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eal of our community for over 20 Bill Malcolm’s explores Springfield, R www.bradlippitz.com years, no real estate broker in the , for his value-travel series. [email protected] city sells or gives back to our Compass errors, omissions, and changes without notice. All measurements and square footage are approximate. This is not intended to solicit property already listed. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the ralm of real estate brokerage. plus Photo by Bill Malcolm 773.404.1144 community as much as Brad. DAILY BREAKING NEWS 4 March 14, 2018 WINDY CITY TIMES PASSAGES Varoujan A. Ketenjian Varoujan “Var” Ketenjian, 56, of Barrington, passed away unexpectedly on March 9. He was THE SEASONED LIFE 56. He was born Oct. 21, 1961 in Arlington Heights, BY JANO Illinois. He was a graduate of Barrington High School and earned a BS degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology in . Var owned a dog-grooming business in Bar- rington, and for the past eight years he was a You might find this hard to believe, but it’s school, to cook with her Easy Bake Oven and factory manager. true. play hours of boring games like hopscotch and Var is survived by his cousins Ani Karagozian, Before I came to earth I had already picked rock teacher. When I became old enough to un- Andre Balian, Viken Stamboulian, Chris Stambou- out my parents and siblings and waited for the derstand where babies came from, which to me lian and Ohan Stamboulian. Var is also survived correct body for myself. I waited until I grew was the main thing that made girls different by his loving fiance, Todd Davidson. impatient and finally requested, “Next avail- from boys, I figured one day, I too would have Var was a huge jeep fan, loved to travel, loved able, please.” The third day of August, I was a child. In my naiveté I imagined I could have to cook and was a huge animal lover. For the past born a 6 lb 5 oz baby girl. enough children to form a basketball team. three years, he was especially fond of birds, and For many years I thought that my little girl’s The day before I was to enter eighth grade is survived by Perci, Sparky, Mango, Kiwi, Bobo life was like most little girls. I played drums my life changed forever; I came on my period. and George. with pencils on the top of the grits box. I woke Although my mother had been very instructive He was preceded in death by his mother, Mar- up looking forward to playing baseball with my about menstrual cycles and what it meant, the garet Ketenjian, and will be buried next to her. plastic ball and bat. On Friday nights, I went thing I remember her saying sadly and almost Var was loved by many far and wide. His smile, Varoujan A. Ketenjian (right) with fiance, to sleep listening to the boxing match on the apologetically was, “You can no longer play laugh and personality will be remembered by Todd Davidson. radio as my bedtime story and dreamed of play- with the boys like you have been. You have to friends and family forever. Photo from Davidson’s page ing for the when I grew up. be more careful now.” She even admitted that Visitation was March 13 with a funeral service One day, a backyard friend told me that if I she had prayed that I did not start menstruat- In lieu of flowers, please consider the needs at Davenport Family Funeral Home and Crematory, could kiss my own elbow, I could change into ing until I turned 17. of the family in this difficult time: https://www. 149 W. Main St. (Lake-Cook Rd), Barrington, IL a boy. He had witnessed my frustrations, as For the next 40 years, life was dictated by my gofundme.com/vars-funeral-and-legal-fund. 60010. adults on the street on the other side of our menstrual cycle. In the beginning, the joy and fence had commented on my baseball enthu- wild abandon I had in playing an impromptu siasm. They often made my friends, who were game of slow-pitch softball became an excuse boys, feel bad for being out hustled by a girl. or feigned disinterest for not joining in. The flame of my natural desire to climb a tree or South Side Help scale a fence was dampened by the red and “For many years I thought white between my legs. At any moment, I Center founder dies that my little girl’s life could go from laughing with the boys to be- Mrs. Betty L. Smith, the founder of Chicago’s ing pulled aside and whispered to, about the South Side Help Center, has passed away, ac- was like most little girls. I untimely red stains on the back of my clothes. cording to a press release from the organization. played drums with pencils Moving from my teens to adulthood did not She passed away at home after a long illness and make these monthly visits any easier. The boy complications of Alzheimer’s disease. on the top of the grits box. that lived inside of me had learned how to im- Her daughter, Vanessa Smith, is the center’s I woke up looking forward personate a girl so well. However, when it came current executive director. to playing baseball with my to that monthly cycle, I harbored confusion, Homegoing services are being planned to take depression and shame. I often felt bullied as place at the church where Smith spent many plastic ball and bat.” well as betrayed by life. It was oppressive and years in faithful service, Chatham-Avalon Church kept me tethered to a spirit of caution so deep of Christ, 8601 S. State St. close to the end of that I often rearranged my plans with friends next week (possibly on March 16 or 17), and will I didn’t want them to feel bad or for me—to (which made me seem fickle) because of its un- be announced once they are confirmed. continue to feel that I couldn’t be the winner timely arrival and my inability to understand or For 30 years, South Side Help Center has pro- in our games, because I was a girl. So I spent manage it. I recall watching the women’s track vided critical services to help negate the inci- a whole 6-year-old summer day trying to turn and field event at the 1988 Summer Olympics dence and impact of HIV/AIDS in Chicago’s com- Betty L. Smith. myself into a boy. on television, wondering what their secrets munities of color. Initially founded in 1987 by I kept trying to kiss my own elbow. My sis- were for running in those outfits seemingly Betty Smith, the initial goal was to educate the Montage of photos from South Side help Center ter Tam, who was two years older, monitored unconcerned of whether they would come on African-American religious community so it could my progress and encouraged me to twist that their period before the finish line. be sensitive to the needs of people impacted by ity building programs to help people of all ages elbow a little more. I even made up a song Then one day, my menstrual cycle stopped; HIV/AIDS. embrace a lifestyle of prevention against men- expressing my efforts, “Boy, girl, boy oy oy which turned into a year of not showing up. Since then, SSHC’s services have evolved to in- tal, physical and social ills by providing positive, oy.” But by evening, we were both tired and Which turned into a different season of this clude HIV/AIDS outreach and direct care services healthy alternatives so that community residents resigned to the fact that I would never be able female body—menopause. and a comprehensive range of youth and capac- can lead productive lives. to kiss my own elbow, which meant, I would The end of one chapter and the beginning of have to remain a girl for the rest of my life. another. I went on playdates with my best friend from I graciously accepted it. @windycitytimes1 /windycitymediagroup Jano is a writer with an insatiable curiosity who has also written for the Chicago Defender, Chi- cago Sun-Times, Out Magazine, Fisk University Almanac of Popular Culture and more. She wrote @windycitytimes www.windycitymediagroup.com a column for Nightlines, a sister publication to Outlines (now Windy City Times) in the 1990s. WINDY CITY TIMES March 14, 2018 5 Philanthropist Miriam Hoover dies BY TRACY BAIM membered as an important supporter of Center on Halsted. Her significant personal gift, the largest After a life well lived for 104 years, Miriam U. such individual gift during the campaign to build Hoover passed away at her home in Palm Springs our facility, helped to ensure the completion of March 6. the capital campaign. At Center on Halsted, our Miriam, the aunt of Chicago LGBT activist and Hoover Leppen Theatre is named in her honor and philanthropist Michael Leppen, followed her that of her nephew, Michael Leppen. Mrs. Hoover nephew’s guidance on her support of HIV/AIDS exemplified the importance of civic leadership and LGBT causes for decades. and philanthropy.” Miriam was born in Humboldt, Michigan, on “AIDS Foundation of Chicago is grateful for Nov. 1, 1913, the daughter of Justina and Tu- Mrs. Hoover’s longtime support—particularly in omas Ulvinen. She grew up with eight sisters and the early days of the HIV epidemic, when the three brothers on the family farm. She worked community had few options but to help people as a governess and then married H. Earl Hoover die with dignity,” said AFC CEO John Peller. “It’s (1890-1985) who was her best friend and the a testament to her character, and her love for love of her life. They traveled the world together her nephew, Michael Leppen, that Mrs. Hoover and enjoyed every moment of their life together. stepped up and made a lasting impact on so Miriam Hoover (left) with nephew Michael Leppen and his mom, Vi, at the Center on Halsted. Miriam always led an active life. She loved op- many organizations in Chicago.” Photo by Tracy Baim era, symphony, ballet and theater. “I am saddened to hear about the death of She was an active member and supporter of Miriam Hoover,” said Pride Action Tank Executive nephew, companion and best friend; her stepson Chicago, next to husband Earl. various churches, charities and social service Director Kim Hunt. “She and her nephew, Michael and friend H. Earl Hoover II (Barbara); her step- A memorial will be held at St. Paul’s in the Des- and educational programs. She was a trustee for: Leppen, were supporters of Affinity Community grandchildren Gordon Hoover II, Wendy Chandler, ert, Palm Springs, California, on Saturday, March Seabury Western Theological Seminary, Episcopal Service’s youth work when I was the executive Diana Filkins (Rick), Michael Hoover (Janis), Tim 17, at 11 a.m. After the service, there will be a Charities, The Living Desert, Palm Springs Art Mu- director there. My heart goes out to Michael and Hoover (Debra), Elizabeth Tapia (Richard), Court- luncheon reception at Le Vallauris. seum and Bishop Anderson House. As a philan- the rest of the family and loved ones on the loss ney Cummings (John), John Hoover and Robert There will also be a memorial service in Chi- thropist she supported many agencies not only of this incredible spirit.” Hoover II (Candace). Also by great grandchildren, cago at the Cathedral of St. James on Saturday, in the Chicago area, but throughout the country Miriam had a devout faith and was supportive many nieces and nephews, and great nieces and April 28, at 11 a.m. A luncheon reception will be and world. and loving of her family and their extended fami- great nephews. served at the Drake Hotel’s Gold Coast Room fol- Miriam was “a great woman with an enormous lies. She loved getting together with family and Miriam will be buried at Oakwood Cemetery in lowing the service. spirit and generous legacy who gave so much to reliving memories of her life with her sisters and the LGBTQ community in Chicago,” said Amy Mag- brothers. She always enjoyed the family reunion gio. “A very early supporter of HIV/AIDS organi- in Michigan with four generations of the family WALK WRIGHT IN getting together with her. Family was always im- zations, her generosity will live on through the SM lives of all of those who have benefited from her portant to Miriam. many acts of kindness.” That faith included her support of Bishop An- WRIGHT PLUS Anne Rossiter said: “Miriam was a woman who derson House. lived with her heart wide open, no judgment, “We are mourning Miriam’s death here at Bish- ARCHITECTURAL HOUSEWALK just love, in supporting her community from her op Anderson House,” said Executive Director the beloved Episcopal Church community to her hos- Rev. Thomas S. Rogers, III. “I got to see Miriam pital, North Shore University Health System, the one last time on All Saints Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017 Center on Halsted and hundreds of other social which seems like an appropriate day now upon welfare and arts organizations. She was a giant further reflection. Miriam was one of the saints among the philanthropists in Chicago and be- who supported our work providing professional yond.” chaplains to see patients and families in the trau- “I had the opportunity of knowing Mrs. Hoover ma unit and Project Connect, the inpatient HIV+ for over 15 years,” said Hadley Rue. “I worked unit, at Stroger Cook County Hospital. Her neph- with her, traveled with her, she was like a grand- ew, Michael Leppen, who served on our board of BUY mother to me. Mrs. Hoover was always on the trustees started collecting teddy bears for HIV+ NOW AND run. She loved being on the move, seeing things patients in the 1980s when doctors and nurses SAVE! and as she would say ‘there is no moss growing were afraid to touch patients before people knew

under my feet.’ She loved going to dinner with how HIV was transmitted. Today, we live into this James Caulfield Photo: a group—preferably a group of six or more. She heritage by providing professional chaplaincy to was the bell of the ball and loved have hand- HIV+ patients and their families. SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2018 • OAK PARK, ILLINOIS some gentlemen in ties with her. She was part of “We are so grateful to Miriam for her longstand- a bygone era which no longer exists and it was ing support of Bishop Anderson House and offer “ WRIGHT PLUS HAS LONG BEEN THE Enjoy rare interior tours of privately owned special to be part of it. An experience that can our prayers and condolences to her family and homes and landmark buildings designed by never be replicated. She already is missed and friends at her death. She is a great representative PINNACLE OF HOUSEWALKS IN OAK Frank Lloyd Wright and his contemporaries will be forever.” of a life well lived with much joy—I will never PARK AND, ARGUABLY, THE ENTIRE in historic Oak Park. Tour magnificent spaces, “I am saddened by the passing of Mrs. Miri- forget her authentic smile anytime we met.” COUNTRY.” —WEDNESDAY JOURNAL am Hoover, a pillar of the Chicago community,” She is preceded in death by her loving hus- experience history, and enjoy a festive day. said Center on Halsted CEO Modesto Valle. “Her band, Earl, her parents, her brothers and sisters leadership, among so many organizations, will and their spouses, stepsons Gordon, Jack and continue to inspire myself and so many others Bob and daughter-in-laws, Carol, Nancy and Bea. FLWRIGHT.ORG 312.994.4000 for years to come. Mrs. Hoover will also be re- Miriam is survived by Michael A Leppen, her INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY TO WRIGHT’S CHICAGO 6 March 14, 2018 WINDY CITY TIMES scribing the legal experience, community partici- Yandle was one of about a dozen openly LGBT pation and political acumen a prospective judge judges nominated by Obama. Though she has LGBT judges discuss needs to acquire. Campaigning for a judgeship, long been out, she was rarely in such a high- Theis said, is often one of the most difficult steps profile position before her confirmation. Prior in a legal career. to the nominations, only one federal judge was “You have to go out and communicate to openly gay, so Yandle had to accept that her be- paths to the bench people why they should vote for you, and that’s ing a member of the LGBT community would be tough,” she said. “[The decision] may be up to a part of the “narrative” that went along with her BY MATT SIMONETTE Marubio and Judge John Ehrlich of Cook County million voters.” confirmation. Circuit Court, and federal Judge Staci Michelle Ehrlich concurred. After an early, difficult cam- “That was when I learned the difference be- A panel of prominent LGBT judges and one justice Yandle. Illinois State Supreme Court Justice Mary paign, he vowed that he would never campaign tween being openly gay and publicly gay— from the Illinois State Supreme Court met March Jane Theis also took part. again, but the possibility of a new position later they’re not the same thing,” she recalled, adding 8 to discuss the need for diversity on the bench. Theis spoke at length about the need for per- became enticing. that she ultimately faced the most scrutiny from “The Lavender Bench: Experiences of LGBTQ sons from a variety of backgrounds among judges, “You have to be willing to go out and get [bal- federal officials because she was a trial lawyer. Judges in Illinois” was held in the downtown of- noting that, “I’m committed to diversity on the lot] signatures yourself,” he said. “You have to “That’s what they beat me over the head with,” fices of the Hinshaw & Culbertson law firm, with bench—that means I want all the people in this go to the fundraisers for the alderman and the she said. the session moderated by openly lesbian Cook room on the bench.” committeeman, because that’s where you meet Marubio said that, for the near future, it would County Circuit Court Judge Cecilia Horan. Partici- She further explained the rigamarole involved people with money.” still be important for LGBT judges to publicly pants included Associate Judge Mary Catherine in getting to that stage in a legal career, de- Yandle, who was appointed to her job by former identify as members of the community, adding, President , was spared having to “I think it needs to carry the narrative.” campaign, but her confirmation process was no After the discussion, Horan added, “We’ve got less arduous. She recalled that the application, some wonderful diversity on the bench now, but without any attachments, was about 60 pages, we’ve got a ‘bubble’ in Cook County. We’ve got and she had to undergo both an IRS audit and a a good number of judges here, but that needs scrupulous background check. to spread into southern Illinois and the federal “They found people that I hadn’t seen since I bench as well.” was 13,” she said.

