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Extended for the Online Edition of Windy City Times - Less than two weeks away from the vote on Maine's marriage equality law, things are looking up for marriage equality supporters, but they're not letting down their guards. | | | President Barack Obama Signs Hate Crimes Legislation Into Law
NEWS UPDATE 1:30 p.m. Oct. 28, 2009 - This law honors our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender brothers and sisters whose lives were cut short because of hate, said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese | | | Task Force: Signing of hate crimes measure historic
NEWS UPDATE Oct. 28, 2009 - FROM A NEWS RELEASE | | | Family Equality Council applauds new hate crimes protections for LGBTs
MEDIA STATEMENT | | | Joint Statement: LGBT Leaders on signing of Hate Crimes Prevention Act
NEWS UPDATE Oct. 28, 2009 - FROM A NEWS RELEASE | | | President's remarks on Hate Crimes Prevention Act
NEWS UPDATE Oct. 28, 2009 - FROM A WHITE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE | | | Obama signs hate-crimes bill
News update Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 - Saying "no one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding the hands of the person they love," President Barack Obama announced his signing of the long-sought federal hatecrimes prevention law Oct. 28. | | | Obama ends HIV travel ban
News update Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 - Friday, Oct. 30—President Barack Obama announced today that his administration will end the long-standing policy at Health and Human Services HHS that banned immigration by people with HIV. He announced the policy change during a ceremony at the White House, where he signed a bill to reauthorize the Ryan White program to help people with HIV and low incomes. | | | Obama to lift HIV travel ban, signs Ryan White Act
NEWS UPDATE Oct. 30, 2009 - FROM A NEWS RELEASE | | | Chicago House prepares for Clinton's visit
Chicago House & Social Service Agency has been throwing its World Tour Gala for 20 years. It's been a fun event and always attracted a nice, responsive, interactive crowd. Still, organizers wanted to offer something different. | | | Obama Remarks on Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act
NEWS UPDATE Oct. 30, 2009 - FROM A NEWS RELEASE | | | Daley, commission praise hate-crimes bill
News update Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 - FROM A PRESS RELEASE: | | | NATIONAL ROUNDUP
Extended for the Online Edition of Windy City Times - New York Times business writers Tara Siegel Bernard and Ron Lieber have determined that the lifetime cost of being gay could run as much as $467,562, according to an Advocate.com item. | | | SPORTS: Lesbian makes history as Cubs owner
News update Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009 - In a major development, the Chicago Cubs have become the first major-league sports franchise to have an openly gay owner. | | | CHICAGO HISTORY Marriage, Chicago-style
Special to the Online Edition of Windy City Times - Whatever one thinks about the marriage-equality issue—and queer opinion ranges across a very broad spectrum—there's no question that it's put gay men and lesbians on the front page and in prime-time news. | | | Senate Passes Hate-Crimes Bill
Hate crimes bill heads to the president, passage tops week of new LGBT gains - Suddenly, with little fanfare or notice, the signs of change for the LGBT community are beginning to appear in Washington. | | | GAY HISTORY MONTH The unpublished Walter Cronkite interview
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 of gay publications. Windy City Times will run these articles throughout the month of October. | | | Quotelines
President Obama told LGBT Americans that his commitment to ending discrimination in the military, in the workplace and for loving couples and their families is 'unwavering.' | | | VIEWS: Coming to terms
As a boi in the lesbian world, I'd always been scared to get a pap smear and breast exam. How horrid did it sound to have someone see all the parts under my clothes that I have tried so hard to hide from others—ever since I could remember picking my own clothes? | | | Letter: Transition in Idaho?
