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UP AGAIN ON FIRING Following a dramatic and eloquent speech, on Dec. 22 President Obama signed the legislation page 12 that will launch the repeal of a 17-year-old law that prohibits openly gay people from serving in the military. “This is done,” he said, looking up and slap- ping his hand on the table, and the crowded auditorium of an Interior Department building in Washington, D.C., erupted with cheers and applause. The historic ceremony took place less than 24 hours after Republican Senate Minority Leader President Obama signs the DADT Repeal Act of 2010 during a ceremony at the Interior Depart- Turn to page 4 ment in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 22. Official White House photo by Chuck Kennedy

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All offers end in 3 days, unless noted. 4 Dec. 29, 2010 WINDY CITY TIMES Senate confirms ONLINE AT REPEAL from cover the ceremony, said that, as the president shook WINDYCITYMEDIAGROUP.COM hands with guests on the front row, following Mitch McConnell took an 11th-hour action of the ceremony, Cooper said to the president, Feldblum to NATIONAL NEWS trying to make implementation of repeal much “You said ‘Get me those [Republican] votes,’ more difficult and time-consuming. According and I got more than you needed.” EEOC seat to a report on Politico.com, McConnell tried to In a critical procedural vote to force the re- By Lisa Keen introduce an amendment to the annual defense peal measure to the floor in the Senate Dec. Keen News Service authorization bill that would have required 18, six Republicans joined Democrats and In- that implementation of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” dependents to provide more than the 60 votes The U.S. Senate gave final approval to lesbian (DADT) not take place until after the four ser- necessary to break the Republican-led filibus- law professor Chai Feldblum as President Obama’s —Joe Biden (left): vice chiefs certify that it could be done without ter. nominee to the Equal Employment Opportunity Marriage equality negative consequences for military readiness. Cooper said the ceremony was a “very emo- Commission (EEOC) on Dec. 22. is inevitable The DADT-repeal legislation requires certifica- tional” one in the auditorium and that “there Feldblum has been serving on the five-mem- tion by the president, the secretary of defense were definitely many tears of joy” in his eyes ber commission since April, when Obama put —Rutgers denies and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. and in the eyes of other former servicemem- her onto the commission using a procedure that responsibility in According to Politico, McConnell attempted bers discharged under the DADT policy during enables him to circumvent a Senate confirma- Clementi’s death to add the amendment by unanimous consent, the past 17 years. tion vote temporarily—a recess appointment, so but Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., a champion The president acknowledged the tenacious called because it can be done while the Senate —Neo-Nazi gets life of the repeal measure, objected. Lieberman’s work of numerous individuals during the Dec. is on recess. in prison for objection effectively blocked the amendment 22 ceremony, including House Speaker Nancy But appointees who take their positions via killing gay teen from being considered without first getting the Pelosi, House Majority Whip Steny Hoyer, Sen- the recess appointment still have to go through consent of at least 60 senators. ate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Republican the confirmation vote in the Senate. That vote, The president was greeted with a roar of Senator Susan Collins, and the bill’s sponsor for Feldblum and three other nominees to the November. Instead, numerous pro-civil-rights cheers and applause after he was introduced Rep. Patrick Murphy. NBC News Washington Bu- EEOC, has been held up for months by an un- groups, including the Leadership Conference on by Vice President Joe Biden at 9:13 a.m. on reau Chief Mark Whitaker, speaking on MSNBC identified Republican senator—or senators— Civil Rights, lobbied hard for her appointment. Dec. 22. As the president greeted many special shortly before the ceremony, said it was House using the Senate rules that enable any senator Feldblum is probably best known for her work guests on stage with him, the crowded began Majority Whip Hoyer whose idea it was to take to put a hold on an appointee’s confirmation on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), to chant, “Yes, we can”—a prominent slogan DADT-repeal language out of the annual de- vote. which passed in 1990, prohibiting discrimina- of Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. When fense authorization bill—which was being fili- The Senate confirmed the appointments of tion in employment, public accommodations the president reached the podium, he smiled bustered by McConnell, Sen. John McCain, R- Feldblum and three other EEOC nominees by and other areas against people with disabilities. and called back, “Yes, we did.” Ariz., and most Republicans—and put it into a The law also covered people with HIV infection. “I am just overwhelmed,” said Obama, be- special standalone bill in the House last week. She is best known to the LGBT community as ginning his prepared remarks. “This is a very The House passed that bill Dec. 15 by a 250- a key counsel on the drafting and negotiations good day, and I want to thank all of you, espe- 175 vote and sent it immediately to the Sen- over the Employment Non-Discrimination Act cially the people on this stage.” He then told a ate, which approved it Dec. 18 65-31. Chai (ENDA). She also served for a time as legislative story about a soldier who fought in the Battle The president also singled out Rep. Barney Feldblum. counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union in of the Bulge in the Belgian mountains against Frank, D-Mass., in the front of the auditorium, Washington, D.C. the Germans in World War II. The soldier, Andy for having “kept up the fight” in the House. Feldblum served for a year as a law clerk to Lee, put his own life in peril in order to scale Speaking to MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun. a ravine and rescue a fellow soldier, Lloyd Cor- Dec. 21, Frank characterized the Congressional And, prior to joining the EEOC, she was a profes- win. Forty years later, Lee let Corwin know he vote to repeal DADT as being “comparable to sor of law at Georgetown University and as co- was gay. the 1964 Civil Rights Act.” director of the university’s Federal Legislation “He had no idea,” said Obama of Corwin, “It is an enormous move forward,” said Frank. and Administrative Clinic. “and didn’t much care. Lloyd knew what mat- Frank said he was moved by a special ceremony unanimous consent, a process by which the Sen- The Human Rights Campaign issued a state- tered. He knew what kept him alive.” held on Capitol Hill Dec. 21 by House Speaker ate can vote on a number of routine matters at ment Dec. 22 praising the Senate for confirming Obama also told the story of a young female Pelosi and Majority Whip Hoyer to sign the en- once. Feldblum to a full term and noting that, had servicemember who gave him a hug on a re- rollment document for the bill to be sent to the Interestingly, one letter in support of Feldblum it not done so, Feldblum’s temporary appoint- ceiving line in Afghanistan several weeks ago, president. Frank said the hundreds of people in came late in the process from the U.S. Chamber ment would have expired in December 2011. Her when the president made a visit to the troops. attendance saying “God Bless America.” of Commerce, the world’s largest federation of current appointment term will continue through The woman whispered in his ear, “Get ‘Don’t “It was a very moving moment,” said Frank. businesses. The group has been in the news in July 2013. Ask, Don’t Tell’ done,” said the president. “And Also on stage for the Dec. 22 ceremony were recent months for funneling millions of dollars ©2010 Keen News Service I said to her, ‘I promise you I will.’” Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike into the midterm elections, mostly in support of With the signing of the bill, Obama has also Mullen and Staff Sgt. Eric Alva, an openly Republican interests. fulfilled a long-standing promise to the LGBT gay Marine who was the first servicemember Randel Johnson, senior vice president of the Target still making community overall, a feat that is prompting wounded in the Iraq War. chamber, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader anti-gay donations widespread praise, even from gay Republicans. The president used 15 pens to sign the legis- Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell “He made this a priority,” said R. Clarke Coo- lation into law. It could not be determined by Dec. 21, urging the confirmations of Feldblum Earlier this year, Target was in the middle per, executive director of the Log Cabin Re- deadline to whom those pens will be given. and two other nominees. of a political firestorm when it was discovered publicans. “He was sincere and correct about ©2010 by Keen News Service. All rights “The Chamber has not, and know that we will that the company (along with Best Buy) sent making this a priority.” Cooper, a former ser- reserved. not, agree with them on every issue,” wrote $150,000 to MN Forward, a Minnesota politi- vicemember who had a front row seat during Johnson, “but it has been our experience that cal action committee (PAC) that was backing each is open to hear and consider the concerns anti-gay gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer. of all interested stakeholders.” The heat became so intense that eventually Another letter came Dec. 21 from the head of Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel sent a letter of the Society for Human Resource Management apology to his employees. (SHRM), Henry Jackson. Jackson said SHRM had However, it seems that the corporate giant worked with Feldblum on “critical workplace is- is still making donations to anti-gay organiza- sues such as retirement security and workplace tions and individuals. The Huffington Post has flexibility,” when Feldblum headed Georgetown reported that $31,200 of the $41,200 Target University Law Center’s Federal Legislation and allotted to federal elections went to anti-gay Administrative Clinic. Jackson said that Feld- politicians or political action committees blum and the other EEOC nominees “have pro- backing those candidates. For example, Kelly vided a fair hearing to all viewpoints and serve Ayotte—who resigned her post to protest the as thoughtful and constructive arbiters of equal legalization of marriage equality and same- opportunity issues in the workplace.” sex adoption—received $1,000. Numerous right-wing groups voiced opposition On the other hand, as previously indicated, to Feldblum shortly after she was nominated last a few pro-LGBT individuals received funds. For fall. The Traditional Values Coalition called her example, Target PAC gave $1,000 to Chuck a “radical,” saying she would “use her power to Schumer. Closer to home, Center on Halsted strip nearly all First Amendment rights of free- Executive Director Modesto “Tico” Valle has dom of expression/free exercise of religion from confirmed that Target has been a corporate businesses.” Concerned Women for America said sponsor of the facility, having provided a she “represents one of the most serious threats $15,000 program grant last year. Valle added to religious freedom we have seen in a long that the center has to apply annually, and President Obama turns to openly gay U.S. Marine Corps veteran Eric Alva during the cer- time.” And The Family Research Council said that the money is not guaranteed. emony where the commander-in-chief signed the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” U.S. Rep. Feldblum “openly admitted to supporting po- Incidentally, Emmer recently conceded the Nancy Pelosi is directly behind Obama, out retired Navy commander Zoe Dunning is on the lygamy.” governor’s race to DLF candidate Mark Dayton, far left and U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is on the right. Alva was the first U.S. servicemember to But, strangely, no opposition surfaced dur- who begins his term Jan. 3, 2011. be injured in Iraq, losing a leg in the process. Photo by Patsy Lynch ing Feldblum’s public confirmation hearing last WINDY CITY TIMES Dec. 29, 2010 5 Despite being a central public figure in gay Dan Choi on the activism, Choi, who came out of the closet two UN votes years ago, suffers from the same issues that DADT repeal and plague many people when they come out: “I’m against not fully part of the gay community. I am very his well-being new to the gay community. As a military person, gay execution by bryan moore, dot429.com it was very difficult for me to embrace the diver- BY REX WOCKNER sity of our entire movement, but I quickly had Dan Choi, one of the nation’s most well-known to because they were embracing me. At the same The United Nations General Assembly on Dec. gay ex-Army soldiers and West Point graduates, time, I am not fully there as far as feeling as if 21 overturned its recent vote that removed a told dot429 about his reaction to the repeal of I am a solid part of the community. I feel like reference to sexual orientation from a resolution DADT, “the new age” of gay activism, his recent I am a solid part of the movement, but not the against extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary ex- hospitalization, and his future. community.” ecutions. Choi’s face and name have become nearly syn- While the repeal is great news, Choi believes The resolution urges member states to protect onymous with the fight against DADT (“Don’t there is still a lot more work that needs to be the right to life of all people and calls on gov- Ask, Don’t Tell”). Choi emphasized that the re- done. He said, “If this certification drags, I have ernments to investigate killings based on dis- peal od DADT is not simply a triumph for the no problem starting a Supreme Court case. I in- criminatory grounds. For the past 10 years, the LGBT community, but for civil rights, saying, tend to go on the federal level and augment the document included sexual orientation in a list “there are few people who get to put in all this other cases. We cannot let up on the pressure.” of discriminatory grounds on which killings are effort and see the benefit from the rewards of On Dec. 10, Choi was admitted to the hospital often based. their labor. We know that it’s a civil rights his- and diagnosed with Combat PTSD. He said, “I In November, a General Assembly committee toric event, not only for gay civil rights, but for was suicidal and I finally dealt with it. I finally composed of all U.N. member nations removed overall civil rights. Our work is not just for us, said that it got to be too much.” Choi believes the gay reference in a vote of 79 to 70 with but as we take down the wall of our oppression, his suicidal thoughts are a composite of coming 17 abstentions and 26 absences. That led to an it really lowers the walls of other people’s as out to his family and the world, not having peo- intense campaign, headed by the United States, well.” ple he can trust and not seeking therapy when to reinsert the reference. While Choi admitted that he will not be invit- he returned from the military. “I am medicated,” The reinsertion vote was 93 to 55 with 27 ab- ed to the White House bill signing and has never Choi said. “I am on a medication to will help me stentions and 17 absences. Then, the vote to been asked by SLDN (Servicemembers Legal De- sleep and to deal with my anxiety attacks.” He pass the full resolution with the gay language fense Network) to speak at a press conference, further explained, “ I have a recurring nightmare back in place was 122 to 1 with 62 absten- Boris Dittrich. Photo courtesy of Human he explained, “I prefer not to be there at this of Iraqi men with no hands and no heads asking tions. Rights Watch point. It is not out of bitterness, it is really our me to help them out.” The document is believed to be the only UN of my soldier’s instinct. To seek recognition and As the movement propels forward and the LGBT resolution ever to reference “sexual orienta- discrimination. Protecting gays and lesbians fame is counter to the ideals of service.” community continues to push towards equality tion.” from state-sponsored discrimination is not a There are many opinions surrounding Dan on all levels, Dan is trying to “learn to balance Most opposition to acknowledging anti-gay special right, it is a human right. Today’s vote in Choi’s role in the repeal of DADT. As a grassroots [his] fervor with [his] human needs.” killings came from Arab, Islamic and African na- the United Nations marks an important moment advocate, Choi believes his role is integral to “I found a truth throughout this year that I tions, whose representatives complained that in the struggle for civil and human rights. The the cause: “My role has changed a lot and it might not have seen when I first started—ac- they don’t know what “sexual orientation” means time has come for all nations to redouble our ef- has confused a lot of people… my activism has tion and sacrifice speaks much more loudly than or that sexual behavior is an inappropriate basis forts to end discrimination and violence against turned into something of being a lightning rod the best crafted, eloquent speech.” With that upon which to grant official recognition or hu- lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.” for the attention to DADT nationally and inter- said, Choi offhandedly mentioned, “the Libertar- man rights protections. The United States’ former ambassador to Ro- nationally. I saw myself and my role as a media ian party has asked me to run for Senate, be- Notably, South Africa and Rwanda reversed mania, Michael Guest, who now works with the whore.” That is not far from what Choi aspires cause I am old enough in 2012.” While there is their previous votes against gay inclusion. LGBT-oriented Council for Global Equality, called his legacy to be, telling dot429, “I would like to no confirmation that he will run, Choi reiterates “Countries that tried to roll back crucial pro- the U.S. campaign to rescue the gay language be seen as somebody who made enough trouble his dedication to equal rights, stating, “success tections for gay and lesbian people have been “remarkable.” and agitated enough that people could not ig- for me would be to deeply fall in love again, defeated,” said Boris Dittrich, acting director “The United States took a very principled posi- nore the situation anymore. That would be the have a family, and really become something of a of Human Rights Watch’s LGBT Rights Program. tion, and our diplomats worked very hard at the feather in my cap.” professor without portfolio for equal rights.” “The resolution does justice to gays, lesbians U.N. and in capitals around the world to explain and transgender people in countries where they to other countries why this is an important hu- are targeted for assaults and killings simply be- man rights cause,” Guest said. “The State De- cause they love someone of the same sex or be- partment and the White House should be com- cause they are transgender.” mended.” The office of President Barack Obama’s press The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans secretary issued a statement that said: “President and Intersex Association said: “We want to cel- Obama applauds those countries that supported ebrate the victory over the forces which tried the amendment offered by the United States to to push the reference to sexual orientation into ensure that ‘sexual orientation’ remains covered oblivion one month ago (and which) still refuse, by the United Nations resolution on extrajudi- in theory and in practice, to acknowledge that cial, summary and arbitrary execution. Killing human rights are truly for all, LGBTI people people because of their sexual orientation can- included, and—what is perhaps worse—gro- not be rationalized by diverse religious values tesquely mask their homophobia and transpho- or varying regional perspectives. Killing people bia by referring to the universality of the Human because they are gay is not culturally defensi- Rights Declaration and indecently try to include ble—it is criminal. While today’s adoption of an under the term ‘sexual orientation’ bestiality and inclusive resolution is important, so too are the pedophilia.” conversations that have now begun in capitals Dan Choi (right) gets a ring back from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid upon the repeal of around the world about inclusion, equality and —Assistance: Bill Kelley “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Photo from Twitter

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION: Do not take REYATAZ if you are taking the following medicines due to potential for We ® d serious, life-threatening side effects or death: Versed (midazolam) when taken by mouth, nesd Halcion® (triazolam), ergot medicines (dihydroergotamine, ergonovine, ergotamine, and ay methylergonovine such as Cafergot®, Migranal®, D.H.E. 45®, ergotrate maleate, Methergine®, Ma and others), Propulsid® (cisapride), or Orap® (pimozide). ry’s Do not take REYATAZ with the following medicines due to potential for serious bir ® ® ® t side effects: Camptosar (irinotecan), Crixivan (indinavir), Mevacor (lovastatin), hda Zocor® (simvastatin), Uroxatral® (alfuzosin), or Revatio® (sildenafil). y Do not take REYATAZ with the following medicines as they may lower the amount of part REYATAZ in your blood, which may lead to increased HIV viral load and resistance to y REYATAZ or other anti-HIV medicines: rifampin (also known as Rimactane®, Rifadin®, Rifater®, or Rifamate®), St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum)-containing products, or Viramune® (nevirapine). Serevent Diskus® (salmeterol) and Advair® (salmeterol with fluticasone) are not recommended with REYATAZ. ® ® y Do not take Vfend (voriconazole) if you are taking REYATAZ and Norvir (ritonavir). hursda The above lists of medicines are not complete. Taking REYATAZ with some other medicines T may require your therapy to be monitored more closely or may require a change in dose 0 or dose schedule of REYATAZ or the other medicine. Discuss with your healthcare provider all 5:3 prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamin and herbal supplements, or other health preparations you are taking or plan to take. Choir Tell your healthcare provider if you are pregnant, breast-feeding, planning to become ice pregnant or breast-feed, or if you have end-stage kidney disease managed with hemodialysis pract or severe liver dysfunction. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any side effects, symptoms, or conditions, including the following: • Mild rash (redness and itching) without other symptoms sometimes occurs in patients taking REYATAZ, most often in the first few weeks after the medicine is started, and usually goes away Bu within 2 weeks with no change in treatment. y new • Severe rash has occurred in a small number of patients taking REYATAZ. This type of rash is associated with other symptoms that could be serious and potentially cause death. If you shoe develop a rash with any of the following symptoms, stop using REYATAZ and call s your healthcare provider right away: for L – Shortness of breath – Conjunctivitis (red or inflamed eyes, atisha – General ill-feeling or “flu-like” like “pink-eye”) symptoms – Blisters – Fever – Mouth sores – Muscle or joint aches – Swelling of your face • Yellowing of the skin and/or eyes may occur due to increases in bilirubin levels in the blood (bilirubin is made by the liver). • A change in the way your heart beats may occur. You may feel dizzy or lightheaded. These could be symptoms of a heart problem. • Diabetes and high blood sugar may occur in patients taking protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ. Some patients may need changes in their diabetes medicine. • If you have liver disease, including hepatitis B or C, it may get worse when you take anti-HIV medicines like REYATAZ. • Kidney stones have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ. Signs or symptoms of kidney stones include pain in your side, blood in your urine, and pain when you urinate. • Some patients with hemophilia have increased bleeding problems with protease inhibitor medicines like REYATAZ. • Changes in body fat have been seen in some patients taking anti-HIV medicines. Fight HIV your way. The cause and long-term effects are not known at this time. • Gallbladder disorders (including gallstones and gallbladder inflammation) have been reported in patients taking REYATAZ. Other common side effects of REYATAZ taken with other anti-HIV medicines include: nausea; headache; stomach pain; vomiting; diarrhea; depression; fever; dizziness; trouble sleeping; numbness, tingling, or burning of hands or feet; and muscle pain. You should take REYATAZ once daily with food (a meal or snack). Swallow the capsules whole; do not open the capsules. You should take REYATAZ and your other anti-HIV medicines exactly as instructed by your healthcare provider. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Please see Important Patient Information Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088. about REYATAZ on the adjacent pages.

