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WINDY CITY TIMES
VOL 36, NO. 01 SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
LAST CALL
www.WindyCityTimes.com
OUR 35TH ANNIVERSARY AND FINAL PRINT ISSUE
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equity and justice for LGBTQ+ Chicagoans.
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WCT & WCF: Amplifying Chicago’s LGBTQ
community for more than three decades!
Thank you, Windy City Times, for 35 years
of coverage, collaboration, and care!
Founders Linda Bubon and Ann Christophersen Current proprietors Sarah Hollenbeck and Lynn Mooney
Jan Dee with Tracy Baim, co-founder of Windy City Times
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LGBTQI Media: The Long Haul
Working in the LGBTQI press should probably be measured in dog years. Jr. and Jorjet Harper, who were lesbian journalism pioneers.
Right-wing threats, death and destruction, physical assaults, robberies, By the summer of 1985, there were stirrings at GayLife. When a group
property destruction, and that’s not to mention the internal struggles left to start Windy City Times, I joined them as founding managing editor.
within our great rainbow community—it all makes those years seem so I left again, 18 months later, to start Outlines newspaper, and then added
much longer. subsequent sister publications over the years. I explain more about this
But while hundreds of reporters have come and gone through the years history in the article on Windy City Times; what follows is a set of more-
of “gay media” in Chicago, I feel very fortunate to have done this since personal observations about my more than 36 years covering the LGBTQI
1984, one month out of journalism school. I had been doing newspapers community. It’s a story of journalism and other near-death experiences.
since I was 10 years old, shadowing my mother, Joy Darrow, when she was And all without even one cup of coffee.
managing editor of the Chicago Defender, creating a family newsletter,
and then working on grammar-school, high-school and college newspa-
pers, as well as starting my own feminist newsletter in college.
Bars, Bombs and Crises
Since there were so few pages in the gay newspapers, and of course
Still, when I graduated with a journalism degree from Drake University
TRACY
no Internet, the power of the press in the 1980s was in choosing just
in Des Moines, Iowa, in May 1984, I assumed I would never have a career
what to cover. It was always a battle for space, and to this day there has
in journalism. I didn’t think I could be an out lesbian and a reporter, so
never been an edition where we didn’t have far too much to print. Making
I readied myself for a typesetting career supplemented by activism and
BAIM
decisions on what to include, whom to cover and what photos to run was
journalism—just as in college. I packed up my 1966 Mustang with all my
always difficult. A lot of what we were writing about was news briefs, AIDS
college memorabilia and headed home to Chicago.
developments and local organization events.
Within a few weeks, my mom heard about a part-time job at GayLife
Windy City Times
From the start, I was plunged deep into the gay and feminist communi-
newspaper. I worked doing typesetting and some writing for it while also
ties. I covered Mountain Moving Coffeehouse for Womyn and Children, the
freelancing for the Chicago Tribune, where my stepdad Steve Pratt was a
Co-founder
Pride Parade, sports leagues, gay and lesbian business owners, gay bars
reporter and editor of the City Trib section. And to pay the bills, I was
and, most importantly, the growing AIDS crisis.
typesetting at night for an advertising firm. Given the low wages and
Started in 1985
My first bylined cover story for GayLife was June 14, 1984, about a
lousy hours, attrition was a fact of life in the gay press. I moved up from
man arrested for placing 24 bombs in Chicago, claiming to be the “North
editorial assistant to managing editor of GayLife in 12 months—in time
American Central Gay Strike Force Against Public and Police Oppression.”
for the June 1985 Pride edition.
He was a lone wolf, likely not gay. But I have to say that I did not even re-
I was really lucky to graduate when I did. There were a few dozen Chica-
member that story until recent years when I started to work on gay history
goans who had done the heavy lifting of gay journalism in the 1960s and
projects, including co-writing and editing Out and Proud in Chicago: An
Top photo: Tracy Baim photographing 1970s, into the early 1980s. They started newspapers, radio shows and
Overview of the City’s Gay Community and launching www.chicagogayhis-
July 1986 gay-rights rally at Daley newsletters. They fought harassment, struggled to pay the bills and some-
tory.org. Having worked pretty much seven days a week—16-to-18-hour
Plaza, kneeling, front. how created a thriving media world by the time I started at GayLife. My
days—on LGBTQI news and issues for all these years, it’s funny how little
role models included Marie J. Kuda and William B. Kelley, who had reported
I remember of some of the actual stories. But the memories come flooding
Headshot by GlitterGuts Photography in the 1960s for the Mattachine Midwest Newsletter, and Toni Armstrong
back when I page through those yellowing issues of the papers.
