PAGE 29 LIZ PHAIR TALKS WINDY CITY THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 JAN. 19, 2011 TIMES VOL 26, NO. 16 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com BEHIV folds; AFC responds BY JOSEPH ERBENTRAUT “Over the last two decades, BEHIV has provid- Foundation of Chicago (AFC) as another factor MIGUEL DEL ed case management, prevention, housing, men- in their decision to shutter. Specifically, BEHIV VALLE INTERVIEW In a statement released Jan. 14, the Chicago- tal health, educational outreach, art and mas- pointed to a “pending decision” by AFC to sus- based HIV/AIDS service organization Better Ex- sage therapy to those affected with HIV/AIDS. pend its allocation of Ryan White Part A case PAGE 12 istence with HIV (BEHIV) announced it would The agency has literally reached thousands of management funding of agencies who, like BE- be closing its doors after 21 years of service to people throughout its tenure. And it has been HIV, do not have an on-site medical clinic. the community. an amazing run,” the statement read. “With the environment for funding becoming The news follows on the heels of Executive Di- “With that being said, how did we get here?” more and more competitive, AFC is encourag- rector Eric Nelson’s departure late last year and the statement continued.“ Alas, community- ing smaller organizations to merge or forcing confirms rumors of financial trouble within the based organizations are finding it more and the choice of consolidation,” the statement organization. According to the statement, is- more difficult to maintain their current level read. “There were pending changes in 2011 that sued by Interim Executive Director Julie Supple of service due to outside factors beyond their would continue to affect BEHIV’s ability to sus- and Board President Matthew Gibbs, the orga- control; BEHIV has not been immune to these tain operations.” nization is now working to transfer its active factors.” In response to BEHIV’s statement, AFC Vice service contracts to other agencies, including In addition to citing reduced individual giving President (and incoming President/CEO) David Chicago House, whom it noted as “an enormous over the last two years, BEHIV also indicated Turn to page 13 help during this difficult time.” its changing funding relationship with the AIDS SUSIE BRIGHT COLUMN Talk sheds light ON VIOLENCE on Chinese RIDING THE WAVE PAGE 22 LGBT issues BY KATE SOSIN When I Li Hsiao came out to his family more than a decade ago, his father didn’t take the news seriously. “My dad said, ‘Oh, it’s a Western thing,’” Hsiao said. But Hsiao didn’t think so. He started researching Chinese gay history, and he found not just a few LGBTQ people in the books, but many. “Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender peo- ple have always been part of Chinese culture,” Hsiao said. “It’s not a Western import.” In fact, homophobia, not homosexuality, may LESBIANS’ CABRINI have been the Western import. That common misconception that queerness DOCUMENTARY and gay history are products of Western culture was the subject of a Jan. 15 talk by Hsiao and PAGE 16 Maggie Lee, “Coming Home: Chinese Tradition- alism & Changing Views of Same-Sex Love” at the Chinatown Public Library. The presentation this is the dawning was an i2i (Invisible to Invincible: Asian Pacific of the age of nightspots Islander Pride of Chicago) event. tJanuary 19, 2011 According to Lee and Hsiao, Chinese LGBTQ history can be traced as far back as 722 B.C., during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, when “bisexual behaviors were apparently common.” Hsiao said that dating people of all genders was not only accepted in ancient China, it was pick it up expected, especially among rulers. “The notion take it home of a very powerful man limiting himself to one gender or another would have an alien idea,” he Stonewall Inn Ay, Papito at said. opens in Lyons. el Spin todos page 16 los viernes. page 20 Windy City Times profiles Michael Holtz (above), a swimmer-turned-activist, in our sports sec- Turn to page 16 tion this week on page 35. Photo courtesy of Compete magazine 2 Jan. 19, 2011 WINDY CITY TIMES MONDAYS ARE A DRAG © 2011 MTV Networks. All rights reserved. rights All © 2011 MTV Networks. 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