Lori Lightfoot. Photo courtesy of Kelly Baffy HISTORY VOL 34, NO. 23 APRIL 10, 2019 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com LESSON IN THE HOUSE Queer scholar writes book on house music. Photo of Micah Salkind by Paul Mpagi Sepuya PAGE 4 24 UNITED SLATE Political experts weigh in on One Hope United names first gay Black leader. Lori Lightfoot’s historic win Photo of Charles Montorio- Archer courtesy of One Hope United 12 THROUGH TRANS- FORMATIVE Performers bring THE LENS talents to TDOV event. Photo of Crocodile Lightning Laura Aguilar’s iconic by Ariel Parrella-Aureli work is examined Details from 12 Lauras, 1993. PAGE 22 13 Courtesy of the Estate of Laura Aguilar and the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. © Laura Aguilar @windycitytimes /windycitymediagroup @windycitytimes www.windycitymediagroup.com 2 April 10, 2019 WINDY CITY TIMES DINING OUT FOR LIFE | CHICAGO THURSDAY, APRIL 25 Enjoy dinner or drinks at these establishments to support TPAN. 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She is going to have to manage expectations how institutions should respond and engage with and really prioritize so that she can deliver some marginalized communities.” Political experts of the promises without people becoming dis- Cohen added, “One of the first things [Light- couraged when it doesn’t happen immediately.” foot] has to do is sit down with those groups Lightfoot will face additional challenges in to take those positions seriously, recognize that weigh in on Lori constructively engaging communities who have they are going to hold her accountable and see been critical of her, especially for her work on that they are major stakeholders in what will the Chicago Police Board and other investiga- hopefully be a reimagining of what Chicago can Lightfoot’s road ahead tive and adjudicative bodies addressing police be in the future.” violence and corruption. Her public appearances Johnson said that, even with her many other BY MATT SIMONETTE during her campaign were sometimes interrupted looming challenges, the LGBT community needs by protestors who felt her prosecutions lacked to hold Lightfoot accountable for her promises to As Chicago moves ahead after a tumultuous mu- teeth, and that Lightfoot had brusquely dealt the community. nicipal election season, it now falls on Mayor- with victims and their families. “We should expect her to be as aggressive and elect Lori Lightfoot to prepare for an administra- “[Lightfoot] has to engage them,” Cohen said courageous on the issues that are as important to tion that is responsive to the needs of all the of those critics. “She has at times been disre- us as she would be to the issues facing the city city’s residents before she is sworn in next month. spectful and demeaning to young activists. She at large,” he added. “We should see LGBTQ people While the position wields enormous politi- has to recognize that, and I believe and hope in meaningful senior roles in her administration. cal power, it also comes with responsibilities that she does. They are a political force in this We should demand that our police force polices and frustrations that past mayors have failed to city—they’ve introduced to us, for example, a us with more respect and equitably, particularly solve, among them shattered police-community language about abolition in such a way that all [community members who are] trans women of relations; violence and public-safety concerns; candidates had to think about it in discussions color. We should expect LGBTQ young people of an underfunded and struggling public school sys- about the police. They have been against the cop color should go to school in an accepting and tem; crumbling infrastructure; and looming, po- academy. These are young people who are not affirming environment, and that they risks that tentially crippling pension responsibilities. just mobilizing; they’re setting out policies and they face for violence and homelessness will go Cathy Cohen, a professor in University of Chi- a future vision about what the city can be, and down.” cago’s department of political science who also founded the Black Youth Project, said she be- is an open member of the LGBTQ community— lieves that Lightfoot won the election because Lightfoot names she also unseated Soglin, who’d been dubbed those who came out to vote for her were “desper- by many Madisonians to be “mayor for life.” ate for change—and not just the type of change transition team He’d been active in city politics since the late that comes about for [the novelty of] having a Chicago Mayor-Elect Lori Lightfoot has ‘60s, and became, at age 27, the city’s young- Black lesbian for mayor.” named her transition team, according to The est mayor when he was first elected in 1973. She added, “They want a community reinvested Chicago Tribune. He served several of his terms non-consecu- in. They want quality public education. They want Senior adviser Sarah Pang, among other Lori Lightfoot (left) and wife Amy Eshleman tively, but has been in his present stint in of- a police force that is respectful and responsive to things, co-chaired Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s 2011 kissing. fice since 2011. all people in the city. I would remind [Lightfoot] transition team. Photo courtesy of Kelly Baffy Shortly before the election, Rhodes-Conway, to center those who are most marginal as she New chief of staff Maurice Classen, a former who has served on the Madison City Council evaluates how to try to reshape the city.” prosecutor, has run strategy for the Chicago across the country; Victory Fund began back- and heads up the progressive Mayors Innova- Voter turnout on April 2 was low, and the re- Police Department.