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Windy City Times 2012-04-11
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wct 2012-04-11

HRC: Will Romney repudiate endorsement of anti-gay group?

Washington - The Human Rights Campaign is calling on presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to immediately reject the endorsement of the National Organization for Marriage, one of the nation's leading anti-gay groups that uses racial ...
wct 2012-04-11

Santorum bows out

Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum was one of the most virulently anti-gay candidates in the large field of Republican presidential wannabes who started out last year. And most political observers said early on and often that ...
wct 2012-04-11

Transgender women to be included in Miss Universe competition

From a news release

New York, NY, April 10, 2012- GLAAD, the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, and the Miss Universe Organization are pleased to announce that after more than two weeks of ...
Pevsner, Kazurinsky to star in Scrooge & Marley film

Pevsner, Kazurinsky to star in Scrooge & Marley film

From a news release

Scrooge and Marley, a new independent film being shot in Chicago this May, will star respected out gay actor David Pevsner and former Saturday Night Live cast member and Second City veteran Tim Kazurinsky in the ...
wct 2012-04-11

Mike Wallace dies at 93

Revered journalist Mike Wallace has died at the age of 93. Bob Schieffer, host of the CBS show Face the Nation, said that Wallace passed away at a care facility in New Haven, Conn., the Washington ...
The drama behind the DOMA hearing

The drama behind the DOMA hearing

The seventh-floor courtroom of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston was packed to capacity. An overflow room equipped with closed circuit TV was provided for those not arriving early enough ...
wct 2012-04-11

Bully film will receive PG-13 after big protest

From a news release

WASHINGTON, DC - Director Lee Hirsch and The Weinstein Company have announced that the documentary "Bully" will receive a "PG-13" rating from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) in time for the film's April 13 ...

  News

Stevenson's rainbow includes three transgender students

Stevenson's rainbow includes three transgender students

Cassidy Nordstrom clearly stands out at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, even among about 4,000 other students. Nordstrom went as Lady Gaga for Halloween during her junior year. Then there was the day last school year ...
wct 2012-04-11

LETTERS: Boystown watch; MACS study; Anti-GLBT church in school

Scale back, Boystown Dear Editor: The sad events in Florida leading up to and including the killing of Trayvon Martin should be a wake-up call to a group of Boystown residents who, last summer, ramped up ...
wct 2012-04-11

VIEWS: We are Trayvon Martin: LGBTs, Blacks united by murder

What does Trayvon Martin's murder have to do with gay-rights protection? The quick answer is the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act (mostly known by Matthew Shepard's name). And this might be the ...
AIDS Black caucus hosts conversations on HIV

AIDS Black caucus hosts conversations on HIV

HIV/AIDS researchers, service providers, public health advocates and community members gathered for Conversations on HIV Research March 28 at the University of Chicago. Presented by the Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus as part of a series ...
AIDS: Mr. Friendly confronts AIDS fears

AIDS: Mr. Friendly confronts AIDS fears

Dave Watt has a simple message: Be stigma-free of HIV. "Having lived through the 1980s, I've seen people living with HIV being treated rudely, like second-class citizens. So I've always been passionate about HIV," said Watt, ...
AIDS: Authors write about HIV/AIDS

AIDS: Authors write about HIV/AIDS

By Kergan Edwards-Stout and Gregory G. Allen

[ Editor's note: Authors Kergan Edwards-Stout (Songs for the New Depression) and Gregory G. Allen (Well With My Soul) both had their debut novels short-listed for the 2011 Independent Literary Awards. Recently, the writers met ...
AIDS: Dan Anthon uses art in fight against AIDS

AIDS: Dan Anthon uses art in fight against AIDS

Dan Anthon took a skills inventory test on a computer back in 1984, and the result said that his strongest skills were in art and design. He was shocked, to put it mildly, having never taken an art class in his ...
wct 2012-04-11

'Out in Chicago' at CHM hosting April 14 tag sale

The Chicago History Museum is hosting a tag sale of some of the items exhibited during the recent Out in Chicago exhibit. The sale is Saturday, April 14, 1-4 p.m. Prices range from $5 to $200-plus. ...
PASSAGES Ann-Kirstine 'Stina' Rogal