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Once-daily REYATAZ can help fight your HIV. REYATAZ, a protease inhibitor (PI), in HIV combination therapy: � Can help lower your viral load and raise your T-cell (CD4+ cell) count � Has a low chance of diarrhea (shown in clinical trials) Find out if you can save on REYATAZ. — REYATAZ in combination therapy had a 1%-3% rate of moderate-to-severe diarrhea in adults Call 1-888-281-8981 or visit ReyatazSavings.com for details. � Is taken once a day with a snack or meal Subject to terms and conditions. Restrictions apply. REYATAZ is one of several treatment options your doctor may consider. Do not take REYATAZ if you are allergic to REYATAZ or to any of its ingredients. Ask your healthcare team about REYATAZ www.REYATAZ.com REYATAZ does not cure HIV and has not been shown to reduce the risk of passing HIV to others.

REYATAZ is a registered trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners and not of Bristol-Myers Squibb. © 2010 Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ 08543 U.S.A. 687US10AB06416 06/10

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       10 Dec. 29, 2010 WINDY CITY TIMES TPAN gets $75K DOCTORS from cover Blatt and pause and remember the many dear friends and Moore at from Elton John patients that were lost in the early years of the the 2007 epidemic,” said Moore, 61. “Their courage and Gay & AIDS Foundation fight, the web of supportive and caring rela- Lesbian Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) has been tionships they wove, will always be a founda- Hall of awarded $75,000 from the Elton John AIDS tion of support and courage for me in my own Fame. Foundation. The money will fund The L.I.F.E. life and in helping others face hard times. It’s Photo by Program® (Learning Immune Function Enhance- about remembering, for me.” Kat ment), a health-enhancement and wellness- Added Blatt, 60: “Lori Cannon said that for Fitzgerald counseling program for people living with HIV. some of us, every day is World AIDS Day. It The L.I.F.E. Program® provides participants with does seem as though the pandemic has domi- the knowledge, motivation, skills, and support nated David’s and my lives since it began. So of those friendships into the future. necessary to establish and maintain health-pro- many friends and patients have been directly “The tragedy of AIDS in the early days of- tective routines. or indirectly affected, as has the world more fered the ability to contribute and work with “We are overjoyed by the generosity of the El- generally. When we were first involved, many dedicated folks of all kinds, faiths and profes- ton John AIDS Foundation,” said Bill Farrand, people did not want to deal with the problem, sions toward a shared goal of support of those TPAN’s executive director. “TPAN is proud to but the need was great, and I feel good that with illness. I don’t know that that response continue offering such a pragmatic and dynam- Bill Farrand. we were part of another large group of folks would be possible in the medical business ic program with this resounding support. The who did get very much involved. model today. In some ways, in the worst of L.I.F.E. Program® has proven results in Chicago “To this day, the relationships with fellow times we found the best of ourselves in both and throughout the country, which is parallel to results; all 20 participants reported positive caregivers and patients remain hugely mean- the gay and medical communities. our existing programs and services.” outcomes, including significant increases in CD4 ingful to both of us.” “I was incredibly fortunate to meet my life TPAN is the 18th site to offer The L.I.F.E. counts, bolstered life purpose and long term Moore and Blatt, partners, groundbreaking partner so early in my life, and to have shared Program®, and the goals are to optimize health goals. medical practitioners and advocates in HIV/ so much of what has brought substance and outcomes for people living with HIV by assisting For more information about TPAN or The AIDS care, and known for their personal atten- meaning to us both. David Blatt is not only my participants in improving their performance on L.I.F.E. Program®, please contact Bill Farrand at tion to their patients, were inducted into the best friend and companion, but my role model biological, psychological, and social cofactors 773-989-9400, ext. 242, or e-mail b.farrand@ Chicago Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame in 2007— for what it means to be a physician and a hu- that can impact health and reduce the num- tpan.com. and now they are officially retiring. man being. I will always fall short of what I ber of people who become infected with HIV. The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) was “The outpouring of kind expressions of ap- idealize about him. That respect and admira- The L.I.F.E. Program® at TPAN will do this by established in the United States in 1992 by preciation during this time of retirement has tion are strong components of our relation- assisting participants in reducing HIV transmis- Sir Elton John. EJAF’s U.S. office is located in been humbling,” Blatt said. “The incredible ship.” sion risk behaviors and developing healthy life- New York City. In 1993, John also established nurses and others with whom we have shared The Blatt–Moore internal medicine practice, styles. the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF-UK) in this labor are such a special group.” located on Halsted Street in Lakeview, focused Since 1991, The L.I.F.E. Program® has been the United Kingdom, headquartered in London. Moore and Blatt are, perhaps, best known on gay-health issues from day one—and still implemented in six states and has improved These two organizations function as separate for creating the exemplary Unit 371 at Illinois did in 2010, some 25 years later. They treat- health outcomes and quality of life for more entities with their own distinct grant-making Masonic Medical Center—and their AIDS work ed, comforted and nourished patients who, in than 3,000 HIV–positive people. TPAN’s collabo- portfolios, but both pursue similar missions— with patients, their partners and family mem- many cases, were also their close friends, and ration with Shanti L.I.F.E. has already received to support innovative HIV-prevention programs, bers. The two even made house calls. sadly many died along the way. many successful reviews from participants, who efforts to eliminate stigma and discrimination Unit 371 became a model for AIDS units at “The most striking turning point in AIDS as a have come to know TPAN for its history of quali- associated with HIV/AIDS, and direct care and medical centers across the United States. care giver was the introduction of the protease ty, cutting-edge HIV/AIDS programming. TPAN’s support services for people living with HIV/ “I never dared to hope, back then, for the inhibitors in the mid 1990s, along with the first round of trainings ended with impressive AIDS. progress which has already been made,” in the ability to measure the amount of virus pres- fight against AIDS, Blatt said. “Most of my pa- ent,” Moore said. “We began then to have the tients have been doing great, and have been tools necessary to suppress the virus and al- able to carry on with their lives. It has been low immune system recovery. That changed the a really good experience to give honest hope literal face of AIDS in this country, hopefully to the people for whom I have cared since the forever, certainly more meaningfully than any- improvements in therapy became available. The thing short of a cure. Prevention, of course, is treatments, though they obviously can be dif- the ultimate weapon.” ficult for some, need to be way more widely Moore said retirement certainly will allow available around the world. Because the treat- him time to read more than medical journals, ment is so effective, it drives me nuts when study piano and learn to speak Spanish.

© 2010 C.B. Fleet Company, Inc. the drugs are not available to people in some “Most of my free time is spent improving of the most severely affected regions of the my skills at classical piano and my goal is to world. perform with other chamber musicians,” Moore “I think I speak for both of us, and many oth- said. “The voice one can give to the world ers, when I acknowledge the centrality of rela- through musical expression is unique and I find tionship. At the risk of sounding like a moron it very rewarding.” about ‘life is with people’ type of sentiment, I Added Blatt: “I realized this [is the time to think that is true, and the relationships people retire] in a quite peaceful way, although I will have in their own lives, and/or with their doc- miss my patients and colleagues immensely. tors, are crucial for people to stick with the [Still,] I am certainly hoping to maintain many motive to do well.” of these relationships as lifetime friendships. I Blatt grew up in Indianapolis in the 1950s am the luckiest guy in the world, in the history and 1960s, and began his medical career by of the world—and that’s on a bad day. I don’t working in the emergency room of the local [say that with] arrogance, but as just indeed public hospital, Marion County General, as an being lucky and grateful.”

orderly. He graduated from Harvard College and After all, Blatt started working as an emer-

gency room orderly at age 15, in a busy public The George Washington` University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and then moved hospital. to Chicago for a residency at Cook County Hos- Now he can exhale. Now they both can ex- KEEP IT CLEAN. NATURALLY. pital—and that’s where he met Moore. hale. Moore is a 1971 honors graduate of Southern “Over the last six years or so, my other in- Illinois University, and he earned his doctorate terest—becoming a paramedic—has become at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medi- a huge passion,” Blatt said. “I so respect the cine in 1975. After his Cook County Hospital intense, demanding, highest quality work I see internship and residency, he earned his board that group of colleagues perform and am eager certification139231_c01 RSCG Euro 05/11/10 jmd in internal medicine, worked as to continue accompanying them. a teaching attending internist at Mount Sinai “I suppose it is also time for me to begin Hospital, and in 1981 joined with Blatt to form exercising, something I haven’t done in a year that begins with a ‘2.’ INTRODUCING FLEET® NATURALS CLEANSING ENEMAS. their partnership practice. Moore also held “David and I put a lot of effort and thought, Gentle enough for daily use, now you can feel clean teaching appointments at the University of Il- linois College of Medicine and at Rush Medical from early on as out gay doctors, into trying to and fresh—without the drugs found in laxative enemas. College. parse the good from the creepy aspects of pro- “I will miss my patientsWindy City Times Weekly June 23, 2010 Donkey 240Dmax very much,” Moore fessionalism. Maintaining healthy boundaries Drug Free | Safe For Daily Use | Hygienic said. “The practice has been an extended fami- without stuffy hierarchy continues throughout ly to me, and I look forward to continuing some life to be a work in progress.” WINDY CITY TIMES Dec. 29, 2010 11 Howard Brown reaches $500K Gay politician by Yasmin Nair … Jamal is a unique individual who brings the makes history stability, transparency, and clarity that this or- Howard Brown Health Center (HBHC) has reached ganization’s probably needed for some time.” in Poland its target of raising $500,000 in 50 days. Edwards spoke about Howard Brown’s troubled BY ANDREW DAVIS A little more than two months ago, Jamal Ed- past year, noting that, “… we told you about our wards, the CEO of Howard Brown and then-chair past mistakes and our aggressive plans to cor- Krystian Legierski made history in Poland by of the board of directors Mark Andrews stood in rect those mistakes and rebuild Howard Brown coming that country’s first openly gay elected front of a group of press and community mem- Health Center. None of this was easy to say nor official when he was elected to the Warsaw bers to announce that the organization was in was it easy for any of you to hear. So we put it City Council Nov. 21. Responding to questions deep financial trouble and would need $500,000 out there in the open where it belongs. In do- sent in early December, Legierski discussed the by the end of the year if it were to keep its ing so we have changed the way Howard Brown LGBT atmosphere and politics with Windy City Krystian Legierski. doors open, and an additional $500,000 over does business and we have become more open Times. the next year. In an understated but enthusi- and transparent in our operations. In doing so Windy City Times: What is the LGBT scene it. It is not a matter of my plans, but rather a astic announcement and reception Dec. 23, we are returning the community’s health center like in Poland? Are some areas (such as War- matter of sense. Edwards spoke to a group of approximately 60 back to the community.” saw) more open/receptive than others? WCT: On a personal note, who was the first to announce that they had raised more than Andrews, who is now the outgoing board chair Krystian Legierski: Warsaw is the most open person you came out to? $658,754. [the entire board is stepping down by June], and LGBT-friendly city in Poland. And gener- KL: Honestly, I don’t remember. I guess it The amount came from 1,200 donors, accord- spoke briefly, thanking the community for its ally, cities in Poland are more open than other was one of my best friends at university. ing to Edwards, and was significantly added to “tremendous generosity” and adding, “50 days areas—but it is obvious as i think ;) WCT: What do Polish LGBT activists (or by a donation of $25,000 from Walgreens, an- ago, we stood here and reached out to you. In WCT: What are the key LGBT issues in Po- what do you) think of the LGBT scene here nounced by Denise Scarpelli, the company’s the last 50 days, you have reached out to us.” land? Discrimination? Civil unions (or mar- in the United States? market pharmacy director. Edwards spoke of Edwards presented Andrews and the board with riage)? Adoption? KL: We used to have a problem in Poland the 20-year partnership between Walgreens and a plaque “gratefully acknowledging our board of KL: In my opinion the key issues is still with men who have sex with men not being HBHC. Beginning Jan. 1, 2011, according to an directors for being a true lifeline to our commu- discrimination and civil unions, but without able to donate blood, and there are no restric- accompanying press release, Walgreens “will ex- nity from me on behalf of everybody who loves adoption. [Concerning] adoption, there is no tions against gay men being in the army—so pand its participation in Howard Brown’s 340B Howard Brown.” space to debate yet... I’m glad that you are, in some aspects, after program beyond the Sheridan Road clinic to in- A press release sent out the previous day an- WCT: Illinois just approved civil unions. us. [Ended sentence with “happy” emoticon] clude Walgreens locations at Clark and Barry and nounced that Karma Israelson will be taking Are LGBT activists trying to get civil unions However, to be honest, I think and hope Broadway and Ridge.” over as board chair on Jan. 1, 2011. Israelson approved in Poland city by city, or are they that you will quickly changed this bad rule. In addition, an anonymous male donor, whose joined the board in July and is vice president trying to get the whole country to vote for [Editor’s note: Congress passed the “Don’t Ask, son received healthcare upon being diagnosed of regulatory operations and compliance for Ca- it? Don’t Tell”-repeal measure Dec. 18.] Generally, with HIV about seven years ago, donated reer Education Corporation, where Andrews also KL: There is no other possibility to get civil I think that being gay in the United States $200,000 in a matching challenge grant. That works. Andrews declined to speak to Windy City unions approved than the whole country. Pol- is much more easy than here in Poland—not person appeared via speakerphone and spoke for Times. The entire board will be composed of new ish law doesn’t allowed to have different laws because of law but because of the population’s a few minutes about the reasons for his dona- members by June 30, 2011. in different cities on this matter. mentality. tion, specifically citing the work of Dr. Robert Edwards pointed out that the contributions WCT: What started your interest in poli- WCT: Regarding population, are there Garafalo in the care of his son: “[My son] spent came from many places—local, national, and tics? How far would you like to take your many Blacks or Africans in Poland? two months in the hospital and Rob was proba- international—and that many people made con- career? Would you like to lead the country KL: I know personally maybe 10 Black people bly there as much as I was.” Edwards noted that siderable sacrifices in order to donate. He gave someday? in Poland. (There are, naturally, many more Dahlia Mehdi, then in the nursing department, the example of a patient who made $20,000 but KL: I don’t plan to lead the country. I will than 10 Blacks in Poland, but I’m trying to had also been instrumental in the man’s care. who gave $2,000. He also spoke glowingly of the stay in politics as long as I feel I should be in give you a picture of the general situation.) The anonymous donor credited Howard Brown’s “talented, amazing staff whom I am more than care and treatment program for his son’s turn- privileged to lead and who over the course of around saying, “a year later, my son ran the Chi- this have … dug into their own pockets, in their cago marathon, a year later he married, a year own time, who sacrificed time with their loved later, I have my first grandchild. … I tried to ones in the spirit and the mission of Howard imagine a young guy or girl … maybe their par- Brown Health Center.” Concluding, Edwards said, ents, because of choices they’ve made, aren’t as “It’s a new day at Howard Brown Health Center supportive of them.” Praising Howard Brown, he … now privileged to serve its 37th year. We’re said, “It’s an ongoing effort—it’s your organiza- here, we’re not going anywhere.” tion, your entity, these people are here for us.

