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Calendar.
November 14. Gerry returns to Chicago from Honolulu
November 15. Edgewater Mutual Aid Network
November 16. Harvest Celebration at Edgewater Presbyterian Church
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.
President of Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club 2025-26
Comedians, artists are dangerous; that's why they're being silenced
History has shown us the first people you want to destroy in an authoritarian regime are the comedians and artists.
The First Amendment was supposed to be unbreakable
I know what happens when free speech collapses.
Go forth and set the world on fire? Pour the gasoline
To set the world on fire is not to destroy it. It’s to light it up with the Truth.
Yes, the Civil War was about economics. The economy was slavery
It is nonsense to claim that the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery.
CBS cancels Stephen Colbert; definitely Trump bribe for media merger
It’s the highest-rated show on late-night television. Colbert has been voice for anti-Trumpism.
Rescissions vote aims to finalize cuts to NPR, PBS; endanger public journalism
Public media is necessary in a democracy, especially in a capitalist society that values commercially-driven messaging.
Where are the Roosevelts of today in our new Gilded Age?
We had giants who fought the top 1% of the wealthiest Americans. Now look at us. Look at what we have.
Recent writing.
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
Gerry is Chicago Health Care Hero 2020
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.
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Jezebel by Megan Barnard
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Above the Salt by Katherine Vaz
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Lady MacBeth by Ava Reid
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The Life of Herod the Great by Zora Neale Hurston
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The Liar's Gospel by Naomi Alderman
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Medusa by Nataly Gruender
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The Witch of Colchis by Rosie Hewlett
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The Frangipani Hotel by Violet Kupersmith
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Finding the Dragon Lady: The Mystery of Vietnam's Madame Nhu by Monique Brinson Demery