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BY TRACY BAIM cates, historians and parks advocates, including AIDS, those to the disease—and to make representatives from Center on Halsted, Howard sure there is an educational component about About a dozen people gathered for a meeting Brown Health, Friends of the Parks, the Chicago the current fight. March 8 to discuss a planned garden to memori- Park District, the Chicago Parks Foundation and The Belmont Rocks have a long history of LGBT alize the loss, activism and resilience of Chicago’s Windy City Times. activity, from colorful graffiti, cruising and sports fight against HIV/AIDS. The Chicago Park District has designated space to the annual Black Pride event held there for The planned garden, at the Belmont Rocks in near Belmont Harbor for the garden, and Tunney decades. Lake View itself has a diverse history, Lake View, is being designed by Clauss Brothers, funded the draft landscape plan. The tentative including strong Latino roots. Ideas at the meet- Inc., landscape architect Natalie Gongaware. She name of the project is AIDS Memorial Garden, but ing included incorporating all of that history, in presented her preliminary designs to the group CEO David Munar suggested addition to perhaps having markers or murals in invited to Ann Sather on Belmont by Ald. Tom the name should also pay tribute to the activism. other parts of the city to note the widespread Tunney. Attendees also said there should be a way to me- impact of the disease across the entire region. 44th Ward Ald. . Attendees included LGBTQ, HIV/AIDS advo- morialize Chicago’s own efforts to combat HIV/ The tentative plans include several beautifully Photo by Tracy Baim 8 March 14, 2018 WINDY CITY TIMES Point Foundation hosts networking event at Salero Approximately 80 people attended Point’s 2018 Chicago Cornerstone Society Reception at Salero restaurant on March 8. Point board members Alexia Ward and Pete Subkoviak (also an alum) welcomed everyone and host committee member Kenn Plebanek spoke to his connection with Point and his experience as a scholarship application reader. (Point received 2,100 applications for scholarships this year and relied on 120 volunteer readers.) Also addressing the attendees were Community College Scholarship Recipient Sergio Tundo (who is taking part in Harry S. Truman College’s pre- nursing program) who spoke about how Point en- ables them to pursue their goal of serving LGBTQ communities through inclusive health care. Point Scholar Donna Scaffidi spoke to her experiences leading up to law school, and how Point provides her with a mentor and network of LGBTQ people who make her believe her dream of becoming a judge is possible. Point Foundation is the nation’s largest pro- vider of higher education scholarships to LGBTQ Sergio Tundo (left) and Donna Scaffidi (right) at Point Foundation event. students. See https://pointfoundation.org/. Photos by Hal Baim

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BY ANDREW DAVIS EU: The biggest advantage is that I’m endorsed by the majority of our committeemen and com- If nothing else, Ed Underhill is about longevity. mitteewomen in our subcircuit. For example, A lifelong Chicagoan, Underhill is a trial attor- the last time I ran I got the endorsement of my ney with more than 30 years of experience, and alderman, . This time, I have has been a Bucktown homeowner for the past 17 the endorsement of several committeemen and years. He has been with his husband, Liam, for aldermen, including Scott Waguespack, Proco Joe several years. Now, he hopes to continue the next Moreno (who’s with the 1st Ward), Brian Hopkins phase of his career and life as a judge. His Demo- (2nd Ward), Walter Burnett Jr. (who’s in the 27th cratic primary opponents include Charles Beach Ward); in the western part of the subcircuit, I and Andrea Webber. have the Arroyo family, including state Rep. Luis Windy City Times: This is your second time Arroyo, and others. That’s a bigger difference; running for judge. What did you learn last time they’re helping me, including providing amazing that you can apply this time? amounts of wisdom. Ed Underhill: I learned that you have to build The last time I ran, a goal was to run as openly relationships within all the political organiza- gay, married candidate and see what resistance tions. You can’t ignore any of them—political I got from doing that. This time around, I find organizations, ward organizations. And you still I don’t have to highlight that as much; they re- have to know the neighborhoods as well, you still member me and my husband. I don’t think it’s as have canvass them. Those two things are prob- big an issue as it once was. Stephanie Miller has ably the most important. been appointed; she’s a married lesbian with two Ed Underhill. WCT: You didn’t canvass last time? kids. Sometimes, we go canvass together. Photo from campaign website EU: I did, but what I want to stress is that The biggest challenge is certainly time man- involved with it, correct? I’ve understood that there’s a natural tension there are about 10 to 12 wards in each of these agement. I’m spending a lot of time in those dif- EU: Yes. For more than 30 years, I’ve been the between the student press and a university so subcircuits. It would be easier to run simultane- ferent wards, and it’s difficult to juggle that time informal legal advisor to Northern Star. I’ve ad- I’ve tried to bridge that over the years. But join- ously for alderman in four wards tham to cam- and see everyone. I love hanging around seniors, vised generations of editors about constitutional ing that paper in undergrad taught me so much; paign effectively in a subcircuit. Knocking on though; you learn so much from them. and legal issues they’ve faced. learning to write 250 words in three hours is an every door is not feasible, but it helps to go to WCT: By the way, it seems that relatively few In the early 1990s, the Northern Star attacked essential skill. neighborhoods and meet people and see what people, when they vote, select judges. some policies of the university president. As a WCT: Is there anything you wanted to add their concerns are. But you have to work with the EU: It’s distressing—but understandable. Few result of that, he tried to restrict the freedom about yourself or your campaign? political organizations as well, because they have people know the judicial candidates. However, I of the newspaper by removing the faculty advi- EU: I’d like to encourage more lawyers to [run the people who can get your message out to the do give millennials credit; they read up on candi- sor, among other things. Some alumni, including for judgeships], and to do it earlier in their ca- street. The trick is to get them to support you. dates and look up [online] to see who progressive myself, fought that and formed Alumni for a Free reers. You learn an awful lot about yourself. It’s WCT: The last time you ran, you told Windy organizations support. Older voters tend to take Press. We protested at various graduations and a challenging experience—and I feel much bet- City Times it was “fun.” Is it fun this time? the judicial evaluation ratings into the polling met with the governing board of the university. ter about Chicago politics, having done this. The EU: It is fun. [Smiles] In fact, it’s even more places with them. Soon afterward, we were able to effectively stop ward committeemen—whether they’re support- fun—but it’s more exhausting. Now I’ve been WCT: Why is it important to have LGBT judg- the attacks on the newspaper and the advisor was ing me or not—work very hard. I know that they invited to more events, and I’ve become more es? restored to his position. Shortly afterward, the do a lot. deeply involved in the communities in the sub- EU: It’s important to have those because the president resigned. See http://edunderhillforjudge.com/. circuit. There’s hardly a day that goes by that community has expanded to include [transgender there’s something I don’t attend. individuals]. In 2014, President Obama appoint- I’ve always been interested in running for of- ed progressive, liberal federal-court judges who fice, and the learning curve was so great the last would protect the rights of minorities. Howard Brown LGBTQ town-hall time I ran that it makes it more fun this time It’s 2018, I’m running, again—and the reverse annual meeting meeting March 28 around. In some ways, it’s less stressful; I know is true. We have a president who’s racist, homo- The Association of Latino/as Motivating what to expect. On the other hand, once you be- phobic and anti-immigrant, and he’s appointing March 21 Action (ALMA) will host an LGBTQ town-hall cone part of a ward organization, you have to judges who are either incompetent or who share Howard Brown Health will hold its annual meeting on Wed., March 28, 6-7:30 p.m., at the attend those events as well as your own. It’s a his racist/prejudiced views. Now, more than ever, meeting Wed., March 21, at Joffrey Tower’s Stu- Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, 3000 N. Elbridge St. great opportunity. we need a state judiciary that will protect our dio A, 10 E. Randolph St., 6-8 p.m. Among those slated to attend are Illinois Last year might’ve been the busiest year I’ve rights. I don’t think we can count on the federal At this free event, Howard Brown will review state Sens. Iris Y. Martinez and Omar Aquino, had as a lawyer. Coming off of that has been a judiciary as much right now. For most of my life, I its accomplishments and discuss how to con- along with Illinois state Rep. Will Guzzardi. challenge—but this isn’t an opportunity a lot hadn’t heard the term “sanctuary city”—but I’m tinue its advocacy. In addition, there will be For more information or to RSVP, contact of people get. Out of 25,000 attorneys in Cook glad I live in one. a screening of Nick Cave’s short film, Upright. Anamary Torres at [email protected]. County, only about 500 at any given time are eli- WCT: I do want to discuss something in your See HowardBrown.org. RSVP to Events@ gible to run. background. Could you talk about Northern HowardBrown.org by noon on March 21. WCT: So what are your biggest advantages Star [a newspaper at Northern Illinois Univer- and disadvantages in this race? sity, where Underhill attended]? You’re still WINDY CITY TIMES March 14, 2018 11 ELECTIONS 2018 way reflective of how Erika feels or has lived her life. She has spent her career working to protect the interests of the underserved and advocating AG candidate says for those who have been bullied and abused.” Harold, an Urbana attorney, announced her candidacy in August 2017. She publicly opposed anti-gay adoption marriage-equality in 2013. But in February she also publicly discussed an exchange with a GOP legislative candidate, Burt Minor, who asked her sentiment has shifted about her sexual orientation using an anti-lesbi- an slur. In recalling the incident, Harold reported BY MATT SIMONETTE ney General who will allow her personal bigotry that she told Minor that sexual orientation should to reverse years of progress on adoption policies not disqualify a person from office. Republican Illinois State Attorney General Can- that reflect inclusion, equality and the best in- Grasso, for his part, is backed by the anti-LGBT didate Erika Harold said she does not recall al- terest of the child standards that are codified in Illinois Family Institute; on its website, that or- legedly saying in 2000 that she’d prefer foster Illinois law. ganization praised his questioning of the consti- children being placed with child abusers rather “Whether Harold recalls what she said or not, I tutionality of state legislation banning anti-gay than a same-sex couple, according to reports. Her demand that she answer that same question now conversion therapy for minors. opponent in the March 20 primary, Gary Grasso, and to answer it publicly.” NBC 5’s report is at https://www.nbcchicago. has called on her to withdraw from the race over In a statement, Harold campaign spokesman com/blogs/ward-room/AG-Candidates-Sound- the matter. Jason Heffley said, “It is troubling that NBC Chi- Off-on-Gay-Adoption-Comment-Controver- Attorney general candidate Erika Harold. NBC 5 broke the story Dec. 8, reporting that cago chose to run with a political hit piece based sy-476430433.html. Image from campaign website multiple individuals recalled Harold’s answer in on anonymous sources that occurred almost a 2000 background interview she participated in twenty years ago. with Miss Illinois pageant officials. She was asked “Two decades ago when Erika was 20 years old, whether it would be preferable to place a foster she did not support same sex adoption. It was a child with a gay couple or a household wherein different era when many from both political par- WINDY CITY TIMES’ the foster parents were known child abusers. Har- ties did not support it. Erika, like many others, old supposedly chose the latter; she lost the con- has changed her position on the issue over the test that year, but won the title two years later last twenty years. She acknowledges that posi- LGBTQ WEDDING and went on to be Miss America. tion was wrong and now strongly supports same & SPECIAL EVENTS GUIDE sex adoption and foster placement. State Rep. (D-Chicago), a EIGHTH EDITION supporter of both LGBT and adoption rights, ex- “She does not recall the specific exchange al- Available for downloadFebruary at www.WindyCityTimes.com 2018 pressed dismay at the developments in a Dec. 9 leged by anonymous sources. If some form of that statement: “Illinois cannot risk electing an Attor- exchange did occur, it was wrong and it is in no

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3RD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Michael J. Zalewski (D) Y Y 30TH SENATE DISTRICT Luis Arroyo (D) Y Y Soojae Lee (R) 24TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Terry Link (D) Y Y 4TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Robert Rafael Reyes (D) Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez (D) 37/38 Y Y Y Y Delia C. Ramirez (D) 37/38 Y Y 32ND SENATE DISTRICT Alyx S. Pattison (D) 36/38 Y Craig Wilcox (R) 25TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Iris J. Millan (D) 38/38 Y Curtis J. Tarver II (D) Y Mary Mahady (D) Y Y Y Anne Shaw (D) 38/38 Y Y Angelique N. Collins (D) 33RD SENATE DISTRICT 5TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Anne Marie Miles (D) 38/38 Adrienne Irmer (D) 38/38 Karen McConnaughay (R) Dilara Sayeed (D) Y Flynn Rush (D) Nancy Zettler (D) Y Y Y Y Lamont J. Robinson, Jr. (D) Y Y Y Y Y William Calloway (D) Felicia N. Bullock (D) Grace Chan McKibben (D) 37/38 Y 36TH SENATE DISTRICT Kenneth “Ken” Dunkin (D) Neil Anderson (R) 26TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Gregg Johnson (D) Y Y Y Y 6TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Christian L. Mitchell (D) Y Y Y Y 38TH SENATE DISTRICT Sonya Marie Harper (D) Y Y Y Y Sue Rezin (R) 27TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Heidi Henry (D) Y Y Y Y 7TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Justin Q. Slaughter (D) Y Y Y Emanuel “Chris” Welch (D) Y Y Y Y Tawana J. (T.J.) Robinson (D) 39TH SENATE DISTRICT Don Harmon (D) 38/38 Y Y Y Y 8TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 28TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT La Shawn K. Ford (D) Y 41ST SENATE DISTRICT Robert “Bob” Rita (D) Y Y Y John Curran (R) 9TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Kimberly Nicole Koschnitzky (D) Mary Carvlin (D) Bridget M. Fitzgerald (D) Y Y Y Arthur Turner (D) Y Y

29TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 42ND SENATE DISTRICT 10TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Thaddeus Jones (D) Y Y Y Y Linda Holmes (D) Y Y Y Melissa Conyears-Ervin (D) Y Y Corean Davis (D)

45TH SENATE DISTRICT 11TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 30TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Brain W. Stewart (R) Ann M. Williams (D) Y Y Y William “Will” Davis (D) Y Y Y Y

David Simpson (D) Y Y Deyon L. Dean (D) 12TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Sara Feigenholtz (D) 38/38 Y Y Y Y WINDY CITY TIMES March 14, 2018 15 WCT PPAC EI CAI RC ORI IVI PP VF WCT PPAC EI CAI RC ORI IVI PP VF WCT PPAC EI CAI RC ORI IVI PP VF 31ST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 54TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 77TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Mary E. Flowers (D) Y Y Y Tom Morrison (R) Anthony Airdo (D) Willie Preston (D) Maggie Trevor (D) 37/38 Y Y Y Kathleen Willis (D) Y Y

32ND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 78TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT André Thapedi (D) Y Y 55TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Camille Lilly (D) Y Y Marilyn Smolenski (R) 33RD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Martin J. Moylan (D) Y Y 79TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Marcus C. Evans, Jr. (D) Y Y Lindsay Parkhurst (R) 56TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Lisa M. Dugan (D) 34TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Jillian Rose Bernas (R) Elgie R. Sims, Jr. (D) Y Y Charlotte “Char” Kegarise (R) 80TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Michelle Mussman (D) Y Y Y Anthony DeLuca (D) Y Y 35TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Herbert Hebein (R) 57TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 82ND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Frances Ann Hurley (D) Y Y Mary Battinus (R) Jim Durkin (R) Jonathan Carroll (D) Y Y Y Michael “Mickey” Straub (R) 36TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Elyse Hoffenberg (D) Y Kelly M. Burke (D) Y 58TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Tom Chlystek (D) Cindy Masover (R) Bob Morgan (D) 38/38 Y Y Y 83RD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 38TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Linda Chapa LaVia (D) Y Y Y Max Solomon (D) 59TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Debbie Meyers-Martin (D) Marko Sukovic (R) 84TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Cecil Matthews Jr. (D) Karen Feldman (R) Patty Smith (R) David Bonner (D) 38/38 Y Y Y Y Y Daniel Didech (D) Y Y Y Y Stephanie A. Kifowit (D) Y Y Y Susan Malter (D) 39TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 85TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Will Guzzardi (D) Y Y Y Y 60TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Lisa Bickus (R) Rita Mayfield (D) Y John Connor (D) Y Y Y 40TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. (D) Y Y Y 61ST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 86TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Sheri Jesiel (R) Rick Laib (R) 41ST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Joyce Mason (D) Y Y Y Lawrence “Larry” Walsh, Jr. (D) Y Y Grant Wehrli (R) Val Montgomery (D) Y 62ND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 88TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Adam Solano (R) Keith P. Sommer (R) 42ND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Ken Idstein (R) Jill Blair (D) 38/38 Y Y Y Burt Minor (R) Y Sam Yingling (D) Y Y Y Amy L. Grant (R) 90TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Ryan Edward Byrne (R) 65TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Tom Demmer (R) Kathleen V. Carrier (D) Y Dan Ugaste (R) Amy Davis (D) Y Y Y Y Richard Johnson (D) Y 43RD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 91ST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Andrew R. Cuming (R) 66TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Michael D. Unes (R) Anna Moeller (D) Y Y Y Y Allen Skillicorn (R) Carolyn Blodgett (D) Y Y

44TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 67TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 92ND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Katy Dolan Baumer (R) Maurice A. West II (D) Y Jehan Gordon-Booth (D) Y Y Y Fred Crespo (D) Y Y Valeri DeCastris (D) 36/38 Y Y Gerald O. Albert (D) 93RD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 46TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Angela Fellars (D) Y Y Norine K. Hammond (R) Gordon (Jay) Kinzler (R) Joshua L. Griffith (R) Roger Orozco (R) 68TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT John Curtis (D) Y Y Deb Conroy (D) Y Y Y John M. Cabello (R) 94TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Jake Castanza (D) Y Y Y Y Randy E. Frese (R) 47TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Deanne Marie Mazzochi (R) 69TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 97TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT James M. “Jim” Caffrey (D) Joe Sosnowski (R) Mark Batinick (R) Anne Sommerkamp (D) Y Y Y Y Y Angelique “Angie” Bodine (D) Y Y Y Mica Freeman (D) Y Y Y

48TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 70TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 98TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Peter Breen (R) Jeff Keicher (R) Alyssia Benford (R) Terra Costa Howard (D) Y Y Paul Stoddard (D) Y Y Natalie A. Manley (D) Y Y Y Howard Solomon (D) 35/38 49TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 99TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Nic Zito (R) 71ST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Mike Murphy (R) Tonia Jane Khouri (R) Tony M. McCombie (R) Marc Bell (R) Y Y Y Karina Villa (D) Y Y Joan Padilla (D) Y Y Y 101ST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 53RD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 72ND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Todd C. Henricks (R) Katie Miller (R) Glen Evans Sr. (R) Dan Caulkins (R) Eddie Corrigan (R) Michael W. Halpin (D) Y Y Y Y Randy J. Keith (R) Mark L. Walker (D) Y Y Y Jennifer McMillin (D) 35/38 Y Y Y 16 March 14, 2018 WINDY CITY TIMES WCT PPAC EI CAI RC ORI IVI PP VF WCT PPAC EI CAI RC ORI IVI PP VF WCT PPAC EI CAI RC ORI IVI PP VF 103RD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 110TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 113TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Carol Ammons (D) Y Y Y Y Chris Miller (R) Doug Jameson (R) Terry A. Davis (R) Jay Hoffman (D) Y 105TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Shirley A. Bell (D) Y Y Dan Brady (R) 114TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT David Paul Blumenshine (R) 112TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Jason Madlock (R) Benjamin Webb (D) Y Y Wendy Erhart (R) LaToya N. Greenwood (D) Y Dwight D. Kay (R) 107TH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT Katie Stuart (D) Y Y Y Blaine Wilhour (R) Laura A. Myers (D) Y David J. Seiler (D)

