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My friend said, ‘I don’t was playing outside. But Megan wasn’t listen- want to do that,’ but I said, ‘I do.’” ing. Strum and Lowery met at volleyball practice No tears shed. You would think at seven what she meant by that. She had been “She was swinging and swinging,” Strum and quickly began dating. They committed to months old I would have screamed and taking care of us all this time, so why recalled. “I said, ‘Megan, I’m talking to you.’ cried for hours. Guess I have always was she asking me now? She didn’t been a soldier. From what I was told give us any explanation about why we later about the incident, my face was couldn’t stay with her anymore. To this bubbled. It probably looked like ham- day I still don’t know. burger meat—I never quite understood After we left our cousin’s, my sib- the story of why I was taken away from lings and I went to stay with a nice my biological mom. There were so many interracial couple. The woman owned questions. Like where were my parents a cleaning service and the man was when this incident happened? Who in in the army. During the first year they their right mind would leave a baby un- were so nice to us. We had everything attended? Was this the only time some- a kid can possibly want. They asked us thing bad had happened? if we wanted to stay with them forever. Someone told me I fell off the bed “Please can we really?” is what I said. A and hit my face on the heater. If that’s couple of months later my siblings and what happened why did I get taken I were in a courtroom getting adopted away? It was just an accident right? It again. just doesn’t make any sense. I don’t re- I don’t know what caused our new member any of this. I only go by what mom and dad to turn on us. Maybe I was told. Still the confusion and pain it was the alcohol, too many children is there. in the house, or Satan. Whatever the After this incident, I was put into reason, there is no excuse to turn your the Department of Children and Fam- kids into human punching bags. We were abused for years. I remember one night we had just gotten a “I don’t know what caused our new whooping for not do- mom and dad to turn on us. Maybe it ing the dishes right or something. My old- was the alcohol, too many children est sister told us she was tired of this and Beth Strum (left), Becky Lowery and their daughter Megan. Photo courtesy of Strum in the house, or Satan. Whatever the reason, there is no excuse to turn flipped out. She got a knife and went af- And she said, ‘I don’t have to listen to you— each other about a month into their relation- your kids into human punching bags. ter our mother. There you’re not my only mother. My other mother’s ship, Lowery said. was a lot of screaming in there. The judge said so.’” “It wasn’t quite a ‘U-Haul thing,’ but it was involved. The police “It didn’t take her long to figure out how to fast,” Strum added. “I can remember the first were called and my play the angles,” added Lowery. time she said, ‘I love you,’ about a month in. I ily Services (DCFS). I was in a couple sister was taken to a mental institu- Indeed, Megan never had issue with the con- was like a deer in the headlights, I was so busy of homes until I was placed with my tion. They should have locked our mom cept of having two mothers, Strum said. “She being in lust that I hadn’t take the time to see cousin—I don’t remember much about and dad up. If they didn’t beat on us ‘outed’ us at the grocery store constantly—it how I felt. So then I did, and within a day, I her. I know my two other sisters and I maybe my sister wouldn’t have tried to was exhausting having to explain it so much.” said it back to her. It’s pretty much been love used to be punished a lot. These pun- kill our mom. Megan developed a knack for mediating argu- ever since.” ishments consisted of standing on one After that day we didn’t get into ments, and is now studying Conflict Resolution After a few years, they began talking about foot and holding some type of books in much trouble. My sister was not al- in Washington, D.C. having a child, Strum said. “In year five, we our hands, standing in the corner with lowed back into the house and a couple Lowery contrasted the scope of her family’s started to try. … We took a vacation to Key our nose touching the wall, and if we months later the rest of us got kicked court case against events of the past year, as West. It was a wonderful week. When we got were really bad, according to her stan- out as well. I was about 11 or 12 when marriage equality has become law of the land back, the next month, I found out I was preg- dards, we had to stand on our heads. this happened. It was one of the hap- in numerous states, whether through legisla- nant.” piest days of my life. We were free from tion or the courts. My siblings and I stayed with with They filed court papers about a week after “[Marriage-related events] have been seis- her until I was about 7 years old. She the wicked witch and jackal. Little did Megan’s birth. The stakes were high for the mic,” said Lowery. “This has been a paradigm even adopted us. The last thing I can I know the worst was yet to come. But couple: Not only did they face the uncertainty shift. People might ask, ‘who cares about what recall her saying to me was “take care that’s a different story. over Lowery’s legal standing should she not be [we] did? The question is, how many states are of your sisters,” but I didn’t understand allowed to co-adopt, but Strum had to surren- going to change this week?” der her rights as a mother so she could file to But Strum places their contribution in per- co-adopt with Lowery. Breezi C. is a homeless youth activist who helped coordinate the recent Windy spective, recalling that, just recently, a young “At the time, we did not know about Lamb- City Times’ LGBTQ Homeless Youth Summit. This is the first of a series of col- member of her synagogue, still a student in da [Legal],” according to Strum. “We did not umns Breezi will be be contributing to Windy City Times. high school, had told her that she was plan- know it existed. Plus Becky already knew the ning on coming out during a speech there. attorney that we went with, Redina Friedman, “[With] The bravery that exists now, kids as a smart, capable attorney who wanted to grow up and go to college already knowing that take this on. …We had no idea if it would be they are gay,” Strum said. “The world that they a six-month- or a year-thing. I don’t think we live in is different, because all the small steps imagined it would take four years.” people took behind the scenes and in front of sex marriages around the state. However, an Cook County Circuit Court Judge Steven cameras made a difference.” Indiana’s governor appeals court stayed that ruling three days Yates, on May 9, 1994, ruled that Strum and That’s why she and Lowery decided that this later after an appeal from the state attorney Lowery could be granted co-parent status, a not recognizing year, the 20th anniversary of their victory, was general’s office. few months after setting aside an earlier ruling time to come forward with their story. American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana throwing their case out. same-sex marriage “My thinking was, in the big picture, if Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s office is telling Legal Director Ken Falk told the Associated “Going into the court, we didn’t know what people like us hadn’t done what we had done state agencies to act as if no same-sex mar- Press, “During the time they were married the outcome would be, whether it would be fi- 20 years ago, and taken all those baby steps, nal, or whether the Guardian ad Litem would riages had been performed during three days they were lawfully married and the fact that things might be different,” she noted. “Those delay it further,” Strum told Outlines shortly following a federal court order. the law, in effect, changed subsequent to things add up to a different world than what after the hearing. “Now that it’s done, we A federal judge in Indianapolis struck down their marriage does not void their marriag- we were living in back then.” couldn’t be happier.” the state’s gay marriage ban as unconstitu- es.” Now, Strum added, “Your family is who you There was little media coverage that day. tional that day, leading to hundreds of same- make your family—that’s the ‘new’ family.” Lowery recalled glancing out the window of the WINDY CITY TIMES July 30, 2014 5

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By Gretchen Rachel Blickensderfer called. “There are LGB events all over the city and the country and it was kind of strange that Per his wishes, there will not be a wake or The 400-plus trans* people and their allies, Chicago didn’t have many trans*events that funeral service. At a later date, a celebra- friends, spouses, partners and children who are really just for visibility and empowerment tion of his life will be announced. In lieu of gathered July 27 at Ardmore Hollywood Beach through visibility.” flowers, memorials in his name to The Wicker in Edgewater were a living, joyful testament When planning began in June, Torres en- Park Garden Club (1501 N Bell, #2, Chicago, to how much has changed in such a short pe- visioned a low-key afternoon with perhaps Illinois, 60622) would be appreciated. riod of time. The first Chicago TransPride beach a hundred or so people. Once word got out, party was celebrated fewer than three miles more than 450 indicated on the event page PASSAGES from Montrose Harbor where the body of Selma they would be coming. “It really snowballed Diaz—a trans* woman whose friends described into something much bigger than I had ever Raymond G. as a lover of life—was discovered in May 2011. imagined,” Torres said. “I think it’s great and Hughes The stories of trans* individuals coming out so exciting that so many people are enthused Raymond Hughes died on June 25 at Swed- even just a few years ago often share com- about it.” ish Covenant Hospital in Chicago, surrounded mon themes. The sheer terror of walking out Trans 100 organizer, writer and activist Jen by family and friends who loved him dearly. in public for the first time, alienation from Richards said such a marked change in trans* He was 57. family members or friends and verbal or physi- people’s confidence as well as the growth and He was born in Wyoming, Michigan, to cal attacks from passers-by combined to make poise of the community are results of a num- Jean and Donald Hughes on July 27, 1956. the experience one of profound isolation that ber of factors. “With the rise of social media, He graduated from Godwin Heights High tested courage and resilience every single day. trans* people started connecting,” she said. School as a National Merit Scholar, and re- Small groups of trans* people organized on- “The more that we knew each other, and found ceived a B.A. from Loyola University with a line and met at Chicago’s social-service agen- strength in our relationships, the more we felt 4.0 grade point average. cies or the few trans*-friendly bars in the empowered to be visible. Then people like Ja- Hughes worked as a paralegal, with his last city. Some would arrive in their work clothes, net Mock, Laverne Cox and Geena Rocero start- employment at the American Civil Liberties changing in restrooms and emerging nervously ed standing up and being unapologetic about Union. There, his co-workers greatly valued as if expressing their actual gender still made being trans*, and there are ideas like #Girls- Thomas C. Senesac. his passion for justice, intellectual abilities, them guilty of a crime. LikeUs, Trans Tech Social, Trans*H4CK and the organizational skills and ready wit. He was On July 27, no one had officially declared the Trans 100. It’s all happening at the same time.” PASSAGES well-known for his selflessness when friends Ardmore Hollywood beach a “safe place” for For those joining the beach party, words such needed financial or emotional help, and he those attending TransPride. They didn’t have as “amazing” and “wonderful” were echoed Thomas C. Senesac saved more than one life. to. There was no pointing or staring as people with the surprised tone that accompanies any Thomas C. Senesac died July 19 after hav- A passionate reader, Hughes’ lasting legacy arrived, laid out their towels and soaked up positive and unmistakable change. Filmmaker ing battled stomach cancer for the last year was a donation of hundreds of books to the the bright afternoon sunshine or went for a dip and School of the Art Institute Adjunct Pro- and a half with grace, determination and his Open Books literacy charity. He also loved in the cool water of the lake. Far from appre- fessor Mickey R. Mahoney remembered a small own special brand of humor. horse racing, and watching many kinds hension or shame, the atmosphere was one of but enthusiastic group who got together a Senesac was the son of the late Joseph E. of sports. He took up playwriting, and his carefree liberation as people made new friends, couple of years ago. “Now, we have an official and Narda Gennaro Senesac, and is survived friends felt he had a gift for it. played beach volleyball and a community that trans*beach day and this is bigger and better,” by his beloved partner of 37 years, Bob Hoa- He was proceeded in death by his long-term not too long ago was shadowed and diffuse Mahoney said. “I’d love to see it keep growing gland; his sister, Dr. Pamela M. Senesac; and partner of 25 years, Sherman Shoemaker, and steadily grew in size and presence with each every year.” a host of angels. his father, Donald Hughes. He is survived by passing hour. Meggan Sommerville—an Aurora trans* Senesac—in tandem with his company, his mother Jean Weed, his sisters Michele woman embroiled in a very public fight against “We will stake a claim and join together to Acme Prop Rental—had the pleasure of Hughes, Val Tase and Carla Schmutz, and discrimination—said she wants to see it ex- be visible, and proud,” the event’s Facebook working on the production of more than 80 several nieces and nephews. He also leaves pand beyond the borders of Chicago. “This is page said. The result was precisely what orga- feature films and many television series set behind many friends who he cherished. awesome!,” she said. “We need to do events nizers and trans* leaders such as Crispin Torres on location in Chicago. Family and friends will celebrate Hughes’ like this more often and reach out to the trans* Carmona, Alexis Martinez, Jauna Peralta, Owen In 2004, he was named artistic director at life at a gathering in September. For more community in the suburbs who feel discon- Daniel McCarter, Jen Richards and Joey Grant Chicago special-event floral company Botan- information, please contact Michele Hughes nected.” were hoping for. “The event really is meant to icals, Inc. and, thus, began a joyful second at [email protected]. create a trans*affirming space in a place that is “We are rooted in the idea that trans* people act surrounded by the world’s most beautiful typically not the most trans*-welcoming,” Tor- need to stay connected with one another,” flowers. res said. “Being in Chicago, the beach is where Torres said. “We don’t spend enough time cel- you go in the summer but trans*people don’t ebrating the resilience of our community. We always feel as ready because they don’t feel have struggled for a long time but the whole super safe and the bathrooms are not gender purpose of visibility is the radical notion that 3–5:30 p.m. The event is free and open to neutral.” if one of us can be a trans* person in pub- AIDS policy the public. “We wanted to have something to bring peo- lic then another trans*person who is closeted listening ONAP will review state and local efforts to ple together,” Martinez agreed. “It’s important knows that it’s OK to be whatever you deter- implement the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for people to have not only political events mine yourself to be.” session Aug. 5 (NHAS), gather feedback from the HIV/AIDS but social events so they can build community, Meanwhile, many of the beachgoers gath- The White House Office of National AIDS community on NHAS challenges and success- friendships, learn to relax around each other ered together for a massive group picture—the Policy (ONAP) regional listening session will es, and discuss best practices and innovative and just share some time together.” trans* class of 2014 graduating from solitude take place at the Chicago Cultural Center, models for achieving NHAS goals. “It occurred to us that summer is a great and despair into the warm embrace of commu- 78 E. Washington St., on Tuesday, Aug. 5, Register at https://www.cmpinc.net/onap/ time to have this kind of event,” Torres re- nity. registration.aspx. WINDY CITY TIMES July 30, 2014 7 GLAAD celebrates new CEO/president By Melissa Wasserman work has a different end goal than her previous experience, and she said she still lives by that The national LGBT-media organization GLAAD motto—and shares it with her two 5-year-old celebrated the fourth anniversary of its Chicago children. Leadership Council July 16 with a reception “I want to make sure I’m creating and leaving welcoming new CEO/President Sarah Kate Ellis. a better world than I showed up to,” said Ellis. About 100 people attended the event at Miller- “I feel a really deep responsibility for bringing Coors headquarters in downtown Chicago. my kids into a family that is a gay family and “Here, it’s really about personal engagement,” that they see their family reflected in society said Christina Kahrl. “A movement isn’t worth and the best way to do that is through GLAAD.” much if it isn’t about the people that are in- “We have a lot of events coming up over volved in it—so there isn’t this kind of hang up the next year that I think are going to be new