STORYTELLING Activist/Author Mixner Brings Unique Story to Chicago

David Mixner. Photo by Nigel Barker

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By Carrie Maxwell Mixner noted that he grew up in a place where storytelling wasn’t just a tradition, but also the main form of entertain- Storytelling has always been a big part of civil-rights activist ment on a Sunday. He explained that after Mass (his family and author David Mixner’s life, and he’s bringing his unique was Catholic) they would all gather around and share stories. story to Chicago’s Greenhouse Theater Center Friday, Nov. 13. “I developed the art of storytelling sitting on the front The production, “Oh Hell No!,” will feature Mixner’s first- porch back home in the days when we didn’t have a radio or person accounts of important moments in his life as an LGBT television,” said Mixner. “Storytelling comes naturally to me and HIV/AIDS activist, as well as musical interludes by artists but I’m not an actor. I’m a classic, old fashioned, southern Chris Bolan and Emily Swallow, who are donating their time storyteller. I remember walking two miles across the fields to do this performance. The music will seamlessly follow poi- when I was eight to a surviving member of the Civil War’s gnant parts of Mixner’s stories. house. He happened to be a Confederate soldier and would TIE ONE ON “I’m on the stage the entire time and Chris and Emily come tell me stories about the Battle of Antietam. That was in 1954 Dapper & Urban exemplifies corporate diversity. out and do musical performances in between me telling my and since the soldier went into the Civil War when he was 14 stories,” Mixner told Windy City Times. “We have a lot of au- in 1863 he was 104 when he told me those stories. I would Photo courtesy of Jenny Urban 8 diovisual elements, including slides from the movement. I tell also listen to my Aunt Ollie talk about when President William the stories and you get to see them behind me.” Turn to page 17

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GUEST COLUMN Open To Thinking by Aisha N. Davis by Nick Patricca Sleeping out for youth PEN protests the rise of

The AIDS Foundation of Chicago and Pride and Urban Development has enacted an- Action Tank are hosting the inaugural Out ti-discrimination policies, only 21 states anti-LGBTQ legislation In the Open Sleep Out Friday, Nov. 20. and the District of Columbia have codi- At the 81st PEN World Congress this Oc- tion, and Saudi Arabia, to name a few, This event seeks to bring awareness to fied anti-discrimination laws for sexual tober in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, have enacted laws prohibiting free dis- LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness orientation, and only 19 of those states the delegates of the General Assembly cussion of LGBTQI people—it is a crime in Chicago and provide needed resources include provisions for gender identity as of PEN International, the largest world- to talk about, let alone write about, the to youth-serving organizations. well. As a result, rampant housing dis- wide organization of professional writers, existence of these human beings, our Nationally, approximately 40% of youth crimination against transgender people passed Resolution #20 protesting the brothers and sisters. experiencing homelessness are LGBTQ, has been allowed to flourish. anti-LGBTQI legislation enacted recently What is most alarming about this type with nearly 70% indicating that family According to the LGBTQ Taskforce, in in 75 nation-states. of anti-gay legislation is that it links rejection was a major factor contributing 2011: 19% of transgender people were The 250 delegates from 80 PEN Cen- discussion of LGBTQI people and their to their housing instability. Additionally, denied housing, 11% were evicted, 29% ters from 70 countries and regions of rights with ‘security and anti-terrorism’ one in five transgender individuals expe- were turned away from shelters, 25% the world participated in this Congress. regulations. Many of these countries are riences homelessness at some point in were physically assaulted in shelter, and Resolution #20 received the support of our allies against ‘terrorism’ and receive their lives. 22% were sexually assaulted in shelter. all voting Centers. There were only three anti-terrorist funding from U.S. Closer to home, the Chicago Coalition In Illinois, 13% of transgender respon- abstentions. These anti-LGBTQI laws give license to for the Homeless estimated that there dents were denied housing and 22% were The astonishingly rapid acceptance of violence against LGBTQI people. In ruth- were 20,205 students experiencing home- evicted. ‘gay marriage’ and other LGBTQI rights less ‘Catch 22’ logic, these laws make it lessness in Chicago during the 2014-’15 People of color, including LGBTQ people in the U.S., Ireland, and other countries a crime to write about or protest this school year, and 11,477 of those youths of color, are disproportionately represent- masks a most serious global backlash violence against LGBTQI people, with the ed in statistics for against LGBTQI people and their support- result that many LGBTQI writers are now unemployment and ers. desperately seeking asylum in safe coun- “A recent study found that 70% of the school-to-prison In her book Words Will Break Cement: tries. pipeline—both of the Passion of Pussy Riot (Riverhead In the Americas, 11 nation-states—all students involved in school-related which contribute in the Caribbean— arrests or referrals are Black or Latino. to housing insecu- criminalize same- rity. The Bureau of sex relationships. An African American Policy Forum National Statistics “Many people ask me what is PEN. These laws are ap- study also found that Black girls are found that LGBTQ plied not just to unemployment Here is my answer: PEN International people who engage suspended at a rate six times that of rates for people of supports freedom of expression— in same-sex behav- their white counterparts.” color are worse than ior but to people their heterosexual, including the freedom to create and who ‘look’ gay or cisgender counter- to write—and works to protect writers abnormal or ‘act’ in parts. ways judged to be were unaccompanied. Notably, 98% of The unemployment rate for LGBTQ La- at risk for the exercising of their not normal. Human- students experiencing homelessness are tinos is 14% versus 11% for non-LGBTQ fundamental human rights to write and rights organizations students of color. Latinos; the unemployment rate for LG- cite the violence However, the significance of these BTQ Black people is 15% versus 12% for publish.” against gay men numbers cannot be realized until we non-LGBTQ Black people; and the unem- in Jamaica to be consider shelter options for youth fac- ployment rate for LGBTQ Asian-Americans among the worst in ing housing insecurity. To gain an accu- and Pacific Islanders is 11% versus 8% the world. rate understanding of the hurdles facing for non-LGBTQ Asian-Americans and Pa- Books 2014), PEN member Masha Gessen The Inter–American Commission on youth experiencing homelessness in Chi- cific Islanders. documents how The Russian Federation Human Rights has repeatedly brought cago, you must know that while the num- Students of color, especially Black and restricts and punishes artistic freedom of these violations of basic human rights ber of young people experiencing home- Latino students, are starkly over-repre- expression for women and all other indi- to the attention of the Organization of lessness has surpassed 20,000, there are sented in the juvenile justice system, viduals and groups considered ‘anti-state.’ American States—to no avail. Through- less than 400 shelter beds available for due in large part to over-discipline with- Putin’s Russia, with its cult of muscular out Latin America, impunity for those these young people. This leaves over in school systems. A recent study found masculine nationalism, especially singles who attack LGBTQI individuals and writ- 19,000 students with no shelter recourse that 70% of students involved in school- out LGBTQI writers and writers who sup- ers continues to be the norm. in Chicago alone. related arrests or referrals are Black or port LGBTQI people and their rights, the PEN International has set up a blog The number of youth experiencing Latino. An African American Policy Forum stated reason being that such speech called OUTWRITE which enables LGBTGI homelessness has grown to over 1.6 mil- study also found that Black girls are sus- threatens and injures Russian values. writers from all over the world to commu- lion across the United States—and for pended at a rate six times that of their Putin and Russia do not confine their nicate with each other, give support, and LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness, white counterparts. anti-gay muscle flexing to the Russian provide information on what is going on finding assistance that meets their needs While these numbers provide a snap- Federation; they vigorously export their in their respective countries and regions. can be difficult because many shelters shot of the hurdles facing LGBTQ youth versions of state-ism and nationalism to I am happy and proud to say that I will and service providers are not equipped to experiencing homelessness, the stories the former Soviet republics and their for- be contributing to this blog. offer LGBTQ-inclusive services, and those and experiences of this diverse communi- mer satellite nations. Many people ask me what is PEN. Here service providers with the ability to pro- ty are best understood by listening to the At the 80th PEN World Congress in is my answer: PEN International sup- vide comprehensive services are facing community members. One way to support Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (a former Soviet ports freedom of expression—including significant hurdles. LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness Republic), PEN leaders confronted Kyr- the freedom to create and to write—and For many young LGBTQ people, hous- and hear from them directly is to attend gyzstan officials on their efforts to crimi- works to protect writers at risk for the ing insecurity is just one of many inter- Out in the Open on Nov. 20. In addition nalize ‘gay propaganda’—even the mere exercising of their fundamental human sectional concerns. For transgender and to Pride Action Tank and AIDS Foundation discussion of ‘non-traditional relation- rights to write and publish. gender nonconforming (GNC) individuals, of Chicago, the event is hosted by Edel- ships.’ This legislation is still pending and I had the honor to participate in the even after finding housing, the lack of man, Agency EA and Windy City Times, stands a good chance of passing. 81st PEN World Congress in Quebec City, legal safeguards makes that housing pre- plus many other additional partners. The According to PEN, as of this October, Quebec, Canada, and to vote for Jenni- carious. Because some states that offer event will benefit 19 agencies serving same-sex relationships have been crimi- fer Clement, the first woman president of protections for sexual orientation have youth experiencing homelessness. For nalized in 75 countries, and have been PEN since its inception in 1921, and to not extended those same protections to more information, visit www.sleepoutchi- made punishable by death in 10 coun- vote for Resolution #20. gender identity, transgender and GNC cago.org. tries. Algeria, Belarus, Iran, Lithuania, © [email protected] people face increased vulnerabilities. Malaysia, Nigeria, the Russian Federa- While the U.S. Department of Housing

Aisha N. Davis, Esq. is the Tyron Garner Fellow at Lambda Legal, based in the Nick Patricca is professor emeritus at Loyola University Chicago, president of Midwest Regional Office in Chicago. She worked on this project for the Pride Chicago Network and playwright emeritus at Victory Gardens Theater. Action Tank. 6 Nov. 4, 2015 WINDY CITY TIMES