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INTRODUCING FLEET® NATURALS CLEANSING ENEMAS. Gentle enough for daily use, now you can feel clean and fresh—without the drugs found in laxative enemas. Windy City Times Weekly May 26, 2010 Caboose 240Dmax Howard Brown CEO/President Jamal Edwards and Walgreens Market Pharmacy Director Denise Drug Free | Safe For Daily Use | Hygienic Scarpelli. Photo by Hal Baim 12 Dec. 29, 2010 WINDY CITY TIMES know; this is just my assumption because all of them are good-hearted people and they want to Rick Garcia on firing, do the right thing, and I think that the presi- dent of the board and the CEO said, “We had to do this and this is what we have to say.” I think they decided that one. EI board’s comments WCT: Did they bring up the civil-unions bill, By Yasmin Nair member about me. He was disturbed that I in relation to your firing? had been publicly critical of our partner orga- RG: Absolutely not. It was like I had noth- Ousted Equality Illinois political director Rick nization. And, basically I find out that Howard ing to do with the civil unions bill. They didn’t Garcia continues to fight back against his firing Brown [Health Center] has complained about my even mention it. In one of the memos that was from the agency he co-founded. criticism of them and the way that I handled sent three months ago to the board from Jeremy, Last week, in interviews with Windy City their financial crisis in the beginning. So he was it outlined the things that Bernard had noted Times, EI CEO Bernard Cherkasov and board lead- livid, livid that I had quotes in the press that about me. One of them was, “Rick has alienated ers Dalila Fridi and Jeremy Gottschalk said that Howard Brown should have transparency. It’s a key legislators and to such an extent that it may the firing of Rick Garcia was not a sudden event. community organization that serves this com- jeopardize it.” I love that I have a copy of the According to them, it was the culmination of a munity … that I have a right to know what is memo even though I’m not supposed to see it— series of conversations and discussions internal going on there and that Howard Brown. This is that’s how we play politics in Chicago. I didn’t Rick Garcia. Photo by Kat Fitzgerald (Mystic get it from friends because I wouldn’t jeopardize to the organization. what really got me into trouble, that Howard ImagesPhotography.com) This past weekend, Garcia spoke to WCT from Brown was acting like our own little Vatican. them; I got it from people I wouldn’t expect would give it to me [looks for it, can’t find it in Miami, where he is on vacation, and emphati- They battened down the hatches, become mute, if it isn’t working out, who isn’t it working out cally denied that version of events. He also didn’t say a word. his briefcase]. Anyway it was that I jeopardized for? It’s working out for me. And it’s working the civil unions bill because my speaking out speculated on reasons why events unfolded as The other thing was that he wanted me in the out not only for me but it’s working out for our they did. office 40 hours a week; he said I wasn’t in the to the press about the bill upset some legisla- community. tors. But I wasn’t saying anything different than Windy City Times: So, could you address the office enough. And frankly, you know, how do I WCT: What was Jeremy Gottschalk’s role in claims made by Bernard Cherkasov and some do stay in the office when I have to be in Frank- [Rep.] Greg Harris. I’m not defending myself, I this as the president of the board? don’t need to defend myself. Honey, I won. members of the board of directors that the fort or go to Aurora to talk to the state rep? He RG: From what I can tell, his role is to parrot process that resulted in your firing had been said, “I don’t want to tie you to your desk but If I’ve alienated legislators, number one, how to the board what Bernard writes. So Bernard was it that I was able to work with our lob- going on for a year prior to that. you need to be in the office more.” will write a memo and Jeremy will send it out Rick Garcia: That is an absolute lie. I knew And [he also said] I shouldn’t bring embar- byists and others to get the necessary votes? under his name. … The second to the last memo And how is it that I’m able to stick my head nothing, that they were displeased with my per- rassment to the organization at any time, in board members got was, “Rick is back, things formance, until, I guess, the end of July. I knew any way. And I said, “What is that about?” And in the governor’s office and the mayor’s office seem to be working out, and we’ll have a re- or [Cook County Board President] Tony Preck- about this three months ago. And the other part he said, “Well, some of your quotes are embar- view in 90 days” or something like that. Then that I think is important is that I was told that rassing. People have complained that you have winkle’s office and say, “Oh, can I have a minute the next memo that the board gets from Jeremy of your time?” If I’m so alienating to legislators, after 90 days there would be a review. There was embarrassing quotes.” So, I wasn’t supposed to is: “Bernard has informed me that he termi- no review. After they squeezed the blood out of criticize anybody else, [and] I was supposed to why have I served on two governors’ transition nated Rick Garcia at 5 o’clock today, as you all teams and Tony Preckwinkle’s transition team? me for the civil-union bill Bernard just called me spend more time in the office. Then he said, “We know,” and then some people complained that and terminated me. So there was no review and will review you in 90 days, and decide what to So that’s just bogus, and they tell it to people “we don’t know anything about this, we didn’t who don’t know any better. no reason given for my termination. And I think do after that.” So, I was off for a month; I took meet about this.” Then he writes a clarifying those are very important points and the most the month of July off and went back in August The other thing Bernard said is that I have letter in which he claimed that he had talked offended our partners and made embarrassing important point is that this was not a board de- and have just been working and basically work- to every board member and Jeremy claims he cision. The board rubber-stamped what he said. ing the civil-unions bill, working on getting statements to the press and I said, “What do you had talked to every board member about Rick, mean, offending our partners?” [He responded This reminds me of the former Soviet Union; the Gov. [Pat] Quinn elected. [I was] called in on and in 90 days there was going to be a review bosses tell you what to do and everybody gets the 16th of December and was told, “This is not that it was] “when you commented on the finan- and one of the options at the end of that review cial situation at Howard Brown and you should in line and goes along with and doesn’t question working out. I am terminating you.” was that he would be terminated. And all the it. And I think that is sad. It’s sad; it saddens I was to give a talk that evening, on the civil- not have done that.” He was really, really angry. board members said, “It isn’t saying we’re going I mean, this wasn’t just, “Oh, Rick why did you me and disgusts me at the same time. There unions bill at the Center on Halsted, at 6 o’clock to terminate him in 90 days; it says we’re going was no board meeting; there was no discussion , and he called me in at 5 o’clock and said, “This do it, or oh, Rick, you really shouldn’t have.” He to review the situation in 90 days.” was mad—that was the maddest I’ve ever seen of this. He tried to be clever about wording it: is not working out, and we are going in a new So Bernard reviewed the situation, fired me “Well they all knew this was a possibility.” Well, direction and I am terminating you right now.” him. and then told the board. And then Bernard tells Those were the criticisms three months ago. you know a lot of things are a possibility. A pos- And I thought that was curious, considering the board to follow the Howard Brown princi- sibility is I could get hit by a CTA bus. it’s worked out for me and for this community I think that I’ve done my job well over the last ple—shut your mouth, don’t say a word, don’t three months, since August when I came back There was no board meeting, it was not a successfully for 20 years and the direction that gossip, don’t even talk among yourselves, if board decision; he made it with that cabal of we’ve been going has been, I think, the right and, boom, I’m out of there, summarily called in you have any questions direct them directly to and “bye.” You pass one of the most significant Dalila and Jeremy and himself and no one else direction for the state of Illinois and a winning Bernard, not to Jeremy. Let’s not have a board participated in it. I did not participate in it. direction, and you’re the one who’s been here pieces of legislation in Illinois history for the meeting; direct them to Bernard if you have any lesbian and gay community, and they say good- WCT: And what did they say to you [regard- for two years, so if it ain’t working out why questions about the situation. ing the review]? don’t you go found your own organization? I bye to you. So I don’t think there was an opportunity for WCT: We heard from people like June La- RG: Bernard, who, before had nothing to say didn’t say that to him but that’s exactly what the board to discuss this. I know of no opportu- to me, said that he had talked to every board I thought and that’s what I think now. Honey, Trobe, for instance, that certain communities, nity and I’ve talked to a number of board mem- like the trans community, were taking your bers that know of no opportunity, and some of expulsion very seriously. What are you hear- them told me they didn’t participate in any of ing about and from those communities? this. RG: I’ve had this outpouring of support from WCT: As you may know, Dalila Fridi has gone many people throughout our state. Downstate on the record to say they gave you a letter, folks and here—and especially the trans com- and that this process began a year ago. munity. And I think the reason is that when HRC RG: Dalila and Jeremy and Bernard may have [Human Rights Campaign] threw the trans com- had conversations among themselves about me, munity under the bus by taking gender identity but no one told me. out of ENDA, I was one of the first 10 activists WCT: So you’re saying: If there was a pro- in this country to speak out against them. And cess, it was not a process that necessarily in- I’ve always stood with the trans community. I’ve volved you as well. fought hard to make sure that our state law in- RG: There absolutely may have been a process, cluded gender identity so they know that I am a but it certainly did not involve me because I was strong ally. told nothing about it until three months ago. Bernard is enamored with the Human Rights WCT: Have you heard from anyone from the Campaign and partners with the Human Rights board? We know that some did not sign on to Campaign, and that alienated—talk about who’s a brief statement sent out by Gottschalk. alienating who—that alienated a number of RG: What I’m hearing is that as a board they transgender people who are still biting and bit- did not talk about it; it was stressed on them, ter about how HRC treated them. And the only it was announced. They got an e-mail at about reason these people have remained faithful to 5:30 saying that “Bernard has fired Rick at five.” us is they knew that Rick was there and Rick And, by the way, Christina Kahrl is on the list would protect their interest. [LaTrobe was one of signers but I don’t know that she ultimately of the four people who showed up for a protest signed. I think that she was duped because she in support of Garcia Dec. 23.] I think that’s why called me immediately and said, “No one talked there’s a huge outpouring among transgender to me about this.” It’s my sense that most of Rick Garcia with state Sen. Heather Steans. those signers may have signed on just because Turn to page 13 they thought it would keep the peace. I don’t WINDY CITY TIMES Dec. 29, 2010 13 folks who are uncomfortable with the direction Equality Illinois was moving in, sucking up to HRC. WCT: Has anyone from the board or others Thursday, Jan. 6 in EI reached out to you? 7:30 p.m. RG: I have absolutely no clue; I have an under- Diane Torr standing that our board and, I believe even staff Sex, Drag & Male Roles: have been directed not to talk to me or engage Investigating Gender with me. That’s what I’ve been told. I don’t know as Performance for sure but they have not engaged me at all. I will tell you this: If I was in the board’s position Sunday, Jan. 9 or the CEO’s position, I would be highly embar- 4:30 p.m. rassed at how miserably this whole situation was Rhonda Schiff handled and I would be ashamed, ashamed at Every Imaginable the duplicity and the mendacity surrounding this Shade of Gray whole issue. WCT: What interest do [you think] the na- tional organizations like HRC have any in all of this? 5233 N. Clark RG: I do not know what is behind my firing From left: Equality Illinois board member Art Johnston; state Reps. Deb Mell and Annazette Col- (773) 769-9299 at that exact time. … But what has been sug- lins; and Rick Garcia at a 2008 Equality Illinois event. Photo from Windy City Times archives gested to me, particularly by leaders of other state organizations, is the influence that some our path and where we were going and how to nobbing and trying to be somebody. of the national organizations such as HRC want get there. And our path is towards marriage WCT: Who else has spoken in your support to have on statewide organizations. [WCT has equality. Right now, I read that we have this or reached out to you? not obtained any separate confirmation about new direction, I don’t know what is this new RG: I have a zillion e-mails and messages on this, and the publication is in contact with na- direction that we’re going in. I do know that we my Facebook page. I’ve heard from Gery Chico, [email protected] tional organizations.] And they’ve always had a get another fundraiser [letter] which was sent Ald. [Edward] Burke, James Meeks, Carol Ronen, www.womenandchildrenfirst.com problem with Illinois; we don’t deal with them, out just yesterday talking about how our state is people from downstate Illinois, people from the Parking Available we will not have anything to do with them. being targeted by the far-right wing to overturn suburbs, PFLAG people. … I mean, it amazes Wheelchair Accessible And now we have a CEO who is enamored with the civil-union bill. The civil-union bill hasn’t me, the number of people and the diversity of Washington, D.C., and enamored with national even been signed yet, you know, the governor people. I mean, trans people, Republicans, Dem- partners and wants to suck up to them at every could die in a plane crash and it may not be ocrats, suburban downstate and they all express opportunity he can get. HRC people despise me signed. … I know what my plan of action was shock and/or anger or “What in the hell is going and I despise them. And, you know, I think that for the organization, and given my 20-year his- on?” They’re very, very angry at what has hap- that may play into this. tory of setting out a plan and successfully ex- pened to me. Other state leaders who I’ve talked to this ecuting that plan, I think I know better than WCT: In terms of the timing, you had been at week have suggested those national funding brand-new folks who have no experience coming the White House the day before [for a holiday groups and organizations see Illinois as a state in and saying we’re going in a new direction to- party]? Was there something that happened that just passed civil unions. And that we’re ripe day. Hallelujah. there that might have affected EI’s decision? for the picking. The problem from my point of WCT: What [do you think] is Bernard’s RG: Yes. When I was at the White House, I view, and Bernard knows this, is that, as I say, Cherkasov’s interest with national organiza- spoke with President Obama and Mrs. Obama, when those national organizations come into tions? and the president congratulated me on the great the state they ruin [local organizations]. Talk RG: I think he likes the perceived prestige. I work on the passage of the civil-unions bill in Il- to Fair Wisconsin, talk to a number of organi- think he’s always running off to D.C. for some- linois, and there was a big hug. While I was talk- zations. The most important thing is they lose, thing or another. And the other thing is, instead ing to him, I did say, “Mr. President, would you they lose on our issues. of keeping his eyes on the prize, he keeps his please free [former Illinois Gov.] George Ryan I don’t really know if that’s the underlying rea- eyes on the dollars. And by the way, that’s not and let him go home?” And that was the lead son for my termination now, but I think it reso- a criticism; that is his job. And I think that he item in the Michael Sneed’s column the next nates that they announce that we’re terminating does it well. The problem is he doesn’t like what day [in the Chicago Sun-Times], the day I was Rick Garcia and in the same breath we’re getting I call my side of the house, and the way I carry fired. I don’t know what the connection could be a state equality grant of a $100,000 for our “new on my side of the house is that I’m fine with him but there are some who have called and said, “I direction.” We’ve had the same direction for the sucking up to national organizations and I’m think it was that George Ryan piece.” past 20 years—we have been successful for the fine with him bringing in all the money he can. I think that Bernard did not want me to be the past 20 years—and now all of a sudden we have That’s a good thing. But he has to understand face or the spokesman for the organization, and a new CEO and we need a new direction? that we have political work to do. This is not I wasn’t speaking for the organization there, but WCT: With regard to that, where will Equal- a social club where we stand around and smile, the reality is that when Rick Garcia opens his ity Illinois go after civil unions? Some people and shake hands and go to cocktail parties and mouth, he’s not just Rick Garcia, he is Equality might say, “You’ve got what you wanted—why black-tie