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JUDICIAL EVALUATIONS Cook Circuit Court Windy City Times does not endorse candidates. Key to Ratings: (Jordan vacancy) Rather, we list their answers to our questionnaire Q – Qualified Clare Joyce Quish (D) 31/31 Q Q R R Q R R Y Jerry Barrido (D) Y Q Q R R Q NE R as well as the ratings of legal organizations so that NQ – Not Qualified Patrick Dankwa John (D) NR NQ NE R Q NE R readers can make informed choices when they vote. WQ – Well Qualified Cook Circuit Court HQ - Highly Qualified (McGinnis vacancy) Key to Organizations: HR - Highly Recommended Brian Terrence Sexton (D) HQ NQ NR R Q WCT – Windy City Times questions, number listed is R - Recommended Peter Michael Gonzalez (D) 31/31 Y Y Q NQ R R Q NE R of the total questions correct for that race NR - Not Recommended Bradley R. Trowbridge (D) 31/31 Y Q Q R R Q NE R Y PPAC – Personal PAC NE - Not Evaluated (through no fault of candidate)* Cook Circuit Court IVI - Independent Voters of Illinois/Independent (D) = Democrat (Rooney vacancy) Precinct Organization (R) = Republican Jack Hagerty (D) 31/31 Y Y HQ Q R R Q R Y CNOW – Chicago NOW PAC * Candidates who do not participate in the Mable Taylor (D) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RC - Reclaim Chicago evaluation process are rated NR. Cook Circuit Court-1st Sub CBA - Chicago Bar Association (Hambright, Jr. vacancy) CCL – Chicago Council of Lawyers The Benchmark Judicial Voting Guide issues Litricia Payne (D) 31/31 Y Y Q Q R NR Q R R CCBA – Cook County Bar Association recommendations based on screenings from Erika Orr (D) 31/31 Q Q R R Q NE R Y DSL – Decalogue Society of Lawyers several groups, as well as consideration for time Cook Circuit Court-2nd Sub ISBA – Illinois State Bar Association in law practice and other factors. See https:// (Lampkin vacancy) LGB – Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago benchmarkjudicialvotingguide.com/guide/ for more. Tiana Ellis Blakely (D) Q Q R R Q HR R WBAI – Women’s Bar Association of Illinois In addition, Cecilia Ann Horan and Michael A. Forti Fredrick H. Bates (D) 31/31 Y Y Y Q Q HR R Q HR R Y Cook Circuit Court-2nd Sub BJVG - Benchmark Judicial Voting Guide were recommended by the LGBTQ Victory Fund. (Laws vacancy) William H. Laws (D) Y Q Q R R Q R WCT PPAC IVI CNOW RC CBA CCL CCBA DSL ISBA LGB WB BJVG Adrienne Elaine Davis (D) 31/31 Y Y HQ Q R R Q HR R Y Cook Circuit Court Cook Circuit Court-2nd Sub (Brewer vacancy) (Rhodes vacancy) Oran F. Whiting (D) 31/31 Y Q Q R R Q R R Y Toya T. Harvey (D) 31/31 Y HQ Q R R Q R R Y Kathryn Maloney Vahey (D) Y Q Q R R Q R R Tiesha L. Smith (D) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR John Maher (D) Q Q NR R Q NE R Cook Circuit Court-2nd Sub Lisa A. Copland (D) (Turner, Jr. vacancy) Cook Circuit Court Travis Richardson (D) Y Q WQ R R Q R R Y (Clay vacancy) Ieshia Gray (D) Q Q R R Q R R Kathaleen Theresa Lanahan (D) Q Q R R Q R R Y Cook Circuit Court-2nd Sub Jonathan Clark Green (D) 31/31 Y Q Q R R Q R R (Willis vacancy) Michael I. O’Malley (D) NR Q R R Q NR R Debra A. Seaton (D) 30/31 Y Y Y HQ Q R HR Q R R Y Lori Ann Roper (D) NR Q R R NR R R Sheree D. Henry (D) Q Q R R Q NE R Cook Circuit Court Ubi O’Neal (D) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR (Dooling vacancy) Cook Circuit Court-2nd Sub Tom Sam Sianis (D) 31/31 Y Q Q R R Q NE R (Turner vacancy) Timothy John Leeming (D) Y Q Q R R Q R Y Devlin Schoop (D) Q WQ R R Q HR R Y Corri Diane Fetman (D) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Arthur Wesley Willis (D) NR Q R R Q R Cook Circuit Court Cook Circuit Court-3rd Sub (Egan vacancy) (Delehanty vacancy) Rosa Maria Silva (D) 31/31 Q Q R R Q R R Y Patrick Thomas Stanton (D) Q Q R R Q R R Y Cook Circuit Court Michael Hayes (D) NR NQ NE R NQ (Dunford vacancy) Kevin Patrick Cunningham (D) Q Q R R Q R R Thomas F. McGuire (D) Y Q Q R R Q NR R Cook Circuit Court-4th Sub Cook Circuit Court (Davy vacancy) (Flanagan vacancy) David R. Navarro (D) 31/31 Y HQ WQ R HR Q HR R Y Amanda Moira Pillsbury (D) Q NQ NR R NQ Caroline Jamieson Golden (D) 31/31 HQ Q R R Q R Preston Jones Jr. (D) 31/31 Y HQ Q R R Q NE R Y Cook Circuit Court-4th Sub Keely Patricia Hillison (D) Q Q NR R NQ R (Riley vacancy) Ioana Salajanu (D) NR Q R NR NQ R NR John Andrew O’Meara (D) HQ Q R R Q R R Y Cook Circuit Court Elizabeth Ciaccia-Lezza (D) Q Q R Q (Hartigan vacancy) Danny Collins (D) Q Q R R Q R Cecilia Anne Horan (D) 31/31 Q Q R R Q R R Y Martin D. Reggi (D) 31/31 Y NR Q R R Q NE R Keith L. Spence (D) NR NQ NR NR NQ NE R WINDY CITY TIMES March 14, 2018 17 WCT PPAC IVI CNOW RC CBA CCL CCBA DSL ISBA LGB WB BJVG WCT PPAC IVI CNOW RC CBA CCL CCBA DSL ISBA LGB WB BJVG

Cook Circuit Court-5th Sub Cook Circuit Court-10th Sub (Banks vacancy) (Suriano vacancy) Rhonda Sallee (D) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Colleen Reardon Daly (D) 31/31 Y Y Q Q R R Q R R Y H. Yvonne Coleman (D) 31/31 Y Q Q HR R Q Y Noreen Patricia Connolly (D) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Gino Betts (D) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Gerald Cleary (D) 31/31 HQ Q R R Q R R Gwendolyn D. Anderson (D) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Jill Rose Quinn (D) 31/31 Y Y Q NQ R R Q R R Cook Circuit Court-5th Sub Thomas J. Gabryszewski (D) NR Q R R NQ R (Jones vacancy) Cook Circuit Court-11th Sub Marian Emily Perkins (D) Y NR Q HR R Q R R (Kennedy vacancy) Jenetia Marshall (D) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Joanne F. Rosado (D) 31/31 Y Y Y Q Q R R Q R R Y David L. Kelly (D) Q Q R R Q Y Scott J. Frankel (D) HQ WQ R R Q Cook Circuit Court-5th Sub Cook Circuit Court-12th Sub (Washington, II vacancy) (Maki vacancy) Robert Harris (D) Y HQ Q R R Q NE R Y David Studenroth (R) Q Q R HR Q R R Y Shay Tyrone Allen (D) NR NQ R NR NQ NE R Alan M. Jacob (R) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Mary Alice Melchor (D) NR NQ R R NQ R R Joel Chupack (D) 31/31 Y Y HQ Q R R Q R R Y Cook Circuit Court-6th Sub Carmine Trombetta (D) NR Q R R Q R (Chevere vacancy) Thomas Raymond Molitor (D) NR Q R NR NQ David C. Herrera (D) 31/31 NR NQ R R Q R R Cook Circuit Court-13th Sub Kent Delgado (D) 31/31 Y Y Y HQ WQ R HR HQ Y (Crane vacancy) Sean Patrick Kelly (D) 31/31 NR NQ NR NR NQ R Gary William Seyring (R) Q Q R R Q R Y Cook Circuit Court-6th Sub Susanne Groebner (R) Q Q NR R Q R (Cooke vacancy) Ketki “Kay” Steffen (D) Q Q R HR HQ HR R Y Edward J. Underhill (D) 31/31 Q Q R HR Q HR R Y Cook Circuit Court-13th Sub Charles “Charlie” Beach (D) 31/31 Y Y Y Q Q R R Q R R (Lawrence vacancy) Andrea Michelle Webber (D) Q Q R R Q HR R Daniel Patrick Fitzgerald (R) NR Q R R Q R R Cook Circuit Court-6th Sub Micahel Perry Gerber (R) HQ Q R HR HQ NE R Y (Lopez Cepero vacancy) Shannon P. O’Malley (D) 31/31 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Linda Perez (D) Q Q HR R NQ R Cook Circuit Court-13th Sub Stephanie K. Miller (D) 31/31 Y Y Q Q R R Q HR R Y (O’Donnell vacancy) Cook Circuit Court-8th Sub Christine Svenson (R) NR Q NR R Q (Fabri vacancy) Sameul J. Betar III (D) 31/31 HQ Q R R Q R Y James “Jamie” Shapiro (D) 31/31 Y Y HQ Q R R Q NE R Y Cook Circuit Court-14th Sub Stephen J. Feldman (D) Q NQ NR NR Q NE R (Garcia vacancy) Robin Denise Shoffner (D) Y Q Q R R Q R R Marina E. Ammendola (D) HQ Q R R Q HR R Y John Christopher Benson (D) Q Q R R Q NE R Beatriz A. Frausto-Sandoval (D) 31/31 NR NQ NR NQ Bonnie C. McGrath (D) 31/31 Y NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Cook Circuit Court-15th Sub Cook Circuit Court-8th Sub (Scully, Jr. vacancy) (Liu vacancy) Ashonta Rice-Akiwowo (D) NR NQ R R NQ R R Lindsay Huge (D) 31/31 Y Q Q NE HR Q R R Michael B. Barrett (D) HQ Q R R Q NE R Y Michael A. Forti (D) 31/31 Y Q Q R R Q NE R Cook Circuit Court-15th Sub Cyrus Hosseini (D) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR (Zelezinski vacancy) Athena A. Farmakis (D) 31/31 Q Q R R Q R R Y Karla Marie Fiaoni (R) HQ Q R NR NQ Cook Circuit Court-8th Sub Anthony C. Swanagan (D) Q Q R R NQ R NR (Pethers vacancy) Scott McKenna (D) Q Q R R Q NE R Y Jeanne Marie Wrenn (D) 31/31 Y Q Q R R Q R R 18th Circuit Court Myron “Mike” Mackoff (D) 31/31 Y Y Q Q R HR Q HR R Y (Creswell vacancy) Rishi Agrawal (D) Q Q R R Q R R Jeff Mackay (R) Cook Circuit Court-10th Sub Linda E. Davenport (D) 30/31 (O’Neill Burke vacancy) Stephanie Saltouros (D) 31/31 Y Y Q Q R R Q HR R Y Gwyn E. Ward Brown (D) 29/31 Q Q R NR NQ Lorraine Murphy (D) Y NR Q R R Q HR

Individual races for which none of the organizations listed did not provide an endorsement were removed for the print version of this chart. For a full listing, see www.WindyCityTimes.com.

Get to the polls Tuesday, March 20 or take part in early voting. See chicagoelections.com for more information on voting options in VOTE Chicago. 18 March 14, 2018 WINDY CITY TIMES ELECTIONS 2018 Record number of LGBTs running in March Illinois primary election This year’s elections feature a record number of Central Illinois) stands to truly make history, as openly LGBT candidates thorughout Illinois. The being elected would make them the first trans/ following individuals have publicly stated that genderqueer person elected to any office in Il- they are members of the LGBT community and linois. were on the ballot as of late February. —Mike Forti —Gaylon Alcaraz Race: 8th Subcircuit, Cook County judge (Liu Race: Cook County Board of Commissioners Vacancy) (4th District) Website: JudgeForti.com Website: Gaylon2018.com The skinny: In September 2016, Judge Michael The skinny: Alcaraz, who was inducted into the A. Forti was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame (now the Court to the Circuit Court of Cook County. He has Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame) in 2013, is a lifelong backing from political heavyweights such as U.S Chicagoan who has made significant impacts in Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Mike Quigley as well as local progressive politics. She was a founding Illinois Senate President John Cullerton. member of Affinity Community Services in 1997, —Daniel Foster and was executive director of Chicago Abortion Race: Cook County Board of Commissioners Fund from 2005-2014, among her many accom- (13th District) plishments. Website: https://commissionerfoster.com —Kelly Cassidy The skinny: A current resident of Skokie, Fos- Race: Illinois state representative (14th Dis- ter was raised in Evanston and Wilmette, and trict) obtained his BS in mathematics and computer Website: http://citizensforcassidy.com science from the University of Illinois at Chica- The skinny: Cassidy, who recently wed activ- go. He and Gaylon Alcaraz are vying to be the ist Candice Gingrich, has served her district since first members of the LGBT community to be Cook 2011. Seeking to get re-elected, Cassidy (the only County commissioners. Top row, left to right: Gaylon Alcaraz; Kelly Cassidy with children. Center row, left to right: Rev. openly lesbian member of the General Assembly) —Marcelino Garcia Marcus Fogliano; Mike Forti; Daniel Foster. Bottom row, left to right: Marcelino Garcia; Greg Harris; will clash with Arthur Noah Siegel in the primary. Race: Metropolitan Water Reclamation Commis- Janice Bruce Hightower. —Rev. Marcus Fogliano sioner Alcaraz photo courtesy of Alcaraz; Cassidy photo courtesy of Citizens for Cassidy; Fogliano photo Race: Peoria County Precinct Committeeman Website: MarcelinoGarcia.com from Facebook account; Forti photo courtesy of Forti; Foster photo from campaign website; Garcia Website: None The skinny: Garcia, an attorney, is director of photo from campaign website; Harris photo by Matt Mills; Hightower photo from Facebook Only in their mid-20s, activist Fogliano (who community affairs for the Cook County health and is president/CEO at Peoria Proud as well as part hospitals system—the nation’s third largest pub- seas Strategies, LLC, an international business ris (who was first elected to the state House in of the board of trustees at Interfaith alliance of lic health system. He is also a Partner with Over- development consulting firm that helps small and 2006, and is the first openly gay person in Illinois medium-sized companies with the logistics of im- to become a member of legislative leadership) is port and export and market development. running unopposed in the March 20 primary. —Greg Harris Activism meet-ups, Race: Illinois state representative (13th Dis- —Janice Bruce Hightower trict) Race: Kendall County board (District 1) personal book recommendations, Website: GregHarris.org Website: None listed weekly events, Kids Storytime, and more! The skinny: Harris—who was chief co-sponsor The skinny: Hightower, a civil-rights consul- of SB10, the legislation that brought about mar- tant, had previously lived and worked in New There are so many reasons to support riage equality in Illinois—has a district that Mexico for 35 years. Hightower is running as a includes several North Side neighborhoods. Har- write-in for the Kendall County board. Chicago’s only feminist bookstore. WINDY CITY TIMES March 14, 2018 19

Top row, left to right: Cecilia Horan; Andy Kirchoff; Mike McHale; Stephanie Miller; Kevin Morrison. Center row, left to right: Jill Quinn; Mary Colleen Roberts; Lamont Robinson; Daniel Roldan-Johnson; Debra Shore. Bottom row, left to right: Maggie Trevor; Brad Trowbridge; Ed Underhill; Sam Yingling. Horan photo from campaign website; Kirchoff photo courtesy of Kirchoff; McHale photo courtesy of McHale; Miller photo courtesy of Miller; Morrison photo from by AJ Kane Photography; Quinn photo from campaign website; Roberts photo courtesy of Roberts; Robinson photo by Matt Simonette; Roldan-Johnson photo from campaign team; Shore photo courtesy of Shore; Trevor photo from Subar; Trowbridge photo by Erica Demarest; Underhill photo from campaign website; Yingling photo courtesy of Illinois House Democrats