PASSAGES Ann-Kirstine 'Stina' Rogal

Ann-Kirstine "Stina" Rogal, a larger-than-life personality whose dance lessons at Charlie's bar kept Chicago's LGBT community two-stepping for 15 years, died April 3 after a battle with esophageal cancer. She was 55. Rogal was a fixture ...
Gilda's Club provides outreach to LGBTQ community

Gilda's Club provides outreach to LGBTQ community

Gilda's Club Chicago is one of many groups worldwide that honor the memory of Gilda Radner, the comedienne who died from ovarian cancer and had a wish that "no one should face cancer alone." One way ...
wct 2012-04-11

Quotelines

"[L]et us not forget about what it meant when my husband appointed those two magnificent Supreme Court justices. And for the first time in history, our daughters and our sons watched three women take their seat ...
Kevin Cathcart: Heading Lambda Legal for two decades

Kevin Cathcart: Heading Lambda Legal for two decades

For more than half the time that Lambda Legal has been battling for LGBT people, the organization has been headed by one man. Kevin Cathcart is celebrating his 20th year with Lambda Legal this spring, just ...
wct 2012-04-11

Cassidy, Steans part of Earth Day clean-up

State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, state Sen. Heather Steans and the Touhy Park Advisory Council will host an Earth Day park clean-up Saturday, April 21, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Touhy Park, 7348 N. Paulina Ave. Residents ...
wct 2012-04-11

Occupy Festival May 12-13 in Union Park

The first ever Occupy Festival will take place May 12-13 at Union Park, at Ashland Avenue and Lake Street, according to a press release. The focus of the event is to highlight the struggle of social ...
wct 2012-04-11

New HRC adoption campaign coming to Chicago

LGBT prospective parents looking for an adoption agency with a Human Rights Campaign (HRC) seal of approval will not find one in Illinois. Currently, the state does not have a single agency that has qualified for ...
Sen. Brown's LGBT column; gay anchor wants Trayvon tweets to end

Sen. Brown's LGBT column; gay anchor wants Trayvon tweets to end

NATIONAL ROUNDUP: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times

U.S. Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts published a guest column in the LGBT newspaper Bay Windows in which he praised the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT), according to Advocate.com. However, Brown also wrote that ...
wct 2012-04-11

AllOut.org thanks Electronic Arts for 'Dark Side' inclusion

From a news release

San Francisco, CA - In the face of right-wing attacks by the Family Research Council, consumers and citizens around the world are strongly backing one of the largest video game makers, Electronic Arts for their inclusion ...
wct 2012-04-11

Lambda seeks marriage rights for Nevada same-sex couples

(Las Vegas, April 10, 2012) — Lambda Legal today filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Nevada on behalf of eight same-sex couples challenging Nevada's constitutional ban on marriage equality, which relegates them ...
Pink Moon Run, Walk to raise breast cancer research funds

Pink Moon Run, Walk to raise breast cancer research funds

From a news release

WILMETTE - Gather under a full moon on Saturday, May 5, at Plaza del Lago in Wilmette for the inaugural Chicago-area Pink Moon Run & Walk 8K, created and produced by A Sister's Hope, to raise ...
wct 2012-04-11

VIEWPOINTS Gay military families, veterans fight for rights

Several weeks ago, the free hotline at Servicemembers Legal Defense Network rang as it has done every day for nearly twenty years. Before the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT ) , we could bet ...
wct 2012-04-11

White House: Pride Month video challenge

Posted on the White House blog by Gautam Raghavan

Across the country, ordinary people are doing extraordinary things to improve the lives of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. They are parents and students, neighborhood and business ...
wct 2012-04-11

Chicago LGBT groups streaming live on CAN TV

From a news release

(Chicago, IL) — CAN TV is launching a web streaming service for Chicago nonprofits, enabling LGBT groups from across the city to provide advice and resources in real time. Viewers can tune in live to "LGBT ...
wct 2012-04-11

