July 2, 2009
Half a million show their pride
On the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, half a million Chicagoans showed their pride on Sunday.
The 40th annual Chicago Pride Parade was the largest to date, attracting an estimated 500,000 GLBTs and their allies... Full Story / Comment
Freestyle
Family affair: an interview with Dan Martin and Michael Biello of ‘The Cousins Grimm’
Dan Martin and Michael Biello, who wrote the music and lyrics to the brand new musical “The Cousins Grimm” aren’t just collaborators on a professional level. The pair have been a couple for 34 years... Full Story / Comment
Check out this week's live performance listing... Full Story / Comment
Reel advice: movie reviews and calendar
Summer movie report card, from A to D-: "Up" (Disney/Pixar)—After bringing us to tears in the first fifteen minutes of the movie, the Pixar people deliver their most exhilarating and mature effort with Ed Asner... Full Story / Comment
If anyone has the right to sing the blues, it’s our lesbian sisters. Gaye Adegbalola, of Saffire The Uppity Blues Women fame, does so on her most recent solo effort “Gaye Without Shame” (Hot Toddy), in... Full Story / Comment
CFP reviews 'A Song for Coretta', 'Up', 'Poseidon: An Upside-Down Musical' & '500 Clown and the Elephant Deal' Full Story / Comment
‘Over The Rainbow’: Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus Pride Concert
It’s strange how we’ve linked the death of Judy Garland to the birth of gay rights—only homosexuals could make such a cunning connection between culture and politics and art and life... Full Story / Comment
Sunda offers new takes on Asian classics
There is no shortage of hip Asian restaurants in the River North area, so was there really a need for another one. Yes, if that restaurant is Sunda, the latest project by Billy Dec, the brainchild behind Rockit bar and restaurant... Full Story / Comment
Home
Chicagoans Are Discovering Miller Beach
In the market for a beach home, but can’t quite afford Saugatuck or Harbor Country? Then you might want to consider Miller Beach, Ind.: it’s half as far as Harbor Country, less than half the price and offers twice as much beach... Full Story / Comment
Breaking News
Local drag queen jailed for alleged fraud
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Popular drag entertainer Lady Parker Vera, a.k.a. Thomas Flanagan, is behind bars for alleged fraud and theft. Flanagan, 25, is being held in Cook County Jail on $10,000 bond, allegedly for felony theft by deception, or internet fraud, and theft. Flanagan was booked on July 2, and his first court date was July 7, according Cook County Sheriff’s Office records... Full Story / Comment
News
Equality Illinois’ executive director just left the GLBT rights organization in hopes of becoming Illinois’ first openly gay state senator... Full Story / Comment
Obama tries to reassure gay rights activists
WASHINGTON (AP)—President Barack Obama Monday reiterated his support for gay rights causes, telling activists that he’s a friend who will fight for them and with them while in the White House... Full Story / Comment
Dozens of GLBTs put their best foot forward Saturday for the 28th annual Proud to Run. Proud to Run, presented by the GLBT running and walking club... Full Story / Comment
Pilson Dyke March a huge success
Decked out in Pride gear, hundreds of Chicago GLBTs took over the streets of Pilson Saturday for the annual Chicago Dyke March. This was the second year in a row that Chicago Dyke March, traditionally held in Andersonville... Full Story / Comment
Local group angered at recent HIV stats
Several community organizations came together June 25 to respond to a recent Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) CDC-funded survey, which found an alarmingly disproportionate rate of... Full Story / Comment
LCCP statue in honor of community activist stolen
A statue that honors the memory of longtime lesbian community activist Mary York was recently stolen from Howard Brown Health Center... Full Story / Comment
Chicago’s 2009 Black Pride celebrations
In Chicago, we love to have two of everything: Two baseball teams, two major newspapers, and during July, two Black Pride celebrations... Full Story / Comment
Opinion
My girlfriend Jenny and I were standing on a subway platform in Harlem. She had flown in from Chicago and had just gotten off a bus from LaGuardia—I was coming home from work in Times Square... Full Story / Comment
After I fell, fracturing my pelvis, I spent a couple of days in the hospital, then was packed off to a nursing home for three months while the body repaired the fractures... Full Story / Comment
Freetime
Midlife Crisis #269: From Your Lips to God’s Ass
A group of Mormons who disagree with the hierarchy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ hard line stance against gay marriage has launched a website asking the church to quit being... Full Story / Comment