—Cecilia Horan —Kevin Morrison and Humboldt Park—is aiming to fill the Illinois and incumbent Tom Morrison is the sole candi- Race: Cook Circuit judge (Hartigan Vacancy) Race: Cook County commissioner (15th Dis- House’s 5th District post currently held by state date in the Republican primary. Trevor was born Website: https://voteforjudgehoran.com trict) Rep. Juliana Stratton, who is running for lieuten- and raised in Rolling Meadows, where her parents The skinny: The Illinois Supreme Court ap- Website: KevinBMorrison.com ant governor alongside gubernatorial candidate were among the city’s original residents. pointed Horan was appointed a judge in the The skinny: A Democratic resident of Elk Grove J.B. Pritzker. Should he be elected, Robinson —Brad Trowbridge Circuit Court of Cook County on Jan. 19, 2017. Village, Morrison—who studied environmen- would be the first openly gay African-American Race: Cook Circuit judge (McGinnis Vacancy) She is presently assigned to the First Municipal tal sciences at DePaul University—is running state legislator in Illinois history. Interestingly, Website: https://bradforjudge.com Division where she hears cases involving alleged against incumbent Commissioner Tim Schneider. one of his primary opponents is Ken Dunkin—a The skinny: As an attorney, Trowbridge has breaches of contract, the rights of landlords and The Chicago Federation of Labor is among those neighbor of Robinson’s who lost to Stratton in litigated cases in domestic relations, chancery, tenants, debtors and creditors, and traffic mat- endorsing Morrison. 2015. probate, and criminal divisions. Also, he currently ters. Prior to her judicial appointment, Horan was —Jill Rose Quinn —Daniel Roldán-Johnson is an adjunct faculty member at John Marshall a litigation partner at the 500-attorney law firm Race: 10th Subcircuit, Cook County judge (Su- Race: U.S. Congress (14th District) Law School’s Domestic Violence Clinic. of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, where she practiced riano Vacancy) Website: VoteRoldan.com —Ed Underhill for 20 years. Website: VoteJillRoseQuinn.com The skinny: Should Roldán-Johnson win, he Race: 6th Subcircuit, Cook County judge (Cooke —Andy Kirchoff The skinny: Quinn’s private practice experience would be the first openly gay member of the U.S. Vacancy) Race: Berwyn Township Republican Committee- includes working at general legal practices in Congress from Illinois. He attended Florida At- Website: http://edunderhillforjudge.com/ man Chicago, Bloomington, Lombard, Glen Ellyn and lantic University and DePaul University, where he The skinny: Underhill is a trial attorney with The skinny: Kirchoff ran in 2016 for state rep- Franklin Park, where she handled a wide variety met his husband, Christian. He’s facing six oppo- more than 30 years of experience, and a Buck- resentative in the 24th District as the Republican of case types. Throughout her career, she handled nents in the Democrat primary—and the winner town homeowner for the past 17 years. Underhill candidate. over 4,000 cases and performed appellate work. gets Republican incumbent Randy Hultgren. has been a member of the Chicago Bar Associa- —Mike McHale She is a member of the National LGBT Bar Asso- —Debra Shore tion Judicial Evaluation Committee and is a for- Race: Circuit Court of Cook County ciation and Chicago LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Race: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District mer president of the Northern Illinois University The skinny: McHale, who handles cases in the —Mary Colleen Roberts commissioner Alumni Council. Criminal Division, is running for retention this Race: Circuit Court of Cook County Website: https://www.debrashore.org/ —Sam Yingling year. He was inducted into the Chicago Gay and The skinny: Roberts is running for retention The skinny: Shore has served on the Metropoli- Race: Illinois state representative (62nd Dis- Lesbian Hall of Fame (now the Chicago LGBT Hall this year. She is a judge on the Cook County 11th tan Water Reclamation District board since 2006. trict) of Fame) in 2005. Subcircuit in Illinois. She was elected in 2006 She is a member of the Illinois Women’s Institute Website: SamYingling.com —Stephanie Miller and was retained in 2012. Prior to the bench, for Leadership and served on the board (and was The skinny: Grayslake resident Yingling is run- Race: 6th Subcircuit, Cook County judge (Lopez Roberts was a hearing officer for the Cook County past chair) of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund. ning unopposed in the primary for his fourth Cepero Vacancy) Circuit Court and assistant corporation counsel She is running for her third six-year term in the term. He is the first openly gay House member Website: ElectJudgeStephanieMiller.com for the Chicago Law Department. 2018 election. from outside metropolitan Chicago. Yingling pro- The skinny: Miller (a member of the Puerto Ri- —Lamont Robinson —Maggie Trevor posed to longtime partner Lowell Jaffe at the can Bar Association and the Women’s Bar Associ- Race: Illinois state representative (5th Dis- Race: Illinois state representative (54th Dis- party former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn threw to cel- ation of Illinois) has almost two decades of expe- trict) trict) ebrate the passage of Illinois’ marriage-equality rience handling both criminal and civil matters. Website: www.votelamontrobinson.com Website: http://trevorforstaterep.net/ bill in 2013. (They married in 2015.) Prior to her appointment, Miller was a prosecutor The skinny: Robinson—who runs two Chi- The skinny: Trevor, who identifies as lesbian, is with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. cago Allstate Insurance offices, in Bronzeville the only candidate in the Democratic primary— 20 March 14, 2018 WINDY CITY TIMES

What is TRUVADA for PrEP? Who should not take TRUVADA for PrEP? TRUVADA for PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is a prescription medicine that is used Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP if you: together with safer sex practices to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 through sex.  Already have HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your HIV-1 status. If This use is only for HIV-negative adults who are at high risk of getting HIV-1. To help you are HIV-1 positive, you need to take other medicines with TRUVADA to treat determine your risk of getting HIV-1, talk openly with your healthcare provider about HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 your sexual health. and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time. Ask your healthcare provider if you have questions about how to prevent getting HIV.  Also take certain medicines to treat hepatitis B infection. Always practice safer sex and use condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with What are the other possible side effects of TRUVADA for PrEP? body fl uids. Never reuse or share needles or other items that have body fl uids on them. Serious side effects of TRUVADA may also include: IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION  Kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider may do What is the most important information I should know about blood tests to check your kidneys before and during treatment with TRUVADA. TRUVADA for PrEP? If you develop kidney problems, your healthcare provider may tell you to stop taking TRUVADA. Before taking TRUVADA for PrEP:  Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but  You must be HIV-negative before you start taking TRUVADA for PrEP. You must rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider get tested to make sure that you do not already have HIV-1. Do not take TRUVADA right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are confi rmed to be HIV-negative. unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with  Many HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has recently nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a become infected. If you have fl u-like symptoms, you could have recently become fast or abnormal heartbeat. infected with HIV-1. Tell your healthcare provider if you had a fl u-like illness within  Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your the last month before starting or at any time while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain. lymph nodes in the neck or groin.  Bone problems, including bone pain, softening, or thinning, which may lead to While taking TRUVADA for PrEP: fractures. Your healthcare provider may do tests to check your bones.  You must continue to use safer sex practices. Just taking TRUVADA for PrEP side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP are stomach-area may not keep you from getting HIV-1. (abdomen) pain, headache, and decreased weight. Tell your healthcare provider if I’m active,  You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP: you have any side effects that bother you or do not go away.  Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months. What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking  If you think you were exposed to HIV-1, tell your healthcare provider right away. TRUVADA for PrEP?  To further help reduce your risk of getting HIV-1:  All your health problems. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider if you have or not unaware.  Know your HIV status and the HIV status of your partners. have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis.  Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it  If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if I know who I am. And I make choices that fi t my life. easier for HIV to infect you. TRUVADA can harm your unborn baby. If you become pregnant while taking  Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior, such as TRUVADA for PrEP, talk to your healthcare provider to decide if you should having fewer sex partners. keep taking TRUVADA. TRUVADA for PrEP™ is a once-daily prescription medicine that  Do not miss any doses of TRUVADA. Missing doses may increase your risk of  If you are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. If can help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 when taken every day getting HIV-1 infection. you become HIV-positive, HIV can be passed to the baby in breast milk.  If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA  All the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter and used together with safer sex practices. alone to treat HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. TRUVADA may interact with you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat other medicines. Keep a list of all your medicines and show it to your healthcare  TRUVADA for PrEP is only for adults who are at high risk of getting HIVthrough sex. over time. provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. TRUVADA can cause serious side effects:  If you take certain other medicines with TRUVADA, your healthcare provider  You must be HIV-negative before you start taking TRUVADA for PrEP. may need to check you more often or change your dose. These medicines  Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. TRUVADA is not approved to treat HBV. include certain medicines to treat hepatitis C (HCV) infection. If you have HBV and stop taking TRUVADA, your HBV may suddenly get worse. Do Ask your doctor about your risk of getting HIV-1 infection not stop taking TRUVADA without fi rst talking to your healthcare provider, as they You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the will need to monitor your health. FDA. Visit www.FDA.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088. and if TRUVADA for PrEP may be right for you.

Please see Important Facts about TRUVADA for PrEP including important warnings on the following page. Learn more at truvada.com

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What is TRUVADA for PrEP? Who should not take TRUVADA for PrEP? TRUVADA for PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) is a prescription medicine that is used Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP if you: together with safer sex practices to help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 through sex.  Already have HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your HIV-1 status. If This use is only for HIV-negative adults who are at high risk of getting HIV-1. To help you are HIV-1 positive, you need to take other medicines with TRUVADA to treat determine your risk of getting HIV-1, talk openly with your healthcare provider about HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 your sexual health. and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time. Ask your healthcare provider if you have questions about how to prevent getting HIV.  Also take certain medicines to treat hepatitis B infection. Always practice safer sex and use condoms to lower the chance of sexual contact with What are the other possible side effects of TRUVADA for PrEP? body fl uids. Never reuse or share needles or other items that have body fl uids on them. Serious side effects of TRUVADA may also include: IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION  Kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider may do What is the most important information I should know about blood tests to check your kidneys before and during treatment with TRUVADA. TRUVADA for PrEP? If you develop kidney problems, your healthcare provider may tell you to stop taking TRUVADA. Before taking TRUVADA for PrEP:  Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but  You must be HIV-negative before you start taking TRUVADA for PrEP. You must rare medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider get tested to make sure that you do not already have HIV-1. Do not take TRUVADA right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are confi rmed to be HIV-negative. unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach pain with  Many HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has recently nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a become infected. If you have fl u-like symptoms, you could have recently become fast or abnormal heartbeat. infected with HIV-1. Tell your healthcare provider if you had a fl u-like illness within  Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your the last month before starting or at any time while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include tiredness, fever, joint or muscle aches, of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, light-colored stools, loss of headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain. lymph nodes in the neck or groin.  Bone problems, including bone pain, softening, or thinning, which may lead to While taking TRUVADA for PrEP: fractures. Your healthcare provider may do tests to check your bones.  You must continue to use safer sex practices. Just taking TRUVADA for PrEP Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP are stomach-area may not keep you from getting HIV-1. (abdomen) pain, headache, and decreased weight. Tell your healthcare provider if I’m active,  You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP: you have any side effects that bother you or do not go away.  Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months. What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking  If you think you were exposed to HIV-1, tell your healthcare provider right away. TRUVADA for PrEP?  To further help reduce your risk of getting HIV-1:  All your health problems. Be sure to tell your healthcare provider if you have or not unaware.  Know your HIV status and the HIV status of your partners. have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis.  Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it  If you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if I know who I am. And I make choices that fi t my life. easier for HIV to infect you. TRUVADA can harm your unborn baby. If you become pregnant while taking  Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior, such as TRUVADA for PrEP, talk to your healthcare provider to decide if you should having fewer sex partners. keep taking TRUVADA. TRUVADA for PrEP™ is a once-daily prescription medicine that  Do not miss any doses of TRUVADA. Missing doses may increase your risk of  If you are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. If can help reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 when taken every day getting HIV-1 infection. you become HIV-positive, HIV can be passed to the baby in breast milk.  If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA  All the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter and used together with safer sex practices. alone to treat HIV-1. TRUVADA by itself is not a complete treatment for HIV-1. If medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. TRUVADA may interact with you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat other medicines. Keep a list of all your medicines and show it to your healthcare  TRUVADA for PrEP is only for adults who are at high risk of getting HIVthrough sex. over time. provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. TRUVADA can cause serious side effects:  If you take certain other medicines with TRUVADA, your healthcare provider  You must be HIV-negative before you start taking TRUVADA for PrEP. may need to check you more often or change your dose. These medicines  Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. TRUVADA is not approved to treat HBV. include certain medicines to treat hepatitis C (HCV) infection. If you have HBV and stop taking TRUVADA, your HBV may suddenly get worse. Do Ask your doctor about your risk of getting HIV-1 infection not stop taking TRUVADA without fi rst talking to your healthcare provider, as they You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the will need to monitor your health. FDA. Visit www.FDA.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088. and if TRUVADA for PrEP may be right for you.

Please see Important Facts about TRUVADA for PrEP including important warnings on the following page. Learn more at truvada.com

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IMPORTANT FACTS This is only a brief summary of important information about taking TRUVADA for PrEPTM (pre-exposure prophylaxis) to help reduce the (tru-VAH-dah) risk of getting HIV-1 infection. This does not replace talking to your healthcare provider about your medicine.

MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF TRUVADA FOR PrEP TRUVADA FOR PrEP TRUVADA can cause serious side effects, including: Before starting TRUVADA for PrEP: • Those in the “Most Important Information About TRUVADA for PrEP” section. • You must be HIV-1 negative. You must get tested to make sure that you do not already • New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure. have HIV-1. Do not take TRUVADA for PrEP to reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 unless you are • Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis), which is a serious but rare medical emergency confirmed to be HIV-1 negative. that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get these symptoms: weakness or being more tired than usual, unusual muscle pain, being short of breath or fast breathing, stomach • Many HIV-1 tests can miss HIV-1 infection in a person who has recently become pain with nausea and vomiting, cold or blue hands and feet, feel dizzy or lightheaded, or a fast or Symptoms of new HIV-1 infection include flu-like symptoms, tiredness, fever, joint or infected. abnormal heartbeat. muscle aches, headache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, night sweats, and/or enlarged • Severe liver problems, which in rare cases can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away lymph nodes in the neck or groin. Tell your healthcare provider if you have had a flu-like illness if you get these symptoms: skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow, dark “tea-colored” urine, within the last month before starting TRUVADA for PrEP. light-colored stools, loss of appetite for several days or longer, nausea, or stomach-area pain. While taking TRUVADA for PrEP: • Bone problems. • You must continue to use safer sex practices. Just taking TRUVADA for PrEP may not Common side effects in people taking TRUVADA for PrEP include stomach-area (abdomen) pain, keep you from getting HIV-1. headache, and decreased weight. • You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking TRUVADA for PrEP.Get tested for HIV-1 at least These are not all the possible side effects of TRUVADA. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you every 3 months while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any new symptoms while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. think you were exposed to HIV-1 or have a flu-like illness while taking TRUVADA for PrEP. Your healthcare provider will need to do tests to monitor your health before and during • If you do become HIV-1 positive, you need more medicine than TRUVADA alone to treatment with TRUVADA for PrEP. treat HIV-1. If you have HIV-1 and take only TRUVADA, your HIV-1 may become harder to treat over time. • See the “How To Further Reduce Your Risk” section for more information. BEFORE TAKING TRUVADA FOR PrEP TRUVADA may cause serious side effects, including: Tell your healthcare provider if you: • Have or have had any kidney, bone, or liver problems, including hepatitis. • Worsening of hepatitis B (HBV) infection. TRUVADA is not approved to treat HBV. If you • Have any other medical conditions. have HBV, your HBV may suddenly get worse if you stop taking TRUVADA. Do not stop taking • Are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. TRUVADA without first talking to your healthcare provider, as they will need to check your health • Are breastfeeding (nursing) or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed. If you become HIV-positive, HIV regularly for several months. can pass to the baby in breast milk. Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take: ABOUT TRUVADA FOR PrEP • Keep a list that includes all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal TRUVADA for PrEP is a prescription medicine used together with safer sex practices to help supplements, and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist. reduce the risk of getting HIV-1 through sex. This use is only for HIV-negative adults who are at • Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that should not be taken with TRUVADA high risk of getting HIV-1. for PrEP. • To help determine your risk of getting HIV-1, talk openly with your healthcare provider about your sexual health. HOW TO FURTHER REDUCE YOUR RISK Do NOT take TRUVADA for PrEP if you: • Know your HIV status and the HIV status of your partners. • Already have HIV-1 infection or if you do not know your HIV-1 status. • Get tested for other sexually transmitted infections. Other infections make it easier for HIV to • Take certain medicines to treat hepatitis B infection. infect you. • Get information and support to help reduce risky sexual behavior, such as having fewer sex partners. • Do not share needles or personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them. HOW TO TAKE TRUVADA FOR PrEP • Take 1 tablet once a day, every day, not just when you think you have been exposed to HIV-1. GET MORE INFORMATION • Do not miss any doses. Missing doses may increase your risk of getting HIV-1 infection. • This is only a brief summary of important information about TRUVADA for PrEP. Talk to your • Use TRUVADA for PrEP together with condoms and safer sex practices. healthcare provider or pharmacist to learn more, including how to prevent HIV infection. • Get tested for HIV-1 at least every 3 months. You must stay HIV-negative to keep taking • Go to start.truvada.com or call 1-800-GILEAD-5 TRUVADA for PrEP. • If you need help paying for your medicine, visit start.truvada.com for program information.