dinners. That’s part of it but that’s not Illinois. And I think that was part of the prob- should the organization exist?” all of it. And we are about success and winning lem, that when I spoke out, Bernard thought I RG: When I was there, I outlined very clearly and I do not know what he is about. Except hob- was speaking for the whole organization. And that was very problematic for him because he wants to be the face and he wants to be the voice. And I’ve always been the face and I’ve always been the voice. Frankly, I have the face Small protest backs Garcia and I have that voice. And the experience. And you know what? I will continue to have it. WCT: Could you address the rumors that you weren’t paid for your work during the last three years? RG: In the beginning I was paid nothing, for the first three or four years, and then I started to get a small stipend. Then, probably about six Have your years ago, I started making a reasonable salary, but I never had benefits until about six or seven premiums years ago. At the time of my termination, I was making $72,000 with benefits. WCT: How did you support yourself in the increased first few years? RG: I wrote letters to religious organizations recently? of nuns to ask for grant money. And every now and then I’d work at a coffee shop that was See me: Four people showed up to protest the firing of ousted Equality Illinois political director comparable to Starbucks. I would come in to Charles T. Rhodes, Rick Garcia Dec. 23. Garcia did not attend. The cold weather and timing of the event, two the coffee shop and work a little bit and then take off and then run down to the county build- Agent days before Christmas and during work hours, likely kept the numbers small. A former EI staff 2472 N. Clark member, Rob Czar, called the firing of Garcia “disgusting.” BrotherM ichael Oboza, founder of ing because we were working on a gay-rights the Bisexual Queer Alliance, organized the event through Facebook postings. ordinance there, and then come back and put 773.281.0890 my apron on over my suit. Because that’s how I State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Pictured in front of the closed Equality Illinois offices on Halsted are, from left: June La- (not in NJ) Trobe, Brother Michael Oboza, Rob Czar and Chuck Kramer. Photo by Hal Baim State Farm Indemnity Company (NJ) Turn to page 23 Home Offices: Bloomington, Illinois 14 Dec. 29, 2010 WINDY CITY TIMES VIEWPOINTs WINDY CITY did alongside our allies to repeal this policy. And towards achieving justice and equality. Through TIMES as a Vietnam veteran, I am especially proud that our partnerships across the progressive and LGBT VOL. 26 No. 13, Dec. 29, 2010 PAUL the institution I was honored to serve for nearly communities, we built a strong coalition of peo- The combined forces of Windy City Times, four years can finally honor all service members ple ready to speak out and demand our members founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, COKE with dignity. of congress move to repeal of DADT. And after founded May 1987. For too long, thousands of LGBT service mem- Dec. 18, we can be certain that our voices were PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR bers were forced to hide in the corner—the dif- heard. Tracy Baim ficulties they faced only worsened by the tired The equal rights of LGBT people are an impor- old rhetoric of anti-equality politicians. tant part of SEIU’s commitment to social justice. ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky But that’s exactly why the survey of troops, We were the first national union to endorse full MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis The repeal of BUSINESS MANAGER Meghan Streit revealing that a significant majority of troops marriage equality, we bargain for increased pro- DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright DADT: An saw no issue with the repeal of DADT, was impor- tections for LGBT workers and our spouses, and ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson tant; it proved that our service members have we will continue to fight with our allies until we SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGERS: Terri Klinsky, Amy important step the right attitude. Their focus is honorably serv- have achieved full equality for all people. Sat- Matheny, Kirk Williamson, Dave Ouano PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT Cynthia Holmes ing our country, not the sexuality of their fellow urday, Dec. 18, meant a real difference in the NIGHTSPOTS MANAGING EDITOR Kirk Williamson towards equality members. When I was stationed in Turkey and lives of thousands of LGBT service members, but NATIONAL SALES Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Rex Wockner, Marie I can’t believe this day has finally come. The Vietnam, my duty was to serve—and in the 40 it also was an important symbol of the power of years since then, the duty of our troops hasn’t our collective voice. J. Kuda, David Byrne, Tony Peregrin, Lisa Keen, Dec. 18 repeal of the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Yasmin Nair, Emmanuel Garcia Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy is truly a landmark. changed. Paul Coke has been a member of SEIU Local THEATER EDITOR Scott C. Morgan As an American, I am proud because this is a Repealing DADT is one of many steps that we 1000 in Sacramento for 34 years, serving the CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight, Jr. BOOKS WRITER Yasmin Nair critical step forward for the social justice move- must take as we fight for a more just and more people of California as a Program Analyst for equal society. As members of a union, we un- 36. He is a founding member of SEIU’s Laven- ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS ment. As a founding member of SEIU’s (the Ser- Mary Shen Barnidge, Jim Edminster, Steve Warren, vice Employees International Union’s) Lavender derstand that when we raise a collective voice, der Caucus, and is newly retired. 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Sabine Neidhardt, Sam Worley, Billy Masters, John volunteers attended a dinner at Tom Colicchio’s Although this holiday season, for Christians, is Fenoglio, Chuck Colbert, Micki Leventhal, Sarah rev. irene Craft restaurant in NYC, and they had an oppor- mostly thought of in terms of feasting and cel- Toce, Rachel Pepper tunity to meet actress Julianne Moore, who was ebrating Jesus’ birth, let’s not forget that Jesus’ SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Kat Fitzgerald, Mel monroe Ferrand, Hal Baim, Steve Starr, Emmanuel Garcia, also volunteering at the event. birth comes at difficult time along the human Dave Ouano This year, the New Alternatives Team asked the timeline for acceptance. Viewed as a religious CIRCULATION community to “Be a Gay Santa!” They sought threat to conservative Jews because of his icon- CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Jean Albright 150 Santas to receive letters written by home- oclastic views and practice of Jewish Law, and DISTRIBUTION: Ashina, Allan, Dan, John, Renee, less LGBTQ youths requesting gifts. (Requests viewed as a political threat to the Roman gov- Sue and Victor are limited to items of $100 in value or less.) ernment simply because he was a Jew, Jesus was Remember Our LGBTQ homeless youth and young adults nailed to a cross at Calvary because of ethnic have been out on the streets for decades that and religious intolerance. Copyright 2010 Lambda Publications Inc./Windy City Media our homeless Group; All rights reserved. Reprint by permission only. Back the problem is currently epidemic, and showing Similarly, when I think of the birth of Jesus issues (if available) for $5 per issue (postage included). no signs of abating. in light of how Christians celebrate this holiday Return postage must accompany all manuscripts, drawings, gay youth and photographs submitted if they are to be returned, and In 2006, the National Gay and Lesbian Task season one of the themes that looms large for no responsibility may be assumed for unsolicited materials. Force and the National Coalition for the Home- me is LGBTQ homelessness. All rights to letters, art and photographs sent to Windy this holiday less released a report that found that up to 42 Why homelessness? City Times will be treated as unconditionally assigned for publication purposes and as such, subject to editing percent of the nation’s homeless youth identify Because many of our LGBTQ youth, myself in- and comment. The opinions expressed by the columnists, The holiday season is a difficult time of year as lesbian or gay. That means, of New York City’s cluded as once a homeless youth, do not really cartoonists, letter writers, and commentators are their own many of us. and do not necessarily reflect the position ofWindy City estimated 15,000 to 30,000 homeless youth have a home to go to where they can sit at the Times. Publication of the name, photograph, or likeness of Our culture’s egregious forms of commercialism population of that year, about 6,300 to 12,600 family table and be fully out—or if out, fully ac- a person or organization in articles or advertising in Windy always bother me—and its anemic recognition City Times is not to be construed as any indication of the are LGBTQ, and approximately 90 percent within cepted. As with Mary and Joseph, Jesus’ parents, sexual orientation of such person or organization. While of other celebratory forms of this holiday season this group composed of African-American and during the time of his birth who traveled from we encourage readers to support the advertisers who make other than Christmas, like Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, this newspaper possible, Windy City Times cannot accept Latino youth. inn to inn to only find there was no welcome responsibility for advertising claims. Ramadan and the celebration of the winter sol- As a matter of fact, in June 2006 the Ali For- space for them, LGBTQ youth live nomadic street stice. 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SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT duction were rightfully deserved. dent where twin sisters retreated into a fantasy Red Herring, Noble Fool Theatricals—The No- world of fiction. ble Fool Theatricals name will soon be no more My best and as the St. Charles-based company is changing its The worst: name to Fox Valley Repertory in January. But the About Face Theatre’s Queertopia and Free company definitely lived up to its comic moniker Street Theater’s To Kill a Teenager—I’m all for worst of earlier this year with a superbly acted produc- smart youth theater that tackles important is- tion of Michael Hollinger’s Cold War-set mystery sues and serves as a vehicle for young adults 2010 theater comedy. to honestly express themselves. Both of these BY SCOTT C. MORGAN She Loves Me, Writers’ Theatre—Luxury Chi- shows should have said something important cago casting abounded in this critically beloved on youth-on-youth violence, but the resulting As a theater reviewer, I typically eschew the in- 1963 musical comedy romance by Fiddler on the poorly acted productions came across as self- dustry practice of getting complimentary press Roof composing team Jerry Bock and Sheldon indulgent mishmashes that offered few real in- tickets to shows that I have no intension of re- Harnick. This intimate jewel-box production sights and scant dramatic coherence. viewing or covering in print. Yet I come to regret courtesy of Writers’ Theatre showed once again Big Gay Pudding, White Rainbows at The my ticketing stance when it comes to writing a Talk Radio. Photo by Zane Davis why She Loves Me stands out as a perfectly con- Call—It was pretty sad to see the opening act year-end round-up piece like this, since I can’t structed book musical from Broadway’s golden outshine this young sketch comedy troupe that truly deem what was the best or worst in Chi- age. trumpets the fact that it’s gay-inclusive. Far too cago theatre because I haven’t been keeping up American theater and provided great material for the forces of Steppenwolf Theatre to sink their Sweet Bird of Youth, The Artistic Home—If many sketches meandered on without a point, or with the entire theater scene during the year. you want to extol the glories of intimate Chicago were just plain baffling. The logistics of just seeing everything is also a dramatic teeth into. Catching this dramatic tril- ogy proved to be quite the dramatic occasion. storefront theater, then steer your friends and The Castle, Oracle Productions—It was easy challenge, what with more than 200 theater or- neighbors to The Artistic Home, where director to guess the political reasons by Oracle Produc- ganizations as members in the League of Chicago Home, Court Theatre—The power of simple storytelling was highlighted throughout director Dale Calandra has created a sexy and gripping tions opted to stage British playwright Howard Theatres producing upwards of 800-plus shows take on Tennessee Williams’ 1959 drama involv- Barker’s difficult “Theatre of Catastrophe”-styled each year. So please forgive me if I missed out Ron OJ Parson’s engrossing take on Samm-Art Williams’ three-actor drama. Although it focused ing a fading Hollywood star, a good-looking historical comic-drama involving crusaders in on what so many others consider to be the best gigolo and a corrupt Southern politician who the Middle East. But the ultimate execution or worst in 2010. (The entries below are listed in on just one African-American man’s life from the end of segregation up to the start of the 1980s, can get away with castrating his enemies. It’s came off a smug and self-important. alphabetical order.) all good and juicy dramatic stuff. Prom Night!, Les Enfants Terrible—There Home also eloquently reflected on the experi- ences of so many other Southerners who partici- Traces, Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower clearly is potential in this performance art troupe The best: pated in the great migration north. Place—Montreal-based Seven Fingers showed that depicts anatomically uncomfortable aliens Billy Elliot, Ford Center for the Performing how their brand of smaller and intimate circus encroaching on a special human event. But the Arts, Oriental Theatre—It’s too bad that this A Parallelogram, Steppenwolf Theatre—Tak- ing a step back from some of his more overtly can truly amaze in this revue featuring a bevy ultimate execution of Prom Night! failed to fol- award-winning London and Broadway smash of super-talented young daredevil performers. low good storytelling logic and just became an didn’t resonate strongly enough with Chicago political plays, Bruce Norris latest world pre- miere for Steppenwolf was a wonderful “what-if” Traces was a wonderful way to reopen the newly annoying slog. audiences to become a multi-year hit. Still, this renovated Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Talk Radio, The State Theatre of Chicago at 2005 musical adaptation of the popular 2000 film comic drama involving time-shifting questions of morality and fatalistic views of the future. A Place. Heartland Studio—Audiences were actually in- about a Northern English lad who has a dream to The Twins Would Like to Say, Dog & Pony vited to text and tweet throughout this stag- dance showcased a top-notch and emotionally Parallelogram was a very funny and far-reaching thought-provoking play. Theatre/ The Pirates of Penzance, The Hypo- ing of Eric Bogosian’s 1987 period piece. I hope resonant staging that featured a slew of amaz- crites—These unconventional environmental those who actually did participate in this social ingly talented young performers. Ragtime, Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook—Drury Lane Theatre continued on its revitalized win- stagings were by no means perfect, but both media staging concept would have pointed out The Brother/Sister Plays, Steppenwolf The- ning streak with director/choreographer Rachel shook up theatrical expectations in fascinating all the abundant anachronisms and wrong-head- atre—Tarell Alvin McCraney’s loosely linked tril- and fun ways. Director Sean Graney found a new ed directorial decisions to depict all the call- ogy of Southern dramas (In the Red and Brown Rockwell’s grand and glorious staging of this epic 1998 masterpiece that can rightly lay claim and campy way to tackle an operetta classic, ers instead of preserving them as disembodied Water, The Brothers Size and Marcus; Or the Se- while Seth Bockley and Devon de Mayo drama- voices. cret of Sweet) heralded a vibrant young voice in to the title of “The Great American Musical.” All the Jeff Awards lavished on this Drury Lane pro- tized a mysterious based-upon-a-true-story inci- 16 Dec. 29, 2010 WINDY CITY TIMES Road dared to cast an amputee, Katy Sullivan, in the role of an amputee (ironically, the most CRITICS’ PICKS active figure onstage), and Wuthering Heights elevated Gregory Isaac to the ranks of sexy A Christmas Carol, Goodman Theatre, historical heroes (currently led by Nick Sandys through Dec. 31. To play Scrooge well, an and Peter Greenberg, but don’t ignore AARP pin- actor must have a nasty streak. Goodman’s up Mike Nussbaum wearing tights for Chicago new Scrooge, tall and edgy John Judd, is Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew). And while minted in gold for the role in The Mother of Teatro Vista’s 26 Miles and the ubiquitous To- All Chicago Holiday Shows, lavish as ever. bacco Road employed stellar ensembles, Sandra JA Marquez and Carmen Roman were the faces we Liberace, Milwaukee Repertory at the remember six months later. Stackner Cabaret in Milwaukee, through Ultimately, however, you gotta have a script— Jan. 16. In a closeted age, pianoman Wlad- preferably one that doesn’t copy a reliable for- ziu Valentino Liberace—that’s Liber-AH- mula (unless it copies extremely well, like Wil- chee, kids—flaunted it and made them love liam Brown and Doug Frew’s hollywood-bio To it, his flamboyant escapades re-created in Master The Art). This year was not without its this solo musical salute to Milwaukee’s fa- vorite home boy. MSB disappointments: We have yet to see the play The Other Cinderella, Black Ensemble that discusses private gun ownership fairly, or Theater, extended through January 23. A permits a pregnant woman to choose abortion— Caribbean-accented Fairy God-Mama makes they’re legal now, remember?