Twenty-four of the many members of the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame. Photo courtesy of Mary Morten

documents.” several years back, when he was surprised by “We get a lot of questions that come in. how many young people were in the audience. When somebody Googles ‘LGBT,’ we pop up high “During the planning, I asked, ‘How do we Hall of Fame looks in the search engine,” said Chichester. reach out to these folks?’ That’s how the library Besides its annual induction ceremony, the exhibit came about—as a way of letting people Hall of Fame this year will present an exhibit know about their heritage,” he said. at Harold Washington Library showcasing both The Hall of Fame will present intergenera- to its future the 2015 honorees and those from years past. tionally focused events over the next year or Every library in the city will have a display two that will appeal to both older and younger By Matt Simonette said. “For a number of years, it’s included individuals who are bisexual and transgender, and mentioning the Harold Washington exhibit. audiences, who might feel disconnected from “That came from some of the conversations other parts of the LGBT community, Morten The Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame has we felt it was important to have those people around the strategic plan—how do we get added. been renamed—it will henceforth be known as acknowledged in the name.” awareness and visibility throughout Chicago Wright emphasized that the Hall of Fame is the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame to better reflect “It’s a sort of coming-to-terms with what’s and Illinois?” Morten said. “The libraries were looking for volunteers and would welcome any- the city’s diversity, according to organization happening today, as far as identifying the or- extraordinary to work with. What’s wonderful is one interested in helping plan and execute the officials. ganization with the people we represent,” said that the entire Hall of Fame will be exhibited organization’s events in the months ahead. That’s just one part of a three-year strategic Co-Chair Gary Chichester. in the Congress corridor.” “If you’re looking for an opportunity to in- plan the Hall of Fame recently undertook in The Hall of Fame operates with a small budget Morten and Chichester sent out a survey to crease your visibility, learn how to work with order to raise its visibility in the community, of just about $30,000 a year, the majority of inductees when they started the strategic plan, others or manage things, put programs togeth- become more relevant to younger Chicagoans, which goes towards running its induction cer- and got a 60-percent response. “That’s an un- er, and learn where we came from and how we establish connections and partnerships and emony and Pride Parade entry. Although it has usually high rate of response, but it spoke to got to be here, this is the organization that begin the process of finding for a permanent had close ties with the city, it receives no mu- how much people cared about the Hall of Fame, can give you that kind of experience,” he said. home, according to Co-Chair Mary Morten. nicipal funding, and has, in fact, been financed so now our challenge is get people to demon- “We needed to figure out where we are, where since 2009 through the 501(c)(3) organization The 2015 Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in- strate that, because this is only done through we can be, and how we can get there,” said Friends of the Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame. duction ceremony takes place Nov. 10 at individual, corporate and business donations,” Secretary Israel Wright. “That’s solely financed through our own efforts 5:30 p.m. at Chicago History Museum, 1601 noted Morten. The name change is an effort to make the and not related to the city,” said Wright. “What N. Clark St. For more information, visit gl- Chichester recalled an Out at CHM event from organization relevant and inclusive, Morten we do use [are] the city’s name and seal on our halloffame.org. Hall of Fame display at library includes new name, logo the LGBT Hall of Fame, the country’s only known government- The Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, founded in 1991, sponsored hall of fame that honors members of the LGBT com- this year voted to change its name to the more inclusive Chi- munities, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 5:30 p.m. at the Chicago History cago LGBT Hall of Fame. The new name and logo were revealed Museum, 1601 N. Clark St. The event will be free and open to at the launch of a new exhibit at the Harold Washington Library the public. on Oct. 31. The inductees were selected by a committee composed of The exhibit features large photos of the 2015 class for the former inductees, which reviewed nominations submitted by LGBT Hall of Fame, as well as display posters with each of the members of the public. The names were released by Friends of Hall of Fame inductees going back to 1991. the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame. Mary Morten, co-chair of the Hall of Fame along with Gary Those honored in 2015 are: Chichester, spoke about the importance of the exhibit, which Individuals: Jean Albright, Fred Eychaner, Emmanuel Gar- will be on display on the first floor of the library through early cia, Stanley Jenczyk, Phoenix Matthews, Gail Morse, Michael July 2016. She said the Hall of Fame seeks to have greater O’Connor, Barbara Smith and Lauren Verdich visibility in the city, and this exhibit will be part of that cam- Organization Category: Lesbian and Gay Police Association— Lauren Verdich and Gail Morse, who are also partners, will paign. She also thanked the Chicago Public Library and its staff Gay Officers Action League both be inducted into the LGBT Hall of Fame this year. for their hard work on the project. Friend of the Community Category: U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky Photo by Tracy Baim Eleven individuals and one organization will be inducted into and Camilla B. Taylor WINDY CITY TIMES Nov. 4, 2015 7 CORPORATE DIVERSITY people to want to understand.” KPMG has built transgender culture into the workplace. According to their policy, once an employee shares an intent to transition, “the KPMG leads way in organization immediately schedules a meeting with the partner or employee in transition to create a transition plan and provide informa- diversity of thought tion related to KPMG’s Gender Transition Guide- lines and resources. The individual’s performance manager and colleagues are informed of By Gretchen Rachel Hammond the Chicago Pride Parade. The community has the transition plan and provided the guidelines always brought LGBT issues to the forefront. and other resources. Colleagues use these ses- With combined revenues totaling almost $25 We’re an accounting firm, so it’s not always sions to ask and address questions they may billion and offices based in 155 countries that easy with some of the perceptions around have.” around the world, the network KPMG is cer- our industry, but KPMG has been fearless.” Just as important to KPMG’s Pride Group are tainly known globally for its business achieve- “The level of visibility and the support that its straight allies. ments. we get from leadership here in Chicago has Linda Imonti is a principal and Chicago ad- However, the company also wants to be been fabulous,” Venal asserted. “Being able visory leader at the firm. She serves as the co- known for what it states as its commitment to to bring your authentic self to work is one of chair of the Pride Network and has been in- diversity. the big initiatives that we have here at KPMG. volved for five years. For those who work at the firm—regardless It’s one of those things that grows organically. “We always have a partner chair for our diver- of race, cultural background, gender, sexual When I go into a setting with partners or man- sity networks,” Imonti told Windy City Times. orientation or gender identity—KPMG has their aging directors, I don’t introduce myself as a “I think as we start to integrate and build out backs. In 2015, it topped the list of Big Four gay guy, but if it comes up in conversation, our allied groups, it’s really important to have firms in Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work I have the confidence to be honest and frank KPMG employee Ethan Bailey. both involved in the LGBTQ community. A huge For and has garnered multiple awards for its within the organization.” Photo by Gretchen Rachel Hammond piece of [that] community nationally and lo- employee practices from working families to “I feel like there’s a history of support behind cally is education and awareness. For me, the multicultural women. me,” Hansen said. “I’m not coming in having to educational opportunities I have seen and the In 2003—while the U.S. Supreme Court was trail blaze a path forward for us to get funding in clients. Another event we do is the toiletry attendance of an extremely diverse group cre- still deliberating over striking down sodomy for diversity. I haven’t had a ‘no’ answer yet.” drive for Howard Brown [Health Center]. The ates the awareness we need to create the ac- laws in the United States—a Pride at KPMG “When I was looking for companies to work consultants who travel all the time bring back ceptance we need to create the inclusion.” network was formed. One of the largest chap- for, one of the big factors was, do they have a all these toiletries gathered from hotels. We “I think there needs to be more appreciation ters is based in the firm’s Chicago headquar- diversity and resource group?” Venal said. “It might as well use those things in a good way for what inclusion and diversity within an or- ters. was huge for me to be able to know that I’m instead of them just sitting in a bathroom.” ganization brings us,” Imonti added. “In order Manager Dan Hansen and Senior Associate working for a firm that actively supports the KPMG also partners with organizations such to be really good at what you do, any business Ethan Bailey both co-lead the KPMG Chicago LGBT community.” as PFLAG who provide annual training programs needs to have diversity of thought, capabil- Pride Chapter; manager Vince Venal is the com- KPMG’s Pride Network’s influence spreads in their offices. Events entitled Straight for ity and skill on board, in leadership and in its munications chair. well beyond the confines of the office. Their Equality bring in outside speakers to provide population as a whole. As a female executive, “It’s a way to network between all of our annual activities in the Chicago community both education and inspiration to employees I’m part of my own diverse culture. If you bring lesbian, gay, bisexual and allied employees,” grow in symbiosis with each new idea employ- across the firm. 10 people together who all think the same, to Hansen told Windy City Times. “There are about ees present, even down to making use of the In 2015, PFLAG worked with KPMG in learn- me, that’s not great thinking. But when you 1,300 people nationally and here in Chicago we extraneous bounty reaped from business trip ing about and addressing the issues affecting bring ten diverse brains together you have have about 130.” hotel rooms. transgender individuals both in and out of the great thinking.” “We’ve had equal employment in our charter “We do a lot of things on an annual basis,” workplace. For more information about KPMG and em- since 1993,” Hansen added. “We were the first Hansen said. “During the Chicago Pride Parade, “We had such a great turnout,” Bailey said. ployment opportunities, visit http://www. folks to bring the corporate diversity bus to we have a pre-parade brunch where we bring “Beyond even what I thought what the interest would be. It speaks to the willingness of our kpmg.com/US/en/Pages/default.aspx.

