Windy City Media Group Frontpage News

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

home search facebook twitter join
Gay News Sponsor Windy City Times 2023-12-13
DOWNLOAD ISSUE
Donate

Sponsor
Sponsor
Sponsor

  WINDY CITY TIMES

LETTERS: Radio Hall of Shame; Rosemary Mulligan
2008-09-17

This article shared 5678 times since Wed Sep 17, 2008
facebook twitter google +1 reddit email


Hall of shame?

Dear Editor:

The national 2008 Radio Hall of Fame inductees ( whose display is presently housed in Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications [ MBC ] ) will include the hatemongering organization Focus on the Family. Since 1978, Focus on the Family has actively used the television and radio airwaves to promote hatred and discrimination directly towards the LGBT community through its right-wing Christian ministry.

Voting for the Radio Hall of Fame ( RHOF ) inductees this year included any online voter, as opposed to any registered and paid member of the Museum of Broadcast Communications ( MBC ) . This procedural change has turned what was once a shrine to broadcast journalists into a mere online popularity contest.

How sad this is for past, current and future RHOF inductees. How terrible it will be for the children who will walk through the MBC for education and inspiration to see Focus on the Family honored along side the likes of Garrison Keillor, Edward R. Murrow and Jack Benny, to mention a few.

How could the RHOF's Steering Committee even consider nominating Focus on the Family? Why do its nominating and voting processes lack mechanisms to screen out or exclude any individual or organization that actively uses the airwaves to promote hatred and discrimination against another group?

LGBT Liberation will be holding a demonstration on Saturday, Nov. 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at the Renaissance Chicago Hotel, 1 W. Wacker, during the Broadcast Hall of Fame ceremonies.

I encourage people to contact Mr. Bruce Dumont, the founder, president and CEO of the Museum of Broadcast Communications. Mr. Dumont is the surviving partner of the late and much beloved Kathy Osterman ( a staunch supporter of LGBT rights ) . What has occurred here does not reflect Mr. Dumont's personal beliefs.

Yet, Mr. Dumont and the Museum of Broadcast Communications should take a stand and use their powerful influence. They need to demand that the RHOF make immediate policy changes to ensure that it never again knowingly honors individuals or organizations such as Focus on the Family, which use the airwaves strictly as a tool for spreading hatred and discrimination that they hardly improved radio programming. If the RHOF chooses to not make these changes, remove them from the museum. Let the RHOF find a city other than Chicago to house its now tainted list of inductees.

Readers can respectfully contact Mr. Dumont at brucedumont@museum.tv or call the museum directly at 312-245-8200 or for more information on the demonstration Nov. 8 contact lgbtliberation@aol.com .

Sincerely,

Danny Kopelson

Chicago

Come together

To the Editor:

Thank you for your recent interview with State Rep. Rosemary Mulligan, who has done an incredible job as a leader over the past 15 years in promoting GLBT and pro-choice issues. Mulligan's bipartisan efforts on our behalf fit perfectly with Barack Obama's message of Democrats and Republicans working together to solve problems. None of the issues of our time have been settled without broad support of both Republicans and Democrats, including women getting the right to vote, civil rights, the Americans with Disabilities act, etc. Obama and Mulligan are two leaders who have understood this from the start of their political careers out of a deep desire to improve people's lives.

If we look at the Illinois General Assembly, there are many Democratic state representatives and Democratic state senators who share Sarah Palin's views on abortion rights and GLBT issues, including making abortion illegal in cases of rape and incest, support for the failed abstinence only sexuality education, opposition to stem cell research, opposition to the recently enacted GLBT civil-rights law and the current civil-union legislation languishing in Springfield. And, of course, there are many Republicans who also share these views. There are not enough Democratic or Republican votes in the General Assembly to protect our civil rights or keep abortion legal in Illinois. There are only enough votes when you add the Republicans and Democrats together who support us.

It is extremely short-sighted, not to mention a losing political strategy, to not hold both Democrats and Republicans responsible for our issues. We need strong supporters on both sides of the political aisle. By not promoting a strong bipartisan commitment to our issues, we are merely continuing the counterproductive partisan squabbling that may benefit a few leaders of the political parties, but does nothing to solve the pressing issues surrounding HIV, health care, civil rights and reproductive rights. Re-electing State Rep. Rosemary Mulligan will go a long way to this end. You can support her campaign by going towww.repmulligan.org . Strongly partisan Democrats and Republicans who are sincerely committed to moving our issues forward should feel free to contact me as I can provide you both with a long list of right-wing state representatives, state senators and candidates of both political parties that need to be defeated ASAP. And you know who you are.

Always in equality and choice,

Terry Cosgrove

President & CEO

Personal PAC

Chicago


This article shared 5678 times since Wed Sep 17, 2008
facebook twitter google +1 reddit email

Out and Aging
Presented By

  ARTICLES YOU MIGHT LIKE

Gay News

Without compromise: Holly Baggett explores lives of iconoclasts Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap 2024-03-04
- Jane Heap (1883-1964) and Margaret Anderson (1886-1973), each of them a native Midwesterner, woman of letters and iconoclast, had a profound influence on literary culture in both America and Europe in the early 20th Century. Heap ...


Gay News

Theater Review: one in two 2023-03-01
- Playwright: Donja R. Love. At: PrideArts at Pride Arts Center, 4139 N. Broadway Tickets: 773-857-0222; $35. Runs through March 19 Playwright Donja R. Love stresses that lower case letters should be used for the title of ...


