ROYAL Gathering to Help Lesbian Battling Cancer by Ross Forman
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TABATHA WINDY CITY COFFEY THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, TALKS BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 WITH WCT APRIL 27, 2011 PAGE 24 TIMES VOL 26, NO. 30 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com Special Ex-Clinton adviser CHICAGO FORCE PULLOUT POSTER talks AIDS, Obama inside! BY ANDREW DAVIS “new media and communications initiative in support ters. We are just three months old. We are an initia- of gay equality.” Recently, while in Chicago, Socarides tive of the progressive media-monitoring organization Richard Socarides may have entered the public’s con- talked with Windy City Times about a wide range of Media Matters. Our goals are related to the goals of sciousness when he was a White House adviser under subjects, including Equality Matters, AIDS and his own Media Matters and include monitoring anti-gay rhetoric President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1999 in a variety father—the late Charles Socarides, a psychiatrist who in the media and in political discourse. Our website is of senior positions, including special assistant to the criticized the American Psychiatric Association’s deci- a communications hub for commentary on LGBT-related president and senior adviser for public liaison. sion to remove homosexuality from its list of mental issues, especially with a progressive-leaning bent. We However, the openly gay Socarides has moved on, disorders. also want to help shape the mainstream media nar- working as an attorney and political commentator. He Windy City Times: Why are you visiting Chicago? rative/coverage of LGBT issues and, thus, bring about is also president of Equality Matters, a Washington, Richard Socarides: I’m in Chicago to meet with some Turn to page 12 D.C.-based organized whose website describes as a possible supporters of our new initiative, Equality Mat- POZ INTERVIEW WITH LIZ TAYLOR Fundraisers PAGE 14 ROYAL GATHERING to help lesbian battling cancer BY ROSS FORMAN Ralphj Hannie has valiantly battled ovarian cancer, but learned the chemotherapy treatment was no lon- ger working. Moreover, she has exhausted all conven- tional treatment options at Northwestern. Hannie has been told she has a year to live. So, the Chicago resident is going to Mexico for a procedure called Gerson Therapy. “When hearing the news she only had a year to live, THE NEW she was not ready to end the fight,” said close friend CPS CEO Sam Hamilton. PAGE 8 Hannie is going to the Chipsa Medical Center, where Dr. Rebecca Lopez will be in charge. Lopez told Han- nie that she’d be a good candidate for the therapy, based on the medical records Lopez received from Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The cancer has not spread to her organs. “The Gerson Therapy will help raise the immune system to help fight the bad cancer cells,” Hamilton said. “They will administer moderate therapy for three weeks, starting May 3. They feel this will greatly im- prove her health and very often it has slowed down DUNCAN or stopped the cancer growth. We hope and pray this will help Ralphj.” SHEIK TALKS Hannie was born on a reservation in Wisconsin to PAGE 28 the Menominee Tribe March 23, 1960. She lived there until the age of 4, and then moved to Chicago with her family. She is the oldest of six girls. Hannie and her partner of 18 years, Janice Kohl, live in Lincoln Square. “They are both pillars of the community, donating time and money for many local causes and personal nightspots tApril 27, 2011 causes for friends and family,” Hamilton said. “Ralphj All Hail Scooty and JoJo queen (and prince consort) it up at this is an inspiration to everyone and has a heart of gold. year’s Wonka Ball. page 12 Everyone who has been surrounded by her presence Cocktail at 15. That’s the booth at Berlin and Roscoe’s. has nothing but good things to say such as, light spirited, a loving and giving heart.” pick it up It was quite the royal affair at the School of the Art Institute when About Face Theatre hosted its annual Wonka take it home Ball. See photos on page 33 and many more online at http://www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com. 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