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But it takes a true Clothing retailer The Limited has selected a visionary to give this accessory the contem- Latina LGBTQ CEO as one of the faces of its porary twist it needs—one provided by Jenny new advertising campaign, “The New Look of Urban and her brand, Dapper and Urban. Leadership.” This Chicagoan defines herself as an “of- Natalia Oberti Noguera, founder and CEO of ficial badass” and as a “dapper queer” who, Pipeline Fellowship, will appear in The Limit- aside from designing bowties, is also the ed’s direct marketing, digital and social media drummer of the band Dean of Women (queer campaign, which is scheduled to run through ska), a chef and a mom. She comes from a the holiday season. family of entrepreneurs, which took her to The Limited said the campaign “embraces the family business when she was eleven, female empowerment and celebrates the many and to open an award winning restaurant faces of leadership seen today.” when she was only 28 years old. The company said it looked for women who Her need to express herself made her to “stand out, speak up and push boundaries in start wearing bowties a few years ago. Her Jenny Urban wearing one of her bowties. their everyday lives,” to participate in the cam- curiosity led her to figure out how different Photo courtesy of Urban paign. types of ties were constructed. Her creativity As a woman, Oberti Noguera is a rarity in the forced her to make a few and wear them at world of angel investing, where, in 2014, “only “queer events”, where attendees just fell for items that are “cute and fun, to dapper and 26 percent of U.S. angel investors were women them. hanky code-themed.” The Kitty Kitty and the and only 8 percent were minorities,” according Big B incorporate animal print, the Bike Rid- to the Center for Venture Research. (An angel ing Weather and the Lights Camera Action investor provides financial backing for small show common objects in a playful way; the startups or entrepreneurs.) Blue Bling, the King Bling and the Pink Bling Her Pipeline Fellowship program, which she are all about royalty; bedazzilng, birds, but- launched in 2011, seeks to change those sta- terflies, horses, owls and elephants are dis- tistics through its investing boot camps, which played in joyful colors; and buyers can even are aimed specifically at women entrepreneurs. find music scores, florals, stripes, abstract Natalia Oberti Noguera. To date, Oberti Noguera said the program has shapes, geometric figures, rainbows and the graduated 100 women and invested in more Photo courtesy of Oberti Noguera Chicago flag. than 20 women-led for-profit social ventures, The LGBTXYZ flag and hanky code are a con- Dapper and Urban will have products at including one company that exited in less than work and, therefore, remains closeted. cept by themselves, and they have been an Edgewater Workbench, 1130 W. Thorndale five years, an impressive timeframe for the an- “My partner is not out,” she said. “One of the inspiration for our community for decades. Ave. The brand did a pop-up shop at Homo- gel investing process. things I am so grateful for, about being an en- For instance, Urban “started with the hanky latte at Big Chicks, and will soon be doing “It’s pretty awesome to work on something trepreneur, is that I am my own boss. I’m in a code series and then branched out to other a few craft fairs and showings at Formerly where we can see the needle moving,” Oberti position where I can be out and I don’t have a designs.” She got her inspiration from Saint Known As and at Big Chicks again. Dapper Noguera said. fear of being fired or not being promoted. It’s Harridan (masculine clothing for women and has done bowties for a same-sex wedding, But she’s quick to add, “There needs to be given me an agency to be more vocal. trans men). Urban states that Saint Harridan and she hopes to do more in the future. more done and we need more white women and “I’m glad that we’ve had a lot of progress, “had a pop-up shop here [in Chicago] last Custom made and matching ties for brides, more women of color on the angel investing with marriage equality for instance, but we year, and in talking to them I recognized the grooms and wedding parties might as well be side.” are still not addressing some important issues, need for accessories to compliment the type a sublime detail for such a special occasion. Oberti Noguera said there are a few reasons such as yes, a company might have an affinity of clothing they were making.” The rest is Urban is particularly thankful to her moth- why she decided to participate in The Limited’s network or an employee resource group, but fashion history. er (not surprising, considering her strong “The New Look of Leadership” campaign. that doesn’t necessarily change how one’s col- Today, Dapper and Urban is a brand that family bonds), who has been a great help for First, she said the company walks the walk, leagues behave or act, or the culture. promises “queer accessories for sharp dressed her, since she taught her how to sew. Urban’s with a woman, Diane Ellis, serving as CEO of “If more people were out it might help, but people.” Dapper enjoys “to go around the partner, Marie, is a graphic designer who The Limited. She noted there were also many it’s super-hard to be that person to come out city to local fabric stores such as The Nee- broadly collaborated with new ideas and did women involved behind the scenes in “The in this environment.” dle Shop.” She is inspired to try innovative all the branding. New Look of Leadership” advertising campaign, So she hopes her own visibility, and being patterns and materials when she discovers To check out and get the latest models, which appealed to her. part of The Limited campaign, can help lead to something exciting. visit facebook.com/dapperandurban, etsy. “Realizing how many women behind the that change. The design range is as vast, incorporating com/shop/DapperAndUrban or instagram. scenes who were in leadership positions for One other aspect that was important to Ober- com/DAPPERANDURBAN. the campaign itself, from the casting agent to ti Noguera about the campaign was what she the creative people to the tailor to the styl- wore and making sure it represented her per- ist and the photographer, that was something sonal style. that really resonated with me,” she said. “It’s “Off the bat, I said if I’m going to be part of very easy to just have something be on the this I want to make sure I’m going to be com- Report looks at Alliance youth surface.” fortable with what I’m wearing,” she said. “So I employment bias summit Nov. 6-7 Second, she said the diversity of the cam- was very clear from the get go that I just don’t A new brief that the Movement Advance- The Illinois Safe Schools Alliance will host paign itself appealed to her, as did the com- like dresses or skirts. That is just not who I am. ment Project (MAP) released reveals that 70 its annual Education in Action youth summit pany’s history of supporting diversity through The fact that they were able to accommodate percent of the geographic area of the United Nov. 6-7 at the Alliance offices and Chicago previous advertising campaigns. that, I was very grateful. States lacks any city, county, or state em- State University, respectively. “Knowing that The Limited had supported “When I think about diversity, there are dif- ployment protections for LGBT people, ac- The summit is an opportunity to focus that Shonda Rhimes, Kerry Washington and Lyn ferent sorts of diversity out there and being cording to a press release. leadership and address strategies in key ar- Paolo with [its] exclusive Scandal Collection, able to represent women who choose to wear “LGBT Policy Spotlight: Local Employment eas, including addressing school push out I knew they walked the walk. They were really pants and pant suits is important to me. I Nondiscrimination Ordinances” examines city and working toward restorative discipline engaging a diverse set of women,” she said. wanted to make sure we had different looks of and county nondiscrimination ordinances practices; confronting identity based bias; She was also happy to be able to represent leadership, in terms of who we are, our identi- (NDOs) that prohibit discrimination based and creating inclusive, culturally aware cur- the LGBT community through the campaign. ties and what we represent, and also what we on sexual orientation and gender identity riculum. In addition, the Legacy Project is Oberti Noguera doesn’t take her status as an choose to wear.” in private employment (as of Oct. 1, 2015). slated to bring its interactive exhibit, the out LGBT for granted. She knows how difficult Oberti Noguera’s video for “The New Look of The report details where these ordinances are “Legacy Wall,” to the summit. it can still be for members of the LGBT commu- Leadership” at www.thelimited.com/features/ geographically, their growth over time and nity to be out in their jobs, particularly in the top-looks/leaders. the gaps in coverage that remain. corporate sector. Pipeline Fellowship program applications for Illinois is one of 19 states (and the District She noted there are still plenty of instances spring 2016 are being accepted now for the Corrections of Columbia) with 100-percent protection re- In last week’s article on Your Voice, Your of homophobia within corporate workplaces, following cities: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Char- garding gender identity, and one of 22 (and Health!, the prinicpal investigator is Mar- which creates an unsafe environment for many lotte, Chicago, Columbus, Washington, D.C., D.C.) regarding sexual orientation. shall Chin and the LGBT Needs Assessment LGBT people and keeps them closeted. Houston, Miami, New York City and Philadel- The report is at http://lgbtmap.org. was completed in 2011. In fact, she said her partner works in a field phia. Visit pfapply.seamlessdocs.com/f/boot Windy City Times regrets the errors. where she doesn’t feel that she can be out at camp for the application. WINDY CITY TIMES Nov. 4, 2015 9 The state’s budget impasse, he noted, threat- homelessness face issues that might not arise ens to do great damage to resources that help exclusively from their sexual orientation or Experts address youth experiencing homelessness. “This is not gender identity, and that stakeholders must ad- just a battle of personalities—this is some- ditionally focus on challenges addressing race thing where real people are hurting,” Ziri said. and class, among others. In her talk, where she focused in large “These folks don’t yet have a salient ‘iden- homelessness part on establishing linkages to health care, tity,’” she said. “We have to look at this from Broadway Youth Center Director Imani Rupert [the vantage point of] of an intersectional among LGBT youth acknowledged that LGBT youths experiencing identity.” AFC’s partnership with Taskforce will last By Matt Simonette sized that stakeholders should strive to create AFC partners with through through Dec. 31; the alliance with safe spaces where youth can identify how they CBGMC will continue through Aug. 31, 2016. Community advocates, on Oct. 27, gathered for please, and affirm that identification without CBGMC, Taskforce a workshop about the challenges facing LGBT questioning it. The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) has youth experiencing homelessness. “To be culturally competent is to understand announced its plan to provide Taskforce Pre- Midwest summit at Experts addressed the issue from a number of how these systems work together to keep peo- vention and Community Services (Taskforce) perspectives at the meeting, which was held in ple down and in poverty,” said Daniel-McCarter. and Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus (CBGMC) Center Nov. 5-6 the offices of the homelessness-advocacy orga- Mike Ziri, director of Public Policy for Equal- with development grants and support in Equality organizations from Illinois, Michi- nization All Chicago. ity Illinois, said that non-discrimination laws long-term strategic planning. gan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Kim Hunt, executive director of Pride Action in Illinois are not enough to ensure that dis- “Taskforce and CBGMC have been dispropor- Pennsylvania, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming Tank, discussed LGBT youth homelessness in a crimination does not take place, citing a 2013 tionately impacted by the budget stalemate will convene Nov. 5-6 at Center on Halsted, larger socio-economic context, first noting that federal survey showing that landlords were less in Springfield,” said Ramon Gardenhire, AFC’s 3656 N. Halsted St. local advocates do not want to lose organiza- likely to respond to LGBT couples than straight vice president of policy and advocacy, in a The annual autumn Equality Federation tional momentum now that marriage equality ones. “States with non-discrimination laws statement. “If we plan on making inroads Midwest/West Leadership Summit, convened is the law of the land. She explained that many fared no better than states without them,” he into reducing new HIV infections and linking by the Equality Federation and hosted by advocates, especially those in national orga- noted, calling on more extensive federal pro- people to care, it is essential that vital local Equality Illinois, will bring together execu- nizations, decamped from several states once tections such as the Equality Act. “If you are organizations addressing community chal- tives from LGBT-rights organizations from an Illinoisan who goes to another state...you lenges continue to thrive.” these states. lose those [anti-discrimination] protections.” KicK-off event for the first-ever