on labels and distinctions. At the end of the day to Chicago and new to the GLAAD Leadership we’re working collectively together on solving Councils across the country, so I’m really excited the problems that affect all of us in some form to see what [Ellis] got to bring to the table,” or another.” said Chicago Leadership Council Co-Chair Kinley The casual celebration welcomed people work- Preston. “She’s already done so many amazing ing, supporting or friendly with GLAAD to enjoy changes. It’s an exciting time.” the various beers, ciders and non-alcoholic bev- The other Chicago co-chair is Chad Berming- erages MillerCoors offers. ham. “We hope to elevate our brands within the For more information on GLAAD, visit www. Sarah Kate Ellis (center) with GLAAD Chicago Leadership Council Co-Chairs Kinley Preston and LGBT community and to gain an understanding glaad.org. Chad Bermingham. Photo by Hal Baim of just who we are as a company, and the great work we are helping as partners to achieve,” said MillerCoors Community Commerce and Part- nerships Manager Doug Sanborn. MillerCoors and GLAAD have had a partnership for more than 10 years. Sanborn described the event’s purpose as an opportunity for the GLAAD Leadership Council to bring members and lead- ers of Chicago’s LGBT community together to interact, sharing the work that has been done and talking about the work that still needs to be tackled. “All organizations need to be seen as relevant and communicate the work that they do,” said Sanborn, also a GLAAD Chicago Leadership Coun- cil member. “You cannot just assume that folks know what you are doing, or that they are aware of the successes you have helped to achieve. It really warms my heart to see everyone come together and just have time to connect with one another in an atmosphere that celebrates part- nerships and the work done to achieve fairness, accuracy, and inclusion.” Ellis has 17 years experience working in the media, mainly in magazines and running a television shows, before she stepped up to her current role with GLAAD in January 2014. While interviewing for the job, she said she held tightly to the motto “Do the things that scare you most.” Although still in the media, this Study: LGBT youth more likely to attempt suicide A new study in the American Journal of Public Health reveals that LGBT youth had a higher prevalence than heterosexual youth of each of six outcomes studied, including self-harm and feeling sad as well as suicide ideation, plan- ning and attempts, according to a Williams In- stitute press release. The study shows that 22.8 percent of sexual- minority youth—compared with 6.6 percent of heterosexual youth—had attempted suicide in the year prior to being surveyed (referred to as one-year prevalence). The study is considered innovative because it also assesses the seriousness of the suicide attempt. It shows that when considering only Now Showing At: serious suicide attempts—defined as attempts that resulted in injury that required treatment These Locations Only by a medical professional—the one-year preva- lence was much higher (8.3 percent) for sexual minority youth compared with heterosexual youth (2 percent). The study is also innovative in that the large number of sexual minority youth, made pos- sible by pooling together smaller samples, al- Woodfield Mall Water Tower Place lowed the investigators to assess race/ethnic Center Court 5th Floor differences among sexual minorities. Lower Level Center The full study is at http://williamsinsti- 847-619-2900 312-944-4300 tute.law.ucla.edu/research/safe-schools-and- Jewelry enlarged to show detail. youth/ajph-jul-2014/. 8 July 30, 2014 WINDY CITY TIMES 2015 ELECTIONS taking Truvada will have to keep using it Report: PrEP daily for now. effective with just “It is inadvisable to interpret these find- Dennis Sneyers prepares ings in a way that encourages less-than-dai- a few doses, but no ly dosing at the present,” wrote researchers for 2015 mayoral race Raphael Landovitz and Thomas J. Coates in new strategies comments published alongside the findings. By Matt Simonette In a statement, Grant said, “Daily dosing By Matt Simonette of PrEP is recommended, because it helps A report delivered at the 2014 international foster the habit of consistent PrEP use and Dennis Sneyers said that he has been tempted Conference on AIDS—simultaneously pub- increases drug levels in the body, providing to run for public office since he was a kid, but lished in The Lancet Infectious Diseases July the best safety cushion for individuals who not for an office as big as the one he’ll be vy- 22—said that use of Pre-Exposure Prophy- occasionally miss doses. At the same time, ing for soon. laxis, or PrEP, can reduce chances of HIV in- these results demonstrate that PrEP remains “I always thought that some day I might run fection by 90 percent, even when the patient highly effective, even in real-world circum- for Congress or something like that,” Sneyers takes as few as two or three doses a week. stances in which adherence may not be per- said. “I never thought that I would decide to Taking four or more doses a week offers near- fect.” run for mayor of America’s third-largest city.” ly 100-percent reduction in the chances of Among other results of the study were a Sneyers, who has worked in the financial-ser- infection, the study additionally suggested. high uptake of PrEP when logistical barriers vices industry for several years and is openly Strict adherence to a daily regimen of to it were eliminated; a gradual dropping- gay, will formally announce his intentions Aug. PrEP, usually taken in oral form as the drug off of adherence amongst younger study 5 at 6:30 p.m. at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Truvada in the United States, has been one subjects; and little evidence of risk compen- Halsted St. “I’ve been thinking about this for of the central components to the therapy. sation while the subjects were taking PrEP, the last couple of years. What better time to Expecting such adherence from individuals meaning that the perceived safety of the enter politics than now, when the city needs taking Truvada has been regarded by health medication did not automatically lead them so much work?” advocates, researchers and medical profes- to engage in condomless receptive sexual Sneyers claims he would bring to City Hall a sionals as among the key obstacles to the behavior or other sex practices perceived as governing style that’s more diplomatic, trans- drug’s widespread implementation. These unsafe. The authors noted however that par- parent and open to new ideas than the one new findings suggest that PrEP offers sig- ticipants who chose not to take PrEP—the Mayor Rahm Emanuel has. nificant protection even when patients are study’s total uptake was 76 percent—also “No one person is all-knowing, and the mayor unable or forget to take the pill. did not show a propensity towards risk com- has to be willing to consult with others to in- Robert M. Grant, MPH, of University of pensation. All participants received counsel- vestigate problems that need solving,” Sneyers California at San Francisco, San Francisco ing on risk minimizing strategies. said. “That’s one thing I’ve learned in 34 years AIDS Foundation and Gladstone Institutes, Landovitz and Coates noted that subjects in the financial services industry—I’ll admit and colleagues were authors of the study, were also mostly participants in a previous when I don’t have the answers. Our mayor talks known as the iPrEX Open-Label Extension. trial, so the results reflect a motivated popu- to people but he doesn’t really listen to them.” Sponsored by the U.S. Institutes of Health, lation. “We eagerly await the upcoming re- Sneyers also noted that Chicago’s mayor has it focused on PrEP uptake (whether a partici- sults from a cadre of open-label studies in to have a varied skill set, needing, for example, Dennis Sneyers. Photo courtesy of Sneyers pant chose to take the medication) and ad- which tenofovir and emtricitabine [which to know how to understand a balance sheet, herence, as well as sexual practices amongst are combined to make Truvada] is being while, at the same time, being able to weigh of that,” he said. 1,603 gay men and transgender women who provided to people who have not previously the needs of different constituencies who live Chicago’s infrastructure needs a comprehen- have sex with men, many of whom were per- participated in pivotal randomized studies. here. sive review “from top to bottom” in order to ceived to be at high risk for HIV infection. “The future is rich with possibility, but we “The mayor also needs to be able to manage make it more efficient; Sneyers gave as an ex- Though the findings about the missed dos- have far to go to realize the full potential of relationships,” he added. “Our current mayor is ample myriad bus routes that have stops less es suggest the efficacy of Truvada, research- PrEP,” added Landovitz and Coates. not very good at that. I’m used to working with than a block apart, and suggested that some of those superfluous stops might be eliminated. ers nevertheless were not left with a clear a variety of individuals and developing solu- picture for new dosing strategies, so persons tions.” His practical experience comes not just “That can reduce emissions and likely our fuel from managing client relationships in the fi- use as well,” he said. nancial services industry, he added. “My mother Another aspect of city management he’d like was single, and I was one of four children— to see up for review is the city council itself. WCT’s Baim I grew up in a working-class environment,” “I’m amazed at the number of people who named to NLGJA’s Sneyers said. “I know what it means to have to don’t know that we have 50 City Council mem- work for a living.” bers,” Sneyers said, noting that cities of simi- Hall of Fame He said that he opposes charter schools “as lar or larger sizes don’t have that many. I’m Windy City Times Publisher Tracy Baim is one well as sending our tax dollars to programs thinking of a commission that would consider of three individuals named as inductees to this funding charter schools.” how that number might be reduced.” year’s National Lesbian & Gay Journalists As- A key education reform Sneyers would like In order to combat the city’s crime problems, sociation’s (NLGJA’s) LGBT Journalists Hall of to see in place is shifting away from a Chicago he would propose a task force made up of prin- Fame. Public Schools board of education that the cipal stakeholders in law-enforcement issues. Baim co-founded Windy City Times in 1985 mayor appoints. “I would take a different approach than our and Outlines newspaper in 1987. Lambda Pub- “I think that the board should be publicly current mayor on crime,” he said. “As far as I lications, the parent company of Outlines, elected officials, with members who have vest- am aware, there hasn’t been an effort to have bought Windy City Times in 2000 and merged it ed interests in the schools themselves. That a meeting involving all of the relevant play- with Outlines, and the parent company became removes the patronage issue, and takes one ers in these situations—I’m talking about city Windy City Media Group. She has also written officials, police, and victims, and so on. I am thing off the mayor’s plate, giving him more and/or edited books such as Gay Press, Gay Jill Metz. Photo from the Chicago Bar also thinking about national law enforcement time to govern,” Sneyers noted, adding that Power: The Growth of LGBT Community News- Foundation he would also like to see a similar structure in as well. We also need to think about law en- papers in America and forcement in the suburbs—there was a shoot- The other journalists are longtime politi- place for the Chicago Park District board. playing a deep commitment to equal justice ing in Skokie this past weekend. What happens cal reporter Lisa Keen (who was written many Sneyers would like to give Chicago citizens through outstanding pro bono service. in places outside the city limits affects us as items Windy City Times has run); and Donna more of a voice regarding the city issues bonds Metz has devoted her 35-year law career to well.” Cartwright, veteran copy editor at The New as well; he maintains that bond offerings litigating, advocating and educating the public should be up for public vote: “That puts the He thinks that the most pertinent issue York Times and a longtime transgender, LGBT facing the LGBT community is homelessness and labor activist. on LGBT legal issues. She was played a role amount of debt directly in the hands of vot- in helping Illinois achieve marriage equality in ers.” amongst its youth. Sneyers has been a long- This year’s LGBT Journalists Hall of Fame in- time advocate on LGBT youth issues, and at- ductees will be honored Aug. 23 during the NL- her capacity as the ACLU of Illinois board presi- He supported last December’s pension-reform dent. efforts, but admitted the solution worked out tended the Summit on LGBT Youth Homeless- GJA Awards Reception at Breaking Barriers, the was far from perfect. ness in May. He also added that, after founding 2014 NLGJA National Convention and 10th An- “The pension funds were mismanaged, almost the Chicago Gay Games bidding organization, nual LGBT Media Summit. For more information Claudia Mosier to the point that they were criminally misman- he became familiar with working with a number on the convention, visit www.nlgja.org/2014/. aged,” he said. “We need to really study those of organizations and individuals in the LGBT receives honor original agreements and see how and why they community. Claudia Mosier, Psy.D., former director of were entered into, to have a better under- “But I’m hoping that people will be able to Chicago Bar mental health at the Center on Halsted, recent- standing of them for the future. The city has look at more than the fact that I’m openly gay, Foundation ly received the Supervisor of the Year award got fiduciary responsibilities and the pension and consider that what I can give to Chicago is from Feinberg School of Medicine Northwest- is one of them.” a real choice in how the city will be managed in honors Jill M. Metz ern McGaw Medical, Center for graduate medi- Sneyers also disagrees with Chicago’s flirta- the future,” Sneyers said, adding that his ad- At its 16th annual awards luncheon, The Chi- cal education. tions with privatizing various city facilities and ministration would offer Chicagoans more self- cago Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of The The award was for her supervision of the in- resources, among them the notorious signing determination than they’ve had under Emanuel. Chicago Bar Association, honored Chicago at- terns in the LGBTQ internship program. This is over of the city’s parking meter concession: “I “What we have now is a ‘one-solution’ mayor. torney Jill M. Metz with the Edward J. Lewis the first APA-approved LGBTQ psychology in- am confident that if that agreement is studied If I’m given the privilege of running the city, Pro Bono Award. ternship in the country. Mosier has been teach- very carefully, you can find a way to get us out it will be run by the people, for the people.” This award distinguishes attorneys dis- ing LGBTQ competency since the 1970s. WINDY CITY TIMES July 30, 2014 9 Rick Aguilar started in photography in high school, taking photos for the yearbook and newspaper—and he shot his first wedding while still a high school student, using a camera he borrowed from his yearbook advisor. GAY in the He now has more than 20 cameras of his own (mostly Canon) and he’s been a professional photographer for 10 years. “It’s remarkable to think that the time has gone so fast, and the studio LIFE has evolved from simple portraits to million-dollar weddings featured on Rick Aguilar reality television, to photographing Mayor Daley’s daughter’s wedding,” TEXT BY Ross Forman Aguilar said. “I also was one of the first photographers to photograph PHOTOS FROM AGUILAR gay weddings in the 1990s, back when we called them commitment ceremonies.” Aguilar said his 10-year memory bank includes thousands, probably tens Age of thousands, of people he has photographed, “and how I have made a 52 difference to them, either by making them look beautiful or creating Neighborhood memories they’ll treasure for years to come.” Avondale Aguilar received two awards in 2013: Photographer of the Year from the Catering Executive Club of America and the Shining Star Award from Wish Relationship status Upon a Wedding. Aguilar has volunteered his photography services for the LGBT “I’m married to my partner of 22 community quite often, be it photographing the March on Springfield years, George Lynch. We were the last fall or donating gift certificates to gay charities. first [same-sex] couple to get married at the Palmer House [Hilton Hotel].” Job title President of Rick Aguilar Studios Hobbies Travel and “finding crazy new restaurants in Chicago.” Favorite TV show Modern Family Favorite TV policeman Hedwig and the Angry Inch “Most people are shocked to hear I am totally self-taught, but it was easy to learn, because photography was my passion and I love it,” he Favorite pizza topping said. Sausage Preferred drink at a bar “I love a great bourbon drink; we do have some wonderful mixologists in the city.” Aguilar said the biggest change over the past 10 years has been on the technology front. He was still doing half his shooting with film, not Little-known fact digitally, 10 years ago. “There are so many more options with digital, but “I love anything pumpkin, especially it also means many more hours editing in front of the computer,” he said. pumpkin butter.” So what makes a good photograph? “One that makes you think of the beauty of something whether it be a person, wonderful nature … or [one that] just makes you think,” he said.

