THE VOICE OF ’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 Feb. 11, 2009 • vol 24 no 20 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com Dear Mr. President: Chicago Soldier Fights Equality Military Ban IL Gala by Tracy Baim page 5 She wasn’t asked. But she did tell. In a Jan. 26 letter to President Barack Obama, 2nd Lt. Sandy Tsao, 24, came out as a lesbian in the United States Army. The former resident of Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood wrote a fellow former South Sider in his new White House home to tell him she could no longer serve her country because she is a lesbian. Sunday, Feb. 8, marked the one-year anniversary of Tsao’s active duty, full-time ‘Noah’s service to her country. She is in the regular army, based in Fort Leonard, Mo. Within the next few months, Tsao expects to receive an Article 15 honorable dis- Arc’ charge because of homosexual conduct. Despite Obama’s claims as a Senator and Star page 6 now U.S. President that he opposes the military’s ban, he has now said he will delay work on the topic while it is further studied, despite the fact that dozens of studies have been conducted since Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was implemented by President Bill Clinton in the early days of his administration. These studies predominantly show support of lifting the ban, from both en- listed soldiers and officers. The experience of other nations also shows that the implementation of open service by gay and lesbian people has generally been a non-event. When Clinton came into office, he tried to remove the existing military gay ban, Gay Family but faltered quickly and implemented a policy that has been responsible for ruining more than 12,500 lives and which has robbed the military of untold numbers of skilled on ‘Race’ page 21 people, including translators. It no doubt scared away others who wanted to serve. In the early days of his administration, Clinton also experienced the coming out of valu- able military personnel, including Soldier of the Year Jose Zuniga, who was kicked out as a result of his speaking out. He now lives in Chicago and works on efforts to overturn Clinton’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Pursue policy.

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Yentl AWARE radio host settles with AG page 18 on DVD by PAUL MARINKOVICH ated more than $1.4 million of the organiza- funds” are directed to the people originally tion’s funding. meant to benefit in the first place. Christopher DeChant—who was behind the DeChant and Leffert have agreed to repay the Also, within the terms of the decree, DeChant once-nationally syndicated HIV Talk Radio Proj- amount of the misappropriated funds to the do- and Leffert have agreed to abstain from per- ect—and Kim Leffert, a member of the group’s nors and pharmaceutical companies that origi- forming and or participating in any philanthropy board of directors, have reached a settlement in nally sponsored and donated to AWARE: HIV Talk in the state of ever again. a case in which the office of Illinois Attorney Radio and HIV Talk Radio Project, as well as to www.WindyCityQueercast.com Turn to page 7 Lisa Madigan claimed that the two misappropri- a collection agency to ensure the “charitable

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DISCOUNTS FOR GROUPS! CALL (312)423-6612 MILLIONDOLLARQUARTETLIVE.COM 4 Feb. 11, 2009 the Public Defender in California. He argued that stature of the judges who wrote them—im- Judge takes denial of coverage violated both the U.S. Con- mensely important steps,” said Pizer. “I think NATIONAL stitution and the Ninth Circuit’s own employee of them as huge steps forward on a very long swipe at DOMA non-discrimination policy. That policy prohibits road.” discrimination based on sex and sexual orienta- Evan Wolfson, head of the national Freedom to ROUNDUP by LISA KEEN BY ANDREW DAVIS tion. Marry group, agreed. He said they also indicate KEEN NEWS SERVICE “that the exclusion of gay couples from marriage Judge Stephen Reinhardt, whose simultaneous The Fourth District of the Louisiana Court of position as chair of the Ninth Circuit’s commit- rests on very shaky ground.” The good news: A well-known federal appeals Appeal has affirmed a lower-court ruling that tee on the Federal Public Defenders charged him In ruling in Levenson’s case, Reinhardt said judge this month took a legal swipe at the De- made a valid decision when it with ruling on the complaint, said there was “no he believes DOMA violates the Fifth Amendment fense of Marriage Act (DOMA), declaring it uncon- granted health benefits to the domestic part- doubt” the denial of coverage violated the Ninth guarantee that no citizen be punished without stitutional. The bad news: The decision packed ners of its city employees and established a Circuit’s policy. Reinhardt agreed with the ad- due process of the law. And he said there is “no very limited punch, helping on a small cluster of domestic-partner registry for its residents, ac- ministrative official that DOMA requires that the rational basis for denying benefits to same-sex employees in one federal appeals court. cording to a Lambda Legal press release. In so word “spouse” in the law governing health ben- spouses” of federal circuit court employees. The decision was rendered on an internal com- ruling, the three-judge panel overruled an ap- efits to federal employees “must be interpreted” The judge cited two recent U.S. Supreme Court plaint filed by a court employee. While allowing peal by the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund. as “only opposite-sex spouses.” decisions that upheld the rights of gay people— employees with same-sex spouses in that circuit In New York, G. Donn Teal, one of the found- But Reinhardt, a Carter appointee, said DOMA the Colorado Amendment 2 decision in Romer –the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals—to ers of the Gay Activists Alliance, died Feb. 3 itself does not preclude the provision of benefits v. Evans, and the Texas sodomy law repeal in begin receiving equal benefits for his same-sex at the age of 76, according to a Renna Com- to a same-sex spouse. Lawrence v. Texas. He said both “strongly sug- spouse, it provides no remedy for anyone out- munications press release. In addition to his or- “DOMA,” he said in the decision published gest that the government cannot justify dis- side that court’s employment. The Ninth Circuit ganizational work, Teal wrote the first history of Feb. 4, “simply limits the definition of ‘spouse’ crimination against gay people or same-sex cou- covers California, Washington, Alaska, Oregon, the gay liberation movement, The Gay Militants, under federal law.” ples based on ‘traditional notions of morality’ Hawaii, Nevada, Idaho, Montana and Arizona. as well as articles for publications such as The Just three weeks earlier, the Ninth Circuit’s alone.” The victory in the federal appeals court came Advocate. Donations may be made in his memory Chief Judge, Alex Kozinski, ruled on a nearly iden- “The denial of federal benefits to same-sex in a case involving Brad Levenson, an attorney to Gay Men’s Health Crisis (www.gmhc.org). tical case. He also said health coverage should spouses cannot be justified simply by a distaste in Los Angeles, working for the Office of the Fed- In Los Angeles, NBC’s affiliate refused to run be granted to a lesbian attorney of the court, for or disapproval of same-sex marriage or a eral Public Defender, whose employees are part a pro-marriage equality TV commercial during employed in San Francisco. But Kozinski, a Rea- desire to deprive same-sex spouses of benefits of the Ninth Circuit workforce. the Super Bowl, according to Advocate.com. gan appointee, did not tackle the implication of available to other spouses in order to discourage Levenson married his partner, Tony Sears, in The ad—which showed a gay couple raising five DOMA directly. Instead, he said the federal law them from exercising a legal right afford them July 2008, at a time when same-sex marriages children—was rejected after KNBC’s legal team governing benefits to federal employees—called by a state,” wrote Reinhardt. could be licensed in California. (Following a ref- previewed the spot to the National Football the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act—was Among those who have clerked for Reinhardt erendum in November 2008, the state consti- League (NFL). The NFL claimed that it does not vague enough to allow a court to interpret the are Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (in 1982- tution was amended to ban such licensing and run advocacy-related commercials. definition of “family” as including a same-sex 83). a case challenging that initiative is before the The Justice Department has rehired Leslie spouse. “Having two strong and persuasive decisions California Supreme Court March 5.) Hagen after she was fired for being lesbian, That decision, rendered Jan. 13, related to a that take complementary routes to the same After he married, Levenson applied to have Advocate.com reported. Despite being constant- complaint filed by attorney Karen Golinski, who conclusion is exceedingly helpful to illustrate his spouse covered under his health insurance ly praised by her supervisors, Hagen had been sought coverage for her female spouse last year for future judges that they should think through at work, but an administrative official of the canned in February 2007 despite sexual orien- after they married. what equality really requires,” said Pizer. Ninth Circuit denied the coverage, saying that tation-discrimination protection within the de- Jennifer Pizer, director of the Marriage Project In other marriage news, the proverbial roller- DOMA precluded him from recognizing a same- partment. (It was discovered that conservative of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, coaster rides on. The New York Times reported sex spouse. attorney Monica Goodling was instrumental in noted that the decisions do not reach beyond Feb. 8 that the majority leader of the New York DOMA, enacted by Congress in 1996, says that Hagen’s departure.) The department has not yet the Ninth Circuit employees and that there are State Senate now says he does not expect to federal regulations and entities recognize the offered an apology. no appeals available. bring a pro-same-sex marriage bill to the floor term “spouse” as referring “only to a person of In San Francisco, the city’s department of “They are, however, legally and logically com- this year. Sen. Malcolm Smith told the Times the opposite sex.” public health, Black gay HIV working group, pelling and—especially given the impressive there are not enough votes in the senate to pass Levenson filed a complaint with the Office of and LGBT community center held an all-day the bill at this time. But a bill was introduced forum Feb. 2 to discuss the problems and then to the Vermont legislature Feb. 6 that seeks to reveal some possible solutions, the San Francisco approve equal rights in marriage in that state. Bay Times reported. More than 80 activists con- Vermont was a pacesetter back in 2000, when it vened to discuss issues such as the rising HIV became the first state in the nation to approve infection rate among African-American men. legal recognition of same-sex relationships. It The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has is- stopped short of marriage, however, and created sued a statement praising the confirmation a parallel system that identified gay relation- of Eric Holder as the nation’s newest attorney ships as “civil unions.” general. “Eric Holder has long been a voice for Also, in Massachusetts, the couple whose fairness and equality for all Americans, including name led the lawsuit that prompted the land- LGBT citizens. The Department of Justice which mark state supreme court decision which led to will now be led by an Attorney General dedicat- the first legal same-sex marriages in the nation, ed to civil rights, protecting communities from filed for divorce last week. Julie and Hillary hate violence and the fair and equal application Goodridge had announced their separation two of our laws,” said HRC President Joe Solmonese. years ago. In California, 39-year-old prison parolee Thom- Feb. 8-14 is National Freedom to Marry Week, as Jeffrey Brooks has confessed to killing Edward during which the National Freedom to Marry or- Clayton Andrews, 80, who was found in a large ganization is encouraging LGBT people to have concrete “egg” Brooks had sculpted, On Top at least three conversations with friends and Magazine reported. Brooks allegedly asphyxiated family to help build understanding and support the gay man, wrapped him in a blanket and tarp for equal rights for LGBT people. and buried his remains in the sculpture. Police

© 2009 Keen News Service arrested Brooks Aug. 8, and later discovered that over $90,000 had been drained from the Prop 8 arguments Andrews’ bank account. The two started a “pen pal” relationship while Brooks was in jail. set for March 5 The Elton John AIDS Foundation has award- The California Supreme Court will hear oral ed $40,000 to the Community HIV/AIDS Mo- arguments regarding the legal challenge to the bilization Project (CHAMP) to support Project anti-same-sex-marriage initiative Proposition 8 UNSHACKLE, an initiative that deals with the on Thursday, March 5. problem of the disease in prisons, according to a The National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lamb- CHAMP press release. Among the goals of Project da Legal, and the American Civil Liberties Union UNSHACKLE are HIV awareness and prevention in will argue that Prop 8 is invalid because the the jails as well as the reduction of the number of state’s residents have established strict bound- people in prison. aries that prohibit the principles of the Califor- The Queer Foundation—a Seattle, Wash.-based nia Constitution from being altered by a simple nonprofit organization—is offering the win- majority vote. California Attorney General Jerry ners of its 2009 High School Seniors English Brown is also asking the court to invalidate the Essay Contest College $1,000 scholarships for initiative, contesting that certain basic rights, studies in queer theory or a related field at a including the right to marry, are sacrosanct and U.S. college or university. The deadline is Feb. cannot be put up for a popular vote. 28; see more at www.QueerFoundation.org. Feb. 11, 2009 5

Anita Alvarez. Rocco Claps (left) and ‘Justice For All’ 2009 Gov. Pat Quinn. Photos by Kat Fitzgerald (www.MysticImagesPhotography.com); more photos at www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com

Art Johnston. Equality Illinois dresses up by EMMANUEL GARCIA and new Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. Burris spoke briefly about his plans to sup- Political LGBT organization Equality Illinois (EI) port a hate-crimes bill in the near future, while held its annual fundraising gala “Justice for All Quinn addressed his peers by saying, “I invite “at the Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan. The your ideas, your suggestions, your energy. All of unseasonably warm weather on Feb. 7 allowed us putting our work together, we can make the guests, dressed in black-tie attire, to leave their will of the people the law of the land and make winter coats at home. equality the law of the land.” Guests walked around a long list of auction EI Political Director Rick Garcia awarded State items on display from art pieces to weekend get- Rep. Greg Harris the 2009 Freedom Award. Har- aways and even a lunch with Cook County State ris, the night’s keynote speaker, expressed his Attorney Anita Alvarez, who was in attendance. optimism about passing equal marriage legisla- A weak economy and the recent impeachment tion and tackling the issue of health-insurance of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich didn’t go un- disparities. Other awardees included Paulette mentioned during the dinner portion of the pro- Curkin, retired director of the Gay Lesbian Bisex- gram. Host Jim Madigan welcomed attendees by ual Transgender Resource Center at Southern Il- saying, “Seeing this crowd tonight reminds me linois University Carbondale; trans activist Mara U.S. Sen. why I’m so proud to be part of this community Keisling; and the Honorable Emil Jones, who all Roland Burris. because in this time of economic troubles and received Freedom Awards as well. Kraft Foods re- political shake-ups ... each of you in this room ceived the Business Leadership Award. will be able to say I was there when the need Co-founder and Board President Art Johnston was raised.” concluded the evening by asking guests to “dig Illinois politicians walked in a parade across deep” when giving to EI, stressing the impor- the stage, and with each name came applause tance of marriage equality in IL a top priority in and excitement. Perhaps the most notable poli- 2009 for the organization. ticians in attendance because of the Blagojevich See more online at www.WindyCityMediaGroup. scandal that has generated national attention com. were newly appointed U.S. Sen. Roland Burris

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Dr. Damon Arnold (left) Jensen Atwood (left) and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. and Tommy Bennett. YPC holds scholarship breakfast by SAMuel WORLEY Tony Taylor, chair of YPC and a first-year stu- dent at Columbia College, introduced the pro- The Youth Pride Center held its annual scholar- gram and read from YPC’s motto, a poem which ship breakfast at Circuit, 3641 N. Halsted, on begins “Who I am is not a lifestyle choice/I was Saturday, Feb. 7. Planned to raise money for LG- born this way and I will rejoice.” Taylor noted BTQ youth, mostly youth of color, the program the achievements of various YPC members, many showcased the talents of local high school and of them students in fields such as music, dance college students. In addition to producing an art and journalism. An impromptu discussion fol- exhibition that lined the walls of the club, YPC lowed the program, in which YPC members and members also performed a show on the Circuit program attendees talked about the problems stage for the small group in attendance: per- faced by young people trying to afford college formers variously sang an a capella rendition of in the context of an economic crisis. “Wind Beneath My Wings,” danced to Beyonce’s “Save the Hero,” and read poems.

SOLDIER from cover Tsao was told by her chain of command that her letter was received by Obama’s White House. It was her own free choice to come out. In early February, she wrote to Windy City Times that she had “finished my full medication examina- tion and have finished my last session with my counselor. My counselor has signed an evalua- tion form that confirms that I am in a healthy mental state.” “Originally I planned to leave quietly and ‘Noah’s Arc’ star, Jesse Jackson reenlist in the Marines if the policy changed, but I was getting so lonely and tired of people highlight AIDS event cracking gay jokes and not being able to talk BY ANDREW DAVIS nold, M.D., then talked passionately about HIV/ to my friend because of the policy,” Tsao wrote. AIDS funding and gave a moving account about “I was getting so fed up that I finally decided A packed crowd at Amira Restaurant Lounge, meeting a fashion designer who ultimately died to tell the truth.” Tsao plans to return to Chi- 455 N. Cityfront, noshed on hors d’oeuvres, met of the disease. cago to finish an engineering degree. several people in quick succession—and wit- What followed was the main event as Jensen Tsao’s letter to President Brack Obama is 2nd Lt. Sandy Tsao. Photo by Donna nessed appearances from a TV star and a world- Atwood—Wade from the Noah’s Arc TV series dated Jan. 26, 2009. It reads: renowned minister. and the movie Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom “I am a Second Lieutenant currently serving mother can tell you it is my dream to serve our On Feb. 5, the Chicago Black Gay Men’s Cau- (now on DVD)—asked questions in a “dating in the United States Army. In addition to be- country. I have fought and overcome many bar- cus, Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) and game” panel discussion that had psychothera- ing an officer, I am a Christian, a woman and riers to arrive at the point I am at today. This the Chicago Department of Public Health were pist Boris Thomas, TPAN’s Keith Green and re- a Chinese-American. I am proud of all these is the only battle I fear I may lose. Even if it is among those hosting an event that promoted search scientist Grady Garner, Jr. (The emcee, identities. Lastly, I am also a homosexual. On too late for me, I do hope, Mr. President, that National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Rainbow PUSH’s Tommy Bennett, was the actual December 21, 2007, I was appointed as an you will help us to win the war against preju- Things started off with dozens of men tak- “prize.”) However, instead of the usual Dating army officer. In the oath of office I swore that dice so that future generations will continue ing part in speed-dating rounds. Then, the Rev. Game questions, Atwood tossed more thoughtful I will support and defend the Constitution of to work together and fight for our freedoms Jesse Jackson (who surprised many with his ap- inquiries that covered everything from jealousy the United States against all enemies, foreign regardless of race, color, gender, religion, na- pearance) spoke to the audience, and stressed to sexual compatibility. and domestic. Unfortunately, I will not be able tional origin or sexual orientation. the need for unity to fight HIV/AIDS. Illinois Photos by Andrew Davis to fulfill this oath because the current policy “Respectfully, Sandy Tsao, 2LT, MP.” Department of Public Health Director Damon Ar- regarding sexual orientation contradicts my Tsao grew up on Chicago’s Southwest Side, in values as a moral human being. Bridgeport, home of many former Chicago may- “Today is Chinese New Year day. I hope it ors, and the place Mayor Richard M. Daley was will bring good fortune to you and your newly raised. She graduated from Whitney M. Young elected office. Today is also the day I inform Magnet High School and received her bach- my chain of command of who I am. One of the elor’s in communication from the University of 7 army values is integrity. It means choos- Illinois at Chicago in 2007. ing to do the right thing no matter what the Tsao’s parents are both Chinese. Her moth- consequences may be. As a Christian, this also er is from Hong Kong and her father is from means living an honest life. I cannot live up Burma (Myanmar). Tsao is a first-generation to this value unless my workplace ‘provides an American. Her father’s younger brother served environment free of unlawful discrimination in the Army as an enlisted solder. and offensive behavior’. [Excerpt from the U.S. Finally, Tsao does not blame her command- Army’s Equal Opportunity Branch (EO) Mission ers for simply following the law; she said they Statement.] have no choice. If the ban were to be lifted, “We have the best military in the world and she would like to have a career in the mili- I would like to continue to be part of it. My tary.

