Weekly news from the GLBT world http://www.windycitytimes.com/windycitytimes.html 2010-03-19T08:47:56-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://www.windycitytimes.com/images/publications/wct/2010-03-17/current.jpg text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25837 ABERDEEN, MS — The American Civil Liberties Union today asked a federal court to act quickly in its lawsuit against a Mississippi High School that says it will cancel the prom rather than let a lesbian high school student attend with her girlfriend. In legal papers filed today, the ACLU asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi to issue a preliminary injunction stopping the Itawamba County School District from canceling the prom and from prohibiting Constance McMillen from bringing her girlfriend as a date and wearing a tuxedo to the event. A hearing on the motion has been set for 10 A.M. Monday, March 22 at theFederal District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi in Aberdeen. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Rex Wockner http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25853 text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Bob Roehr http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25874 Men who have sex with men MSM are at least 44 times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV than other men, and 40 times more likely than women, according to an analysis released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC at the 2010 National STD Prevention Conference. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Andrew Davis http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25870 The American Civil Liberties Union ACLU filed a lawsuit March 11 against Mississippi's Itawamba County School District, which canceled an April 2 prom at Itawamba Agricultural High School in Fulton, Miss., instead of allowing senior Constance McMillen to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo, according to a press release. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Lisa Keen, Keen News Service http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25873 Google "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and you'll get more than 2 million hits. Add the word "repeal" to the search, and you'll get about half million. Add the words "this year," and you're down to 135,000. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25906 FROM A PRESS RELEASE text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25905 Ready for The Big Show? These 16 contestants will vie for the coveted title of winner of Gays Got Talent this Saturday, March 20 at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted St. The winner will receive American Airlines tickets, tickets to Broadway In Chicago productions, Ravinia tickets, Miller Lite and Skyy grand prizes, and $1000 in cash. A DVD of all performers will be submitted to casting agents of America's Got Talent. Come support their efforts to increase GLBT visiblility on the show. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25907 FROM A PRESS RELEASE text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Andrew Davis http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25909 Three Evanston men were indicted March 17 for allegedly harassing and attacking a gay man on the Chicago Transit Authority's CTA's Red Line Jan. 10, according to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25910 Dana V. Starks, chairman and commissioner of the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations has announced that Mayor Richard M. Daley has appointed Elizabeth A. Kelly, Ph.D., as the new chairperson of the Commission's Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues, according to a press release. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25911 Lt. Dan Choi and Jim Pietrangelo—who are being discharged and were let go under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" DADT , respectively—were arrested March 18 for handcuffing themselves to the White House gates while protesting the policy, according to Advocate.com. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25912 Gay-rights activists staged sit-ins at the Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, Calif., offices of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi March 18, demanding that voting on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act ENDA take place on the House floor by the end of this month, according to Advocate.com. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Micki Leventhal http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25855 "Why We Won't Wait: What Are the Next Steps Toward Full Federal Equality?" was the topic of the March 13 evening plenary session at the Equality Across America EAA Midwest Unite + Fight Conference. Panelists Andy Thayer, Sherry Wolf, Jim Madigan and Lt. Dan Choi shared their views with an enthusiastic and predominately college-age crowd in the Conaway Center of Columbia College Chicago. While the goal was identical: full federal civil rights for LGBT individuals, the panelists espoused a variety of political philosophies, cultural positions and strategic methods. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Yasmin Nair http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25852 The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance NQAPIA is currently hosting a series of LGBT immigration public forums in cities across the country. These events are designed to bring about public discussion of comprehensive immigration reform CIR and to educate LGBT Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander AAPI communities and allied organizations on immigrant rights. The group hosted one such exhaustive and detailed presentation March 8 at the Merlo Public Library in partnership with its local members and ally organizations Invisible to Invincible I2I : Asian and Pacific Islander Pride of Chicago; Trikone-Chicago, an LGBT South Asian Group; and Akabaka Productions, a Queer Muslim Group. The panelists were Ben de Guzman of NQAPIA, Chicago queer Muslim activist Ifti Nasim and local immigration attorney Mimi Wilson. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Tracy Baim http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25878 Mayor Richard Daley announced his picks for filling two vacant aldermanic slots Tuesday, March 15, and longtime lesbian activist Mona Noriega was not tapped to fill the 1st Ward post on Chicago's Northwest Side. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25858 Four North Side-based Republican candidates hosted a joint fundraiser March 4 at The Stretch, 3485 N. Clark. Among those appearing was pro-marriage-equality candidate Adam Robinson, who is running against Democratic incumbent Heather Steans for the 7th District state Senate seat. David Anderson State Rep.-19th District , David Ratowitz U.S Congress.-5th District and Scott Tucker State Rep.-11th District were the other GOP candidates who hosted the event. Photos courtesy of Michael Carr text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Andrew Davis http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25863 U.S. Rep. Eric Massa, D-N.Y., has resigned from Congress as the House ethics committee is investigating claims against him, according to FOXNews.com. Originally, Massa had planned to resign at the end of 2010, citing a recurrence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma as the reason. However, a male staff member has said that Massa sexually harassed him—a claim Massa has denied. According to the Washington Post, Massa's chief of staff, Joe Racalto, was concerned that Massa showed a pattern of meeting young gay men—and head Democrats were allegedly aware of related complaints about Massa for some time. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25876 Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed a fiscal year 2011 budget that underfunds HIV care and prevention services by $22 million, according to a statement from the AIDS Foundation of Chicago AFC . text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Andrew Davis http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25854 It has been a couple of years since queer feminist comic Jessica Halem left Chicago but she occasionally returns—and will be back March 20 to perform at Congregation Or Chadash's annual gala, which will honor Howard Wax, Rob Pooley and civil-rights attorney Joey Mogul. Halem talked with Windy City Times about New Orleans where she now resides , going to Sarah Lawrence and what she misses about Chicago. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Andrew Davis http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25859 On March 24, 2004, Lake View resident Kevin Clewer, 31, was found in his apartment murdered, the victim of multiple stab wounds. However, his killer is still at large—and Clewer's brother, Ron, has not given up trying to find the assailant. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Ames Hawkins http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25860 My role as primary cook/chef in our household was initially a kind of concession. We—our family of five—were living in Ann Arbor, Mich., and I had just gotten hired as a professor at Columbia College Chicago. I was to commute and be home three or four days a week, leaving all of the household responsibilities to my partner, Corrine. As a way of trying to make up for this extra burden, I began doing all of the laundry, grocery shopping and cooking. I would plan, prepare and freeze the meals for the days I would be away, thereby alleviating from Corrine some of the pressures of her regularly repeated, though momentary, single parenthood. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Meghan Streit http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25861 You don't have to drive to Northbrook anymore enjoy a feast prepared by award-winning chefs Sarah Stegner and George Bumbaris. The pair, who co-owns Prairie Grass Café in Northbrook, recently opened Prairie Fire in Chicago. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Ross Forman http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25862 Dr. Peter T. Harnois, a Chicago-area dentist for 27 years, knows one thing for sure about his profession: Everyone just seems to hate going to the dentist. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25864 Roseanne Barr has blogged about Michael Bryan, Marie Osmond's 18-year-old son who recently committed suicide—and said that his sexual orientation played a factor, according to a SheWired.com item. Barr, who SheWired described as "dangerously unbalanced," wrote, in part, "marie osmonds poor gay son killed himself because he had been told how wrong and how sick he was every day of his life by his church and the people in it. Calling that 'depression' is a lie! ... I want her and all the gay kids in the world to know that they are just fine being gay and that they deserve love and respect instead of insults and rebuke!" Barr has since called Marie Osmond "strong and decent" but still has taken a hard line regarding how Mormons generally view gay people, according to RadarOnline.com. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25867 The Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore, is currently running the very informative—and glittery—The Nature of Diamonds exhibit through March 28. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Blair Mishleau http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25868 LGBT activists from across the Midwest and elsewhere gathered March 12-14 to discuss the future of the grassroots LGBT community. The event, "Unite+Fight: Strategizing for LGBT equality: The Equality Across America Midwest Conference," brought together about 250 activists ranging in age and experience. It was held downtown at Columbia College Chicago. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Blair Mishleau http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25872 When Hernan Cortes began working for Holiday Inn in 2006, he was pleased with the job. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com John Fenoglio http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25875 Lieutenant Dan Choi is a U.S. Army officer, West Point graduate and Arabic linguist. He has fought in combat in Iraq, and he continues to serve as a National Guardsman with the 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry, based in New York. After almost a decade of military service, Choi publically revealed that he is gay. Shortly thereafter, the military issued him a discharge letter for violating the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" DADT policy. Since then, Choi has been a prominent figure in the effort to repeal the law. While much attention has been given to repealing DADT as of late, Choi says it's not enough. Last Friday, he spoke with Windy City Times about DADT and his experience as an openly gay soldier. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Micki Leventhal http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25877 Gaylon Alcaraz, executive director of the Chicago Abortion Fund CAF , grew up in Chicago and graduated from Queen of Peace High School on the far southwest side. Her experiences as a minority African-American student in this all-girls school set her on her path fighting for social justice. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25880 Gerber/Hart Library is holding a "Welcome Spring" wine tasting Saturday, March 20, 4-6 p.m., at KAFKA Wine Co., 3325 N. Halsted. New spring wines will be available to sample. Tickets are $20 each, and are available through PayPal at www.gerberhart.org; by calling Gerber/Hart at 773-381-8030; or by stopping by Gerber/Hart Library, 1127 W. Granville. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Tracy Baim http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25890 Written by Terry Castle. $25.99; HarperCollins Books; 352 pages text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Jerry Nunn http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25891 Antonio Te Maioha plays the gladiator Barca in Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Working as a hitman, bodyguard and gay lover on the show keeps this New Zealander busy. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Billy Masters http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25892 "He's kinda sexy. I'd hit that."—Gabourey Sidibe expresses her desire for a bit of Gerard Butler. Gotta give the girl credit—she said it right to his face. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Scott C. Morgan http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25898 Can Billy Elliot do it? Can the young Northern English lad who discovers that he wants to dance overcome insurmountable odds like his poverty-stricken family and the vicious 1980s strike between the coal miners' community he lives in and Margaret Thatcher's conservative and privatizing government? text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Richard Knight, Jr. http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25888 There's a lot more to Christine Ebersole than even her renaissance-like resume would imply. In a lengthy career filled with surprise twists and turns, she has made an impact in television and movies a season with SNL for starters not to mention multiple film roles , Broadway Tony Award-winning turns in 42nd Street and Grey Gardens and the world of cabaret sold-out shows and critical raves . But it turns out that Ebersole, who hails from Winnetka and makes her belated Chicago concert debut Thursday, March 25, at the Harris Theater, 205 E. Randolph, is a lot more than a fabulous actress and vocalist. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Andrew Davis http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25857 When it comes to working out, most of us have made our share of excuses to avoid exercise and a healthful eating regimen. Fitness model Alexander William talked with Windy City Times about some of those excuses and offered his own responses. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Rex Wockner http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25882 "At least two California newspapers and the openly gay mayor of West Sacramento knew anti-gay California state Sen. Roy Ashburn was gay and yet they said nothing. On Wednesday, Ashburn was arrested for DUI while leaving a Sacramento gay bar. ... Christopher Cabaldon, the openly gay mayor of West Sacramento, told KOVR he has spotted Senator Ashburn at gay hot spots a number of times. The hypocrisy of Ashburn's having a horrible anti-gay voting record and his hanging out in gay venues apparently didn't bother Mayor Cabaldon enough to actually fucking say something. And you know that if Cabaldon knew, many other queers in Sacramento knew. If I lived in West Sacramento, I'd want to have a long angry talk with my mayor." — Blogger Joe Jervis Joe. My. God. , March 5. Actually, Cabaldon did mention it on his Facebook page several months ago, but no one did anything with it. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Rev. Irene Monroe http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25883 The historical legacy of the devaluation and demonization of Black motherhood was both applauded and rewarded at this year's Oscars. And the point was clearly illustrated with Mo'Nique, capturing the gold statue for best supporting actress in the movie Precious based on the novel Push by Sapphire as a ghetto-welfare mom who demeans and demoralizes her child every chance she can. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25884 Pay attention text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Richard Knight, Jr. http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25885 "Girls don't play guitars," Kristen Stewart, as Joan Jett, is told early on in writer-director Floria Sigismondi's biopic of the all-girl glam-rock '70s band The Runaways. However, the frustrated yet determined Jett has ignored that advice and is roaming the streets of 1975 Los Angeles, has found a beloved leather jacket; and hooked up with music producer Kim Fowley Michael Shannon, who is wildly entertaining as the freak impresario . Fowley has the inspired idea to create the first all-girl glam-rock band, and soon he and Jett are trolling the local unisex bar. There, they spot 15-year-old blonde ethereal goddess Cherie Curie Dakota Fanning , who will become the lead singer/jail bait fantasy figure for the group. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25887 Windy City Performing Arts has chosen Stephen C. Edwards as artistic director of Windy City Gay Chorus and Aria: Windy City Women's Ensemble, according to a press release. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Jonathan Abarbanel http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25899 Playwright: George F. Walker. At: Theatre Mir at the Storefront Theater, 66 E. Randolph. Tickets: 312-742-8497; www.dcatheater.org; $25. Runs through: April 3 text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Catey Sullivan http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25900 Playwrights: Elizabeth Wong, Velina Hasu. Houston, Lina Patel, Jamil Khoury, Shishir Kurup, David Henry Hwang and Philip Kan Gotanda . At: Silk Road Theatre Project, Chicago Temple Building, 77 W. Washington. Phone: 312-857-1234; $34. Runs through: April 4 text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25901 The Brother/Sister Plays, Steppenwolf Theatre, through May 23. Three intertwined plays by a promising new playwright performed under one roof in two segments and not a moment in any of them where we don't wish right away that we could see it all a second time—or even a third. MSB text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Mary Shen Barnidge http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25902 Playwright: Madeleine Olnek. At: Caffeine Theatre at the Berry Methodist Church, 4754 N. Leavitt. Phone: 312-409-4778; $20. Runs through: April 1 text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25903 Remember that old game show Love Connection, where the audience voted on whom they thought should end up with the contestant? Well, Chicago Tap Theatre certainly does in the new interactive show Lovetaps. Each performance differs depending upon which Internet-dating singles get paired up by the voting audience. Chicago Tap Theatre presents Lovetaps at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays March 19-28 at Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont. Tickets are $18-$30; call 773-327-5252 or visit www.chicagotaptheatre.com. Photo courtesy of the company text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Mary Shen Barnidge http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25871 Playwright: book by Richard Nelson, lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. At: Theo Ubique at the No Exit Café, 6970 N. Glenwood. Phone: 773-347-1109; $25-$30. Runs through: April 25 text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Jerry Nunn http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25886 Victoria Hesketh, also known as Little Boots, releases her first full-length album March 2. Already a huge award winner in the United Kingdom, Windy City Times talked with Boots about influences and unique instruments. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Ross Forman http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25869 Matthew Mitcham has a simple, straightforward goal for this summer's Gay Games in Cologne, Germany. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25881 In the March 10 issue of Windy City Times, the article on the March 2 educational forum at National-Louis University featured quotes by Therese Quinn and Erica Meiners that were mistakenly attributed to the other. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com Andrew Davis http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25893 Is figure skater Johnny Weir too much for the Stars on Ice tour? Weir—who competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics and finished sixth—told the TV entertainment-news show Access Hollywood that Stars on Ice has barred him from competing because he is not "family-friendly" enough, Philly.com reported. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25894 Marion Jones—the record-setting sprinter who was implicated for using steroids and was jailed for lying to federal attorneys—has signed with the Women's National Basketball Association's Tulsa Shock, according to CBSSportsline.com. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25895 The Windy City Rollers, Chicago's nationally ranked women's roller derby league, has its third bout of the home season Saturday, Mar. 27, 6 p.m. at UIC Pavilion, 525 S. Racine. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25896 The Chicago Red Stars and Women's Professional Soccer WPS have announced their 2010 schedules. The season will comprise 24 games 12 home, 12 away for each team. text/html 2010-03-17T05:00:00-06:00 http://www.windycitytimes.com http://windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25897 Three of Chicago's triathlon and cycling teams gathered together for their 2010 training reunion at Equinox in Lincoln Park. Shown here are members of the Chicago Razors, the Tri Women, and the Windy City Cycling Club. Photos courtesy of Drew Jemilo