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march or rainbow flag—which have become Prominent UN figures—including Secretary- TIMES FARAH hallmarks of Pride activities in our communi- General Ban Ki-moon himself—have been VOL. 29, No. 44, July 30, 2014 ty—could result in arrest, or worse. photographed proudly carrying “Free and The combined forces of Windy City Times, founded Sept. 1985, and Outlines newspaper, SALIM What global ally will stand with LBGTI indi- Equal” placards. The secretary-general has also founded May 1987. viduals? The answer, increasingly, and to some, declared, “Ending homophobia is a matter of surprisingly, is the United Nations (UN). personal security, dignity and even survival for PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR The UN has emerged as a key and vocal advo- countless individuals. It is also a long-term Tracy Baim cate for LGBTI rights, in addition to its usual endeavor—one that I believe is critical to ASSISTANT PUBLISHER Terri Klinsky roles of promoting peace and justice through- the mission of the United Nations. As a part MANAGING EDITOR Andrew Davis As we advance out the world. In June 2011, the UN Human of that endeavor, the secretary-general moved BUSINESS MANAGER Ripley Caine Rights Council took the unprecedented move to extend recognition of same-sex marriages DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA Jean Albright LGBTI rights, the of passing a resolution affirming LGBTI rights. to more than 40,000 UN staff members around ART DIRECTOR Kirk Williamson SENIOR REPORTER Matt Simonette Later, the UN Office of the High Commissioner the world irrespective of the policy of the em- Senior Account Executives Terri Klinsky, UN is a key ally for Human Rights compiled an in-depth report ployee’s home country. Kirk Williamson, Amy Matheny, Chris Cheuvront, detailing the global scope of violence and dis- So whether we choose to advance the cause Gretchen Blickensderfer As we move forward from Pride Month in June, crimination based on sexual orientation and of equality in Illinois, or challenge discrimina- PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT Scott Duff and riding on the coattails of a successful NATIONAL SALES Rivendell Media, 212-242-6863 gender identity. tory laws abroad, we here in Chicago and across 45-year anniversary of the Pride Parade here SENIOR WRITERS Bob Roehr, David Byrne, Tony The UN has also taken steps to educate and the United States can readily identify with the Peregrin, Lisa Keen, Yasmin Nair in Chicago, we must not forget the pervasive raise awareness among the public on LGBTI UN declaration that we are all “born free and THEATER EDITOR Scott C. Morgan challenges for LGBTI rights that persist every rights. Launched in 2013, its Free and Equal equal.” As we move forward with this move- CINEMA WRITER Richard Knight Jr. day on a global scale. BOOKS WRITER Yasmin Nair Campaign works to promote greater respect ment, the UN stands ready as one of our most The facts can be sobering. Today, around SPORTS WRITER Ross Forman for the rights of LGBTI people everywhere. The active allies. We should draw on its support as ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS 80 countries criminalize same-sex relation- campaign centers on the language of the first a key partner. Mary Shen Barnidge, Steve Warren, Lawrence ships. In some of these places, legislation has Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Farah Salim is a member of the United Na- Ferber, Mel Ferrand, Jerry Nunn, Jonathan emerged targeting LGBTI rights groups and ac- Abarbanel Rights, which plainly declares: “All human be- tions Association for the USA. tivists simply for advancing the cause of equal- COLUMNISTS/WRITERS: Yvonne Zipter, Jorjet ings are born free and equal in dignity and Harper, Meghan Streit, Charlsie Dewey, Carrie ity. This means that something like an equality rights.” Maxwell, Billy Masters, Sarah Toce, Dana Rudolph, Sally Parsons, Melissa Wasserman, Joe Franco, Nick Patricca, Liz Baudler, Rex Wockner, Marie J. Kuda, Kate Sosin SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERS Mel Ferrand, Hal Baim, Emmanuel Garcia, Tim Carroll, Ed Negron, Susan LETTERS Mattes CIRCULATION CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Jean Albright Staying north Quinn is in of a back-alley abortion under Indiana’s man- DISTRIBUTION: Ashina, Allan, Dan, John, Renee, datory parental-involvement law because she Sue and Victor was unwilling to tell her parents that she had WEB HOSTING: LoveYourWebsite.com (lead LGBT people, their friends and families are ev- Personal PAC opposes restrictions on access to programmer: Martie Marro) erywhere, of course, but the heart of Chicago’s abortion and birth control that put the health gotten pregnant. Personal PAC knows that the (Illinois/Midwest U.S.) gay community is still and lives of any group of women at risk as a clock is ticking in Illinois on our own Becky in the Lake View/Uptown area. The various matter of sound public policy, fairness and Bell tragedy. 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SCARLETT FEVER Scarlett Johansson shimmers in the movie Lucy. See a review on page 14. THEATER DISH BOOKS It’s a ‘Jungle’ out there. Salad days. Seeing the ‘Light.’ Page 13 Page 18 Page 20 Photo from The Jungle Photo of supernatural chopped salad Photo of Lyme Light by Jason Fassi at Beatrix by Andrew Davis

SCOTTISH PLAY SCOTT Grand-scale Greek drama All Our Tragic BY SCOTT C. MORGAN have first dibs on producing shows in the newly rehearsal. leased space, which is only a few blocks away Photo by Don’t ever accuse The Hypocrites of thinking from the Chopin Theatre. Ryan Bourque small. As for All Our Tragic as the inaugural show, Not only is the high-profile storefront the- The Hypocrites decided to expand on the com- ater company moving into a new space at The pany’s previous Jeff Award-winning and box- Den Theatre, but The Hypocrites is inaugurat- office success with Seven Sicknesses, which ing it with a world premiere called All Our Trag- was out artist Sean Graney’s adaptation of the ic by former artistic director Sean Graney that seven surviving tragedies of Sophocles com- adapts and combines all 32 surviving Greek bined into one epic narrative. tragedies by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Eurip- “Seven Sicknesses was a surprising success ides into one epic narrative that can be seen for us and in New York, and audiences encour- in one 12-hour weekend marathon (with meal aged me to look at other conjoined adapta- breaks) or in four nightly parts over four weeks. tions,” said Graney, who is also directing All “It’s an amazing change for us,” said Halena Our Tragic. “Once I started doing that, I real- Kays, artistic director of The Hypocrites. “We ized that I should just do all 32 Greek tragedies safe bet thing to you that we know people will the second floor, which had been vacant since had largely been in the basement of the Chopin that we have left. But to say that this is just enjoy and walk away from and forget, we’re 2011. Theatre for a number of years, and while that an extension of Seven Sicknesses is not quite going to try to deliver this hugely memorable The renovations will add 25,000 square feet was a terrific partnership, our designers and right because some of those plays have been event—and what may make it memorable that of space to The Second City’s current footprint directors were getting tired of that basement heavily altered to fit into the narrative of All it could be an epic failure, but that’s what’s of 20,300 square feet, and be largely dedicated space despite its cool vibe.” Our Tragic.” exciting for me is the risk of it.” to expanding the offerings of The Second City Kays said the enormous pillar supports in the Graney received a fellowship in 2013 at the The Hypocrites’ All Our Tragic plays from Training Center. On tap are new classrooms, Chopin basement were problematic. And with Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Har- Saturday, Aug. 2, through Sunday, Oct. 5, at two student theaters, a screening room, a stu- the growing national profile of The Hypocrites vard University to specifically work on All Our The Den Theatre, 1329 N. Milwaukee Ave. Pre- dent resource center, a student lounge and bar, with many of its productions like Our Town, The Tragic, and he loved being surrounded by other view performances run through Aug. 9. Curtain two large special event spaces and additional Pirates of Penzance and Seven Sicknesses be- brilliant fellows talking about topics ranging times are 8 p.m. Fridays (Parts 1-4), 11 a.m. space for business offices. ing produced regionally and off-Broadway, the from astrophysics to Yiddish. He also actors Saturdays and Sundays (full show) and 8 p.m. The multimillion-dollar build-out is expected company was looking to find a larger space from the American Repertory Theater at his Mondays (Parts 1-4 between Sept. 8-19 only). to be completed and serving students by next that could expand its audience base. disposal to work on the show. Tickets are $30 for Fridays and Mondays, spring. For more information, visit www.sec- “It’s actually really difficult to find a trans- Although building a new theater space com- and $75 for Saturdays and Sundays. (Weekend ondcity.com. formable space that suits The Hypocrites,” bined with staging a massive epic is an enor- shows include multiple intermissions, meal Kays said. “For every one of our shows, our re- mous undertaking for The Hypocrites, Kays and breaks with food and a nearby cash bar.) For a What’s in a name? lationship changes with the audience and that Graney both feel that the risk is worth it. full schedule and more information, visit www. Studio BE, 3110 N. Sheffield Ave., will be re- makes each show different architecturally and “With the economic downturn a few years the-hypocrites.com. named MCL Chicago starting Tuesday, Aug. 5. we need a pretty wide open space to do that ago, a lot of theaters scaled back and made The new acronym signifies the organization’s each time.” the choice to be more conservative with their Second City training empire focus on music, comedy and live performance. Luckily, The Hypocrites was able to partner programming,” Graney said. “I think audiences The Second City, Inc. recently signed a lease New programming at MCL Chicago include the with Den Theatre owner and artistic director over the past five years have been hungry, with Old Town Development Associates, L.L.C., Improvised Sondheim Project, M.I.N.T. (Music Ryan Martin on expanding the multi-level the- starving even, for a new type of theatrical ex- to expand into additional space at Pipers Al- Improv Night), Mansical and more. Visit www. ater complex on Milwaukee Avenue to include perience, so going the opposite way is what ley, 230 W. North Ave. The Second City is tak- mclchicago.com. a large street-level space. The Hypocrites will we are doing. Rather than delivering the sure, ing over the four-screen AMC movie theater on 12 July 30, 2014 WINDY CITY TIMES THEATER REVIEW This ain’t no Waiting For Godot, in other words, even if the first playlet proposes a simi- Hellish Half-Light lar dynamic, as a blind street musician and a Playwright: Samuel Beckett lame derelict attempt—unsuccessfully—to At: Mary-Arrchie Theatre Compay forge a symbiotic partnership. The second de- at Angel Island, 731 W. Sheridan Rd. picts three former schoolgirl-chums, each of Tickets: 773-871-0442; whom knows a terrible secret about the other www.ticketweb.com; $25 that she will not disclose to its subject. The in- Runs through: Aug. 30 evitable inhumanity born of alienation is most severely illustrated by the dilemma of two law- BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE yers reviewing witness statements to a suicide amid the distractions of faulty desk lamps, an Actors love the plays of Samuel Beckett for the abandoned pair of caged birds and the indeci- same reasons that audiences hate them. As sion of the victim himself. with his successors, Harold Pinter and Vaclav Overtly political metaphors may be imposed Havel, they propose a universe steeped in am- on the episode depicting jailers who, one by biguities itching for performers to lend them one, find themselves reduced to prisoners, as coherence. When this mission is accomplished, well as the auteurist director whose guidance deep insights into the human condition are re- transforms his leading man’s stance from he- vealed. When not, the confusion is enough to roic to submissive. The finale, by contrast, is trigger howls of frustration in both presenters rooted firmly in the domestic sphere, as a trio and witnesses. of literal talking heads, their bodies encased in The return of Chicago expat Jennifer Mar- what might be crematory urns, recounts a tale kowitz, director of the multiple award-winning of romantic betrayal at warp speed. Since they Never Come Morning and Hellcab in the 1990s, are mounted on revolving wagons, every corner is alone sufficient to inspire confidence, even of the room becomes privy to—well, part of when attached to a medley of six short plays the evidence. by an author whose definition of “short” can That’s right—every corner. While the audi- range from hours to instants. Markowitz’s re- torium’s configuration includes a few chairs, cent sojourn in England has rendered her as playgoers may also be seated on boxes and deft with enigmatic Euro-expressionism as with Fawzia Mirza in Me, My Mom & Sharmila. Photo by Joe Mazza/Brave Lux stools placed around the perimeter of what American realism, however. With the assistance emerges as an arena, its fourth wall rendered of a half-dozen nimble-footed players sprinting so thin as to be practically transparent. Dress THEATER REVIEW Dance for Life through the bare-bones decor in Mary-Arrchie’s appropriately, lest you find yourself trapped likewise spartan loft, the evening clocks in at a in a sight-line, under scrutiny as existentially Me, My Mom on Aug. 16 brisk 90 minutes. merciless as that of Beckett’s people. & Sharmila Six of Chicago’s top dance companies (Gior- By: Jerry Dye dano Dance Chicago, Joffrey Ballet, River North Playwright: Fawzia Mirza Dance Chicago, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, At: Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater and Tickets: 773-975-8150 Visceral