Washington-speak for kicking the issue down White House the road because ‘we don’t want to deal with considering gay it right now.’” “There are at least a dozen studies or papers military study on this topic, and all, without exception, say The Obama administration is apparently con- the same thing,” said Sarvis. “We would, how- sidering a study before moving ahead on elimi- ever, support a 90-day implementation study nating “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” according to a (a review of how to successfully implement a press release from the Servicemembers Legal new non-discrimination policy) if the Penta- Defense Network (SLDN). gon thought that was necessary.” However, SLDN—a non-partisan, non-profit DADT is the only federal law that requires watchdog and policy organization dedicated employers to fire employees for being openly to ending discrimination against and harass- gay or lesbian. Since 1993, 12,500 men and ment of military personnel affected by “Don’t women have been discharged under the law. Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT)—is against the study. Recently, President Barack Obama told NBC’s “We oppose another ‘study’ regarding ‘Don’t Matt Lauer that his administration is “going to Ask, Don’t Tell,’” said Aubrey Sarvis, executive roll out in a very formal fashion what our director of SLDN. “Commissioning a study is intentions are in Iraq as well as Afghanistan.” Feb. 11, 2009 7 Andrew Koppelman and Camilla Taylor. Photo by Yasmin Nair

Andrew Kopplelman, John Paul Stevens Pro- Legal groups meet fessor of Law at Northwestern University School to discuss Prop 8 of Law, noted that its religious-right authors by YASMIN NAIR “drafted Proposition 8 very narrowly, stating that ‘only marriage between a man and a women The Chicago Lawyer Chapter of the American is valid or recognized in California.’” He asserted Constitution Society, the Civil Rights and Con- that public opinion was already shifting in fa- stitutional Law Committee and the Committee vor of recognition of same sex marriage: “This for LGBT Rights of the Chicago Bar Association amendment does not have a long shelf life.” He recently co-sponsored a public panel discussion felt that there would be a popular referendum on Proposition 8 in California. The event was for same-sex marriage in 10 years. held Feb. 3 at the Chicago Bar Association, 321 The remarks of Camille Taylor, senior staff at- S. Plymouth. torney in the Midwest Regional Office of Lambda On the same day, the California Supreme Court Legal, emphasized what she felt were the long- announced that it will hear oral arguments on term ramifications of Proposition 8. She stressed Thursday, March 5 in the Prop 8 legal challenge. that the upcoming case was important “because Despite the considerable emotional public senti- if a simple majority vote can take away a funda- ment against it, the overturning of Proposition mental right, then what’s the point of equal pro- 8 eventually involves close scrutiny of constitu- tection? This affects the role of the court system tional law. To that end, two speakers gave their to protect any minorities.” perspectives on how the measure came to pass and some of the legal issues concerned.

ship between HIV Talk Radio Project and “New DECHANT from cover World Media.” But Madigan obtained the actual record, which, unlike the falsified document AWARE: HIV Talk Radio debuted August 1992, provided by DeChant, did not refer to “New and is credited as being one of the nation’s World Media” whatsoever. first syndicated radio shows of its kind: It The claim also stated that DeChant served educated listeners on the many misrepresenta- as the project’s compensated executive pro- tions of HIV and AIDS, as well as various other ducer, whose salary totaled up to more than sexual-health issues. $450,000; that he controlled day-to-day op- The weekly broadcast originally aired on Chi- erations, which included authority and con- cago’s WNUA 95.5 and eventually branched out trol over all the staff, employees and person- to over 400 radio stations nationwide, reaching nel; had control over the accounting systems an estimated 6 million people per program. and records; and that HIV Talk Radio Project DeChant was the founder, host and executive did not employ any independent contractors, producer of AWARE: HIV Talk Radio, as well as namely, “New World Media,” to participate in the non-profit health communications agency, any aspect of producing, editing, syndicating, HIV Talk Radio Project. The programming was distributing, and broadcasting the AWARE: HIV supported by educational grants from founda- Talk Radio program. tions such as The U.S. Center for Disease Con- Had DeChant and Leffert been found guilty trol and Prevention, and companies like Wal- of the allegations presented against them, greens Pharmacy. they would have been in direct breach of fi- For 14 years, HIV Talk Radio Project was duciary duties under Section 15 of the Illinois hailed for its dedication to delivering aware- Trust Act. Section 15 (a) states that charitable ness on the subject of sexual health and dis- trustees are subject to certain duties otherwise ease. But the broadcast ended abruptly in defined in Illinois statutes and case law, which March 2006, when DeChant circulated a letter include but are not limited to the following: to affiliates that all the project’s operation —To avoid in “self-dealing” and conflict of would end immediately. interest; An anonymous tip spurred an investigation —To avoid wasting charitable assets; soon after, into the misappropriation of the or- —To avoid incurring penalties, fines, and un- ganization’s funds, totaling over $1.4 million. necessary taxes; On June 30, 2006, the office of Illinois At- —To adhere and conform the charitable or- torney Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit against ganization to its charitable purpose; DeChant and Kim A. Leffert, a member of the —To not make no-program loans, gifts, or board of directors of HIV Talk Radio Project. advances to any person, except as allowed by The complaint alleged that from February 1999 the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of through April 2005, 21 of the project’s checks, 1986; totaling $1,450,186.40, were drawn and made —To utilize the trust in conformity with its payable to DeChant under a fictitious company purpose for the best interest of its beneficia- name, “New World Media,” and that Leffert ries; signed each check. —To timely file registration and financial re- According to the case reports, neither ports required by this Act; and DeChant nor Leffert ever received permission —To comply and to cause the charitable from the board of directors to draw any of the organization to comply with this Act and, if 21 checks and that DeChant intentionally fab- incorporated, the General Not For Profit Corpo- ricated documents in order to conceal the fact ration Act of 1986. that he had intended to distribute the chari- But before the courts had a chance to con- table funds to himself. vict DeChant and Leffert on any of the charges DeChant provided a record, which he alleged filed, the plaintiff, or, the people of Illinois, to be minutes of a board of directors meeting and the defendants came to an agreement on that would in fact prove the working relation- the terms of a consent decree. 8 Feb. 11, 2009 or questioning males, and be of Latino/Hispanic Center adds origin or heritage. The submission deadline is board members... Friday, March 20. At the Center on Halsted’s recent annual This year’s recipients will receive their scholar- meeting, developments took place regarding its ship checks at the second Annual SS ALMA Boat board. Cruise benefit, sponsored by Circuit 2.0 Night- Victoria L. Raymont is now board chair. Ray- club, on Friday, July 10. mont is founder and president of StrategicSolu- tionsGroup, Inc., and advises corporations and Coalition hosting nonprofit organizations on strategic planning and development, organizational leadership/ airing of NAACP show change and effective governance. The Coalition of Justice and Respect is hosting The center has also added four members to an airing of the NAACP Image Awards on Thurs- its board of directors: Duane M. DesParte, Phil day, Feb. 12, at Jeffery Pub, 7041 S. Jeffery. Lumpkin, Phil Palmer and Ken O’Keefe. The movie Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom, a film version of the LOGO show that revolved around four gay African-American friends, has ...BEHIV has a new received two award nominations—for Outstand- board member, too ing Independent Motion Picture and Outstanding The service organization Better Existence with Writing in a Motion Picture, according to GLAAD. HIV (BEHIV) recently added George Montalbano com. Other award nominees include Wanda Sykes to its board of directors. (for her role in the TV show The New Adventures During the past year, Montalbano—communi- of Old Christine). ty chair of EQUAL @ PepsiCo Chicago, the local E-mail [email protected] for more infor- chapter of PepsiCo’s LGBT employee group—has mation. been instrumental in developing a relationship between BEHIV and PepsiCo. In addition to his Opera appreciation involvement with EQUAL, Montalbano is an ac- tive member of Out & Equal, the nation’s largest group starts Feb. 15 LGBT employee group. Chicago Prime Timers’ opera appreciation group with the first meeting taking place Sunday, Feb. 15, in the Majestic Hotel, 528 W. Brompton. The Lesbian promoted group will regularly meet on the third Sunday of in state’s the month, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Jason McVicker, LCSW, a writer and lecturer attorney’s office on all aspects of opera, will serve as host and Vernita Gray, the GLBT liaison and hate-crime commentator for the group. From 1987 to 1995, Lambda Legal: ‘Marriage 911’ specialist at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s he wrote extensively about Chicago’s performing Lambda Legal hosted the 8th annual Freedom to Marry reception at the National Museum Office, now has a new title: director of commu- arts scene for Windy City Times. of Mexican Art, 1852 W. 19th. The mock wedding reception once again made a strong case in nity relations and special events. For more information, call 312-409-1590; e- support of marriage equality, one of many issues the LGBT legal organization supports. Gray—a Chicago native who came out as a les- mail [email protected] or visit Jorge Valdivia, the museum’s director of the performing arts, welcomed guest to the “LGBT- bian and an activist in 1969—has worked in the http://primetimersww.org/chicago. friendliest museum in Chicago.” Valdivia joked, “Pilsen is very gay-friendly. I think the CTA office for 15 years. caught wind of this because somehow magically the Blue Line turned into the pretty Pink Line.” Dyke Delicious C.C. Carter entertained over 400 guests by sharing her experience of trying to get married in ‘Queering the Night’ Illinois after her girlfriend proposed last year. She encountered legal exceptions that prevent in Rogers Park features same-sex couples from obtaining an official marriage license. Carter said that she went to Hearts, Coffy city hall “as an act of public affection for everyone to see, because unless there is a systemic Feb. 13 The classic lesbian movie Desert Hearts will be Insight Arts celebrates LGBTQI love with change in the way public policy protects all people… There are one hundred and something shown Saturday, Feb. 14, at 8 p.m. at Chicago “Queering the Night,” Friday, Feb. 13, 7-9 p.m. legal benefits applied only to married people.I believe that marriage is my god-given human Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark, as part of the Dyke at the Center for New Possibilities, 1505 W. right that should be for all consensual adults.” Delicious series. The story follows repressed Eng- Morse. The open mic is followed by readings/ Lambda Legal urged attendees to participate in a call to action for equality day named Mar- lish professor Vivian as she spends some quiet performances from La Dulce Palabra, a spoken- riage 911. The organization is asking supporters to call their public officials to introduce or time on a dude ranch—only to catch the eye word collective composed of Latina LGBTQQ and support a full marriage-equality bill on Wed., Feb. 11, 9-11 a.m. Photos and text by Emmanuel and heart of young casino worker Cay. ally artists who foster self-expression and cre- Garcia Another movie that is part of the series is the ativity. ‘70s flick Coffy, which will be shown Saturday, The suggested donation is $5 ($3 for open mic March 14, at 8 p.m. The Pam Grier movie is con- participants). See http://insightartsliberation. sidered to be one of the best so-called blaxploi- org. tation films. See www.ChicagoFilmmakers.org. Lambda Literary and Sunday, Feb. 15 4:30 p.m. Gerber/Hart’s reading Center’s Human First Lesbian Poetry Celebration Lambda Literary Foundation and Gerber/Hart Gala March 21 Library are co-sponsoring a reading Thursday, Featuring Achy Obejas, Center on Halsted is holding its annual Hu- Feb. 12, at the library, 1127 W. Granville. man First Gala Saturday, March 21 in the Grand Ching-In Chen, Nickole Twelve emerging LGBT writers who participated Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Brown, Tamiko Beyer in Lambda Literary Foundation’s Writers’ Retreat Wacker. will read. 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Eli- Wheelchair Accessible State Farm Indemnity Company (NJ) Home Offices: Bloomington, Illinois gible candidates must identify as gay, bisexual Feb. 11, 2009 9 In prohibiting the IDAHO protest, Deputy Pre- fect Galina Boryatinskaya reportedly said, “The WORLD aims of the picketing provoke negative reaction of society and the conduct of the picketing can lead to group violations of public order which QUOTELINES ROUNDUP create a threat to the security of the partici- BY REX WOCKNER by Rex Wockner pants.” Moscow Pride says the city’s various bans vio- Colombia grants gay late provisions of the European Convention on Q “Rachel Maddow is an incredible tal- they’re gay or not in whatever the language Human Rights concerned with freedom of as- ent—she’s funny, and smart, obviously well they choose, whether they call it a marriage couples common-law- sembly, discrimination and court protection. The researched on subjects. I’m just not interested or a civil union, it’s up to them. If the govern- group seeks 100,000 euros in damages. partner rights as a viewer in listening to anchors’ opinions. ment is going to be in the business of rec- Mayor Luzhkov has blocked pride celebrations Colombia’s Constitutional Court on Jan. 27 It seems like there’s an awful lot of yelling, ognizing people grouped together as couples, for three years running, calling them “satanic” granted common-law same-sex couples the same and this year yelling’s been replaced by sar- then they need to do that across the board. and, reportedly, “weapons of mass destruction.” rights as opposite-sex common-law couples. casm and snarkiness.” — CNN anchor Anderson It’s a big change for me.” — Disgraced former He also has claimed that gay “propaganda” con- According to the activist group Colombia Di- Cooper on openly lesbian MSNBC anchor Rachel mega-pastor Ted Haggard, who was brought tributes to the spread of HIV. versa, the ruling encompasses “civil, political, Maddow, to the Los Angeles Times, Dec. 28. down by a gay-sex-and-meth scandal, to the social, economic, criminal and immigration San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 9. rights” in areas that include civil service, con- Irish LGBTs at “You know, kids, I tracts with the government, housing protection high risk for suicide had high hopes for and assistance, naturalization, social security, Clinton, and then he A survey released by Ireland’s Health Ministry “[She] is an death indemnification and nonincrimination of got in and unleashed has found that almost one-fifth of GLBT people a partner. ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.’ I incredible have tried to kill themselves because of abuse “It is equality,” said Colombia Diversa Ex- had high hopes for Obama, talent—she’s and isolation related to their sexual identity. ecutive Director Marcela Sánchez Buitrago. “We and he ... unleashed Rick Eighty percent of respondents reported they’d funny, and smart, have all the rights of a common-law union, mi- Warren. So I still have experienced anti-gay verbal abuse, 58 percent nus adoption.” hopes, but I’m no lon- obviously well said they’d been bullied in school, 40 percent ger high. Like so many researched on reported threats of physical violence, and 25 well-intentioned straight Police raid Cairo percent said they’d been beaten up for being subjects. people, Obama doesn’t get gay. —Anderson Cooper apartment used for that we are the last minor- The study was done by University College Dub- on Rachel Maddow (right) ity that can be dumped on sexual liaisons lin’s School of Education and Trinity College’s without guilt. I don’t see him reaching out to “McCain’s gumptious partner, Sarah Egyptian police raided a Cairo apartment Children’s Research Centre. in January and arrested eight men on sodomy Klansmen in his bid for an inclusive inaugura- Palin, (was) a walking faux pas who got her charges, according to information provided by tion, but plucking Rick Warren out of deep- cues from the great almighty Gosh (and who the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Correction est Orange County is evidently allowable un- was done much more appealingly by sketch Commission. This column recently reported that same-sex der current moral codes. The addition of Gene comic Tina Fey than by herself). Palin’s good- Officials said the apartment was set up as a marriage is legal in Belgium, Canada, Nepal, the Robinson, clearly an understudy promoted golly demeanor (wink, wink)—which was location for men to have sex, IGLHRC said, cit- Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain and for one matinee, doesn’t even qualify for the served up in the purpose of right-wing view- ing local media reports. the U.S. states of Connecticut and Massachu- title of Band-Aid. Kids, the only solution for points and a clear insufficiency of savvy—was The alleged ringleaders of the operation in- setts. Nepal was included in the list based on an us is to reluctantly, but firmly, vow to be the pretty much terrifying. Most memorably, she cluded a top TV producer, an accountant, a fab- incorrect reading of a Jan. 18 press release from unpopular people who force our new leader’s boasted about how, in parts of Alaska, you ric merchant and a man who worked with foreign Human Rights Watch that referred to “seven feet to the fire on a regular basis. It won’t be can see Russia from your back door. Honey, I media. countries that have understood the principle of the first time we’re unloved. But if that wor- can see New Jersey from my window, but that Police also reportedly confiscated porn found equality to require equal access to marriage for ries you, note that Barney Frank keeps get- doesn’t mean I understand it!” — Gay Village on the detainees’ computers and cell phones. same-sex couples ... the Netherlands, Belgium, ting re-elected. At least one of us knows how Voice columnist Michael Musto in his year-end Spain, Canada, South Africa, Nepal, and Norway.” to play the game.” — Gay comedy writer and wrap-up, Dec. 23. A follow-up inquiry to Scott Long, head of HRW’s Hollywood Squares celeb Bruce Vilanch to this LGBT Rights Division, revealed that Nepal does column, Jan. 19. “I think Obama will do more for our Moscow Pride sends not yet belong on the list. He explained: “The community than any elected national 6th case Supreme Court found in effect that it (same-sex “Prior to my crisis, I was for equal- official has. What (that will be) is hard marriage) should be (allowed), but mandated ity under the law no matter how people to pinpoint. He will be under pressure from to Euro Court that a panel study the issue and recommend grouped. Whether it was two old spinsters other constituencies. Clinton wanted us in the Moscow Pride organizers have filed a sixth legislation guided by the equality principles the living together or a homosexual couple or a military but had to settle for ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t complaint with the European Court of Human court laid down. So: probably coming but not heterosexual couple, I think it ought to be the Tell.’” — International Mr. Leather founder Rights over the city’s repeated bans on public quite yet.” same under the law. But prior to my crisis, I Chuck Renslow to this column, Jan. 15. actions by gay rights advocates. thought the word ‘marriage,’ I thought it was The new complaint concerns the ban of a worth defending the definition of it—the tra- demonstration on May 17, 2008—the Interna- —Assistance: Bill Kelley ditional definition of it, and I no longer be- —Assistance: Bill Kelley tional Day Against Homophobia—during which lieve that. ... I think the government should protesters planned to demand that Mayor Yuri recognize the union between people whether Luzhkov be prosecuted for systematically and unlawfully blocking all public events staged by gays and lesbians. “I think that it is a choice. I do think QUOTE ON it’s a choice. I can’t say that I understand it COMPILED by andrew davis all, but I believe it’s a choice. — Minister and writer Joel Osteen talking about homosexuality “HAVING A NIGHTCLUB IN YOUR HOUSE on the Dec. 8 airing of CNN’s Larry King Live. really helps for having a party, because then you don’t need to go out.” — Celebutante Paris “Well, you know, I just—I believe Hilton talking about something she has learned, marriage should [be] between a man in the January issue of Esquire magazine. and a woman. And we do have gay people in our church. And then they’re wonderful people. “i’d go on an eating tour of europe They’re nice people. It’s just that we just don’t with her. She goes to Italy for two weeks and believe in that.” — Victoria Osteen, wife of says, ‘I’m eating everything I want,’ and then minister and writer Joel Osteen, talking on the she spends two months on a treadmill when Dec. 8 airing of CNN’s Larry King Live. she gets back.” — Out humorist Bruce Vilanch on entertainer Bette Midler, answering the ques- “[BEING TRANSGENDER] WAS A BLESSING, tion “If you could go on vacation with any of because I got pushed out of the nest much ear- the celebrities you’ve written for, who would it lier than a lot of people. At 11 years old, I was be and where would you go?” in the February like, ‘I’m going to hell!’ But by 12, I was like, 2009 issue of the LGBT magazine Passport. ‘Fuuuck you.... Now, I’m not really interested in Catholicism until they say Jesus is a girl.” “On the strip you’re not in vegas any- — Singer Antony Hegarty on going to Catholic more. It’s Paris, Monte Carlo, Camelot, Venice, school, in the Jan. 22 issue of Rolling Stone anywhere but where you are. It’s kind of like magazine. (Note: Antony and the Johnsons will Epcot with hookers.” — Out humorist Bruce Vi- perform at , 3145 N. Sheffield, lanch describing Las Vegas in the February 2009 on Feb. 12.) issue of the LGBT magazine Passport. 10 Feb. 11, 2009