Chicagoans head to White House fo Easter Egg Roll

From a news release

When suburban-Chicago family Jaime Garcia, Daryl Rizzo and their daughter Siena Rose Garcia-Rizzo enter the White House grounds on Monday for the annual Easter Egg Roll, their participation will be the result of a special outreach ...
wct 2012-04-11

ACLU: Gay student should be commended, not punished

From a news release

In response to the public reprimand of a Fullerton Union High School student Kearian Giertz following a speech in which he advocated marriage rights for same-sex couples, as well as a subsequent statement by Fullerton Union ...
wct 2012-04-11

Adrienne Rich, a life of poetry and activism

Lesbian-feminist poet Adrienne Rich, 82, died in her Santa Cruz, Calif., home March 27, from complications of rheumatoid arthritis. Rich's writing explored various social-justice themes—including women's rights, racism, sexuality, lesbianism ...

  Entertainment

wct 2012-04-11

Funny Ladies at Op Comedy Club

April 12, 2012, Chicago --- UP Comedy Club (230 W. North Ave, 3rd Floor of Piper's Alley) is proud to present two special engagements featuring some of Second City's funniest women. Andrea Martin brings her new
...
wct 2012-04-11

Critics' Picks

Enron, Timeline Theatre at Baird Hall, through April 15. This true-life saga of corporate crime is recounted by Lucy Prebble as a grotesque fantasy-fable with Stef Tovar now playing an antihero as flawed as any found ...
Chesapeake

Chesapeake

THEATER REVIEW

Playwright: Lee Blessing. At: Remy Bumppo Theatre, Company at Greenhouse Theater, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. Tickets: 773-404-7336; www.remybumppo.org; $30-$40. Runs through: April 29 Some audiences might question the relevancy of ...
Spotlight

Spotlight

If you somehow missed the Tony Award-winning jukebox musical Jersey Boys during its multi-year run in Chicago, be thankful that this crowd-pleasing Broadway biography of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons is back in town. If ...
wct 2012-04-11

Beyond the Fringe

THEATER REVIEW

Playwrights: Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Dudley Moore . At: Oak Park Festival Theatre at Madison Street Theatre Studio, 1010 W. Madison St., Oak Park. Tickets: 708-445-4440; www.oakparkfestival.com; $20-$25. Runs through: May 6 There are ...
Trash

Trash

THEATER REVIEW

Playwright: Arthur M. Jolly. At: Babes with Blades Theatre Company at the Side Project, 1439 W. Jarvis Ave. Tickets: 773-904-0391; www.babeswithblades.org; $20. Runs through: May 5 When the Babes with Blades (BWB) stage combat troupe launched ...
Billy Masters

Billy Masters

"He called me a fag 'cause I was wearing a scarf! Then he shoved my sister and I got behind him and I choked him out—put him to sleep."—Jeremy Renner lets people know he ain't putting ...
Melanie Marshall on the show 'Fela!'

Melanie Marshall on the show 'Fela!'

NUNN ON ONE: PERFORMANCE

Melanie Marshall has crossed the pond to perform as Fela Kuti's mother Funmilayo in the touring production of Fela! Audiences now can witness the presence and operatic notes that Melanie brings to the role. Windy City ...
Sister Spit bringing Dorothy Allison to Chicago

Sister Spit bringing Dorothy Allison to Chicago

This month kicks off the national tour of Sister Spit, the self-described raucous, rowdy performance gang of queer poets, performers and filmmakers. The group of seven, including award-winning lesbian writer Dorothy Allison, will park its van ...
Alison Bechdel exhibit opens

Alison Bechdel exhibit opens

Lesbian artist Alison Bechdel (left) with Chicagoan Riva Lehrer, also an acclaimed artist, at the opening of Bechdel's exhibit, "Fevered Archives: 30 years of comics from the not-so-mixed-up files of Alison Bechdel," April 5, at the ...
'Titanic: The Untold Tale of Gay Passengers and Crew' book out