Dance Chicago) will come together or theaterwit.org; $20 Aug. 16 at the annual Dance for Life, the larg- The Marvelous Runs through: Aug. 9 est performance-based AIDS fundraising event Marvelettes. in the Midwest. Photo by Danny BY JERRY NUNN A gala reception will take place at 5 p.m. at Nicholas the Hilton Chicago’s Grand Ballroom, 720 S. Presented by Catharsis Productions, Fawzia Mir- Michigan Ave. The performances will start at za writes and stars in a one woman show with 8 p.m. at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt a lot of heart called Me, My Mom & Sharmila. University, 50 E. Congress Pkwy. The set is a simple row of chairs where Mirza Tickets are $25-$600 (the latter including performs a 75-minute monologue. She is ob- admission to the gala reception and premiere sessed with Bengali actress Sharmila Tagore, seating at the performance); call 312-922- who is scheduled for a Q&A in the theater 5812 or visit www.danceforlifechicago.org. where she’s sitting. To kill time, Mirza talks THEATER REVIEW the events that put directly to the audience about her journey to them at the top of the charts with such hits this moment. CRITICS’ PICKS The Marvelous as “Please Mr. Postman,” “My Baby Must Be a This proud brown girl breaks down Bollywood Magician” and “Beechwood 4-5789.” Marvelettes This narrative structure borne of count- for U.S. residents, describing Sharmila as the Avenue Q, Mercury Theater Chicago, Playwright: Reginald Williams less Hollywood biopics serves its purpose by Beyonce of her time. She conquers body image through Oct. 26. This Tony Award-winning At: Black Ensemble, 4450 N. Clark St. its very simplicity, clearing away the clut- and coming out of the closet in dealing with a hit musical that smartly spoofs Sesame Tickets: 773-769-4451; ter for a story that spools out at a seamless conservative mother over the years. Street feels right at home at the intimate www.blackensemble.org; $55-$65 pace, assisted by vintage photographs— Mirza paints a picture of being a Pakistani Mercury Theatre. And now with an exten- Runs through: Sept. 7 Muslim living in small town Nova Scotia who sion through October, the show is finally Bronzeville’s Regal Theater never looked bet- ter—projected on stageside screens, along then travels to the big city of Chicago. getting the long Chicago run it really BY MARY SHEN BARNIDGE There could have been more fun references should have had when it was brand new. with quick-change costumes that shrug off their wearers like peeling bananas. From the to local haunts for Windy City audiences, but SCM Even for those with personal memories of the moment Robert Reddrick’s four-piece band said references may have been cut to not drag Brigadoon, Goodman Theatre, through era that spawned the so-called youth mar- kicks off the action with an instrumental “Do out the story. Aug. 17. Love in the Scottish Highlands ket, it comes as a shock to recall just how You Love Me?” (featuring Herb Walker’s ir- She demonstrated a “choon choon” dance ... then and now. A luscious staging of young some of its early “teen idols” were. resistible guitar solo) and our five heroines that is similar to the macarena—and it should a great, romantic show from Broadway’s (Paul Anka had his first hit at the age of 14, take the stage, clad in identical peach circle- be the next dance craze if there is any justice Golden Age. Wonderful voices and orches- and Stevie Wonder, when he was only 12.) skirts and white cardigans, the audience at in the world. There is plenty of culture to poke tra give full value to the rhythmic, lilting The five vocalists who would become Mo- this preview performance was ready to follow fun at and Mirza has a good time doing it. Her and soaring Lerner and Loewe score. JA town’s inaugural crossover girl-group under them anywhere. show is rooted in traditional heritage but is si- The Late Henry Moss, Artistic Home, the collective name of The Marvelettes were Melanie McCullough, Alanna Taylor, Kylah multaneously hip enough for a new generation. through Aug. 3. Sam Shepard’s late-vin- members of their high school glee club when Frye, Christina Harper and Katrina D. Richard With such an intimate theater, Mirza easily tage play is rendered surprisingly coherent they came to the attention of the legendary make the transition from girlish exuberance connects with watchers of her show and has by the Artistic Home’s skillfully crafted Berry Gordy. Soon—perhaps too soon—the to road-weary womanhood with an imme- some touching moments throughout the piece. psychological dynamics in their intimate dazzled adolescents found themselves on diacy echoed by Rhonda Preston and Deanna It’s a well-written and honest portrayal of this storefront space. (Try to get the seat next their way to a decade of fame, glamor, and Reed-Foster as their older counterparts. Lest talented South Asian actress’ life. As this per- to the girl in the bathtub.) MSB grueling work that would ultimately break they suffer the exhaustion that proved the former’s resume continues to grow from indie Othello, Gift Theatre, through Aug. them bodily, spiritually and financially. undoing of the real-life Marvelettes, the films to the recent About Face Theater offering 24. Kareem Bandealy and Michael Patrick Playwright Reginald Williams traces the score provides them rest periods with aux- Brahman/I, it makes one wonder where she’s Thornton act up a Lear-sized storm within careers of these pioneering artists through iliary scenes involving bickering record ex- headed to next. Hopefully, we will find out in the confines of a theater so tiny that you the premise of a retired Katherine Anderson ecutives; a hankie-wringing performance of the sequel one day to this endeavor that is well may find yourself making eye contact with and Juanita Cowert sharing a reunion chat “What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted” by worth the effort. With such a short limited run, the villainous Iago as he plans his revenge in an airport coffee shop sometime in the Daniel Phillips; and a rousing rendition of make a quick trip to the Wit to see her, her upon his innocent peers. MSB 1980s. As they discuss the fortunes of their “Heat Wave” with Marquecia Jordon, flanked mother and Shamila today. —By Abarbanel, Barnidge fellow warblers—Georgeanna Tillman’s un- by techies Chloe and Amber Loren, standing and Morgan timely death, Gladys Horton’s waning years in for Martha and The Vandellas. (Hey—ev- in a nursing home, Wanda Young’s struggles erybody sings at Black Ensemble!) with alcohol and drugs—we see re-enacted WINDY CITY TIMES July 30, 2014 13

Saturday, August 16, 2014

The Jungle. Photo by Jason Fassi

THEATER REVIEW migrant family exploited, underpaid, cheated, conned, robbed and raped. Indeed, so much The Jungle is going on (not to mention what’s left out) Playwright: Matt Foss, adapted that one wonders why Foss packs it all into 90 from Upton Sinclair’s novel minutes when he might have created a larger— At: Oracle Productions, 3809 N. Broadway perhaps mightier—epic adaptation. Tickets: www.publicaccesstheatre.org; But pack it in he does, and audiences will free (but reservations essential) be surprised and impressed at the very clever Runs through: Sept. 6 means used to suggest the work, sweat, stench and steam of the slaughterhouses. The pro- BY JONATHAN ABARBANEL duction is enlarged by costume designer Joan Pritchard’s effective mix of long skirts, babush- This world-premiere adaptation of Upton Sin- kas, cloth caps, vests and somber colors to clair’s 1906 novel extends Oracle Productions’ suggest working class garb, and also by Nicho- examination of U.S. capitalism, this time shift- las Tonozzi’s incidental music, played and sung ing from the not-as-silly-as-it-seems satire of live, suggesting everything from church hymns The President (the troupe’s previous show), to labor anthems to harsh industrial noise (yet to the tragic opposite extreme of the feed- never too loud for the tiny space, hooray!). ing chain: exploited immigrant labor in the Travis Delgado as Lithuanian immigrant Ju- Chicago stockyards circa 1900. This visually rgis, leads a fine ensemble with physical and and physically creative production exemplifies emotional strength (although with surprisingly imagination, daring, commitment and passion few words), redeeming his bland performance in the service of a strong story, and all done in The President in which he wasn’t the central on a budget. I’d call now for reservations. Tick- figure. Stephanie Polt is appealing and affect- ets are free, but with only 44 seats they go ing as Ona, his wife, although the condensed fast, especially for an exciting show such as script really has little time or space for charac- 5pm Hilton Chicago’s Grand Ballroom this one. ter development. Adapted and directed by Matt Foss (who also My grandfather arrived in Chicago in 1895, 8pm Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University designed set and props), this production fo- speaking no English and with tailoring his only cuses on the first half of The Jungle—roughly skill (and tailors were a dime-a-dozen then), PERFORMANCES BY Giordano Dance Chicago, through the death of hero Jurgis Rudkus’ wife— yet somehow he escaped the urban jungle that with many characters and events eliminated consumes Jurgis. It’s a reminder that The Jun- Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, along the way. Those deeply familiar with The gle is fiction, a reverse picaresque in which ev- Joffrey Ballet, River North Dance Chicago, Jungle may be disappointed, especially as Foss erything bad that might happen does happen, Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater emphasizes the human story over Sinclair’s in part because of Jurgis’ repeated gullibility. and Visceral Dance Chicago vivid descriptions of the meat-packing process That doesn’t diminish the story or Sinclair’s call (subject of newspaper articles by Sinclair lead- for social reforms, for the story continues and WORLD PREMIERES BY Randy Duncan, and ing to the novel). However, most viewers will reform remains necessary wherever immigrant be caught up in the too-familiar story of an im- labor is exploited around the world. Harrison McEldowney & Jeremy Plummer BENEFICIARIES AIDS Foundation of Chicago, The Dancers’ Fund, Making A Daily Effort and Agape Missions Inc. GALA TICKETS $250-$600 SPOTLIGHT PERFORMANCE ONLY TICKETS $25-$75 www.DanceforLifeChicago.org | 312-922-5812 /DanceForLifeChicago @danceforlifeChi

Lesbian soprano Patricia Racette makes her first stab at the title role of Salome, Richard Strauss’ controversial 1905 opera based upon Oscar Wilde’s oft-banned Bibli- cal play. Racette is teaming with the Chi- cago Symphony Orchestra, led by conduc- tor James Conlon, for this special concert to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Strauss’ birth. No word yet whether Racette will reveal all during the infamous “Dance MEDIA PARTNERS of the Seven Veils” to obtain the head of John the Baptist. Salome is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Ravinia Festival,

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ravinia.org. Photo by Devon Cass PHOTOGRAPHY 14 July 30, 2014 WINDY CITY TIMES tions for Guardians of the Galaxy couldn’t be any higher and the box-office prognosticators are warning that the movie is the summer’s last hope of a financial windfall. Regardless KNIGHT of Guardians’ financial outcome, Marvel has al- AT ready announced a sequel; let’s hope that by THE the time it arrives this kind of comic superhero MOVIES hybrid is still as pleasing. Lucy, from French filmmaker Luc Besson, is no less an exhilarating delight—even more so. Besson (who scripted, directed and ed- ited) takes an opposite tack from Guardians. To the typical action-oriented, revenge plot he By welds philosophical underpinnings, and creates Richard a thought-provoking blockbuster that is fun, Knight Jr. sexy and reflective—and it’s female-driven, to boot. Scarlett Johansson plays the title char- Marvel’s acter, a party girl living it up in Taiwan who is coerced by her boyfriend into delivering a briefcase to a drug lord named Mr. Jang (Choi Guardians...; Min-sik). Jang has a lethal new drug surgically embedded in her body and orders her and sev- Lucy; film notes eral other drug mules to deliver it around the world. But after being brutally kicked in the Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures Even the most casual follower of current events stomach by one of Jang’s henchman, the drugs must be aware of the plethora of headlines be- become ingested into Lucy’s brain. In seconds, French Film Festival July 31-Aug. 5. queer-themed thriller screening Friday, Aug. moaning the sorry financial state of this year’s her mental capacities begin to grow at a phe- Guillaume Gallienne—recently seen in Yves 1, at 9:45 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 3, at 8:30 summer blockbuster season with its nearly nomenal rate, turning her into a superwoman St. Laurent, the biopic of the late gay French p.m.; the movie won an award at the Venice 20-percent drop from last year’s record setting able to control the thoughts of others, as well designer—stars in the opening night feature Film Festival. Philippe Garrel’s Jealousy is the bonanza. The experts have weighed in with a as mastering matter itself. Lucy goes after Jang Me, Myself and Mum, which he also wrote and closing-night feature. The complete line-up, myriad of probable causes for this fall-off, with and his associates, and then tracks down the directs. The centerpiece screening, slated for screening dates, times and advance tickets are consumer fatigue over the usual action-hero- other drug mules—aided by Morgan Freeman Saturday, Aug. 2, at 6:30 p.m., is Violette, at http://www.musicboxtheatre.com/festivals/ driven fare the most likely culprit. as a professor who has only hypothesized the which focuses on the lesbian relationship of the-2014-chicago-french-film-festival. I don’t much care that these gazillion-budget amazing things that Lucy can now do. writer Violette Leduc and Simone de Beauvoir. Now available: The Best of Knight at the blockbusters aren’t making as much as usual. As Lucy’s brain capacity nears 100 percent, (My review of the film will appear when the Movies: 2004-2014—a compilation book of (And let’s keep this in