March 9, 2011 Windy City Times

Download PDF Issue News Chicagoan Elaine Stocker dies - Posted 9 p.m. March 3, 2011 - Longtime Chicago lesbian activist Elaine Stocker died March 3 of complications from a stroke. Funeral services were March 6 at ...  Ron Helizon, 'The Polish Princess,' dies, visitation March 15, memorial March 16 -Posted March 6, 2011 - Ron Helizon, 65, passed away due to complications of a stroke March 6. He was the beloved partner of Gordon ...  Getting to ENDA: Is it lost, or obsolete? - The first of a two-part series examines the state of things regarding ENDA by LISA KEEN Keen News Service Did ...  Supreme Court: Phelps protests are protected - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled March 2 that the First Amendment protects an anti-gay protester's demonstrations in close proximity to ...  Gov. Quinn bans the death penalty - News update Wed., March 9, 2011 - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law March 9 a groundbreaking ban on capital punishment, and changed the futures ...  House Republican leaders vote to authorize DOMA defense - Posted March 9, 2011 - Vote Means Spending Perhaps Millions of Taxpayer Dollars Defending Discriminatory Law WASHINGTON — Today the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's ...  Anti-bullying, non-discrimination bills face shaky paths - News update Thursday, March 10, 2011 - Members of Congress are introducing a flurry of bills this week designed to address bullying and harassment of students, including ...  Boehner calls for House group to defend DOMA - U.S. House Speaker John Boehner announced March 4 that his chamber would take some action to defend the federal law ...  Gay federal appeals nominee stalled - Republican members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee have been holding up the nomination of President Obama's only openly gay ...  BEHIV files for bankruptcy, clears air - Having announced it would be closing its doors and transferring its housing and case-management clients to other agencies earlier this ...  World News - Open gays elected to Irish Dáil Two gay men made history by being elected to Ireland's lower house of Parliament, ...  National News - Gay marriage safe in New Hampshire for now New Hampshire's Legislature will not vote in 2011 on either of two ...  Foster-care agencies that deny gay parents under review - While three faith-based foster care agencies receive state funding in excess of roughly $40 million annually as contractors with the ...  Law school hosts LGBT-rights conference - Hundreds gathered at the Chicago-Kent College of Law March 5 as the Chicago-Kent Lambdas hosted the 2011 LGBT civil-rights conference ...  Clarence Darrow event focuses on Death penalty, Queer (In)Justice - CHICAGO—Aficionados of the legendary attorney Clarence Darrow will gather at the Darrow Bridge in Jackson Park Sunday, March 13, at ...  Bailey apologizes for sex-toy demo - Dr. Michael Bailey—a Northwestern University professor who studies such areas as sexual arousal and sexual orientation—has apologized for allowing a ...  Gay-rights activist dies at 32 - Michael Spivak, a gay-rights advocate who grew up in Buffalo Grove, Ill., died in Minneapolis, Minn., according to the Daily ...  AFC, ALMA, new appointments - Keith Green joins AFC as federal affairs head The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) has announced the appointment of Keith ...  National-Louis forum looks at Legacy Project, bullying - National-Louis University hosted the "2nd Annual Forum on LGBTQA issues in Higher Education: Building Knowledge-Practice-Action" March 2. Victor Salvo, executive ...  Advocates turn out for 'Lobby Days' - More than 120 people turned out Mar. 2 to lobby Illinois legislators against budget cuts to HIV prevention funding. The ...  Women talk about sex - Lesbian and bisexual women as well as allies of the community gathered at the Jacob Carruthers Center for Inner City ...  Groups discuss impact of war, marriage and policing on LGBTs - Gender JUST (Justice United for Societal Transformation), American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois ...  The Crib: Providing refuge for young adults - Nestled inside the safety of Lakeview Lutheran Church, which is just around the corner from the Center on Halsted, The ...  VIEWS Rev. Peter Gomes: Accidental gay advocate - [Note: Harvard Divinity professor Peter Gomes died Feb. 28 of a brain aneurysm and a heart attack at the age ...  VIEWS We are greater than AIDS - This year marks 30 years since the discovery of the first case of what was later identified as AIDS. With ...  