'Titanic: The Untold Tale of Gay Passengers and Crew' book out

San Francisco author Jack Fritscher has written Titanic: The Untold Tale of Gay Passengers and Crew, which is now being sold. In mixing fictional and historical characters, the 68-page book "outs" the forbidden gay love story ...
Jesse Tyler Ferguson on 'Modern Family,'film 'One Night Stand'

Jesse Tyler Ferguson on 'Modern Family,'film 'One Night Stand'

NUNN ON ONE

The 4th Annual Chicago International Movies & Music Festival debuts this weekend, with a variety of events. One Night Stand is a feature documentary about the challenge of making four musicals in 24 hours for the ...
Chicago Latino Film Festival: LGBT overview

Chicago Latino Film Festival: LGBT overview

The Chicago Latino Film Festival (CLFF) is back for its 28th year Friday, April 13 through Thursday, April 26. The International Latino Cultural Center is the presenting organization of the fest. More than 140 features and ...
Knight at the Movies: Bully; The Cabin in the Woods; film notes

Knight at the Movies: Bully; The Cabin in the Woods; film notes

"I don't believe in luck but I believe in hope," 12-year-old Alex says at the conclusion of Lee Hirsch's devastating documentary, Bully. To hear that Alex, who we have witnessed enduring repeated verbal and psychological bullying ...
wct 2012-04-11

Chicago House brunch fashion show May 6

The 25th Annual Chicago House Spring Brunch and Fashion Show will take place Sunday, May 6, 12-3 p.m., in the Harold Washington Library's Winter Garden Ballroom. A reception for table captions will be held Thursday, March ...
wct 2012-04-11

'Big Package Auction' April 14 at Sidetrack

The Chicago Gay Men's Chorus (CGMC) will present its 4th Annual "The Big Package Auction"—with special guest hostess, Miss Richfield 1981—Saturday, April 14, at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted St., 5-8 p.m. The event has raised more ...
wct 2012-04-11

Augie & C.K.'s founders' reunion in May

Augie & Cary will hold their first-ever reunion May 12 at the L26 Restaurant and Lounge in the Chicago South Loop Hotel, 11 W. 26th St., 7 p.m.-3 a.m. They started Augie & C.K.'s, a lesbian bar that ran during the ...
Tunnel Rat

Tunnel Rat

THEATER REVIEW

Playwright: Neil Cole. At: Genesis Theatrical Productions at Preston Bradley Auditorium, 941 W. Lawrence Ave. Tickets:773-327-7707; www.brownpapertickets.com; $25. Runs through: April 29 We know three things at the outset of ...
wct 2012-04-11

Steppenwolf's 'Red or White Ball' April 13

Hundreds of Chicago's young arts supporters will gather at Steppenwolf Auxiliary Council's Red or White Ball Friday, April 13. The event will take place at Architectural Artifacts, 4325 N. Ravenswood Ave., at 8 p.m. (VIP reception ...
wct 2012-04-11

MCA gets $10M gift

Madeleine Grynsztejn, Pritzker director of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago, announced the gift of $10 million from Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson to name the MCA Theater. The theater will be named the Edlis ...
wct 2012-04-11

Joffrey women's board's gala May 6

The women's board of the Joffrey Ballet will present its 10th-anniversary gala Sunday, May 6, which coincides with the last performance of the company's 2011-2012 season. The "evening attire" event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at ...
SAVOR: Glazed and Infused; Rockit Burger Bar

SAVOR: Glazed and Infused; Rockit Burger Bar

Trying to prove that there's room for more sugary goodness in Chicago, the donut shop Glazed and Infused (love that name) is slated to open at three stops in April, including Francesca's Forno in Wicker Park. ...
Jomama Jones: A force of nature

Jomama Jones: A force of nature

Chicagoans, brace yourselves, for a mighty force of nature is on our doorstep. This is not a "snowpocalypse" that your shovels and North Face jackets provide comfort from. This is not a flood that your rubber ...
Bailiwick has new artistic director

