoustic duo Coyote Grace is on tour now lou Harris—as well as material from the holiday with Melissa Ferrick. Consisting of trans artist Joe Stevens on guitar and vocals, along with In- collection, Wintersong—have been passed here. likes of The Indigo Girls and has been featured natives come across as a love child of Orchestral In conjunction with her hits package, the Lilith grid Elizabeth on upright bass and sharing vocal duties, Coyote Grace has performed in Chicago at on NPR’s This Way Out. Manoeuvres in the Dark and lo-fi outfits Mono Fair founder has made a video for one of the two Lollapalooza features a lot of testosterone- in VCF or Pacific UV, with a touch of Feist. The new tracks, U Want Me 2. There is also a double- the Alt Q Festival and will be gracing the stage at Schuba’s, 3159 N. Southport, twice Saturday, driven acts like Rage Against the Machine and song Bruises can be heard in an iPod Nano com- disc limited edition of Closer with additional Nine Inch Nails. Welsh newcomer Duffy offered mercial. Chairlift’s full-length debut, Does You songs such as Mercy and Push. Oct. 25. Earlier this year the pair released the live keepsake The Harvey Tour before a proper a much-needed dose of girl power as she made Inspire You, is due out this fall on Kanine Re- Fifteen years after its release, the Legacy Edi- her Chicago debut at the summer festival. The cords. tion of McLachlan’s triple-platinum breakthough, sophomore studio outing comes out hopefully by year’s end. Coyote Grace has opened for the blonde behind the retro-flavored soul numbers As is the case with Heart, Jackson Browne and Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, is also out now. This like Mercy and Warwick Avenue will be at The Van Halen, The Foo Fighters are the latest mu- Riviera Theatre, 4746 N. Racine, Monday, Oct. sicians to have their work used by the McCain 20. Although she was the runner-up on the campaign without the artists’ consent. The Foo Welsh American Idol-like program Wawffactor, Fighters issued the following statement: “It’s Duffy rebounds by having her first album, Rock- frustrating and infuriating that someone who ferry, hit the top 10 stateside and become a wild claims to speak for the American people would success abroad. repeatedly show such little respect for creativity Just like one cannot take the sophomoric hu- and intellectual property. … ‘My Hero’ was writ- mor out of Electric Six, one cannot take these ten as a celebration of the common man and his guys out of the gay bar. With plenty of laughs extraordinary potential. To have it …used in a ensuing, the sextet’s forthcoming fifth album, manner that perverts the original sentiment of Flashy, features Gay Bar Pt. 2, a sequel to the the lyric just tarnishes the song.” Detroit outfit’s signature campy hit. Due out On Sunday, Sept. 28, Low vs. Diamond was Oct. 21 via Metropolis Records, Flashy also con- the first band to perform at The House of Blues tains innuendos galore a la Bloodhound Gang for the MySpace Tour. Sharing the bill with Mates on Formula 409 and the tongue twister We Were of State, Plastic Little and headliner Santogold, Witchy White Women. Also known for Danger! the California-based quintet got the night go- Danger! High Voltage and a remake of Queen’s ing with a certain fervor with the opener, Don’t Radio Ga Ga, Electric Six will rock the house at Forget Sister. Low vs. Diamond’s set was a home- the Double Door, 1572 N. Milwaukee, Thursday, coming for Chicago native drummer Howie Dia- Oct. 23 with Chicago’s very own Local H. mond. Also highlighting the show were Heart At- Sarah McLachlan. Fresh off of opening for Ariel Pink, Chair- tack and the melodic Wasted from the quintet’s lift is embarking on a series of live dates with solid self-titled debut. In the spirit of rocking Yeasayer. A stop is scheduled at Bottom Lounge, alternative favorites My Bloody Valentine, Muse 1375 W. Lake, Tuesday, Oct. 28 before commenc- and Mew, Low vs. Diamond proved its potential ing the European leg of the tour. This trio is not and that this is a crossover band waiting to hap- just another bunch of indie Brooklynites with an pen. Now, where’s that perfect licensing oppor- ‘80s influence. Formed in 2006, these Boulder tunity or highly visible live gig? GRIFFIN from page 11 which makes me feel very famous. And then I am just touring, touring, touring, CLICKJust TO email yourWIN answer to this question: WCT: What’s in the future for Kathy Grif- [and] I can’t wait to go to Chicago. That theater fin? is so gorgeous. By the way, Liza Minnelli, who “What’s your favorite place to KG: Well, we will see if I have a Grammy sea- I have become friendly with, told me that her son. First of all, I will have to pick a dress to father used to do the costumes for The Chicago hang out in Chicago?” see if I get on the worst-dressed list. It’s a little Theatre back in the day. for your chance to win harder because the girls really go out there fash- WCT: Well, that’s impressive, and so are you. to [email protected] We are all very excited about the show. I will Multi-Platinum Singer/Songwriter ion-wise for the Grammys. Let me tell you some- see you there! Releases her FIRST-EVER Best-of Collection… thing: If I get a Grammy nomination, I am going to be insufferable. You are going to think that I KG: Jerry Nunn, party of four—you are on the SARAH McLACHLAN am Aretha Franklin and Gwen Stefani combined. list. Grab your gays! “Closer: The Best Of Sarah I am going to be talking about things like my Kathy Griffin is performing to sold out crowds in Chicago Oct. 15-16 at The Chicago McLachlan” Grammy family and what it’s like to be a record- ing star. Theatre, 175 N. State. 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22 Oct. 15, 2008 BOOKS bit Hole. Did you decide to tackle Alice in WCT: Were the models as uninhibited as Wonderland because it’s so surreal and vivid they appear in the book? Justin Monroe’s itself? JM: Oh, absolutely. I really can say that you JM: That would definitely be part of the rea- have to chalk that up to trust; I think they re- son I chose the theme. It’s kind of funny: That ally trust me. They know that I’m not going to journey to had to be my first book. Anyone who knows me make them look foolish. It might be a shocking knows that I’m kind of a chronic daydreamer, image, but it’s also going to be a strong image. wonderland and I have always put these scenarios and fan- I’d worked with a lot of them before, so we have By ANDREW DAVIS tasies together. I tend to do that when I meet a bit of a history. I think the key is to make