perspective, folks: We’re her actions become more audacious by the sec- movie plays its theatrical run at the Music Box more than 150 of my film reviews from a queer talking about an industry still reaping in bil- ond and the film takes on an almost hallucina- beginning Aug. 8.) perspective for Windy City Times—is now avail- lions—it’s just less billions than usual.) But tory quality. (At one point, she becomes her LGBT film audiences will also be interested able. www.knightatthemovies.com the idea that audiences might be finally weary- own time machine.) Lucy can see so far into in director Robin Campillo’s Eastern Boys, a ing of the same old same old piques my inter- the spectrum she’s able to discern the visual est. Is it possible that the stranglehold of the equivalent of the soul that Besson ruminates typical testosterone-driven summer fare might on in the midst of Lucy kicking butt. Besson Wachowskis to Among the honorees was openly gay dance finally be broken? Two new movies—Marvel’s utilizes a battery of cinematic techniques— legend Bill T. Jones, who won a Tony Award Guardians of the Galaxy and Lucy—hybrids of stop motion, propulsive edits and jump cuts— open studio for his choreography of Fela! Some of the the action genre—certainly offer proof that a to get across Lucy’s amazing new abilities. other awardees included musician Linda Ron- new day may be dawning at the Cineplex. Although the story, as noted, is typical, Bes- to benefit stadt, arts patron Joan Harris, director/CEO It is perhaps the height of irony that Mar- son’s film is so stylish and tremendously fun (I Jeffrey Katzenberg, documentary filmmaker vel Studios, the movie division of the comic- TransLife Center Albert Maysles, literary critic M.H. Abrams, smiled through the entire film), one overlooks Andy and Lana Wachowski (the award-win- book consortium that has been the basis for composer John Kander and writer Julia Alva- the plot holes. Faster than the speed of light, ning directors and producers of films such as the glut of so many of these superhero block- rez. Lucy is certainly the best film I’ve seen this Cloud Atlas, the Matrix series and V for Ven- busters, is behind Guardians of the Galaxy. summer. It’s ironic because the movie takes all the detta) are offering the chance to join them action-hero tropes—the hunky hero, the as- at their private, 20,000-square-foot industri- Storytelling show Film notes: al movie production studio in Edgewater—all sorted sidekicks, the power-seeking villain and —The 20th annual Black Harvest Film Fes- the hopped-up fight sequences welded to the to benefit Chicago House’s TransLife Center. OUTspoken! tival runs Aug. 1-28 at the Gene Siskel Film The inaugural event, “TransReelization: An razor-thin plot—and twists them just enough Center, 164 N. State St. The fest celebrates the to send up the entire genre. The result (helped Evening of Film at Kinowerks Studio,” will at Sidetrack Aug. 5 diversity of the Black experience in the United OUTspoken! is a new storytelling show in no small measure by Chris Pratt as the cocky give attendees the chance to enjoy cock- States and around the world on film. Opening- presented at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted St. yet endearing Peter Quill aka “Star-Lord”) is an tails, hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction and a night festivities include a “best-of” screening Storytellers identify as LBGTQ. exhilarating delight—a tongue-in-cheek, big- selection of films at the Wachowskis’ studio of festival highlights, as well as the presen- The first performance will be on Tuesday, budget sci-fi blockbuster that could easily be at 5645 N. Ravenswood Ave. tation of this year’s Deloris Jordan Award for Aug. 5, and the shows will occur monthly on this generation’s Star Wars. Lana herself identifies as transgender, and Excellence in Community Leadership to Chaz the first Tuesday of the month. Doors open Pratt has aptly described Quill as a cross be- over recent years she’s accepted numerous Ebert and to her late husband film critic Roger at 6 p.m., with the performance beginning tween Han Solo and Marty McFly and that sums awards for her work pertaining to trans is- Ebert for their long-term championship of mi- at 7 p.m. There is no charge for this event. up the tone of the movie, too. In the deepest sues, including the Human Rights Campaign’s nority films and independent cinema. Performers on Aug. 5 include Tracy Baim, reaches of space, Quill, an earthling kidnapped (HRC) Visibility Award in 2012. More than 30 filmmakers are scheduled to Jim Bennett, Patrick Gill, Kareem Khubchan- as a child, now grown, comes across a myste- Kinowerks Studio is renowned for its “clev- participate in the fest, including out director- dani and Kim Hunt. rious orb which is coveted by the evil Ronan erly sustainable design elements and the producer Josh MacNeal and Cy, his lesbian sis- For more info, email davidfinkacorn@ (Lee Pace). Quill, a womanizing loner, is forced best of green technology,” and is lined with ter who is screenwriter of their film, the char- Wachowski artifacts, trophies and memora- gmail.com or [email protected]. to join forces with Ronan’s enemies—a ragtag acter drama The 4th Meeting (which screens on group that includes Zoe Saldana as a green- bilia from their films. Friday, Aug. 8, and Thursday, Aug. 14, at 8:30 All guests will get a comprehensive look skinned alien assassin; a cocky, genetically en- p.m.). Photographer gineered raccoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper); into trans issues with a full selection of Queer audiences will be interested in Bad short films that address gender-related wrestler-turned-actor Dave Bautista as Drax Hair, from director Mariana Rondon, a Venezu- exhibit at SoFo Tap topics set to play beginning at 7 p.m. The The SoFo Tap will host the solo exhibition the Destroyer; and a tree-like humanoid named elan film centered on a young Latin American films include I Am A Girl!, I’m Yours, Gender of new work by Chicago photographer Shan- Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel)—to keep the orb boy named Junior—and his social, cultural Games, Sisterhood, a trailer for MAJOR!, and non Jenkins (Flaming City Photography). from falling into Ronan’s hands. and sexual identity vis-a-vis his ‘fro. Things get an exclusive sneak preview of Black is Blue. The “Man Pop Art Show” reception will be This disparate group bands together to not tense in his homophobic family when his crush Buy tickets for TransReelization online at held Aug. 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at the Ander- only fight off Ronan but an assortment of other on a handsome news vendor becomes known. www.chicagohouse.org. sonville bar. calamities and characters. They do so as the The film screens Sunday, Aug. 17, at 3 p.m. In his first exhibition, Jenkins presents jokes and double takes fly between blasts of and Monday, Aug. 18, at 6 p.m. Director Norry colorful artwork celebrating the male phy- the laser guns. This disarming approach to a Niven’s From Above starring Danny Glover is Obama honors sique. The artist has manipulated photo- genre that is usually so deadly serious pixilates closing-night feature. The complete line-up, graphs of his hairy male subjects into vivid both the actors and the audience for the bulk screening dates, times and advance tickets are Bill T. Jones with pop art, which will be on display at The SoFo of the movie. (It’s like a latter-day Flash Gor- at http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/blackhar- Tap through August and September. don, which also combined high spirits, laughs vest_2014. arts medal On July 28, President Obama awarded the Jenkins’ photography is at www. and action.) —The Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport 2013 National Medal of Arts and the National FlamingCity.com. Although the high spirits eventually sag a Ave.—in partnership with the Cultural Service Humanities Medal to distinguished recipi- bit, the dazzling visuals keep the movie, which at the Consulate General of France in Chica- James Gunn directed, aloft. Certainly, expecta- go—is presenting the fourth annual Chicago ents in the East Room. WINDY CITY TIMES July 30, 2014 15 times for a Primetime Emmy Award for her work Agnes Moorehead to get her on Bewitched. While she didn’t come out ahead of the race for those nominations, she did gar- ner an Emmy for her work on The Wild Wild due at NRHOF ceremony West. Years later, in 2003 and 2005, TV Land would grant her two wins in the categories: By Sarah Toce “Oh, we had met years before at some- “Favorite Mother-in-Law” and “Favorite Classic body’s party. But How the West Was Won re- TV In-Law,” respectively. Harnessing a talent uncompromised and a ca- ally brought us together, when we were thrown Moorehead cemented her place in celluloid reer spanning 60 years in the entertainment together on the set over a period of weeks. You history by receiving a star (located at 1719 industry, know, it’s quite rare to form a lasting friend- Vine) on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Bewitched television actress Agnes Moore- ship from making a picture together. But Deb- There are a total of seven inductees for the head will be honored posthumously at the Na- bie and I have formed a friendship that has 2014 NRHOF ceremony. The black-tie ceremony tional Radio Hall of Fame (NRHOF) ceremony lasted,” Moorehead once shared. will be produced and broadcast by Premiere Sunday, Nov. 9, in Los Angeles. It will mark Boze Hadleigh, in his book Hollywood Les- Networks, in association with the Museum of the first time the induction ceremony has taken bians, also said Moorehead was a lesbian, and Broadcast Communications (MBC). They in- place outside of Chicago. even asked the star herself about this, com- clude: San Diego syndicated successes Charlie Born in 1900, Moorehead began her career as paring her to Marlene Deitrich, Greta Garbo & Harrigan (a.k.a. Jack Woods and Irv Harri- a singer on KMOX/St. Louis. In the 1930s she and others. She responded with a diversionary gan), Baltimore-born radio personality Barry moved to New York and, by 1935, was argu- comment: “Those women, were more beautiful Farber, Hubbard Broadcasting founder and ad ably one of radio’s busiest and most versatile than me.” sales pioneer Stanley E. Hubbard, “The Voice of actresses. Moorehead epitomized the golden Moorehead witnessed both the sugar and the the San Francisco Giants” Jon Miller, Chicken- age of radio drama, becoming the first actor spice of fame during her tenure in Hollywood. man Dick Orkin, “This American Life” star Ira to play Margo Lane on The Shadow and Mrs. The role that eventually brought her so much Glass, and the aforementioned Agnes Moore- Brown on The Aldrich Family, and she was an fame almost didn’t make it off the tarmac. head. original ensemble member of Orson Welles’ The Moorehead initially turned down the role of Agnes Moorehead. Image courtesy of the Nostalgia Digest Collection The 2014 NRHOF induction-ceremony broad- Mercury Theatre on the Air. During the 1940s Endora in Bewitched, but reconsidered when cast will also honor the women of the National Moorehead co-starred with Lionel Barrymore Elizabeth Montgomery asked her in person. Radio Hall of Fame: actors Eve Arden (Our Miss in Mayor of the Town and became “the First Moorehead joined the cast not expecting the To the gay community, “bewitched” was a Brooks), Virginia Payne (Ma Perkins), Shirley Lady of Suspense” by appearing in more than show to last more than one season, let alone term for being in the closet at the time. Mont- Bell (Little Orphan Annie) and Virginia Clark 25 episodes of the long-running series. Televi- become the overnight sensation it turned out gomery copped to the show’s gay innuendos and Julie Stevens (The Romance of Helen sion brought her more fame through her role as to be—spanning decades and generations, still during an early ‘90s interview with The Advo- Trent); comedians Gracie Allen and Jane Ace; Endora on Bewitched before she passed away airing in reruns to this day. cate. She said, “Don’t think that didn’t enter triple threats Marian Jordan (Fibber McGee and on April 30, 1974. “Elizabeth [had] great battles with Holly- our minds at the time. We talked about it on Molly) and Gertrude Berg (The Goldbergs), who The four-time Oscar-nominated actress part- wood veteran Agnes Moorehead, who played the set—that this was about people not being created, wrote, and starred in their own hit nered with two companions (husband John her mother. Agnes was very fond of Dick York allowed to be what they really are. If you think shows; behind-the-scenes players like produc- Griffith Lee from 1930-1952; and Robert Gist and didn’t want to see him go. She reduced his about it, Bewitched is about repression in gen- er Lynne “Angel” Harvey and executive Cathy from 1953-1958—both actors). She fostered a replacement to tears on occasion,” the Daily eral and all the frustration and trouble it can Hughes; journalists Ann Compton (ABC News) son named Sean Moorehead, but little is known Mail reported. cause. It was a neat message to get across to and Susan Stamberg (NPR); interviewer Terry about his current whereabouts. York’s replacement was Dick Sargent, who, in people at that time in a subtle way.” Gross (Fresh Air); singer and national icon Kate One item that had been heavily noted real life, was gay. Before being cast as Darrin Moorehead won two Golden Globe awards— Smith; urban-radio personality (now TV talk- throughout Moorehead’s career, however, was on the popular television show, Sargent admit- both in the category of Best Supporting Ac- show host) Wendy Williams; Chicago disc jock- her friendship with legendary MGM actress Deb- ted to press that he made a couple of attempts tress—or Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte and eys Yvonne Daniels and Terri Hemmert; and jazz bie Reynolds. Reynolds’ son Todd Fisher report- at suicide during his college years. He even Mrs. Parkington. The wins were 20 years great Marian McPartland. edly said that his mom had a long-term affair added a phony failed marriage to his publicity apart—a testament to her longeveity in Hol- Visit www.Museum.Tv or www.radiohof. with Reynolds. material to hide being gay. lywood. Additionally, she was nominated six org.

