PAM ANN DISHES THE DIRT WINDY CITY THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 PAGE 22 MAY 22, 2013 VOL 28, NO. 33 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.comTIMES Marriage advocates: The votes are there BY KATE SOSIN With the end of the Illinois’ spring legislation session just days away, LGBT leaders CHAKA KHAN say that equal marriage legislation has the support needed to pass by month’s end. Sponsors have until May 31 to pass the “Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness HEADLINES Act,” which would allow all couples, regardless of their gender, to marry. Failing that HUMAN deadline, the bill’s passage would be delayed for months. FIRST GALA LGBT groups pushing for the bill say they are ready to see it come up for a vote. page 28 “I have absolutely no doubt we’re going to be done with this by May 31,” said Jim Bennett, Midwest regional director for Lambda Legal. “I believe that this bill is going to pass.” Bennett declined to give a specific vote count, but said that he expected the bill could be called and passed any day. Rick Garcia, policy advisor for The Civil Rights Agenda, said he thinks the bill has the 60 votes needed for passage in the House. “I believe we’re there,” said Garcia. “The cake is baked. We’re waiting for the icing.” The bill passed the Senate on Valentine’s Day. House sponsors have since struggled to pull together enough votes to pass it in the House. Illinois Unites for Marriage, a coalition of groups working for the bill, has scheduled a community meeting to update supporters on the bill’s progress and share plans sur- Turn to page 6 Pro-marriage equality attendees at Saturday’s rally in Little Village. Photo by Kate Sosin GAME TIME ROSS IS BOSS WCT CONTINUES its CRIMINAL LEGAL SERIES page 12 page 23 Jessica HALEM talks POlitical page 26 COrrectness, QUEER COMEDY pagE 25 Before coming to Chicago, out personality Ross Matthews (The Tonight Show with In his first interview for a newspaper, magazine or website, now-out athlete Kevin Jay Leno; Chelsea Lately) chats about his new book, Man Up! Tales of My Delu- Grayson talks about his hopes for playing in the NFL. Photo courtesy of Grayson sional Self-Confidence, and his own talk show. Publicity photo 2 May 22, 2013 WINDY CITY TIMES © 2013 OraSure Technologies, Inc. OQ-C008 0313 It’s not a black thing. It’s not a white thing. It’s not a gay thing. It’s not a straight thing. 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