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Calendar.
Announcements.
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.
Did you know? There was an Ilocano independence war in the 1700s
Ethnolinguistic tribes throughout the Philippine archipelago are increasingly interested in delving into their unique pre-colonial roots that made them unique to the Tagalogs—whose language and culture was forced on them.
Colonized by America: Fourth of July is an insult to many
On July 4, 1946, the U.S. officially recognized the independence of the Philippines after nearly 50 years of American rule.
Shadows of my heritage as I walked Argyle on the Third of July
I took in the scene, and suddenly, I saw not just the present but the past.
I am endorsing Hoan Huynh for Congress in the Illinois ninth district
This endorsement is personal and not in my capacity as an officer of any civic organizations, publisher and writer of any publications, director of a social service provider, elder of a Church.

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