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Pride Action Tank’s Kim Hunt speaks at A SPECIAL MUSICAL CELEBRATION FEATURING: the workshop for youth experiencing Jess Godwin (sinGinG music from the new musical exposure) homelessness. Joey stone Photo by Tracy Baim Jake Mahler foiled aGain same-sex marriage became available. darrian ford (allison Bazarko, roB lindley, and anne sheridan smith) “Once the marriage fight was won, all those darrian ford resources left,” said Hunt. “We really didn’t want that to happen in Illinois.” christine mild About 40 percent of youth experiencing Julius thomas iii homelessness identify as LGBT, she added, not- nick graffagna ing that lack of shelter is just one of myriad honey west problems such youth experience. They will be christine Mild roBin da silva at greater risk of attempting suicide, experi- hOSTEd By: encing depression or engaging in drug use donica lynn or unprotected sex. Hunt also explained that John cicora (Guitar) about 80 percent of LGBT youth in the state Department of Children and Family Services Jake mahler (Guitar) (DCFS) system will experience homelessness. nick GraffaGna (piano) “We’ve seen how much our institutions are Julius thomas iii failing our LGBT young people, and this can TO SIGN UP FOR ThE NOv. 20 SLEEP OUT BENEFIT, hONEy ANd SCOTT carry on their whole lives,” said Hunt, who fur- WEST dUFF ther described local initiatives such as a youth see www.sleepoutchicago.org storage locker program, a “tiny homes” design ThOSE UNdER AGE 21 CAN ATTENd IF ACCOMPANIEd By ThEIR PARENT OR LEGAL GUARdIAN. contest and Pride Action Tank’s sleep-out event November 20. SPONSORS: Owen Daniel-McCarter, project attorney at Transformative Justice law Project, discussed how socio-cultural and political systems rein- force traditional gender binaries. He empha- 10 Nov. 4, 2015 WINDY CITY TIMES spanned from Mayor Martin H. Kennelly to ever asked me; they never had any reason to Mayor Jane Byrne. He also worked under Mayor [ask]. They could have been suspicious, but I Michael Bilandic. gave them no reason to say I was gay in a time One of his big breaks came in 1956, when when it was unpopular to be gay. That was my Mayor Richard J. Daley was preparing for a choice. I didn’t make it easy for people to label live speech on WTTW. The mayor’s office called me.” Phillips’ department, looking for someone who Phillips is survived by a close circle of friends could do some legible hand-lettering to write including Stephen Reynolds and Leo Schwartz, cue cards for the mayor’s speech. as well as longtime friends Terry, Peter and Jey Phillips handled the task; from then on, every Born of New York City, and Tracy Baim, whose time the mayor’s office was going to do some- family knew Phillips starting in the 1960s. thing that required a sign or artwork, they’d A memorial service for Phillips will be planned call Phillips. He worked in planning for key, soon. high-profile weddings, meetings with kings and For the original interview with Phillips, queens, and so much more. see www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/ In 1954, Phillips helped Chicago land the Chicagoan-Jon-Phillips-reflects-at-91-on-a- Jon Phillips. title of All-America City. life-well-lived/41192.html. Photo by Ross Forman In 1959, Phillips was an integral part of Chi- cago’s planning for a visit from Queen Eliza- beth II in conjunction with the St. Lawrence PASSAGES Seaway, and a key component to make the dinner at the Conrad Hilton Hotel extra special. Edward Kamin Jon Phillips dies In fact, Phillips led the queen and the mayor Edward Anson Kamin, the beloved son of to their table, among secret service members. the late Bernard and the late Cele Kamin, Jon Phillips, 93, passed away Oct. 27 after grandparents in suburban Streator, about 80 That night remained a lifelong highlight, he has passed away. a long battle with multiple illnesses. Phillips miles southwest of Chicago. When they got ill, said. “To know that something you did made a He was the dear brother of the late Nancy was born on Christmas Eve, 1921, and gradu- he moved in with an aunt and uncle who lived beautiful occasion very special, very nice and (Richard) Sweet; loving cousin of Joan ated from Streator Township High School in nearby, along with their two daughters. dignified, and that future dinners copied [your Siewert, Neesa Sweet, Lynn Sweet, Carolyn Streator, Illinois. After Pearl Harbor was bombed on Dec. 7, idea.] That meant a lot,” said Phillips, who ad- Emold, Janet Shafton and Richard Sweet; Phillips served in the Navy and became a 1941, Phillips and a friend decided to enlist in mitted he was “good at making the mayor look fond uncle of Leeann Gray; and best friend medic in 1942, later serving in the Marine the military before they got drafted because, good.” of Michelle Maxwell. Corps. He served as a division psychiatrist he said, if you enlisted, as opposed to getting While working for the city of Chicago, he He was a retired staff engineer at Ameri- in combat areas and later worked at Edward drafted, you could choose which branch of the never told anyone at City Hall about his sexual tech. A Skokie native, Ed was a North Side Hines, Jr. Veterans Hospital and at the Insti- U.S. Armed Forces you wanted to join. Other- orientation. resident of Chicago before moving to Key tute of Design of the Illinois Institute of Tech- wise, it was direct to the Army. “I sublimated my sex drive my whole life. I West, Florida. nology. Phillips opted for the Navy and became a was in denial. It wasn’t tough, but it was my A graveside service took place Oct. 30 He was hired by the City of Chicago in 1954 medic in 1942, although he eventually was choice,” Phillips said. “In those days, yes, it at Waldheim Cemetery, Gate 65, Roosevelt where he worked in the planning department, transferred to the U.S. Marine Corps. His mili- would have been tough [to be open and out]. I Road, Forest Park. Memorial contributions a job that brought him into contact with many tary stint, which ended in 1945, included time liked my job and my own character that it was may be made in his memory to AIDS Help, celebrities and dignitaries. in Okinawa, Japan. important for me to not compromise. So I just 1434 Kennedy Drive, Key West, FL 33040. In 2013, the play Under a Rainbow Flag, “That was just one more miracle that I went did not have a lot of sex.” (Additional contact info is 305-296-6196 based on Phillips’ life and written by Leo through in my life. I learned a lot [while in Phillips said he was dually in denial—of be- and www.aidshelp.org.) Schwartz, had its world premiere in Chicago the service,]” said Phillips, who worked for a ing gay and being straight. Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funer- and won the Jeff Award for Best New Work and division psychiatrist in combat, the first time Still, “If the mayor had ever called me in als-Skokie Chapel: 847-229-8822, www. Best Musical Production. a psychiatrist served on the front line. “I was [to his office] and asked, ‘Jon, are you gay?’ I cjfinfo.com Phillips had been a long-time resident of Lake glad I had the experience; I learned a lot, es- think I would have said, ‘Yes, I am.’ But no one View, then lived in Evanston for several years. pecially that I could get things done because I He resided on the Far North Side of Chicago for always was in charge of things.” the last few years of his life. After leaving the military, Phillips accepted ELECTIONS 2016 In 2013, Windy City Times reporter Ross For- a job at Edward Hines, Jr. VA [Veterans Admin- Zopp: Duckworth man interviewed Phillips in his one-bedroom istration] Hospital. Phillips worked at Hines Evanston apartment. It was filled with a first- Hospital for only a couple of years, then fur- inconsistent on hand view of world history, including photos, thered his education, ultimately landing at the business and legal documents, handwritten Institute of Design in the downtown Chicago marriage equality notes and books. He met many celebrities as campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology. By Matt Simonette they were just breaking into entertainment, “I went to the Institute of Design because I including David Bowie, Rod Stewart and Bette wanted the big city [experience] and its ano- Andrea Zopp—who is running against U.S. Midler (a 1975 book about Bette Midler tells nymity,” Phillips said. “I met a lot of people Rep. Tammy Duckworth to be the Democratic of a party that Phillips co-hosted for her), and through the school. I was popular in school, so nominee for the U.S. Senate—has attacked while working for Mayor Richard J. Daley, he our house had the biggest parties, with many Duckworth for having an inconsistent stance met many politicians from all over the world. famous people attending.” on same-sex marriage. During her unsuccessful 2006 bid for Con- “I’ve had a wonderful life,” Phillips said in Their loft on Ohio Street always was the hap- Andrea Zopp. gress, Duckworth said that she did not sup- 2013. “Walking down the halls [in this apart- pening place, he said. Photo by Victor Powell ment complex], I often meditate, thanking God “I went from poverty to dealing with famous port legalizing same-sex marriage, but also for a fantastic life. I’ve met wonderful peo- people,” Phillips said. would not support a constitutional ban on it, ple—some famous, some not so famous—but He was ultimately hired by the City of Chi- either. In recent years, Duckworth’s stand on Grath said in a statement: “Tammy’s leader- wonderful people overall.” cago in 1954, and worked in the planning de- marriage equality has softened. ship on this issue is clear. She opposed a ban Born to an unmarried woman, Phillips was partment for most of his 30-year career. Zopp, who previously headed the Chicago on same-sex marriage in 2006, and like the abandoned by his mother and raised by his Phillips’ career within the city of Chicago Urban League, told Windy City Times that President has evolved further over the years looking at Duckworth’s stance was “pertinent into being a national leader on human rights because it’s an example of the differences and equality issues.” between us—the pertinent question in 2006 McGrath also forwarded a statement from LAURENCE A. JACOBS, M.D. was, ‘Are you going to lead, or are you going Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Building Your LGBT Family to wait until you see which way the winds Commissioner Debra Shore in support of are blowing?’” Duckworth. Zopp was active in the push for marriage “I’m supporting Tammy Duckworth not only See Dr. Jacobs for all your infertility needs, including: equality in the state while at the Urban because she supports issues like a federal • complete evaluations • inseminations League, and committed many of that orga- Employment Non-Discrimination Act that includes our transgender sisters and brothers, • ivF • RecipRocal ivF • suRRogacy nization’s resources to help with lobbying efforts in Springfield. She said, “I’m glad not only because she has been a fierce ad- [Duckworth] changed her mind, but voters vocate for women and the middle class, but Go to www.RainbowReproduction.com have a choice, and there are lots of politi- because I believe she has the best chance to The first and best website devoted to cians who wait to make the tougher calls.” defeat Mark Kirk,” said Shore. Providing All Fertility Options for Building Your LGBT Family She also said that she would make passage Shortly before the June 28, 2015, Chica- of the federal Equality Act a priority should go Pride Parade—held a few days after the Northwestern and Mayo Clinic-trained. Senior partner at she be elected. U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex mar- Fertility Centers of Illinois (FCI) with offices throughout “We have to make sure that we we’re ad- riage for all states—Duckworth told Windy Chicagoland. 36 years in practice as a fertility expert. Selected dressing inequality for everyone, particularly City Times, “This is a day of love. I’m glad by Castle Connelly publishers as one of AMERICA’S TOP love won out and civil liberties won out— DOCTORS in INFERTILITY from 2001-2015 (top 1% in USA). for young LGBT people and young LGBT people of color,” Zopp added. the only thing that is kind of a downside is For a consultation, call 847-549-3746 Duckworth could not be reached for com- that it took the United States so long to get Sat & Sun appointments available. ment, but campaign spokesman Matt Mc- here.” WINDY CITY TIMES Nov. 4, 2015 11