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TVDC0166_PrEP_B_10x10_WindyCityTimes_Runner_p1.indd 3 2/13/18 11:04 AM WINDY CITY TIMES March 14, 2018 23 Lighthouse Church Annise Parker looks distributes hand warmers to 2018 midterms On March 2, members of The Lighthouse Church of Chicago—which is LGBT-inclusive BY MATT SIMONETTE re-election. We’ve already endorsed 13 Congres- and predominantly African-American—dis- sional candidates. There are a slew of other ones tributed 1,000 pairs of hand warmers to CTA According to former Houston Mayor Annise Park- that don’t have primaries, so we’re waiting on riders at the Wilson Red Line stop, 4620 N. , who now heads the political organization the them.” Broadway. Victory Fund, “this is a going to be a watershed Baldwin is “the poster child” for strategizing The church did this to 1) celebrate four year” for the LGBT candidates across the nation a political career in the manner the Fund recom- years of life-changing ministry, 2) bless the whom the Fund has endorsed. mends for LGBT candidates, noted Parker. “She neighborhood of Uptown in which the church “We have more candidates than ever that are has done exactly what one hopes a candidate will gathers for weekly worship at Uptown Un- clamoring for endorsements, and we think a lot do—starting at the local level, being a county derground, 4713 N. Broadway, and 3) inspire of them are going to win,” said Parker, who is commissioner, being a council member, moving people to learn more about their community lesbian. to the statehouse, moving to Congress, moving and to check out its Sunday morning worship Founded in 1991, Victory Fund is dedicated to up to Senate. She’s an experienced politician who services. the election of LGBT politicians at all levels of would thrive at all levels of government.” See LighthouseChicago.org. Photo cour- government, though Parker, who became CEO and Baldwin faces tough political opposition in tesy of Pastor Jamie Frazier president in 2017, said that local races are quite 2018, but, according to Parker, she “knows what often the Fund’s “bread and butter.” The orga- she’s doing. Hers will probably be the most ex- nization both endorses qualified candidates and, pensive of [the races in which the Fund endorses under the auspices of its Victory Institute divi- a candidate], but it probably won’t be the hard- Annisa Parker. Rev. Jamie sion, regularly holds political trainings for LGBT est race.” Publicity photo Frazier leaders and allies. Among the four Illinois candidates who’ve Parker expects the Fund to support about 150- earned the Fund’s endorsement are Lamont Rob- Robinson’s candidacy since, were he to win, he (left). 200 candidates over the course of 2018. “We’ve inson, who’s vying for the 5th District seat va- would be the first openly LGBT person of color Photo already endorsed 64. There are 50 LGBT candi- cated by state Rep. Juliana Stratton; Cook County serving in the General Assembly. courtesy of Frazier dates running just in the state of Texas. We have Judges Cecilia Horan and Michael Forti; and Met- “We’re working with a number of allied organi- three candidates running for governorships. We ropolitan Water Reclamation District Commis- zations—Planned Parenthood, AFL-CIO, Chicago have two candidates for Senate, including [U.S. sioner Debra Shore. Teachers Union. Labor and progressive groups are Sen.] Tammy Baldwin [D-Wisconsin] running for Parker pointed to the historic importance of coalescing behind Lamont,” she said. 24 March 14, 2018 WINDY CITY TIMES ELECTIONS 2018: U.S. CONGRESS (5TH DISTRICT) Mike Quigley: Staunch LGBT ally aims for another term BY ANDREW DAVIS playing offense on things such as Ryan White, Planned Parenthood and the ACA. If we flip the Congressman Mike Quigley is known for many House [with midterm elections], things becone a things—including his passion for LGBT rights. lot more fun. Hopefully, this time next year, we’ll Among other things, he is vice-chair of the Con- talk about a blueprint for change. gressional LGBT Equality Caucus and is a founding Think about how much we got done with the member of the Transgender Equality Task Force. little less than two years that we were the ma- A hockey enthusiast, he even played that sport jority in the House and Senate, and Obama in during the Gay Games when the event was in Chi- the White House. We repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t cago in 2006. Tell,” we passed the healthcare law, we passed As he contends for yet another term (having the climate-change bill, we passed Lilly Ledbetter been first elected to Congress in 2009), he talked so women could get paid equally. with Windy City Times about his platforms and America needed a civics lesson—that elections dedication to equality, among other things. have consequences. The Trump administration Windy City Times: You’ve done quite a few promised to be LGBTQ-friendly. I’m looking at a things on behalf of LGBT rights. picture that I have a hard time describing: can- Mike Quigley: I guess I don’t have to be in- didate Trump holding up a rainbow flag—”LGBTs troduced to the community. Working as a staffer for Trump.” They just didn’t fulfill those promises; for an alderman in the ‘80s and helping to start they went to war on them. the Halsted Street Merchants and the [gay pride] Also, there’s been very little media attention parade. I was a Cook County commissioner for 10 on his anti-LGBTQ record. They’re talking about Congressman Mike Quigley. years and helping to pass domestic-relationship Russia and the latest crazy tweet instead. Part Photo courtesy of Quigley’s office benefits for county workers. Now, it’s like “Of of my mission is to [spotlight] his anti-LGBTQ course!”—but this was 20 years ago. It only record and to make sure LGBTQ issues get their and the issues of justice.” I’m prepared to use the Second Amendment. passed by one vote. due time. the leverage I have—and I think that leverage We need to recognize balance as a public- WCT: It’s interesting to see how far things WCT: There are LGBTQ people who still sup- would increase even if we didn’t flip because the health issue. We have virtually eradicated public- have come. port Trump. What do you say to them? Republicans are divided between the Tea Party health scourges in our lifetime, like polio. Uni- MQ: I tell people, “It’s the best of times, it’s MQ: Basically, I’d say what the hell does he and what’s left of the moderates. I will use as versal access to mental-health help is needed. the worst of times.” It’s amazing progress but, have to do to get you to understand that he’s much leverage as I have to help the community How many tragedies could’ve been prevented if at the same time, it seems like we’re moving openly hate-filled, bigoted, misogynistic, xeno- as much as possible. Strategy! that help was available. backward in a hurry. We passed gender identity phobic and homophobic—in word and deed? He’s WCT: Gun violence has become a hot-button Violence is a public-health issue. How we treat [protection], which now seems way ahead of its changing the face of our country to the rest of issue recently. What do you think should be that gets to the core of the problem. Reasonable time. However, there’s painfully slow progress on the world that we’re no longer welcoming, car- done to curb violence? Background checks? A methods to dramatically increase gun control, the blood ban. We actually got Obama’s FDA folks ing—that we were an idea and an ideal. weapons ban? enforcing existing matters and prosecuting those to make some changes, but there’s still progress However, I think there are just some people MQ: There are two things I’m focused on. who are trafficking into our neighborhoods—but, to be made—that’s for sure. we can’t get to. I don’t know what’s deep inside First, you don’t need an assault weapon with a ultimately, we need to get to the core of the WCT: With the way things are structured in them. I’m messaging the person who stayed home 30-round clip to hunt deer. The bump stocks, the problem and put research dollars there. Congress right now, are things in gridlock for and isn’t/wasn’t engaged, or the person who multi-ammunition clip, the assault weapons— See https://quigleyforcongress.com/. the LGBT community? hasn’t made up their mind on all these things. those should all be banned. Those are not part of MQ: Well, you’re not going to codify equality. When all this is over, we have to remind ourselves You can still get fired in this country because of that there’s more that unites us than divides us. your orientation [or gender identity]. It’s impor- We can’t use the hate-filled rhetoric of Trump; we This is she decided to found a start-up pro- tant to have allies. We founded the Trans Equality must concentrate on unifying. The Constitution is Precious Minds gram called Precious Minds. Precious Minds is a Task Force, which is helping other communities supposed to protect everybody. mentoring program targeting youth who iden- to understand issues in the trans community. It just isn’t an LGBTQ issue. It’s supposed to be project seeks to tify as women, ages 10 years to 18 years old, to It’s not just resisting; it’s continuing to move “justice for all.” mentor youth build confidence, academics and compassion. forward, educating the public and building alli- WCT: Let me play devil’s advocate: Let’s say Precious Minds Mentoring Program is a pro- According to Phillips, Precious Minds aims to ances. Even if this administration was great on the House is not flipped. How do you, as an in- gram for young women, founded by a youth educate youth who identify as women on vital equality issues with the community, we would dividual, and the Democrats, as a party, move who has experienced her own struggles and assets of personal development; implement- all still to be unified in the fact that he’s racist, forward? who now seeks to help others. ing the value of self-confidence and empathy; misogynistic and anti-immigrant. Discrimination MQ: I’m a Cubs fan so I have to stay optimistic. Keonza Phillips is a young entrepreneur adult gaining communication and leadership skills; against one group of Americans is discrimination [Interviewer laughs.] who grew up on the North and South sides of and building a solid foundation of trust and against all. The worst-case scenario is that we don’t flip Chicago. Her main passion was finding a way to support in personal, professional and academic These policy problems have political solutions. the House but it’s close. The Republicans would give back to the youth in her communities, cre- events and/or advice. I was very proud to be part of changing the rules need Democratic votes to get funding. So I could ating positive reaction decisions, safe spaces Contact Executive Director Keonza Phillips on HOPWA. I’ve been proud of my victories in say, “Hey, if you want Democratic votes, then and safe circles. at 773-272-5463 or phillipskeonza22@gmail. Appropriations. Instead of playing defense, we you’re going to fully fund Planned Parenthood com. WINDY CITY TIMES March 14, 2018 25 ELECTIONS 2018: U.S. CONGRESS (5TH DISTRICT) Benjamin Thomas Wolf: Candidate talks marijuana, LGBT issues, abuse charge BY ANDREW DAVIS free healthcare, 90 percent of people would take it. Benjamin Thomas Wolf—one of three people WCT: You’ve had a lot of different occupa- challening Congressman Mike Quigley in the tions. Is there any one particular one that you March 20 Democratic primary—is no everyday feel helps your campaign more than any other? candidate. BTW: I would have to say that having been a The home page of his campaign website shows Unites States diplomat has helped me more than this, as there’s an image of Wolf sitting in front any other. It gave me a global perspective, and of a painting holding a marijuana joint. However, it taught me about talking with people—talk- there are many other items that distinguish Wolf ing about legislation, diplomatic affairs. It also from the rest of the pack, ranging from his back- taught me about working with people you don’t ground (including having worked for the FBI and want to work with—and that’s the job of a con- as a diplomat) to having made news regarding gressman; you work with people in other parties abuse allegations and even advertising on a porn and come to viable solutions. Benjamin Thomas Wolf. site. WCT: What’s your biggest advantage and dis- Publicity photo Windy City Times: What do you feel the in- advantage in this race? cumbent is not doing, or is doing wrong? BTW: I’ll start with my biggest disadvantage, But more importantly, I’m not here to negoti- him something [about] how he sees his presi- Benjamin Thomas Wolf: Great question. So which is that I’ve only been in Chicago for five ate with them; I’m here to lead them where they dency changing the world and how does he see it he’s been in office for eight years—and, in that years. I don’t have the foundations that the in- need to be. The only solution is for young, smart helping humanity. What good can come from this time, he’s never successfully passed or sponsored cumbent has here—but I was overseas serving progressives like me to pull things all the way presidency? I’m not sure he could answer that. I’d a piece of legislation. He also doesn’t represent our country. back to the left to [counter] the president, who have to ask him about his legacy, this district the way he should. The average [per- My biggest advantage is that I’ve been work- is negotiating all the way to the right. This Con- Addendum: Days after this interview took son] in this district is 33 years old. These are ing harder than him [Quigley]. We gathered more gress is the least effective in history, and that’s place, media outlets reported allegations that people who want universal healthcare (which signatures, we’re talking to more people, we’re incredibly sad. We need to expect more from our Wolf had a history of abusing women and pad- he doesn’t want), they want legalized cannabis canvassing more neighborhoods. I think I have elected officials. ding his resume. (which, again, he’s not pushing for), they want youth on my side, and I think people are looking WCT: Switching to gun violence, what do you Politico (in an article at https://www.polit- free tuition options for people who have tons of for change right now. think should be done to curb it? Ban assault ico.com/story/2018/03/07/ben-wolf-illinois- school debt. These are three of our top priori- WCT: Regarding President Trump, you told weapons? Increased background checks? congress-candidate-444371) reported that ties—none of which he’s supporting. the that there wasn’t one BTW: All of the above. We released a commer- Katarina Coates, who interned for Wolf, said WCT: Zoning in on the cannabis aspect, are thing he had done that you support. Do you cial and video with me holding an AR-15 assault that he was physically and emotionally abu- you concerned that some people might not still feel that way? rifle. There is no place for that type of weapon. sive. According to the article, she was not the take you as seriously? BTW: There’s has been no policy or agenda that These are machines designed to kill people with only one who complained about him—with BTW: I thought that might be true, but it’s our he has brought forth that the public supports. 30-round magazines. And arming teachers is lu- Wolf’s actions having him banned from the most popular platform, on all levels. The elderly The only silver lining is that he will cause a lot dicrous. grounds at DePaul University. want it as medicine, the middle-aged want it be- more people to organize and run for office and WCT: What do you feel is the biggest hurdle Windy City Times asked Wolf about the al- cause it brings revenue to our state, the young to vote—and that’s where we want people to be. for the LGBT community? leged abuse as well as exaggerating his re- people want it for medicine and recreationally, These elections will probably have the highest BTW: The biggest issue is to ensure that equal- sume. Wolf centered on Coates, replying, “That and the Republicans want it because it can bail voter turnout in history, and I love it. He’s mak- ity remains. There has been a lot of legislation woman was arrested by CPD [Chicago Police out this entire state. It can help with criminal- ing people care again. passed, and marriage is legal in many states. Department] for harassing me and my family. justice reform. All aspects of it are so wonderful, WCT: Let’s say you win your race, but that WCT: Well, it’s legal across the country. I had an emergency restraining order against and Illinois has an opportunity to be the first midterm elections favor the Republicans over- BTW: Well ... yes, but there are still places that her granted by a judge and four police reports state in the Midwest to legalize it—and bring all. How would you work with them? won’t recognize it. I do think it’s important to showing electronic, personal harrassment [sic] billions here. We could be the Colorado of the BTW: When, not if, we win this primary, one keep pushing for equality regarding child-rearing, and entering my building. She had to be re- Midwest. of the things our campaign staffers will do is go and to make sure it continues to evolve with the moved from our campaign. She has a severe And as a cannabis user—which is strange, be- around the country and help other Democrats. social issues of today. mental illness. The police have dealt with her. cause I’m a former federal agent—I can tell you This is a Democratic district, so that won’t be an WCT: In your Windy City Times question- “I have all the documents.” it’s a wonderful substance. I think it’s one of the issue here. I think Democrats should help other naire, you commented that you saw LGBT peo- See https://www.wolfforcongress.org/. biggest issues in the country. Democats, and then work with Republicans and ple being arrested in the Middle East... WCT: Why don’t you support the ACA? independents to pass legislation that actually BTW: So I worked in the Middle East for many For an interview with 5th BTW: I do not support the ACA. I think health- helps people. years in the State Department, and things do not care in any form is great, but I think every per- WCT: But if there is constant gridlock in Con- favor the LGBTQ community there. There are plac- Congressional District candidate son should have a basic healthcare option that gress, with people voting along party lines, es like Saudi Arabia, where you can be incarcer- Sameena Mustafa, please see should be provided to them free of charge. Uni- what do you do? ated and prosecuted. We need to push the idea of WCT’s website. The interview was versal healthcare works. BTW: There are two ananswers to that ques- equality around the world—something this presi- conducted after WCT’s deadline. WCT: Does that involve taking a lot out of tion. Firstly, I’ve worked for two FBI directors, dent is holding us back from doing. Also, interviews with Democratic people’s paychecks? four secretaries of state; I’ve worked with Repub- WCT: If you had a couple minutes with the BTW: Not a lot—and that’s where the canna- licans and Democrats. I understand all aspects of president, what’s one question you would ask attorney general candidates will be bis comes in. And I think if you gave people the the political spectrum so I’d like to think that I him? posted online later this week. option of [slightly] higher taxes in exchange for can work across the aisle. BTW: [Pauses] That’s a great question. I’d ask 26 March 14, 2018 WINDY CITY TIMES viewpoints

self-published works. The small, feminist Lollipop Power Press, for example, published the very first LGBTQ-inclusive children’s book, Jane Severance’s Dana When Megan Went Away (1979). Smaller publishers RUDOLPH may feel more able to take a chance on content that is potentially controversial or that may (at least ini- MOMBIAN tially) speak to a niche audience. Reflecting on all this, I would offer these actions VOL. 33, No. 26, March 14, 2018 LGBTQ-inclusive and ideas: The combined forces of Windy City Times, —If you’re a children’s author, write books that founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, founded May 1987. kids’ books: include LGBTQ people and families—both “everyday” stories and (if you have the expertise) ones that PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR Resources, actions thoughtfully cover aspects of LGBTQ families’ spe- Tracy Baim cific experiences. First, however, read what’s already One of the most common questions I see from new out there so you don’t duplicate what exists. Seek ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky LGBTQ parents is “Where can I find LGBTQ-inclusive advice from other authors and professional organiza- MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis books for my kids?” Here’s one resource you should tions if you’re new to the field. ASSOCIATE EDITOR Matt Simonette know—along with some thoughts on the state of BUSINESS MANAGER Ripley Caine —If you’re a teacher or librarian, get these books LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ books. DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright into your collections. Visit welcomingschools.org for ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson The American Library Association’s latest annual advice if you’re worried about negative reactions SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Terri Klinsky, Rainbow Book List, announced last month, is in- Kirk Williamson, Amy Matheny, Scott Duff, from parents or administrators. tended “to aid youth and those working with youth David Strzepek, Kathy Breit, Andrew Kain Miller, —If you’re a parent or anyone with a kid in your Theresa Santos Volpe in selecting high-quality books” that have “sig- life, and have the means, buy these books for them. NATIONAL SALES Rivendell Media, 212-242- nificant and authentic GLBTQ content.” It includes 6863 Ask your local library and/or bookstores to stock nearly 50 fiction and nonfiction titles for infants SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, Tony Peregrin, them. through young adults, from 18 publishers (glbtrt. Lisa Keen, Yasmin Nair —Submit the names of new, LGBTQ-inclusive titles THEATER COORDINATOR Catey Sullivan ala.org/rainbowbooks). to the Rainbow Book List for consideration. (Note SPORTS WRITER Ross Forman The Rainbow List committee said on its website ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS that they do not accept recommendations from au- that this year they “noted an increase in a range Juliet Takes a Breath, which was on the 2017 Mary Shen Barnidge, Lawrence Ferber, Jerry thors, publishers, agents, or anyone who could gain Nunn, Jonathan Abarbanel, Scott C. Morgan, of gender and sexual identities across the queer Rainbow Books List. directly from the recommendation.) Lauren Emily Whalen, Karen Topham, Brian Kirst spectrum,” including books that explored asexual- COLUMNISTS/WRITERS: Yvonne Zipter, —Rate and review these books at your favorite on- ity, bisexuality, and gender fluidity. A number of ers with marketing and distribution power. Harper Jorjet Harper, Charlsie Dewey, Carrie Maxwell, line bookstore(s). books also included stronger treatments of the in- rightly calls on the publishing behemoths to step Billy Masters, Sarah Toce, Dana Rudolph, —If you work at a literary agency or children’s Melissa Wasserman, Joe Franco, Nick Patricca, tersections of race, class and disability. One nega- up. publisher, seek stories that feature LGBTQ people Liz Baudler, Rex Wockner, Angelique Smith tive, though, was a decline in novels with explicitly Some progress has been made through a number of SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Kat Fitzgerald, Hal and families, and actively market them to LGBTQ transgender characters. books that show families with same-sex parents do- Baim, Tim Carroll, Ed Negron families. (They can and should be read by more than WEBSITE LISTINGS VOLUNTEER Gene Naden I also noticed the worrying trend that only two of ing everyday things as part of a celebration of many just us, but we’ll be a loyal and fervent cheering CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Jean Albright the books featured families with LGBTQ parents. Last types of families. These books are critical, both at DISTRIBUTION Ashina, Allan, Dan, John, Sue squad.) Reach out to national and local LGBTQ par- year’s list had only three. That’s not the list’s fault; home and in schools, where “Family” often forms and Victor ent groups or community centers to connect with WEB HOSTING LoveYourWebsite.com (lead for the past several years, published books about a curriculum unit in younger grades. 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Prior The difficulty with “everyday” books, too, is that try: and photographs submitted if they are to be returned, and to that, it was the other way around, and I am glad even when published, they may not be catalogued as no responsibility may be assumed for unsolicited materials. —Rainbow Book List: As mentioned above. All rights to letters, art and photographs sent to Windy publishers have been redressing the imbalance. Go- having LGBTQ content, and thus escape the notice City Times will be treated as unconditionally assigned —My own annotated selections at mombian.com. for publication purposes and as such, subject to editing ing forward, however, I hope more publishers can of many who want them. (The upside, though, is —Rainbow Family Collections, by Jamie Campbell and comment. The opinions expressed by the columnists, put out multiple books within a year that cover both that such books may inadvertently be picked up by cartoonists, letter writers, and commentators are their own Naidoo, an extensive annotated list (through its and do not necessarily reflect the position ofWindy City (and more) aspects of our community. families who could benefit from the windows they Times. Publication of the name, photograph, or likeness of 2012 publication date) for children up to grade five. a person or organization in articles or advertising in Windy There are other gaps to address, too. Writer and open.) This speaks to the need for increased com- City Times is not to be construed as any indication of the —Welcoming Schools book lists: welcoming- activist Alli Harper, in a January piece at M Is for munication between publishers, librarians and the sexual orientation of such person or organization. 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28 36 36 South slide WCT reviews the production Plantation! Marchesa. Mr. Leather 64TEN at Jackhammer. Photo of Linsey Page Morton, Lily Mojekwu and Ericka Ratcliff by Liz Lauren