—or a Caucasian the wishes come true in this anniversary playwright who doesn’t objectify Asians. (Rollin production of the musical that launched Jones’ The Artificial Intelligence of Jenny Chow the company moving into its own brand- is alone in not doing so.) But Terry Abraham- new playhouse next year. MSB son’s Doo Lister’s Blues compressed an entire era Sweet Bird of Youth, The Artistic Home, into the microcosm of one south side block, Ro- extended through Jan. 16. Dale Calandra’s nan Marra’s Aftermath recounted rock history as juicy production of Tennessee Williams’ very tragedy and Julia Cho’s The Piano Teacher never entertaining 1959 drama is full of plusses. shrank from its shocking revelations. Kathy Scambiatterra’s fading Hollywood Even such minuscule contributions as the dog starlet is a hoot, while Josh Odor’s self- (identified as “Queequeg” in the playbill) in Oak possessed arrogance (and gorgeous golden Park’s Of Mice and Men or the foliage in Artistic torso) makes for an especially lovely gigolo. Home’s The Tallest Man played their part in mak- Living Quarters. SCM ing this job a pleasure. Here’s to another year —By Abarbanel, Barnidge of artistic discovery and experiences to treasure and Morgan approaches to stage environment. Walt Span- away. Speaking the gler and Richard Woodbury’s sense-surround cataclysm for the Goodman’s True History of the Johnstown Flood tops the list for the former, OPERA REVIEW speech in ‘10 closely followed by Alan Donahue’s sumptuous BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE rococo furnishings for Remy Bumppo’s Les Li- Hello, Dolly! aisons Dangereuses and Todd Rosenthal’s live- Playwright: Edward Albee For many people, the big theater news in 2010 in Victorian rooms for Steppenwolf’s Fake, with At: Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted was in real estate: The former Bailiwick Arts Cen- the Gritty Realism award going to James Leam- Phone: 312-335-1650; $20-$75 ter and Theatre Building Chicago continued to ing’s ramshackle squalor for American Blues’ To- Runs through: Feb. 13, 2011 anchor the 2500 block of Belmont Avenue as, bacco Road (though for gritty urban realism, a respectively, Theater Wit and Stage 773. Black big shout-out is due Rahmann Barnes and Cesar BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE Ensemble broke ground for a new theater at Luna’s tagger-art for Welcome To Arroyo’s). But Clark and Montrose, its vacated space in the there were also stage pictures designed to evoke Light Opera Works (LOW) tackles the iconic Beacon Street community center offering shel- mood over location, like those by Donahue for American musical Hello, Dolly! and they tackle ter for Uptown’s Pegasus Players. Drury Lane Lifeline’s Wuthering Heights or Jorge Felix for it well. The familiar and catchy Jerry Herman Water Tower Place got a sleek new makeover Urban Theater’s Brainpeople (which also intro- tunes sound fresh and bright, with every lyric (and steadier use) under the title of Broadway duced Marilyn Camacho into the wet-dream god- clear in the relatively intimate Cahn Audito- Playhouse, bestowed by new managers Broad- dess pantheon, right alongside Brenda Barrie) rium. I have quibbles with this production, but way In Chicago. Signal Ensemble moved into and the perennial boat-in-bottle challenges, not so many or so large as to shatter my overall the likewise rehabbed fka Breadline warehouse the prize once again going to Theo Ubique for enjoyment. at Ravenswood and Berenice, while the subur- its up-close-and-cozy productions of Chess and First, the cast is strong musically and dra- ban Oak Park Festival Theater and Circle Theatre Cats. matically; indeed, musically stronger than the now share the quarters recently occupied by Oak The season boasted a number of fully realized, vaunted original cast, who made up with per- Park Village Players. Oh, and storefronts Profiles high-quality productions of classic scripts—Se- sonality what they lacked in musical skill. As and National Pastime got fancy new restrooms, anachai’s The Weir, Raven’s Twelve Angry Men Dolly Gallagher Levi, Mary Robin Roth channels making the Heartland Studio the last theater in and the aforementioned Tobacco Road come to neither Channing nor Streisand, making Dolly town with no in-house plumbing. solidly her own. Deft and personable, she cap- mind—but also intriguing were the shows built Hello, Dolly! Photo by Rich Foreman For other theatergoers, the 2009-2010 season from text with an eye to overturning expecta- tures the essence of this pleasingly obnoxious should be declared the year of the vocal coaches. tions forged over generations. Foremost among woman. (“I meddle,” Dolly tells us.) It’s also a treat to hear Herman’s slow numbers given Since the days of Stanislavski, actors in pursuit these were the Goodman’s stripped-down pro- a song continues downstage. Cahn Auditorium full value by Jessye Wright and Robert Brady as of their craft have undergone extensive physi- duction of The Seagull, Writers Theatre’s in- may be LOW’s greatest blessing and greatest Irene Molloy and Cornelius Hackl, the principal cal training, carefully delving “sense memory” your-lap Streetcar Named Desire (we always curse. romantic couple. enabling them to instantaneously express every knew Robert Falls and David Cromer were fear- Emily Nelson’s costumes are more than up- Director and choreographer Rudy Hogenmiller impulse fluttering in their consciousness. But less, but they surpassed even themselves with to-the-mark, with elegant lines for the wom- keeps the show spinning along at a brisk pace, en’s long dresses and shirt-waist ensembles, with the advent of electronically amplified visu- these) and Steppenwolf’s surprisingly cerebral and borrows heavily from the signature original and dazzling splashes of color in production al spectacle like cinema and television, the aural Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? And how about dance staging by Gower Champion, notably in numbers such as “Put On Your Sunday Clothes.” element at the roots of drama (which began as The Hypocrites’ laugh-a-minute No Exit, Na- “Put On Your Sunday Clothes,” “Elegance” and There’s an appropriate summery tone to it all. poetry, remember) fell into neglect. tional Pastime’s ghostly Street Scene and the “Waiters’ Galop.” Is this smart or a shortcut or The 22-piece orchestra under Roger L. Binga- Notable in these last 12 months, however, Commedia Beauregard’s—uh, foreign-language a little of both? It certainly gives audiences man is smooth and suave but a bit lacking in was the resurrection of words uttered with a Klingon Christmas Carol. Finally, there were what they want to see and, perhaps, subcon- drama for my taste. I miss the signature banjo euphony of phrasing and clarity of enunciation the brilliantly conceived and lovingly executed to render each narrative element immediately sciously expect to see. Whatever, it’s clever in the rhythm section which so notably helps shows doomed to be seen only by a lucky few: and difficult dance and the cast executes it comprehended. And so, leading my roster of oft- propel the show’s up tempo tunes, and Binga- Teresa Veramendi’s sensuously poetic, intensely surprisingly well. ignored technicians deserving recognition for man sometimes holds back the brass choir personal Vincent’s Yellow, The Journeymen’s poi- The show looks good whenever the company their expertise are Christine Adair, Eva Brene- when one wants it to soar. It comes off as a gnantly intimate Shakespeare’s R & J, Greenetree of 30 is stretched along the width of the stage, man, Elise Kauzlaric, Belinda Bremner, Cecilie pleasantly professional reading of the score Productions’ Blues For an Alabama Sky. but not so good when height or depth is re- O’Reilly, Philip Timberlake and Claudia Ander- but short on fire. This doesn’t mean you can dispense with ac- quired. It’s then that the severe limits of Cahn Quibbles aside, this Dolly is an effervescent son as well as the uncredited voice and dialect tors. Some plays whose personnel drew accolades Auditorium’s antiquated stage become appar- New Year’s Weekend show. It also retains a sur- consultants for The Brother/Sister Plays, Living were Red Orchid’s Louis Slotin Sonata, starring ent. Tom Burch’s scenic design pretty much prising amount of wise (and witty) philosophy Quarters, Aftermath, The Island, Night and Day Steve Schine as the tragic egghead of Los Ala- is restricted to old-hat backdrops and simple from Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker, the and many, many more. mos, and Black Elephant’s Gross Indecency with flown scenic pieces, with a black curtain play upon which Dolly is based. Just listen to Speaking of cinematic dazzle brings up the villain Danne E. Taylor lending gravity to Oscar dropped to hide the slow scene changes while Dolly’s monologues. age-old debate between literal and evocative Wilde’s martyrdom. Goodman’s The Long Red WINDY CITY TIMES Dec. 29, 2010 17 the play begins as comedy and then breaks your but they were bold choices that certainly made heart. Under director Jonathan Wilson, the the play a sweaty and sensual experience! TimeLine production was a profound event, ex- —Travels with My Aunt, Writers’ Theatre. One quisitely acted by Alfred H. Wilson, Daniel Bry- of the best shows and comedies of the year. Gra- ant and Nate Burger. hame Green’s richly comic novel—think Auntie —Mistakes Were Made, A Red Orchid Theatre. Mame but her nephew is 55 instead of 12—has We watch a man and a producer totally melt been wittily adapted for four adept actors all of down before our eyes in Craig Wright’s darkly whom dazzle and charm in multiple roles. The comic look at deal-making and life, equal parts clever scenic design and the turn-on-dime stag- valentine and stiletto hurled at showbiz. Essen- ing make this a huge show in a most intimate tially a monologue conducted between man and venue. Best of all, it’s still running (through telephone, it requires a fucking brilliant actor. March 27). Ta-da! Michael Shannon is a fucking brilliant ac- —Trust, Lookingglass Theatre Company. This tor with weirdness and charisma to spare. bleeding-heart liberal play won me over by the —Romeo and Juliet, Chicago Shakespeare integrity of its acting and directing, and the Theater. Australian director Gale Edwards showed truth of the family relationships portrayed. Not Chicago audiences that R&J can be driven for- a play about internet sex predators—as some ward by its text and not slowed down by treating made it out to be—Trust was about family re- the text as poetry. Her production successfully lationships, especially that between father and juxtaposed classic and modern visual devices, daughter, who end in a state of hard-earned had slam-bang fight choreography and galloped grace, although sadder and wiser. Co-authored along while cutting nary a word. Also, it was the and directed by David Schwimmer who did him- most handsome production of the year (scenic self proud. and costume) and provided a clearly-gay Mercu- —The Year of Magical Thinking, Court The- tio lusting after Romeo. atre. Joan Didion’s one-woman adaptation of —A Streetcar Named Desire, Writers’ Theatre. her own memoir about life and death was funny, A claustrophobic and physically-brutal staging touching, acerbic, heart-stopping, angry, philo- Boojum! Photo by John W. Sisson, Jr. by MacArthur Fellow David Cromer, which al- sophical, wise, profound, brave, clean and rever- lowed me to see this often-parodied Tennessee ent ... and deeply moving. Performed to glory by tween pop and opera, and wonderful (and hand- Williams classic with fresh eyes. What higher Mary Beth Fisher, one of the best actors working some) 10-person cast. It was Chicago Off-Loop praise can one give any production of a familiar today (and I don’t mean only in Chicago, where Best of 2010 work? Cromer physicalized things Williams left to we are damn lucky to keep her busy), and di- By Jonathan Abarbanel at its best. —The Brother/Sister Plays, Steppenwolf the imagination—such as two men discovered rected by Charles Newell. There are 200 or so theater companies in Chi- Theatre Company. Theater began as communal in bed—and I didn’t agree with all his choices, cago and ‘burbs staging upwards of 800 shows a story-telling through rituals of music, movement year and no one person can see more than one- and language, and the sheer joy of this produc- third of them and remain sane. Best of 2010? tion was the connection it made between a con- Who the hell knows? I saw, maybe, 200 shows temporary story and the primitive and commu- and here’s what I though best of that relatively nal nature of theater itself. The wonderful, large SPOTLIGHT narrow sampling. In alphabetical order: ensemble cast was guided by playwright Terell —Billy Elliot the Musical, Broadway In Chi- Alvin McCraney and insightful director Tina Lan- cago. A dynamic, hard-edged and faithful stage dau in a true creative partnership. version of the hit film about a coal-miners boy —K., The Hypocrites. Greg Allen—former ar- who wants to dance, with a pounding score by tistic director of the Neo-Futurists—directed Elton John who now has learned how to write his own wonderful adaptation of Franz Kafka’s Scotty & Jojo’s Alien Queen, a sci-fi spoof that music that’s part of a show, not music applied The Trial with an abundance of meta-theatrical melds the Alien horror movies with the stratospheric to the show. Gorgeous staging and choreogra- devices, especially the brilliant scenic design of rock of Queen, has just announced an extension into phy, and four brilliant boys alternating in the 15 doors. Allen turned the story into an Absur- January (with previous sound and amplification issues promised to be ironed out). Alien Queen can be seen demanding role of Billy. dist comedy; in which Joseph K awakes to an at three extra 8 p.m. Saturday performances on Jan. —Boojum! Nonsense, Truth and Lewis Car- arbitrary world in which there are no reasons or 8, 15 and 22 at Circuit Nightclub, 3641 N. Halsted. roll, Caffeine Theatre and Chicago Opera Van- answers. Would Kafka approve? Who knows, who Tickets are $15-$25 (plus a required drink purchase). guard. Co-authored by Australian twin brothers, cares? He died before finishing this one. Call 800-838-3006 or visit http://www.scottyjojo. this chamber opera puts Charles Lutwidge Dod- —Master Harold ... and the Boys, TimeLine com. Photo of Ryan Lanning as Ridley with Newt cour- son in confrontation with his literary alter-ego, Theatre. Written in the 1980’s but set in 1950, tesy of Jonny Stax Presents, Inc. Lewis Carroll. Somewhat arcane to all but de- Athol Fugard’s three-character play illuminates voted Lewis Carroll fans, it nonetheless featured nothing less than the soul of South Africa on a brilliant pastiche score straddling the line be- the brink of national tragedy. Seemingly simple,

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The top 10 Ewan McGregor (left) and Jim Carrey in I Love You Phillip Morris. 8. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: This is a special-effects blockbuster disguised as a wry LGBT films romantic comedy from director Edgar Wright. allowing moments for even the most minor char- seen, and the combative yet loving relationship Michael Cera falls hard for a pretty girl but must acters to shine through and the performances between the son and the mother is revelatory. fight off all her previous exes—including the of 2010 by Ruffalo, Moore (an honorary lesbian at this Regent Releasing has yet to schedule a U.S. the- gloriously proud lesbian she partnered with for a point), and especially Bening are wonderfully ater or DVD release but keep your eyes peeled time in college. Half a decade ago, 2005 was hailed as the “Year complex—funny and heartbreaking at once. This for this little dazzler. 9. The Mormon Proposition: This movie is of the Gay Movie” thanks to high-profile releases is a well-deserved triumph for Cholodenko and 5. I Love You Phillip Morris: Jim Carrey and an eye-opening and heartfelt exploration of the such as Brokeback Mountain—movies that were her cast. Ewan McGregor star in the jaw-dropping true Mormon Church’s long history. Steven Green- both award contenders and audience pleasers. 2. Black Swan: Writer-director Darren Aronof- story of a con man supreme who will do any- street and Reed Cowan, a first-time director and By that definition, 2010, with The Kids Are All sky takes us into the mind of the seriously con- thing to be with the object of his true love— ex-Mormon who also just happens to be openly Right, Black Swan and I Am Love vying for this trolled, seriously disturbed aging ballerina Nina the sweet young innocent he met and fell in gay, were the minds behind the making of this same kind of awards attention and rapturous au- (Natalie Portman), who finally has her chance love with in prison. Shamefully, U.S. audiences film. dience response, is easily tagged the “Year of to shine dancing both the lead roles in “Swan were the last to see this deft, dark comedy with 10. Burlesque: There’s not a single original the Lesbian Movie.” Ladies—nearly 80 years af- Lake.” If only she can loosen her perfectionist its surprisingly sweet edge that offered Carrey moment in gay writer-director Steve Antin’s first ter the release of the unapologetic, lesbian clas- tendencies, let her sexual fantasies run free in a role that perfectly fit his cartoonish, physical movie, but there was no doubting that this mu- sic Maedchen in Uniform—it seems Hollywood the bargain and come to grips with her obses- gifts. sical pastiche of dozens of previous musicals was has finally taken notice. sion with the comely, free-spirited ballerina Lily 6. Howl: James Franco is having a great made for Our People from beginning to end. It’s The year included several other high-profile (Mila Kunis) who is hot on her heels and seems year—actor, writer, director, guest star on Gen- the guilty pleasure of the year. movies with lesbian themes—The Runaways; to endlessly tease her sexually. This is a great eral Hospital and host of the upcoming Oscars. Check out my archived reviews at http:// Chloe; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The paranoid, hard-edged sexual thriller that is un- And though his current triumph in 127 Hours is www.windycitytimes.com or http://www. Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest; and Splice relenting and merciless toward its leading char- certainly justified I’m more than a tad miffed knightatthemovies.com. Readers can leave (co-writer/director Vincente Natali’s blissful acter and its audience. that his much more interesting work in this cin- feedback at the latter website. horror classic that masterfully brought gender- 3. I Am Love: The amazing Tilda Swinton stars and produced, in collaboration with Ital- bending to the sci-fi realm). Gay men had plenty cities for men to dance together. The law was ian writer-director Luca Guadagnino, this mas- BOOK REVIEW of onscreen portrayals this year, too, including ignored, broken, violently protested and even- terful melodrama of a wealthy Milanese family the usual gaggle of gay best friend characters in Hot Stuff: Disco tually repealed but by 1970, most gay bars al- in crisis. Swinton plays the matriarch, a Russian various romantic comedies. But there were some lowed dancing and disco took hold. émigré who is inspired when her college-aged lovely exceptions to the rule and some sobering and the Remaking But disco dancing couldn’t have become the daughter comes out after falling for a woman ones when it came to documentary releases. phenomenon it was without someone to spin to embark on her own act of physical and emo- of American Culture I’d like to point out—as I do every year—that the records. Prior to the club deejay, dancers tional rediscovery with a hot, young chef. This by Alice Echols all these “Best of” lists are completely subjec- stood around for long, awkward seconds be- Italian movie was not only one of the best LGBT $26.95; W.W. Norton; tive. My list tends to shift around with repeat tween songs while the juke box cycled through. films of the year; it was, hands down, my favor- 338 pages viewings and reconsiderations. And with that, With DJs, though, songs were seamless and ite movie. It’s a masterpiece on all counts. REVIEW BY TERRI SCHLICHMEYER here’s my list of the 10 Best LGBT Movies of 2010 seemingly never stopped. (in preferential order) with heavy notes on my 4. I Killed My Mother: Though it only played Either you had It, or you didn’t. At the close of the 1970s, disco was so in- top five and a word or two about my remaining a few dates at Reeling 29, this dramedy from If you had It, you moved across the floor as grained in the culture that a movie was be- choices: the young, queer French Canadian auteur Xavier if your feet were greased; graceful, in unison ing made from a fabricated magazine article, 1. The Kids Are All Right: Out director Lisa Dolan (writer-director-star) was one of the most with the thump-thump-thump reverberating in songs from fabricated groups were topping the Cholodenko spent years co-writing the script consistently enjoyable and insightful movies I your stomach. If you didn’t have It, your legs charts, and disco mania was “thrown into over- (with Stuart Blumberg) of her original story of watched this year. The movie stars Dolan as an tangled like cheap rubber bands, which sorta drive.” But it couldn’t last: a backlash swept two moms (Annette Bening and Julianne Moore) extremely opinionated, passionate gay teenager made you sick to your stomach. across the country, cries of “Disco Sucks” were whose relationship is hitting a really rough living and daily testing the boundaries of the If you had It, you loved the whole dance loud, and gay men were dying of AIDS, which patch just when their two teenaged children de- relationship with his mostly easygoing, divorced scene. shut down many clubs. cide they want to meet their biological dad (aka mother (Anne Dorval, giving one of the year’s If you didn’t have It, disco sucked. Still got your dancing shoes? You’ll want to their sperm donor), a free-spirited Mark Ruffalo. best performances). The movie illuminates the No matter what your opinion may (still) be put them on one more time when you read this The script is a master class in screenwriting— gay teenager experience like nothing I’ve ever on platform shoes, shiny shirts, and dance mu- book, but keep them handy. Echols said that sic, there’s no denying the strong impact disco disco is enjoying a resurgence. It’s possible DaveOuanoPhotography.com had on the way we spent our 1970s Saturday that it never really went away. nights. Read more about It in Hot Stuff: Disco As someone who bought her first disco dress Events • Fashion • Fitness and the Remaking of American Culture by Alice at the then-scandalously ridiculous price of Echols. $68, I really enjoyed this book. But memories Though most people probably think “late of that (pink!!) dress made me notice that Seventies” when they think of disco, the odd there’s a lot missing in “Hot Stuff”; namely, truth is that disco began about decade earlier. the fashions, the non-musician celebs and Echols said that Discotheques were wild- the famous clubs. Studio 54 barely garners a ly popular in Europe quite awhile before we mention, as does Hollywood and its residents. donned Qiana shirts and handkerchief-hemmed I liked this book, but I wanted “More, More, dresses. Americans traveling overseas in the More.” late 1960s brought that influence back home For anyone who looks upon the Disco Years with them, but Black R&B singers had already with fondness, regret, or a wish to have been started to release songs with the thumpa- there, “Hot Stuff” is a fun trip back. If you love thumpa-thumpa beat that was impossible to the ‘70s, you gotta have it. resist. Gotta have more? Look for Macho Man: The Disco might have stayed a largely unnoticed Disco Era and Gay America’s Coming Out by ModelMayhem.com/DaveOuano fad, had it not been for the Gay Revolution. As Randy Jones and Mark Bego; and The Fabulous recently as 1969, it was illegal in most major Sylvester: The Legend, The Music, The Seven- [email protected] ties in San Francisco by Joshua Gamson. WINDY CITY TIMES Dec. 29, 2010 19

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What a fun cago. I know [Real Housewives of Atlanta party and I am not tardy! co-star] Kim Zolciak did, and they loved her Kandi Burruss: I like your candy necklace. there. TO YOURS: WCT: Thanks. Is it weird for you to watch KB: That would be nice. If they asked me to the Xscape videos like they have on the tele- come out, I would. visions behind us at this place? WCT: You are touring with Fantasia, right? AN EASY PRESENT NO ONE WILL REGIFT.THE KB: Yeah, it caught me off guard when I first KB: I am. walked in. I was like, “Whoa!” It threw me off. I WCT: She is a sweetie. didn’t know they were going to be playing vid- KB: She is, and it’s like a family being on the eos from the first album. road. WCT: That’s wild. WCT: I heard a remix of your single “Leave KB: I always tell people that I was growing 2010/11 STEPPENWOLF PASS U” and it’s perfect for the clubs. 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I wrote songs for other people for so 30. many years. WCT: How does it feel to do your own thing ORDER ONLINE AT STEPPENWOLF.ORG now? Ke$ha in KB: It feels good. For a while I thought I wasn’t going to get that opportunity again. So Chicago Feb. 24 OR CALL 312-335-1650. it is really a blessing to be back doing my thing. Pop superstar Ke$ha’s “Get $leazy” tour will I see so many artists come and go. So I know bring her to Chicago Feb. 24, 2011. it’s not just a given that you get to do that. It She will perform at the House of Blues, 329 doesn’t just happen like that. I am really happy N. Dearborn. Ke$ha, who just won the MTV EDWARD ALBEE’S WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? DEC 2 - FEB 13 2010 and blessed to be able to come back again after EMA for Best New Act, is touring in support all this time. her newest CD, Cannibal (RCA Records / Ke- SEX WITH STRANGERS JAN 20 - MAY 15 2011 WCT: How do you feel about the music busi- mosabe Entertainment). It will be made avail- ness? It’s really different now. able for sale separately, as well as bundled THE HOT L BALTIMORE MAR 24 - MAY 29 2011 KB: It’s totally different. Back in the day it with Animal in a special deluxe repackage called Animal + Cannibal. wasn’t all about your personal life. When I first MIDDLETOWN JUNE 16 - AUG 14 2011 came out nobody was on the Internet. There For tickets, see http://www.Ticketmaster. were no blogs. So you were only hot because com and http://www.LiveNation.com. 20 Dec. 29, 2010 WINDY CITY TIMES Farrell duets with the open- ly gay Andy Bell on “Honey If You Love Him.” Jens Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears Lekman joins Tracey Thorn for the deliciously dark on concerts—and that cover take on Lee Hazlewood’s “Come on Home to Me.” Thrill Kill Kult. I used to follow them on tour Sarah Washington’s 1996 when I was in high school. They are a major, feel-good dance anthem major influence for my band. POP “Heaven” has been redone WCT: They are great. You are also a really by the team consisting of big Dolly Parton fan. I saw your Dolly inter- MAKING LFB, John LePage and siren view on Logo. Debby Holiday. The high- JS: It was a real dream come true. I have SENSE light of Groove Armada’s a total thing for real talent in older women. by David Byrne Black Light is out crooner Maybe just because I have a real bound with with Tony Peregrin Will Young’s cameo on these heroes from when I was a kid and I got- “History.” Kylie Minogue ten to meet so many of them and hang out guests on the moody elec- with them. It’s been amazing. You know, Jane tronic masterpiece “Devo- Fonda I’ve been hanging out with, and I did tion” by The Hurts. world fitness with her in Atlanta and she came This year was Robyn’s year. With the release of The remix of the to see us in Paris. I seriously have a club for three EPs, a performance at the Pitchfork Music year belongs to the Celebrity Murder Party Re- BY JERRY NUNN women over a certain age. Other than what it Festival and a sold out concert at The Metro, mix of Billie Ray Martin’s “Just Fascination.” is, that moment with Dolly was really one of the Swede cemented her comeback. Her somber This reworking gives the track that much more The Scissor Sisters are a fun disco-pop band my highlights of my life. electro goodie “Dancing on My Own” finds itself intensity. that has to be seen live to be believed. The WCT: I read that you are doing a musical being the best song of the year. Also not to be Seeing Frenchie Davis perform at Pride Fest band’s third album, Night Work, came out this version of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the missed are Robyn’s terrific remakes of Prince’s restored my faith in artists. The American Idol past year and now the act is on to 2011 as the City. “When Doves Cry” and Bjork’s “Hyperballad,” alumna nailed hits made popular by other fe- opener for Lady Gaga. The new year sounds like JS: Yes, it opens on June 1. We worked on which have popped up on YouTube. male artists, including Beyonce and Whitney heaven for the Jake Shears and the group! shopping it this past year. It’s going to be a I am enamored helplessly by Kylie Minogue’s Houston. The boisterous crowd loved Davis. She Windy City Times: Hey, Jake. You guys are great show. We worked on it for four years. It’s superb album, Aphrodite. The 12-track collec- felt the connection and sang “When Love Takes always on tour. Aren’t you exhausted? a really solid show, and really funny, sweet, tion is consistent dance pop at its finest—just Over” again as an encore. Jake Shears: Yeah, totally. I’m just kind of and sad, it just has a great overall vibe to it. check out the title track and “Closer.” Expect a Also giving fantastic concerts this year were chilling out and resting. WCT: I really like all the projects you guys tour in 2011. The Cowboy Junkies, The Ettes and Me’shell WCT: I saw you guys last time when you do, such as when Del Marquis had his side Also delivering the goods, Kelis delves into Ndegeocello. The Cowboy Junkies used a mix of were playing at the Riviera. It was a great project and I interviewed him. clubland with the phenomenal Flesh-Tone. Her album tracks, covers, new material and storytell- crowd. The energy was just incredible. JS: It’s important to do a little bit outside public divorce from Nas does not interfere with ing, which guaranteed a great night. For Lollapa- JS: The show is even better now and is really of the band just to kind of let the pressure go. the party vibe found here, as witnessed on “In- looza, I hurried to see The Ettes. Standing in the off the hook. It kind of makes the band fresher the more we tro” and “Scream.” second row, I was mesmerized by drummer Maria WCT: Describe a Scissors Sisters show for Andy Bell’s lively Non-Stop is a perfect suc- “Poni” Silver’s sexy, animalistic stage presence, people that don’t know or have not been. cessor to the Erasure frontman’s first solo bow, as the band performed a solid set including “No JS: It’s just super-high-energy. We got eight Home” and “Walk out That Door.” Ndegeocello people on stage and a couple of great backup wowed the audience at The Old Town School of singers that have really turned into part of the Folk Music with material from her latest, Devil’s band. It’s really intense. People really need to Halo, such as a rendition of “Let Me Love You see us live. Down,” “White Girl” and “Mass Transit.” WCT: I saw the video for “Any Which Way” Five female artists had videos that made big and that is a really fun video. Did you have impressions. “All the Lovers,” has Kylie Minogue to work out to be naked and be in those proclaiming her message atop an ever-growing tight crazy clothes? mound of beautiful 20-somethings kissing. Kelis JS: I had been training like a fool. Once I hit is a futuristic hunter and mother in “Acapella.” 30 I realized I had to get in a serious shape, so In “Pretty Girls Rock” Keri Hilson serves a his- I could work the stage the way I want to. It’s tory lesson by dressing up as iconic women super-physical, but the video is really fun and in music, like Josephine Baker, Janet Jackson I am really happy with it. We are a hard band and TLC. For the over-the-top “Telephone,” Be- to shoot videos for, embarrassingly enough, yonce picks up Lady Gaga out of prison before so this one really turned out to capture the the twosome poison everybody in a restaurant. song. can do outside of it. We are all really excited Dance routines, outrageous costumes, B-movie WCT: Are you single? to be doing Scissor Sisters right now. I think worthy dialogue and the Pussy Wagon from Kill JS: No, God no! It’s been six years that I’ve the band is happier. We are loving the music Bill Vol. 1 complete the clip. been with my significant other. We had our and making more. It has been great writing My favorite movie of the year is The Run- six-year anniversary in June and I am happily and it’s a nice moment for us right now. It’s a aways. Kristen Stewart has been panned for her practically married. record we are proud of. We love this album, we Robyn. Photo by Jerry Nunn acting; however, her portrayal of a young Joan WCT: Are you able to go out after your love playing it and pretty much play the entire Jett is well done. The outstanding soundtrack shows and do anything fun? record on the show. The energy is great if you features material by The Runaways, as well as JS: I usually don’t party after the shows. But are playing live. 2005’s Electric Blue. On “Will You Be There?” and David Bowie, Suzi Quatro and Sex Pistols. Stars when I am in Chicago, who knows? You know, WCT: Now who picked the album cover the ode to Debbie Harry “DHDQ,” the beats are, Stewart and Dakota Fanning even tackle The one of my top three all-time favorite bands are out? well, non-stop. Runaways’ classics “Cherry Bomb,” “Queens of from Chicago. They are called My Life With the JS: That would be me. Well it wasn’t a mat- Many have stepped out with dazzling debuts Noise” and “Dead End Justice.” ter of picking it out; it was just the moment I this year. Janelle Monae’s Metropolis-inspired Out last February, kd lang’s two-disc Recol- say it I knew it was it. I came across it and it The ArchAndroid contains the singles “Tight- lection is the best retrospective I have heard just shouted at me. This opens the album in so rope” and “Cold War.” But it is the avant-garde in awhile. She will be remembered forevermore many ways—just like playful [and] sexy, and it “Mushrooms & Roses” and “Wondaland” that for the Grammy-winning “Constant Craving,” but refers to dancing. It just got all these things make me look forward to Monae’s future in the lang’s voice is perfect on her versions of “Help- on it that makes me feel proud of this record. music industry. less,” “Hallelujah” and “Crying.” WCT: It’s really has a Studio 54 kind of Hailing from England, Exit Calm makes waves I felt such a beaming sense of pride when Levi feel and [is] very old school. with its self-titled debut. Otherworldly guitar Kreis won the Tony Award for his role in Million JS: Totally; I think the picture was taken in riffs and soaring vocals show influence from Dollar Quartet. The out singer-songwriter and 1980. Pearl Jam and U2, as heard on “We’re on Our actor portrays Jerry Lee Lewis in this musical, WCT: Well, looking forward to seeing you Own” and “Don’t Look Down.” which ran in Chicago before moving to Broad- at Lady Gaga. It should be an interesting Kelli Scarr has sung alongside Moby, Color of way. His song “Nothing at All” from the album night! Clouds and J.Viewz. Instead of favoring elec- Where I Belong reigned on top of Logo’s Click Jake and the gang join Gaga on the third tronica, she makes a natural progression with List as well. Bravo. leg of her Monster Ball Tour Monday, Feb. an organic Carole King-meets-Patsy Cline sound As I get older, I become more disgruntled with 28, at the United Center, 1901 W. Madison. on her fantastic full-length bow Piece. But how Top 40 offerings. Now, I wonder how many more Visit http://www.ticketmaster.com for tick- can somebody with such an angelic voice sing of hits the likes of Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Miley Cyrus, et information and http://www.scissorsist- heartache on “Break Up” and “Anything?” Black Eyed Peas and Justin Bieber have left be- Jake Shears of Scissor Sisters. ers.com for more about the band. This year saw some white-hot pairings. Perry fore their bubble-gum flavor wears out. WINDY CITY TIMES Dec. 29, 2010 21 BOOKS dust jacket] and, to me, it’s an art piece. there a place for that kind of portraiture to- WCT: You have a fondness for the glamour day? of that period. Was there more glamour