Bailiwick has new artistic director

Bailiwick Chicago Executive Director Brian LaDuca announced that Lili-Anne Brown has been named the company's new artistic director. Due to recent career opportunities, current founding artistic director Kevin Mayes has ...
DANCIN' FEATS: Fab collab(oration)

DANCIN' FEATS: Fab collab(oration)

Collaboration, by definition, means to work together with others on a project or endeavor; to cooperate for a mutual cause or end. Dance, by nature, is a collaboration between artists—at its base is choreographer and dancer. ...
'Bully' director talks about film's impact

'Bully' director talks about film's impact

Documentary filmmaker Lee Hirsch hoped to start a national movement dedicated to stopping the practice of bullying in the United States, but he never quite expected his documentary, Bully, to have such a galvanizing effect. However, ...
Real Housewife Kyle lands in Aurora

Real Housewife Kyle lands in Aurora

Special to the online edition of Windy City Times

There are rumors flying about the third season of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Casting shakeups including Camille Grammer having her hours slashed and finally quitting to possibly the same thing happening to Taylor Armstrong. ...
Dolly on Whitney's funeral; Downton Abbey revelations

Dolly on Whitney's funeral; Downton Abbey revelations

Entertainment news: Special to the online edition of Windy City Times

During a segment on CBS This Morning: Saturday, Dolly Parton said she cried when "I Will Always Love You"—a song she wrote and originally sang—was played at Whitney Houston's funeral in February, according to Advocate.com. "When ...
Barrowman to be at C2E2

Barrowman to be at C2E2

Special to the online edition of Windy City Times

The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) has announced John Barrowman—the out gay actor best known as Captain Jack Harkness in the BBC's Torchwood and Doctor Who—will be appearing at this year's event as a spotlight ...
Dish: Dining news

Dish: Dining news

Special to the online edition of Windy City Times

—Phil Stefani's 437 Rush and RIVA Crab House on Navy Pier have translated the dinner menus at each restaurant into six different languages for the NATO Summit that will take place in Chicago May 20-21. The ...
Artemis 1940s, 1950s, 1960s Girls' Night Out concert, dance June 2

Artemis 1940s, 1950s, 1960s Girls' Night Out concert, dance June 2

From a news release

CHICAGO ─ To celebrate Pride Month, Artemis Singers, Chicago's lesbian feminist chorus, will present a concert and dance spotlighting the music of 20th century girl groups Saturday, June 2. Artemis Singers will perform "Boogie Woogie Bugle ...
wct 2012-04-11

Rent play co-produced by ATC and About Face

From a news release

Chicago, IL— American Theater Company (ATC), together with About Face Theatre, presents a co-production of Jonathan Larson's Rent, directed by David Cromer. Rent will run April 27, 2012 — June 17, 2012 at ATC, 1909 W. ...
wct 2012-04-11

Chaz Bono honored by GLAAD

From a news release

Los Angeles, CA, April 10, 2012 — GLAAD announced it will honor LGBT equality advocate, author and speaker Chaz Bono at the 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards presented nationally by Ketel One and Wells Fargo. Bono ...
ALT Q music fest May 19

ALT Q music fest May 19

From a news release

Scott Free's Alt Q Fest marks its 12th year Sat., May 19, 7 p.m. at the Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave. The show will feature Daphne Willis, JC Brooks, Alix Dobkin, Niojj, E. Nina Jay, Band ...
wct 2012-04-11

Wanda Sykes in Chicago Sept. 29

From a news release

Chicago, IL — MSG and Live Nation welcome Wanda Sykes to the Chicago Theatre on September 29th at 7:00 pm. Wanda Sykes has been called "one of the funniest stand up comics" by her peers and ...
Pevsner, Kazurinsky to star in Scrooge & Marley film

Pevsner, Kazurinsky to star in Scrooge & Marley film

From a news release

Scrooge and Marley, a new independent film being shot in Chicago this May, will star respected out gay actor David Pevsner and former Saturday Night Live cast member and Second City veteran Tim Kazurinsky in the ...
wct 2012-04-11