We Have Waited Long Enough: Open Transgender Service in the U.S. Military A discussion with Aaron Belkin of The Palm Center Wed., Aug. 20, 2014 6-8 p.m. The Keith House 1900 S. Prairie Avenue, Chicago The event is free but there will be a donation request President Obama made history this year when the White House said it is open to a review of Pentagon policies banning transgender troops from serving. In the history of the republic, no president has ever signaled a willingness to consider transgender military service. When we win (and we will win), we will look back on the White House statement as the the beginning of the end of the ban. But what will it take to cross the finish line, to convert the President’s general openness to reconsidering discriminatory policy into actual political change? Come discuss the prospects for change with some of the participants in process Aaron Belkin is a professor, author, activist and dancer. Since 1999, Belkin has served as founding director of the Palm Center, which The Advocate named as one of the most effective LGBT rights organizations in the nation. He designed and implemented much of the public education campaign that eroded popular support for military anti-gay discrimination, and when “don’t ask, don’t tell” was repealed, the president of the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund observedthat, “this day never would have arrived (or it would have been a much longer wait) without the persistent, grinding work of the Michael Palm Center.” Harvard Law Professor Janet Halley said of Belkin that, “Probably no single person deserves more credit for the repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell.’” Currently, the Palm Center is engaged in a long-term initiative to address transgender military service.

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RSVP to: [email protected] 16 July 30, 2014 WINDY CITY TIMES MUSIC ots before addressing the younger members of Lakeside Pride. “I told these kids to try to imagine what it must have been like to be Lakeside Pride Freedom there—to be thrown against a wall by cops and ordered to strip so they could determine who was male and who was female,” Zurcher Band director Zurcher recalled. “I then told them to imagine the kind of courage it took one year later for these folks to go out in public and march down the street resigns on a high note and say ‘we don’t have to take this from you. You cannot treat us like this. We deserve to be By Gretchen Rachel Blickensderfer saxophone, the bass drum and “pretty much treated with respect.’ That is the Pride parade. anything I could get my hands on.” I don’t want us to take it or our freedom for Christy Zurcher loves music with a passion In high school, Zurcher had a romantic af- granted. It could all go away in the blink of that has been nurtured since she was a child. fair with her best friend. “I felt bad about the an eye.” It has been an unparalleled force of empower- whole thing,” she recalled. “I prayed and tried The past 10 years has taken a great deal ment, community and expression for her. She to figure out what was going on with me.” A of Zurcher’s time and energy. Organizing and also believes 10 is a nice round number (her few years later Zurcher was attending Lake For- chasing people down for rehearsals, lobbying number of years in her capacity as a director) est College, while her friend was enrolled at a Lakeside Pride for new uniforms, finding music, and respects the concept of time as a precious Christian university not far from Zurcher’s cam- volunteers and transportation began to make commodity. pus. During a weekend visit there in 1996, the Zurcher less like a musician and more like a It was then understandable why July 27 was two were discovered by a roommate and Zurch- project manager. “I want to get back to feeling to be a bittersweet moment in Zurcher’s life as er’s friend was expelled. “She was so afraid of like a musician,” she said. “I love the band and she took to the lawn of Northeastern Illinois her parents that she tried to commit suicide,” I want to go out while I still feel good about it. University to lead the Lakeside Pride Freedom Zurcher said. “Her father called me and told me I think people in volunteer organizations can Christy Zurcher. Photo by Gretchen Rachel Band one last time. I was ‘evil’ and ‘vile’ and that he was going to sometimes get burned out.” Blickensderfer Joining Zurcher were approximately 35 of call everyone I knew and tell them what I had So Zurcher has passed the baton to someone the 191 musicians who have marched with her done to his little girl.” who will bring a new energy to the band. “I’ve throughout her decade-long tenure as director. Zurcher instead got on the phone herself, get the word out about an organization that taken it from 40 some members marching in She’s kept track of them all, even as they went starting with her parents who were—by then— was a lifesaver for me. The LGBT community is Pride to 65,” she said. “We’ve stabilized and onto other projects or moved away entirely. In living in Hawaii. “I told them they were about very diverse but not necessarily held together. do classy performances and events. We look June, they came back in unprecedented num- to get a phone call,” she said. “So I explained But music is something that can unify them.” good. We sound good. I’m proud of what I’ve bers to march with and so mark her last Pride what happened.” They were supportive at the Between rehearsals in a parking lot behind accomplished with them, but maybe someone Parade in a position that meant so much more time and defended Zurcher when her friend’s Northside College Preparatory School, Zurcher else can take it to the next level.” to Zurcher than the sum of all the rehearsals, father eventually called them. “They told him ensured that the band marched at the Memorial Meanwhile, Zurcher intends to spend a year organization, campaigning for funds and the to mind his own business, to take care of his Day parade alongside the American Veterans for enjoying a relaxing summer with Kasprowicz annual three-plus mile journey through the own family and that we had no secrets,” Zurch- Equal Rights (AVER) as much as possible. “The before she begins teaching in the fall. She streets of Lakeview celebrating LGBTQ freedom. er said. first year we marched with them, we went past might even see the parade as a member of the Rock and blues musician Edgar Winter once ac- Not long afterward, Zurcher received a let- the reviewing stand and ABC-7 didn’t announce audience, beaming as she watches the Freedom knowledged the raw power of music to bring ter from her mother. “She told me she couldn’t who they were,” she remembered. “The folks Band march past in the brand new uniforms she people together and so it has been the catalyst grieve for me more if I had died,” Zurcher said. on the stand didn’t honor or salute them. They helped to secure for them. “After that year, I’ll to a community for Zurcher, eliminating the di- “Over the years I reconciled with myself and acted like they weren’t even there. But over come back to the band as a member,” she said. visiveness that has often separated the letters decided that this was who I was and I didn’t the last ten years all that has changed. Now “My goal is to march with a different instru- L, G, B and T. care what a religious person thought about it. the Generals on the stand and the Mayor salute ment each year until I’ve played them all.” Zurcher was born to evangelical protestant I told my parents that— if they couldn’t deal them. I have been extremely proud to be the For Zurcher, there is a solidarity in that breed missionaries in the small town of Berne, Indi- with it—then we couldn’t be a family. They band marching behind our LGBT veterans.” of musician who is prepared to don a uniform, ana. In 1978, they left for the island of Haiti said that they loved me and nothing was going Under Zurcher’s leadership, the Freedom Band carry an instrument and march rain or shine, where—at the age of 4—she learned how to to change that.” has played concerts in Chicago’s parks, as a staving off potholes and dehydration. “My play the piano by watching her mother at the They have since reached an understanding. pep band for Chicago Force football games and dearest and longest standing friendships have keyboard and repeating the notes by ear. Her parents often visit Zurcher, and her partner was an integral part of the opening ceremo- been band people,” she said. “We travel long With political turmoil and horrific violence and Zurcher acknowledge that they helped to nies for the Chicago Gay Games in 2006. They distances together in busses, we are out there choking the island in 1987, Zurcher and her forge both her strength of character and her have marched in Pride parades in cities such in the hot sun. They are the people you work family returned to Berne. She was 12 years love of music. as Gary, Indiana and Milwaukee, Wisconsin and and sweat with and you make beautiful music old—unprepared for both life in the United Zurcher found comfort and allies in music— also traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, and Lansing, together. There are still members of this band States or the sudden freedom she discovered in an art that she believes to be a most deeply Michigan. It was also during her watch that the who were the founders of it. That is how much a school that had an instrumental program. “As personal and intimate form of expression. “I Freedom Band’s parent organization, Lakeside we love it and love each other. It has been an a seventh-grader, I got to try a bunch of differ- find it impossible to perform music and be Pride Music Ensembles, was inducted into the immense honor to be with them.” ent instruments,” she said. “The band director false,” she said. “I don’t see how you can Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame. Perhaps in the future there will be no need said I had an aptitude for the clarinet and I make music with your peers when you feel like However—with the Chicago parade in partic- for an LGBTQ marching band. As much as she picked it up and marched in the band.” there’s something you have to hide. To come to ular—Zurcher has sometimes struggled as the loves the Freedom Band, if that day comes Not only that, but Zurcher also mastered the a city where there were LGBT musical organiza- meaning of the event becomes lost in beads, Zurcher will see it as progress. “Right now we tions was a dream come true for me.” alcohol and ever more outrageous floats. “I need to have a separate, musical organization Based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy In fact, the first open lesbian she ever met was really frustrated for a while,” she said. for gay people.” she said. “On some level, you was her music instructor at Lake Forest College, “The younger folks think that Pride is just a big think we won’t have achieved full equality un- Dr. Kristina Boerger—a woman who became a party and they don’t know how much it mat- til such an organization doesn’t have to exist role model. “Your Christian upbringing tells you ters.” anymore and you can just go to play music be- that if you’re LGBT you have to be miserable, She did some research on the Stonewall ri- cause you love playing music.” because it will catch up with you,” Zurcher said. “Yet here was this woman who was out and happy. Both she and my aunt were my sup- LeAnn Rimes GLAAD’s index finds port system initially.” After graduation, Zurcher joined the Artemis releasing dance lack of LGBT images Singers—a lesbian, feminist chorus in Chicago. remix CD Aug. 5 LGBT media-advocacy organization GLAAD Sitting behind her in the alto section was Caro- has released its second annual Studio Re- Grammy- and World Music Award-winning sponsibility Index (SRI), a report that maps lyn Kasprowicz, an aspiring teacher of math- singer LeAnn Rimes is set to release her 19th ematics who was to become Zurcher’s partner the quantity, quality and diversity of images album on Aug. 5. It’s a dance remix of her of LGBT people in films released by the seven of 11 years. On March 14, 2015—or the first greatest hits titled Dance Like You Don’t Give five digits of Pi— the couple intend to marry. largest motion picture studios during the a… Greatest Hits Remixes. 