then SS: Everybody wants a good picture. Everybody Steve Starr looks at Latin or do we have more media now? can be attractive, if they had a choice, and ev- SS: We have more media now, which ruins a eryone wants to look good. It’s in the cropping. stars’ glamorous lives lot of things. In person and in screen life, if you And there is a place for that. by YASMIN NAIR beautiful than the last. I had personal photos tell too much, it dispels the myth. [The studios] in them first, and then put stars in them, each tried to keep their stars as gods and goddesses, Photographer and Chicago native Steve Starr is one matched to the same time as I believed the so people saw them as ethereal things. known for his painstaking detail. Starr treats ev- frame was produced. Between 1926 and 1946, They didn’t have television projecting every ery photo like an elaborate portrait session, and that 20-year period. Then I put the Rizzoli book single moment of their lives. Years ago, when it’s no accident that he has long had a fascina- together. you’d go to downtown Chicago, you’d dress up. tion for the glamorous movie stars of the early I decided to write about movie stars and the People would never go in an airplane not dressed twentieth century, when film studios controlled very first story I wrote, about Dolores Del Rio, up. There’s nothing glamorous about airlines to- their images. Starr, a photographer and colum- was in Windy City Times. When people asked me day. That kind of excitement was just different. nist for Windy City Times, spoke recently about to put together a book on the stars, I didn’t WCT: Does your fascination for that time his latest book, Starrlight: Glamorous Latin want to do a comprehensive one because there period and the glamour influence your pho- Movie Stars of Early Hollywood (Minal Hajrat- are so many from the past. I wanted to concen- tographic aesthetic? wala, $30; First Flight Books; 74 pages), a set trate on that era and I like Latin art and culture SS: Yes, they took such time with the angles of illustrated biographies of Maria Montez, Rita and music. I like Rita Hayworth, and I thought of the photos and only published the good ones. Hayworth, Lupe Velez, Carmen Miranda and Do- Dolores Del Rio was the most beautiful woman, They only took the best. They took care with lores Del Rio. so I thought I would pick Latin stars. different types of photography, and they didn’t Windy City Times: Your last book was a Riz- What fascinated me were two things. They were produce hundreds of pictures of one sitting. zoli publication about Art Deco frames (Pic- very, very famous at one time, just as famous as They put out the best they could and they were presenting an image to people. I collected those images and looked at them every day for 30 years, on my walls. Before that I would paint faces and I’d exhibit in art shows. I’d always drawn faces, even as a little kid; I don’t know why, I still do. So I have a very, very good eye for angles and proportions. Proportions are the whole thing. Someone might be good-looking but you turn their head just a little bit and they look even better. Even if it’s just a snapshot, I make everybody look as good as I possibly can. I don’t want anyone complaining. And it’s really helped me in that field, too. [My subjects] always say, “That’s the best picture of me!” It’s easier for me because I am good at proportioning how to get the best. Also, they have fun with me. I don’t just walk by Delores Del Rio as seen in the book. Image and snap them. courtesy of Steve Starr WCT: These days, with Facebook and all the technology, everybody’s a photographer. Is

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NEXT WEEK IN a GAYin the LIFE Benjamin Sprunger Actor WINDY CITY TIMES Dec. 29, 2010 23 the need to have complete disclosure of their ganizations and larger national organizations, of finances. I think that made a lot of people in the which HRC is representative because of its size Rick Garcia’s community very nervous, especially people who and political clout in Washington, D.C. In that June deal with non-profits.” Czar was also critical of context, for some, Garcia’s ouster may in part be supporters LaTrobe. EI, saying, “I think the organization is becom- a symptom of larger questions haunting the gay ing way too elitist and I think that Rick was non-profit world as it struggles to survive in a speak out the person that stood for the people they were bad economy. representing. When you’re representing a com- In the case of EI, details are still emerging and By Yasmin Nair munity, you need to be a little bit more open the principals involved have somewhat different to an approach from the community and I think versions of what happened and why. Nonethe- The firing of Rick Garcia as political director they’re just saying now, ‘Well, we’re going to do less, what is clear is that Garcia enjoys the sup- for Equality Illinois (EI) has sent shock waves this our way, shut up.’” port of many in the community, even those who around the city, state and national LGBTQ com- Asked to elaborate on the organization’s elit- may not support his style of leadership. Many munities. The news of his forced departure has ism, Czar said, “They’re not very open to input have expressed a sense that Garcia’s firing hap- caused members of the community to speak out from anybody in the community who doesn’t pened in the wrong way and at the wrong time. on his behalf. In the process, speculations and give a lot of money, who isn’t influential. It’s Last week, Cherkasov stated that there is never rumor have been swirling around. become less of a grassroots organization and a right time for such a decision. Yet, that may Over the holiday weekend, friends and col- more of a social elite.” He also said that he had not appease those who see an ominous signifi- leagues of Garcia spoke out on his behalf. Garcia often heard the comment, “I don’t have time cance in the fact that Garcia was let go shortly also spoke with Windy City Times, and his com- to meet with somebody who’s going to give me after the passage of a historic civil-unions bill ments are in a separate interview in this issue. a $35 check.” He would not name the people (an effort that was coordinated by a confluence Catherine Sikora, a member of the EI board of concerned. According to him, “Rick was always of organizations and legislators including Rep. directors, was one of those who did not sign on that, “The leadership of Equality Illinois created the person who was willing to show up at every Greg Harris, not just EI) and the week before to a brief board announcement about the fir- undue bad press for themselves. I think they event regardless of how much money it raised.” Christmas. ing. She told Windy City Times (WCT) this was handled the situation quite poorly. … Letting The speculation that Garcia’s ouster is directly Garcia was at the organization for its entire because she “didn’t think [the firing] was a good him go two weeks after the civil unions bill was related to EI moving in new directions has aris- existence, as a co-founder. He was its face and idea. The whole situation wasn’t a good idea.” passed, a week before Christmas, a month before en among community members. June LaTrobe, voice. That speaks to his longevity as an orga- She would not elaborate on details, citing con- the gala was horrible. … . I think it’s disgust- a transgender activist, spoke of her displeasure nizer and the unique stamp he provided EI, but fidentiality reasons, and said she hoped things ing. … I think it created more bad feelings in with what she saw as Executive Director Bernard it may also indicate that, perhaps, his departure would be resolved amicably, adding, “To see this the community and it was something that wasn’t Cherkasov wanting closer ties with the Human was inevitable as part of the natural course of happening is just not pretty and it’s sadden- very well thought out. “ Rights Campaign (HRC). HRC’s relationship with a long-standing non-profit poised at a transi- ing.” Asked what the reasons for the firing might the transgender community has been rocky ever tion point. Nevertheless, the firing has undoubt- Art Johnston, a close friend and longtime as- have been, he speculated that “Equality Illinois since the organization agreed to take gender edly left a sore spot in the community and if sociate of Garcia, also did not sign on; he has so is trying to go in a different way. I think the identity out of the Employment Non-Discrimi- responses so far are an indication, EI has some far not responded to WCT’s calls. organization is kind of becoming obsolete and nation Act in 2008 [they have since reversed explaining to do. On Dec. 23, a group of four demonstrators I think they’re trying to rethink their purpose. course]. Since then, many transgender activists According to Czar, “the organization was se- showed up outside the EI office to protest his Rick is vocal; his communications about the still speak and write of what they often refer to verely hurt by the way they handled this. Throw- ouster. Garcia, who was in Miami at the time, openness of non-profit organizations made them as HRC’s betrayal. LaTrobe also complained that ing out our elders, one of the founders, out, said that he was heartened by the support but nervous.” Cherkasov was spending a lot of time in Wash- without a word to the community is disgusting. had nothing to do with the protest. Elaborating on that point, Czar said, “He’s ington, D.C. I think that Equality Illinois has to remember One of those at the protest was Robert Czar, made comments about Howard Brown [Health It should be emphasized that there are no that not only does it represent the community, who volunteered and then worked at EI for a Center] because of their financial issues and proven direct links between HRC and what hap- but it’s also supported by the community [in its] total of four years until last spring. He said pened to Garcia. As the accompanying interview finances and volunteers, and I think they’re go- tacked, when we have had to stand up and do with Garcia makes clear, the issue may be a ing to be a little more hard-pressed right now to GARCIA from page 13 something, I and people I have been critical of larger one of the relationship between state or- get that support.” paid the rent. And God forbid that I would get have stood shoulder to shoulder to get the job sick. done. I haven’t had a raise in three years, I’ve nev- I think that Bernard can and does add a very er asked for a raise. For me this is not about important role and does add a very important the money, and never has been. It would not element to Equality Illinois and that is rais- SSaattuurrddaayy,, JJaannuuaarryy 11sstt ing the necessary funds for our work. But he be accurate to say that for the last three years, AA ssppaarrkklliinngg,, ffrreesshh ssttaarrtt ttoo I wasn’t paid, that’s not true. But in the early doesn’t understand that politics isn’t pretty and tthheeNNEEWW YYEEAARR days, that is true; for the last 5 or 10 years, no. that politics isn’t polite, and he has a problem OOppeenn aatt 33ppmm.. I was paid and then finally got health benefits. with my style. He should understand that we One of the [former] presidents of our board, have to play hardball if we want to win. If we GGiivvee--aawwaayyss aallll ddaayy iinncclluuddiinngg:: Mike McHale, found out I didn’t have health just want to raise money and hobnob in D.C. benefits and he got those for me. and have cocktail parties … but I’ll tell you •• EEllyyssiiaann SSppaa GGiifftt PPaacckkaaggee WCT: Did you get a raise when Bernard was there is no one, no one there right now that • Hermes Robe hired? has political experience, that has strategic ex- • Hermes Robe RG: I can’t recall. perience or that knows Illinois politics the way •• EEvviiaann wwaatteerr ffoorr aa yyeeaarr WCT: What do you want to come out of all that I do. And I don’t know who they’re going of this? Do you want to return to Equality to get. •• SSuurrpprriissee HHeerrmmeess ggiifftt!! Illinois? Do you want to found your own or- WCT: Have you received any offers from ganization? elsewhere? RG: There are a number of people who have RG: In addition to [being asked] if I would suggested that I found another organization. found another organization, there have been I’m very disinclined to do that because I think other organizations that have said, “We would that we need to have a more unified communi- love to have you.” And there have been some ty, not a more divided community. But I’m not elected officials who said, “Whatever you need opposed to that if the new direction of Equal- from me, let me know. Because we’d love to ity Illinois is to bastardize the organization have you.” Although, that’s not what my ca- and turn it into an Illinois HRC—a mini-HRC reer path is been, I’m not so sure I want to do where we have our eyes on the dollar bill and that. I have time to figure it all out. not on the prize. I would absolutely go back to WCT: Were you offered any kind of settle- Equality Illinois. I founded it, I know what its ment package by EI? mission and goals are. I know what it’s about, RG: Yes, and it’s sitting on my attorney’s I put blood, sweat and tears there. And so I desk, and I have 20 days to accept it or reject would see if we could negotiate something and it. The package that they offered me, what I Join us on... work something out. can say about it is that it’s completely unac- WCT: But given all of that which has hap- ceptable. pened, are you concerned about a huge per- WCT: Why is it unacceptable? Is it the fi- sonality clash between you and Cherkasov, nancial terms or and/or anything else? for instance? RG: It’s financial terms and some other things RG: He probably would not be able to work that are just unacceptable and that I can’t talk with me because he’s not from the world that about. ® I’m from. In politics, there are no permanent WCT: There are rumors of “pending litiga- friends and there are no permanent enemies. tion?” 3349 N. Halsted RG: Well I have retained an attorney, but 33334499 NN.. HHaallsstteedd And I think that even my critics in this com- SiidetrackChiicago..com munity know that when we have been at- there’s no pending litigation. SidetrackChicago.com 24 Dec. 29, 2010 WINDY CITY TIMES

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Sponsored by Palm Springs Howard Brown Featuring the Queen of and adults for 65 years – comes to life com midnight. 9 p.m., River Rand Bowl - Des Tourism and Stoli. 9 p.m., Sidetrack, 3349 Sissy Bounce Big Freedia & the Divas, at Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chi- Plaines N Halsted, http://www.sidetrackchicago. Nobunny, DJ Rusty Lazer and DJ Wildcard cago. 9:30 a.m., Kohl Children’s Museum, Friday, Dec. 31 com will be offering support to Chicago’s How- http://www.kohlchildrensmuseum.org Coming Together” Relaxing overnight get- New Year’s Eve Celebration/ Lady GaGa ard Brown Health Center. One dollar from Carol Moseley Braun LGBT meet-and-greet Sunday, Jan. 16 away for a few hundred women who love Her HRC: A Burlesque Affair HER HRC is a ticket giveaway Join Club Krave for our every ticket sold will go directly to the at Downtown Bar & Lounge, 440 N. State, women presented by Class ‘C’ Entertain- Celebration of Women and a great tool to grand New Year’s Eve Celebration. 1st 50 HBHC and will be matched by Living Phil- 5-8 p.m. The Chicago mayoral candidate ment features luxurious accommodations, unite our communities. We are VERY ap- Guests who purchase advanced tickets re- anthropic, a remarkable project launched will speak on LGBT rights. See http:// a welcome mix & mingle, candlelight din- preciative of Atmosphere for joining HRC, ceive a FREE bottle of Champagne at the as “an ordinary guy’s guide to giving back www.CarolForChicago.com. ner, big-screen movie collection of short to put together this amazing party so that door. Hors d’oeuvres and champagne toast every day.” TicketWeb is knocking $1 off films relating to lesbian of color experi- we ALL can enjoy our equality TOGETHER. and ball drop outside at midnight. VJ Mix- its ticketing fees on this show and we Wed., Jan. 5 ences written, produced and directed by 11 p.m., @mosphere, 5355 N. Clark, MasterF. Grand prize raffle of 2 LADY GaGa have placed an option to offer a $5 dona- Amy Armstrong and Freddy Allen Live at http://www.hrc.org/herhrc tion to the health center when tickets are Rehab Join the zany and talented Amy purchased. Presenters of the show, 312/ Armstrong and Freddy Allen for a night of Goose Island, have also joined the cause cabaret and comedy at Rehab. 9 p.m., Re- Monday, Jan. 24 Josh Moshier’s Studs Terkel Project New and have pledged to donate a portion of hab Lounge, 3641 N Halsted, http://www. jazz composition inspired by the writing the proceeds made from the sale of 312 amyfreddy.com/music-and-comedy/ of Studs Terkel, the Chicago historian, au- for the night directly to the HBHC. 11:15 thor, and eclectic disc jockey best known p.m., Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western, Thursday, Jan. 6 for recording and sharing the stories of http://www.emptybottle.com ‘80s Top-Shelf Night at Charlie’s Char- ordinary people. Free, seating first come, Art Haus New Year’s Eve Absolut presents lie’s features half price on any top shelf first seated. 6:30 p.m., Chicago Cultural Art Haus New Year’s Eve with DAAN, DJ drinks you want. DJ Matt spins sweet 80 Center, 78 E. Washington, http://www. Greg Haus, hosts Adam Guerino and The tunes till 4 a.m. 3 p.m., 773-871-8887, chicagoculturalcenter.org Puterbaugh Sisterz. Art installation by Charlie’s, 3726 N. Broadway, http://char- Nestor. Advance tickets available through lieschicago.com website. $10 cover and up. 10:15 p.m., Friday, Jan. 28 emma’s revolution in concert at the Uni- Berlin, 954 W Belmont Ave, http://www. Saturday, Jan. 8 tarian Church of Evanston, 1330 Ridge, berlinchicago.com Burning Bowl Ceremony An affirmation ceremony, listing and burning negative Evanston. Tickets: $18 advance, $22 at Saturday, Jan. 1 thoughts, challenges, or outcomes from the door. Advance tickets available online at http://emmasrevolution.com/live or New Year’s Bowl Games at Crew Watch New the previous year and listing affirmations, at the Unitarian Church of Evanston. For Year’s Bowl Games at Crew. TicketCity Bowl goals, and focus areas for the New Year. more information email, uce@ucevanston. at 11 a.m. Capital One and Outback Bowls The program also includes performances org. 8 p.m., Unitarian Church of Evanston, at noon. Gator Bowl at 12:30 p.m. Rose and motivational speakers. Participants http://emmasrevolution.com/live Bowl at 3:30 p.m. Fiesta Bowl at 7:30 p.m. are encouraged to bring a dessert and $2.75 Bud Light drafts, $6 Double Bloody pledges for 2011. 1 p.m., Hyde Park Union Marys, $12 Mimosa and Sangria pitchers. Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn, http://www. Saturday, Feb. 12 Burning Bowl Ceremony An Equality Illi- 11am, Crew Bar & Grill, 4804 N. Broadway, affinity95.org nois 20th Annual Justice for All Benefit http://www.worldsgreatestbar.com Blue Suede Shoes: The Ultimate Tribute Gala Continuing its more than decade- New Year’s Day pajama party Wear your PJs Celebrate Elvis Presley’s 76th birthday at long tradition as the largest LGBT black- to Scot’s and have your first Bloody Mary The Center for Performing Arts at Gover- tie gala in the Midwest Equality Illinois of 2011. Brunch at the Omelet Bar begins nors State University when “Blue Suede hosts its 2011 Justice for All Benefit Gala. at noon. Get ready for Houlihan’s famous Shoes: The Ultimate Tribute” performs for 6 p.m., Chicago Hilton and Towers, 720 sausage ring! 11 a.m., Scot’s, 1829 W. one night only. 8 p.m., 708-235-2222, The S. Michigan, http://www.eqil.org/gala2/ Montrose Center for Performing Arts at GSU, http:// gala2.html New Year’s Day Drag Matinee featuring the www.centertickets.net/tickets_events. EVE ON DOWN THE ROAD House of Santana, hosted by Mini Shaina aspx?id=36684 with DJ Jobot. 10 p.m., Berlin, 954 W. Friday, Dec. 31 Belmont, http://www.berlinchicago.com Tuesday, Jan. 11 Best-of-the-Decade Pajama Dance Party Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Remember the aughts with a Best-of-the- Art An internationally traveling multi-me- There’ll be plenty of partyin’ going on at a variety of clubs and private events around town. Get Photo from 2008 by Kat Fitzgerald (MysticImagesPhotography.com) : WindyCityMediaGroup.com online ChicagoPride.com WINDY CITY TIMES Dec. 29, 2010 25

