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Windy City Times 2013-05-22

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LaTrobe-battles-cancer-fights-for-trans-rights

LaTrobe battles cancer, fights for trans rights

Windy City Gay Idol

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Knight at the Movies: Behind the Candelabra; Portrait of Jason

It's perhaps fitting that Steven Soderbergh—who won the Palm d'Or at Cannes in ... more

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Breaking News

•	Sex ed bill will positively impact LGBT youth, advocates say

•	Marriage advocates talk final push on bill

•	HBHC's Broadway Youth Center to move

•	Florida lesbian teen charged with sex crime

•	Exxon Mobil hit with Illinois LGBT employment complaint

•	Immigration bill passes; no gay amendments

•	Harris: marriage bill will pass by month's end

•	President Clinton backs Illinois Marriage Equality

•	Reeling LGBT film fest hires 2 directors

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Advocates: votes are there for marriage bill
With the end of the Illinois' spring legislation session just days away, LGBT leaders say that equal marriage legislation has the support needed ... more

•	Harris: marriage bill will pass by month's end
•	Florida lesbian teen charged with sex crime
•	Lawsuit claims LGBT bias in Exxon Mobil hiring
•	Cook County Jail works on transgender policies
•	LGBTQs and the Criminal Legal System series index

Local

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Marriage advocates talk final push on bill
Two-hundred phone banks, 500 volunteers, over 12,000 post cards and more than 70,000 emails. That is what has gone into passing Illinois' equal ... more

•	Sex ed bill will positively impact LGBT youth, advocates say
•	HBHC's Broadway Youth Center to move
•	Exxon Mobil hit with Illinois LGBT employment complaint
•	Lawsuit claims LGBT bias in Exxon Mobil hiring
•	Bar association offers training regarding LGBT domestic abuse

Nation & World

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Florida lesbian teen charged with sex crime
A Sebastian, Fla., teenager is being charged with a crime that could potentially place her on the state's sex offender registry. At the ... more

•	Levin appointed first openly gay head of APA
•	Study looks at lesbian moms and male donors
•	Letter from NYC: An AIDS reunion
•	Beth Richie on race, gender and the 'prison nation'
•	France approves marriage; Amaechi's mixed message

Film / TV / Gossip

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Knight at the Movies: Behind the Candelabra; Portrait of Jason
It's perhaps fitting that Steven Soderbergh—who won the Palm d'Or at Cannes in 1989 for his breakthrough feature, the sexually challenging Sex, Lies ... more

•	'Transvisible' screening May 30 at UIC
•	Behind the Candelabra: Screenwriter Richard LaGravenese
•	Billy Masters
•	Alec Mapa's 'Showville': Teaching tolerance through laughter
•	Chicago Public Library, Queer Film Society offer free Pride series

Theater / Dance

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Jessica Halem talks NYC, political correctness
Jessica Halem may have changed residences over the years—living in cities such as Chicago, Seattle, New Orleans and, now, New York—but thankfully she ... more

•	Young, gifted and Black
•	SPOTLIGHT The Glass Menagerie
•	In the Company of Men
•	Orange Flower Water
•	Lear

Music

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Music event June 27 honors LGBT composers, benefits AFC
Young and talented local musicians are going to celebrate LGBT pride with a concert honoring classical and contemporary LGBT composers, all to benefit ... more

•	Rachleff reflects before swan song at Philharmonic
•	Laura Nyro's songs June 1 at Davenports
•	Isle of Klezbos in Chicago July 21
•	Chely Wright, partner have twins; John Barrowman's new gig
•	Patti Smith Band; Rondi Charleston

Books / Art

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Beth Richie on race, gender and the 'prison nation'
Beth Richie is professor of African American Studies, criminology, law and justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago and director of the ... more

•	'Out at CHM' unveils Ebony Fashion Fair
•	Lambda Literary Awards finalist readings May 22
•	The fairy gardener
•	Mathews Mans Up!
•	Bookshelf

