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Windy City Times 2013-05-22

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Beth-Richie-on-race-gender-and-the-prison-nation

Beth Richie on race, gender and the 'prison nation'

Windy City Gay Idol

Windy City Gay Idol

SPOTLIGHT The Glass Menagerie

Director Hans Fleishmann's re-imagining of Tennessee Williams' classic drama The Glass Menagerie for ... more

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Breaking News

•	Marriage bill gets clearance for consideration next week

•	Illinois repeals HIV school notification law

•	Boy Scouts to allow gay youths

•	Sex ed bill will positively impact LGBT youth, advocates say

•	Marriage advocates talk final push on bill

•	HBHC's Broadway Youth Center to move

•	Florida lesbian teen won't take plea on sex crime charge

•	Exxon Mobil hit with Illinois LGBT employment complaint

•	Immigration bill passes; no gay amendments

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Advocates: votes are there for marriage bill
With the end of the Illinois' spring legislation session just days away, LGBT leaders say that equal marriage legislation has the support needed ... more

•	Florida lesbian teen won't take plea on sex crime charge
•	Harris: marriage bill will pass by month's end
•	Lawsuit claims LGBT bias in Exxon Mobil hiring
•	Marriage bill gets clearance for consideration next week
•	Cook County Jail works on transgender policies

Local

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GLBT veterans, allies join Chicago's Memorial Day Parade
LGBTs and their allies marched in Chicago's Memorial Day Parade Saturday, May 25, along State Street downtown. American Veterans for Equal Rights Chicago ... more

•	Chicago Dyke March Community Forum to look at range of topics
•	Marriage bill gets clearance for consideration next week
•	Illinois repeals HIV school notification law
•	Quigley Fights for LGBT equality in immigration reform
•	Alice Walker to read in Chicago

Nation & World

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Florida lesbian teen won't take plea on sex crime charge
A Sebastian, Fla., teenager is being charged with a crime that could potentially place her on the state's sex offender registry. At the ... more

•	Puerto Rico legislature passes sweeping LGBT protections
•	Boy Scouts to allow gay youths
•	Report focuses on healthcare reform and LGBTs
•	Levin appointed first openly gay head of APA
•	Study looks at lesbian moms and male donors

Film / TV / Gossip

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DIRECTV announces "Full Circle" cast
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 23, 2013 — DIRECTV announced today that Tom Felton (Harry Potter),Minka Kelly (Friday Night Lights), Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck), David ... more

•	Knight at the Movies: Behind the Candelabra; Portrait of Jason
•	'Transvisible' screening May 30 at UIC
•	Behind the Candelabra: Screenwriter Richard LaGravenese
•	Billy Masters
•	Alec Mapa's 'Showville': Teaching tolerance through laughter

Theater / Dance

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Busy life is no act for Elizabeth Ledo
Elizabeth Ledo is performing in The Moliere Festival at Court Theatre in The Misanthrope, which runs until June 9, followed by Tartuffe which ... more

•	Mayne Stage announces roster for June and July
•	Jessica Halem talks NYC, political correctness
•	Young, gifted and Black
•	SPOTLIGHT The Glass Menagerie
•	In the Company of Men

Music

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Music event June 27 honors LGBT composers, benefits AFC
Young and talented local musicians are going to celebrate LGBT pride with a concert honoring classical and contemporary LGBT composers, all to benefit ... more

•	Windy City Gay Chorus and Aria present "It's About Time!"
•	Rachleff reflects before swan song at Philharmonic
•	Laura Nyro's songs June 1 at Davenports
•	Isle of Klezbos in Chicago July 21
•	Chely Wright, partner have twins; John Barrowman's new gig

Books / Art

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Lambda Literary Awards finalist reading
Midwest finalists for the 2013 Lambda Literary Awards held a reading and booksigning for their nominated books May 22 at Center on Halsted. ... more

•	St. Sukie de la Croix photography show in June
•	Alice Walker to read in Chicago
•	Beth Richie on race, gender and the 'prison nation'
•	'Out at CHM' unveils Ebony Fashion Fair
•	Lambda Literary Awards finalist readings May 22

