Gay life in Chicago this week, back in...

1992

The headline on the cover of this week's Gay Chicago reads: "The Pink Angels are taking it to the streets."

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Popular lesbian book is "Dykescapes: Short Fiction by Lesbians," published by Alyson.

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(Image: Margie Adam – Nightlines April 22, 1998)

In the bars and clubs this week, meet Rod and Rod, the new go-go boys at Cairo, 720 N. Wells St.; Chi-Town Squares, the gay square-dancing group, meets every Sunday at Berlin, 954 W. Belmont; David Boyer's Country and Western Nights are every Wednesday at Buddies, 3301 N. Clark St.; Deeks, 3401 N. Sheffield, invites you to M.A.F.I.A. Club Night; Leather United Club Night is welcoming Indiana clubs, at AA Meat Market, 2933 N. Lincoln; WARP into '92 at the Star Trek Party at Roscoe's, 3354-3356 N. Halsted; and all the way from Las Vega Jerry Halliday with his Puppet Friends – Carol Channing, Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn and Mae West – is performing at Bistro Too, 5015 N. Clark St. No additional cover.

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Chicago Filmmakers presents "No Skin Off My Ass," an audience favorite at the 1991 Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival. You can see it at Chicago Filmmakers Theater, 1229 W. Belmont.

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Two gay groups, Men of All Colors Together and Girth and Mirth, hold a joint Safe Sex Seminar and Erotic Bazaar at the Rodde Center, 4753 N. Broadway. The workshop, "Hot, Healthy and Horny," is presented by the National Task Force on AIDS Prevention and those attending are invited to bring erotic items to sell.

1988

The Physicians' Association of the AIDS Medical Resource Center holds its inaugural meeting at the American Medical Association building in Chicago. This is the first national association of physicians active in AIDS patient management.

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Review, a social and support group for bisexual and gay married men, holds a meeting at the Hideaway II bar, 7301 W. Roosevelt Rd., Forest Park.

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"Justice Is ... " is a two part series of workshops designed to develop social justice strategies for gay and lesbian Christians in Chicago. It takes place at the Parish Center of Good Shepherd Parish MCC, 615 W. Wellington.

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(Image: Berlin Does Barbie – Gay Chicago Magazine January 28, 1988)

Edward Izzo (alias porn star Kyle Hazzard) dies. He is from Chicago and was a bartender at the Gold Coast and other bars.

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The Howard Brown Memorial Clinic (HMBC) announces the appointment of Thomas Klein, M.D. and Ross Slotten, M.D. as acting co-medical directors.

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Video Playlist courtesy of Chuck Hyde at Sidetrack and Roscoe's: 1) "I Need a Man" – Eurythmics; 2) "Never Gonna Give You Up" ­ Rick Astley; 3) "Love Overboard" – Gladys Knight & the Pips; 4) "Pump Up the Volume" – MARRS; 5) "Never Can Say Goodbye" – The Communards; "6) "This Girl's Back in Town" – Raquel Welch; 7) "Never Can Take the Place of Your Man" – Prince; 8) "Some Kind of Lover" – Jody Watley; 9) "10" – Madhouse; 10) "Twilight World" – Swing Out Sister.

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(Image: Jack Sitar's Speakout – Gay Chicago Magazine January 21, 1988)

Captions on some of Jack Sitar and Spike King's photographs in Gay Chicago this week are: "Enjoying themselves in Forest Park at the Nutbush are customers Zsa Zsa and Tony Basile"; "Sophie celebrated his 5th anniversary at Inner Circle last week. Here's Sophie with one of the Inner Circle dancers, Ron Musgrow"; "Guest speaker Brian McNaught, master of ceremonies Jim Flint, and Bill Seng, president of Dignity Chicago at the organization's annual banquet"; "Pat Griffin, left, and Jack Delaney were among those who attended Dignity Chicago's annual dinner"; and "Hideaway II bartenders Albert Nobile, left, and Randy Nunley."

2001

"Hate Kills: Anatomy of a Hate Crime" an original TV movie about the murder of Mathew Shepard airs on MTV with no commercials.

(Image: Cocktail – Nightspots September 10, 2003)

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Headline on the cover of Windy City Times reads: "Leaping Lesbians – Queer As Folk May Have the Guys, But Cable Also Has Two New Films For Lesbians." They are Showtime's "A Girl Thing" and Lifetime's "What Makes a Family."

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A quote in Windy City Times Quotelines reads: "No doubt most gay conservatives have done their fair share of slutting around, and while they may hope that marriage rights will move gay male culture away from the behaviors that scare all our mothers, let's not fool ourselves about who we are. Gay men are men first, and men are pigs. If straight men could get laid as easily and frequently as gay men, they would. Full marriage rights are not going to turn gay men into lesbian stereotypes: i.e. chaste, commitment-minded gymphobes with unfortunate haircuts. Marriage rights will make long-term gay male relationships more stable and reward gay men for staying together, but most of our relationships will still be nonmonogamous." – Columnist Dan Savage in the January 2001 issue of Out magazine.

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Chicago Black Lesbians and Gays present its 6th annual Martin Luther King Memorial Breakfast. "46 Years: Is the Dream Still Real?" Takes place at the Church of the Open Door, 5954 S. Albany.

Thanks go to publishers Michael Bergeron for Chicago Gay Crusader, Ralph and Craig Gernhardt for Gay Chicago, Grant Ford and Chuck Renslow for Gay Life and Tracy Baim for all the publications at the Windy City Media Group, which aided the above research. St. Sukie de la Croix is an internationally published reporter, playwright, photographer and historian. He is also the author of the book Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago Before Stonewall published by the University of Wisconsin Press.

Homework:

Was Chuck Hyde really a DJ at Roscoe's?

What happened to Jack Sitar?

Tony Basile? That name rings a bell with me.