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arises from making decisions under pressure is the LGBTQ community. In addition to groups WINDY often a motivator for securing long-term care and on-site services, Center on Halsted has a early. Waiting until health declines drastically Friendly Visitor program to help combat the is too late to make an informed choice. Finding isolation and loneliness many LGBTQ seniors CITY trusted resources, visiting facilities & agencies, experience by connecting interested volunteers Jacqueline coordinating medical care, and connecting with seniors in the community. BOYD with loved ones may be infinitely more difficult Another tool developed by Howard Brown and from a hospital bed or rehabilitation facility. Center on Halsted is a “Senior Long-Term Care TIMES For LGBTQ individuals, the basic question & Supported Living Guide,” available online as VOL. 31, No. 6, Nov. 4, 2015 LGBTQ and long-term The combined forces of Windy City Times, of where to live, or what doctor to see raises a starting place for finding care environments founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, many concerns. Traditional settings may not be supportive of LGBTQ people. (http://www.cen- founded May 1987. care: What you welcoming to LGBTQ individuals, couples, and teronhalsted.org/Senior-Housing-Guide.pdf). need to know support members. Medical providers and long- The Internet provides a wealth of information term care facilities often don’t require diversity about long-term care. For trans and gender PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR Tracy Baim November is National Long-Term Care Month, or LGBTQ competency training for employees, non-conforming people of every age, the need and for LGBTQ individuals it’s a perfect oppor- and rates of discrimination are extremely high is even more urgent, which has led to many ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky tunity to begin planning for the future. among LGBTQ seniors in healthcare settings. web based initiatives for care, in addition to MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis Many people fear the challenges presented by A 2011 report from National Senior Citizens institutional research and advocacy groups. ASSOCIATE EDITOR Matt Simonette Law Center found that only 22 percent of LG- SAGE (nationwide Services & Advocacy for BUSINESS MANAGER Ripley Caine advancing age, and others question where to DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright begin. 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14 20 20 Eye of the ‘storm’ Windy City Times reviews the production Firestorm. Replay Andersonville. Halloween at @mosphere. Photo by Ian McLaren

SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT Animals Commit Suicide. Photo by Sam Doyle Desperately seeking ... HIV? BY SCOTT C. MORGAN people to take to reduce the risk of infection. “But even with PrEP, there is this idea that Gay playwright J. Julian Christopher is well there’s a shame involved if you are having sex aware that his new play, Animals Commit Sui- that is not protected. It’s still prevalent,” said cide, is bound to be controversial. That’s be- Christopher, noting that many people like him- cause it deals with “bug-catching,” a slang self in their late 30s still can remember when term for gay men who deliberately want to safer sex warnings were made about HIV and become infected with HIV, which causes AIDS. AIDS in the 1990s. “I didn’t know what [bug catching] was until “There’s a lot of themes being touched upon I found out that someone I knew was seeking and it’s not necessarily just bug-chasing per se. infection,” said Christopher during an interview There’s also the use of crystal meth and how last month in Chicago. “I didn’t understand it that’s being used in gay culture,” Christopher so I wrote a play about it so I could try to.” said. “No one’s talking about it and that’s the Animals Commit Suicide centers on Chance problem. Larry Kramer said it best, that silence Stevens, a Caucasian gay man in his late 20s equals death. He was saying that to talk about with a steady job who wants to contract HIV. AIDS, but if we’re going to sit there and pre- Through the course of the play, Chance attends tend that crystal meth is not an issue in the underground bug-catching sex parties, shares gay community because it’s our dirty laundry, illegal drugs and lies about his HIV-negative then they’ll still be hooked on it.” status on a dating website for HIV-positive gay Due to the controversial nature of the play, men in order to get close to a handsome baker artistic director Hutch Pimentel said that First named Ethan. Floor Theater had reached out to queer health “When I’m curious about something, I write organizations to bring them into the conversa- about it, and I’m very much curious about tion. He also said that talkback sessions were queer subcultures and where they come from,” planned after select performances. said Christopher. He pointed to one of his earli- “We want to provide resources for people if er plays about gay men with body image issues they are interested in discussing it afterwards,” called Man Boobs, which was previously staged said Pimentel, though he added that he didn’t in Chicago by Pride Films and Plays in 2012. want things to come off as public service an- Christopher said Man Boobs grew out the fact nouncements. “If people want information, we that he himself identifies as a “bear” in within want to make sure that they can get it.” the gay community. But when called to check up on First Floor Christopher is coy on what exactly motivates Theater’s outreach efforts, a representative Chance to seek out HIV so as not to spoil the from the AIDS Foundation of Chicago declined play’s dramatic surprises. Yet he did mention to comment because the play hadn’t begun a number of psychologies about why someone performances, so it was an unknown on how would want to bug chase, including survivor’s bug catching was going to be dealt with. Also, guilt, self-loathing or even just a desire to be- voicemail messages left with Howard Brown come infected on one’s own terms. “I don’t explore this in the play so much, but Turn to page 22 what’s happening in New York City and a lot of other places is that homeless LGBTQ teens are seeking HIV to survive,” Christopher said. “Be- Tharp’s 50th cause they can get housing and medical help because a lot of them have been kicked out of anniv. Nov. 5-8 their homes.” The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt Christopher had originally set Animals Com- University, 50 E. Congress Pkwy., will host mit Suicide in his hometown of New York. But “Twyla Tharp: 50th Anniversary Tour,”—in- he switched the locale to Chicago when the cluding two Chicago premieres, “Preludes four-year-old First Floor Theater acquired the and Fugues” and “Yowzie”—Nov. 5-8. rights to present the play’s world premiere. The event is the result of a co-commis- Animals Commit Suicide is also a contem- sion with Ravinia Festival as well as four porary play, so Christopher made certain that other dance presenters in four other cities. some mention was made during the course Tickets are $33-$103 each; visit Auditori- of the play about PrEP (pre-exposure prophy- umTheatre.org, call 312-341-2300 or stop laxis), which is now available for HIV-negative by the Auditorium Theatre’s box office. 14 Nov. 4, 2015 WINDY CITY TIMES THEATER REVIEW Design for Living Playwright: Noel Coward At: Pride Films and Plays at Rivendell Theater, 5779 N. Ridge Ave. Tickets: 1-800-737-0984; www.pridefilmsandplays.com; $22-$27 Runs through: Nov. 22

BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE

When most people think of Noel Coward’s plays, what comes to mind are frothy Jazz Age com- edies of rich idlers behaving badly and reveling in witty repartee with the impunity granted them by privilege, their amorality transpir- ing at a safe remove from our society today. If we are quick to jeer the disapproval that greeted his irreverent social commentary in its day, though, our own prudery must answer for his observations on legally contracted heterosexual wedlock continuing to enjoy widespread Matthew Gall, Carmen Molina, and Kevin Webb in Design for Living. popularity, while those touching on more poly- Photo by Paul Goyetteby Ryan Bourque amorous attractions are largely ignored. The latter provides the premise for this Pride Films and Plays production: Artist Leo Mercure, unite with their soulmate in New York City two ing relatively uncharted territory in mid-20th- Nasca’s breathtaking period wardrobe (right photographer Otto Sylvus and one-name-only years later in a three-way allegiance as firmly century Western civilization but, in the end, down to the neckties) conjure fairy-tale magic decorator Gilda are living the boho life in Paris based in Platonic ideals as those modeled on their author grants them the opportunity to within the confines of Rivendell’s underheated circa 1933. Gilda is officially Otto’s consort, conventional Noah’s Ark imperatives. defend the proposal of embracing happiness storefront. Their reward—and ours—is a uni- but after he discovers she has slept with Leo, “All Noel Coward’s plays are about people in where you find it. Love is love, as we say in formly excellent ensemble of actors led by he renounces them both. A year or so later, he love,” declares director Derek Bertelsen, but 2015. Kevin Webb, Carmen Molina and Matthew Gall invades the estranged couple’s London flat to what renders Coward’s lovers so outrageous are Creating an ambience of cosmopolitan chic as (with Edward Fraim as the jilted hub), who in- reclaim Gilda as his muse. When she walks out their stubborn adherence to romantic anarchy practiced in the cultural capitals of three glam- vite us to laugh at the artifice of their personae on both men to marry a kind but stodgy art as well as the youthful egotism that spurs them orous countries, Kendra Kingsbury’s clipped- while never ignoring the passion that engages collector, Leo and Otto turn to one another, to act on their convictions. To be sure, it takes consonant dialect instruction, G. Maxin IV’s our immediate affections. embarking together on their exile, only to re- each some time alone to determine what those skylit scenic design, Kallie Noelle Rolison’s are, alternative cohabitative arrangements be- ticklish score of vo-dee-o-do music and John