VOL. 24, No. 20, Feb. 11, 2009 VIEWPOINTS The combined forces of Windy City Times, founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, signing his checks. As his jobs have taken him But he was able to control it—he came out founded May 1987. further into the spotlight, the issue became on his own terms, even if it was not in the gay PUBLISHER & Executive EDITOR TRACY even more relevant. media, which had honored his privacy for many Tracy Baim But I do not believe in outing unless the per- years. It angered me, because we at Windy City BAIM son is a hypocrite, along the lines of an anti-gay Times had asked him many times—but at least Assistant Publisher Terri Klinsky senator tapping his toes for a male undercover he did finally come out. MANAGING Editor Andrew Davis Business manager Cynthia Holmes officer or a homophobic preacher paying for a For me, someone who has been out all of my Director of New Media Jean Albright male prostitute. Huberman was never a hypo- adult life, it is hard to understand how the clos- ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson crite and, in fact, he has served on the board et still attracts so many. Huberman’s closet was account managerS: Amy Matheny, Kirk of the HIV/AIDS agency Chicago House and was large, that’s for sure—but it was still a closet, Williamson, Cynthia Holmes When is ‘coming Promotions director Cynthia Holmes supportive of efforts to bring the Gay Games to one where he never officially came out to the NIGHTSPOTS MANAGING Editor Kirk Williamson out’ necessary? Chicago. public at large. He was out to family, friends and National Sales Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 Like similar closeted appointed and elected probably most colleagues and the mayor. Does it TheatER Editor Scott C. Morgan When Rob Huberman came out to the Chicago officials in Chicago (and there are many), Hu- matter that the public did not know? Cinema WRITER Richard Knight, Jr. BOOKS WRITER Yasmin Nair Sun-Times during an interview about taking over berman presented a dilemma for us: When is My feeling about the closet is this: While LGBT SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Rex Wockner, Marie as CEO of the Chicago Public Schools, it was not someone’s sexuality truly “news?” There was a kids are still being beaten up or kicked out of J. Kuda, David Byrne, Cathy Seabaugh, Tony a shock or even news to most in the gay com- now-former citywide elected official who was their homes, while LGBT parents still lose cus- Peregrin munity. a lesbian. She was not out, but certainly she tody, while bosses still fire LGBTs, while LGBT ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS Mary Shen Barnidge, Jim Edminster, Steve Warren, Huberman’s open secret was not really even was very pro-gay, and she brought her girlfriend soldiers are kicked out of the military, and while Lawrence Ferber, Mel Ferrand, Tim Nasson, Catey a secret, certainly not on the par with previ- to community events. So we never outed her. so many laws still discriminate against us, being Sullivan, Zachary Whittenburg, J. S. Hall ous closeted government officials. Huberman Should we have? Was Huberman’s sexuality news out is our front line of defense. The more we are Columnists/Writers: Yvonne Zipter, Susie had been involved with gay and AIDS groups when he first took the helm of the CTA, one of out, the more of us who come out, the more we Day, Jorjet Harper, Lee Lynch, Steve Starr, Joe Rice, Dan Woog, Marie-Jo Proulx, Lisa Keen, Chris for years, including as a police officer, as the the largest transportation agencies in the world? pave an easier road for the generations coming Crain, Charlsie Dewey, Michael Knipp, Karen Dixon, Mayor’s chief of staff, and while president of the The same when he took on head of the schools? out behind us. So Huberman is a role model, and Mark Corece, Sabine Neidhardt, Sam Worley, Billy Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). If he ran for alderman or mayor? When does he especially now in his new post, it does matter. Masters But Huberman would never officially “come step into the public spotlight far enough for it Being out as a gay man does matter. PHOTOGRAPHERS Kat Fitzgerald, Mel Ferrand, Steve Becker, Steve Starr out” for the media. Windy City Times asked him to matter? So thank you, Ron, for taking that step out of ARTISTS/CARTOONISTS Alison Bechdel, Mikeoart numerous times. He always demurred. I was Well, it may be that with the school post, he your big closet. You still look fabulous, and now CIRCULATION never sure why, since everyone who is politically knew that the right wing was breathing down everyone will know why. Circulation director Jean Albright active—and certainly his ongoing boss, Mayor his neck. They hate the idea of gay role models Tracy Baim is publisher of Windy City Times; Distribution: Ashina, Allan, Crystal, Dan, John, Richard M. Daley—knew he was gay. Daley has for children, so unlike when he was at CTA, they she blogs at http://tracybaim.typepad.com/ Sue and Victor had gays and lesbians in some of his top spots, were gunning for him when Daley announced tracy_baim/. so Huberman had nothing to fear from the guy him for the Chicago Public Schools post. However, truth be told, Haggard is deeply in surfaced concerning Haggard. This time, Hag- love with heterosexual privilege and homosexual gard’s church got involved by paying the 20- REV. sex. year-old male church volunteer hush money IRENE In feeding Haggard’s internalized homopho- to keep silent. In a settlement reached by the bia and the Christian right’s politically and reli- man’s lawyer to not go public, the church is pro- MONROE Copyright 2009 Lambda Publications Inc./Windy City Media giously biased agenda-driven (aptly abbreviated viding the young man money to pay his college Group; All rights reserved. Reprint by permission only. “B.A.D.”) science like “reparative therapy”— tuition, moving expenses and counseling. Back issues available for $3 per issue (postage included). Rev. Brady Boyd, the new senior pastor at New Return postage must accompany all manuscripts, drawings, which attempts to prove that LGBTQ people and photographs submitted if they are to be returned, and as genetically flawed—an ex-gay reparative Life since Haggard’s excommunication doesn’t no responsibility may be assumed for unsolicited materials. therapist depicted Haggard’s sexual proclivity as see the exchange as bribery. All rights to letters, art and photographs sent to Windy Ted Haggard’s City Times will be treated as unconditionally assigned “heterosexual with homosexual attachments.” “This was compassionate assistance. It was to for publication purposes and as such, subject to editing issues with his But the real troubling attachment to Haggard’s help him move forward, not a settlement to keep and comment. The opinions expressed by the columnists, cartoonists, letter writers, and commentators are their own downfall is how the revelation of his furtive gay him quiet,” Boyd told CNN. and do not necessarily reflect the position ofWindy City homosexuality sex life exposes the broader hypocrisy of his Many feel that Haggard should be held ac- Times. Publication of the name, photograph, or likeness of a person or organization in articles or advertising in Windy church. countable for his actions. And they are right. After a publicity junket promoting the HBO City Times is not to be construed as any indication of the Long before Haggard’s sex scandal was pub- But so, too, should the church. sexual orientation of such person or organization. While documentary The Trials of Ted Haggard, which licly disclosed church officials and friends knew we encourage readers to support the advertisers who make landed him on The Oprah Winfrey Show and Larry this newspaper possible, Windy City Times cannot accept of his homosexual trysts. Lou Sheldon, a friend responsibility for advertising claims. King Live, fallen evangelical star Haggard has and chairman of the Traditional Values Coali- (773) 871-7610 FAX (773) 871-7609 risen from public obscurity to tell us he’s not Letter tion, told The Jewish Week that “he and a lot of e-mail: [email protected] gay. He’s “heterosexual with issues.” Bookstore seeks support other people had been aware of Pastor Haggard’s And the issues Haggard is referring to are his www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com same-sex behavior for a while ... but we weren’t “sexual thoughts about men, but they’re not Dear Friends: radio: WindyCityQueercast.com sure just how to deal with it. ... Ted and I had a compulsive any more.” video: QueerTVNetwork.com discussion. He said homosexuality is genetic. I But Haggard’s same-sex thoughts haven’t been We are so grateful for your support in the past said, ‘Yes, it is’.” WINDY CITY MEDIA GROUP, nearly as compulsive and destructive as his year and a half. In 2007, you helped us turn Younger evangelical Christians find the struggle 5315 N. Clark St. #192, Chicago, IL 60640 USA trysts with gay men. around a pattern of declining sales by buying (MAILING ADDRESS ONLY) Christian conservative churches are having with First denying allegations about dalliances with books, becoming a member or renewing your LGBTQ people is a culture war that don’t want gay men, Haggard was shamed into confess- membership, and supporting programs. Windy City Times Deadline every Wednesday. to engage in because the emphasis is political Nightspots Deadline Wednesday prior to street date. ing “his sexual immorality” when his gay male But it is also the most difficult economic rather than focused on “the ethic of Jesus.” And Identity (BLACKlines and En La Vida): Now prostitute, Mike Jones, went public about their time in our store’s history. The turnaround online only fighting against same-sex marriage is not on the affair. Haggard we find out was soliciting homo- of 2007 became another downturn by the Deadline The 10th of month prior. top of their list of social concerns for the coun- sexual sex and meth from Jones off and on for fall of 2008. As we hear of more bookstores OUT! Resource Guide ONLINE try. www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com three years. closing—two more feminist bookstores an- When asked about same-sex marriage, Diana The founder of the 14,000-member New Life nounced closings recently bringing the num- Smith, 27, an evangelical Christian from upstate Church in Colorado Springs, Colo., Haggard was ber of surviving stores to only nine, nation- www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com New York said, “opposing [same-sex marriage] once a national bigwig. In 2005, Time listed ally—we feel compelled to ask again for your www.WindyCityQueercast.com would not be at the top of Jesus’ priority list. www.QueerTVNetwork.com Haggard as one of the top 25 most influential help. Jesus never mentioned homosexuals at all.” evangelicals in America. And he wielded influ- We’d love if you would: As a matter of fact, the top social issues for ence on Capitol Hill as part of a cadre of men —Buy as many of your books as you can this coming of age of evangelical Christians are who participated in conservative Christian lead- from us—in person, over the phone, or on- the environment, children orphaned by AIDS, ership conference calls with the White House line at womenandchildrenfirst.com. (We can poverty and health care—all topics they view as during the Bush administration. get any book in print for you, usually in a few “Windy City Media Group generated matters of faith and family values. Now banished from the GOP inner sanctum and days’ time.) enormous interest among their Older evangelical Christians, on the other the Christian right’s hallowed sanctuary, Haggard —Bring your friends & visitors in to shop. readers in this year’s LGBT Consumer hand, use homosexuality and sex scandals like has lost his political platform and bully pulpit. —Come to a book group. (We have 4 to Index Survey. Out of approximately Haggard’s as a way to politicize their theological He traces his sexual struggles to allegedly being choose from!) 100 print and online media partners presence and control within the Republican Par- molested as a child. But Haggard’s road to perdi- —If you’re a college instructor, order your who participated in the survey, ty. But the church knows, as many of its fallen tion is not about his sexual orientation; rather, students’ textbooks through us; we deliver di- Windy City was the best performing disciples like Haggard, that it can neither get it is about the lies he tells about it. rectly to the classroom! regional media in the U.S. Only rid of or completely closet its LGBTQ people. The “I do believe I don’t fit into the normal boxes,” Thanks for taking time to read this letter. survey partners with a nationwide church, however, can be complicit in the decep- Haggard said. “I do think there are complexities With your continued support, we look forward footprint were able to generate tion. associated with some people’s sexuality, but it to celebrating our 30th anniversary this fall! a greater number of responses.” Case in point: While on his publicity junket, just wasn’t as simple as I wanted it to be, be- —Linda Bubon, Women and Children First ­­—David Marshall, Research Director, new allegations of a homosexual relationship cause I was so deeply in love with my life.” Community Marketing, Inc. Feb. 11, 2009 11 GOINGS-ON WINDY CITY TIMES’ ENTERTAINMENT SECTION