Dear Media, | | | Gathering held for judge candidate Pauel
Supporters of Linda J. Pauel, a lesbian candidate for Cook County Circuit Court judge, gathered at Halsted's Bar and Grill, 3441 N. Halsted, Oct. 22 to attend a fundraiser benefiting her campaign. Attendees were treated to cocktails and appetizers while Pauel mingled with supporters expressing her gratitude for donations. Later, Pauel spoke to the crowd discussing her personal and political life. | | | Educators, others learn about HIV
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, 560 W. Lake, invited educators, program facilitators and other interested parties to the "HIV: Hey, It's Viral!" forum on Oct. 22. The event included a preview of the twenty-minute Beyondmedia documentary production that addresses serious HIV facts geared towards educating at-risk youth ranging from ages 12-18. | | | Mell holds fundraiser
State Rep. Deborah Mell, D-40th District, held her largest fundraising event of the year at Chief O'Neill's Pub & Restaurant, 3471 N. Elston, on Oct. 22. | | | LaBarbera Protested
Protesters from a local gay-straight alliance, the local Congregational church, the Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches and the Gay Liberation Network GLN picketed the annual banquet of Peter LaBarbera's "Americans for Truth About Homosexuality" at The Christian Liberty Academy, 502 W. Euclid, Arlington Heights, on Oct. 24, according to a press release from the GLN. Matt Barber, director of cultural affairs for Liberty Counsel and Liberty Alliance Action, was the special guest at the event. | | | Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal fundraiser at Sidetrack
Jose Zuniga spoke last week at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted, on the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network's SLDN's ongoing work with the president and Congress to build support for repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. | | | PASSAGES Weisenseel, Cetlinski, Muzik
| | | GAY HISTORY MONTH Walt Whitman
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 of gay publications. Windy City Times will run these articles throughout the month of October. | | | Center welcomes trans liaison
Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, has welcomed Christina Kahrl as its new transgender program volunteer liaison. | | | Cancer group works with more than 100 businesses
Chicago's In Good Taste campaign is running throughout the month of October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The foundation will bring together more than 100 Chicago restaurants, bars and businesses to raise funds for the research done at Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University. | | | Vital Bridges to serve 10 millionth meal
On Thursday, Oct. 29, Vital Bridges will mark the delivery of its 10 millionth meal from the Vital Bridges Northside program center, where almost 500 low-income people living with HIV/AIDS come to pick up nutritious groceries every week, according to a press release. | | | HRC Chicago to 'Shine' Nov. 7
The Chicago chapter of the Human Rights Campaign will hold its gala, "Time to Shine," Saturday, Nov. 7, at 6 p.m. in the Hyatt Regency, 151 E. Wacker. | | | BEHIV show Nov. 4
Better Existence with HIV BEHIV will hold its art-therapy show Wed., Nov. 4, through Friday, Dec. 4 at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted. The event will kick off with a reception Nov. 4. | | | Support event for at-risk LGBTQ youth, photos
Generosity was in fashion Oct. 21 as The Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, hosted the Hetrick-Martin Institute HMI and the Harvey Milk High School Event sponsored by Levis, The Advocate and Absolut Vodka with celebrity Jenny Shimizu from Bravo's Make Me a Supermodel . Attendees enjoyed cocktails and hors d'oeurves while hosts stressed the importance of donating to HMI, an organization that provides at-risk LGBTQ youth free education and programming in New York City. A live auction featuring prize packages ranging from a year of free Levi jeans to a shopping trip with Schimizu gathered more than $3,000 in donations. | | | Views: Morehouse's intolerance for gays
Morehouse College has a problem with its dress-code offenders. | | | Damski event Nov. 1
Firetrap Press, an independent Chicago publishing cooperative, has announced the release of four new collections of work by noted Chicago writer and activist Jon-Henri Damski, whose essays over a 20-year career chronicled life in Chicago's LGBTQ community. To herald the long-awaited publication of these books, there will be a "Damski X 4" Release Party on Sunday, Nov. 1, at 4 p.m. at Gerber/Hart Library, 1127 W. Granville. |
| | Halloween: Things to do
Special to the Online Edition of Windy City Times - Not sure what to do this Halloween? Here are a few ideas: | | | Knight at the Movies: Amelia
The endless fascination with aviatrix Amelia Earhart—the woman responsible for a lot of firsts in the air and on the ground who tragically disappeared somewhere in the Pacific in 1937—is ongoing. | | | MUSIC REVIEW No 'Love' for Barbra's CD
Did Barbra Streisand have a secret, unrealized desire to record in the style of the late jazz chanteuse Julie London? | | | DVD REVIEW Chef's Special
Spain must be crawling with Pedro AlmodĂ"var wannabes. | | | Pop Making Sense
She has had 40 chart-topping club hits, over 20 more than runner-ups Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey and Donna Summer. | | | GAY HISTORY MONTH Pictures of Lily
Comedic legend Lily Tomlin brings back some old friends - 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 of gay publications. Windy City Times will run these articles throughout the month of October. | | | Billy Masters
"We thought Tom [ Cruise ] was the biggest bore on the face of the Earth. He was tense and made constant, constant unrelated homophobic comments, like, 'You want some ice cream, in case there are no gay people there?' There was no basis for it. It was like, 'It's a nice day. I'm glad there are no gay people standing here.' Very, very strange. If someone's 20 years old and every third line out of their mouth is anti-something specific, then draw your own conclusion."—Bronson Pinchot recalls working with La Cruise on Risky Business. Eh, we all knew Rebecca De Mornay was the top in that flick! | | | THEATER About Face production no 'Cake' walk
Production deals with the emotional issue of marriage equality - On Halloween weekend, About Face Theater's AFT's XYZ Festival will present Let Them Eat Cake, a workshop performance on the hot topic of LGBT marriage equality. | | | Entertainment news
Gay movie director/choreographer Adam Shankman has been named a co-producer of next year's 82nd Academy Awards program, according to Advocate.com. Shankman—who has directed Bringing Down the House and Hairspray—is co-producing the March 7 telecast with former Twentieth Century Fox CEO Bill Mechanic. Shankman currently is a judge on TV's So You Think You Can Dance. | | | CRITICS' PICKS
C'est la Vie, Light Opera Works, through Nov. 15. Greg Opelka's fizzy and stereotypically French cabaret revue is a delight from start to finish, especially for those who proudly proclaim to be Francophiles. SCM | | | Scottish Play Scott: Chicago to L.A.
