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Eddie Sarfaty’s Mental: Funny in the Head

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Sarfaty is fearless about recounting his sex life and it’s a resolutely and unapologetic gay sex life. 


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Melissa Hart’s Gringa: A Contradictory Childhood

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“My mother and I pretended allegiance to their Tupperware parties, to their Brownie troops, to their Sunday morning services at the Presbyterian Church.”


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When everything changed for Kairol Rosenthal

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“We know how to take care of our own.”


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Capitalism, Class, Inequality On Books and Publishing

Hillary Carlip’s À la Cart: The Secret Lives of Grocery Shoppers

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What and whom are we laughing at, exactly?


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Julia Serano forum focuses on trans community and sexism

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

Partner violence among forum topics

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Violence is usually discussed within the context of heterosexual families and social groups.  It’s widely assumed that people in same-sex households, communities, and relationships are either incapable of causing harm to each other, or that their needs can’t be met by mainstream anti-violence groups.  As a result, significant issues like intimate partner violence or the […]


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Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Movie screening examines violence and LGBTQs

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The Center on Halsted’s Anti-Violence Project and the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs recently hosted a roundtable and regional training sessions.  These included a public screening of the documentary, Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World, May 22.  It was one of three events at the Center that week that examined violence and the […]


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Arsham Parsi talks about gay Iran

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Arsham Parsi is the head of the IRQO (Iranian Queer Organization).  Parsi was born in 1980.  As he tells it, he grew up in Shiraz with no contact with other gay people until he found queer communities on the Internet.  Following that, he worked on HIV issues, until rumors of his sexual orientation began to spread and he feared persecution.  According to Human Rights Watch, “Iranian law punishes all penetrative sexual acts between adult men with the death penalty.&


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Interview with Bashar Barazi: A Dream of Arabia

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Bashar Barazi is the president of 3B Media, Inc., the parent company of MAQAM, a sponsor of the 2006 Gay Games VII in Chicago.  MAQAM brought artists to perform at the Opening/Closing Ceremonies and is now producing A Dream of Arabia.  Barazi spoke to Windy City Times on the phone about the upcoming show.


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Giannoulias’ LGBT fundraiser

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Citizens for Giannoulias hosted a fundraiser for Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias at Roscoe’s, 3356 N. Halsted, June 12.  The host committee included Chicago Alderman Tom Tunney and Illinois State Representative Greg Harris, who introduced Giannoulias.  Tunney spoke about the treasurer’s commitment to the LGBT community, including his support for the Center on Halsted.  The […]


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