Yasmin Nair

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.

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Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Panel speaks on Chicago’s gay ordinance

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date November 12, 2008

The Chicago Ordinance on Human Rights, which banned discrimination against gays and lesbians and other minorities, was passed on December 21, 1988. Gerber/Hart Library, 1127 W. Granville, recently organized a panel discussion to mark the occasion.

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

Let’s Change the Paradigms of Gay Organising

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date November 8, 2008

Why are we fighting for the specious rights granted by an outmoded institution?

Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Event marks five years of DP registry

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date October 8, 2008

Five years ago, the Cook County Clerk’s Office established a domestic-partnership registry, with John Pennycuff and Robert Castillo being the first to register. Since then, 1,500 couples have registered for domestic partnership benefits, with the most recent (as of Oct. 1) being Jim Konold and Tim Hackett.

Chicago Chronicles Reporting

Center’s auction goes to the dogs

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date October 8, 2008

The Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, recently hosted a silent and live auction-events that had previously been part of its annual Human First Gala. This year, according to Leslie DeMonte, director of special events and volunteer services, the decision was made to separate the two functions so that the gala could draw more focus to itself.

On Books and Publishing

Louis Bayard’s The Black Tower

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date October 8, 2008

Bayard’s recreation of 1818 Paris is devoid of sentimentality.

Capitalism, Class, Inequality Politics

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

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date October 5, 2008

Excerpt: 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.

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Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Task force strategizes about funding cuts

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date October 1, 2008

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich recently cut spending at state agencies. Among the hardest-hit was the Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse [DASA], which lost 21 percent of its budget.

Chicago Chronicles On Books and Publishing Reporting

Diverse books part of read-out

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date October 1, 2008

The American Library Association (ALA) marked its 27th Annual Banned Books Week. Among the events was a read-out during which authors and Chicago Tribune columnists like Dawn Turner Trice read selections from their favorite banned or challenged books.

Film, Art, Television, and Media Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

Lesbian fundraiser focuses on global crises

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date September 24, 2008

Climbing PoeTree, a two-member spoken word group, was in Chicago performing its latest piece, “Hurricane Season: The Hidden Messages in Water.” The first performance was at Columbia College, the second at the Center on Halsted (COH).