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Centre East Saturday, and Cerqua Rivera Dance Dancin’ Feats Theatre celebrates Black History Month with by Zachary Whittenburg performances Friday and Saturday at the Vittum Theater, 1012 N. Noble. Information and special This month finds Chicago dance continuing to offers on this weekend’s performances is avail- innovate and celebrating its past. The Seldoms’ 3 X 3. able at rivernorthchicago.com, duetsformyval- artistic director, Carrie Hanson, has recently entine.org, giordanodance.org, and cerquarivera. been our city’s Diaghilev, and with her compa- org. ny’s upcoming Dance Center engagement, 3 x 3, —The this month harks back to rounds up her biggest and most diverse group the über-impresario, Sergei Diaghilev of the Bal- of artists yet. The evening’s title refers to three lets Russes, with a winter program that features new works by three choreographers (a fourth their storied reconstruction of the once-scan- work, 2007’s “Overflow,” joins the program from dalous Le Sacre du Printemps choreographed the repertoire). Like everyone else, Hanson is by Vaslav Nijinsky in 1904. In 1971 the Joffrey seeing differently through the prism of a col- visited Vienna and the late Gerald Arpino was so lapsing economy: Her world premiere “Thrift,” inspired by the city and it’s warm reception of a duet with former Merce Cunningham dancer his company that he created a piece, “Ketten- Paige Cunningham (no relation), is a multifac- Columbia College founder Shirley Mordine has sary of Mordine & Company Dance Theater, 1306 tanz,” in thanks. Choreographer and former San eted interpretation of economy as it relates to kept Mordine & Company active for 40 years, S. Michigan, Feb. 26-28 at 8 p.m. Tickets are Francisco Ballet principal Tomm Rudd looks to issues of finance, efficiency and frugality. The amassing an enormous body of work. Marking $24-28. More information at www.colum.edu/ Alexander Calder and composer Aram Khachatu- work is costumed by Art Institute professor the anniversary is a program for the house she dance_center. rian for his premiere work “Mobile” and, pairing Anke Loh, who has designed for European dance built that demonstrates her deep connections to well with the romantic sweep of “Kettentanz,” powerhouse (and Belgian baroness) Anne Teresa the community: Same Planet Different World will Also in February: George Balanchine’s “Hand of Fate” represents de Keersmaeker, as well as Arco Renz and Sasha guest in a performance of “I haven’t heard from —Tickets to a dance concert for Valentine’s the look of his early 1930s dances, their dream- Waltz. Also sharing work is Darrell Jones, who you...” (2003), The Dance COLEctive presents her Day show your sensitive side—it doesn’t hurt if like mystery and Tudoresque psychology, an oft- investigates a possibly-inherent maleness in the 1975 piece “Three Women,” and alumni Mo & Co you catch a great performance in the process. overlooked corner of his ouevre. riot mentality with “Whiff of Anarchy,” while Liz dancers Michael McStraw, Paula Frasz and Mary River North Chicago Dance Company’s engage- The Joffrey Ballet opens Feb. 18 and runs Burritt’s “Triggers” sounds almost Chekhovian in Wohl Hahn return to the nest to revive works ment this weekend at the , 205 through Mar. 1 at the ; tick- its description, a look at the kernels of self that from the 1980s. The path forward for the tire- E. Randolph, isn’t all willowy romance and soft ets start at $25. More information is at joffrey. drive and motivate behavior between intimates. less Mordine is represented by new work for her lighting, however. They’re serving up pure pas- com. Collaborators from other fields include com- current ensemble: “Illuminations” is a company sion with new work, two by Artistic Director —The artists of Pranita Jain’s Kalapriya keep poser Richard Woodbury, video designer Jackie piece to music by Steve Reich and multimedia by Frank Chaves and “Uhuru,” created by longtime the Valentine mood running into another week- Kazarian and costumer Abigail Glaum-Lathbury; Shawn Decker assessing, appropriately enough, company dancer Monique Haley. The evening end with their program, Priya Love, culling dance a special “afterparty” following Saturday’s per- the two-way street of time. Like the Seldoms’ also includes repertoire by Chaves and a popular forms and music from India, Turkey, France and formance will include drinks, hors d’oeuvres and run, this engagement also includes a Saturday new piece, “Train,” by Robert Battle. Luminous Spain. At the Hamlin Park Fieldhouse, 3035 N. a runway show of designs by Loh and Glaum- evening soirée—Mordine herself will perform Arts Productions has organized Duets for my Hoyne, Feb. 19-20 and 26-27 at 7:30 p.m. Lathbury as well as Lara Miller and Moire Conroy. 1981’s “Silver Lining,” and the ticket also in- Valentine, featuring pas de deux by St. Louis’ —DanceWorks Chicago has a lot of activity Tickets are $75 and include admission to the cludes a reception, music and, naturally, danc- The Slaughter Project, Chicago Tap Theatre, Chi- planned for this month: Installments of their performance beforehand. ing. If it seems like no big deal for a modern cago Dance Crash, Inaside Chicago Dance, Big free and fantastic Dance Chance program will The Seldoms present 3 x 3 at the Dance Center company to stay active for four decades, con- City Swing, Corpo Dance Company, Thodos Dance be held Feb. 17 and Mar. 9; there are informal at Columbia College, 1306 S. Michigan, Feb. 19- sider this: Feb. 28 has been officially proclaimed Chicago, Momenta, Chicago Dance, Nonstop lunchtime studio showings Feb. 13 and 24; and 20 at 8 p.m., and Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. Tickets are “Shirley Mordine Day” in Chicago by our mayor, Dance Productions, Glenn Leslie and Autumn another Dance Flight double feature is on tap $24-28. More information at www.theseldoms. Richard M. Daley. I believe that news speaks for Eckman. Jazz Dance Chicago is re- for Mar. 10. All events are held at the org. itself—Dancin’ Feats congratulates you. viving the program they performed in memory of Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn. More in- Called “the dean of dance” by NewCity and a The Dance Center presents the 40th anniver- their founder and company namesake at Skokie’s formation on their packed calendar is at dance- nurturer of countless careers, Dance Center at workschicago.org. 697US08AB07715_DTC_10.25x13.5_Chicago:- 2/2/09 10:30 AM Page 1

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Contact your healthcare provider right away if Important Information you experience any of the following side effects or conditions: INDICATION • Severe depression, strange thoughts, or angry ATRIPLA helps me stay on top of ATRIPLA (efavirenz 600 mg/emtricitabine 200 mg behavior have been reported by a small number /tenofovir disoproxil fumarate [DF] 300 mg) of patients. Some patients have had thoughts of is a prescription medication used alone as a suicide and a few have actually committed suicide. my HIV with one pill daily. complete regimen or with other medicines to These problems may occur more often in patients treat HIV-1 infection in adults. who have had mental illness. ATRIPLA does not cure HIV-1 and has not been • Dizziness, trouble sleeping or concentrating, shown to prevent passing HIV-1 to others. drowsiness, unusual dreams, and/or See your healthcare provider regularly. hallucinations are common, and tend to go away after taking ATRIPLA (efavirenz 600 mg/ IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION emtricitabine 200 mg/tenofovir DF 300 mg) for a few weeks. Symptoms were severe in a Contact your healthcare provider right away if few patients and some patients discontinued you experience any of the following side effects therapy. These symptoms may become more or conditions associated with ATRIPLA: severe with the use of alcohol and/or mood- • Nausea, vomiting, unusual muscle pain, and/or altering (street) drugs. If you are dizzy, have weakness. These may be signs of a buildup of trouble concentrating, and/or are drowsy, avoid acid in the blood (lactic acidosis), which is a activities that may be dangerous, such as driving serious medical condition. or operating machinery. • Light colored stools, dark colored urine, and/or • Kidney or liver problems. If you have had if your skin or the whites of your eyes turn kidney or liver problems, including hepatitis yellow. These may be signs of serious infection or take other medicines that may liver problems. cause kidney or liver problems, your healthcare • If you have HIV-1 and hepatitis B virus (HBV), provider should do regular blood tests. your liver disease may suddenly get worse if • Pregnancy: Women should not become you stop taking ATRIPLA. Do not stop taking pregnant while taking ATRIPLA and for ATRIPLA unless directed by your 12 weeks after stopping ATRIPLA. Serious healthcare provider. birth defects have been seen in children of Do not take ATRIPLA if you are taking the women treated during pregnancy with one of the following medicines because serious and medicines in ATRIPLA. Therefore, women must life-threatening side effects may occur when use a reliable form of barrier contraception, such taken together: Vascor® (bepridil), as a condom or diaphragm, even if they also use Propulsid® (cisapride), Versed® (midazolam), other methods of birth control. Orap® (pimozide), Halcion® (triazolam), or • Breast-Feeding: Women with HIV-1 should not ergot medications (for example, Wigraine® breast-feed because they can pass HIV-1 through their and Cafergot®). milk to the baby. Also, ATRIPLA may pass through In addition, ATRIPLA should not be taken with: breast milk and cause serious harm to the baby. Combivir® (lamivudine/zidovudine), • Rash is a common side effect that usually goes EMTRIVA® (emtricitabine), Epivir® or away without treatment, but may be serious in Individual results may vary. Epivir-HBV® (lamivudine), a small number of patients. Epzicom® (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine), • Seizures have occurred in patients taking a SUSTIVA® (efavirenz), component of ATRIPLA, usually in those with a Trizivir® (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine/zidovudine), history of seizures. If you have ever had seizures, * TRUVADA® (emtricitabine/tenofovir DF), or or take medicine for seizures, your healthcare ATRIPLA. The #1 prescribed complete HIV regimen. ® VIREAD (tenofovir DF), because they contain the provider may want to switch you to another You are encouraged to report negative side same or similar active ingredients as ATRIPLA. medicine or monitor you. effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. It may be taken alone or with other HIV medicines. ® • Bone changes. If you have had bone problems in Vfend (voriconazole) or Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch REYATAZ® (atazanavir sulfate), with or without the past, your healthcare provider may want to ® check your bones. or call 1-800-FDA-1088. Norvir (ritonavir), should not be taken with Through 3 years of clinical studies, proven to ATRIPLA since they may lose their effect and may • If you have ever had mental illness or use illegal • Effective HIV Treatment also increase the chance of having side effects drugs or alcohol. lower viral load to undetectable† and help raise T-cell (CD4+) count to help control HIV from ATRIPLA. Fortovase® or Invirase® (saquinavir) Changes in body fat have been seen in some people should not be used as the only protease inhibitor in taking anti-HIV-1 medicines. The cause and long-term combination with ATRIPLA. health effects are not known. • One Pill, Once a Day Take ATRIPLA once a day on an empty stomach and preferably at bedtime, which may make some side effects less bothersome Taking ATRIPLA with St. John’s wort or products Other common side effects of ATRIPLA include containing St. John’s wort is not recommended as tiredness, headache, upset stomach, vomiting, it may cause decreased levels of ATRIPLA, increased gas, and diarrhea. Skin discoloration (small spots viral load, and possible resistance to ATRIPLA or or freckles) may also happen. Ask your doctor if ATRIPLA is right for you. cross-resistance to other anti-HIV drugs. You should take ATRIPLA once daily on an empty stomach. Taking ATRIPLA at bedtime may make This list of medicines is not complete. Discuss with your healthcare provider all prescription some side effects less bothersome. © 2008 Bristol-Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC. Please see Important Safety Information, including information All rights reserved. ATRIPLA is a trademark of visit www.ATRIPLA.com and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, or ATRIPLA is one of several treatment options your Bristol-Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC. EMTRIVA, on lactic acidosis, serious liver problems, and flare-ups of herbal supplements you are taking or plan to take. VIREAD, and TRUVADA are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc. doctor may consider. SUSTIVA is a registered trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company. REYATAZ is a registered trademark of hepatitis B (HBV) on adjacent page. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. All other trademarks are † owned by third parties. 697US08AB07715/TRO121E 11/08 * Synovate Healthcare Data; US HIV Monitor, Q1 2008. Defined as a viral load of less than 400 copies/mL. Please see Patient Information on the following pages.

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Contact your healthcare provider right away if Important Information you experience any of the following side effects or conditions: INDICATION • Severe depression, strange thoughts, or angry ATRIPLA helps me stay on top of ATRIPLA (efavirenz 600 mg/emtricitabine 200 mg behavior have been reported by a small number /tenofovir disoproxil fumarate [DF] 300 mg) of patients. Some patients have had thoughts of is a prescription medication used alone as a suicide and a few have actually committed suicide. my HIV with one pill daily. complete regimen or with other medicines to These problems may occur more often in patients treat HIV-1 infection in adults. who have had mental illness. ATRIPLA does not cure HIV-1 and has not been • Dizziness, trouble sleeping or concentrating, shown to prevent passing HIV-1 to others. drowsiness, unusual dreams, and/or See your healthcare provider regularly. hallucinations are common, and tend to go away after taking ATRIPLA (efavirenz 600 mg/ IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION emtricitabine 200 mg/tenofovir DF 300 mg) for a few weeks. Symptoms were severe in a Contact your healthcare provider right away if few patients and some patients discontinued you experience any of the following side effects therapy. These symptoms may become more or conditions associated with ATRIPLA: severe with the use of alcohol and/or mood- • Nausea, vomiting, unusual muscle pain, and/or altering (street) drugs. If you are dizzy, have weakness. These may be signs of a buildup of trouble concentrating, and/or are drowsy, avoid acid in the blood (lactic acidosis), which is a activities that may be dangerous, such as driving serious medical condition. or operating machinery. • Light colored stools, dark colored urine, and/or • Kidney or liver problems. If you have had if your skin or the whites of your eyes turn kidney or liver problems, including hepatitis yellow. These may be signs of serious infection or take other medicines that may liver problems. cause kidney or liver problems, your healthcare • If you have HIV-1 and hepatitis B virus (HBV), provider should do regular blood tests. your liver disease may suddenly get worse if • Pregnancy: Women should not become you stop taking ATRIPLA. Do not stop taking pregnant while taking ATRIPLA and for ATRIPLA unless directed by your 12 weeks after stopping ATRIPLA. Serious healthcare provider. birth defects have been seen in children of Do not take ATRIPLA if you are taking the women treated during pregnancy with one of the following medicines because serious and medicines in ATRIPLA. Therefore, women must life-threatening side effects may occur when use a reliable form of barrier contraception, such taken together: Vascor® (bepridil), as a condom or diaphragm, even if they also use Propulsid® (cisapride), Versed® (midazolam), other methods of birth control. Orap® (pimozide), Halcion® (triazolam), or • Breast-Feeding: Women with HIV-1 should not ergot medications (for example, Wigraine® breast-feed because they can pass HIV-1 through their and Cafergot®). milk to the baby. Also, ATRIPLA may pass through In addition, ATRIPLA should not be taken with: breast milk and cause serious harm to the baby. Combivir® (lamivudine/zidovudine), • Rash is a common side effect that usually goes EMTRIVA® (emtricitabine), Epivir® or away without treatment, but may be serious in Individual results may vary. Epivir-HBV® (lamivudine), a small number of patients. Epzicom® (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine), • Seizures have occurred in patients taking a SUSTIVA® (efavirenz), component of ATRIPLA, usually in those with a Trizivir® (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine/zidovudine), history of seizures. If you have ever had seizures, * TRUVADA® (emtricitabine/tenofovir DF), or or take medicine for seizures, your healthcare ATRIPLA. The #1 prescribed complete HIV regimen. ® VIREAD (tenofovir DF), because they contain the provider may want to switch you to another You are encouraged to report negative side same or similar active ingredients as ATRIPLA. medicine or monitor you. effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. It may be taken alone or with other HIV medicines. ® • Bone changes. If you have had bone problems in Vfend (voriconazole) or Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch REYATAZ® (atazanavir sulfate), with or without the past, your healthcare provider may want to ® check your bones. or call 1-800-FDA-1088. Norvir (ritonavir), should not be taken with Through 3 years of clinical studies, proven to ATRIPLA since they may lose their effect and may • If you have ever had mental illness or use illegal • Effective HIV Treatment also increase the chance of having side effects drugs or alcohol. lower viral load to undetectable† and help raise T-cell (CD4+) count to help control HIV from ATRIPLA. Fortovase® or Invirase® (saquinavir) Changes in body fat have been seen in some people should not be used as the only protease inhibitor in taking anti-HIV-1 medicines. The cause and long-term combination with ATRIPLA. health effects are not known. • One Pill, Once a Day Take ATRIPLA once a day on an empty stomach and preferably at bedtime, which may make some side effects less bothersome Taking ATRIPLA with St. John’s wort or products Other common side effects of ATRIPLA include containing St. John’s wort is not recommended as tiredness, headache, upset stomach, vomiting, it may cause decreased levels of ATRIPLA, increased gas, and diarrhea. Skin discoloration (small spots viral load, and possible resistance to ATRIPLA or or freckles) may also happen. Ask your doctor if ATRIPLA is right for you. cross-resistance to other anti-HIV drugs. You should take ATRIPLA once daily on an empty stomach. Taking ATRIPLA at bedtime may make This list of medicines is not complete. Discuss with your healthcare provider all prescription some side effects less bothersome. © 2008 Bristol-Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC. Please see Important Safety Information, including information All rights reserved. ATRIPLA is a trademark of visit www.ATRIPLA.com and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, or ATRIPLA is one of several treatment options your Bristol-Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC. EMTRIVA, on lactic acidosis, serious liver problems, and flare-ups of herbal supplements you are taking or plan to take. VIREAD, and TRUVADA are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc. doctor may consider. SUSTIVA is a registered trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company. REYATAZ is a registered trademark of hepatitis B (HBV) on adjacent page. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. All other trademarks are † owned by third parties. 697US08AB07715/TRO121E 11/08 * Synovate Healthcare Data; US HIV Monitor, Q1 2008. Defined as a viral load of less than 400 copies/mL. Please see Patient Information on the following pages.

