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LGBTQ Youth Summit Looks at Homelessness by Matt Simonette THE EVER- ’POPular’ KRISTIN chenoweth WINDY CITY THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 PAGE 22 MAY 7, 2014 VOL 29, NO. 32 TIMESwww.WindyCityMediaGroup.com LGBTQ youth summit looks at homelessness BY MATT SIMONETTE Area youth, activists, service provid- ers and other community members gathered May 2-5 for the 2014 Chica- go Summit on LGBT Youth Homeless- LURIE SERIES ness, an event hosted by Windy City CONTINUES WITH Times as a followup to its Generation DR. EARL CHENG Halsted series. LGBT youths actively participated PAGE 6 in the summit from planning through the final reporting out. Young people were the main participants in sessions held May 2, then were joined by other stakeholders May 3. On May 5, facili- tators presented preliminary reports garnered from the findings of the pre- vious days’ sessions. Session topics included housing, healthcare, public policy, legal issues, jobs and education and youths in sys- tems. Windy City Times Publisher Tracy Baim was one of the summit’s co-or- ganizers, along with Kim Hunt of Af- finity Community Services, Bonn Wade of Chicago House’s TransLife Center, and youth advocates Trian Alexander, DREAM TOWN Keyshia Laymorris and Breezy Connor. REALTY MAKES At the May 5 event, held at the LGBT EXTENSION Museum of Broadcast Communications, PAGE 12 560 N. State St., session facilitators identified a number of common concerns and suggestions youths spoke about. Journalist LZ Granderson was the emcee, with six presenters Angelica Ross of TransLife Center’s TransWorks Project facilitates a discussion on education and jobs at the summit. Photo Turn to page 8 by Hal Baim Educational program for LGBT youth planned BY MATT SIMONETTE An educational program is being planned that will provide academic and other support services for LGBT at-risk youth, especially those living on the South Side. The initiative, to be known as the Lorde Rustin Education & Social Justice Program, is being spearheaded by Bishop James E. Dukes of Pentecostal Liberation Christian Center, 6810 S. Ashland Ave., in conjunction with Prologue, Inc., which operates four programs in the city aimed at help- ing students who have dropped out of school but want to complete their education. Prologue also operates several alternative high schools in the city. According to a press release, Dukes conceived the program after meeting with area youths, many NEON TREES’ TYLER of whom said they were both homeless and LGBT. “When I asked them why they were homeless, one GLENN TALKS of the youth said, ‘I have a home. They [my parents] just don’t want me there.’” ABOUT COMING The initiative is not intended to be a “full-blown educational program,” according to Dr. Nancy OUT Jackson, CEO of Prologue. Rather, it will focus mainly on offering assistance to at-risk LGBT individ- PAGE 23 uals aged 16-21 who are either completing work toward a high school diploma or trying to obtain a GED. Those individuals also will be able to access support services such as housing assistance, Turn to page 11 Dr. Nancy Jackson and C.C. Carter. Photo by Hal Baim WEDDING DAY AFC_Ignite_WCT_10-25x6.625.pdf 1 4/18/2014 9:16:11 AM 2 May 7, 2014 WINDY CITY TIMES C M Y CM MY CY CMY K “ STUNNING...POWERFUL... 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Cheney Foundation Joffrey Dancers: Mahallia Ward & Alberto Velazquez I Photo by: Christopher Duggan 50 East Congress Parkway, Chicago WINDY CITY TIMES this week in NEWS WINDY CITY TIMES May 7, 2014 Groundbreaking lawsuit; column Part two of Lurie series LGBT youth summit ENTERTAINMENT/EVENTS Wojcik’s award; Boos obit 4 Dancin’ Feats: Adamczyk 6 Hibbert of ‘Sound of Music’ Table to Action Dream Town Realty; Pauel a judge 8 KATM: Neighbors; Stage Fright 3 Gay in the Life 10 ‘Pregnant Butch’; Gender Fusions 15 18 VIEWS: Hardacker; letter 11 Kristin Chenoweth 12 Neon Trees’ Tyler Glenn 20 13 Dish: Baconfest 2014; Naansense 21 The pioneers settling the old west fought winter, 14 Billy Masters 22 23 starvation and wild animals. 