THEATER REVIEW tional material—musical score, satirical parody knife—tools often found in seacoast villages. or whatever—and the original source text must Brendan The lovers’ ally is now the tag team of Sister R&J: The Vineyard both fit comfortably into a performance time Connelly and Laurence and Friar John, while parental ob- Playwright: adapted by Janette Bauer within the limits of modern theatrical practice. McKenna struction is concentrated in a single Capulet and Aaron Sawyer from the This principle is especially important when Liesman matriarch. At times, Shakespeare’s words are play by William Shakespeare an adaptation proposes playgoers following a in R& J: projected on video screens in their entirety; at At: Oracle and Red Theatre story—albeit a Shakespeare classic—in four The Vineyard. other times, characters voice signers and some- Chicago at the Oracle Studio, languages simultaneously. Photo by times whole scenes are performed exclusively 3809 N. Broadway Some historical background: for most of the Joe Mazza/ in American Sign Language. Tickets: 252-220-0269: 18th and 19th centuries, the island of Mar- Brave Lux With sign language allowing for abbreviation www.publicaccesstheatre.org; free tha’s Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts, conveying vast concepts with astonishing effi- Runs through: Nov. 21 was home to a populace nearly two-thirds af- ciency (and bawdy jokes rendered considerably flicted with congenital deafness. Given these more raunchy than in blank verse), the results BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE demographics, their condition met with the ac- each other one night at a beach party, their come together over a mere 90 minutes with re- ceptance of their hearing neighbors, the two fates are sealed. markable integrative unity under the guidance When combining two plays into one, it be- communities living in the harmony engendered Among the intriguing motifs that Aaron Saw- of director Sawyer, an array of consultants and hooves the authors to decide first which play by a shared bilingualism—vocalized English yer and Janette Bauer’s concept suggest are instructors and eleven actors of diverse oto- can be most readily pared down to make room and a regional visual-based vocabulary. The Romeo’s seeking refuge in the city of Provi- logical capabilities. Sawyer and Bauer provide for the other. In practice, this means that addi- Montague clan has resided long in this iso- dence after being banished from the colony, a pre-curtain prologue for the players to swap lated province, while the Capulets are recent or snobbish Tybalt mocking “deaf speech” and sign-chat with hard-of-hearing audience mem- immigrants, arriving to seek a cure for their bers—and, with welcome generosity, wordplay

c covering his mouth when he speaks so as to daughter’s “disability” (perhaps aided by Dr. discourage eavesdroppers. He also duels with a with the aural-dependent to ease the latter Alexander Graham Bell’s research). When Ro- formal fencing rapier, as contrasted with Mer- into their dramatic universe. CRITICS’ meo Montague and Juliet Capulet encounter cutio’s whaling hook and Romeo’s clamdigger PICKS Charm, Northlight Theatre at Steppenwolf THEATER REVIEW ly. A bombshell explodes when Patrick is ac- the subject of the long-ago epithet appears. Garage, through Nov. 8. Unless extended, Phil- cused of having spray-painted a racial epithet Jamal (David Lawrence Hamilton) never knew ip Dawkins’ new play closes this weekend, so The Firestorm on a dormitory door as part of a fraternity who painted his door, and very much has rush to this unexpected tale of a self-described Playwright: Meredith Friedman hazing ritual when he was 18 and attending a gotten on with his life in another state. The “old tranny” who teaches grace, manners and At: Stage Left Theatre at Theater university in the South. Disgusted with what motives for his presence now are not at all basic humanity to tough LGBTQY street kids. JA Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. he’d done, he quit the fraternity the very next clear. He doesn’t ask Patrick for anything (al- Elf, Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire, through Tickets: 773-975-8150; day. though Patrick gives Jamal an apology). He Dec. 31. This 2010 film-to-stage musical adap- www.theaterwit.org; $20-$30 Author Meredith Friedman keeps the fallout does, however, appear to nudge Gaby into tation of the popular 2003 Will Farrell holiday Runs through: Nov. 29 from this revelation tightly contained be- withdrawing from campaigning with Patrick. vehicle receives a superlative staging thanks to tween Patrick and Gaby. We never witness the The play ends at this point and it, too, feels director/choreographer Marc Robin. The mate- BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL political firestorm suggested by the title—no incomplete. Friedman’s play isn’t really a po- rial comes off due to much luxury casting and reporters, no campaign staff other than Les- litical story, but the story of an inter-racial eye-popping visuals. SCM Viewed at the final preview, this co-world pre- lie, no pollsters, no political allies/enemies, relationship. The former requires a large num- Marvin’s Room, Shattered Globe at Theater miere of The Firestorm struck me as incom- no public statements from Patrick, who ad- ber of characters, the latter only two. Fried- Wit, through Nov. 14. The warmth and convic- plete. It feels as if it needs to be a larger mits his guilt to his wife. This is one of the man’s shotgun wedding isn’t entirely satisfy- tion of Sandy Shinner and her cast make even play and I wonder if early drafts had more ways the play seems incomplete. It never has ing. People do want to know how things turn cynics believe in Scott McPherson’s sunny com- characters. the look, the feel, the swirling immediacy of out, not just for Patrick and Gaby but for the edy of bickering kin coming to the aid of a Set in Columbus, Ohio, The Firestorm con- a political campaign. campaign. family member in need. MSB cerns Patrick Henderson (Vance Smith), a 40- Friedman also takes great pains in the first There are no major problems with the pro- My Mañana Comes, Teatro Vista at Victory ish progressive state commissioner running half of this 85-minute play to establish how duction under director Drew Martin. Positive Gardens Biograph, through Nov. 8. Even in the for governor, and his wife, Gaby (Kanome tight-knit and loving Patrick and Gaby are, aspects include good acting and sleek, spare kitchen of Manhattan’s swankiest restaurant, Jones), an Ivy-educated attorney. He’s white, with dialogue that’s almost too glib. The scenic design of contemporary interiors by the American Dream can go sour, making for a and she is Black. Meeting with Patrick’s over- marriage is so solid that I do not believe the Joe Schermoly, with smoothly flexible light- harsh lesson in microeconomics at the lowest eager young campaign strategist Leslie (Mela- meltdown that occurs when Patrick’s momen- ing by Maya Michele Fein. You can catch some and grittiest levels of our society. MSB nie Derleth), Gaby agrees to campaign, espe- tary past is revealed. I understand intellectu- classic jazz (Dizzy, Coltrane) between scenes. —By Abarbanel, Barnidge cially among African-American voters, if she ally, but not emotionally. and Morgan doesn’t have to reshape herself too drastical- Then, in the closing minutes of the play, WINDY CITY TIMES Nov. 4, 2015 15 THEATER REVIEW ing to do his best to keep his spouse and mother-in-law engaged, while Hellman makes for a About Face’s ‘Club’ Marjorie Prime very affable Prime trying to take in personal Playwright: Jordan Harrison data to help his human owners. raises $70K At: Writers Theatre at Books on Marjorie Prime is a perfect vehicle for Writers More than 130 guests attended About Vernon, 664 Vernon Ave., Glencoe Theatre to say goodbye to Books on Vernon. The Face Theatre’s (AFT’s) 3rd annual The Black Tickets: 847-242-6000 or memories of the play’s characters are jogged & Tan Supper Club at the InterContinental www.writerstheatre.org; $35-$70 and argued over much in the same way that Chicago Magnificent Mile hotel. Runs through Feb. 28 Chicago-area theatergoers might be inclined Celebrating About Face’s 20th Anniver- to simultaneously look back at the remarkable sary, the event raised $70,000 for AFT’s BY SCOTT C. MORGAN rise of Writers Theater from this intimate spot programming, including its Youth Theatre. while also anticipating the hopeful high-tech Entertainment included performer Tila Von It’s very appropriate that Jordan Harrison’s fu- glories of its custom-built new home. Twirl and live music by Hannaniah Whitley. turistic drama Marjorie Prime heartbreakingly deals with mortality amid the relentless march of technology. That’s because this Pulitzer-fi- nalist drama is slated to be the final production in the Books on Vernon space by Glencoe-based Writers Theater before its new nearby multi- million dollar home officially opens next year. SPOTLIGHT The off-Broadway-bound Marjorie Prime features top flight Chicago-area actors sink- e ing their teeth into a searing and thoughtful 80-minute drama questioning whether technology will truly (or accurately) make things better for mankind. There’s a foreboding sense of unease from Kate Fry and Nathan Hosner in Marjorie the start as the octogenarian Marjorie (Mary Prime. Ann Thebus) wakes up and begins a conver- Photo by Michael Brosilow sation with Walter (Erik Hellman), a pixelated humanoid known as a “Prime” who resembles tural touchstones of today will endure or fall her late husband in his 30s. Marjorie is wary into obscurity. The often sarcastic interplay of the Prime, though she does feel comfortable between humans and the ever-ready-to-please confiding certain memories with it rather than Primes also allows for some lighter moments her relations. before things turn very sad by the end. Marjorie’s daughter, Tess (Kate Fry), and son The intimacy of the Books on Vernon space is in-law, Jon (Nathan Hosner), bicker about once again a revelation since it demands pure If you’ve ever wondered what might have happened if the celebrated fictional British detective having a Prime in their home and how it can honesty from the actors under the fine-tuned Sherlock Holmes took on Chicago’s real-life 19th century mass murderer H.H. Holmes, then don’t be used to help or manipulate Marjorie. Tess direction of Kimberly Senior. It’s remarkable to miss Holmes vs. Holmes. This world-premiere drama was written by Bill Daniel and based upon is also distraught about a dark family secret see the tears streaming down Fry’s face as she a concept dreamed up by Orion Couling and Angela Davis Couling. E.D.G.E. Theatre’s Holmes vs. from long ago, especially as Marjorie’s lucidity truly inhabits the increasingly depressed Tess. Holmes plays from Thursday, Nov. 5, through Sunday, Nov. 29, at the Heartland Studio Theatre, fluctuates and old memories bubble up to the Thebus is also a wonder as an elderly woman 7016 N. Glenwood Ave. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays with 3 p.m. surface. struggling to maintain shreds of dignity as her Sunday matinees. Tickets are $22. Visit www.edgeoforion.com for more information and to buy But it’s not all doom and gloom as Harrison body and mind start to fail her. There’s also tickets in advance. also injects a fair amount of humor that will very good work from Hosner as a husband try- make audiences reflect on what current cul- Photo courtesy of E.D.G.E. Theatre