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FDA-Approved Patient Labeling Does ATRIPLA (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) reduce the risk These are not all the medicines that may cause problems if you take • Kidney problems. If you have had kidney problems in the past or take other medicines Patient Information of passing HIV-1 to others? ATRIPLA (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate). Be sure to tell your that can cause kidney problems, your healthcare provider should do regular blood tests to healthcare provider about all medicines that you take. ATRIPLA® (uh TRIP luh) Tablets ATRIPLA has not been shown to lower your chance of passing HIV-1 to other people check your kidneys. through sexual contact, sharing needles, or being exposed to your blood. Keep a complete list of all the prescription and nonprescription medicines as well as any • Changes in bone mineral density (thinning bones). It is not known whether long-term ALERT: Find out about medicines that should NOT be taken with ATRIPLA. • Do not share needles or other injection equipment. herbal remedies that you are taking, how much you take, and how often you take them. use of ATRIPLA (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) will cause damage Please also read the section “MEDICINES YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE WITH ATRIPLA.” Make a new list when medicines or herbal remedies are added or stopped, or if the dose to your bones. If you have had bone problems in the past, your healthcare provider may • Do not share personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them, like changes. Give copies of this list to all of your healthcare providers and pharmacists every Generic name: efavirenz, emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (eh FAH vih renz, need to do tests to check your bone mineral density or may prescribe medicines to help toothbrushes or razor blades. time you visit your healthcare provider or fill a prescription. This will give your healthcare your bone mineral density. em tri SIT uh bean and te NOE’ fo veer dye soe PROX il FYOU mar ate) provider a complete picture of the medicines you use. Then he or she can decide the best • Do not have any kind of sex without protection. Always practice safer sex by using a Common side effects: Read the Patient Information that comes with ATRIPLA (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir latex or polyurethane condom or other barrier to reduce the chance of sexual contact with approach for your situation. disoproxil fumarate) before you start taking it and each time you get a refill since there may semen, vaginal secretions, or blood. How should I take ATRIPLA? Patients may have dizziness, headache, trouble sleeping, drowsiness, trouble concentrating, be new information. This information does not take the place of talking to your healthcare and/or unusual dreams during treatment with ATRIPLA. These side effects may be reduced if Who should not take ATRIPLA? provider about your medical condition or treatment. You should stay under a healthcare • Take the exact amount of ATRIPLA your healthcare provider prescribes. Never change you take ATRIPLA at bedtime on an empty stomach. They also tend to go away after you have provider’s care when taking ATRIPLA. Do not change or stop your medicine without first Together with your healthcare provider, you need to decide whether ATRIPLA is right for you. the dose on your own. Do not stop this medicine unless your healthcare provider tells taken the medicine for a few weeks. If you have these common side effects, such as you to stop. talking with your healthcare provider. Talk to your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you Do not take ATRIPLA if you are allergic to ATRIPLA or any of its ingredients. The active dizziness, it does not mean that you will also have serious psychiatric problems, such as have any questions about ATRIPLA. ingredients of ATRIPLA are efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir DF. See the end of this • You should take ATRIPLA on an empty stomach. severe depression, strange thoughts, or angry behavior. Tell your healthcare provider right What is the most important information I should know about ATRIPLA? leaflet for a complete list of ingredients. • Swallow ATRIPLA with water. away if any of these side effects continue or if they bother you. It is possible that these • Taking ATRIPLA at bedtime may make some side effects less bothersome. symptoms may be more severe if ATRIPLA is used with alcohol or mood altering (street) drugs. • Some people who have taken medicine like ATRIPLA (which contains nucleoside What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking ATRIPLA? If you are dizzy, have trouble concentrating, or are drowsy, avoid activities that may be analogs) have developed a serious condition called lactic acidosis (build up of an acid Tell your healthcare provider if you: • Do not miss a dose of ATRIPLA. If you forget to take ATRIPLA, take the missed dose right in the blood). Lactic acidosis can be a medical emergency and may need to be treated in away, unless it is almost time for your next dose. Do not double the next dose. Carry on dangerous, such as driving or operating machinery. • Are pregnant or planning to become pregnant (see “What should I avoid while taking with your regular dosing schedule. If you need help in planning the best times to take your the hospital. Call your healthcare provider right away if you get the following signs ATRIPLA?”). Rash may be common. Rashes usually go away without any change in treatment. In a small or symptoms of lactic acidosis: medicine, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist. number of patients, rash may be serious. If you develop a rash, call your healthcare provider • Are breast-feeding (see “What should I avoid while taking ATRIPLA?”). • If you believe you took more than the prescribed amount of ATRIPLA, contact your local • You feel very weak or tired. right away. • Have kidney problems or are undergoing kidney dialysis treatment. poison control center or emergency room right away. • You have unusual (not normal) muscle pain. Other common side effects include tiredness, upset stomach, vomiting, gas, and diarrhea. • Have bone problems. • Tell your healthcare provider if you start any new medicine or change how you take old • You have trouble breathing. ones. Your doses may need adjustment. Other possible side effects with ATRIPLA include: • Have liver problems, including hepatitis B virus infection. Your healthcare provider • Changes in body fat. Changes in body fat develop in some patients taking anti-HIV-1 • You have stomach pain with nausea and vomiting. may want to do tests to check your liver while you take ATRIPLA. • When your ATRIPLA supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider or • You feel cold, especially in your arms and legs. pharmacy. This is very important because the amount of virus in your blood may increase medicine. These changes may include an increased amount of fat in the upper back and • Have ever had mental illness or are using drugs or alcohol. neck (“buffalo hump”), in the breasts, and around the trunk. Loss of fat from the legs, • You feel dizzy or lightheaded. if the medicine is stopped for even a short time. The virus may develop resistance to • Have ever had seizures or are taking medicine for seizures. ATRIPLA and become harder to treat. arms, and face may also happen. The cause and long-term health effects of these fat • You have a fast or irregular heartbeat. What important information should I know about taking other medicines with • Your healthcare provider may want to do blood tests to check for certain side effects while changes are not known. • Some people who have taken medicines like ATRIPLA have developed serious liver ATRIPLA? you take ATRIPLA. • Skin discoloration (small spots or freckles) may also happen with ATRIPLA. problems called hepatotoxicity, with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly) and fat in the ATRIPLA may change the effect of other medicines, including the ones for HIV-1, and What should I avoid while taking ATRIPLA? Tell your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you notice any side effects while taking ATRIPLA. liver (steatosis). Call your healthcare provider right away if you get the following may cause serious side effects. Your healthcare provider may change your other medicines signs or symptoms of liver problems: • Women should not become pregnant while taking ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks after Contact your healthcare provider before stopping ATRIPLA because of side effects or for any or change their doses. Other medicines, including herbal products, may affect ATRIPLA. For stopping it. Serious birth defects have been seen in the babies of animals and women other reason. • Your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice). this reason, it is very important to let all your healthcare providers and pharmacists know treated with efavirenz (a component of ATRIPLA) during pregnancy. It is not known whether This is not a complete list of side effects possible with ATRIPLA. Ask your healthcare • Your urine turns dark. what medications, herbal supplements, or vitamins you are taking. efavirenz caused these defects. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you are provider or pharmacist for a more complete list of side effects of ATRIPLA and all the • Your bowel movements (stools) turn light in color. MEDICINES YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE WITH ATRIPLA pregnant. Also talk with your healthcare provider if you want to become pregnant. medicines you will take. • You don’t feel like eating food for several days or longer. • The following medicines may cause serious and life-threatening side effects when taken • Women should not rely only on hormone-based birth control, such as pills, injections, or How do I store ATRIPLA? • You feel sick to your stomach (nausea). with ATRIPLA. You should not take any of these medicines while taking ATRIPLA: Vascor implants, because ATRIPLA may make these contraceptives ineffective. Women must use a reliable form of barrier contraception, such as a condom or diaphragm, even if they also • Keep ATRIPLA and all other medicines out of reach of children. • You have lower stomach area (abdominal) pain. (bepridil), Propulsid (cisapride), Versed (midazolam), Orap (pimozide), Halcion (triazolam), ergot medications (for example, Wigraine and Cafergot). use other methods of birth control. Efavirenz, a component of ATRIPLA, may remain in your • Store ATRIPLA at room temperature 77 °F (25 °C). • You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or liver problems if you are female, very blood for a time after therapy is stopped. Therefore, you should continue to use • Keep ATRIPLA in its original container and keep the container tightly closed. overweight (obese), or have been taking nucleoside analog-containing medicines, like • ATRIPLA also should not be used with Combivir (lamivudine/zidovudine), EMTRIVA, Epivir, contraceptive measures for 12 weeks after you stop taking ATRIPLA. ATRIPLA, for a long time. Epivir-HBV (lamivudine), Epzicom (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine), Trizivir (abacavir • Do not keep medicine that is out of date or that you no longer need. If you throw any sulfate/lamivudine/zidovudine), SUSTIVA, TRUVADA, or VIREAD. • Do not breast-feed if you are taking ATRIPLA. The Centers for Disease Control and medicines away make sure that children will not find them. • If you also have hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and you stop taking ATRIPLA, you Prevention recommend that mothers with HIV not breast-feed because they can pass the • Vfend (voriconazole) should not be taken with ATRIPLA since it may lose its effect or may HIV through their milk to the baby. Also, ATRIPLA may pass through breast milk and cause General information about ATRIPLA: may get a “flare-up” of your hepatitis. A “flare-up” is when the disease suddenly increase the chance of having side effects from ATRIPLA. returns in a worse way than before. Patients with HBV who stop taking ATRIPLA need serious harm to the baby. Talk with your healthcare provider if you are breast-feeding. You Medicines are sometimes prescribed for conditions that are not mentioned in patient close medical follow-up for several months, including medical exams and blood tests to • Do not take St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum), or products containing should stop breast-feeding or may need to use a different medicine. information leaflets. Do not use ATRIPLA for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do check for hepatitis that could be getting worse. ATRIPLA is not approved for the treatment St. John’s wort with ATRIPLA. St. John’s wort is an herbal product sold as a dietary • Taking ATRIPLA with alcohol or other medicines causing similar side effects as ATRIPLA, not give ATRIPLA to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may of HBV, so you must discuss your HBV therapy with your healthcare provider. supplement. Talk with your healthcare provider if you are taking or are planning to take such as drowsiness, may increase those side effects. harm them. St. John’s wort. Taking St. John’s wort may decrease ATRIPLA levels and lead to increased • Do not take any other medicines, including prescription and nonprescription medicines This leaflet summarizes the most important information about ATRIPLA. If you would like more What is ATRIPLA? viral load and possible resistance to ATRIPLA or cross-resistance to other anti-HIV-1 drugs. ATRIPLA contains 3 medicines, SUSTIVA® (efavirenz), EMTRIVA® (emtricitabine) and VIREAD® and herbal products, without checking with your healthcare provider. information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your healthcare provider or It is also important to tell your healthcare provider if you are taking any of the following: (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate also called tenofovir DF) combined in one pill. EMTRIVA and • Avoid doing things that can spread HIV-1 infection since ATRIPLA does not stop you pharmacist for information about ATRIPLA that is written for health professionals. VIREAD are HIV-1 (human immunodeficiency virus) nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase • Fortovase, Invirase (saquinavir), Biaxin (clarithromycin); or Sporanox (itraconazole); these from passing the HIV-1 infection to others. Do not use ATRIPLA if the seal over bottle opening is broken or missing. inhibitors (NRTIs) and SUSTIVA is an HIV-1 non-nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase medicines may need to be replaced with another medicine when taken with What are the possible side effects of ATRIPLA? What are the ingredients of ATRIPLA? inhibitor (NNRTI). VIREAD and EMTRIVA are the components of TRUVADA®. ATRIPLA can be ATRIPLA. ATRIPLA may cause the following serious side effects: Active Ingredients: efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate used alone as a complete regimen, or in combination with other anti- • Calcium channel blockers such as Cardizem or Tiazac (diltiazem), Covera HS or Isoptin HIV-1 medicines to treat people with HIV-1 infection. ATRIPLA is for adults age 18 and over. • Lactic acidosis (buildup of an acid in the blood). Lactic acidosis can be a medical Inactive Ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, hydroxypropyl cellulose, microcrystalline (verapamil) and others; Crixivan (indinavir); Methadone; Mycobutin (rifabutin); Rifampin; emergency and may need to be treated in the hospital. Call your healthcare provider ATRIPLA has not been studied in children under age 18 or adults over age 65. cholesterol-lowering medicines such as Lipitor (atorvastatin), Pravachol (pravastatin cellulose, magnesium stearate, sodium lauryl sulfate. The film coating contains black iron + right away if you get signs of lactic acidosis. (See “What is the most important oxide, polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl alcohol, red iron oxide, talc, and titanium dioxide. HIV infection destroys CD4 T cells, which are important to the immune system. The immune sodium), and Zocor (simvastatin); or Zoloft (sertraline); these medicines may need to information I should know about ATRIPLA?”) have their dose changed when taken with ATRIPLA. system helps fight infection. After a large number of T cells are destroyed, acquired immune • Serious liver problems (hepatotoxicity), with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly) and fat deficiency syndrome (AIDS) develops. • Videx, Videx EC (didanosine); tenofovir DF (a component of ATRIPLA) may increase in the liver (steatosis). Call your healthcare provider right away if you get any signs of liver ATRIPLA helps block HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, a viral chemical in your body (enzyme) that the amount of didanosine in your blood, which could result in more side effects. problems. (See “What is the most important information I should know about ATRIPLA?”) September 2008 is needed for HIV-1 to multiply. ATRIPLA lowers the amount of HIV-1 in the blood (viral load). You may need to be monitored more carefully if you are taking ATRIPLA + • “Flare-ups” of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, in which the disease suddenly returns ATRIPLA is a trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC. EMTRIVA, TRUVADA, ATRIPLA may also help to increase the number of T cells (CD4 cells), allowing your immune (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) and didanosine together. Also, the in a worse way than before, can occur if you have HBV and you stop taking ATRIPLA. Your system to improve. Lowering the amount of HIV-1 in the blood lowers the chance of death or dose of didanosine may need to be changed. and VIREAD are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc. SUSTIVA is a trademark of Bristol-Myers healthcare provider will monitor your condition for several months after stopping ATRIPLA Squibb Pharma Company. Reyataz and Videx are trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb infections that happen when your immune system is weak (opportunistic infections). • Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate) or Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir); these medicines may increase if you have both HIV-1 and HBV infection and may recommend treatment for your HBV. Company. Pravachol is a trademark of ER Squibb & Sons, LLC. Other brands listed are the the amount of tenofovir DF (a component of ATRIPLA) in your blood, which could result in Does ATRIPLA cure HIV-1 or AIDS? • Serious psychiatric problems. A small number of patients may experience severe trademarks of their respective owners. ATRIPLA does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS. The long-term effects of ATRIPLA are not more side effects. Reyataz is not recommended with ATRIPLA. You may need to be depression, strange thoughts, or angry behavior while taking ATRIPLA. Some patients have known at this time. People taking ATRIPLA may still get opportunistic infections or other monitored more carefully if you are taking ATRIPLA and Kaletra together. Also, the dose thoughts of suicide and a few have actually committed suicide.These problems may occur conditions that happen with HIV-1 infection. Opportunistic infections are infections that of Kaletra may need to be changed. more often in patients who have had mental illness. Contact your healthcare provider right develop because the immune system is weak. Some of these conditions are pneumonia, • Medicine for seizures [for example, Dilantin (phenytoin), Tegretol (carbamazepine), or away if you think you are having these psychiatric symptoms, so your healthcare provider herpes virus infections, and Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection. It is very phenobarbital]; your healthcare provider may want to switch you to another medicine or can decide if you should continue to take ATRIPLA. SF-B0001B-10-08 21-937-GS-005 ST0064 Sept 2008 important that you see your healthcare provider regularly while taking ATRIPLA. check drug levels in your blood from time to time.

