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Calendar.
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.
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.
A message for an activist feeling alone
You feel attacked. Even by your allies at times. You feel like you’re standing alone.
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.
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.
Zohran shows us Democrats who fight vs. polite opposition
The Democratic Party’s internal struggle isn’t about socialism versus capitalism anymore. It’s about courage versus cowardice.
SCOTUS birthright ruling makes challenging president harder
The U.S. Supreme Court declared that lower courts can’t block federal policies nationwide.
Forcing Ten Commandments in schools is tool of Christian nationalism, white supremacy
That is not Christianity. That is oppression dressed up in religious language.

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