Gay News

New York Times publishes transphobic column one day after an open letter condemning anti-trans coverage, HRC responds 2023-02-16
--From a press release - WASHINGTON— This morning, the New York Times published yet another opinion piece attacking the transgender and non-binary community. The piece, "In Defense of J.K. Rowling" was written by Pamela Paul and was published merely one day ...


Gay News

Showrunners send abortion-protection letters to Hollywood execs 2022-08-02
- Recently, more than 400 TV creators and showrunners—all of them women (including Shonda Rhimes, Issa Rae, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Natasha Lyonne and Ava DuVernay)—sent letters to top executives at Hollywood studios ...


Gay News

VIEWPOINT: LETTERS Pride: Remembering who we are 2022-05-30
- The LGBTQAI community echoes the mantra of secular society: Happiness comes from sex, money and power. Life is too busy with work and leisure to have time for religion and/or values. During this period of Pride ...


Gay News

THEATER Underscore's 'Notes & Letters' running through May 28 2022-05-12
- Underscore Theatre Company celebrates its 10th-anniversary season with the world premiere of the musical Notes & Letters, which features book, music and lyrics by Annabelle Lee Revak (she/her) and is ...


Gay News

LETTERS A difference in opinion about Vatican document 2022-04-07
- I am responding to DignityUSA Executive Director Marianne Duddy-Burks, who issued a press release that Windy City Times published. A newly released document from the Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education could trigger a new wave of ...


Gay News

LETTER Remembering Archbishop Tutu 2021-12-28
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu passed away in Cape Town, South Africa, on Dec. 26 at the age of 90. In 1984, he won the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his efforts to bring about a peaceful transition to a society with ...


Gay News

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Thanksgiving is a time to reflect 2021-11-24
- Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for a God that created us and loves us. The sins of racism, sexism, ageism and classicism are neoclassic examples of how we have fallen short. We have come ...


Gay News

VIEWS In defense of the word 'lesbian' 2021-11-19
- When I decided to come out to my mom, I wanted to wait until I could say the word "lesbian" out loud. But as I sat her down, I tripped over the long string of letters. "Mom, I'm gay," I blurted ...


Gay News

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Opinion: The parade must go on 2021-09-02
- I am responding to the letter from Tim Frye, the current 2021 coordinator of Chicago's Pride Parade, about the cancellation of the event that was scheduled for Oct. 3. I agree that this decision takes in ...


Gay News

LETTER A matter of race 2021-05-20
- I applaud Mayor Lori Lightfoot's courageous statement on only giving one-on-one interviews to journalists of color. She obviously wants to see a public dialogue on this matter. White privilege is a topic we must look at ...


Gay News

Hate mail threatening Obamas, Biden, Harris sent to DuSable 2021-04-28
- The Secret Service is investigating six threatening letters sent to the DuSable Museum of African American History that mention President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and the Obama family, among others, The Chicago Tribune reported. ...


Gay News

LETTER The Vatican's words and actions do not echo love 2021-03-18
- The LGBTQA community is responding with shock, anger and frustration at the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith statement concerning same-sex unions. Many in our community can't understand why Pope Francis would allow such a ...


Gay News

LETTER Federal anti-discrimination protection? Inevitable 2021-02-06
- =The astute can predict the future with more than a modicum of confidence by examining history. Nate Silver did this last year at fivethirtyeight.com, as did Vegas oddsmakers, in predicting the victory of President Joe Biden over der ...


 


Copyright © 2024 Windy City Media Group. All rights reserved.
Reprint by permission only. PDFs for back issues are downloadable from
our online archives.

Return postage must accompany all manuscripts, drawings, and
photographs submitted if they are to be returned, and no
responsibility may be assumed for unsolicited materials.

All rights to letters, art and photos sent to Nightspots
(Chicago GLBT Nightlife News) and Windy City Times (a Chicago
Gay and Lesbian News and Feature Publication) will be treated
as unconditionally assigned for publication purposes and as such,
subject to editing and comment. The opinions expressed by the
columnists, cartoonists, letter writers, and commentators are
their own and do not necessarily reflect the position of Nightspots
(Chicago GLBT Nightlife News) and Windy City Times (a Chicago Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender News and Feature Publication).

The appearance of a name, image or photo of a person or group in
Nightspots (Chicago GLBT Nightlife News) and Windy City Times
(a Chicago Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender News and Feature
Publication) does not indicate the sexual orientation of such
individuals or groups. While we encourage readers to support the
advertisers who make this newspaper possible, Nightspots (Chicago
GLBT Nightlife News) and Windy City Times (a Chicago Gay, Lesbian
News and Feature Publication) cannot accept responsibility for
any advertising claims or promotions.

 
 

TRENDINGBREAKINGPHOTOS






Donate


About WCMG      Contact Us      Online Front  Page      Windy City  Times      Nightspots
Identity      BLACKlines      En La Vida      Archives      Advanced Search     
Windy City Queercast      Queercast Archives     
Press  Releases      Join WCMG  Email List      Email Blast      Blogs     
Upcoming Events      Todays Events      Ongoing Events      Bar Guide      Community Groups      In Memoriam     
Privacy Policy     

Windy City Media Group publishes Windy City Times,
The Bi-Weekly Voice of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Community.
5315 N. Clark St. #192, Chicago, IL 60640-2113 • PH (773) 871-7610 • FAX (773) 871-7609.