THEATER “The world that artists occupied at the begin- was interrupted when Andre Breton and his co- ning of the 20th century is very similar to ours,” horts, who disapproved of their modern art be- said Trevor Dawkins, credited in the playbill as ing employed in service of what they felt was a the play’s author, “Their response to tumultuous bourgeois capitalist venture, proceeded to create Looking for a fight: changes in Europe and North America was to as- such a disturbance that the production had to sume increasingly radical positions regarding be stopped. their role in society. This, in turn, affected how So what is Dawkins’ purpose in resurrecting they engaged with one another.” these historical events? “I think there are valu- Art as disruption Director Tony Santiago concurred, saying, able lessons for us, today, to be learned from “How often do we hear people say ‘Fight for what looking at groups trying to solve a common you believe in!’—but what does that mean? We problem with conflicting strategies. What ac- in ‘Seven Fights’ wanted to explore what makes people turn to vio- tions—inciting riots, attacking strangers on the lence, when words aren’t enough, and whether, in street—are likely to succeed in bringing about BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE almost bereft of textual reference: the Italian Fu- fact, that moves us closer to our goals, or farther the paradigm shift we want, and which ones are turists, whose manifesto confers permission on away.” doomed to failure?” “Have you ever punched anyone in the face?” an the play’s performers, as well as the personae, to Don’t come expecting a stunt-show, though, The question that Labotka felt we need to ask actor—coincidentally, the biggest on the stage— express their opinions on the topics under dis- warned fight choreographer Gaby Labotka, who ourselves was “Why were artists and audiences asks the audience at the start of the show A Story cussion. Since the ensemble for this Neo-Futurist told Windy City Times, ”The conversation is about of that time so ready to fight, compared to now? Told in Seven Fights, his query quickly followed production encompasses a diversity of genders art as disruption, and our stage combat is merely What changed?” by, “Have you ever wanted to punch somebody and ethnicities, this ensures a variety of observa- the vehicle for that conversation.” She cited, as A Story Told in Seven Fights runs through in the face?” tions on the concept of provocation as art, the an example, a fight scene depicting the premiere Saturday, April 7, at 5153 N. Ashland Ave. For This is not a frivolous question, since one of boundaries of that provocation and the propen- of the Ballets Russes Romeo et Juliette in 1926, further information, contact 773-878-4557 or the three stories promised in the title is that of sity of angry youth to embrace the former before where the costumes and scenery were designed Neofuturists.org. Gilded Age Swiss playboy Arthur Cravan. Not con- coming up against the latter. by surrealist artists Joan Miro and Max Ernst, but tent with the notoriety arising from his familial connection to the scandal-besieged Oscar Wilde Stephanie Shum in (married to Cravan’s aunt Constance), the incor- A Story Told in Seven Fights. rigible bad boy cultivated a public image based in the exaggerated masculinity associated with Photo by Joe Mazza exotic foreign cultures like our own Wild West, proclaimed in spontaneous displays of pugilism and even going so far as a boxing match with the African-American heavyweight champion Jack Johnson. Such Rimbaudian audacity inevitably drew the attention of experimental artists also bent on un- settling what they deemed a status quo in need of a good punch in the you-know-what. These rebels included the Dadaists and the Surrealists, whose progress—under the self-appointed lead- ership of, respectively, Tristan Tzara and Andre Breton—was rendered divisive from its very out- set by the inevitable dissent characterizing ide- ologies predicated on the rejection of reason and order. The third story finds its inspiration in a faction 28 March 14, 2018 WINDY CITY TIMES THEATER REVIEW ing advantage of this opportunity to reference is- sues involving covert denial of civil rights/public Kingdom Watson Swift and services in addition to the personal struggles en- Playwright: Michael Allen Harris RjW Mays in gendered by guilt and remorse: Phaedra’s attempt At: Broken Nose Theatre at the Den, Kingdom. to forge a stable relationship with her damaged 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave. Photo by sweetheart, Alexander’s alcoholism following his Tickets: Pay-what-you-can Devon Green bisexual ex-lover’s retreat to the closet (cf. NFL Runs through: April 7 athlete Michael Sam), Arthur’s anger and disap- pointment at Henry’s refusal to formalize their BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE marital status, despite the latter’s diagnosis of prostate cancer. Our paradisiacal realm might be a commercially This is enough backstory to fuel a dozen plays crafted amusement park in Florida encircled by (or a two-season television series, at least), but the hostile culture endemic to that gulf-rim never does our attention waver during the two state, but the magic empowering true love and hours necessary to bring the challenges confront- terrent to a heritage of xenophobia condoning children by an early het marriage. These include lovers is no less efficacious for being cobbled ing this troubled clan to a satisfactory conclu- systematic discrimination against demographics ex-gangbanger Phaedra and Disneyworld mar- from the gospel according to Batman and Walt sion. Commendations are due Harris’ earthy dia- threatening the status quo. keter Alexander (Southern regions Disney, augmented by folk wisdom, astrology and logue and Kanome Jones’ brisk-paced direction, Arthur and Henry Brown share a triple-whammy share a fondness for names reflecting classical Everglades voodoo. but what ensures our immediate empathy is the demographic. Not only are they African-American myth) both of whom are, coincidentally, also gay. The cataclysm in Michael Allen Harris’ play pre- chemistry exhibited by Christopher McMorris and and gay, but old enough to have recently fled the A dramatic universe in which white, heterosex- cipitating crisis, ironically, is the 2015 legaliza- Watson Swift, who expand the boundaries of gee- harassment encountered in assisted-living facili- ual and fully franchised are qualities restricted to tion of same-sex marriage. Though viewed as a zerly mannerisms to endow Arthur and Henry with ties. At present, the forty-years-together couple offstage personnel is a cosmology rarely invoked, significant step on the road to social enlighten- a romantic warmth to be envied at any age. are living in Arthur’s house under the care of his even in 2018, so Harris cannot be faulted for tak- ment, its initial implementation proved no de-

THEATER REVIEW Megan Carney’s direction. to the next professional level. Meantime, their But Carney’s cast brings warmth and honesty Annie (Maggie Scranton) and Curtis (Rashaad friends Rene (Esteban Andres Cruz) and Claudia to the story. Hall’s Curtis is calculating, but we Time Is on Our Side Hall) are friends and co-hosts of a Philadelphia (Riley Mondragon) drop bread crumbs of wisdom also sense that uncovering Annie’s family history Playwright: R. Eric Thomas podcast aimed at uncovering hidden history, par- and revelation. (Rene teaching Curtis, who has is a way of making up for being rejected by his At: Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. ticularly from a queer perspective. But when An- been partnered since college, the finer points of own grandfather—a prominent African-American Tickets: 773-975-8150; nie discovers her late grandmother’s diary—and cruising for sex in the park is a comic highlight.) journalist who can’t accept Curtis’ sexuality. AboutFaceTheatre.com; $20-$38 its implications that Grandma led a secret lesbian Cruz and Mondragon also shine as older It’s also fascinating to see Annie especially— Runs through: April 7 life—she shies away from going public. From her who fill in historical blanks for Annie and Curtis. a woman who works for the historical society viewpoint, it’s her family’s story. But Curtis ar- Thomas has a wry and puckish wit that oc- and is from the share-everything-in-public gen- BY KERRY REID gues that the story belongs to all of them as a casionally veers into self-conscious dialogue. eration—come to terms with revealing the com- relic of when being closeted was the default set- (The characters sometimes sound a lot like each promises her grandmother made. Thomas’ script History may be written by the victors, as Winston ting for so many gay men and women. other.) Some of the narrative threads, such as telegraphs some of the final revelations, but that Churchill observed. But who actually owns it? Curtis’ interest in Grandma Gisella’s secrets also an early teaser about Annie’s home (formerly doesn’t impede the joy of watching this quartet That’s the intriguing question at the heart of R. has a less-noble motivation, at least initially. He Gisella’s) also being a stop on the Underground of actors find their way through the fog of history Eric Thomas’ Time Is on Our Side, now in a sturdy wants to partner with Fatimah, Annie’s ex-part- Railroad, feel shoehorned in for the sake of mak- into the light of grace and community. Midwest premiere with About Face Theatre under ner and a producer at NPR, to take their podcast ing symbolic historical equivalences.

THEATER REVIEW Douglas’ plot has potential: The story starts inches toward 12. Everyone is always “extra” (in c with the aptly named Lillian Wright (Janet Ul- the words of one character), buffooning their CRITICS’PICKS Plantation! rich Brooks), matriarch of a Texas plantation way through the blessedly short (90 minutes) At: Lookingglass Theatre, that has been in her lily-white family for over a endeavor. Not even the formidable powers of a Surely Goodness and Mercy, Redtwist The- 821 N. Michigan Ave. century. Except as Lillian learns, the family isn’t uniformly gifted ensemble (Brooks and Mojekwu atre, through March 18. Beneath the surface sen- Tickets: Lookingglass Theatre.org; $40- $75. so white after all. After hiring a genealogist, are not women to be trifled with). timentality rendered in this portrait of humble Runs through: April 22 Lilian learns her great-great-great-great grand- There are two unimpeachable elements of citizens neglected by their peers and their soci- father sired a son with a slave named Sarah. Plantation! The first is scenic designer Courtney ety lies a wealth of savvy insight into practical BY CATEY SULLIVAN Lilian tracks down Sarah’s descendants to the O’Neill’s rendering the titular home’s interior. solutions. MSB Chicago Wright sisters: London (Lily Mojekwu), O’Neill’s work will make you want to go home Hedda! A Musical Conversation and Garbo, Imagine the Three Stooges dressed up in Klan Madison (Timberlake Perry) and Sydney (Ericka and redecorate (ideally minus oil paintings of The Musical, Athenaeum Theatre, running in rep- robes, terrorizing a trio of Black women in the Ratcliff). Lilian invites the three to Texas, in- slaves). From the built-in book shelves to the ertory through March 17. Two one-woman musi- middle of the night, intent on making the wom- tent on giving them the plantation as a form of graceful, airy spaciousness, the Wright home is cals mine Tinseltown gold with writer/director/ en leave town in fear for their lives. reparations. majestic. star Jillann Gabrielle playing reclusive screen Now, play that scene as part of a banana- Predictably, Lilian’s entitled, emotionally The second comes toward the final moments, siren Greta Garbo and acid-tongued gossip col- bonkers luff-riot farce, complete with slamming stunted daughters Kara (Linsey Page Morton), and deals with the portrait that’s been glower- umnist Hedda Hopper. CES doors, slapstick pratfalls and cartoon-style Kayley (Grace Smith) and Kimberly Wright (Lou- ing down on the proceedings throughout. Say- Anna Karenina, Lifeline Theatre, through April mugging. So it goes in Plantation!, playwright ise Larson) are outraged. The issues Douglas ing much more would be a spoiler, so just know 8. Jennifer Wright Buha’s tidy adaptation of Leo Kevin Douglas’ ultimately deplorable new “com- raises are the stuff of potentially intense, intri- that there’s a nearly silent scene that brings a Tolstoy’s epic novel retains all of its romance edy.” cate drama. But things go bad because Planta- long-dead slave into sharp, heroic focus. It’s a while losing none of its morally educative dimen- The three African-American sisters are more tion plays like a mash-up of Twelve Years a Slave memorable manifestation of empowerment, es- sion and Lifeline’s imaginative microcosmic rep- than a match for the three Southern belles who (the film comes up repeatedly) with F-Troop. pecially the power of being fully seen after a resentation does the rest. MSB don pillowcase hoods in the wee hours. But Director David Schwimmer exacerbates the lifetime of invisibility. David Parr’s Cabinet of Curiosities, Chicago knowing the Black women from Chicago will disconnect, pushing the cast to milk an entire Powerful though that scene is, you can’t play Magic Lounge, open run. The card-sharp whose have no problem vanquishing the sheet-draped Guernsey from every over-the-top reaction and the Klan for yuks. Well, I suppose you can. But flying fingers baffled Penn & Teller shows you Texans doesn’t make Lookingglass Theatre’s sight-gag. Collectively, the actors dial the slap- the results will be cringe-inducing. how he did it every Wednesday night at Chicago’s world premiere any more palatable. stick up to 10. When the Klan robes come out, it hottest and swankiest new speakeasy. MSB —By Abarbanel, Barnidge and Sullivan WINDY CITY TIMES March 14, 2018 29 eSPOTLIGHT

Nine 10-minute plays about lesbians are on tap this weekend in Buena Park. With History Lezons, a roster of playwrights who identity as female dive into history through real and fictional women. Allison J. Fradkin curated the whole shebang, which includes tales from the Harlem Renaissance to Roaring ‘20s Paris to the “Lavender Scare” of the Eisenhower Era to a pridefilmsandplays.com. contemporary Chicago retirement home. Perfor- Caption: Alison J. Fradkin. PR photo from mances are at 7:30 p.m. March 18, 20 and 21 Pride Films & Plays at the Buena Pride Arts Center, 4147 N. Broad- way. Tickets are $15 or pay-what-you-can; visit

Eventually Junhee returns for Minhee, an out- William Boles’ shadow box set, boldly framed come heavily foreshadowed in the early scenes of in red, with clever louvers (both horizontal and this 105-minute play. vertical) at the rear which turn to reveal various Be aware that linear and realistic storytelling scenic and lighting effects. is not author Mia Chung’s style, or that of classy Early on, the play is disconcerting as Chung director Elly Green (whose fine production of Ib- jerks the audience into the magical style after an sen’s linear-and-realistic Pillars of the Community almost brutally-realistic opening scene between just closed at Straw Dog). Minhee’s scenes jump the sisters. You’ll need to pay attention and fig- in time. Westerners speak gibberish to Junhee ure out the rules of the road, which are fable-like at first, representing how English sounds to her. and picaresque. Once you do, the play’s simple Minhee, on a journey quest to visit her son, en- but diverse theatrical devices are highly engag- counters a pedagogue cultivating musical rice—a ing. The fine supporting cast includes Patrick scene surely paying tribute to Carroll. Minhee’s Agada (charming as Junhee’s boyfriend), Gordon husband in ghostly form describes his death at Chow, funny Katy Carolina Collins and John Lu. the hands of the state in at least four different North Korea’s murderous horrors are well- ways. Puppets of frogs (symbolizing entrapment) known, so the story here involves sisterhood and and human ears are utilized. It’s all played on perseverance, not politics.