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FDA-Approved Patient Labeling Does ATRIPLA (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) reduce the risk These are not all the medicines that may cause problems if you take • Kidney problems. If you have had kidney problems in the past or take other medicines Patient Information of passing HIV-1 to others? ATRIPLA (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate). Be sure to tell your that can cause kidney problems, your healthcare provider should do regular blood tests to healthcare provider about all medicines that you take. ATRIPLA® (uh TRIP luh) Tablets ATRIPLA has not been shown to lower your chance of passing HIV-1 to other people check your kidneys. through sexual contact, sharing needles, or being exposed to your blood. Keep a complete list of all the prescription and nonprescription medicines as well as any • Changes in bone mineral density (thinning bones). It is not known whether long-term ALERT: Find out about medicines that should NOT be taken with ATRIPLA. • Do not share needles or other injection equipment. herbal remedies that you are taking, how much you take, and how often you take them. use of ATRIPLA (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) will cause damage Please also read the section “MEDICINES YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE WITH ATRIPLA.” Make a new list when medicines or herbal remedies are added or stopped, or if the dose to your bones. If you have had bone problems in the past, your healthcare provider may • Do not share personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them, like changes. Give copies of this list to all of your healthcare providers and pharmacists every Generic name: efavirenz, emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (eh FAH vih renz, need to do tests to check your bone mineral density or may prescribe medicines to help toothbrushes or razor blades. time you visit your healthcare provider or fill a prescription. This will give your healthcare your bone mineral density. em tri SIT uh bean and te NOE’ fo veer dye soe PROX il FYOU mar ate) provider a complete picture of the medicines you use. Then he or she can decide the best • Do not have any kind of sex without protection. Always practice safer sex by using a Common side effects: Read the Patient Information that comes with ATRIPLA (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir latex or polyurethane condom or other barrier to reduce the chance of sexual contact with approach for your situation. disoproxil fumarate) before you start taking it and each time you get a refill since there may semen, vaginal secretions, or blood. How should I take ATRIPLA? Patients may have dizziness, headache, trouble sleeping, drowsiness, trouble concentrating, be new information. This information does not take the place of talking to your healthcare and/or unusual dreams during treatment with ATRIPLA. These side effects may be reduced if Who should not take ATRIPLA? provider about your medical condition or treatment. You should stay under a healthcare • Take the exact amount of ATRIPLA your healthcare provider prescribes. Never change you take ATRIPLA at bedtime on an empty stomach. They also tend to go away after you have provider’s care when taking ATRIPLA. Do not change or stop your medicine without first Together with your healthcare provider, you need to decide whether ATRIPLA is right for you. the dose on your own. Do not stop this medicine unless your healthcare provider tells taken the medicine for a few weeks. If you have these common side effects, such as you to stop. talking with your healthcare provider. Talk to your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you Do not take ATRIPLA if you are allergic to ATRIPLA or any of its ingredients. The active dizziness, it does not mean that you will also have serious psychiatric problems, such as have any questions about ATRIPLA. ingredients of ATRIPLA are efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir DF. See the end of this • You should take ATRIPLA on an empty stomach. severe depression, strange thoughts, or angry behavior. Tell your healthcare provider right What is the most important information I should know about ATRIPLA? leaflet for a complete list of ingredients. • Swallow ATRIPLA with water. away if any of these side effects continue or if they bother you. It is possible that these • Taking ATRIPLA at bedtime may make some side effects less bothersome. symptoms may be more severe if ATRIPLA is used with alcohol or mood altering (street) drugs. • Some people who have taken medicine like ATRIPLA (which contains nucleoside What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking ATRIPLA? If you are dizzy, have trouble concentrating, or are drowsy, avoid activities that may be analogs) have developed a serious condition called lactic acidosis (build up of an acid Tell your healthcare provider if you: • Do not miss a dose of ATRIPLA. If you forget to take ATRIPLA, take the missed dose right in the blood). Lactic acidosis can be a medical emergency and may need to be treated in away, unless it is almost time for your next dose. Do not double the next dose. Carry on dangerous, such as driving or operating machinery. • Are pregnant or planning to become pregnant (see “What should I avoid while taking with your regular dosing schedule. If you need help in planning the best times to take your the hospital. Call your healthcare provider right away if you get the following signs ATRIPLA?”). Rash may be common. Rashes usually go away without any change in treatment. In a small or symptoms of lactic acidosis: medicine, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist. number of patients, rash may be serious. If you develop a rash, call your healthcare provider • Are breast-feeding (see “What should I avoid while taking ATRIPLA?”). • If you believe you took more than the prescribed amount of ATRIPLA, contact your local • You feel very weak or tired. right away. • Have kidney problems or are undergoing kidney dialysis treatment. poison control center or emergency room right away. • You have unusual (not normal) muscle pain. Other common side effects include tiredness, upset stomach, vomiting, gas, and diarrhea. • Have bone problems. • Tell your healthcare provider if you start any new medicine or change how you take old • You have trouble breathing. ones. Your doses may need adjustment. Other possible side effects with ATRIPLA include: • Have liver problems, including hepatitis B virus infection. Your healthcare provider • Changes in body fat. Changes in body fat develop in some patients taking anti-HIV-1 • You have stomach pain with nausea and vomiting. may want to do tests to check your liver while you take ATRIPLA. • When your ATRIPLA supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider or • You feel cold, especially in your arms and legs. pharmacy. This is very important because the amount of virus in your blood may increase medicine. These changes may include an increased amount of fat in the upper back and • Have ever had mental illness or are using drugs or alcohol. neck (“buffalo hump”), in the breasts, and around the trunk. Loss of fat from the legs, • You feel dizzy or lightheaded. if the medicine is stopped for even a short time. The virus may develop resistance to • Have ever had seizures or are taking medicine for seizures. ATRIPLA and become harder to treat. arms, and face may also happen. The cause and long-term health effects of these fat • You have a fast or irregular heartbeat. What important information should I know about taking other medicines with • Your healthcare provider may want to do blood tests to check for certain side effects while changes are not known. • Some people who have taken medicines like ATRIPLA have developed serious liver ATRIPLA? you take ATRIPLA. • Skin discoloration (small spots or freckles) may also happen with ATRIPLA. problems called hepatotoxicity, with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly) and fat in the ATRIPLA may change the effect of other medicines, including the ones for HIV-1, and What should I avoid while taking ATRIPLA? Tell your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you notice any side effects while taking ATRIPLA. liver (steatosis). Call your healthcare provider right away if you get the following may cause serious side effects. Your healthcare provider may change your other medicines signs or symptoms of liver problems: • Women should not become pregnant while taking ATRIPLA and for 12 weeks after Contact your healthcare provider before stopping ATRIPLA because of side effects or for any or change their doses. Other medicines, including herbal products, may affect ATRIPLA. For stopping it. Serious birth defects have been seen in the babies of animals and women other reason. • Your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice). this reason, it is very important to let all your healthcare providers and pharmacists know treated with efavirenz (a component of ATRIPLA) during pregnancy. It is not known whether This is not a complete list of side effects possible with ATRIPLA. Ask your healthcare • Your urine turns dark. what medications, herbal supplements, or vitamins you are taking. efavirenz caused these defects. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you are provider or pharmacist for a more complete list of side effects of ATRIPLA and all the • Your bowel movements (stools) turn light in color. MEDICINES YOU SHOULD NOT TAKE WITH ATRIPLA pregnant. Also talk with your healthcare provider if you want to become pregnant. medicines you will take. • You don’t feel like eating food for several days or longer. • The following medicines may cause serious and life-threatening side effects when taken • Women should not rely only on hormone-based birth control, such as pills, injections, or How do I store ATRIPLA? • You feel sick to your stomach (nausea). with ATRIPLA. You should not take any of these medicines while taking ATRIPLA: Vascor implants, because ATRIPLA may make these contraceptives ineffective. Women must use a reliable form of barrier contraception, such as a condom or diaphragm, even if they also • Keep ATRIPLA and all other medicines out of reach of children. • You have lower stomach area (abdominal) pain. (bepridil), Propulsid (cisapride), Versed (midazolam), Orap (pimozide), Halcion (triazolam), ergot medications (for example, Wigraine and Cafergot). use other methods of birth control. Efavirenz, a component of ATRIPLA, may remain in your • Store ATRIPLA at room temperature 77 °F (25 °C). • You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or liver problems if you are female, very blood for a time after therapy is stopped. Therefore, you should continue to use • Keep ATRIPLA in its original container and keep the container tightly closed. overweight (obese), or have been taking nucleoside analog-containing medicines, like • ATRIPLA also should not be used with Combivir (lamivudine/zidovudine), EMTRIVA, Epivir, contraceptive measures for 12 weeks after you stop taking ATRIPLA. ATRIPLA, for a long time. Epivir-HBV (lamivudine), Epzicom (abacavir sulfate/lamivudine), Trizivir (abacavir • Do not keep medicine that is out of date or that you no longer need. If you throw any sulfate/lamivudine/zidovudine), SUSTIVA, TRUVADA, or VIREAD. • Do not breast-feed if you are taking ATRIPLA. The Centers for Disease Control and medicines away make sure that children will not find them. • If you also have hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and you stop taking ATRIPLA, you Prevention recommend that mothers with HIV not breast-feed because they can pass the • Vfend (voriconazole) should not be taken with ATRIPLA since it may lose its effect or may HIV through their milk to the baby. Also, ATRIPLA may pass through breast milk and cause General information about ATRIPLA: may get a “flare-up” of your hepatitis. A “flare-up” is when the disease suddenly increase the chance of having side effects from ATRIPLA. returns in a worse way than before. Patients with HBV who stop taking ATRIPLA need serious harm to the baby. Talk with your healthcare provider if you are breast-feeding. You Medicines are sometimes prescribed for conditions that are not mentioned in patient close medical follow-up for several months, including medical exams and blood tests to • Do not take St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum), or products containing should stop breast-feeding or may need to use a different medicine. information leaflets. Do not use ATRIPLA for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do check for hepatitis that could be getting worse. ATRIPLA is not approved for the treatment St. John’s wort with ATRIPLA. St. John’s wort is an herbal product sold as a dietary • Taking ATRIPLA with alcohol or other medicines causing similar side effects as ATRIPLA, not give ATRIPLA to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may of HBV, so you must discuss your HBV therapy with your healthcare provider. supplement. Talk with your healthcare provider if you are taking or are planning to take such as drowsiness, may increase those side effects. harm them. St. John’s wort. Taking St. John’s wort may decrease ATRIPLA levels and lead to increased • Do not take any other medicines, including prescription and nonprescription medicines This leaflet summarizes the most important information about ATRIPLA. If you would like more What is ATRIPLA? viral load and possible resistance to ATRIPLA or cross-resistance to other anti-HIV-1 drugs. ATRIPLA contains 3 medicines, SUSTIVA® (efavirenz), EMTRIVA® (emtricitabine) and VIREAD® and herbal products, without checking with your healthcare provider. information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your healthcare provider or It is also important to tell your healthcare provider if you are taking any of the following: (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate also called tenofovir DF) combined in one pill. EMTRIVA and • Avoid doing things that can spread HIV-1 infection since ATRIPLA does not stop you pharmacist for information about ATRIPLA that is written for health professionals. VIREAD are HIV-1 (human immunodeficiency virus) nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase • Fortovase, Invirase (saquinavir), Biaxin (clarithromycin); or Sporanox (itraconazole); these from passing the HIV-1 infection to others. Do not use ATRIPLA if the seal over bottle opening is broken or missing. inhibitors (NRTIs) and SUSTIVA is an HIV-1 non-nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase medicines may need to be replaced with another medicine when taken with What are the possible side effects of ATRIPLA? What are the ingredients of ATRIPLA? inhibitor (NNRTI). VIREAD and EMTRIVA are the components of TRUVADA®. ATRIPLA can be ATRIPLA. ATRIPLA may cause the following serious side effects: Active Ingredients: efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate used alone as a complete regimen, or in combination with other anti- • Calcium channel blockers such as Cardizem or Tiazac (diltiazem), Covera HS or Isoptin HIV-1 medicines to treat people with HIV-1 infection. ATRIPLA is for adults age 18 and over. • Lactic acidosis (buildup of an acid in the blood). Lactic acidosis can be a medical Inactive Ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, hydroxypropyl cellulose, microcrystalline (verapamil) and others; Crixivan (indinavir); Methadone; Mycobutin (rifabutin); Rifampin; emergency and may need to be treated in the hospital. Call your healthcare provider ATRIPLA has not been studied in children under age 18 or adults over age 65. cholesterol-lowering medicines such as Lipitor (atorvastatin), Pravachol (pravastatin cellulose, magnesium stearate, sodium lauryl sulfate. The film coating contains black iron + right away if you get signs of lactic acidosis. (See “What is the most important oxide, polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl alcohol, red iron oxide, talc, and titanium dioxide. HIV infection destroys CD4 T cells, which are important to the immune system. The immune sodium), and Zocor (simvastatin); or Zoloft (sertraline); these medicines may need to information I should know about ATRIPLA?”) have their dose changed when taken with ATRIPLA. system helps fight infection. After a large number of T cells are destroyed, acquired immune • Serious liver problems (hepatotoxicity), with liver enlargement (hepatomegaly) and fat deficiency syndrome (AIDS) develops. • Videx, Videx EC (didanosine); tenofovir DF (a component of ATRIPLA) may increase in the liver (steatosis). Call your healthcare provider right away if you get any signs of liver ATRIPLA helps block HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, a viral chemical in your body (enzyme) that the amount of didanosine in your blood, which could result in more side effects. problems. (See “What is the most important information I should know about ATRIPLA?”) September 2008 is needed for HIV-1 to multiply. ATRIPLA lowers the amount of HIV-1 in the blood (viral load). You may need to be monitored more carefully if you are taking ATRIPLA + • “Flare-ups” of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, in which the disease suddenly returns ATRIPLA is a trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences, LLC. EMTRIVA, TRUVADA, ATRIPLA may also help to increase the number of T cells (CD4 cells), allowing your immune (efavirenz/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) and didanosine together. Also, the in a worse way than before, can occur if you have HBV and you stop taking ATRIPLA. Your system to improve. Lowering the amount of HIV-1 in the blood lowers the chance of death or dose of didanosine may need to be changed. and VIREAD are trademarks of Gilead Sciences, Inc. SUSTIVA is a trademark of Bristol-Myers healthcare provider will monitor your condition for several months after stopping ATRIPLA Squibb Pharma Company. Reyataz and Videx are trademarks of Bristol-Myers Squibb infections that happen when your immune system is weak (opportunistic infections). • Reyataz (atazanavir sulfate) or Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir); these medicines may increase if you have both HIV-1 and HBV infection and may recommend treatment for your HBV. Company. Pravachol is a trademark of ER Squibb & Sons, LLC. Other brands listed are the the amount of tenofovir DF (a component of ATRIPLA) in your blood, which could result in Does ATRIPLA cure HIV-1 or AIDS? • Serious psychiatric problems. A small number of patients may experience severe trademarks of their respective owners. ATRIPLA does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS. The long-term effects of ATRIPLA are not more side effects. Reyataz is not recommended with ATRIPLA. You may need to be depression, strange thoughts, or angry behavior while taking ATRIPLA. Some patients have known at this time. People taking ATRIPLA may still get opportunistic infections or other monitored more carefully if you are taking ATRIPLA and Kaletra together. Also, the dose thoughts of suicide and a few have actually committed suicide.These problems may occur conditions that happen with HIV-1 infection. Opportunistic infections are infections that of Kaletra may need to be changed. more often in patients who have had mental illness. Contact your healthcare provider right develop because the immune system is weak. Some of these conditions are pneumonia, • Medicine for seizures [for example, Dilantin (phenytoin), Tegretol (carbamazepine), or away if you think you are having these psychiatric symptoms, so your healthcare provider herpes virus infections, and Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection. It is very phenobarbital]; your healthcare provider may want to switch you to another medicine or can decide if you should continue to take ATRIPLA. SF-B0001B-10-08 21-937-GS-005 ST0064 Sept 2008 important that you see your healthcare provider regularly while taking ATRIPLA. check drug levels in your blood from time to time.

