August 13, 2009
Veterans, activists and politicians gathered in Daley Plaza Aug. 5 to honor America’s GLBT veterans. “With Liberty and Justice for All,” organized by the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations Advisory Councils on Veterans’ Affairs and... Full Story / Comment
Freestyle
Look Sharp! An interview with singer/songwriter Maia Sharp
Out singer/songwriter Maia Sharp opens her new album “Echo” (Crooked Crown) with “Polite Society,” a song to whose sentiment many in the GLBT community will be able to relate. Bonnie Raitt, who has covered a number of Sharp’s tunes, can be heard singing on the track “Death by Perfection.” Raitt isn’t the only one who has performed Sharp’s songs. The Dixie Chicks... Full Story / Comment
Did anyone see Lily Allen’s transformation into a dance music diva coming? In the hands of producer Greg Kurstin (of The Bird and The Bee), Allen doesn’t lose any of her snotty edge on “It’s Not Me, It’s You” (Capitol). She’s still sticking it to the dudes who aren’t sticking it to her, as in... Full Story / Comment
Check out this weeks Live Performance listings... Full Story / Comment
CFP reviews '1,2,3 Fag!', 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof', 'The Light in the Piazza' & 'Spring Awakening'... Full Story / Comment
Reel advice: movie reviews and calendar
“Bandslam” (Summit/Walden): “Bandslam,” the new movie from writer/director Todd Graff (the marvelous “Camp”), is so disappointing it’s hard to know where to begin. “Bandslam” is everything “Camp” wasn’t. It’s forced, desperate to be commercial and soulless. Music-obsessed Will... Full Story / Comment
Trattoria Demi: Italian favorites at great prices
Leave it to the college town of Evanston to be home to a block where there are nearly a dozen restaurants serving good, inexpensive food. On a one block stretch of Sherman you’ll find a great sushi place, a pan-Asian noodle shop, a Greek sandwich counter, coffee house and a half dozen more... Full Story / Comment
Freetime
Midlife Crisis #275: Elementary My Dear Watson
A rumor in the New York Post that filmmaker Guy Ritchie is producing a new Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson mystery starring Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. with a gay spin on their relationship has sent movie critic and homophobic A-Hole Michael Medved into a tailspin. “There’s... Full Story / Comment
Editorial
In recent weeks, the debate over healthcare has raged incessantly. What seemed to be a mandate for President Obama, ensuring access to quality healthcare for all Americans, has escalated into acrimonious controversy. Many Americans have suddenly expressed panic that they will have to give up their health insurance. Some Medicare... Full Story / Comment
With regards to the two-in-one vaccine discussed in last week’s Chicago Free Press (“Stroger’s HIV vaccine testing proposal hits a stumbling block”), the non-infectious virus-like-particles (VLPs) produced by this HIV-1 vaccine candidate... Full Story / Comment
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Chicagoans remember Tel Aviv shooting victims
Members and friends of the Chicago Jewish community gathered Monday evening at Emanuel Congregation in Edgewater to pay tribute to the young victims of a gunman who opened fire in a GLBT community center in Tel Aviv... Full Story / Comment
Black gay, bi festival approaches
Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus (CBGMC) is gearing up for the fifth anniversary of its annual Lovefest celebration, a day-long event that focuses on entertainment and health. “It’s exciting because this is our fifth year, and attendance seems to increase each year,” said... Full Story / Comment
Anger over Market Days VIP stage lingers
While one of Chicago GLBTs’ favorite summertime events, Northalsted Area Merchants Association’s Market Days, is long over, the criticism of a new addition to the annual bash—a VIP section for certain live performance acts that cost $50 a ticket—hasn’t ended... Full Story / Comment
A local HIV/AIDS agency is rolling out several of Chicago gays’ summertime favorites—boozing on the beach, enjoying fabulous drag, playing volleyball, catching some rays and watching drama unfold—all for a good cause... Full Story / Comment
GLBT and AIDS activist Cleve Jones will come to Chicago Aug. 29 for a special event put together by Join the Impact-Chicago. “An Evening with Cleve Jones: The History and Struggle for LGBT Civil Rights” is set for Aug. 29, from 6-8 p.m., at Victory... Full Story / Comment
APA repudiates gay-to-straight therapy
NEW YORK—The American Psychological Association declared Aug. 5 that mental health professionals should not tell gay clients they can become straight through therapy or other treatments. In a resolution adopted by the APA’s governing council, and in an accompanying report, the association issued its most... Full Story / Comment
Clinton deal lowers HIV drug cost in poor nations
NEW YORK—Agreements between former President Bill Clinton’s foundation and two drug companies will lower prices on medications for patients with drug-resistant HIV in the developing world. One agreement, with Mylan Inc., lowers the annual price of four antiretroviral drugs... Full Story / Comment
Opinion
The APA on ‘Reparative Therapy’
As you may have read elsewhere, the American Psychological Association (APA) declared pretty much definitively that mental health professionals should not tell gay clients that they can become heterosexual through therapy... Full Story / Comment
Marketplace
My partner and I live in a three-unit condominium building. The problem is, the other two unit owners are friends and frequently host private parties on the common rooftop deck we all share. We each have our own private front balconies, but they’re not large... Full Story / Comment
Subaru Forester among few vehicles setting records
The Honda CR-V hasn’t done it. The Ford Escape, Toyota RAV4 and Hyundai Tucson also have been unable to boost sales this year over last year’s levels. But the Subaru Forester crossover sport utility vehicle, which debuted months ago as an early 2010 model, is setting sales records... Full Story / Comment