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Duncan Schiedt Jazz Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. 16 Nov. 4, 2015 WINDY CITY TIMES “Oh, honey—my name is as fake as my tits,” Michelle Visage. admits Michelle Visage, a judge on RuPaul’s TPAN presenting PR photo Drag Race and author of The Diva Rules, a hy- brid memoir/advice guide featuring 25 rules to ‘Barlesque 8’ help readers, as suggested by the book’s sub- The Chicago agency Test Positive Aware title, “Ditch the Drama, Find Your Strength, and Network (TPAN) has announced the latest Sparkle Your Way to the Top.” edition of its annual online fundraiser with The evolution of Visage’s stage name—borne “Barlesque 8: Bedtime Stories.” out her vogue battle skills in the ‘80s New York On Nov. 5-22, 16 bartender contestants City ballroom scene—is featured under Rule will raise funds in person and online at No. 6: Give Good Face and is just one of the Barlesque.org. As money is raised, photos notable reveals in her new book, which also of contestants advance from the contes- includes a chapter on her experiences as an ad- tants being fully dressed to wearing sig- opted child (Rule No. 2: Be Thankful You’re a nificantly less clothing. Misfit) and her difficult, but powerful connec- The kickoff party will take place Thurs- tion to Madonna (Rule No. 10: Celebrate Your day, Nov. 5, 7-10 p.m. at Uptown Under- Competition). ground, 4707 N. Broadway. See Barlesque. “A lot of people look at me on the outside org. and think that I am a strong, independent broad who is never insecure or has never had any adversity—and the reality is the complete opposite,” said Visage during a recent phone interview with Windy City Times. “I struggle with anxiety and self-doubt and that all stems, in part, from being put up for adoption and from not ‘being wanted from birth.’ For all the kids who feel like they have no hope of ever BOOKS fitting in, as shitty as they feel at this moment, I promise you there is something else out there waiting for you.” Keeping it real Visage is a multi-hyphenate artist who has enjoyed a decades-long radio career and is a former member of two pop groups, Seduction Maserati dealership with Michelle Visage and S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M., both of which had opening in Winnetka singles that hit the Billboard Hot 100. As the In celebration of the grand opening of its By Tony Peregrin outspoken judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Vis- new Maserati home located in Winnetka, age’s trademark side-eye and copious amounts Illinois, Fields Maserati is holding two pri- of T are legendary, but she is quick to point out vate receptions. what actually defines true beauty. Guests will have the opportunity, among “Giving good face is a play on words. I am 47 other things, to see and test-drive the lat- years old and I was brought up in the ballroom est Maserati models. scene, which some of these kids don’t know The dates are Friday, Nov. 6, 12-5 p.m.; about, but it’s why I am hopelessly devoted to and Saturday, Nov. 7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Re- the gay community,” explained Visage. “Giving freshments and hors d’oeuvres will be good face is more than the outside—it’s what served both days. lies beneath at our core. It’s showing up for To attend, RSVP to Pat Hubert at phu- things on time, it’s being kind to other people. [email protected] or 224-505-5010. It’s not about being pretty-pretty, which is so Fields Maserati is located at 80 Green Bay CULTURECULTURE CLUBCLUB fleeting and so subjective like art. [For exam- Road in Winnetka, Illinois. ple,] my idea of what makes men attractive is For more information about Fields Mase- different from Ru’s, although there are a few rati, visit www.fieldsmaserati.com. To view types that cross over for us,” said Visage, with all Fields Auto Group dealerships, see www. a quick laugh. fieldsauto.com. RuPaul, host and executive producer of Ru- Paul’s Drag Race, penned the foreword for The Diva Rules in which he describes Visage as “a Buck Angel event lioness—highly intelligent, fiercely loyal, and hyper-aware.” in Oak Park Nov. 6 Visage’s keen observational skills have al- Transgender activist/adult-film producer ways served her well, particularly when it Buck Angel will be at the main Oak Park Li- comes to sizing up the competition. In 1989, brary, 834 Lake St., on Friday, Nov. 6, 8-11 she performed at the Love Ball, an AIDS benefit p.m., for a screening and discussion of his documentary film Mr. Angel (NR, 2013, 68 in New York City that raised $400,000 to fight min.), which details his experiences as a AIDS. Visage’s performance introduced attend- female-to-male transgender man. ees—which reportedly included Madonna—to Mr. Angel is not rated and includes ma- a then-relatively unknown form of dance called ture content. This after-hours event is for voguing. Susanne Bartsch, the famed event ages 21+ only. Light refreshments and a producer who organized the Love Ball, told cash bar will be available. New York magazine “Madonna came, and the

Front (L-r): Namir Smallwood, Julian Parker, Matthew Sherbach, Armand Matthew Julian Parker, Namir Smallwood, (L-r): Front Monica Orozco Serequeberhan, Smith, Awate Fields, BrittneyLove This event is part of the library’s Human- next thing you know, there’s the ‘Vogue’ video,” ity 101 series and is presented in partner- a quote Visage includes in her book. ship with PFLAG. See OPPL.org. “It could be coincidence; it could very well be a coincidence—I just don’t know how,” said Visage, matter-of-factly. “I wore knee pads Mitchell/Wachowski when I was voguing, I wore my hair in a long blond ponytail. Her Vogue video was so simi- event Nov. 8 lar. I was like, ‘holy fuck.’ Of course, Madonna On Sunday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m., at Music has her eyes open 24/7 or she wouldn’t be Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave., Un- Madonna. She is my idol, my icon. It flattered abridged Bookstore and the Music Box will the fuck out of me,” she said. “[This look and present an evening with David Mitchell, those moves] were something that came from best-selling author of The Bone Clocks and my evolution and soul. It was a look I came up Cloud Atlas, and Lana Wachowski, director with in the club and voguing scene. That was and writer of The Matrix Trilogy, Bound and my thing. I was very surprised.” V for Vendetta, in celebration of Mitchell’s “For me, you can take it in a negative way new novel, Slade House. or be super-fucking stoked,” added Visage. “At Mitchell and Wachowski will converse the time, I called Caesar Magnifique Valentino, about Slade House, Mitchell’s previous who was my ballroom house ‘father’—he taught works, literature and art. A book-signing me to vogue and is still my friend today—and will follow the program. said ‘Madonna knows who I am!’ Although, of Tickets start at $30 each; visit MusicBox- Theatre.com. Turn to page 22 WINDY CITY TIMES Nov. 4, 2015 17 MIXNER from cover the audience on a deeply personal level allow us to see this important history through his McKinley was assassinated.” eyes. His charisma, vulnerability and humor on Mixner explained that he’s been a witness to David Mixner (from stage create a dynamic piece of theater and I many events and the people who were making left), Edie Windsor, for one am honored to be a part of this impor- the history, and every once and awhile making Judith Light and Light’s tant show.” that history himself. manager Herb Hamsher Ahead of the Chicago show, the production “My show goes from 1976 when I came out at the NYC premiere of will be traveling to Atlanta’s Woodruff Arts to 1996 when the Defense of Marriage Act Oh Hell No! Center Thursday, Oct. 29. was passed by Congress,” said Mixner. “I think Photo courtesy of The Mixner noted that they’ve also had inquiries some of the proudest moments in that journey Point Foundation to bring the play to the Embassy in the Domini- was when I led the successful campaign to de- can Republic and the Kennedy Center as well as feat Proposition 6 in California in 1978. It was an interest from the Mayor of Milan, Italy, to a night I’ll never forget. The fact that we never bring the show there. stopped fighting for our freedom. During the people who went to Harvard or Columbia or the storytelling,” said Swallow. “I’m beyond grate- “Come see this play,” said Mixner. “Hear your AIDS crisis in the 1980s, I never saw so much University of Chicago or Stanford or Berkeley, ful for the work he’s done for civil rights so it’s history, some great music and help kids go to courage and nobility in a community in my life. who are now doctors and lawyers and are giv- a pleasure to watch the show and contribute to college. Enjoy the laughter and bring a few I’ve been fortunate to walk among many coura- ing back to our community, I couldn’t think of the riveting evening he creates simply by shar- tissues to wipe away the tears. You’ll have a geous people. I was a pioneer in bringing the a better investment. That’s the attitude all of ing from his heart.” great evening while also supporting a fantastic gay and lesbian communities together in the us had going into the production. We’re rais- “David is a part of a generation of LGBTQ in- cause.” late 1970s and I’m really proud of that accom- ing money to help LGBT kids go to college who dividuals that were at the forefront of change To purchase tickets, visit www.pointfoun- plishment. I talk about that in the show. “ wouldn’t have been able to go otherwise.” in this country,” said Bolan. “His innate capac- dation.org/davidmixnerchicago. The idea to produce and star in this play “It’s an honor and a joy to support David’s ity for storytelling and ability to connect with came to Mixner after coming out of intensive care about a year and a half ago. Mixner was critically ill and the doctors gave him an eight percent chance of surviving. But he did survive, and decided that he had to tell his story. “I realized that I had all of these stories about our [LGBT] journey, and I’ve been fortunate to be on the inside of these things like the Briggs Initiative, the formation of AIDS organizations and many other things that I’ve participated in, witnessed and helped create,” said Mixner. “I thought it’s really important to get these stories out there in an entertaining way and how much fun it would be to go on stage and tell the stories of our journey with a sense of humor and a few tears here and there.” Mixner’s life and career has encompassed more than LGBT and HIV/AIDS activism. While growing up in rural, southern New Jersey, Mixner encountered segregated schools, restaurants, etc. Although his parents were seg- regationists, he and his sister went in the opposite direction and became very active in the civil-rights movement of the 1960s. He’s also been involved with the anti-war movement over the years. Mixner also got involved with politics for the first time as a volunteer for John F. Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign, and has participated in more than 75 political campaigns as a campaign manager, fundraiser or strategist. He’s also been an unofficial advisor to many presidents over the years. Not only did Mixner share a room with Presi- dent Bill Clinton briefly when they both attended Oxford, but he also worked closely with Clinton on his presidential campaign and brought a lot of LGBT people aboard. In the play, Mixner also talks about his dis- agreement with Clinton over the administra- tion’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy and what effect that had on their relationship, as well as the time he got arrested protesting DADT in front of the White House. Mixner noted that critics in New York City and Los Angeles gave the show rave reviews and the audiences in both locations told him they loved the show. “It was far beyond anything I could’ve dreamed of or hoped for when I was putting this show together,” said Mixner. Like the NYC and LA shows, proceeds from the Chicago show will benefit Point Foundation Scholars. According to Point Foundation’s Com- munications and Marketing Director Eugene Patron, together the NYC and LA productions raised enough money to fund six scholarships for a year. Mixner explained that he chose to give the proceeds for all of his shows to Point Founda- tion Scholars because of his involvement with the organization and his desire to help future generations of LGBT students go to college. “I was very moved by the stories of the students I would hear at Point Foundation events who’ve been kicked out of their homes and living in their cars or streets who were getting 4.0 GPA’s in high school,” said Mixner. “When you hear the success stories of these young 18 Nov. 4, 2015 WINDY CITY TIMES Download our new Windy City Times Gay and Lesbian Gay and Lesbian Wedding Guide magazine! Wedding Guide www.windycitymediagroup.com/WeddingGuide/2015-07-29.pdf