697US08AB07715_Trim Size: 10.25”x13.5”-DTC_Chicago Publication: 16 Feb. 11, 2009 THEATER REVIEW coal fields of Wales: “I see the moonlight in THEATER REVIEW hard to achieve this lifestyle, accomplished the valley/It’s taken me back where the air is through college scholarships and a succession Goldbrick black...” An Adult Evening of rehabbed homes bought low and sold high. Playwright: Jon Langford and Langford’s attitude may be hard-nosed but it’s But after Frank and young Dempsey have their Loren Lee Crawford Crawford’s perspective and sharply written dia- with Shel consciousness raised at the Million Man March At: Walkabout and Collaboraction at logue that amplifies the sour taste. For instance, on Washington, the Freemans find themselves Building Stage, 412 N. Carpenter the Man says to Miss Liberty, “Your appetite was Silverstein considering the possible price of their success. Playwright: Shel Silverstein Phone: 312-226-9633; $15-$27.50 colossal. You swallowed up generations, inviting For playwright Gloria Bond Clunie, the world Runs through: March 1 them to a party you never intended to give.” Yet At: The Shadowmen at Raven in 1995 is bigger than that of Lorraine Hans- he admits that she is beautiful. “I am as I am Theatre, 6157 N. Clark berry’s in 1959, many dreams once deferred BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL made, nothing more, nothing less” she replies. Phone: 866-811-4111; $12 having since seen fulfillment. But while nobody Then, in a simple but horrific dialogue scene, Runs through: Feb. 28 would argue the virtue of sacrificing for one’s “Give me your tired, your poor,” proclaims the the Welsh immigrant guards the fence that keeps own immediate family—charity begins at home, Statue of Liberty, and tens of millions of im- out other immigrants—Mexican illegals. The ti- BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE after all—where does it stop? Are survivors who migrants (including my four grandparents) have tle is not used in the slang sense of shirking or escaped to forge a better life obligated to court made the rough but rewarding leap of faith to scheming, but in the image of the street paved The legacy of Sheldon Alan Silverstein—”Shel” risk once again for the betterment of strangers our country. Maybe life was struggle and sacri- with bricks of gold, of dreams unfulfilled. to his adult fans and “Uncle Shelby” to a gen- akin solely by racial demographic? The adoles- fice but the rewards came to their children. It’s Langford’s songs are tasty, indeed: different- eration of juvenile readers—is not that of a cent girl whom the Freemans reluctantly agree a surprise, then, to encounter the flip side in sounding, shifting between moody angularity visionary or craftsman, but of an observer re- to board temporarily is an ideal candidate for Goldbrick, which provides a dark, bleak view of and faux sentimentality and always with intel- connoitering his contemporaries. In an age of upward mobility, but what about her brother, the American immigrant experience through the ligent, pointed lyrics. Under musical director conformity, Silverstein extolled the curiously who has adapted all too well to his ghetto envi- songs of Welsh-born artist Jon Langford (who Leroy Bach, the standard pop-rock combine seductive lifestyles of the disenfranchised. And ronment? now lives in Chicago). of guitar, piano and percussion is softened by later, when every citizen with access to a tele- George Bernard Shaw’s observations in 1912 on Running just 60 minutes, Goldbrick weaves a welcome cello and string bass. Popular vet- vision set could mouth the latest bon mot by the “deserving” and “undeserving” poor become 10 Langford songs into a narrative by Loren Lee eran Larry Yando as the Man looks every inch Rowan & Martin or the Smothers Brothers, his an issue only when the task of rehabilitating—a Crawford delivered by a man and woman por- the weathered hard-life miner. His singing voice children’s books reflected an innocence defying house, a block, a child—demands hands-on at- traying archetypal Welsh immigrants and the is strong and expressive although not beautiful. deconstructionist snark. tention born of personal commitment. Vows of Statue of Liberty. They’ve left death, depression Tawny Newsome is the Woman, providing pret- Indeed, the satirical targets in the sketches solidarity sworn amid the euphoria of a like- and black lung in Wales, only to find more of tier vocals and restrained insouciance in her act- anthologized under the collective title of An minded choir are no armor against the squalor the same in a multi-decade United States. But ing. Adult Evening With Shel Silverstein are not the that breeds destruction and violence affecting Langford’s songs are ambiguous. They comment A handsome design—a ghostly Ellis Island— terminally un-hip, but the squares (as they were all those—both the “good” and “bad”—who on the U.S. (and human) experience but are nei- by Courtney O’Neil and JR Lederle and poetic called then) who pretend to being “in the know.” dwell in its shadow. Clunie’s exploration of tribal ther specifically Welsh nor about immigration, videography by director Stephan Mazurek com- In “Wash And Dry,” the proprietor of a laundry identities, and the limits thereupon, raise ques- although they do portray the underdog, exploi- plete this somber but haunting work. service employs big-time legal tactics in negoti- tions to challenge the popular assumption that tation, confrontations with the law and rampant ating with her customers, and in “Going Once,” individuals who look alike to outsiders also look commercialism. They range in tone from cyni- an auctioneer shamelessly exhorts us to buy a alike to each other. cal to passionate, and in style from folkloric to (white) female slave, protesting, “I’m an agent! Under less sensitive guidance, Living Green punkish, with waltz or ballad flourishes here and If this was Barbra Streisand or Raquel Welch, I’d could have emerged as little more than a mu- there. “There is no pie-in-the-sky/It’s down here be doing my job!” seum-grade replica of mid-20th-century “social where you find it,” goes the lyric for “Lost in More disturbing is the Jules Feiffer-esque “One problem” plays—a genre encompassing the America,” while another song calls up the bleak Tennis Shoe,” in which a husband chastises his aforementioned Raisin In The Sun. But under spouse for her scavenging habits, declaring that Andrea J. Dymond’s incisive direction, a sea- she’s turning into a “bag lady,” until the pros- soned cast led by Ann Joseph and Kenn E. Head pect of discarding the burden of consumer re- as the ambivalent African-American couple, with CULTURE CLUB spectability becomes rather attractive. And then sturdy supporting performances from the vener- there’s the captive in “Smile,” forced by shadowy able Cedric Young and newcomers Melanie Brez- interrogators to plead his case as the purveyor ill, Corey Marshaun Cantrell, Aurelia Clunie and of slogans now threadbare from overuse (e.g., Samuel G. Roberson, Jr., reach beyond archetyp- “Have a nice day”). But darkest of all are the al mannerisms, endowing their characters with family relationships in “The Lifeboat Is Sinking,” empathy transcending cultural lines to address where a wife tortures her mate with an endless conflicts that can only grow more prevalent at hypothesis of who-would-you-rescue-first, and this time in our history. “The Best Daddy,” whose young daughter must endure terrifying fantasies before receiving her birthday gift. It would be easy for neophyte actors, smug in CRITICS’ PICS their hindsight, to emulate the dynamic inspir- ing the author’s ire by condescending to their Touch, New Leaf Theatre at Lincoln Park sometimes quaint material (the relentless rhym- Cultural Center, through Feb. 14. Dan Gra- ing “Buy One, Get One Free,” for example, or the nata gives an emotionally wrenching per- protracted “Blind Willie And The Talking Dog”). formance as an astronomer who wins and But under Lavina Jadhwani’s savvy direction, the tragically loses the love of his life in Toni Shadowmen ensemble embraces their text with Press-Coffman’s surprise-filled drama. SCM full-out compassion devoid of self-indulgent Million Dollar Quartet, Apollo Theatre, irony. And while Silverstein’s forays into play- through Feb. 28. Goodness gracious, great wrighting only hint at his significance in late balls of fire! Chicago just can’t get enough 20th-century pop culture (a revue of his songs of these sweet southern boys and the reflec- would be welcome in our current clime), they tions of American history encapsulated in provide a well-deserved introduction to an art- their careers. Go see this while you’re wait- ist whose contribution to the America we know ing for your Labor Day weekend tickets to today is too often forgotten. Jersey Boys. MSB THE MAIDS Not Enough Air, Timeline Theatre, through BY JEAN GENET TRANSLATED BY MARTIN CRIMP DIRECTED BY JIMMY MCDERMOTT PERFORMED AT 664 VERNON AVENUE THEATER REVIEW March 22. Janet Ulrich Brooks exudes pas- sion and drive in an intricate, emotionally “THE ACTRESSES ARE Living Green Playwright: Gloria Bond Clunie harrowing tour de force turn as journalist At: Victory Gardens Theatre and playwright Sophie Treadwell. With mem- MAGNIFICENT.” orable supporting work by David Parkes and – CHICAGO SUN-TIMES at the Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln Phone: 773-871-3000; $20-$48 Terry Hamilton, Masha Obolensky’s expres- sionistic true crime fable is vivid, smart and $40 TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE. Runs through: March 1 thoroughly engrossing. CS The Wild Duck, at MCA, ORDER TODAY! BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE through Feb. 15. Richard Nelson’s new ver- sion rids this powerful moral tale of all the The publicity compares it to A Raisin In The fustian—real and imagined—too often as- WRITERSTHEATRE.ORG Sun, but there’s no mama-on-the-couch in this sociated with Ibsen’s plays. Strikingly de- 8 47 - 242 - 6000 WRITERS’ play—who has time? Mrs. Angela Freeman often 2008/09 Season Sponsor: THEATRE signed, superbly directed and acted and Mary Winton Green Media Sponsor: doesn’t get home from work until nearly mid- even funny! JA night. Neither does her husband, Frank, and —By Abarbanel, Barnidge, Morgan their likewise overscheduled teenage daughter and Sullivan and son. These parents have labored long and Feb. 11, 2009 17 tion, since Gina proves to be such a mercenary graphical elements in his story—inspired, he hibit the skills necessary to playing this brand in salvaging the sandal account. says, by a walk in Paris’ famous Père Lachaise of fast-paced mayhem in the restricted quar- Another seeming voice of reason is the graphic cemetery—making his grasp of his slapstick pro- ters of ’s south stage, artist Walter (Greg Caldwell), who deliberately totype as admirable as the unexpected sympathy scrambling over Richard and Jacqueline Penrod’s tries to sabotage the whole misbegotten en- he extends his venerable archetypes. The sheer art-nouveau-on-a-budget suite (three doors and terprise by presenting a series of extremely of- physical manipulation needed to construct situ- a curtained balcony) with unflagging energy, fensive advertising concepts. But Walter, too, ations involving men dressed in duck suits, mis- agility and enough charm to make us wish for proves to be a big jerk when his efforts to help sile explosives concealed in laundry carts and a happy resolution to their difficulties. Whether others in the Middle East go horribly wrong. doses of mis-administered pharmaceuticals (the Slaphappy can repeat the success of the glitzier Both Steve Ratcliff and Greg Hardin work post-1970s equivalent to the mid-’50s “drunk” Don’t Dress For Dinner remains to be seen, but wonders portraying self-absorbed white males scene) demands more attention than their au- in these grim times, its generous optimism and enjoying their entitlement, while Lindley Gibbs thors often anticipate. But Slezak resists the universal hope for reconciliation should appeal Wisnewski is a lot of fun as a charity worker with temptation to wallow in his own nostalgic mem- to the same audiences. an ulterior motive. ories, instead applying himself to the mechanics That leaves Nate Storm to be the true voice of his plot-driven exercise. of reason in Misamerica as the IT guy, Tony and Director Richard Shavzin and his cast also ex- Middle Eastern employee Rahim. We easily cringe along with Storm’s characters as they react to all Misamerica. Photo by Dean La Prairie the stupid and misinformed antics of the Ameri- cans. THEATER REVIEW So even if Misamerica is tardy for its scath- ing social relevance, it astutely encapsulates Misamerica America’s Middle East bungling during the Bush SPOTLIGHT Playwright: Tom Patrick administration. And amazingly, what Patrick At: Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark initially predicted in Misamerica became truly Phone: 773-338-2177; $20-$25 prophetic during Bush’s final Iraqi press confer- Runs through: March 28 ence.

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Raven Theatre’s world premiere of Tom Patrick’s Slaphappy Misamerica feels like it’s a day late and a dollar Playwright: Gary Slezak short. At: Beat The Jester Productions at It’s not entirely Patrick’s fault, since he essen- Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont tially had this comic parody on American corpo- Phone: 773-327-5252; $25-$30 rate greed in the Middle East completed in 2004. Runs through: March 15 (I attended a sharp reading of it then at .) BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE The comedy-dedicated Piccolo Theatre turns its attention to Twelfth Night, one of Shake- Five years ago, Misamerica had an edgy and speare’s most joyous and gender-bending romantic comedies. Director Karen Yates updates the hilarious quality of speaking truth to power— Hotel plays constitute a genre all their own, and comedy to mod London in the volatile year of 1968, touching upon anti-war protests, immigra- namely President George W. Bush’s administra- hotel bedroom farces, a substantial subgenre. tion issues, gay rights and class struggles in the process. Twelfth Night plays 8 p.m. Fridays and tion and the many no-bid contractors who de- But despite playwright Gary Slezak’s attempts to Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays Feb. 13-March 21 at the Evanston Arts Depot, 600 Main, Evanston. scended upon Iraq. disguise his romantic comedy as one of the lat- Tickets are $25 ($20 seniors; $15 students/kids). Call 847-424-0089 or visit www.piccolotheatre. But now that Bush and his cronies are out of ter—replete with marital triangles, scantily clad com; photo courtesy of Piccolo Theatre. office, Misamerica’s impact is like using a rear- babes, irrepressible zanies, urbane servants, ec- view mirror to take potshots at an intended centric offstage personalities, slamming doors, target. I’m glad that Raven and director Greg chases around sofas and peeking from behind Kolack are giving audiences a chance to see Pat- portières—its premise still emerges as more 9LH9B8986MDCDI@5F89A5B8 rick’s scathing comedy, but now it plays like old Pierre Marivaux than Alan Ayckbourn. H

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15 that accompanied the devilish Chi Chi La Rue to the hairline. Photos of Jude and Tom will turn up on Bil- 10 8 1 Chat Noir in South Beach, I would surely be com- lyMasters.com.

16 plaining. But, straddling Bobby Clark, teasing Reese 11 3 5 18 54 Rideout, and canoodling with Devon Hart kept the 13 4 14 12 heat on (photos will undoubtedly turn up on Billy- Masters.com). In fact, the only chilly thing about the 6 night was my “date”, the devious Dan Renzi, who left his spousal equivalent at home watching TBS’

45 special presentation of “Working Girl”—presumably 47 46 enhanced by a SAP translation. 58 43 44 Only nights earlier, I was hob-knobbing with Hol- 53 57 lywood royalty at the swanky Catalina Bar & Grill in Tinseltown for the opening night of Florence Hen- Real World: Brooklyn’s Scott - A cut above. 49 51 derson’s one-woman show, “All The Lives Of Me”. To 24 48 36 my left, Mitzi Gaynor. To my right, Robert Wagner. Do you know what time it is? Time for the first in- 21 50 23 25 31 Straight ahead, Donna Mills. And practically in my stallment of Fayewatch 2009! Oh, we should have lap, Bruce Vilanch (he wrote the words for the open- known it wouldn’t be long until La Dunaway did ing number). I don’t know what was more memora- something that would whet our appetite. Although, 32 30 29 55 ble—sticking a dollar down Henderson’s décolletage in this case, it’s not completely her fault. There’s a 22 52 or sitting next to the star of the film version of foolish plan to remake the classic flick “Bonnie and 38 27 37 40 56 35 “South Pacific” while Flo reminisced about head- Clyde” with Hillary Duff taking on Faye’s role. Feel 39 28 26 lining the first Broadway revival of the same show! free to roll your eyes—I know I did. And that’s just 20 42 41 Henderson couldn’t have been more gracious—or in what Faye did. When some reporter deigned to ask