Trans

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LaTrobe battles cancer, fights for trans rights
June LaTrobe was on Belmont Avenue near the Red Line Jan. 3 when she passed out. June (as she prefers to be called), ... more

•	'Transvisible' screening May 30 at UIC
•	NCTE welcomes Lisa Mottet as Deputy Executive Director
•	Ohio trans murder sparks fear, anger over media coverage
•	Delaware passes marriage equality; Smith College looking at trans policies
•	NCAVP calls attention to 3 Black trans homicides in April

AIDS & Health

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Levin appointed first openly gay head of APA
The first openly gay head of the D.C. Department of Health has just cracked the American Psychiatric Association's glass ceiling. Dr. Saul Levin ... more

•	Illinois repeals HIV school notification law
•	Report focuses on healthcare reform and LGBTs
•	Letter from NYC: An AIDS reunion
•	Study looks at lesbian moms and male donors
•	VIEWS State-run health insurance; Why AFC opposes HB 3227

Lesbian

Florida-lesbian-teen-wont-take-plea-on-sex-crime-charge

Florida lesbian teen won't take plea on sex crime charge
A Sebastian, Fla., teenager is being charged with a crime that could potentially place her on the state's sex offender registry. At the ... more

•	Lambda Literary Awards finalist reading
•	Alice Walker to read in Chicago
•	Busy life is no act for Elizabeth Ledo
•	Lambda Legal CLC holds conversation on women and equality
•	Puerto Rican activist discusses life, poems

Sports

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FITNESS Trainer John Hall lays it out there
Of course, impending summer means more heat—as well as people tossing aside their parkas and wearing less clothing. John Hall, the buff owner ... more

•	Gay Games Chicago 2006 Anniv. Celebration July 13
•	France approves marriage; Amaechi's mixed message
•	Force clinch division title, scorch Indy 82-20
•	Kevin Grayson comes out, dreams of a spot in the NFL
•	Force undefeated, beat Detroit 61-0

Youth

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Media panel part of LGBT anti-suicide event
"Media" was among a number of panels featured at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) LGBT suicide-prevention symposium at Northwestern Memorial Hospital's ... more

•	Boy Scouts to allow gay youths
•	Sex ed bill will positively impact LGBT youth, advocates say
•	HBHC's Broadway Youth Center to move
•	Peace Corps open for same-sex couples
•	Law panel part of LGBT anti-suicide event

Windy City Times Index

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COVER STORY: Advocates: votes are there for marriage bill
With the end of the Illinois' spring legislation session just days away, LGBT leaders say that ... more

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Nightspots / Nightlife

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WELCOME to the 35th Annual International Mr. Leather
Greetings and Welcome to the 35th International Mr. Leather Weekend! Like every IML before now, the IML staff does everything possible to make ... more

•	IML XXX5 OFFICIAL EVENTS
•	IML XXX5 emcee Lenny Broberg
•	IML XXX5 ENTERTAINMENT Beverly McClellan
•	IML XXX5 JUDGES
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Windy City Queercast


			WCQ523 Scott Duff Presents Chigaygo! Host: Amy Matheny with Scotty D Amy and Scott are dishing on summer produce, Windy City Gay Idol and the new Liberace HBO film. Scott is producing and hosting the new weekly comedy queer night "Chigaygo" at Laugh Factory on Belmont & Broadway debuting Memorial Day. Jessica Halem is headlining the group of LGBT and LGBT friendly comics. For tickets visit www.laughfactory.com A future comic to "Chigaygo" is the internet sensation Sister Myotis. Check her out! Music Featured on This Queercast: Jessie J - "Domino" and Beyonce - "Crazy in Love" Photo Credit: Jessica Halem by Marc Pagani

Gay News from Around the Web

•	Gay Soccer Player Robbie Rogers Joins LA Galaxy - ABC News
•	Russian pro-, anti-gay activists arrested after defying ban - Reuters
•	Boy Scouts: Will anti-gay troops emerge? - Christian Science Monitor
•	Ukraine's first gay march held under police protection - Reuters
•	Gay wins 100 at Adidas Grand Prix in New York - MiamiHerald.com

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