November 26, 2008
Gay marriage advocates rally at Calif. capitol
TSACRAMENTO—Thousands of gay rights supporters waved rainbow flags and homemade signs on Saturday outside California’s capitol to protest a voter-approved ban on gay marriage. The protest was the latest of several demonstrations held around the country since Californians adopted Proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman...Full Story / Comment
Freestyle
Love ‘Sick’: an interview with Sick of Sarah’s Abisha Uhl
It might seem kind of heartless to say, but Abisha Uhl, the out lead singer/songwriter of Sick of Sarah, has such a gift for writing and singing about heartbreak that listeners might find themselves hoping she never finds love... Full Story / Comment
Nov. 26: Chicago’s very own Janus unleashes their brand new album “Red Right Return” with a special, intimate show with friends Heavy The Fall and Left Setter on at 9 p.m. at Reggie’s Rock Club, 2105 S. State. Call (312) 949-0120... Full Story / Comment
Queer near the end of the year
There are many things to be thankful for as the year 2008 winds its way to a conclusion. Among them are the numerous GLBT musicians whose recordings helped to make this a most musically memorable few months... Full Story / Comment
Global marketplace: Traveling with culinary tastes
CFP invites readers to take a culinary cruise on their next visit to the grocery store, the deli, the liquor store or virtual online marketplaces. Some of our new favorites for the pantry include... Full Story / Comment
Knud Merrild (1894-1954) was born in Denmark and pursued art training there as a youth. He was greatly impressed by a Cubist exhibition he saw in 1913 that altered his creative ideas in the direction of modernism. After leaving art school he worked in a number... Full Story / Comment
Freeview: movie reviews and calendar
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight/Warner Brothers)—In this visually stunning and brilliantly executed rags to raja story, director Danny Boyle (“Trainspotting”) gives us the tale of Jamal (Dev Patel), a contestant on the Indian version of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire,” and the suspicions... Full Story / Comment
After eating too much for Thanksgiving, the last thing you probably want to think about is food, but you know that feeling will pass. We’re entering the whirlwind of holiday shopping and events and there are times when you’ll be in the middle of a marathon shopping expedition and you’ll suddenly realize that you’re ravenous... Full Story / Comment
CFP reviews 'Grey Gardens','Six Degrees of Separation','Meet Me in St. Louis'. Full Story / Comment
HARRISONBURG, Va.—Coffee shops are for coffee and real estate offices are for property sales, right? Yes, but they are also up-and-coming art spaces. The trend of putting art in unusual places is bringing attention not only to the artists, but also to the spaces themselves... Full Story / Comment
Opinion
Giving thanks for our strength
It’s tough to think about Thanksgiving—about literally giving thanks—when so many in our community are so angry. It is less than a month after the election, and many of us are still smarting over the great loss that is Proposition 8. We are angry at the Mormon and... Full Story / Comment
Let me tell you three stories. First story. One of my best friends, a middle-age man with whom I worked on AIDS issues in the 1980s, sent me an e-mail several months ago saying that he had recently tested positive for HIV. He acknowledged that... Full Story / Comment
A is for acoustic. The Vers2X audio docking station and speakers for iPods is smaller than a breadbox. In fact, it is about the size of a box of tissues and, available in four different woods, made to fit just about any home or office décor... Full Story / Comment
Charitable donations: Gifts that keep on giving
Sometimes it seems like your friends and family have everything. Why bother with a new kitchen gadget when all they do is get take-out? What’s the point of new clothes when they roller coaster from one size to the next? How can you tell what DVDs they already own... Full Story / Comment
News
At the last minute, the design team behind plans to create a new Chicago public high school catering to disenfranchised students, including GLBT youth, pulled the plug Nov. 18... Full Story / Comment
Hundreds picket local movie theater
An estimated 400 activists picketed outside downtown Evanston’s Century Theater Saturday night, protesting Cinemark CEO Alan Stock’s $9,999 donation in support of California’s Proposition 8... Full Story / Comment
Local gay marriage foes to try again
Protect Marriage Illinois—a coalition of anti-gay organizations that failed twice in the past to place an anti-gay-marriage referendum on a state ballot—is at it again... Full Story / Comment
Weeklong commemorations of World AIDS Day planned
On Dec. 1, people around the globe will commemorate World AIDS Day to raise awareness of the global AIDS epidemic. hicago is home to a number of HIV/AIDS agencies and organizations... Full Story / Comment
HIV tests not yet as routine as cholesterol checks
WASHINGTON—Two years after the government urged that HIV tests become as common as cholesterol checks, there are small gains but still one in five people infected with the AIDS virus does not know it, scientists said Thursday... Full Story / Comment
Suit alleges HIV infection after organ transplant
A Chicago woman who was allegedly infected with HIV through an organ transplant last year filed an anonymous lawsuit Nov. 17 against a local hospital and its transplant staff, claiming that she should have been told that the donor was gay... Full Story / Comment
Vt. governor opposes marriage bill
MONTPELIER, Vt.—Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas said Thursday he would oppose legislation allowing same-sex marriages, saying the state’s civil unions law is adequate and that lawmakers should be focusing on the state’s money problems... Full Story / Comment
Local experts discuss the “Tunnel of Love”
It was a packed house Nov. 18 during Project CRYSP’s latest community forum on men’s health, titled “Tunnel of Love.” The evening’s discussion, held at the Center on Halsted, was all about the booty. Local experts—AIDS Foundation of Chicago’s Jim Pickett, local porn star J.C. Carter and Chicago Department of Public... Full Story / Comment
Lawsuit says Ind. teen with HIV bullied at school
INDIANAPOLIS—A school district in the state where HIV-positive Ryan White fought for the right to attend classes two decades ago is being sued by the family of a 14-year-old girl who says she was bullied so badly over her positive status that she left school... Full Story / Comment
Former Memphis cop indicted in beating of suspect
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A former Memphis police officer faces civil rights charges in the jailhouse beating of a transgender prostitution suspect that was captured on video... Full Story / Comment
Cleve Jones: Helping bring “Milk” to the screen
“When I was 17 and I came out, my greatest fear was getting old,” said activist Cleve Jones. “I’m 54, and this has been the best year of my life.” For good reason. Jones, who is perhaps best known for conceiving of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, this... Full Story / Comment
HARTFORD, Conn.—A new report says same-sex marriages could pump $3 million to $13 million into Connecticut’s economy over the next three years. The Williams Institute at UCLA Law School says Connecticut’s recent Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage... Full Story / Comment
Editorial
In his column for this week, CFP columnist Paul Varnell writes about three encounters he’s had with old acquaintances over the last year. In each of Mr. Varnell’s remembrances, his acquaintance has surprised him by saying that they had been infected with HIV. Each of these men, theoretically, “should have known better.” But “knowing better” in our society is... Full Story / Comment
We are excited to see eHarmony agree to be inclusive of the LGBT community and that companies discriminating against gay and lesbian people by offering non-inclusive products is no longer tolerated. Today’s decision is another step for LGBT... Full Story / Comment
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