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Calendar.
Announcements.
Gerry ended 20 years of service at Three Crowns Park on July 22, 2025.
Gerry became President of Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club on July 1, 2025.
Gerry became a Rotary Foundation Paul Harris Fellow and sustaining member.
Gerry was appointed Clerk of Session on February 13, 2022 and re-appointed each year since.
For business related to the former publications Gay Chicago Magazine, Chicago Phoenix, and Opus Media, please refer to legal counsel.
Gerry is currently on leave as editor of GoPride.com—Chicago’s LGBT news site.

President of Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club 2025-26
Recent reading.
Did you know? Gerry reads every single day for at least one hour. He’s even successfully done this through two stays in the ICU at the hospital.
As of August 8, 2025, Gerry has read 1,578 days in a row or 227 weeks in a row, non-stop.
Recent writing.
Lack of prophetic voice on Gaza by Protestants repeats Pope’s silence during Holocaust
The Vatican got it wrong during World War II. Are we mainline Protestants repeating history with our lackluster messaging about Gaza and Trumpism?
Bishop Rojas shepherds flock away from ICE; releases obligation to attend Mass
Protestant leaders should follow his example to do whatever is in their power to provide Sanctuary—in all its meanings.
Bishop Barron is wrong for Chicago Catholics; Pope should look elsewhere for archbishop
He is no humble shepherd. He is a multimillionaire media mogul with a culture wars axe to grind.
Next Chicago archbishop is important to Protestants, too
I disagree with plenty of Catholic theology—especially on LGBTQ and women’s issues. So why should I care? The answer is simple: Chicago.
‘Fried Green Tomatoes’ embodies my own complicated faith and theology
This 1991 film about friendship, food, and small-town Alabama perfectly shows the kind of Christian love that shapes my faith, despite its complex background spanning different spiritual traditions through the generations in my family in the far-off Ilocos and Hawaii.
Openly gay Catholic priest walks into a room; receives standing ovation
In 2017, Father Greg came out publicly as a gay man. It was a moment that reverberated far beyond his parish walls.
An atheist brought me here; from altar boy to PCUSA presbyter
One of the most pivotal turns in my religious life didn’t come from a priest. It came from a section in our AP European History textbook, taught by an atheist, Darlene Pang.
Familiar Playbook: MAGA, nativism, and the disposable Catholic
MAGA’s ultimate religious identity is not Catholic—it is White Evangelical Protestantism cloaked in American exceptionalism.

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