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, Dec 19, 2012
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"I wanna be a dirty old man and I wanna shoot rock 'n' roll."
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Paul Varnell
Gay columnist Paul Varnell dies at 70.
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Kari Lydersen on Miss Ketty
Kari Lydersen on LGBT nightclub performer Miss Ketty, who died last week at age 64.
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More on Boys Town crime
The Windy City Times looks at crime trends in Boys Town.
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Chicago Free Press Going Under, Says Managing Editor
The managing editor of the Chicago Free Press says it will no longer publish.
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Free Press Walkout
Chicago Free Press may be folding as key staffers abandon ship
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Fall Books Special: A Queer Eye, an Open Mind
A new anthology, and a new appreciation, for local gay writer Jon-Henri Damski
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The Queer Cinema 101 Monday screening series opens tonight with "The Celluloid Closet"
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If you lose it, you lose
Tracy Baim got carried away defending herself from attack over "Out & Proud in Chicago."
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Jeff McCourt dead at 51
Jeff McCourt, pioneering gay editor, dies unnoticed in Chicago.
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The Tribune chose not to report that Chicago police were investigating a south-side shooting as a possible hate crime.
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