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“I decided a long time ago that it was my responsibility as a biographer to invade a person’s privacy.”—J. Randy Taraborrelli shares his phi- losophy while being interviewed about his latest blockbuster, Becoming Beyoncé: The Untold Story. After 13 New York Times best-sellers, I think he’s earned the right to do whatever the hell he wants. I hate to brag, but a member of the Jackson Boy George claimed he went to “Erotic City” family might be my new best friend. No, I’m not with Prince. talking about one of Tito’s kids—this is a real, Photo by Indira Cesarine honest-to-goodness, first-generation Jackson. Admittedly, Rebbie may not be the top of any- Then there’s the case of professional boxer, one’s list, but you would be hard-pressed to find Yusaf Mack, who’s been revealed to be an ac- a nicer or more down-to-earth lady. The 65-year- tive participant in a gay porn flick which was old was one of the performers at “Divas Simply released by DawgPoundUSA almost a year ago. Singing.” Yusaf says he agreed to be in a heterosexual This was the 25th anniversary of the AIDS porno and recalls arriving at the set in the Bronx benefit, which was founded by the tireless (and where he saw some naked women. But he says, apparently ageless) Sheryl Lee Ralph. After a “They gave me a pill and a shot of vodka. I took stupendous opening number, Ralph ushered the pill down with the vodka.” The next thing he out rising diva Angie Fisher, who set the bar remembers is someone waking him up on the NY pretty damn high. And the divas kept coming— subway and finding $4,500 in his pocket. That including Jordin Sparks, CeCe Peniston, Lo- all sounds, well, unbelievable. DawgPound made retta Devine, Shanice, Freda Payne and Mary a statement of their own: “At no time have we Wilson. As for Rebbie, she sang her 1984 hit ever coerced or drugged any of our models. The “Centipede”—her first public performance since claims made by Mr. Mack are false, slanderous, her husband’s death. It should go without say- and vehemently denied on our part. We intend to ing that the show was stolen by Jenifer Lewis, take all legal steps necessary to protect our good who earned her first standing ovation before name and reputation against these patently false even singing! The Black-ish star then delivered and preposterous claims.” For anyone interested one of the most emotional renditions of “I Know in the clip, it’s on DawgPoundUSA.com under the Where I’ve Been” that I’ve ever heard—and was title “Holiday Hump’n” with the following de- met with yet another ovation. You can see our scription: “ After fuck buddies work out together exclusive video and some photos from the night they naturally get horny and need to fuck. This on BillyMasters.com. hot trio is serving up all the Christmas splendor I should mention that there was one other just in time for the holidays. What better gifts significant person involved with “Divas Sim- than Bamm Bamm, Young Buck, and a new hottie ply Singing.” Jussie Smollett from Empire was Philly.” In case anyone is wondering, Mack bot- scheduled to be the sole male performer. But at toms—orally and anally. the last minute, he was summoned to another For those of you waiting with bated breath for event from the brass at FOX. Jussie’s presence Barbra Streisand’s Gypsy, you’re in for an aw- was still felt at the concert—he insisted that fully long wait. Universal has put the remake in a fantastic band be hired to accompany the di- turnaround, which means they aren’t going to vas, and he sent Sheryl Lee a check to cover the pay for it. Babs will have to find someone else to costs. Now that’s a class act. foot the bill. By the time this movie gets made, Marc Jacobs held a 10-person Grindr orgy last they’ll have to rename her character Nana Rose! week. According to the New York Post, everyone Lastly, Demi Lovato made the news when she was twentysomething (except, needless to say, made a surprise appearance at The Monster, a Jacobs himself), and the party lasted more than gay bar in New York’s West Village. She was there 24 hours. The source said, “The people weren’t to promote her new single, “Confident,” and in- as good-looking as I expected. I expected Lo- vited some people onstage to dance—including renzo Martone beautiful. They were average, chill some of the strippers who were “working”. While people who didn’t have any attitude, which was Demi’s attention was initially directed towards really nice.” While Jacobs was clean and sober, a fully clothed guy on her left, she noticed the others were reportedly doing a variety of club crowd was looking to her right—specifically at a drugs. Marc later confirmed the soirée by posting go-go boy with an enormous erection. You can an Instagram image with the Grindr logo say- check out every inch of the dancer (and Demi’s ing “Goodbye (for now) Grindr! It was fun for response) on BillyMasters.com. group get togethers, but, what really excites me When Demi is upstaged by a “monster,” it’s is my work!” He added the caption, “Yup, I’m definitely time to end yet another column. You gay. Sometimes I enjoy sex. Sometimes!” But he can see it, and so much more, at www.BillyMas- wasn’t done. He added the following post: “To ters.com! If you’ve got a question for me, send it whichever guest benefited from calling this mis- along to [email protected], and I promise information into the Post, I only wish you good to get back to you before Jacobs plans to stuff health, happiness and a long life to enjoy taking more than a Thanksgiving turkey! So, until next advantage of the kindness of strangers and talk- time, remember, one man’s filth is another man’s ing shit about others. #reallyqueen?” bible. 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BY ANDREW DAVIS Tap list at Replay Andersonville. Some people have claimed that the Chicago neigh- Photo by Andrew Davis borhood of Andersonville is becoming the second Boystown, and the addition of two businesses Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker (which I didn’t even Steve Farbstein (who told me “Nothing is small that originated in that part of Lake View—Replay know was a game) or one of several others. Of here” and that Replay wants to offer something (5358 N. Clark St.; ReplayAndersonville.com) and course, this one also serves food, unlike the Boys- that’s “familiar, but a step beyond”) offer gener- the adjoining lounge Elixir (1509 W. Balmoral town bar. ous portions of dishes, whether they’re “savo- Ave.; https://www.facebook.com/elixiranderson- Going to Replay for brunch was a very fun expe- ries,” “sweets & batters” or “house specialties.” ville)—will do little to dissuade them. rience, I must say (or write). One of the things I The corned-beef hash and lobster Benedict are However, at least from a culinary point of view, immediately liked was that Replay opens at 9 a.m. outstanding comfort-food dishes, and my friend I’m urging people to check out Replay. (I haven’t for brunch for early birds. (It seems that half the enjoyed his egg-white scramble—proving that Mr. International Rubber 19: yet checked out Elixir’s vibe, which is why this world wants to meet at 11 a.m. on the weekends. there’s something for everyone. piece will center on only Replay.) But don’t worry about Replay running out of room, Come for the food and stay for the atmosphere at Destination Rubber Like the original Replay, the Andersonville estab- as Elixir opens for the overflow crowd.) Replay—they may be enough to even change com- lishment has the free retro video games—patrons Whatever time you decide to go to Replay, the plainers’ minds about having a second Boystown. Thu., Nov. 5 - Sun., Nov. 8 can play Donkey Kong, Ms. Pac-Man, Centipede, food is worth the trip. Chefs Bernardo Ibarra and Various locations This 19th annual competition brings hundreds to Chicago. Some highlights include: Thu., Nov. 5—MIR 19 Welcome Party, Touche, 6412 N. Clark St., 10 pm. The home of Mr. Midwest Rubber welcomes the contestants and well- wishers. Fri., Nov. 6—Kink Market/Social/ Gear Sale, Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted St., noon - 6 pm. Vendors from around the globe will be offer- ing their wares for sale and trial in our kink market. Meet some new friends in the Kinkster Lounge. Sat., Nov. 7—MIR 19 Contest (Part 2), Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Hal- sted St., 9-11 pm. The exciting con- clusion to the Mr. International Rubber Contest. Includes judging of onstage question, “mystery-bag” and audience voting for Mr. International Rubber. Sun., Nov. 8—Shiny Guys, Show- tunes and Slushies, Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted St., 5-9 pm. Rubbermen, leathermen, bears, twinks and vanilla guys gather for slushies and show- tunes. For a full MIR 19 schedule, see www.mirubber.com Photo of Mr. International Rubber 18 HALSTED HALLOWEEN PARADE ‘15 attendees by Anthony Meade The rain did little to dampen the spirits of this year’s parade entrants and hundreds who lined the route, along Halsted from Belmont to Roscoe. Photos by Kirk Williamson WINDY CITY TIMES Nov. 4, 2015 21

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