Phylicia Rashad directs Paul Oakley Stovall's Immediate Family

From a news release

Chicago, IL—Paul Boskind, Ruth Hendel and Stephen Hendel, by special arrangement with the Goodman Theatre, and in association with About Face Theatre, announce Immediate Family, a new American play byPaul Oakley Stovall, directed by two-time Emmy ...
Center on Halsted 5-year anniversary with k.d. lang, Andy Cohen

Center on Halsted 5-year anniversary with k.d. lang, Andy Cohen

From a news release

Chicago — Five years ago on June 1, Center on Halsted opened its doors to the public. Since that time, the Center has grown to become a model for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community ...
wct 2012-04-11

Drury Lane Theatre presents Hairspray

From a news release

Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. —HAIRSPRAY, the Tony Award-winning musical The New Yorker called "Exhilaratingly funny!"will be presented at Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, previewing April 12, opening April 19, and ...
wct 2012-04-11

Roberto Clemente subject of art show

From a news release

(Chicago, IL) Roberto Clemente Walker (1934-1972) remains a legendary figure in sports and philanthropic worlds as well as in the hearts of millions of Puerto Ricans and Americans. Famous for his cannon arm and lightning speed, ...
Woody Guthrie tribute concert includes Holly Near, Toshi Reagon

Woody Guthrie tribute concert includes Holly Near, Toshi Reagon

From a news release

The non-profit arts organization portoluz has produced a once-in-a-lifetime concert honoring the legendary American Folk hero Woody Guthrie. On Saturday, May 19, 2012 portoluz will present: This Land Is Our Land, a centennial concert celebration of ...
wct 2012-04-11

Red Carpet Chicago premiere of 'PROMISE LAND' April 20

From a news release

NEQUA Studios is set to launch its much-awaited feature film, Promise Land, directed by Kevin Dalvi. The film stars a diverse cast, which includes Anita Chandwaney, Brenda Barrie, Elizabeth Abraham, Fawzia Mirza, Kamal Joseph Hans, Leena ...
wct 2012-04-11

Bully film will receive PG-13 after big protest

From a news release

WASHINGTON, DC - Director Lee Hirsch and The Weinstein Company have announced that the documentary "Bully" will receive a "PG-13" rating from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) in time for the film's April 13 ...
Local gay and lesbian sailors on WTTW tonight

Local gay and lesbian sailors on WTTW tonight

From a news release

Gay, Lesbian and Supporting Sailors (GLASS) are featured tonight, April 5, on "Chicago Tonight" on WTTW at 7pm. Read more about the group at http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/First-gay-group-forms-on-US-military-base/36141.html ...

  Outlines

wct 2012-04-11

Havruta: A home for Jerusalem LGBTs

JERUSALEM—Havruta, a social and cultural home for Jewish gay men from religious backgrounds, was started here about five years ago out of a need from and for those the group would serve. That's because, quite simply, ...
wct 2012-04-11

Jerusalem Open House: An LGBT community center

JERUSALEM—The rainbow flag that waves outside the second-story, multiple-room offices of the Jerusalem Open House (JOH) is one of the few—quite possibly, only—visible LGBT signs here in this diverse, ancient ...
wct 2012-04-11

AllOut.org thanks Electronic Arts for 'Dark Side' inclusion

From a news release

San Francisco, CA - In the face of right-wing attacks by the Family Research Council, consumers and citizens around the world are strongly backing one of the largest video game makers, Electronic Arts for their inclusion ...
Chicago helping push for LGBT tourism in Israel

Chicago helping push for LGBT tourism in Israel

SPECIAL ON ISRAEL

JERUSALEM—The push for LGBT tourism into Israel from North and South America comes, in part, from a straight, former Chicagoan who has participated in three recent Chicago Pride Parades—and is proud to say he has and ...
Lesbian couple starts LGBT congregation

Lesbian couple starts LGBT congregation

SPECIAL ON ISRAEL

After five years together, lesbian partners Zehorit and Limor Sorek decided it was time to have a commitment ceremony. However, when Zehorit asked a few years ago to make a kiddush—a Jewish blessing with wine or ...
Bar is center of LGBT nightlife

