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NENEH CHERRY IS ALL WINDY CITY ABOUT THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, CHICAGO BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 AND BEING A ‘MORMOR’ JULY 30, 2014 VOL 29, NO. 44 PAGE 17 TIMESwww.WindyCityMediaGroup.com First couple to adopt looks back BY MATT SIMONETTE Beth Strum (left) and Becky Lowery. Relatively few people in Illinois may know it, Photo by but many of the state’s families headed by Matt Simonette LGBT parents owe a debt of thanks to Elizabeth Strum and Becky Lowery. Strum and Lowery have been together for 30 GAY MAN TO RUN years. They were the first same-sex couple in FOR CHICAGO the state to be granted the right to adopt a child together. MAYOR They won their case in 1994, after several PAGE 8 years of litigation. Strum and Lowery, who are married, kept their names out of the public sphere in order to guard the privacy of their daughter, Megan, now a graduate student in her early twenties. 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WINDY CITY TIMES Evanston Subaru in Skokie NEWS ENTERTAINMENT/EVENTS Illinois’ first lesbian couple to adopt 4 Scottish Play Scott 11 Truly Exceptional TRUE LOVE Breezi Connor column 4 Knight: Guardians..., Lucy 14 E TransPride Beach Party 6 A look at Agnes Moorehead 15 Customer Service Obits: Senesac, Hughes 6 Zurcher bids farewell to band 16 Chicago welcomes GLAAD prez 7 Neneh Cherry and ‘Buffalo Stance’ 17 Gay man running for mayor 8 Dish: Beatrix, Ombra 18 PROUD SUPPORTER FOR Gay in the Life: Aguilar 9 Books: Lyme Light 20 VIEWS: Salim; letters 10 Billy Masters 21 NEARLY 2 DECADES! OUTLINES Classifieds 18 Calendar 20 Man to enter Gay Games triathlon 22 END-OF- MONTH D EALS Images on cover (left, from top): Photo of Neneh Cherry by Kim Hiorthoy; photo of Dennis 2014 XV Crosstrek 2.0i Premium Sneyers from Sneyers; photo of Mikey Apuada by Ross Forman; photo of Chris Pratt in Guardians of the Galaxy from Walt Disney Pictures Chicagoland’s * BIAN, O’S GAY, LES NCE 1985 $ 00 THE VOICE OF CHICAGMMUNITY SI TRANS CO BI AND 30, 2014 JULY NO. 44 WINDY CITYVOL 29, NENEH CHERRY IS ALL ABOUT MediaGroup.com ICAGO yCity CH G D BEIN TIMESwww.Wind AN MOR’ A ‘MOR 17 PAGE First couple to SIMONETTE it, MATT ay know BY inois m e in Ill aded by and peopl lies he th (left) ely few tate’s fami Elizabe um Relativ the s anks to Beth Str y Lowery. any of bt of th Beck y but m e a de hoto b s ow . P LGBT parent Lowery for 30 nette Becky n together e in t Simo rum and y have bee coupl Mat St Lower ame-sex a um and first s o adopt adopt looks backStr were the ight t . 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