19 33 better voice. She surely belies her three-quarters of her opinion, Dunaway sniffed, “Couldn’t they at least a century—not that I think she’d present her age in cast a real actress?” Now, come on—do you blame such gauche terms. The two “Nellies” embraced after her?? That would have been it, except someone told 34 the show and we’ll post photos on our Web site. Duff the quote and she responded: “I think that my You may note when browsing through these pics fans that are going to go see the movie don’t even that there seems to be significantly less of La Vi- know who she is...I think it was a little unnecessary, lanch and La Rue. That is because both have lost an but I might be mad if I looked like that now.” WOW! ANDERSONVILLE 17 Touché 32 Little Jim’s THE SOUTHSIDE 1 @mosphere 6412 N. Clark St. 3501 N. Halsted St. 48 Club Escape extraordinary amount of weight. Chi Chi underwent Go right for the jugular, Duff! I’m siding with Faye on 5355 N. 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Clark St. minibarchicago.com 51 Jeffrey Pub report they’re both better than ever. Brava! Our “Ask Billy” question comes from Gary in Min- 4804 N. Broadway Ave. Chicago3160.com 36 North End 7041 S. Jeffery Blvd. WorldsGreatestBar.com 20 Berlin 3733 N. Halsted St. Shortly after I moved to LA, there was a terrible nesota: “Thanks for directing us to watch the new 5 Eagle 954 W. Belmont Ave. NorthEndChicago.com THE BURBS fire about four blocks away. Being an inquisitive season of ‘Real World’. But forget about the one who 5001 N. Clark St. BerlinChicago.com 37 Pie Hole 52 Club Krave type, I went outside to watch and interacted with a was bangin’ Anderson Cooper. What about Scott, the ChicagoEagle.com 21 Bobby Love’s 737 W. Roscoe St. 13126 S. Western Ave. 6 El Gato Negro 3729 N. Halsted St. PieHolePizzaJoint.com Blue Island, IL number of the now-homeless residents. One of those HAWTIE bodybuilder. He’s gotta play for our team. And 1461 Irving Park Rd. BobbyLoves.com 38 Roscoe’s ClubKrave.com young ladies went on to win “American Idol”. Yes, I’m sure you’re sitting on some nudes of him, man.” ElGatoNegroBar.com 22 Bucks Saloon 3356 N. Halsted St. 53 Hideaway 7 The Glenwood 3439 N. Halsted St. Roscoes.com 7301 W. Roosevelt Rd. Kelly Clarkson! And we’re crossing paths once again If I were sitting on a nude Scott, I wouldn’t be 6962 N. Glenwood St. BucksSaloonChicago.com 39 Scarlet Forest Park, IL because she’s clearing up all questions regarding her wasting my time with this column! Scott Herman is TheGlenwoodbar.com 23 Cell Block 3320 N. Halsted St. 54 Hunters sexuality: “I get that all the time. People are like, a personal trainer, fitness model and, obviously, an 8 Hamburger 3702 N. Halsted St. ScarletBarChicago.com 1932 E. Higgins Rd. Mary’s/Mary’s www.CellBlock-Chicago.com 40 Sidetrack Elk Grove Village, IL ‘Are you secretly a lesbian? Because I’d really love it.’ operator—and I don’t mean that in a bad way. I just Attic 24 Charlie’s 3349 N. Halsted St. HuntersNightclubs.com Lesbians tell it to me all the time. I’m like, ‘I’m glad mean he wants attention, and he’ll do what he has to 5400 N. Clark St. 3726 N. Broadway Ave. SidetrackChicago.com 55 John L’s Place HamburgerMarysChicago.com CharliesChicago.com 41 Spin 335 154th Pl. it works for you, and I wish I liked women like that in order to get it. For instance, from all the underwear 9 Jackhammer 25 Circuit 800 W. Belmont Ave. Calumet City, IL because often times, men are very hard for me. But I modeling, I can tell you with 100 percent certainty 6406 N. Clark St. 3641 N. Halsted St. Spin-Nightclub.com 56 Maneuvers happen to like boys.” Uh huh. that he’s circumcised (oh, yes, I’ll run that photo on Jackhammer-Chicago.com CircuitClub.com 42 Steamworks 118 E. Jefferson St. 10 Joie De Vine 26 The Closet 3246 N. Halsted St. (bath) Joliet, IL I’m expecting a similar statement from Jonathan BillyMasters.com). And he’s three inches soft—not 1744 W. Balmoral Ave. 3325 N Broadway Ave. SteamworksOnline.com JolietManeuvers.com Knight of “New Kids on the Block.” We’ve all heard that that means anything. And his ass looks hot in a 11 Man’s Country 27 Cocktail 57 Rumors 5017 N. Clark St. (bath) 3359 N. Halsted St. DOWNTOWN 2433 Desplaines Ave. the rumors before ... and the denials. But this time, jock strap. What else do you need? MansCountryChicago.com CocktailBarChicago.com 43 The Baton North Riverside, IL Jonny could have a bit of a problem. You see, his When I’m saying nice things about Cruise and Dun- 12 Scot’s 28 FireFly 436 N. Clark St. RumorsPubOnline.com 1829 W. Montrose Ave. 3335 N. Halsted St. TheBatonShowLounge.com 58 Velvet Rope alleged ex-boyfriend, Brazilian model Kyle Wilker has away, it’s definitely time to end yet another column. ChicagoScotsBar.com FireflyOnHalsted.com 44 Second Story Bar 728 W. Lake St. gone public with details of their relationship—for I’m staying on the East Coast till the Oscars. After all, 13 SoFo 29 Halsted’s Bar & 157 E. Ohio St. Oak Park, IL cash! One of the tabloids sports a headline: “Jonathan we’ve got my birthday, we’ve got a holiday weekend, 4923 N. Clark St. Grill VelvetRopeOakPark.com SofoBar.com 3441 N. Halsted St. NEAR NORTH Knight’s Gay Lover Tells All,” and includes photos of and we’ve got my parents arriving. OK, once they get 14 Spyners HalstedsChicago.com 45 Club 2506 INDIANA the duo in some compromising positions—although here, I’ll zip up to NYC to see Domingo at the MET, 4623 N. Western Ave. 30 Hydrate 2506 N. Clybourn Ave. 59 Dick’s R U Crazee? Spyners.com 3458 N. Halsted St. 46 Crobar 1221 E.150th St. for the reported $8K payout, you know they weren’t Caballe at Avery Fisher, Liz Ashley on Broadway, and 15 Star Gaze HydrateChicago.com 1543 N. Kingsbury St. Hammond, IN THAT compromising! However, one of the pics does Charles Busch and Kathleen Turner off-Broadway. And 5419 N. Clark St. 31 Kit Kat 47 The Prop House DicksRUCrazee.com show the two boys in a passionate liplock. Kyle’s best that’s all in 48 hours. In between shows I will keep StarGazeChicago.com 3700 N. Halsted St. 1675 N. Elston Ave. 60 Encompass 16 T’s KitKatChicago.com 2415 Rush St. revelation is that Knight decided he preferred guys updating www.BillyMasters.com, the fastest growing 5025 N. Clark St. Lake Station, IN after dating pop singer Tiffany—which I believe was Web site in the gossip world. And, if you send ques- TsBarChicago.com EncompassNightclub.com the turning point for so many semi-famous queers! tions to [email protected], I promise to get Don’t bother buying the tabloids. We’ll run pics of back to you before Kelly Clarkson is seen out with Kyle and Jon (as well as Knight’s new beau) on our Tiffany! So, until next time, remember, one man’s Web site. gossip is another man’s bible. Rumors are nothing new to Tom Cruise. What is Feb. 11, 2009 21 WHAT TO DO? Thursday, Feb. 5 Wednesday, Feb. 11 ture Miss L’amour alongside 16 of her gle, Wis., www.meetup.com/queergirls sembles: Learn about drumming in the America in the Age of Obama, concert internationally acclaimed Chicago Desert Hearts, classic lesbian movie African cultures. $5, 7-9 p.m., Tom honoring life, liberty and the pursuit Starlets. Also Feb. 14. Midnight. Pre- Desert Hearts will be shown part of the Ballentine at tballentine@centeron- of happiness with hundreds of leading sale tix$12, or 2 for $20. Day of the Dyke Delicious series, 8 p.m., Chicago halsted.org or 773-472-6469 X 245 musicians. Chicago celebrities narrate show , $14. Music Box Theatre 3733 N. Filmmakers, www.ChicagoFilmmakers. Muntu Dance Group, noon, Macy’s on historic texts and soliloquies. $55, Southport Ave. org State St., www.macys.com/events $35, 7:30 p.m. Auditorium Theatre, 50 Belmont Burlesque Broken Hearts Bur- Kama Sutra The Musical Vegas Bound... OUT-Front and Center: Music Series – E. Congress Parkway, 312-922-2110 au- lesque Ball!, a night of sexy fun. Doors and Gagged. 10:30 p.m. Davenport’s Drumming Circle Lakeside Pride Music ditoriumtheatre.org 8, show 9 p.m. Tix $15 at door, $12 in Cabaret, 1383 N. Milwaukee, 773-278- Ensembles, an evening of drumming. Women & Children First Bookstore advance at www.abbeypub.com. Info 1830 www.davenportspianobar.com Learn about drumming and African Jayne Anne Phillips, author of Lark www.belmontburlesque.com. Abbey Too Much Love 30 Plays About Love in 60 rhythms in African cultures. Center and Termite, 1950s West Virginia and Pub, 3420 W. Grace Sweet Minutes,The Neo-Futurists. Come on Halsted, 3656 North Halsted St. Korea, the power of love and loss, U.S. Census Bureau recruiting at the early to get romantic advice, visit our 773-472-6469 X245 www.centeronhal- ramifications of war, 7:30 p.m. 5233 Center on Halsted, temporary part- kissing booth. Benefits the Children’s sted.org. TAKING DANCES N. Clark St. 773-769-9299, www.wom- time census jobs for the 2010 Cen- Organ Transplant Association. Doors The Joffrey Ballet will present “Cinderella,” enandchildrenfirst.com sus. Bring passport. 10 a.m. and 2 7:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. 773-275-5255, p.m. 866-861-2010, www.census. www.neofuturists.org Tuesday, Feb. 17 at the Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress. gov/2010censusjobs or 866-861-2010 University Chorale, Music of the Heart: Book Stall, Stephanie Kallos (Broken for Thursday, Feb. 12 The Flaming Dames Bourbon Street Bur- A Celebration of Love, $7, $5 seniors, You) will speak about Sing Them Home, Photo by Herbert Migdoll City Lit celebrates Lincoln’s 200th birth- lesque take you to New Orleans and faculty, staff; $4 stu 7:30 p.m. Pick- noon luncheon at Mirani’s Restaurant, day with a one-night concert reading, the world’s greatest party as the ladies Staiger Concert Hall www.northwest- 727 Elm, Winnetka. $32, reservations Tix $5.01 (Lincoln bill plus Lincoln seduce and celebrate the lust for life ern.edu/newscenter/ at (847)446-8880 coin), 7:30 p.m., Edgewater Presbyte- that only Mardi Gras can inspire! Also Homolatte: Queer Words and Music rian Church, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. hosted by Scott Free, Free, 7:30 p.m.,@ Feb. 14 and special performance on Fat Sunday, Feb. 15 Have a Heart for Art and Animals Con- Tuesday, Feb. 24, 10 p.m. $15. New Big Chicks/Tweet 5024 N. Sheridan Wed., Feb. 18 temporary Artists Group Show and Si- Chicago Prime Timers launch new Op- 773-728-5511 Millennium Theatre Company, The Spot era Appreciation Group, 6:30 – 9:30 lent Auction. Bonus: currently showing 4437 N. Broadway, 773-259-5356 The Joffrey Ballet Cinderella $25 to $100 the work of Nicole Hollander, creator p.m. Majestic Hotel, 528 W. Brompton. Legacy of Torture: Film Screening and at Joffrey Box Office, 10 E. Randolph, of the Sylvia cartoon strip. Hollander Contact at P.O. Box 146681, Chicago, or Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress. Conversation about eight Black com- IL 60614; 312-409-1590; or chicagop- has donated a prize. Benefits Red Door munity activists, Black Panthers and 312-739-0120, www.joffrey.org animal shelter. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.,Woman [email protected]. Web site: Kodo, Japanese taiko group Metallurgy, others, arrested in 2007.Free. 4-6 p.m. http://primetimersww.org/chicago Made Gallery, 685 N. Milwaukee Ave, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum- African and Indonesian inspiration, 312-738-0400 www.womanmade.org National Organization of Gay and Les- spartan communal living on a forgot- Residents’ Dining Hall, 800 S. Halsted, bian Scientists and Technical Profes- Lambda Literary co-sponsors a 12-au- RSVP 312-413-5353 ten island are some of the elements thor reading tied to the American Writ- sionals Inc. annual recognition awards of this performance. $15 - $75, 8 p.m. Mental health professionals work- reception, 4-6 p.m. Truffles Room of ers & Writing Programs conference. ing in the LGBTQ community. Lunch 312-294-3000 Each is an emerging writer who has the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. sponsored by The Center on Halsted, Wacker, www.noglstp.org gone through the LLF’s Writers’ Retreat Howard Brown Health Center, VALEO Wednesday, Feb. 18 program. Gerber-Hart Library, 1127 Patricia Smith, Chicago Poetry Slam Diva Program at Chicago Lakeshore Hospi- Champ, National Book Award finalist, Joffrey Ballet Winter Program, $25- Granville www.gerberhart.org tal, 12:30-2 p.m., Center on Halsted, $145. 7:30 p.m, Auditorium Theatre Many Mountains Moving Press Reading: headlining the Green Mill’s Uptown Po- 3656 N. Halsted, Registration Michael etry Slam, 7-10 p.m., Green Mill Tavern 312-902-1500 or the Auditorium box Anne-Marie Cusac, Jeffrey Ethan Lee, Trammell 773-907-4625 office 50 E. Congress www.joffrey.com Patrick Lawler, and Maureen Alsop 7:30 4802 N. Broadway 773-UPT-5552 Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Trans- Roger Ebert signing Roger Ebert’s Movie p.m., Women & Children First Book- Windy City Gay Naturists, bring towel, gender Ally College Conference. Liv- and food or beverage to share. Sunday Yearbook 2009, 7 p.m., Borders, 830 N. store, 5233 N. Clark, 773-769-9299; ing Out Loud: Examining the Past to Michigan Ave, 312-573-0564 www.womenandchildrenfirst.com m2m massage with Lawrence sharing Enhance Our Future. Among events: erotic massage techniques ,$10. Earl Stop/Kiss Night Out!, Food and drink to career/vendor fair and various work- 773-764-1204 raise awareness for our Critics’ Choice Friday, Feb. 13 shops. $60. Indiana University in production, a play about a friendship ‘STOP’ ROCKS Bloomington, Ind., www.mblgtacc.org. between two girls becoming a romance, Aldo Castillo Gallery, opening reception: Monday, Feb. 16 Krzysztof Wasko: Life Riders. Partially with devastating consequences. 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Spending ‘Minutes’ with Howard Bragman Public-relations guru Howard Bragman recently celebrated the launch of his book, Where’s My Fifteen Minutes?: Get Your Company, Your Cause, or Yourself the Recognition You Deserve, with Flirts so good an eclectic group of mainstream and LGBTA celebrity guests. Among the attendees were director The Northalsted Area Merchants Association and the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago John Waters, actress and former talk-show host Ricki Lake, actor Leslie Jordan, entertainer Ru- co-sponsored “Flirting for Disaster: Heart V-Day” at Hydrate nightclub, 3458 N. Halsted, on Feb. Paul, musician Dave Koz and TMZ’s Harvey Levin. Photo of Bragman (left) and TMZ.com’s Harvey 5. Among the event’s highlights were a performance from Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club and a Levin courtesy of Amanda Brocato leather fashion show. Photos by Kat Fitzgerald (www.MysticImagesPhotography.com) 22 Feb. 11, 2009 came out as gay in 1994. Huffington will be on the Caribbean Islands year in the travel industry in 2010. Mel and his partner of 27 years, Gary Nixon, Cruise, set for March 1-8. She has been on The Olivia vacationers range from 21 to 93, said were married last June in California. L Word, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Nightline and Dlugacz, “and it really is a wide range of very So, will Mel gain fans he previously lost? The Today Show. Aboard the Olivia cruise, Huff- happy people.” Although the majority of Olivia “Hmm, that’s a great question. Heck, I might ington will be part of a symposium titled, “Post- vacationers com from the United States and gain enemies,” he said, laughing. Election Analysis: Challenges and Opportuni- Canada, Dlugacz said they also have large num- Mike is a writer, director and actor for movies ties.” ber of registrants from England, Scotland, Ger- and TV, and the winner of the Independent Spirit “Whether you are passionate about politics or many, France, Australia, and Central and South John Cassavetes Award for Chuck & Buck. He is newly excited and curious about what the fu- America. single. ture might hold now that Barack Obama is the And what about Chicago? “They put you through so many things to get U.S. President, you’ll be thrilled with Arianna’s “Chicago is very good for us. We get very good you ready [for The Race],” Mel said. “I worked insightful analysis and down-to-earth commen- response[s] from Chicagoans,” she said. out with a trainer for a couple months before tary,” said Judy Dlugacz, president and founder “I can do all of the advertising in the world, The Race, and I was feeling pretty good. I was of Olivia, the nation’s No. 1 vacation company but ultimately it’s word of mouth that is our ready to race; I just didn’t know how fast the for lesbians. best advertiser.” others would be. In addition to Huffington, the upcoming Ca- For more information about Olivia, includ- Mel (left) and Mike White. Photo courtesy of “I think my background helped. Michael de- ribbean cruise will feature the hilarious comedy ing the upcoming cruise with Arianna Huff- CBS-TV cided that we weren’t going to be agro [on the of Kate Clinton, René Hicks and Vickie Shaw; the ington, go to, www.olivia.com. show], meaning, aggravated. We wanted to win music of Doria Roberts; and the exciting Olivia For the entire article on Olivia, visit www. TELEVISION and we wanted to compete, but we also wanted Star Search contest. WindyCityMediaGroup.com. to have fun. “We called her to speak on our cruise because ‘Race’ features “So we really enjoyed each other’s company we really felt like, after the election, that people throughout the race.” really wanted to have a sense of, and get to talk SPORTS amazing The elder White endured personal struggles on about, the future,” Dlugacz said. “Arianna has Lesbian group the show, knowing it might entail keeping se- this incredible knowledge and instinct about the crets and misleading people. political realities happening. I’m sure she’ll be organizing Wis. hike father-son duo “Luckily we never had to mislead anybody, but extraordinary and forthright. I think it’s going The Chicago Lesbian Brunch Group is orga- By Ross Forman we did have to keep secrets,” he said. “At first I to be an incredibly powerful conversation. nizing a hike through South Kettle Moraine was a little leery about that, but once you know “Arianna has always been supportive of this State Forest. It will take place Saturday, Feb. A diehard fan of the award-winning reality TV the rules and know that everyone is playing by community.” And this is her Olivia debut. 14, at 11 a.m. show The Amazing Race, Mike White tried out the same rules, then it’s fine.” Huffington met Michael Huffington in 1985 The address where the hike will start is S91 last year with a fellow filmmaker—and they White admitted few of the other participants and they were married in 1986. The couple di- W39091 Highway 59, Eagle, Wis. were accepted for the 13th season. recognized the duo before the journey began. vorced in 1997 and, in 1998, Michael Huffington In case of snow, this will be a snowshoe But then the other filmmaker got scared and But Mike was spotted and asked for autographs revealed that he was bisexual. A 1999 GQ Maga- expedition instead of a hike. Participants withdrew from the show, leaving White without along the way. zine article claimed that Arianna Huffington, can rent snowshoes from a local REI store for a partner for the trip around the world. “As Michael said to me, ‘No matter what you’ve “entered the marriage... with full knowledge of $15/day. At a party, White invited a representative of done in life, you’ll only be remembered for being Michael Huffington’s sexual interests in men.” Visit www.meetup.com/queergirls or e-mail the show to attend—and choose who she would on The Amazing Race,’ Mel said, laughing. Dlugacz said an on-board performer’s sexuality [email protected]. like to accompany him on The Amazing Race. The new season of Race also features anoth- is never discussed before Olivia signs a celeb- She choose White’s dad: 68-year-old Mel er gay and a lesbian participant (on separate rity. White, an openly gay clergymember, author and teams) , so the LGBT community is represented “Sure, there have been some who are out, film director. Men’s college tennis on three teams. but we never discuss [sexuality before hiring a And so, when The Amazing Race kicks off Sun- “I just love to see us breaking all of the cari- talent], nor do we only bring gay or bisexual tourney in Chicago day, Feb. 15, on CBS-TV, Team White will feature The University of Illinois men’s tennis team catures and breaking expectations; I just love to performers,” she said. “The only thing is, [the the show’s first gay father/son duo. will host the top 16 teams in the nation at see gay people having a good time and proving talent] has to at least be gay-friendly.” “I’m still having trouble believing that I’m on the 2009 Intercollegiate Tennis Association to the world that we’re not freaks,” Mel said. Olivia, in its 36th year, will celebrate its 20th The Amazing Race. It never would have crossed (ITA) National Men’s Tennis Team Indoor my mind that,” said the elder White, who admits Championships Feb. 13-16 at Midtown Tennis he was not a devout fan of the show. “Being BUSINESS Club, 2020 W. Fullerton. with your son for a trip around the world, you Arianna Huffington Single-day tickets cost $5 for adults and $3 can’t ask for more than that. This can’t really be for students; all-session passes cost $15 for compared to anything else. sails with Olivia adults and $10 for students. Match times Feb. “I hope this shows a fun side of me, that this By ROSS FORMAN 13-15 are 9 a.m., 12 p.m., 3 p.m. and 6:30 person of faith also is a person of fun.” p.m. On Feb. 16, finals start at 12 p.m. Mel was a behind-the-scenes member of the Arianna Huffington is taking her shtick to sea. Call 773-235-2300 or visit www.midtown. Evangelical Protestant movement through the The founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffing- com/chicago. 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, writing speeches and ton Post, a New York Times best-selling author ghostwriting books for televangelists such as and one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and Billy Graham. people has signed to appear—and speak—on an After years of writing for the Christian right, he upcoming Olivia cruise. Olivia’s Judy Dlugacz.

—Monday, Feb. 16, 6-8 p.m.: Helping Com- clude:$5 Souza Margarita pints and $2 Jell-O Mardi Gras beads, vegan gelatin shots and spe- Pets munity Cats, Anti-Cruelty Society, 169 W Grand. Shots. www.aliverescue.org cial cat-themed drinks! The event is free to at- BY TERRI KLINSKY Join representatives from Alley Cat Allies and —Tuesday, Feb. 24, 6-9 p.m.: Mardi Gras FAT tend, though food and drink will be separate. Tree House Animal Foundation for a short work- TUESDAY Benefit: Happy Meower, T’s Bar & T’s will be donating a percentage of the bar With the economy in the litter box, many shelters shop on how to educate your neighbors, create Restaurant, 5025 N. Clark. Celebrate Mardi Gras proceeds to Tree House during the event. www. and rescues are finding themselves with more a safety net for the cats and stop the cycle of & Fat Tuesday at T’s and benefit Tree House cats TreeHouseAnimals.org and more homeless animals. People who have breeding in your neighborhood. Admission is at the same time. Enjoy door and raffle prizes, lost their homes, have had to move to apart- free. www.AntiCruelty.org ments that don’t allow pets or just can’t afford —Monday, Feb. 23, 8-10 p.m.: HAM-Bingo at to care for their pets properly anymore have the Hamburger Mary’s, 5400 N. Clark. It’s a night of hard decision of feeding their families or caring bingo, food, drinks and prizes, and all proceeds PET FOR ADOPTION for their pet. To make matters worse, people who will benefit the homeless animals of ALIVE Res- donate to shelters and rescues have found that cue. Monday specials at Hamburger Mary’s in- Hi! My name is Chuck. I am known as the little they can no longer give what is needed. If you white happy-go-lucky fluff ball here at ALIVE. are looking to adopt a pet and can afford to care I was stuck at a high-kill facility in southern for it properly, this would be a good time to visit Illinois and was going to be euthanized the your local shelter. next day because they were too full to keep If you are not in a position to adopt right now, me. I am a very sweet boy and energetic, but maybe you can donate to a shelter on your next please know I also like to relax and cuddle. I night or day out on the town. Here are some love other dogs and play very gently with my upcoming events that need your support: new foster sister, who is timid. I want so much —Thursday, Feb. 12, 6-9 p.m.: Have a Heart to please you and have a family of my own. If Art Auction, Woman Made Gallery, 685 N. Mil- you give me a chance, I will curl up in your lap waukee. Auction of art work ends the evening— and lick you to pieces—and even nibble your with all proceeds going to the animals at Red chin gently to make you laugh. Door. Admission is free; there’s a cash bar for If you are interested in adopting me visit wine, soda and heart-healthy pomegranate mar- www.aliverescue.org and fill out an adoption tinis—with proceeds going to the shelter ani- application. mals. www.RedDoorShelter.org Feb. 11, 2009 23

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