Jin Park and Katy Carolina Collins in You for Me for You. NOW PLAYING Photo by Michael Tutino A JUICY REGAL situation after escaping North Korea and finding “ THEATER REVIEW work, love and far too many choices in New York. SMACKDOWN The States may be 180 degrees from the harsh, –VARIETY ” You for Me for You retrograde dynastic Stalinism of North Korea, but Playwright: Mia Chung it’s still dystopian in its own way as too much At: Sideshow Theatre Company @ freedom and no freedom both are distortions. The Victory Gardens, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave. easy availability of guns in America—too much Tickets: 773-871-3000; freedom—demonstrates this. VictoryGardens.org; $20-$30 George Orwell meets Lewis Carroll in Mia Runs through: April 8 Chung’s 2012 work of magic realism, which tracks not only Junhee’s path in the New World but the BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL harrowing parallel path of her older sister, Min- hee (Helen Joo Lee), left behind in the nation If you’re from a land with no ice cream and only of Kim-praise to endure The Great Famine (1994- state-run TV, you might be paralyzed by indeci- 98), during which several million citizens are es- sion and high anxiety if offered 31 flavors and timated to have starved to death. Minhee also 200+ TV channels. Will someone denounce you faces the state’s impenetrable, shifting control IN A NEW VERSION BY PETER OSWALD DIRECTED BY JENN THOMPSON for an incorrect choice? Who is watching and apparatus which destroys not only her husband why? but also their son, sent at less than 10 years of Junhee (Jin Park) finds herself in precisely that age to a re-education prison for stealing food. K.K. Moggie & Kellie Overbey, photo by Jeff Sciortino

tic process at the Goodman, including the op- Goodman directing portunity to assist on a Goodman production. The annual fellowship was established in fellow named 2002 to honor the memory and artistry of Goodman Theatre announced Jo Cattell as Goodman Associate Artistic Director Michael the recipient of the 2017/2018 Michael Maggio Maggio (1951-2000), who directed 22 produc- Directing Fellowship—an honor reserved for tions at the Goodman and more than 60 pro- • early-career Chicago-based directors. ductions around the country. 312.595.5600 chicagoshakes.com Cattell will gain complete access to the artis- UNDER 35? A GREAT PRICE FOR STUDENTS & YOUNG PROFESSIONALS. 30 March 14, 2018 WINDY CITY TIMES Hotel Chicago, 333 N. Dearborn St. It will be the 10th year for the expo in Chicago. ‘Spitfire Grill’ Lesbian-themed Patrons will be able to win a wedding worth $2,500 for the couple and up to 30 guests at Pine Manor in Mount Prospect, Illinois. Also, there will be music, food opening ‘The Cake’ coming up samples and much more. Rivendell Theatre Ensemble (RTE)—Chicago’s only Equity theater dedicated to The event is free, but e-tickets are required; see SameSexMarriageChicago.com. March 25 producing new work with women at the core—announced the Midwest premiere Refuge Theatre Project—a of the lesbian-themed production The Cake, written by Bekah Brunstetter, directed company that, among other by Lauren Shouse, and featuring RTE Founders Tara Mallen and Keith Kupferer, RTE Stage 773 launches panel series things, staged High Fidelity: Member Krystel McNeil and Tuckie White. Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave., is presenting an all-new, quarterly Artists Pro- The Musical twice in makeshift The Cake runs April 8-May 20 at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, 5779 N. Ridge Ave. fessional Development Series beginning Monday, April 2, at 5:30 p.m. record stores and Bare: A Pop Brunstetter is the Emmy-nominated producer and writer of the hit NBC drama This Hosted by the Young Professionals Board of Stage 773, these events will be an Opera in a church sanctuary— Is Us. The play is inspired in part by the case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil open forum for art enthusiasts and the public to discuss a range of topics dealing will open The Spitfire Grill on Rights Commission, which is currently in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. with the theater community. Sunday, March 25, at Windy City Admission is $18-$38 each; visit RivendellTheatre.org. The panel will feature Daryl Brooks, associate director at Black Ensemble Theater; Cafe, 1062 W. Chicago Ave., ac- Becca Browne, artistic development and group sales manager at Victory Gardens; cording to BroadwayWorld.com. Shelby Jo at The iO Theater; and more to be announced. A Q&A session will follow. Christopher Pazdernik, a 2017 Same-sex wedding expo March 18 The quarterly events are free to the public, and will take place on Monday eve- Jeff Award winner for his direc- The 2018 LGBT Wedding Expo will be held Sunday, March 18, 12:30-3:30 p.m., at nings. See Stage773.com. tion of High Fidelity, will helm and choreograph The Spitfire Grill. The story (based on the 1996 film of the same name that starred Ellen Burstyn and Marcia Gay Harden) concerns Percy, a parolee recently released from CULTURECULTURE CLUBCLUB prison who relocates to the fictional small town of Gilead, Wisconsin, after seeing pictures of it in an old travel book. An openly HIV-positive art- ist, Pazdernik was also a 2016 Windy City Times 30 Under 30 honoree for his contributions to Chicago’s LGBTQ community, and currently serves on the Ambassador Committee for the AIDS Run/Walk Chicago. See RefugeTheatre.com. COME HEAR THE MUSIC PLAY. AFTER ALL, ‘Faust’ thru LIFE IS A CABARET. March 21 at Lyric Opera THE KIT KAT KLUB CLOSES MARCH 18 Lyric Opera of Chicago, 20 N. Wacker Dr., will run Faust through March 21, for seven performances. A classic story about the perils of making a deal with the devil in pursuit of eternal

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...... FOR TICKETS VISIT PRIDEFILMSANDPLAYS.COM OR CALL (800) 737 0984 . WINDY CITY TIMES March 14, 2018 31 THEATER Gay playwright lays it on CULTURECULTURE CLUBCLUB SEASON 22 the ‘Line’ with latest project THE POLITICAL GETS PERSONAL, GIRL BY LAUREN EMILY WHALEN FROM Novid Parsi identifies with Blanche DuBois. MARCH 1 He’s a gay Iranian-American playwright, living in Chi- UNTIL cago with his husband. She’s a straight Southern belle, APRIL 7 lost and tortured, living in New Orleans with her sister. But in Parsi’s new play, Through the Elevated Line, Blanche’s DIRECTOR MEGAN CARNEY story in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire plays a pivotal role. STAGE “Very early on while writing this play, I realized I was THEATER WIT conjuring up the classic triangle of A Streetcar Named De- TICKETS sire: an outsider disrupting the home of a sibling and her ABOUTFACETHEATRE.COM husband,” Parsi told Windy City Times via email. “[My main character] Razi Gol, like Blanche DuBois, is an unwanted LOCATION 1229 WEST BELMONT traveler: caught between two worlds, accepted by neither. I decided to embrace that influence by reimagining Wil- liams’ powerful play and making it my own. Through its echoes of Streetcar, Through the Elevated Line shows how attitudes to our own Blanches … have progressed, and how they have remained the same.” Through the Elevated Line (which begins previews March 7 with ) tells the story of Razi, an Ira- GIORDANO DANCE CHICAGO nian man who’s recently immigrated to Chicago and is staying with his sister, Soraya, and her white husband, SPRING SERIES Chuck, who’s from the United States. In the 11 years the siblings have been apart, Soraya has become a physician MARCH23&24, 7:30pm and adapted well to her surroundings, while back in Iran, Razi was imprisoned for being gay. As tensions rise among Through the Elevated Line playwright Novid Parsi. the three new roommates, Razi tries to make his way in a PR photo brand-new city, country and culture. Born and raised in the U.S. and the son of Iranian im- and Victory Gardens produce more diverse writers and hire migrants, Parsi was inspired to write Through the Elevated more diverse actors today than they did over a decade ago, Line in early 2016, amid America’s never-ending immigra- and I see that that’s true of smaller companies as well.” tion debate. “I was thinking about how we group immi- Many playwrights aren’t very involved in their premieres, A steamy, grants into one of two categories: the good or bad immi- but for Parsi, it’s just the opposite. He personally chose sensual affair - Lauren“ Warnecke, grant, the hard worker or freeloader,” he said. “I wanted to director Carin Silkaitis, whom he called “a force of the the- Chicago Tribune complicate that easy distinction by imagining two siblings ater…she has the passion and skill to bring the vision of who seem, at first, to exist on either side of it. By com- my page to the stage.” He also assisted in casting, and at- ing to know them as individuals, we come to see how… tended every rehearsal and production meeting. “I’ve been Tickets start at $15 they have made difficult decisions within difficult and con- so grateful and humbled to see these amazing actors treat TICKETS 205 E. Randolph Drive 312.334.7777 harristheaterchicago.org strained circumstances.” With all this in mind, “Through this play with such care, respect and risk-taking playful- the Elevated Line is not a play about immigration per se,” ness,” Parsi said. Parsi added. “I’m not interested in depicting the world as Khoury is equally grateful and humbled, if his program I’d like it to be. I’m interested in depicting the world as note is any indication. “In the next few years …[ Parsi FORBIDDEN LOVE. POLITICAL INTRIGUE. ULTIMATE BETRAYAL. I see it.” will] be championed as an exciting new voice in the Ameri- This is Parsi’s second play produced by Silk Road Ris- can theatre, and his plays will be produced nationally,” March 17-25 ing, an Equity theater company founded in 2002 by Jamil Khoury wrote. “On American stages, the complicated, the Khoury, a Syrian Orthodox Christian, and Malik Gillani, a questioning, and the curious, are enjoying newfound cur- Pakistani Muslim. According to the company’s website, Silk rency. Novid Parsi, with his impressive capacity to create Road Rising “creates live theater in Chicago and online characters that are charming, prickly, compromised and videos that tell stories through primarily Asian American FELLOW resilient, understands that one can be challenged by ad- and Middle Eastern American lenses.” versity without being defined by [it].” Representation is crucial to Parsi, who co-authored the When asked what he hopes audiences take away, Parsi 2006 TimeOut Chicago article “Why is Theater in Chicago TRAVELERS replied, “I hope they get … what I think live theater can So White?” Parsi said, “[Christopher Piatt and I] noticed deliver unlike any other art form: the experience of being AN OPERA BY GREGORY SPEARS that the city’s stages … did not reflect the city’s diver- more connected to other people. And I hope they see in LIBRETTO BY GREG PIERCE sity. We found that much of that had to do with the fact the play a mirror of this moment and of our nation, and BASED ON THE NOVEL FELLOW TRAVELERS that young artists tended to start up theater companies they hear a question that the play poses: Who do we want BY THOMAS MALLON with the people they already knew—their friends—and so to be?” the racial homogeneity of their social circles played out Silk Road Rising’s Through the Elevated Line runs in their artistic work.” Did the article make a difference? March 7-April 15 on the lower level at 77 W. Wash- All performances take place at the Parsi, a former theater critic, can’t say for sure. However, ington St. For tickets and more information, visit Silk- LYRICOPERA.ORG Athenaeum Theatre he observed, “larger companies like Court, Steppenwolf RoadRising.org. .. 2936 N. Southport Ave 32 March 14, 2018 WINDY CITY TIMES THEATER REVIEW casionally been stoppered by its desire to flow. Often things are happening onstage—projec- The Condition tions, costume changes, rearranging the space and so on—while people are speaking. It dis- of Femme tracts from the emotional text. Playwright: Lauren Marie Powell Cody Jolly’s projection design is a strength, At: Circle Theatre at Buena Pride showing notable statistics: For example, approxi- Arts Center, 4147 N. Broadway mately 30,000 rapes result in pregnancies each Tickets: CircleTheatreChicaog.org; $28 year. Rapists have parental rights in 31 states. Runs through: April 1 I was thrilled the production centered a spec- trum of femme experience, and included femmes BY REGINA VICTOR of color and transgender femmes. However, it struck me that though there are only two visible The Condition of Femme is compiled out of 100 performers of color out of 12, much of the media interviews, much like Eve Ensler’s The Vagina in the projections design is attributed to Black Monologues, but focused on the femme experi- and brown bodies. “Whistle While You Twerk,” by ence—the experience of a person of any gender the Ying Yang Twins, accompanies a montage of who identifies with feminine energy. white women being spanked. Penned by Lauren Marie Powell and directed by There is a long video of Black twerking butts Amanda Jane Long, Circle Theatre’s production for which the primary image and audio is Nicki uses a cohesive narrative to present the stories Minaj’s “Anaconda”—a song that is culturally sig- of many different femmes as it follows Reagan nificant for its lack of male presence and owner- (playwright Powell) and her partner Cheryl (Amy ship of the beauty of Black and brown bodies. It Powell). Throughout, the two deal with the most feels like appropriation to hear the song as the difficult parts of being a femme: sexual assault. background for a primarily white cast discussing Reagan works for a rape-crisis hotline and Cheryl a lack of power and consent. is proceeding with a trial against a sexual preda- The Condition Femme doesn’t feel like it’s for tor. survivors; instead of empowering femmes, it is Reagan consistently internalizes her work as a bid for us to be seen as human. It reminds the the hotline’s callers recount their stories, vile audience that femmes are “physically weaker” subway encounters, and men of God who proved (that’s verbatim from the script) and emphasiz- themselves to be anything but among them. Each ing that stories like these occur daily. It is an person in the cast gives a fantastic performance, important effort and an important collection of which is notable since the script can feel preachy. stories. But I am ready for femmes to take their The earnest attitude the cast deploys makes the power and use it—not plea for protection from a factual language feel natural most of the time. sick society. Michelle Bester in The Condition of Femme. Long’s direction flows well, but it may have oc- Photo by Cody Jolly Photography

Devil also speaks with a silvered tongue, if not hishta Vafadari (Roxanne) and Zach Livingston THEATER REVIEW Trump himself. (Christian) are appealing players and masters It’s wonderful, therefore, to see an engaging of the text (especially Woods in the singularly Cyrano and vigorously-performed version of Cyrano in ac- demanding title role). Strong supporting work is Playwright: Edmond Rostand, translated/ cessible, robust (although not slangy) 21st cen- provided by Stephen Peebles as Cyrano’s captain, adapted by Michael Hollinger & Aaron Posner tury English, which nonetheless is faithful to the Le Bret, and by Kristin Hammargren skillfully At: BoHo Theatre at Theater Wit, story, characters and values of Rostand’s 1897 donning britches as Viscomte De Guiche, one of 1229 W. Belmont Ave. neo-classical work in rhymed verse. This version several examples of cross-gender casting in this Tickets: 773-975-8150; partly is in rhymed verse and partly in prose, but production. Even so, lines occasionally are shout- BoHoTheatre.com; $30 either way it puts language at the forefront. All ed out and spoken too fast, especially among the Runs through: April 15 of Rostand’s brilliant and audience-pleasing set smaller supporting roles. pieces––the sword fight while reciting poetry, the Scenic designer Patrick Ham’s broad end-stage BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL passionate balcony wooing scene, Cyrano’s rejec- setting provides a dark, rough-hewn brick wall tion of sycophancy, the tender death scene—are with a wide-archway here, a balcony there and a Cyrano de Bergerac, translated/adapted many preserved here while also re-invigorating the round chandelier overhead, easily suggestive of times from the French original, concerns the pow- text. mid-17th century France, whether castle or con- er of words to engage and persuade and express The dramatic classics are not BoHo’s standard vent. Christina Leinicke’s leather (mostly) and one’s soul. Language alone teaches Roxane—the fare, so Cyrano definitely is a stretch for them, lace costumes aren’t elaborate but nicely suggest initially callow heroine— to love beyond a hand- and kudos for that. Viewed at the last preview, the time period and move well. But, please, give some face and figure. The ugly hero, Cyrano, also the production is somewhat mixed but succeeds Cyrano a costume change for the last scene, 15 uses linguistic power to fight to-the-death his more often than not. Director Steve O’Connell years later! old enemies, “hypocrisy, prejudice, cowardice paces the show well, with dashing assistance Small detail: Director O’Connell seems not to and compromise.” Although never intended to from fight choreographer Jon Beal. O’Connell know the French word “panache.” It’s the white make political statements, Cyrano does so in the understands the elegance, bravado, romance and feather in Cyrano’s hat, which should be on his age of , a pig-faced, clown-haired humor of Cyrano and when to play each mood. head or in his lap at the end—not tossed aside and lying man whose inability to speak with co- Vahishta Vafadari in Cyrano. Lead actors Michael B. Woods (Cyrano), Va- half-hidden from audience view. herence or eloquence is manifest. Of course, the Photo by Liz Lauren WINDY CITY TIMES March 14, 2018 33

