Windy City Times Weekly news from the GLBT world http://www.windycitytimes.com/windycitytimes.html 2009-01-06T15:29:39-06:00 Windy City Times Front Cover http://www.windycitytimes.com http://www.windycitytimes.com/images/publications/wct/2008-12-31/current.jpg text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Andrew Davis 2008: From Obama to Prop 8 http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20128 Pictured: Those in the news in 2008, including clockwise from upper left Lisa Tonna right, with partner Avis Jamison ; the cast of Another Gay Sequel; Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who received the 2008 Outspoken Award from the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission; President-elect Barack Obama; Heath Ledger right, with Jake Gyllenhaal , who passed away; Lawrence King, who was allegedly killed by a classmate because of King's sexual orientation; Rachel Maddow, who got her own MSNBC show; Center on Halsted Executive Director Modesto Tico Valle; thousands of Chicagoans protesting Prop 8 in November; Hontas Farmer and Sam Finkelstein at the Nov. 19 meeting where the proposal for an LGBTA high school was scuttled; and James Franco and Sean Penn in Milk. text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Andrew Davis The year in review: Local news http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20131 For Chicagoland LGBTs, 2008â€if nothing elseâ€proved that the community will rally around its own: text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Gays Got Talent finals Jan. 10 http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20138 The finals for Gays Got Talent, a wide-ranging Chicago-area talent contest, will take place Jan. 10, 2009 at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted. text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Scott C. Morgan 2008: A year of Chicago theater in review http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20146 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com TRACY BAIM Burris has pro-gay record http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20153 Roland Burris, tapped in a controversial move by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill the U.S. Senate seat once held by Barack Obama, has a pro-gay record in his varied political career. As a perennial candidate, he has often sought gay support in his races, including his 2002 bid for state governor. The notable exception, which is more like the rule for pro-gay pols, is that he does not back same-sex marriage, but rather a form of civil unions. text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com TRACY BAIM VIEWS An Obama wish list http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20144 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Andrew Davis NATIONAL ROUNDUP http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20129 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Jacob Anderson-Minshall TRANSNATION 2008 trans year in review http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20140 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com PASSAGES Eartha Kitt http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20130 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com People's Gas restocking the Lakeview Pantry http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20139 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Yasmin Nair Morten, Madigan make transitions http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20132 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Inauguration cruise Jan. 16-24 http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20133 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Proposals for Black LGBT writers' confab due Jan. 6 http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20134 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Forgiveness seminar set for Jan. 3 http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20135 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com TPAN announces new development director http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20136 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Bailiwick clearance sale Jan. 2 http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20137 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Entertainment news http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20156 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Rex Wockner Quotelines http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20141 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Leather Archives art show ends Jan. 9 http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20142 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Jan. 'In the Life' spotlights religion http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20143 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com LETTERS http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20145 More than marriage text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com South Asian version of Vagina Monologues at Strawdog http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20155 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com CRITICS' PICS http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20147 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Catey Sullivan THEATER Looking back at 2008 http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20148 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com SPOTLIGHT Grease! http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20149 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Mary Shen Barnidge Golden gifts and silver linings in 2008 http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20150 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Jonathan Abarbanel Theater 2008: The good, the bad and the ugly http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20151 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Richard Knight, Jr. Knight at the Movies: The best LGBT movies of 2008 http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20152 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Mapplethorpe and Michaelangelo at NU http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20154 Pictured: Robert Mapplethorpe, Untitled self-portrait . Photo courtesy of Burke Patten text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Rex Wockner WORLD NEWS http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20157 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com David Byrne with Tony Peregrin Pop Making Sense http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20166 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Jerry Nunn NUNN ON ONE Dude looks like a Brady: Talking with Christopher Knight http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20158 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Ross Forman SPORTS LGBT athletes of the year http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20159 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Ross Forman Aloha, 2008 http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20160 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com SPORTS BRIEFS http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20161 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Eder days http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20162 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com PASSAGES Joyce Love http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20164 text/html 2008-12-31T06:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Dana Rudolph MOMBIAN LGBT parenting: year in review http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20165 “It is same-sex parenting that is heating up as the next skirmish in the nation’s culture wars,” asserted the Chicago Tribune 12/3/08 , referring to the recent Arkansas ban on unmarried people and by definition, lesbian and gay people fostering or adopting children. For many of us, however, the fight for our families’ rights is an ongoing battle rather than an upcoming skirmish. Let us look back, then, at some of the other major events of 2008 that defined this conflict.