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| | Cong. Tammy Baldwin on ENDA
News Update, Mon., Oct. 12, 2007
'Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize' The following statement was issued Friday, Oct. 12, by openly lesbian U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin. I have always been a strong supporter of guaranteeing full civil rights for all ... |
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| | Gen. Wesley Clark: A Leader Talks
Gen. Wesley Clark probably is best known for his presidential run in 2003, but his new book, A Time to Lead (co-written with Tom Carhart; $24.95; Palgrave Macmillan) details a life filled with sacrifice as well ... | |
| | ENDA Battle Rages On
Although House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., temporarily halted any action on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) following the massive response of national and local LGBT organizations, the controversy over a ... | | 
| | Protest Targets LGBT Violence
Gay activists marched in the Lakeview area Oct. 6 in remembrance of Matthew Shepard. More than 100 activists took to the streets for the 9th Annual Matthew Shepard March, hosted by Gay Liberation Network (GLN) . ... | | 
| | Lesbian Soldier Killed on Base
Family Demands Investigation
Activists and politicians are demanding an investigation of the death of lesbian Massachusetts Army National Guard Specialist Ciara Durkin. Durkin was found dead from a bullet to the head, on Sept. 27 while serving in Afghanistan. ... | |
| | NATIONAL ROUNDUP
The U.S. Air Force received an IG Nobel Prize award this year for its proposal to develop a 'gay bomb,' Associated Press reported. The Ig Nobel Prize is a spoof of the Nobel Prizes, and pokes ... | |
| | WORLD ROUNDUP
Russian patriarch: Homosexuality is like kleptomania Patriarch Alexy II, head of the Russian Orthodox Church and Russia's seniormost religious leader, told European MPs on Oct. 1 that homosexuality is like ... | |
| | Chicago holds first Latino/a LGBTQA conference
The Center on Halsted announced that it will hold the city's first Latino/a LGBTQA conference. The conference, in collaboration with local organizations such as Amigas Latinas, the Association of Latino Men for Action and others, ... | | 
| | Miller Yanks Logo from Street Fair Poster
A threat of a boycott from various organizations, including the Catholic League and Concerned Women of America, led Miller Brewing Company to pull its logo from a poster for San Francisco's Folsom Street Fair. The poster ... | | 
| | Transgender Activists Protest HRC Dinner
Between 50 and 75 transgender activists and their supporters protested outside of the Washington, D.C., convention center on Sat., Oct. 6,—the site of the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC's) annual ... | | 
| | L Word Stars at GenderPAC Cook-Off
The team of Marlee Matlin and Shelley Young won the cook-off challenge against Jennifer Beals and Art Smith Saturday night at the annual Chicago benefit for GenderPAC, a national gender-rights group. All in good fun, the celeb chefs were challenged to do ... | |
| | Craig Loses in Court, Stays in Senate
Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, lost the attempt to withdraw his guilty plea to lewd conduct in a June 11 Minneapolis airport restroom sex sting. He also has withdrawn the announcement that he would resign from the ... | | 
| | A Talk with Elaine Noble
To mark October as Gay and Lesbian History Month, several individuals have written pieces detailing events in history, and their feelings about these happenings. The effort is coordinated by Philadelphia Gay News and syndicated to dozens ... | | 
| | GAY HISTORY MONTH: Evelyn Hooker, Ph.D., 1907-1996
From left: The Chicago Gay Crusader reported on the American Psychiatric Association's board's decision to remove homosexuality from its list of mental disorders; a 1969 issue of the Mattachine Midwest ... | |
| | SIDEBAR: Dr. Hooker's Research
October marks the 50th anniversary of the publishing of Dr. Evelyn Hooker's project, 'The Adjustment of the Male Overt Homosexual,' the first empirical research to challenge the assumption that homosexuality is a mental disorder ... | |