Joseph Lattanzi and Aaron Blake in Fellow Travelers. Photo by Philip Groshong /Cincinnati Opera ‘’ winner Opera DiMarco at ISU on March 29 Nyle DiMarco—the winner of Dancing with looks at the Stars and America’s Next — will give a talk titled “Living Out Loud with Nyle DiMarco” for Illinois State University’s (ISU’s) Student Access and Accommodation Lavender Services. An ambassador for the deaf community, Di- Marco will address the audience at 6 p.m. on Scare Thursday, March 29, in the Brown Ballroom of the Bone Student Center at ISU, in Normal, Illinois. See https://news.illinoisstate. edu/2018/03/speaker-dimarco/. Wonka Ball on May 11 at MBC About Face Theatre’s annual gala, Wonka Ball (theme “Saturday Night Live: The Experi- ence!”) will take place Friday, May 11, at 8 p.m. (VIP cocktailreception 7 p.m.) at the Museum of Broadcast Communications, 360 N. State St. From Wayne’s World to Celebrity Jeopardy to Weekend Update, patrons will interact with SNL sets, original props and costumes— all with a distinct About Face Theatre twist. BY SCOTT C. MORGAN proached Newbury to think of a writing team. Copland and contemporary minimalism as partial Wonka Bill will also include the presenta- The two decided on composer Gregory Spears, influences. tion of the annual Leppen Leadership Awards, Same-sex love stories have been in short sup- who is acclaimed for his 2013 Willa Cather-in- The Lyric is staging Fellow Travelers at the recognizing one individual and one organiza- ply across the 420-year history of opera. Only in spired opera Paul’s Case and the 2016 children’s Athenaeum Theatre rather than its much grander tion whose efforts have made an enormous the past century have openly LGBTQ characters opera Jason and the Argonauts. They also sought home base of the Civic Opera House. Yet Spears impact within Chicago’s LGBTQIA communi- started to appear in works like Alban Berg’s Lulu out off-Broadway playwright/lyricist Greg Pierce, and Pierce don’t want the work to be labeled as a ties; as well as the About Face Youth The- (1937), Leonard Bernstein’s A Quiet Place (1983) who is famed for collaborating with composer “chamber opera.” atre MVP Award, presented annually to an or Stewart Wallace’s Harvey Milk (1995). Yet not John Kander on musicals like The Landing (2013) “Greg really delivered a libretto that is like a outstanding youth theatre ensemble member all of these contemporary operas have worked and Kid Victory (2017), and for his own plays like play and it has everyday, quotidian language— for exceptional service to the company and their way into the standard operatic repertoire. Slowgirl (2012) and Her Requiem (2016). just people talking to each other so it’s not to the greater LGBTQIA community. So hopes are high among LGBTQ opera fans for “I loved the love story between the two guys, heightened, poetic stuff,” said Spears about Fel- Tickets are available at AboutFaceTheatre. the critically acclaimed new work Fellow Travel- and also how [their heterosexual friend and co- low Travelers’ need for greater intimacy. “It’s not com or 773-784-8565. Discounted early-bird ers. Following its 2016 world premiere at Cincin- worker] Mary fit into that,” Pierce said. “One an epic story with gigantic sets. The practical ticket specials are available through Wed., nati Opera and a second run in New York earlier thing that I really loved was how complicated the side of that means that the piece is easier to do.” April 11. this year, Fellow Travelers receives a Windy City gay characters were. I felt like we were emerg- Only time will tell if Fellow Travelers will gain debut this month courtesy of the Lyric Opera of ing from this era where gay characters had to be entry to the permanent operatic repertoire, but Chicago’s outreach arm known as Lyric Unlimited. 100-percent positive role models.” there are hopeful signs. Newbury revealed that Queer dance series Fellow Travlers is inspired by Thomas Mallon’s The complexity of the characters in Fellow Trav- other opera companies have plans to present his 2007 historically inspired novel of the same elers also appealed to Spears when composing production in future seasons, while Minnesota March 18-June 17 name, which is set in 1950s Washington, D.C. the music. Timothy and Hawkins have their flaws Opera will present Fellow Travelers this summer “Queer Dance Connection: A Workshop Se- A blossoming romance between fictional gov- and are not just noble victims. with a different directorial and design team. ries,” with Celia Calder presenting, will take ernment workers Timothy Laughlin and Hawkins “What was important was that it was a real love Fellow Travelers has also taken on a more time- place March 18, April 15, May 20 and June Fuller is threatened when Sen. Joseph McCarthy story, and so it’s not an idealized world at all. ly, if unfortunate, resonance in light of the 2016 17, 3-5 p.m., at Links Hall, 3111 N. Western and the House Un-American Activities Committee From the very beginning of the relationship, you U.S. elections. This was clear to Pierce while he Ave. go on a rampage to root out and expose “subver- kind of know it’s not going to work,” Spears said. watched Fellow Travelers this year in New York. This beginner-friendly movement workshop sives” in the Eisenhower administration. “For me, I thought of the relationship between “I was wishing that it was a museum piece,” series for people of all genders, all abilities “As an openly gay artist, I think it’s so im- Tim and Hawk and Mary as a sort of metaphor for Pierce said. “I was watching McCarthy spouting and all levels of dance experience will mix portant to tell our stories and to learn about what was happening in the larger world around out all of this stuff that had no basis in fact, and activities from various partner dances such our history,” said Fellow Travelers director Kevin them.” was wreaking havoc and making everyone scared as contact improv and queer , clowning Newbury. “In this case, it’s the ‘Lavender Scare,’ Spears also felt free not to ape 1950s musical out of their minds for no good reason, and it just and cuddle parties. which is a period of our history that people don’t styles to underline the drama of Fellow Travel- felt so current.” Admission is $5 each; see LinksHall.org. know very much about—that more than 5,000 ers. Instead, Spears wanted the opera’s produc- Fellow Travelers is staged for four perfor- men and women lost their jobs because they were tion design and the period slang and dialogue in mances only at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 gay in the government during the McCarthy era.” Pierce’s text to establish the sense of time and N. Southport Ave. Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. The idea of adapting Fellow Travelers into an place. Saturday, March 17, Wed., March 21, and Fri- opera originated with G. Sterling Zinsmeyer, “I actually bring in a lot of music that is coun- day, March 23, with a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, whose film producing credits include Latter Days ter-intuitive in a way,” said Spears, though he March 25. Tickets are $29-$75; cCall 312-827- (2003) and The Deception (2012). Zinsmeyer ap- does cite 20th-century gay U.S. composer Aaron 5600 or visit LyricOpera.org. 34 March 14, 2018 WINDY CITY TIMES NUNN ON ONE: MOVIES Greg Berlanti shows the ‘Love’ in newest film BY JERRY NUNN WCT: How did you hear about the story and want to bring it to life? There’s a new gay coming-of-age drama called GB: People in my company were trying to op- Love, Simon that has the potential to cross over tion the rights to the book. We didn’t get it. to straight audiences. Some people in my office said it spoke to them. Simon Spier has one big secret in his otherwise I read the script when it was written by Isaac perfect life. Set in a high school where social Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger. I read it in one media opens communication in unexpected ways, seating and it lit a fire in me that is rare in this Simon will have you guessing what will happen business. I felt I had to do it. I auditioned for until the end. Will his secret destroy his relation- the job and got it. ships in the process? WCT: How important was the casting of the Director Greg Berlanti adapts the book Simon lead Nick Robinson? vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda with skill, thanks GB: I think with anything you do that is the to an impressive resume. Known for dramatic most important decision you will make, because television series Dawson’s Creek, and that person reflects the tone of the whole film Greg Berlanti (right) with Love, Simon star Nick Robinson. Blindspot, he has also produced comic book-in- more than anything. The comedy of the film is Publicity photo spired TV shows with , River- their brand of comedy. Nick matched the tone of dale, Black Lightning and The CW’s Arrowverse. the movie that I saw in my head. He had the WCT: What about ? Her scene was so self evident. I felt like I needed to hear it Berlanti, who is openly gay, married soccer spirit of Simon. with Nick was incredible. when I came out, but didn’t realize I needed to player Robbie Rogers last year; they have a son There was a sense of mystery behind his eyes GB: That scene did not exist there. There was hear it. That is the wish fulfillment of this, that together. and that he hasn’t figured out who he was yet. only a passing scene where they acknowledged you deserve love. That is different than, “I still Windy City Times: Thanks for taking time to You want to watch him and he’s compelling. each other. It didn’t resonate. She knew it. She love you.” talk to the newspaper. From there we did chemistry readings with the wanted to do the movie but wanted to connect You are the same person and you deserve love, Greg Berlanti: I went to Northwestern. I was other kids so that is how we determined the ad- with Simon and the people that would see the too, is a really empowering for anybody to hear. still closeted, but very aware of Windy City Times. ditional cast. movie. It was a good note and the studio had a Everyone on the set had an emotional reaction WCT: You read us in the closet? WCT: The show 13 Reasons Why was not even similar note. that day when she was doing that scene. She had GB: All through college, absolutely! out at the time? The writers and I got together. There was al- to do it time and time again all day long. WCT: Aren’t you originally from New York? GB: No. I heard about Katherine Langford from ready the father scene, but I wanted to make sure WCT: Jack Antonoff did the music. Did you GB: I am, but lived in Chicago for about a year. friends who worked on that show. She came in it was distinct from that, which was similar about know he is [an LGBT-rights] supporter? I moved to in 1995. and was great in the room. She had wonderful the parents still loving him. GB: No. I didn’t know his politics, but I knew WCT: Was your coming-out story very differ- chemistry with Nick. What wasn’t in the movie that I felt was im- his music. I put one of his songs in the movie for ent than Love, Simon? portant to drive the final act was something that the early cut. He saw the movie and reached out GB: It was. I didn’t have the courage to come to me right away. He wanted to work on more out in high school. I was 23 at the time, so after music for it and loved the movie. college. I missed my college window in terms of He showed up in the edit bay a few weeks later. , even though I was in the theater The movie was done and in post. program at Northwestern. I was surrounded by So many movies, when I was growing up, had people who were more brave than I was. really defined soundtracks. I hoped we would I moved to Los Angeles and had a friend bring have that. I wasn’t sure we would have an artist me to a dinner party. On the way there my friend onboard to curate the other songs. said, “I think you are gay. I’m bringing you to He sat in the edit bay and started playing songs a party with gay people, and you should come off of his iPhone that had never been released. out!” [laughs] It wasn’t that simple and was There was one song after another and that’s how about a year long process to tell people what I the Troye Sivan song ended up in there that they was going through. collaborated on. WCT: My coming out was not like this movie, WCT: Did you read comics as a kid? either. GB: I did, and more so as a kid than in my GB: Times have changed. Everyone’s coming- twenties. It was right around when I started real- out story is different, regardless of their genera- izing I was gay, so 13 years old. I still have com- tion. ics from that time. Where it is the same is there a level of accep- WCT: Gay characters in comics have come a tance and self-awareness you have to go through. long way since then. There is a certain amount of courage in revealing GB: A long way. I don’t remember any back yourself to people. Hopefully what you learn is then, but there certainly are some now. being more yourself to have a better life and you WCT: How did the concept for Supergirl come don’t have to work as hard to hide who you are. to you? That is what the movie is a celebration of. Ev- GB: It was an evolution of the shows we were eryone’s journey is different. Turn to page 38 WINDY CITY TIMES March 14, 2018 35 Xfinity, Tom Lenk part of Center’s ‘A Night with Oscar’ BY LIZ BAUDLER While a lot of changes have happened in LGBTQ media representation since “Buffy,” Lenk’s per- Buffy the Vampire Slayer actor and sonal experiences suggest that more work needs star Tom Lenk as the perfect choice to critique to be done. He recalled both watching and audi- the looks at the 90th . In recent tioning for various shows and instantly knowing, years, Lenk’s online following exploded after he based on how LGBTQ characters are portrayed, if began sharing shots of his re-creations of red- an LGBTQ person wrote a particular episode or carpet looks with household items. script. “I did it as a joke,” Lenk (who said he watches “We’re still highly underrepresented in enter- a lot of Project Runway and RuPaul’s Drag Race) tainment,” Lenk said, adding that even if many said about his initial forays into transforming shows now feature LGBTQ characters, straight Comcast’s Jean Claire Fitschen and actor/Instagram star Tom Lenk. garbage into fashion. “It’s really a fun way to people are by and large the intended audience. Photo by Liz Baudler encourage people to be creative.” Yet his oddball He also talked about gay people’s lack of oppor- outfits have gotten the attention of high-profile tunity to play straight roles, comparing it to how available to Xfinity. The platform’s commitment million subscribers. Fitschen in particular knows divas and leading ladies like Kylie Minogue, Reese British actors are often cast in American films to community input is apparent not just from the what a difference places like the Center can Witherspoon and Jessica Biel. This year, at Cen- with American accents, but Americans rarely get sassy editorial tone--with voice recognition ac- make. She was raised by her godfather, a closeted ter on Halsted’s A Night With Oscar, Lenk looked the opportunity to do the same. tivated, one can summon Rupaul’s Drag Race by gay man, four blocks from where the Center now forward to give out fashion awards among the “I’m auditioning for mostly gay parts. I don’t saying “Shantay you stay”--but from their efforts stands, and remembers how she felt on entering onscreen celebrities, and perhaps, the attendees. get to go the other direction,” Lenk said, add- to partner with groups such as GLSEN, PFLAG and the building for the first time. In a media landscape where LGBTQ people are ing that was why casting from the community the Center to create unique lists of content. “To have had those kinds of services avail- still looking for opportunities or perhaps even for LGBTQ roles is so important. “If we’re going “What we want to amplify is the stories the able would have made a difference in his life,” poorly represented, Lenk is grateful for his plat- to be limited to gay parts, at least let us try out community recommended,” Fitschen explained Fitschen said. form of more than 400,000 fans. for those.” (also the day before the Academy Awards). In In the spirit of sharing personal stories, during “I do have my own show, it’s just a different A longtime partner of the Center on Halsted, addition to those lists, search options include the breaks at “A Night With Oscar,” Xfinity show- format from what I thought it would be,” said Xfinity has made a concerted effort to elevate genres like horror, the identity labels inside LG- cased vignettes from members its Out at Comcast Lenk (who talked with Windy City Times the day LGBTQ voices and programming. This is not just BTQ, work by out directors, actors, and curated employee group. And in an Oscar year where a before the Oscars). “The stuff I’m putting out on mere outreach; according to Comcast Executive lists by out celebrities like Tyler Oakley (Lenk’s gay romance was up for Best Picture and an out Instagram, I’m putting out on my terms.” Director of Multicultural Product Development list is in the works.) Even “happy endings,” trans director has been nominated for the first Lenk is aware of how groundbreaking “Buffy” Jean-Claire Fitschen, among Xfinity subscribers, sometimes elusive in LGBTQ media, is a unique time, Fitschen feels that the popularity of diverse was in its portrayal of open LGBTQ characters. LGBTQ content is searched just as often as soccer. category. stories is more obvious than ever. “Lesbians that I’ve meet over the years are so Available since June 2016, Xfinity’s On Demand For community organizations like the Center, “Everyone really loves diverse stories,” Fitschen grateful to that show for allowing them to see LGBTQ Collection integrates and even Xfinity’s amplification, including an online pro- said. “And Center on Halsted’s A Night With Oscar themselves on TV,” he said. high-quality YouTube content as well as content file of the Center, helps them reach Xfinity’s 22 gives us a platform to celebrate these stories.” CONNE IONS

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“I’m sorry. I recognized you, but I thought may- be from porn!”—A waiter in a restaurant in Italy to Eric Bana. After telling the story on The Talk, Julie Chen said, “Now we know what he does on his lunch break.” Good one, Mrs. Moonves! Since last week’s column was filed moments af- ter the Oscars ended (and from the event itself), there were a few stories I missed. For instance, most people didn’t realize that made Academy Awards history—she was the first transgender Oscar presenter. I feel it’s important to add “that we know of” because ... well, who knows. Call Me By Your Name has a sequel, Billy says. The “In Memoriam” sequence always manages to ruffle feathers by omitting people who should Still of Timothee Chalamet from Sony Pictures have made the cut. This year, many are complain- Classics ing that Mary Tyler Moore, Powers Boothe and there were a season where he’d fit in perfectly, Adam West should have been included. Yes, all it’s this one. An Olympic champion, a legend, and three are primarily known for television. But MTM gay—sign him up! was an Oscar nominee for Ordinary People in Meanwhile in lovely downtown Vatican City, 1980. I realize that the Academy has to draw the the Holy See is being rocked by yet another sex line somewhere. But once you’ve included Zsa Zsa scandal. At the center of the trial is Father Luca Gabor, it seems to me the bar has been lowered Morini, who is accused of corruption. It all start- considerably. ed when he contacted Francesco Mangiacapra, a Openly gay writer is the oldest male escort. According to Mangiacapra, Morini Oscar winner for penning Call Me By Your Name. spent hundreds of thousands of Euros which he And he made an announcement—there will be got out of parishioners and superiors in the Cath- a sequel, saying, “I’m already conceiving the olic Church. story with Andre Aciman,” who wrote the novel When Mangiacapra realized what was going the film is based on. Ivory has said, “It’s gonna on, he contacted the archdiocese, but nothing happen five or six years afterwards, so almost in was done. Then he called the local news. Sud- the 1990s.” That’s a departure from the novel, denly, Morini was removed from his church due to where Elio visits Oliver in the States 15 years af- “sickness.” Allegedly, the Church bought him an ter that fateful summer. Be that as it may, Ivory expensive villa, hired a maid and paid all his ex- also promised that both and penses. It’s said that Morini blackmailed a bishop Timothee Chalamet will return to their roles. But into taking care of him after he threatened “to here’s something you’ll only hear from moi: Since expose to the public eye unpleasant facts about both guys were skittish about the sex scenes in many diocesan priests.” Mangiacapra has pro- the first film, they had a “no-penis clause” writ- duced a 1,200-page dossier that names names, ten into their contracts. Now I’m a little less ex- and provides additional documentation—includ- New York, and the Kennedy Center in DC. Some- cited... ing photos and videos of Morini snorting cocaine thing tells me she’s back! Our gay Olympians were also at the Oscars. Gus and cavorting with male hookers. It also includes We have time for a very brief “Ask Billy” ques- Kenworthy was with his equally hot beau Matt evidence against 60 other priests. Mangiacapra tion. Roger in Chicago asks, “Did you see Darren Wilkas, while was with his best said, “The goal isn’t to hurt the people I’ve men- Criss’ ass on ‘American Crime Story’? Isn’t it per- friend, fellow figure skater Mirai Nagasu. In terms tioned, but to help them understand that their fect? Tell me you saved it and will post it.” of Rippon, everyone focused on the fact that he double life isn’t useful to them or to the people I saw, I saved, I posted—on BillyMasters.com. was wearing a leather harness. Days later, Andy who rely on them for guidance.” He also claimed When I’m quoting Julius Caesar (but not in Cohen asked him what he looks for in a man. He that no minors were involved: “We’re talking the original Latin), it’s definitely time to end yet said he wants someone who goes to the gym and about sins, not crimes. I only want this out so another column. Speaking of “In Memoriam,” we has a job. Then Brandi Glanville piped in, “He that these people will stop preaching hatred to- have another death to report. Billy Herrington needs a rough top.” Adam quickly added, “Why wards gays.” was a HUGE porn star in the ‘90s. For years he not?” Something tells me they’ll have to get in Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black are shocked had struggled with various addictions. About a line behind Cohen. by the negative comments they’ve read online re- year ago, he cleaned up his act and even just got Many people are wondering if Rippon will be garding the impending birth of the spawn of at his one-year chip. Life was great and then, bam, invited to compete on the upcoming athletes- least one of their loins. “I can’t believe people killed in a car accident last week. Rest in peace. only edition of . While we aren’t happy for us,” said an incredulous Tom. For the latest gossip, be sure to check out www. hear ABC really wants him, I suspect it is unlikely. Isn’t that sweet? He still doesn’t get it. BillyMasters.com—the site that doesn’t have a The show starts April 30, and the dancers begin You can’t keep a good girl down. After repeat- “no-penis clause!” If you have a question, send practicing two weeks before that. Adam is already edly stating that her domestic career was deci- it along to [email protected], and I prom- scheduled to tour with “Stars on Ice” from April 6 mated by Donald Trump, Kathy Griffin is about ise to get back to you before Mike Pence buys a through May 20. So, unless he’s gonna commute to embark on a United States tour! She already ticket to see Kathy Griffin at the Kennedy Center! back and forth, I highly doubt it. announced dates in San Francisco, Seattle and So, until next time, remember: One man’s filth is Might I remind ABC that Greg Louganis has Boston. But on Real Time with Bill Maher, she another man’s bible. been begging to be on “DWTS” for years. If ever said that she’ll also be playing Carnegie Hall in 38 March 14, 2018 WINDY CITY TIMES - 9:00pm Veranda Cafe, 1100 W. Thorn- Meetup 4:00pm - 7:00pm Center on 3:30pm Hotel Chicago, 333 N. 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