2013 calendar year. “She has been the single most important sup- “Dance Like You Don’t Give a…” features port person for me, not only in my life but in Among other things, the report found that remixes of Rimes’ hits by DJs such as Dave the most common place to find LGBT charac- the band.” Zurcher said. Aude, Kaskade, Cahill, Fear of Tigers, Soul It was during a 1999 Pride Parade that ters in the major studios’ 2013 releases were Seekerz and more. Among the tracks are “I in comedies, where eight of the 19 total Zurcher first saw the Lakeside Pride Freedom Need You,” “Headphones,” “Can’t Fight the Band—an organization that was to become her comedies GLAAD counted were inclusive. Moonlight” and “How Do I Live.” GLAAD made several recommendations, in- musical home and family. After a recovery from For more information on Rimes, visit www. back surgery, Zurcher joined the band in 2003. cluding making genre films (such as action “Makes ‘no country for old Men’ leannrimesworld.com and www.youtube. franchises) more LGBT-inclusive and getting The following year, she was asked if she wanted com/user/leannrimesofficial. seeM lightweight.” to become its director. ride of anti-LGBT slurs. –Film Forward One of her primary goals was to ensure great- The report is at www.glaad.org/sri. childofgodmovie.com er visibility and recognition for the band in AMC SOUTH BARRINGTON 30 the community. “I couldn’t believe that people STARTS 175 Studio Dr. • (888) AMC-4FUN didn’t know who we were,” she said. “I had to FRI 8/1 WINDY CITY TIMES July 30, 2014 17 NUNN ON ONE: MUSIC my heart jump. I felt so happy because she had made this amazing growth from being a very young pop star, being incredibly famous in Neneh Cherry’s ‘Stance’ Sweden and having success outside to growing into her own planet in a way that isn’t always so easy. When you get into heavy success and on Chicago, gay friends being famous when you are young sometimes it sort of stunts you. and being a ‘mormor’ We had met and shared friends in Stockholm. She has always said how much “Buffalo Stance” by Jerry Nunn I think there is something really essential in and [the album] Raw Like Sushi meant to her my partnership with Cameron. There is some- when she was younger, which was an honor for Talented performer Neneh Cherry returns to thing that happens with the songwriting and me to hear. the scene with her first full album in 16 years, the structure of what we do. It has been going WCT: How is your half-brother Eagle-Eye entitled Blank Project. At the Pitchfork Music on for such a long time. I can’t always define Cherry doing these days? Festival, Cherry proved she is no nostalgia act, what it is. It is the security but beyond that NC: My brother is great. He has a nearly focusing on the beats of the new music and I think that because he knows me so well he 4-year-old daughter. He’s just starting to make ending with a slowed-down version of her clas- pushes me into doing what I probably wouldn’t a new album in the next few months or so. sic “Buffalo Stance.” This was only her second be able to achieve on my own. WCT: He’s been working on soundtracks time performing in the United States in her I think he has a very blunt way of looking at and all sorts of stuff I heard. When are you whole career, making this show a real rarity. things. I’m not so good at looking at myself coming to our big gay street festival? Cherry has worked on many projects over the from the outside. I just sit inside and look out. NC: When is it? years, most recently in 2012 with The Thing on I just do it and achieve. I try to open bits of WCT: August, so possibly we can book you a free-jazz joint effort—something that came myself that I think need opening up. for next year. naturally to someone whose stepfather was WCT: How did your fellow Swede singer NC: Please! I would love that. jazz musician Don Cherry. Her talented fam- Robyn wind up on “Out of the Black?” ily Cherry tree also includes Swedish painter NC: I met her very early on when she was 16. mother Moki Cherry and half-brother musician I’ve had some experience watching her grow Neneh Cherry. Photo by Fredrik Skogkvist Eagle-Eye Cherry. up. When she put out her last album it made These days, Cherry continues to keep it in the family with the new record, now working with husband Cameron McVey. Windy City Times talked with Cherry after her concert at Pitchfork to hear more on her two- decade hiatus. Windy City Times: Hi, Neneh. Is this your first time in Chicago? Neneh Cherry: This is definitely my first time performing here. I came here eons ago for a press day and stayed at the Four Seasons. I don’t think I left my room. I think I was doing 13 cities in 11 days—with a baby, of course! So this feels like my first time here and I’m liking it. I have a lot of friends that live here. WCT: Growing up in the artist community you must have tons of gay friends. NC: The ones that are not gay are fag hags. [Laughs] My closest word partner, other than my husband, is Judy Blame, who is an amazing artist and stylist. He was art-directing and styl- ing me; in fact, he made this necklace. WCT: That is fabulous. NC: He is from the creative club crowd. He started working with Boy George way back. JULY 31 He introduced me to Leigh Bowery, and John Maybury, who directed “Buffalo Stance.” It is a THURSDAY @ 7:00PM whole family of people who became my family. WCT: You contributed “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” for the Red Hot + Blue AIDS fund- raising album [released in 1990], giving back to the community. NC: It was a really heavy time for us, mean- ing friends and family who were losing a lot of people at the time. Actually, the godfather of my kids—Ray Petri—had just passed. It was early on in London and he was one of the first really close people to me that died. I think the project of Red Hot + Blue came at a time when we were all broken-hearted and scratching our heads. We were feeling very helpless. We were standing there not want- ing to go to another funeral. That album was a way of doing something in a positive air. It was taking all of the sadness and the heart- break that gives you fuel when you can start to use it. There was a lot of positive energy and TICKETS START people worked for free. Jean-Baptiste Mondino made the video. There was a lot of desperation involved. WCT: Let’s switch gears and talk about the AS LOW AS $15 new album, Blank Project. You and your hus- band, Cameron, made this project. NC: Me and him—here we go again! WCT: You have a grandchild right now. NC: I do—a 10-year-old. WCT: What is the experience of making an album and touring at this time in your life? NC: And having my grandson watch me on- stage? He goes, “You are so weird when you are onstage!” He calls me “mormor,” which is a Swedish word for grandma: “You are so crazy, mormor.” 18 July 30, 2014 WINDY CITY TIMES SPONSORED BY WEEKLY DINING GUIDE IN theDISH Melman and his wife’s mothers’ names. (“Bea- and-chocolate glazed salmon. Andersonville restaurant Ombra (5310 N. 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8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Noon - 1:30 p.m. 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Zeke Michael Stokes Plenary Session: Lunch Plenary: Breakout Sessions Crawford Transgender Journalists The Future of a. Black, LGBT, and and Transgender Coverage Journalism Funding: Read All Over: in LGBT Media Foundation Funding with the African-American Journalists PANELISTS: Christina Kahrl, Gretchen Ford Foundation, McCormick in LGBT Media Rachel Blickensderfer, Jacob Anderson- Foundation, Knight Foundation PANELISTS: Alan Bell, Andrew Davis, Art Minshall, Parker Molloy PANELISTS: Mark Hallet from McCormick, Lenox Magee Andrew Sims MODERATOR: Fiona Dawson Barbara Raab from Ford; John Bracken MODERATOR: Kirk Williamson Davis from Knight Foundation 10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. MODERATOR: Cheryl Corley from NPR b. Young Journalists, Breakout Sessions: 1:45 p.m. - 3 p.m. J-School, and the a. Out On the Air: Breakout Sessions: LGBT Media LGBT Journalists Working in PANELISTS: Camille Beredjick, Derrick Cathy Every Audio Platform From a. Taking Back HIV Clifton, Kaitlyn Jakola Fiona Renna Dawson Podcasts to Web-Based and Reporting in LGBT Media MODERATOR: Zach Wichter Traditional Radio PANELISTS: Todd Heywood, Jeff Berry, Johnathon Briggs PANELISTS: Fausto Fernos, Scott Duff, c. How We Count: MODERATOR: Diane Anderson-Minshall Art Sims, Anna DeShawn Data Reporting and LGBT Issues MODERATOR: Cathy Renna WORKSHOP LEADER: Howard Goldberg, b. LGBT Issues, Athletes Associated Press New York Bureau Chief Barbara b. The Future of and Journalists in Sports Anna Raab DeShawn Lesbian Media Reporting PANELISTS: Sarah Toce, Trish Bendix, PANELISTS: Christina Kahrl, Kate Fagan, Summit Co-Chairs: Tracy Baim Michelle Garcia and Ross Forman Tracy Baim MODERATOR: Diane Anderson-Minshall MODERATOR: Chuck Colbert Publisher, Windy City Times Diane Anderson-Minshall c. Online and Connected: Editor-at-large of The Advocate, Noah Bloggers, Digital Natives, Social Editor-in-chief of HIV Plus Scott Michelson Duff Media, Mobile Reporting and the EVENT SPONSORED BY Future of Journalism PANELISTS: Noah Michelson, Zeke Stokes, Michael Crawford

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performing her hits “U B The Bass,” “I’m Monday, Aug. 4 Still Hot,” “Primitive,” and “You Only Talk Asian & Pacific Islander Coming Out Sup- In #Hashtag.” 11:00pm - 2:00am Ros- port Group Share your journey in a safe coe’s Tavern 3356 N Halsted St http:// space. Open to lesbian, gay, bisexual, CALENDAR www.roscoes.com transgender, questioning, and queer APIs. Adoptees, and multiracial folks welcome. Saturday, Aug. 2 First Monday of every month. Room 722 Brought to you by the Saturday School Hosted by SHoP, Saturday 6:00pm - 7:30pm Asian Human Services combined efforts of School is a mini autonomous learning and 4753 N. Broadway 7th Floor http://www. making site located in the belly of John chicagoi2i.org Preus’ Beast. The Beast will be on view un- 661-0954 http://JustDickinAround.com Chicago Bisexual / Queer Community Wed., July 30 til Aug. 3, so come on by for our last Sat- Game Night Some games will be provided, Trans Youth Resources and Advocacy The About Face Youth Theatre: Checking urday School. 10:00am - 12:00pm Hyde Boxes Original play devised by the About however everyone is encouraged to bring Youth Drop-In Center Every Wednesday, Park Art Center 5020 S. Cornell http:// something they’d like to play. Soft drinks safe, confidential place for transgender Face Youth Theatre, exploring the often www.hydeparkart.org overlooked intersection between immigra- REEL LOVE are provided for free, and people are wel- people between the ages of 14 to 24. Meet Mind the Gap reception with student cu- come to bring popcorn, cookies, or other other youth who also identify as transgen- tion and the LGBTQIA experience. Talented rators New exhibition, food, drinks, and Saturday, Aug. 2 young artists share experiences of coming snack items to share. Free. Donations to der, or are questioning their gender iden- conversation in Gallery 2 and the Cleve E. Center always welcome. 7:00pm Center tity. Free food, snacks and refreshments, out, growing up and pursuing the Ameri- Carney Gallery. 10:00am - 12:00pm Hyde Filmmakers Lana (above) can Dream. In association with the Chi- on Halsted 3656 N Halsted http://www. music, peer support, adult supervision, re- Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave., and Andy Wachowski will centeronhalsted.org ferrals and education. 5:00pm - 7:00pm cago Park District’s Night Out in the Parks http://www.hydeparkart.org initiative, through Aug. 1. 7:00pm Parks host “TransReelization: Broadway Youth Center, 615 W Wellington Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, An Evening of Film at Tuesday, Aug. 5 Ave., http://www.genderadvocates.org/ across the City http://www.aboutfacethe- Chicago-area GLBT Chapter Specifically atre.com Kinowerks Studio.” OUTspoken New storytelling show with Tyra/TYRADropIn.html founded to meet the needs of the Chica- storytellers who identify as LBGTQ with Documentary Just Gender screening Film Sami Grisafe & Linsea Waugh open for go-area GLBT community with mood dis- Photo by Hal Baim Jill Sobule Sobule is an American singer- stories told from the perspective of LG- explores the world of transgender people. orders or other significant psychological BTQ persons. First Tuesday of the month. Note: A certain number of tickets must be songwriter best known for the 1995 single conditions, as well as their friends, part- “I Kissed a Girl” and “Supermodel.” Gri- Tonight Tracy Baim, Jim Bennett, Patrick purchased in advance for the film screen- ners, and family members. Free. No RSVP Gill, Kareem Khubchandani, and Kim Hunt. ing to go forward. 7:30pm Landmark safe is an out recording artist and cham- needed. 11:00am - 12:30pm Center on pionship women’s football player. 8:00pm 21+ 6:00pm Sidetrack 3349 N Halsted Century Centre Cinema 2828 N. Clark St., Halsted 3656 N Halsted St., http://www. St., http://www.sidetrackchicago.com Tickets: https://gathr.us/screening/8358 City Winery Chicago, 1200 W. Randolph dbsa-glbt-chicago.com/ Tickets: http://davenportspianobar.com St., Tickets: http://www.citywinery.com TransReelization: An Evening of Film at Wed., Aug. 6 Thursday, July 31 Kinowerks Studio Andy and Lana Wa- Sunday, Aug. 3 Friday, Aug. 1 Rainbow Brunch Rainbow Brunch started An Evening about Lesbian Pregnancy The CLC observes Civil Rights Act The Chicago chowski, the award-winning directors American Fertility Association hosts a Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Lollapalooza Lollapalooza is a three-day and producers of The Matrix series, V for around 2006. We are a group of LGBT men music festival (through Aug. 3) with more and women who enjoy meeting and social- free event about pregnancy and family- Law will host its 45th Annual Meeting and Vendetta, Cloud Atlas. offer an exclusive building options for lesbians in Chicago. Volunteer Recognition Luncheon. $150 than 100 popular alternative rock, punk opportunity to join them at their private, izing with others who live in the north and rock, heavy metal, and hip hop bands; northwest suburbs of Chicago. Our brunch- Refreshments, gift bags. RSVP to corey@ per person, and $1,500 for a table of 10 20,000-square foot industrial movie pro- theafa.org or by phone. 