June 4, 2009
Chicago after Stonewall: The first year
In the early hours of June 28, 1969, police raided New York’s Stonewall Inn and lesbians and gay men fought back for three days. We all know the story, but how did the lesbian and gay community in Chicago react... Full Story / Comment
Lakeview was almost Girlstown: Feminists and gays cope with the ‘70s
Two incredibly important equal rights movements just happened to explode around the same time. In 1969, both the women’s and gay liberation movements gained significant momentum, and throughout the decade that followed, the... Full Story / Comment
William Friedkin’s 1970 film adaptation of the groundbreaking Mart Crowley stage play “The Boys in the Band” hit movie screens less than a year after the Stonewall riots. Set during the summer of 1968, the film was centered on the 30th... Full Story / Comment
The Adventures of The Gay Gourmet in the Swinging Seventies
As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Stonewall and look back over the decades, it occurred to me that I have been writing for Chicago’s GLBT press for four decades as well... Full Story / Comment
Opinion
Years from now, Proposition 8 is going to be thought of as the tragedy that sparked a revolution. We’ve seen it before. Stonewall, 40 years ago this month. AIDS 25 years ago. It has always been the case that our great... Full Story / Comment
Editorial
This week kicks off CFP’s 2009 Pride Series. We’ll be offering a brief look back at each of the four decades between now and the riots at the Stonewall Inn in NYC in 1969... Full Story / Comment
Join the Impact ought to be called “Join the Respectables.” On the day the LGBT community gathered in front of the Center on Halsted for a massive protest to the unfortunate Supreme Court of California ruling on Proposition #8, JTI board members ... Full Story / Comment
Freestyle
Sounds good: an interview with The Sounds’ out lead singer Maja Ivarsson
It’s only been a few years since “Dying To Say This to You,” the second domestically released album by Swedish new-wave phenomena The Sounds was released, but it probably seems like a lifetime to their... Full Story / Comment
Check out this week's live performance listings... Full Story / Comment
CFP reviews 'Graceland', 'Oedipus', 'The Arabian Nights' & 'La Cage aux Folles'... Full Story / Comment
Beginning in the mid-1980s, pop duos Erasure and Pet Shop Boys were at the forefront of electronic dance music, gay or straight. Teamed up with hetero Vince Clark (of Depeche Mode and Yaz renown)... Full Story / Comment
Pastime products: Major League gear for Big League fans
The Cooperstown Collection baby-blue Cubbies T-shirt from Majestic celebrates the enduring North Side team’s past in retro fashion. This is the one to wear to Out at the Ballgame in August. And, fashioned in a lightweight 100 percent cotton, this is... Full Story / Comment
News
Because state lawmakers Sunday faced a fiscal crisis and a looming deadline, a bill that would have granted Illinois same-sex couples civil unions if passed never came up for a vote before the session ended... Full Story / Comment
Temporary budget bad news for HIV/AIDS agencies
While some GLBTs are concerned that the Illinois legislature left Springfield without voting on a civil unions bill, others are worried that the temporary budget passed late Sunday night will deeply impact those living with HIV/AIDS... Full Story / Comment
Howard Brown to commemorate nation’s longest AIDS study’s 25 years
The nation’s longest study of people with HIV/AIDS reached a milestone anniversary Thursday. Howard Brown Health Center will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Multicenter AIDS... Full Story / Comment
Longtime choral group to celebrate 30 years
Windy City Performing Arts (WCPA), an umbrella organization for several GLBT choruses, is about to celebrate a huge milestone. WCPA was incorporated in 1983, and includes the Windy City Gay Chorus, Unison: Windy City Lesbian and Gay... Full Story / Comment
Congregation Or Chadash dedicates new Torah
Members of Congregation Or Chadash were not only celebrating the holiday of Shavuot this past Friday at their weekly Friday night services. They also used the occasion to dedicate their new Torah scroll, which the congregation... Full Story / Comment
During State Rep. Harry Osterman’s (D-Chicago) upcoming 2009 Northside Women’s Resource Fair, a scheduled session will provide information about same-sex adoption... Full Story / Comment
Gay partnership foes may have names publicized
OLYMPIA, Wash.—Gay rights supporters plan to publish online the names of people signing petitions for Referendum 71, which seeks a public vote to overturn broader domestic partnerships for same-sex... Full Story / Comment
Freetime
Midlife Crisis #264: All You Can Eat
In Vassalboro, Maine—wherever the fuck that is—a waitress from the Grand View Topless Doughnut shop was recently arrested for displaying her boobs on the sidewalk outside the store—maybe she... Full Story / Comment
Kansas City, MO.—The Chicago Force traveled to Kansas City this past Saturday and lost 30-14 in an ugly game played in stifling 90 degree heat. A win would have secured the Midwest Division title and a playoff spot for the Force... Full Story / Comment
Marketplace
Q: I live in a twelve-unit condo building and serve as president of the condo board. One of our unit owners became unemployed in September, and in January he stopped... Full Story / Comment
Empty condos give universities new dorm space
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—River views, granite countertops, stainless-steel appliances, 9-foot ceilings. This is student housing? When classes start this fall—if all goes as planned—more than 300 students at Johnson & Wales University will be living... Full Story / Comment
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