Trans

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LaTrobe battles cancer, fights for trans rights
June LaTrobe was on Belmont Avenue near the Red Line Jan. 3 when she passed out. June (as she prefers to be called), ... more

•	'Transvisible' screening May 30 at UIC
•	NCTE welcomes Lisa Mottet as Deputy Executive Director
•	Ohio trans murder sparks fear, anger over media coverage
•	Delaware passes marriage equality; Smith College looking at trans policies
•	NCAVP calls attention to 3 Black trans homicides in April

AIDS & Health

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Levin appointed first openly gay head of APA
The first openly gay head of the D.C. Department of Health has just cracked the American Psychiatric Association's glass ceiling. Dr. Saul Levin ... more

•	Letter from NYC: An AIDS reunion
•	Study looks at lesbian moms and male donors
•	VIEWS State-run health insurance; Why AFC opposes HB 3227
•	Howard Brown still facing struggles
•	ASK LAMBDA LEGAL: HIV disclosure

Lesbian

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Florida lesbian teen charged with sex crime
A Sebastian, Fla., teenager is being charged with a crime that could potentially place her on the state's sex offender registry. At the ... more

•	Lambda Legal CLC holds conversation on women and equality
•	Puerto Rican activist discusses life, poems
•	Jessica Halem talks NYC, political correctness
•	Laura Nyro's songs June 1 at Davenports
•	Gay Games Chicago 2006 Anniv. Celebration July 13

Sports

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FITNESS Trainer John Hall lays it out there
Of course, impending summer means more heat—as well as people tossing aside their parkas and wearing less clothing. John Hall, the buff owner ... more

•	Gay Games Chicago 2006 Anniv. Celebration July 13
•	France approves marriage; Amaechi's mixed message
•	Force clinch division title, scorch Indy 82-20
•	Kevin Grayson comes out, dreams of a spot in the NFL
•	Force undefeated, beat Detroit 61-0

Youth

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Media panel part of LGBT anti-suicide event
"Media" was among a number of panels featured at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) LGBT suicide-prevention symposium at Northwestern Memorial Hospital's ... more

•	Sex ed bill will positively impact LGBT youth, advocates say
•	HBHC's Broadway Youth Center to move
•	Peace Corps open for same-sex couples
•	Law panel part of LGBT anti-suicide event
•	AFSP panel looks at community resources

Windy City Times Index

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COVER STORY: Advocates: votes are there for marriage bill
With the end of the Illinois' spring legislation session just days away, LGBT leaders say that ... more

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Nightspots / Nightlife

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WELCOME to the 35th Annual International Mr. Leather
Greetings and Welcome to the 35th International Mr. Leather Weekend! Like every IML before now, the IML staff does everything possible to make ... more

•	IML XXX5 OFFICIAL EVENTS
•	IML XXX5 emcee Lenny Broberg
•	IML XXX5 ENTERTAINMENT Beverly McClellan
•	IML XXX5 JUDGES
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Windy City Queercast


			WCQ522 Mitchell Fain is Back on Land and on the Queercast Host: Amy Matheny with Mitchell Fain Mitchell has landed back in Chicago and is sharing tales about his fabulous four month trip at sea with Second City. He tells Amy a special story about his time in Sweden and living on a cruise ship surrounded by his audience. They also dish on the new Liberace film. Music Featured on This Queercast: Classixx - "All You're Waiting for" and Abba - "Dancing Queen" Photo Credit: Mitchell and the mystery Swede

Gay News from Around the Web

•	Boy Scouts of America set to vote on gay youth ban - Reuters
•	On Eve of Vote, Boy Scouts Are Divided Over Accepting Gay Youths - New York Times
•	Court Cancels Ukraine's First Gay Pride Rally - ABC News
•	Gay groups denounce lack of protection in Senate immigration bill - Washington Post
•	Gay Rights Activist Held in China - Voice of America

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