Welcome. Naragsak a panag-abot yo. 欢迎. E komo mai. ようこそ. Chào mừng. Bienvenido. Maligayang pagdating. 환영.
Calendar.
March 3-6. Presbyterian Church (USA) campus. Louisville, Ky.
June 22-July 2. 227th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Milwaukee, Wis.
August 30. Speaker. Fourth Presbyterian Church. Chicago, Ill.
October 6-21. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Announcements.
For business related to the former publications Gay Chicago Magazine, Chicago Phoenix, and Opus Media, please refer to legal counsel.
Gerry marches against gun violence in Milwaukee as Commissioner of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Gerry is a proud member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Chicago Headline Club.
Gerry is a proud monthly financial contributor to WBEZ. Please support local independent journalism.
Recent reading.
Did you know? Gerry reads every single day for at least one hour. Like Gerry, you can borrow ebooks from your local public library. And support independent booksellers by going to Bookshop.org.
-
![]()
The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
-
![]()
Sea People by Christina Thompson
-
![]()
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
-
![]()
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
-
![]()
Death in the Haymarket by James Green
-
![]()
Above the Salt by Katherine Vaz
-
![]()
The Life of Herod the Great by Zora Neale Hurston
President of Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club 2025-26
Recent writing.
The ghosts of old Honolulu in my old fashioned ahi poke
Returning to Oahu means navigating rising glass towers and elevated train construction, but a simple container of classic ahi poke still holds the soul of the islands.
Beyond the Souvenir Rack: Why a Hawaiian name is woven into Creation itself
A Hawaiian name is never just a translation or a souvenir. It is a sacred thread connecting us to the land, the sea, and the ancient stories of the islands.
The sacrament of saimin broth
Coming home to Oahu means more than just escaping the fall Chicago chill. It means gathering over a piping hot bowl of plantation saimin and remembering the laborers whose survival forged a culture.
Book Group: ‘Molokai’ by Alan Brennert
I have attached three book group discussion guides below. One is for a faith context. The other is secular. And the third is for an LGBTQ book group and HIV/AIDS-focused study.
Why May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii
The tradition of Lei Day started back in the late 1920s because of a guy named Don Blanding. He was a poet who wrote for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin daily newspaper and realized that while everyone else in the world was doing May Day with maypoles and ribbons, Hawaii had something much better to celebrate.
Save Your Kisses for Me: The soundtrack of my Ilocano childhood in Hawaii
People have been asking me about an obscure song I often use to back my video posts. There’s a long story behind it.
Displacement and the palimpsest of progress on my native O`ahu
I find myself caught between admiration for human ingenuity and a profound melancholy for what is displaced in the name of progress.
My political hero? Mayor Fasi gets it done
The longtime firebrand Honolulu mayor can best Chicago’s Richard J. Daley.
Look to Hawaii for hard lessons on U.S. oligarchy, apartheid
Being born and raised in Hawaii, I couldn’t escape the fact that I was born in the waning shadows of a very American brand of apartheid.
this is an lgbt safe space
Please support: Lambda Legal GLAAD It Gets Better The Trevor Project
black lives matter
Please support: Black Lives Matter NAACP Color of Change