26 But they didn’t have to balance a checkbook. Images on cover (left, from top): Press photo of KristinOUTLINES Chenoweth; photo of Dr. Earl Cheng 29 by Gretchen Rachel Blickensderfer; photo of Dream ClassifiedsTown Realty by Tracy Baim; photo of Tyler Glenn by Andrew Zaeh Calendar 26 THE EVER- ’POPULAR’ KRISTIN 28 CHENOWETH WINDY CITY THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 PAGE 22 MAY 7, 2014 VOL 29, NO. 32 TIMESwww.WindyCityMediaGroup.com LGBTQ youth summit looks at homelessness BY MATT SIMONETTE Area youth, activists, service provid- ers and other community members gathered May 2-5 for the 2014 Chica- go Summit on LGBT Youth Homeless- LURIE SERIES ness, an event hosted by Windy City CONTINUES WITH Times as a followup to its Generation DR. EARL CHENG Halsted series. LGBT youths actively participated PAGE 6 in the summit from planning through the final reporting oDOWNLOADut. Young people THIS! were the main participants in sessions held May 2, then were joined by other stakeholders May 3. On May 5, facili- tators presented preliminary reports garnered from the findings of the pre- vious days’ sessions. Session topics included housing, healthcare, public policy, legal issues, jobs and education and youths in sys- tems. Windy City Times Publisher Tracy Baim was one of the summit’s co-or- ganizers, along with Kim Hunt of Af- finity Community Services, Bonn Wade of Chicago House’s TransLife Center, and youth advocates Trian Alexander, DREAM TOWN Keyshia Laymorris and Breezy Connor.. REALTY MAKES At the May 5 event, held at the LGBT EXTENSION Museum of Broadcast Communications, 560 N. State St., session facilitators Go to PAGE 10 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com identified a number of common concerns and suggestions youths spoke about. Journalist LZ Granderson was the emcee, with six presenters Angelica Ross of TransLife Center’s TransWorks Project facilitates a discussion on education and jobs at the summit. Photo Turn to page 8 by Hal Baim Educational program for LGBT youth planned BY MATT SIMONETTE to download complete issues of Windy City Times and Nightspots. An educational program is being planned that will provide academic and other support services for LGBT at-risk youth, especially those living on the South Side. The initiative, to be known as the Lorde Rustin Education & Social Justice Program, is being spearheaded by Bishop James E. Dukes of Pentecostal Liberation Christian Center, 6810 S. Ashland Ave., in conjunction with Prologue, Inc., which operates four programs in the city aimed at help- ing students who have dropped out of school but want to complete their education. Prologue also operates several alternative high schools in the city. According to a press release, Dukes conceived the program after meeting with area youths, many NEON TREES’ TYLER of whom said they were both homeless and LGBT. “When I asked them why they were homeless, one GLENN TALKS of the youth said, ‘I have a home. They [my parents] just don’t want me there.’” ABOUT COMING The initiative is not intended to be a “full-blown educational program,” according to Dr. Nancy OUT Jackson, CEO of Prologue. Rather, it will focus mainly on offering assistance to at-risk LGBT individ- PAGE 23 uals aged 16-21 who are either completing work toward a high school diploma or trying to obtain a GED. Those individuals also will be able to access support services such as housing assistance, Turn to page 11 Dr. Nancy Jackson and C.C. Carter. Photo by Hal Baim Then click on any ad and be taken directly to the advertiser’s Web site! WEDDING DAY online exclusives at www.WindyCityMediaGroup TOTAL R-E-S-P-E-C-T .com Legendary divas Aretha Franklin (left) and Diana performed separate shows recently. Photo by Jerry Nunn ONE LOVE The inaugural ONE Northside Dr. Laurel convention focused on issues such as Schneider was homelessness. among those THE who spoke at Longtime activist the Castaneda Julio Rodriguez Lecture, which WAY WEST had a few words BY MONA MANSOUR ‘BEACON’ OF LIGHT focuses on LGBT of wisdom at a Featuring Ira Amyx, ensemble member Martha Lavey, Daytime soap stars such as Crystal justice and Project VIDA DIRECTED Chappell engage in lesbian storylines in inclusion. event. BY ENSEM the web series Beacon Hill. 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