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Disability: A Queer Issue

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date March 18, 2009

A new support group for LGBTQ people living with disabilities has recently begun meeting at Access Living, and its founders are eager to spread the word about it in the community.

Chicago Chronicles Politics Queer Politics, Culture, and History

Interview with Mike Quigley, Cook County Commissioner, while running for Rahm Emanuel’s Congressional seat

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date February 25, 2009

Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley is one of the many candidates running for Rahm Emmanuel’s seat in Congress. He recently spoke to Windy City Times about his views on gay marriage, hate crimes legislation, the environment (one of his pet issues) and his thoughts about a school for LGBTQ youth.

Chicago Chronicles Politics Reporting

Interview with John Fritchey

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date February 18, 2009

Democrat John Fritchey is currently the 11th District State Representative. He’s also among the many candidates seeking to fill Rahm Emanuel’s recently vacated seat in Illinois’s Fifth Congressional District. Fritchey has a reputation as a progressive and is backed by a number of labor unions. He spoke to Windy City Times about his views on […]

Gay Marriage Hate Crime Legislation Politics Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History

Equal Rep.com/Nation-Wide Campaign to Create a New Secretary of GLBT Affairs. Or, How To Silence Queers and Still Love the Idea

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date January 18, 2009

As for DADT, I’m not sure how you can be anti-war and anti-Republican war-mongering and also want to wage war.

Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Morten, Madigan make transitions

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date December 31, 2008

Two prominent Chicago LGBT activists are making significant career transitions. Mary Morten is stepping down as the interim executive director of Chicago Foundation for Women. Morten was the first African American and first out lesbian chair of the board in 1999. She became the interim executive director in November 2007.

Gay Marriage Politics Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Is Homosexuality Genetic or Chosen? Does That Matter?

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date November 15, 2008

Your gay union card, the grey metallic one, with an embossed pink triangle? Shredded.

Capitalism, Class, Inequality Politics

Class in Drag or Who’s Middle Class Anyway?: Sarah Palin, Joe Sixpack, and Main Street

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date October 5, 2008

But even more fascinating to me is the extent to which we hold on to the idea that we’re all just part of a struggling middle class, despite mounting evidence that a lot of us are just plain poor.

Capitalism, Class, Inequality Feminism Politics Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Barefoot and Pregnant in the White House: Sarah and Bristol Palin

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date September 3, 2008

Let’s not forget that a woman’s right to have an abortion has everything to do with citizenship and power and can’t be dismissed as irrelevant.

Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

James Dobson and the National Radio Hall of Fame

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date August 20, 2008

Why pretend that judgments about the value of someone’s work are strictly apolitical and impartial?

On Books and Publishing

Bash Back! makes point at parade

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date July 2, 2008

Chicago’s annual Pride Parade is a popular spectacle for queer Chicagoans and their straight allies. But even its most ardent supporters often wonder if Pride, meant to commemorate Stonewall, has retained its insurgent and activist roots. This year, a new group named Bash Back! decided to reclaim some of what it feels is the original […]