OUT MLB UMPIRE DALE SCOtt PAGE 30 WINDY CITY THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 DEC. 17, 2014 VOL 30, NO. 12 TIMESwww.WindyCityMediaGroup.com Top world LGBT stories of 2014 BY Lisa KEEN KEEN NEWS SERVICE The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear appeals seeking to pre- serve bans on marriage for same-sex couples. President Obama fi- nally signed a long-sought executive order protecting LGBT people who work for federal contractors. And an openly gay college foot- TRANS ActIVIST ball player kissed his boyfriend in front of a television camera after becoming the first openly gay player to be hired by a professional JOY MORRIS team. PASSES AWAY Oh, yes—and the Republican Party won a majority in the U.S. PAGE 12 Senate. Those are likely to be the most remembered events for LGBT people for 2014—a year packed with many important events, both symbolic and significant, but a year that nonetheless played sec- ond fiddle to 2013. Many of the LGBT headlines in 2014 centered on marriage because, in 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the key provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act was un- In July, President Obama signed an executive order federal contractors from discriminating against employees or potential employees based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Turn to page 4 Photo by Patsy Lynch REACHING ‘SHOW’ TIME OUT Myles Brady is Howard page 25 Brown Health Center’s first- JUDY BAAR ever transgender outreach TOPINKA DIES coordinator. Read more on PAGE 10 page 9. Photo courtesy of Brady page 9 HOZIER TAKES US TO CHURCH Oscar-winning Kathy Bates tackles the American Horror Story series for a PAGE 23 second time, playing a bearded lady on “Freak Show.” Read more about this accomplished actress on page 25. Photo by Michele K. Short 2 Dec. 17, 2014 WINDY CITY TIMES WINDY CITY TIMES this week in NEWS WINDY CITY TIMES Dec. 17, 2014 Top 10 national LGBT news items LGBT steelworkers Trans engineer Christine Bland ENTERTAINMENT/EVENTS Task Force’s Stacey Long Simmons 4 Scottish Play Scott: Andrews 5 Beth Glover of ‘Cinderella’ Choucair to step down HBHC’s Myles Brady 6 Breakthrough singer Hozier 3 Judy Baar Topinka dies 7 Knight: Hobbit, Babadook 15 22 Trans activist Joy Morris dies 8 Kathy Bates chats with WCT 23 Gay in the Life 9 Dish: Bountiful Eatery profile 24 Letters 10 12 25 OUTLINES 28 13 Classifieds 14 Calendar Out MLB umpire Dale Scott Images on cover (left, from top): Photo of Dale Scott courtesy of Scott; photo of Joy Morris by 26 Kate Sosin; headshot of Judy Baar Topinka; photo of Hozier by Alex Lake 28 30 OUT MLB UMPIRE DALE SCOTT PAGE 30 WINDY CITY THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 DEC. 17, 2014 VOL 30, NO. 12 TIMESwww.WindyCityMediaGroup.com Top world LGBT stories of 2014 BY LISA KEEN KEEN NEWS SERVICE The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear appeals seeking to pre- serve bans on marriage for same-sex couples. 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But the decision a “dangerous and radical departure rights ordinance prohibiting discrimination truth is ENDA and other pro-LGBT legislation from existing law,” saying it could provide a based on sexual orientation and gender had virtually no chance of passage while Dem- constitutional. That prompted court after court means for employers to discriminate against identity. Mayor Annise Parker pushed for the ocrats controlled the Senate, either, because to echo that decision, in U.S. v. Windsor, while LGBT people by denying coverage for such measure and, when it passed, was threatened Republican House Speaker John Boehner made striking down state bans on such marriages things as reproductive insemination, gender- with a recall. But neither the recall nor a prom- clear, and made good, on his promise not to around the country. ised referendum on the measure ever made it give such legislation floor time. Meanwhile, a Polls indicated that public opinion about to the ballot. Human Rights Campaign survey this year found same-sex relationships improved more dramati- 10. The Republicans won control of the that 53 percent of LGBT people still hide their cally this year than on any other controversial U.S. Senate in November, giving the GOP con- sexual orientation from almost everybody at issue, with 58 percent telling Gallup that “gay trol of both chambers of Congress and making work. and lesbian relations” are “morally acceptable.” the prospects for passage of any pro-LGBT leg- ©2014 Keen News Service. All rights re- And a federal district court judge appointed islation—including the Employment Non-Dis- served. by Republican President George W. Bush de- clared a marriage ban in Pennsylvania uncon- stitutional, adding, “We are a better people than what these laws represent, and it is time to discard [such bans] into the ash heap of history.” By this time next year, there’s a good chance that bans on same-sex marriage will be on the ash heap of history, and the Supreme Court could make that happen as early as next month. But, first, here’s a look back on what the LGBT history books will likely record as the po- litical and legal events of 2013 which had the greatest impact on LGBT lives: 1. The U.S. Supreme Court issued an or- ders list Oct. 6, the first day of its 2014-15 session, denying petitions from five states seeking to preserve bans on same-sex mar- riage. The refusal to take up the appeals meant that at least six justices did not feel the ap- Houston Mayor Annise Parker. Photo by peals merited consideration (it takes four Dalton DeHart justices to agree to hear an appeal before it can be taken up by the full court). And, given reassignment treatments, or HIV-prevention that the refusal to hear the appeals meant that Danny Garvin (left) and David Carter.