For the month of December, Nightspots is doing something a little different with the Special content from Gift Guide (December 8) and the year-end BILLY MASTERS retrospective issue (December 22). nightspots Never fear! Turn to this space each week in Groundhog Day). The real reason Sanker wanted “I need a girlfriend. I’m looking for funny, some- me there was because a film crew from The Real December for all your nightspots-y goodness. Also, “like” our Facebook page (www.facebook. one who can deal with a busy schedule, which Housewives of Atlanta would be there to capture com/nightspots) for even more pictures of all has been a problem in the past. Just a cool girl. the “performance” of Kim Zolciak. I eschewed your favorite nightlife denizens. I need someone to hang out with me.”—Evan all discussions about her singing, such as it is, Lysacek says what he’s looking for in a girl- and focused on her personal life—‘cause that’s friend. Yeah, that’s what straight guys always what I do. As it turns out, that’s exactly what say they’re looking for—a funny girl. the Bravo folks wanted, and you know I aim to Race to the finish You know what 2010 was? Exhausting! Are the please. Looks like I’ll be back in Palm Springs for Mimi, Jade and Shangela of RuPaul’s Drag Race did it up up at Spin on Sat., Dec. 18. years getting busier or am I simply getting old- Photos by Jerry Nunn. er? Don’t answer that. Preparing this year-end column is a little like death—I had to go over 51 columns and had the entire year pass before my very eyes. Early in 2010, Bette Midler ended her very suc- cessful Vegas show, “The Showgirl Must Go On.” At the time, I bemoaned that the Divine Miss M hadn’t filmed this stage extravaganza, but she’s no dummy. This New Year’s Eve, Bette debuts the show on HBO—pretty much ensuring that she’ll turn up on the red carpet for the 2011 Emmys. One of my favorite scandalous stories seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle. Larry King and his 72nd wife, Shawn, filed for divorce. It was alleged that Larry was having an affair with Shawn’s sister, while his wife was fooling around with her sons’ baseball coach! CNN tried to do Teens Derrick Martin and Constance McMil- damage control in a unique way—they basically len are Billy Masters’ storymakers of the year. pushed Larry into retirement! Now Larry’s back Photo courtesy of Martin with Shawn (well, he thinks it’s Shawn), and he’s sitting in the living room asking, “Is the Sanker’s White Party April 8-10. More details to caller there?” follow... We regularly ran salacious and titillating vid- Everyone’s talking about the repeal of “Don’t eos on BillyMasters.com. And yet, my favorite Ask, Don’t Tell,” but as far as I’m concerned, the video of the year features no flesh whatsoever. big gay story of the year focused on a handful of It is a performance by that song-and-dance duo, teens who demanded equal treatment. Constance Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. When Katie was McMillen from Aberdeen, Miss., decided to fight asked to perform at the annual benefit for the her school when they told her she couldn’t bring Motion Picture and Television Fund, she enlisted her girlfriend to the prom. She sued, she won the aid of Mr. Cruise for a number from Damn and the school cancelled the prom. The happy Yankees. As I said at the time, the pair sizzled ending is that she got tons of publicity, includ- with sexual chemistry not seen between a couple ing an appearance on Ellen, where Tonic.com since Eyes Wide Shut! Apparently, whatever Ka- presented her with a $30,000 college scholar- tie wants, Katie gets ... well, until the contract ship. runs out—did she get 10 years, too? While this was going on, Derrick Martin in Ma- There certainly is no absence of chemistry con County, Ga., wanted to go to the prom with between Calvin Klein and his latest paramour. his boyfriend. As with Constance, there was no When the 67-year-old designer showed up on legal reason why he couldn’t—except he needed red carpets from Manhattan to the Hamptons permission from the principal since his boy- with 20-year-old aspiring model Nick Gruber, friend didn’t go to the same school. The princi- tongues were wagging (well, I suspect they pal gave consent and the happy couple attended were wagging long before then—possibly in the as planned. On the downside, Derrick was thrown limo). When Nick was identified as online porn out of his parents’ home. It should be noted that star Aaron Skyline, we were in heaven. And the not only is his father a teacher at the school— videos of him in action certainly made people he was voted Teacher of the Year in 2008. What flock to BillyMasters.com—and why wouldn’t a difference a year makes. they? The boy plays well with others. I’d be remiss if I didn’t note the accomplish- The worlds of reality television and gay porn ments of mega-hot Broadway babe Nick Adams. got blurred when Steven Daigle from “Big Broth- In a very short time, he went from being sexy er” was recruited by Chi Chi La Rue. He had a featured chorus boy, to sexy featured chorine as banner year: made a splash in porn, had a gay a Cagelle in La Cage aux Folles to nabbing a lead porn boyfriend, got into a fistfight in public, role in the upcoming Priscilla, Queen of the Des- ended up in the hospital and was arrested. And ert, which is being produced by ... you guessed he thought it was rough having to deal with Ju- it, Bette Midler. See? We’ve come full circle! lie Chen! When we’re playing six degrees of Bette Midler, Over Halloween, we got a treat when “Flipping it’s definitely time to end yet another year. I Out” assistant Trace Lehnhoff turned up at WeHo told you it was exhausting. And yet, the year festivities showing off his well-defined torso in wasn’t a complete success. I opened 2010 by football shoulder pads, a jock strap and a smile! saying I wanted to appear on “Wipe Out.” I don’t Since we have even more revealing Christmas know why—I have a penchant for large balls, I photos, we think this is the perfect time to guess. But, alas, that dream went unfulfilled— check out BillyMasters.com for a little ho, ho, along with my early ambition of playing a mur- ho. der victim on Unsolved Mysteries. There’s always I don’t have many virgin experiences left in next year, at least for “Wipe Out” (my corpse me, but this year I got to experience my first dream died when Robert Stack became one). White Party. It all started when Jeffrey Sanker For the best gossip around, you should keep asked me to come to Palm Springs and inter- an eye on www.BillyMasters.com, the site that view arriving luminaries on the white carpet. I never sleeps. Of course, I’m always at Billy@Bil- was able to finally attend since the party had lyMasters.com, and I promise to get back to you moved from its nomadic Easter weekend to the before my next virgin experience. So, until next now stationary second weekend in April (Eas- year, remember, one man’s filth is another man’s ter’s a big day in the Masters family—that and bible. 26 Dec. 29, 2010 WINDY CITY TIMES She previously spent two years working at a tan- actual humans, and people who can get physical Transgender ning salon. in the ring; we’re not just these fragile individu- “I would love to pursue a full-time career in als,” Moreno said. “I hope to be a role model to pro wrestling—with WWE, TNA, or in Mexico other transgenders in the future.” wrestler or Japan,” Moreno said. “My character is very Moreno is single and said she is attracted to mysterious; not many people know much about men. making name me. My character also is hardcore; I’ve done “The wrestlers have been great; I’ve never had some crazy stunts in the past, some crazy dives, a [personal] problem with another wrestler, and in the ring [through] tables, barbed wire and more. hope I never do,” Moreno said. “They have been By Ross Forman “I’m pretty wild in the ring; I’m kind of crazy very respectful to my lifestyle.” and out there.” For more about “Amanda,” go to http://www. In the ultra-macho, predominantly male world Being an out trans also has never been an is- santinobros.com. of pro wrestling, Mariah Moreno certainly stands sue. out—even at only 5’9” and 140 pounds. “I was born male and, at age 15, I decided to Moreno is, perhaps, the only out transgender start living my life as a female,” said Moreno, pro wrestler in the world, although now she is who had breast-augmentation surgery about five Chicago Red Stars just making her name—”Amanda, The Blood- years ago. “I plan on going forward with [full thirsty Vixen”—competing in small regional, transition] surgery within the next five to seven suspend operations domestic promotions, often in front of sparse years. The Chicago Red Stars will suspend opera- crowds. Mariah Moreno a.k.a. Amanda, The Blood- tions because they do not have the funds thirsty Vixen. Photo courtesy of Moreno “I’ve actually felt this way since the age of She’s nowhere near the worldwide fame that 5. I was very open and vocal about how I felt needed to commit to playing for the 2011 comes to all associated with World Wrestling at a very, very young age. In kindergarten, for Women’s Professional Soccer season, ESPN she said, “it’s been amazing, really a lot of fun, Entertainment (WWE) or Total Nonstop Action instance, when the teacher asked to divide the has reported. with a lot of friendly people.” (TNA) Wrestling, the top two promotions in the students, boys on one side and girls on the oth- Co-owner/Governor Arnim Whisler said, Being transgender has not been a problem United States. But the girl’s got a dream, that’s er, I strongly felt I was female, so I went over “This has been a very difficult and complex for Moreno. Or for the wrestlers she works with for sure—and she thinks big. to the girls’ side. And I caused a scene when the decision. We love this team, our players, staff and against. But some promoters have told her, “I’ve always been a fan,” of pro wrestling, said teacher asked me to go to the boys’ side [of the and fans. Everything was trending well for our ‘Thanks, but no thanks.’ And that doesn’t bother Moreno, 27, who has had a particular fondness room], so much that my grandmother, who was breakthrough 2011 season, but the abrupt Moreno. for the now-defunct Gorgeous Ladies of Wres- my guardian, had to be called in.” loss of the Bay Area team scared away some “That’s absolutely fine and understandable tling (GLOW). At 10, “that’s when I really started to feel like of our planned investors, and we simply could since those are family-oriented companies with “While in high school, I caught wrestling on I was not in the right body,” Moreno said. not recover in time.” a high percent of minors in the crowd,” Moreno TV, and quickly became addicted. I had to watch At 15, Moreno started dressing like a female, Windy City Times will have more on this de- said. “There’s a secret behind the name, A-man- it; I couldn’t get enough of it. And still can’t, “and it worked for me.” velopment. duh,” she says, stressing each syllable. to this day.” It worked despite issues from other students. “I’ve had a couple of companies in southern Moreno lives in Long Beach, Calif., and has “Yeah, I’ve had my share of brutal kids, but I California that will not hire me because I’m Chicago MSA competed for such promotions as East Coast Lu- think I ultimately gained their respect because transgender—that’s because they are family-ori- cha Libre and Legion Championship Wrestling. I wasn’t one to be picked on,” Moreno said. “I ented companies with a lot of kids in the crowd. badminton doubles She has been a wrestling manager for three lived my life the way I wanted to live it, and I Winter doubles will return Monday nights It bothers me, but I totally understand because, years and actually wrestling for a year. think everyone in school knew that. I’ve always beginning Jan. 10 at the Broadway Armory, well, I’m something out of the ordinary; I’m not “I was nervous just a bit [when I started in been vocal about who and what I am. And I 5917 N. Broadway. something you’re going to see when you go to wrestling], but really no different than anything wasn’t going to let anyone shut me up or scare Dates are Jan. 10, 24 and 31; Feb. 7, 14 the normal grocery story, for instance.” else that I do in life. When I start a new job, me, not at all.” and 28; March 7, 14, 21 and 28; and April 4, Still, she added, “I’ve had an exciting career or go to school, or go to the market … yeah, Does Moreno consider herself a role model for 11, 18 and 25. Team fees are $160, with an so far.” I’m being more physical with these people [as a the LGBT community? additional fee of $5 per player. Moreno wrestles almost every weekend, and wrestler], but it’s work; it’s a job,” she said. “I’m not sure about [being] a role model, but Team entry deadline is Jan. 17; see http:// works as a caregiver to the elder in her day job. Amanda wrestles against men and women, and I do feel like I am opening doors, and I hope www.ChicagoMSA.org. the world is noticing that transgenders are as Obama and the Gays Dilbeck to A POLITICAL MARRIAGE head T2 By Ross Forman The new book by Tracy Baim Mike Dilbeck has been promoted to national director for the Team To End AIDS (T2), the endurance-training program started in 2010 by the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC). Available on Amazon.com and Amazon Kindle T2 is expanding in 2011, with programs start- ing in Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; Houston; tinyurl.com/ObamaGayBook and http://tinyurl.com/ObamaGayKindle and perhaps elsewhere. He described T2’s ex- pansion as “very exciting and daunting.” Also available at Dilbeck, 46, has been living in Chicago for Women & Children First Bookstore 10 years and now resides in west Lakeview. He (5233 N. Clark, Chicago) is accountable for the national T2 brand and the expansion of T2 across the United States. Unabridged Books 570 He previously was T2’s Program Director for Mike Dilbeck. (3251 N. Broadway, Chicago) Chicago. Dilbeck said he wants T2 to “blow the roof pages off what’s possible in the number of people by the virus, [the LGBT community] is a criti- registered and the amount of money raised” cally important community to T2 and we invite for AFC in 2011. His goals are 1,250 Chicago everyone in the LGBT community to get in- registrants and more than $750,000 raised for volved: participate, volunteer and/or donate,” 140 AFC. Dilbeck said. In 2010, about 225 T2 runners completed In 2011, T2 also will expand its local train- photos the Bank of America Chicago Marathon in Octo- ing with three new events: the Honolulu Mara- ber, and through all of T2’s endurance-training thon, the Wrigley Field Road Tour (a 100-mile and images events, they raised about $700,000. bicycle ride) and the Steelhead Half Ironman “It has always been our goal to have T2 ex- triathlon. pand into a national program,” Dilbeck said. Dilbeck has completed five marathons. His “[Expansion] means a great deal to everyone best time is five hours, 20 minutes. He is not here in Chicago, especially the AIDS Founda- planning to run a marathon in 2011, but will tion of Chicago as the founding agency.” participate in the seven-day bicycle ride from T2 trains runners to complete marathons, San Francisco to Los Angeles. half-marathons and triathlons. In addition, Dan Lakin has been promoted Many of T2’s participants, as well as organiz- to assistant program director, while Chris Mat- ers and coaches, come from the LGBT commu- thews is now T2’s program sirector in Chicago. nity. Lakin completed the Honolulu Marathon Dec. www.ObamaAndTheGays.com “As one of the communities most impacted 12, his fourth 26.2-mile race in 2010. WINDY CITY TIMES Dec. 29, 2010 27 CONNEXIONS MAKE IT YOUR BUSINESS The Law Offices of THE Ray J. Koenig III and Clark Hill PLC Ray is a legal authority on all of his Alexander Weaver EVERYDAY practice areas, which include probate, trusts, guardianship, estate planning, PSYCHIC and elder law, including the litigation 312-588-5005 by Delphina of those areas. He is a longtime advocate for and member of the email: [email protected] LGBT community, and is involved in How do I harness my several charitable groups, community associations, and professional A Full Service organizations. 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