someone for the first time—I put them in these them feel comfortable even as I take them out In the visually arresting Down the Rabbit Hole situations. of their comfort zones. I haven’t had a problem ($97; Bruno Gmünder Verlag Gmbh; 160 pages), When I saw the movie The Matrix, I was so with anyone. Justin Monroe takes the viewer through his ver- impressed with the scene with the red and blue WCT: By the way, what was it like working sion of Alice in Wonderland (as well as a few pills. The blue pill meant that you wake up the with Janice [Dickinson]? other tales)—and his perspective involves ev- Justin Monroe. Photos courtesy of Monroe next morning and you’re safe and sound; taking JM: People ask me about [trans icon] Amanda erything from same-sex bonding to same-sex the red pill takes you [elsewhere]. A lot of peo- [Lepore, who also appears in the book] and Jan- bondage to Janice Dickinson. I took a photography class in high school, ple have described my work as that kind of ex- ice. It’s like the lion and the lamb. The out Monroe talked with Windy City Times but it wasn’t so much a photography class as it perience—the red pill. One magazine wrote that WCT: I think I know which is which. about his interest in photography, being com- was an excuse to get my friends naked. [Inter- my work is “a red-pill ride,” and I like that. JM: Oh, for sure. Janice is tough; you want to pared to David LaChapelle and working with the viewer and subject laugh.] After I took the class I was thinking that if Alice were here today, pull your hair out, but when she gets in front of self-proclaimed world’s first supermodel (Dickin- at UCLA, I enrolled myself in the Pasadena Arts she’d be a transsexual and that the rabbit would the camera she does her business. The casting son). Center [College of Design] and went to school be a dirty bunny rabbit. Then I started putting couldn’t have been more perfect. Windy City Times: You’re a Midwestern guy. there for three years. I graduated, and have these stories together, and started intertwining Down the Rabbit Hole is now available. Find Where did you grow up? been shooting ever since. everything. out more about Justin Monroe at www.justin- Justin Monroe: Well, I kinda grew up all over WCT: How would describe your photographic WCT: I noticed and liked the racial diversity monroe.com. the place, but I spent most of my life primar- style? as well as the use of different body types, read the entire interview with Justin Mon- ily in Oklahoma. But when I was really young, JM: It’s kind of a melting pot of things. I find a although most bodies in this book are taut roe at www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com. my parents used to travel—and they were pretty bit poppy, as in pop-culture photography, in the and muscular. much hippies. My dad was in a rock-and-roll sense that my subjects have a cult following— JM: That’s how I see the world. One thing I band, and my mom was a back-up singer and and those who don’t have one think they do. didn’t want to do was another male physique hairdresser. [Laughs] It’s also a bit transgressive—against book; they bore me to death, and are so quickly WCT: So how did you become interested in society and against being politically correct. I forgotten. When I signed on with Bruno Gmünder photography? mix it up with a bit of fashion sensibility be- to be my publisher, that was an issue for them JM: When I got out of high school in the ‘80s, cause of my fashion and music backgrounds. [initially]; it was uncharted waters. I moved to Los Angeles and became a hairstylist Even if I shoot a really dirty scene, I take a sty- WCT: Plus, you have women in the book— for a company called Sebastian International. I listic approach. and what women! was on their artistic team, so I traveled a bit— WCT: Your style reminds me of David JM: I’m the first photographer to have a book and got to work with a bunch of photographers LaChapelle’s. for Bruno with female content. So they took doing a pictorial. The anticipation [involving] JM: I think people see our works and [notice] a big chance—but that was something I had getting the film back would kill me, and some- a lot of energy. I don’t think, if you look at Da- to stick to. I thought about my audience: the times I would be very disappointed. One day, vid’s work and mine, that you get a sense of young gay man. Some may be hot and muscular, I [thought to myself]: “You know what? You’re quiet. I think [our works] come out and grab but they like to put on high heels and do drag artistic. You’re creative. I’m gonna figure this people—and we shoot color, which really ties occasionally. [Laughs] Or they might like diver- thing out.” So I went to school, taking a course our styles together. sity or transsexuality. It’s the MySpace genera- at UCLA, and I absolutely fell in love with it. WCT: Now, let’s talk about Down the Rab- tion; they like anything that makes them gag. [Laughs]

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