Much has been made recently about Chicago theatrical talent triumphantly transferring to New York. But Chicago theater veterans are also active on the other coast, in Los Angeles. | | | THEATER REVIEW The House on Mango Street
Playwright: Tanya Saracho adapted from the book by Sandra Cisneros. At: Steppenwolf upstairs . Phone: 312.335.1650; $15—$20. Runs through: Nov. 8 | | | THEATER REVIEW The Last Unicorn
Playwright: adapted by Ed Rutherford from the novel by Peter S. Beagle At: Promethean Theatre Ensemble at Edgewater Presbyterian Church,1020 W. Bryn Mawr. Phone: 773-305-2897; $20. Runs through: Nov. 14 | | | THEATER REVIEW The Flowers
Playwright: Adam Bock . At: About Face Theatre at Stage Left Theatre, 3408 N. Sheffield . Phone: 866-811-4111; $20. Runs through: Nov. 7 | | |
THEATER REVIEW Heroes
Playwright: GĂ©rald Sibleyras,translated by Tom Stoppard. At: Remy Bumppo Theatre Company | | | THEATER REVIEW Votes for Women!
Playwright: Elizabeth Robins . At: ShawChicago at Ruth Page Theater, 1016 N. Dearborn. Phone: 312-587-7390; $22 . Runs through Nov. 9 | | | Spotlight: The Walworth Farce
The world-renowned Irish theater troupe Druid arrives in Chicago for one week only to perform Edna Walsh's The Walworth Farce. | | | MUSIC Cheyenne Jackson: 'Two' for the road
Extended for the Online Edition of Windy City Times - The very out and striking Cheyenne Jackson—who has made a splash in everything from Broadway's Xanadu to the TV show Ugly Betty to the film United 93 in which he played gay rugby player Mark Bingham —has teamed with musical legend Michael Feinstein to record The Power of Two. | | | Toshi Reagon in Chicago Nov. 12
Lesbian singer Toshi Reagon will be in Chicago Thursday, Nov. 12. She will perform at Martyr's Restaurant and Pub, 3855 N. Lincoln, at 9 p.m. Additionally, she will be performing 6-7 p.m. in Northwestern University's McCormick Tribune Center Auditorium, 1870 Campus, Evanston. | | | Lady Gaga in Chicago Jan. 8-9
Just a year and a half after performing at the Windy City Gay Idol finals at Circuit nightclub, Lady Gaga is headlining her own national show "The Monster Ball Tour" —and will sing at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State, Jan. 8-9. | | | Book on Queen out Nov. 15
QUEEN: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock, a comprehensive look at one of rock's most unique bands, will be available Nov. 15. | | | THEATER REVIEW The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Playwright: Tyler Beattie At: Filament Ensemble at The Viaduct, 3111 N. Western. Tickets: 773-296-6024; www.filamenttheatre.org; $16.50. Runs through: Nov. 9 |
| | Women for Equality Illinois photos
"Women for Equality," an event for LBT women and friends that supported Equality Illinois, took place Oct. 24 at The Velvet Rope, 728 W. Lake, Oak Park. Photos by Kat Fitzgerald MysticImagesPhotography.com | | | Bikes and brews in Milwaukee
Special to the Online Edition of Windy City Times - Kate Rawsthorne has taken her passion for bicycle touring, turned it into her profession and, in the process, established a new view of Milwaukee. | | | VEHICLE REVIEW 2009 Mercedes-Benz R320 BlueTEC
The Mercedes for size queens - The R320 is wearing a mask. Beneath its gold-sized wrapper, lies one of the most proficient and versatile vehicles on the market today. Unlike other hard-to-define luxury crossovers out there today which look like Chelsea gym boys puffing out their chests—I'm looking at you, BMW X6—the R is less flash and more brain than it would seem at first glance. | | | Auto news
—Fork it over: Drivers' license fees in Illinois have tripled from $10 to $30. It's the first increase in fees since 1983. However, that's not the only cost that's going up: According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the cost of the annual registration sticker that goes on license plates will jump from $79 now to $99; duplicate or corrected vehicle-title fees will jump from $65 now to $95; and a registration transfer will increase from $15 to $25. All of the latter changes will take place Jan. 1, 2010. | | | Having a bowl at Waveland
Gary Handler still recalls the wide range of emotions that ran through Waveland Bowling when the 40-lane facility he runs was the bowling home for the 2006 Gay Games. | | | SPORTS SHORTS
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