Gay Chicago Mag moves
Gay Chicago Mag moves
Recap: Prop 8 discussion with Geoff Stone
About 250 people joined us Tuesday morning for a discussion on the Prop 8 trial and gay marriage with University of Chicago law professor Geoff Stone.
Stone teaches and writes primarily in the area of constitutional law. He is a former Dean of the Law School and Provost of the University of …
AMA votes to seek repeal of gay military ban
(Chicago) The nation’s largest doctors’ group has agreed to join efforts to repeal the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy.
The American Medical Association also voted to declare that gay marriage bans contribute to health disparities for gay couples and their children.
Both gay-rights policies were adopted Tuesday at the AMA’s interim …
The First Openly Gay MLB Owner
The Chicago Cubs have become the first major-league team to have an openly gay owner according to the Windy City Times.
On Oct. 30, the Ricketts family became the new owners of MLB team, the Chicago Cubs.
The family bought the team and Wrigley Field for $845 million.
Laura Ricketts, one of the …
Gay pols face off in Chicago
Gay pols face off in Chicago
Chicago to honor gay veterans
Chicago to honor gay veterans
Chicago statue honoring gay activist stolen
(Chicago) A statue containing the ashes of a Chicago gay activist was stolen from an Uptown peace garden this past weekend, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.
The statue was created as a tribute to lesbian health activist and attorney Mary York. The statue was a replica of the Bird Girl sculpture that …
Gays and aging: Halsted center serves surging population of gay … Chicago Tribune
Windows on the second floor of the Center on Halsted frame an ever-changing portrait of gay life in 2009: Same-sex couples walk hand in hand; cross-dressing young men strut with confidence; rainbow banners herald a neighborhood that embraces gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of any age.
Behind those windows every Tuesday sit Chicagoans in their 60s, 70s and 80s, many on the tailing arcs of lives spent denying their true sexual identity. Women and men who married opposite-sex partners, had children and only late in life felt comfortable telling the world that they’re lesbian or gay. Men and women who chose solitary lives over the possibility of being outed.
They’re a population celebrating still relatively newfound openness, while also confronting issues that rarely appear on the radar of a youthful gay-rights movement focused on the right to marry.
Some have only recently come out and are trying to find their way in a new community. Some have been out for years but are now in nursing homes where their sexuality has again become a stigma. See Gays and aging: Halsted center serves surging population of gay …
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Gay rights supporter, Chicago political pitbull to succeed Emanuel
(Chicago, Illinois) Congressman-elect Mike Quigley is known for being an independent, reform-minded politician, but he learned politics the old-school Chicago way.
Quigley worked for Alderman Bernie Hansen in the 1980s running his ward office and learning real-life political lessons about meat-and-potatoes services to constituents, like making sure the garbage gets picked …
Lawsuits accuse Chicago cop of gay harassment, false arrests
(Chicago, Illinois) A Chicago police officer is facing seven civil lawsuits accusing him of making false drunk driving arrests, using excessive force and harassing gays and lesbians.
Four of the suits against officer Richard Fiorito were filed this week, The Chicago Tribune reported. The three others were filed in February.
Attorney Jon …