| | The Ins and Outs of ENDA
The decision by GLBT leaders to stand up for inclusion of the transgender community in the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is the triumph of principle over practicality. It was abetted by the fact that the ... | | 
| | Gerber/Hart Makes 'History'
Gerber/Hart Llbrary held its annual benefit, 'Piecing History Together,' on Sat., Sept. 29, at the Swedish American Museum Center, 5211 N. Clark. Cleve Jones, founder of the The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, was the ... | |
| | Representative Barney Frank speaks to House
News Update, Mon., Oct. 10, 2007
What follows is the full text of Representative Barney Frank's Oct. 9 speech on the floor of the House of Representatives regarding sexual orientation and gender identity: From: www.thomas.loc.gov The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Mahoney of ... | |
| | Letters: The Coors boycott and you
An open letter to the LGBT community: I nearly choked on my Miller Genuine Draft a few weeks ago, when I opened Windy City Times to see a full-page ad for Coors Beer. It doesn't surprise me to see Coors courting ... |
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| | Adrian Paul: Turning the 'Tides'
In the here! movie Tides of War, actor Adrian Paul—who is probably best known for his lead role as Duncan MacLeod on the '90s TV series Highlander and subsequent Highlander movies—plays Commander Frank Habley, a gay
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| | Jeannie Tanner: All That Jazz
Extended Online Version
Jeannie Tanner—an accomplished singer, composer and trumpeter—has cut her own original and impressive swath through the jazz world for well over a decade. Her newest CD, Tanner Time, not only showcases Tanner's works but also features ... | | 
| | Ted Allen: 'Eye' on the Prize
Extended Online Version
Catching up with a friend years ago, I asked her about another mutual acquaintance of ours who I hadn't seen in a while: Ted Allen. 'Oh, he's in the running to be the food and wine expert for this new show ... | |
| | Theater: The Crucible
Tim Hopper and Ora Jones in The Crucible. Photo by Michael Brosilow. Playwright: Arthur Miller. At: Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted. Phone: 312-335-1650; $20-$68. Runs through: Nov. 11 Twenty years ago, Gary Sinise dismissed The Crucible ... | | 
| | KNIGHT AT THE MOVIES Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Michael Clayton, Mala Noche DVD
In Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Cate Blanchett continues her thrilling portrayal of England's famed Virgin Queen. For nine long years I've been very bitter about Blanchett being robbed of her Oscar for her first go at ... | | 
| | BOOK REVIEW Learning to Drive: And Other Stories
by Katha Pollitt. Random House; 224 pgs.; $22.95. REVIEW BY YASMIN NAIR Katha Pollitt lived with a man for seven years before he left her for another woman. 'G.,' whom she childishly refers to as her ... | |
| | Theater: Zanna, Don't!
Playwright: book, music & lyrics by Tim Acito and Alexander Dinelaris. At: Bailiwick Repertory Theatre at the Bailiwick Arts Center, 1229 W. Belmont. Phone: 773-883-1090; $25-$30. Runs through: Nov. 4 Just in time for the fall, ... | |
| | Theater: Fiction
Playwright: Steven Dietz. At: Remy Bumppo Theatre at the Victory Gardens Greenhouse, 2257 N. Lincoln. Phone: 773-871-3000; $35-$40. Runs through: Nov. 4 Steven Dietz' Fiction is a clever but not a great play. And entertaining though ... | |
| | Media Watch
From the 'Tap-Dance-of-Luuuv' file, The New York Times (Sept. 29) reports that Minneapolis will spend $25,000 to add metal dividers to the (now-) famous bathroom stalls where Sen. Larry Craig was arrested for soliciting sex. The ... | | 
| | Theater: Thyestes
Weber in Thyestes. Photo by Michael Brosilow. Playwright: Lucius Annaeus Seneca. At: Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis. Phone: 773-753-4472; $38-$54 Runs through: Oct. 21 May Zeus send me down the river Styx on a one-way Princess ... | |
| | THEATER Merchant on Venice
Playwright: Shishir Kurup. At: Silk Road Theatre Project at the Chicago Temple, 77 W. Washington Phone: 888-745-5849; $28-$33. Runs through: Nov. 4 Shakespeare's observations on the inhumane practices of a Jewish moneylender in 1596 nowadays reveal ... | | 
