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Calendar.
September 9. 1:00 p.m. Homeland Security Fall Religious Observance Safety and Security Briefing
September 13. 8:30 a.m. Chicago Presbytery Assembly at Garrett Theological Seminary
September 20. 9:00 a.m. Harbart Payne Park Cleanup for Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club
September 27. 10:00 a.m. Session Records Review Meeting at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago
October 23. TBA. Purple Pinkie Fundraiser at Sketchbook Brewing Co. Evanston for Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club
Announcements.
Gerry became President of Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club on July 1, 2025.
Gerry was appointed to the Chicago Presbytery Assembly as Elder Commissioner.
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.
A message for an activist feeling alone
You feel attacked. Even by your allies at times. You feel like you’re standing alone.
Poem for Ava Michel Hudson; I didn’t know you, I didn’t know your name
Stability collapsed under the weight of daily erasure, in a uniform that boxed you, in pronouns that froze your breath.
'Billy Budd' was subversively gay; new opera makes it explicit
It was my favorite of Herman Melville's novellas. The gayness in it was unsaid subtext. A French stage production brings the secret out into the open.
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.
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.
Jimmy Swaggart is dead; we lament his legacy of un-Christian hate, bigotry
May we all strive for a better Gospel than the one he gave us on television.
Pride North was a bust; organizing must start now for 2026
Guide to Roger’s Park and Edgewater organizers wanting to take over planning and implementation.
Trump kills LGBTQ 988 suicide hotline; forces Trevor Project to quit work
It is a political stunt meant to erase LGBTQ people from public life—starting with our most vulnerable: those in crisis, those on the edge, those who just need someone to tell them their life matters.
VA doctors allowed to deny service to Democrats, LGBTQ, unmarried veterans
What the hell kind of country does that?
Aren’t you tired? A letter to his diehard supporters
Isn’t it heavy? Carrying that much rage around all day?
Chicago Flips Red dances for Pharaoh; scapegoats fellow people of color, LGBTQ
They blame immigrants and LGBTQ for loss of individual and family wealth, and the failure of small businesses.
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.
Responding to my critics, ‘Why I can’t go to Rotary International convention in Canada’
It was a deeply personal—and deeply political—decision rooted in the lived reality that people like me are facing in this moment in America.
Pride parades still matter because they want us exterminated
Everything we’ve fought for, marched for, been arrested for, and died for is under siege.
International Mr. Leather still matters
René Hebert of Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert is 2025 titleholder.
The book burning stage is about to begin with new Librarian of Congress
Trump appoints personal attorney as acting Librarian of Congress. Any piece considered DEI, including historical artifacts may be purged from national record.
Cinco de Mayo can be an inspiration for anti-Trumpism
This is not a holiday about tacos and margaritas. It’s a story about anti-imperialism, people power, and standing up to global bullies.
Illinois makes PrEP available from pharmacist without Rx
Thanks to a new standing order from the JB Pritzker Administration, you can now get PrEP—a medication that prevents HIV—directly from a pharmacist without needing to see a doctor first.

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