6:30pm - 8:30pm 5:00pm Palmer House Hilton 17 E Mon- comedy and dance; and craft booths. duction studio in Edgewater-all to benefit ers are all ages, singles and couples, and 12:00pm - 12:00am Grant Park 337 E. yes, we have people who come from from Women & Children First Bookstore 5233 N roe Tickets: http://www.clccrul.org Chicago House’s TransLife Center. Tour Clark St 718-853-1411 Tickets: http:// 10th Annual Lawyers for Diversity Annual Randolph St., http://http://lineup.lolla- guided by Lana, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, the city, far north & western suburbs too palooza.com/events/2013/08/02/ - all are welcome. 10:00am - 12:00pm www.theafa.org Midsummer BBQ, benefiting the LAGBAC silent auction, short films on gender-relat- Miles Away For Sissy and Ron, two desper- Foundation, AIDS Legal Council Chicago, Art exhibit The works of Gene Skala in ed topics. 7:00pm - 10:00pm Kinowerks Shooters Buffet 4538 North Harlem Av- the 2nd floor gallery and Roman Liufa enue, Harwood Heights, IL; http://www. ate pool hustlers holed up in a cheap ho- Equality Illinois and PFLAG. LAGBAC mem- Studio, 5645 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chi- tel, a brutal cycle of dependency, betrayal, bers and sponsoring firms are invited to in the 3rd floor gallery through Aug 19. cago Tickets: http://www.chicagohouse. rainbowbrunch.org/home.html 12:00pm Center on Halsted 3656 N Hal- Katy Perry Prismatic Brunch In celebration and hope comes to a head. 7:30pm - attend free of charge, while guests are org/?post_events=transreelization 9:30pm The Side Project Theatre 1439 W welcome to join us for just $25 (payment sted http://www.centeronhalsted.org You’re Being Ridiculous The theme of our of Katy Perry’s concert coming to Chicago, The Kinsey Sicks in America’s Next Top a Katy Perry-themed brunch. Diva Madam Jarvis Ave http://www,thesideproject.net made at the door by cash, check or credit August show is “Fear.” What are you afraid Tickets: http://www.thesideproject.net card). 6:00pm - 9:00pm Sidetrack 3349 Bachelor Housewife Celebrity Hoarder of? 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($14 cover/2-drink mini- nary Wrigleyville, Chicago, Illinois, 60657 pre-registration; $15 at the door. lkarlic@ 381-4551 http://www.maynestage.com mum) 10:30pm - 11:30pm Davenport’s http://wrigleyvillesummerfest.com/ centeronhalsted.org 6:30pm - 8:30pm We Only Talk in #Hashtag Featuring the Piano Bar and Cabaret 1383 N Milwau- Center on Halsted 3656 N Halsted 773- return of Billboard dance artist #LUCIANA kee Ave http://davenportspianobar.com came around really fast and she was very sweet Lyme Light: Memoir’s humorous about everything with Kayden. WCT: You are currently part of the band Hey, King!, but throughout the book you take on near-fatal tragedy were trying to get a record deal. Have your BY TERRI-LYNNE WALDRON ence and the people that I talked to through- musical dreams changed? out the years—I could have warned a lot of NL: They’ve changed immensely. With ev- Natalie London’s book, Lyme Light: A Memoir, people and be of service to help them about erything I do now the drive behind it isn’t—I tells the story of a queer Canadian-born young the dangers of this. A lot of other books about want to get known or I want to get heard. It’s woman who was attending Columbia University this illness are about what to do—their pre- that I want to enjoy what I’m doing and I want while pursuing her musical ambitions. scriptive—and this is not a prescriptive book. to connect with people that I love and respect It seemed inevitable that her scholastic This is a warning and I feel that was my re- and admire. achievements and artistic abilities would take sponsibility to tell this story and let people WCT: There is an air of wit and sarcasm her up the ladder of success. Then along came know why this happened and why they should throughout the book. How did you find the a tick that took a bite out of her plans and take it so seriously. strength to bring in those elements while turned her world upside down. London con- WCT: Orange Is the New Black actress Na- dealing with all your pain? tracted Lyme disease and spent years fighting tasha Lyonne narrates the trailer for the NL: I have always found situations funny for her life. Now in remission, she is living her book. Why a trailer, and how did Natasha that I shouldn’t. I was in court when my mom life on her own terms. get involved? had cancer and I was supposed to testify and London talked with Windy City Times about NL: Even though I am a writer, I see every- I started laughing on the stand and I was like, feeling free, her musical path and how actress thing visually and I felt like it was a way to “I’m in court right now, this is real.” I have Natasha Lyonne came to narrate the book’s explain the story instead of having little clips a little too much of an observational take on trailer. of her voice. I wanted to put it all together things. Windy City Times: You had Lyme disease and show what the temperature is of the book. WCT: How has the book changed your life, and you had to go through so much, but you I’ve loved Natasha forever and I reached out for better or worse? maintained an uplifting spirit. How is your to her; right away she said “yes,” and she have dated guys. NL: I’m sad that I had to go through that health today? loved the idea and the story. She practically WCT: In the book, you were involved with much pain, suffering and loss to get where I Natalie London: I’m doing great and I am in donated her time and Columbia University gave a girl named Kayden, and when she walked am right now. The freedom that I got out of remission. It’s about one year and a half past us their studio and soundproof. I have a back- into a restaurant the two of you connected. it is absolutely life-changing. I can’t begin to where the book ends in 2009, that I finished ground doing music engineering so I brought a Your mother noticed the attraction right measure how different everything is from that treatment. whole set up and her and I sat for about three away. Did your mother always know that you day on. I just gave myself the freedom and WCT: Why a memoir? days and just recorded together. were queer? the break to start over again and live where I NL: I’ve always been a writer with music as WCT: In the book you have flirtations with NL: I came out to my mom when I was 18 wanted and do what I wanted. my medium and I felt like this was a story that both men and women. How do you define after a friend of mine had been kicked out of Lyme Light: A Memoir is available at www. had to be told. Literally, on July 5, 2009, I your sexual orientation? her home. I kind of wanted to know if this was amazon.com; for more about Natalie London woke up and started writing it and it came out NL: I say I’m queer because I fall somewhere going to happen to me. My mom had a little visit www.lymelightmemoir.com. as chapters. I realized that—with my experi- between the line. I mostly date girls, but I bit of time when she struggled with it, but she WINDY CITY TIMES July 30, 2014 21 BILLY MASTERS

“The chances of it happening are very rare, but it can happen actually. Which is crazy. Not that it—the chances of it are, like you know, it’s like probably ‘pigs could fly’. Like, I don’t think pigs could fly, but actually sharks could be stuck in tornados. There could be a sharknado.”—Tara Reid explains how Sharknado is, in fact, a cau- tionary tale. Be afraid, America. I know people who put enormous credence into someone’s title. If a person is a doctor, they know everything about health. A lawyer? Obviously that person knows everything about law. A judge—the final word. But not all doc- tors, lawyers and judges are created equal. We have examples of this every day—just last week, two courts simultaneously recognized that portions of Obamacare are legal and il- legal. And they made these decisions within two hours of each other! So, it’s no surprise to me that there are smart judges and ... well, less smart judges. 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Can you at least fect fit.” Eventually, all gay-porn studios will find a photo?” be owned by Falcon. Or Chi Chi La Rue. Or John Join When two bare bottoms are better than one, for FREE Rutherford. we’ve certainly reached the end of yet another Elsewhere overseas, sexy Tom Daley was column. I’ll soon be trading one beachside re- Get 5 Days named one of Attitude magazine’s “HOT 100”— sort for another. By this time next week, I’ll Unlimited kinda like the “Out 100” but with an accent be at the Filth2Go Beach House in Provinc- access and more foreskin. Tom was even honored with etown—hobnobbing with Liza Minnelli, Alan yet another Attitude cover—this time shirtless Cumming, Carol Channing, Tommy Tune, Mari- but in jeans. Says Daley, “I just wanted to say lyn Maye, and Lord knows who else. In short, I a massive thank you to everyone who voted for plan to only spend time with people who will me in Attitude’s HOT 100—it means the world.” make me look young! Photos of this and all Does it? The whole world? other celebrity exploits can be found on www. When I’ve stayed at a dear friend’s pied-à- BillyMasters.com, the site that always keeps terre in Manhattan, I’d often share an elevator things above board. If you’ve got a question with Christopher Meloni. Usually, he’d be en for me to tackle, send it along to Billy@Bil- route to walk one of his dogs. This week, he lyMasters.com and I promise to get back to you posted the nicest photo of the dog standing before San Francisco gets a guillotine—along betwixt his legs, with the caption “I will stare with a sit-down company of “Les Miserables.”. at your genitalia until u feed me.” Someone put Until next time, remember, one man’s filth is that on a poster, stat! I’ll post it (bulge and another man’s bible. 22 July 30, 2014 WINDY CITY TIMES

Mikey Apuada. Photo by Ross Forman Transgender Lawyer Joanie Rae Wimmer Chicagoan to continue triathlon EmploymEnt law • policE misconduct • journey at Gay Games 9 divorcE • By Ross Forman Lessons and coaching have helped him significantly, he said. namE changE • Apuada, for instance, has twice participated in a tri through Mikey Apuada was at Soldier Field in Chicago for the opening Team In Training, an endurance-training program that supports “Joanie obtained the first award in favor of a transgender ceremony of the 2006 Gay Games. He enjoyed the moment, cher- the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. person under the Illinois Human Rights Act.” ishes the memory, but never competed in those Games. “I can’t wait for Cleveland,” he said. “I’m more excited than —The award in favor of cab driver Venessa Fitzsimmons This time, when Gay Games 9 is held in Cleveland in August, nervous. I guess I’m just nervous, as always, about getting in- totaled $104,711.00—Fitzsimmons v. 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Swim- Bernadette tain my health,” said Apuada, who has battled weight and high ming is now not a distant third sport. Carter blood pressure issues for about 10 years. “One of my favorite tri-related stories was at the 2013 Leon’s When he started with triathlons, for instance, Apuada was Triathlon, [held in Hammond, Indiana]. The weather was cold Broker Associate about 30 or 40 pounds heavier, pushing 200 pounds—and he’s and rainy, and I ended up falling during the bicycle portion. Such 773-467-5339 only five feet, five inches. In addition, he had high blood pres- a bad fall that I now still have [scars]. I was halfway through 708-912-2769 sure. [the ride], in the middle of nowhere, with no spectators any- berni.carter@ Doctor told him, he either was going on medicine or would where. have to lose weight. “Luckily, this one man and his young son were nearby, and cbexchange.com Apuada, who is openly gay and partnered for three years (with came over to help me. My bike was mangled, and he fixed it. I Brian Tremont), is now about 160 pounds. thought my leg was broken. Thankfully, it wasn’t.” “I needed to get my health in line,” said Apuada, who at- The pain was numbed by the cold, he said, laughing. tended St. Joseph High School in Westchester and then the Uni- That was one of his best, favorite tri stories—so far, at least. versity of Illinois. “Just to be part of the Gay Games will be amazing,” he said. “I Serving Chicago and Suburbs He also needed to learn how to swim, which he wasn’t very wish I could do more [events] in the Games.” “Let my 25 years of experience good at when he started his tri adventure. work for you” Sam responded, “Thank God he wasn’t members. PROUD MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY Dungy clarifies a St. Louis Rams coach,” referring to the Visit www.cfw.org/luncheon. comments about team that did draft him. “But I have great respect for Tony Dungy. 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