Center screens film on life of Black gay civil-rights activist - The Chicago Urban League and WTTW joined forces to screen Bennett Singer's award-winning documentary Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard ...  Entertainment 'When Romeo Was a Woman'at museum March 10 - As part of its "Out at CHM" series, the Chicago History Museum will host "When Romeo Was a Woman" Thursday, ...  Congregation Or Chadash marks 35 years with gala - When Congregation Or Chadash (or "New Light," in Hebrew) was first founded in 1975, it was little more than a ...  Chicago Takes Off: Lido des Boyz - It may have been snowing outside, but Test Positive Aware Network kept things very hot at the Park West March ...  Pop Making Sense - Special to the Online Edition of Windy City Times - To raise awareness and funds for The Trevor Project, openly gay vocalist Matt Zarley is remaking "We Belong." This cover ...  Knight at the Movies: For Billy: The Movie; film notes - It's a scenario so familiar to movie goers that it's almost become a cliché: A young gay teen falls hard ...  Billy Masters - "How long did you last? I was asking at what point in the Oscar show was the entire audience gonna ...  Lady Gaga, Matthew Morrison and Russell Simmons - Entertainment news: Special to the Online Edition of Windy City Times - Openly gay Bravo exec Andy Cohen was in the middle of a firestorm after he criticized the children's choir that ...  Scottish Play Scott - When I first moved to Chicago, people often told me that I would need to take at least one warm ...  Precious Little - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Madeleine George. At: Rivendell Theatre at The Storefront, 66 E. Randolph. Phone: 312-742-8497; $25. Runs through: April 2 On ...  This - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Melissa James Gibson. At: Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont. Phone: 773-975-8150; $18-$35. Runs through: March 27 Melissa James Gibson's ...  Working - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: adapted by Stephen . Schwartz, Nina Faso and assorted guest contributers from the book by Studs Terkel. At: Broadway ...  SPOTLIGHT - There's no denying that Hair is a relic of the idealistic 1960s. But this iconic "tribal rock musical" was thoroughly ...  2011 Garage Rep - THEATER REVIEW - Playwright: Various. At: Merle Reskin Garage Theatre, 1624 N. Halsted. Tickets: 312-335-1650; http://www.steppenwolf.org; $20; 3-play pass $45. Runs through: April ...  MUSIC Boy George: No 'Ordinary' man - When talking about the '80s music scene, Boy George and Culture Club must be considered one of the seminal acts ...  News in Theater - About Face nominated for GLAAD award About Face Theatre Artistic Director Bonnie Metzgar and Executive Director Jason Held have announced ...  CRITICS' PICKS - The Big Meal, American Theater Company, extended through March 27. Generations of family joys, squabbles and tragedies get played out ...  The Beekman Boys are back in town - TELEVISION - The Fabulous Beekman Boys are at it again with a second season of their reality show on Planet Green and ...  Dan Geraci talks high-intensity training - FITNESS Special to the Online Edition of Windy City Times - Mention to some people that there's a workout that you only have to do twice weekly that would yield results, ...  SUGAR & SPICE DiSotto Enoteca - Special to the Online Edition of Windy City Times - The folks behind the Francesca's Family of Restaurants are at it again. They've turned the cave-like space beneath Francesca's on ...  Idina in Indy - Special to the Online Edition of Windy City Times - Windy City Times drove the Indy 500 to see Idina Menzel at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. The entertainer known as ...  Pet for adoption - Mac Gender: Male Mac was found a couple of years ago running around in a park with other dogs. Everyone ...  Outlines A Gay in the Life: Entertainer Honey West - Windy City Times was like a bee to Honey following her all day on Sunday. We visited her house for ...  Ellen DeGeneres invited to join Ride for AIDS - There was the incredible buzz and notoriety for the Facebook page to help get Betty White to host Saturday Night ...  Gold Coast B&B: A nugget in the heart of the city - If you think that bed-and-breakfasts are tucked away in rustic areas in the scenic countryside, think again. There's one in ...  Cassandra Corum delivers fitness tips - The rapidly approaching warm weather is the perfect excuse, says Cassandra Corum, to get your body where you want it. ...  BUZZ! Point Foundation creates scholarship in memory of Tyler Clementi