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, Dec 10, 2012
Now playing:
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(2001), which sounds much better in Italian
Noting the Italian Cultural Institute's revival of Ferzan Ozpetek's melodrama
by Ben Sachs
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, Dec 10, 2012
What makes for a good introduction to a film screening?
They make you want to see more
by Ben Sachs
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, Nov 28, 2012
A poem written by a teenager to the mother she never knew
"My World Inside the Womb," a poem by 18-year-old Isis Cook
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, Sep 18, 2012
Gay tattoos and Samuel Steward
What makes a tattoo gay?
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, Sep 5, 2012
Preparing for a Whale of a class
Announcing my six-week class on the versatile James Whale, director of
Frankenstein
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Show Boat
, and much more
by Ben Sachs
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, Jul 30, 2012
Show Boat
and the neglected legacy of James Whale
Remembering the great British director, whose 1936
Show Boat
screens this week from a restored print
by Ben Sachs
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, Jul 25, 2012
Moreno fights to keep Chick-fil-A out of his "hipster ward"
Alderman Joe Moreno plans on halting a plan to build a Chick-fil-A in the first ward
by Kevin Warwick
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, Jul 12, 2012
A Gchat about sexuality, gender, and how they're relevant to our writing
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, Jul 5, 2012
Rebecca Kling's busy time: new gender, new book
Albert Williams's update on Rebecca Kling
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, Jun 25, 2012
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, Jun 22, 2012
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, May 30, 2012
Jenny McCarthy says men in California are
total pussies
I read the
Sun-Times
's celebrity columnists so you don't have to
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, May 22, 2012
Reeling Film Festival to go on hiatus
The world's second-oldest LGBT film festival has announced there will be no 2012 edition
by Ben Sachs
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, May 17, 2012
Punch my
Mancard
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Like a gift from God
by Sam Worley
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, May 9, 2012
Tom Gabel of Against Me! comes out as transgender
Against Me! leader Tom Gabel will become Laura Jane Grace
by Kevin Warwick
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, Apr 27, 2012
It gets Savager in Elmhurst
Savage Love columnist Dan Savage comes to Elmhurst to talk about the It Gets Better Project.
by Jerome Ludwig
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, Jan 24, 2012
Born this gay
Cynthia Nixon says she chose to be gay
by Sam Worley
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, Sep 27, 2011
Kari Lydersen on Miss Ketty
Kari Lydersen on LGBT nightclub performer Miss Ketty, who died last week at age 64.
by Sam Worley
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, Mar 30, 2011
Video
I Am the Queen
Josue Pellot and Henrique Cirne Lima's documentary "I Am the Queen," about the Humboldt Park transgender beauty pageant Cacique, screens 4/1 and 4/14 in the Chicago Latino Film Festival.
by Ed M. Koziarski
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, Mar 22, 2011
Dan Savage and Terry Miller: It Gets Better
by Jerome Ludwig
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