Bar is center of LGBT nightlife

SPECIAL ON ISRAEL

JERUSALEM—Monday nights here at Mikveh Bar are quite a drag—the drag show, that is. About 200 people cram the small LGBT bar for what has become a local drag-night tradition. This is the largest local LGBT ...
Running the Jerusalem Marathon

Running the Jerusalem Marathon

JERUSALEM—Running through 3,000 years of history isn't just the slogan of the Jerusalem Marathon—it's fact. However, it also seemed as though there were about 3,000 inclines along the 26.2-mile course ...
Police officer makes Golden Gloves debut

Police officer makes Golden Gloves debut

She's been a Chicago police officer for almost five years—in the Third District, no less, at 70th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, an area of the city that contains sections which even she describes as "pretty ...
A Gay in the Life: Melinda Suarez

A Gay in the Life: Melinda Suarez

Her mom is a singer, her dad plays multiple instruments. So being a diverse musician has come naturally for Melinda Suarez, who started playing the drums at age 10, the guitar at 16, and now also ...
T in the Life: Karen Elizabeth McReady

T in the Life: Karen Elizabeth McReady

Identifies as: A pansexual, transsexual woman. Pronouns: She, her, hers Neighborhood: Edison Park Life's work: "I have always been a dilettante. I like to find a variety of ways to use my skills." Job: "Currently I ...
Chicago filmmaker working in Jerusalem

Chicago filmmaker working in Jerusalem

SPECIAL ON ISRAEL

JERUSALEM—Filmmaker Ronit Bezalel of Chicago spent two months here this year, visiting family that lives here and volunteering at the Jerusalem Open House (JOH), the local version of Center on Halsted in Chicago. "I just wanted ...
Gay man part of Israel's tourism push, will receive award

Gay man part of Israel's tourism push, will receive award

SPECIAL ON ISRAEL

Russell Lord went on a summer trip in 1981 from his native New York to Europe and Israel—and never went back. He found a new life and new career—along with a life partner—and has grown into ...
wct 2012-04-11

Housing rights and sexual orientation

Part of a series

Q. My partner and I tried to rent an apartment together on the northwest side of Chicago. When we went to see the apartment the landlord said the apartment was already rented. We believe that the ...
Sizing up Cellular Intelligence Luxury MedSpa

Sizing up Cellular Intelligence Luxury MedSpa

Special to the online edition of Windy City Times

While I have been to several spas, it's safe to say that I haven't been at a place like Cellular Intelligence (CI) Luxury MedSpa. The facility had a Nip/Tuck vibe to it (and I like that ...
wct 2012-04-11

VIEWPOINTS Gay parenting

Special to the online edition of Windy City Times

"What about our life is quintessentially gay?" I asked my partner this morning. I haven't been an active part of the public LGBT movement in nearly eight years. "Everything about our life is gay," she replied. ...
wct 2012-04-11

Non-equity alternatives to rock-bottom yields

Special to the online edition of Windy City Times

As interest rates have fallen to record lows and stayed there in recent years, the yield on your savings may be stuck in neutral. If you've focused on capital preservation and kept your assets in U.S. ...
wct 2012-04-11

Asset protection strategies beyond insurance

Special to the online edition of Windy City Times

Phillip Sitar is a financial advisor for Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., 307 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1818. He can be reached at 312-849-3002 (cell: 773-791-4508); Phillip.j.sitar@ampf.com; ...
Chicago Force football prepares for 2012 season

Chicago Force football prepares for 2012 season

From a news release

Evanston, IL — The Chicago Force women's tackle football team are just days away from kicking off their 2012 season. Last weekend at Northwestern University's Trienens Hall the Force held a scrimmage between their offensive and ...
wct 2012-04-11

CMSA Hall of Fame committee announces inductees

From a news release

The CMSA Hall of Fame committee is proud to announce this year's inductees: Shawn Albritton Samantha Hamilton Jack Neilsen This year's ceremony will be Saturday May 19th at Spyners 4623 N. Western Ave Chicago Reception 6:30. ...




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