| | Alexander at Goodman Reading
Academy Award-nominated actor Jane Alexander was in Chicago Sept. 30 for a staged reading of a new work by Tina Howe. Chasing Manet was presented by the Goodman Theatre's New Stages Series, directed by Jason Loewith ... | |
| | Deep Inside Hollywood
Rupert Everett and Stephen Fry Attend Girls' School In the U.K., St. Trinian's is a well-known fictional place. The subject of a series of cartoons from British cartoonist Ronald Searle, which then became a series of ... | | 
| | BOOK REVIEW The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America
by Susan Faludi. Metropolitan Books; 368 pgs.; $26. REVIEW BY YASMIN NAIR Susan Faludi is best known for Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women (1991) . In The Terror Dream, she claims, in effect, that ... | |
| | Theater Noir
Playwright: Blake Montgomery and cast. At: Building Stage, 412 N. Carpenter. Phone: 312-491-1369; $20. Runs through: Nov. 3 As its name suggests, Noir is a tribute to the shadowy tales of greed, lust, murder, cross and ... | | 
| | Dancin' Feats
Complexions Contemporary Ballet's Desmond Richardson. Photo by Steve Vaccariello. The Joffrey Ballet's Victoria Jaiani and Temur Suluashvili. Photo by Herbert Migdoll __ The dance companies of Chicago have been working ... | | 
| | Pets
October is National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month! If you are looking for a new best friend, this is the month to visit your local shelter. ___ Pictured: Summer. See his story below. ___ Events: Fri., ... | | 
| | STARRLIGHT Lynda Carter at the Apollo
Lynda Carter, as part of her national tour after a 20-year hiatus, adorned Chicago's Apollo Theatre with six special performances, where she beautifully sang many of the most popular and beloved ballads and jazz classics of ... | | 
| | Theater: The Defiant Muse
Chicagoan Nick Patricca's newest work is now in a world premiere at the Victory Gardens Theater, where Patricca is an ensemble playwright. The Defiant Muse is about Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, a lesbian writer ... | | 
| | Theater: The Sparrow
The Sparrow. Photo by Michael Brosilow. Playwright: Chris Mathews, Jake Minton and Nathan Allen. At: The House Theatre of Chicago at Apollo Theatre, 2540 N. Lincoln. Phone: 773-935-6100; $34.50-$49.50. Runs through: Dec. 31 BY SCOTT C. ... | | 
| | Spotlight: Psycho Beach Party
It's not quite Gidget Goes Hawaiian, but it's close in Charles Busch's Psycho Beach Party in which drag meets muscle (of course, it's Charles Busch!) meets schizophrenia and innocence is abused (well, we should hope ... |
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| | Reliving the Games
There were more than 60,000 photographs taken last summer at Gay Games VII by several dozen professional photographers, all of whom donated their services to cover the event, held in Chicago July 15-22. Those magical moments ... | |
| | Tennis for a Cause
The 9th Annual TOP (Tennis Opportunity Program) ProAm Tennis Tournament, Dinner and Silent Auction will take place Sat., Oct. 13, 6-11 p.m., at Midtown Tennis Club, 2020 W. Fullerton. TOP is a is a not-for-profit, ... | |
| | Ski Club Meeting
SkiBudz Chicago's Gay Ski and Snowboard Club will have its 2007-08 ski season kickoff meeting and social Wed., Oct. 17, 7-9 p.m, at T's Bar and Restaurant, 5025 N. Clark. This event will provide information ... | |
| | Blackwolves Party
The Chicago Gay Hockey Association (CGHA) will hold its season-kickoff party on Sun., Oct. 21, at 3 p.m. at Roscoe's, 3356 N. Halsted. The Blackwolves play in the Rolling Meadows Park District league, with games ... |
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 | NATIONAL Trans woman killed, Tenn. law, S. Carolina coach, Evan Low, Idaho schools
| | Through a queer lens: Photographer Paul Mpagi Sepuya discusses Chicago exhibition
| | WORLD Ugandan law, Japan, Cass report, Tegan and Sara, Varadkar done
| | Q FORCE launches 2024 election efforts in Chicago
| | SHOWBIZ Jerrod Carmichael, '9-1-1' actor, Kayne the Lovechild, STARZ shows, Cynthia Erivo | |
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