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In that same GayLife issue, I also wrote
about the closing of the Jane Addams femi-
Marro. Our news boxes were vandalized
(dirty diapers being a favorite) and stolen.
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For Joe Biden, push
relentlessly until Nov. 3
STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL two to name a member to the high court and the
LGBT MEDIA ASSOCIATION ball game will definitely be over.
Trump’s governing has been much like his
Among the many compelling reasons to make sure court appointments—where he is not cruel, he
that Donald Trump and Mike Pence are not re- is merely incompetent. Mexican and other Latin
elected Nov. 3, perhaps the 27 most compelling American immigrants have been slurred in overtly
are the transgender Americans—most of them racist terms, and their children have been caged.
trans women of color—known to have been mur- Muslim newcomers to America have also been
dered this year. stigmatized where they have not been blocked
We needn’t be simple-minded in making this outright. The damage is not limited to the new-
argument. Trump and Pence did not pull the trig- comers. Latinx and Muslim-American citizens
ger, and those who did must, of course, bear the have faced increasing levels of hostility and hate
consequences for their horrific acts. crimes.
But the all-too-toxic environment which too Trump saw “very fine people, on both sides”
many of our transgender siblings have endured in during the 2017 neo-Nazi invasion of Charlottes-
their lives has gotten immeasurably worse over ville, but he’s been snide in reacting to the Black
the past four years. Lives Matter movement, telling Bob Woodward, in
For this reason and many more, in an historic response to a question about why he can’t bring
move, the 12 newspapers of the National LGBT himself to empathize with African-American citi-
Media Association (NGMA), which represents zens, “You, you really drank the Kool-Aid, didn’t
the nation’s oldest and most established LGBTQ you?”
publications with a combined circulation of more The coronavirus’ most recent surge—in the
than one million readers, are issuing this joint Midwest—and the wild fires raging through wide Former Vice President Joe Biden.
endorsement of the Joe Biden/ Kamala Harris swaths of the West are only the most calamitous Photo by Tim Carroll Photography
ticket this week. indicators of Trump’s refusal to accept the basic
From the start, Donald Trump has used the trans facts of science, a posture at one with his hostil- pitting insurgent, left-leaning candidates, many course for a better tomorrow.
community as a punching bag to prove his tough- ity to fact-based discourse on almost any public of them young newcomers, against more moder- This election will decided in a small number of
ness to his socially conservative base hungry for policy issue. It’s no surprise that the nation’s free ate establishment figures—on issues from racial states—perhaps as many as a dozen, more likely
a strongman willing to turn back the clock. He press and the unfettered right of Americans to justice to healthcare policy, economic inequality, just a handful. In all of the battleground states,
has denied trans folks the ability to serve openly vote—the twin jewels of American democracy— and climate change action. Those are all areas on LGBTQ activists and our progressive allies are on
in the military, sought to strip them of nondis- are, in his mind, enemies of the people. which debate is legitimate, indeed needed. the ground working to elect Joe Biden and Kama-
crimination protections in healthcare, worked to Meanwhile, Trump is most at ease with fellow But here’s the thing: With four more years of la Harris. Especially in a year when much of the
rob trans youth of dignity in their schools, and authoritarian figures around the globe, whether Trump, there is no real consequential venue for campaign will be carried out on the air and on-
battled to take away the right of student athletes Russia’s Putin, North Korea’s Kim, Turkey’s Erdo- having those debates. Trump and his enablers line rather than in person, all of us—everywhere
to compete in sports. gan or Brazil’s Bolsonaro. are draining the oxygen out of our democracy. across the nation—can pitch in to help in those
And against the trans community as well as Since Hillary Clinton lost the presidency in Debating between left and center in the House states where a boost for Biden is most needed.
lesbian, gay, and bisexual Americans, Trump’s 2016 even while winning almost three million of Representatives is no substitute for regaining Grab a bucket, adopt a state and dive in to the
administration fought tooth and nail to prevent more votes than Trump, the Democratic Party has the White House and the Senate. Only then can battle. None of us should wake up Nov. 4 wishing
the pivotal advance we won at the Supreme Court undergone an internal battle of sorts for its soul, we have our debates, lick our wounds, and set a we had done more.
in June—the recognition that we enjoy employ-
ment nondiscrimination protections thanks to
the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Still, Trump and his
see-no-evil GOP Senate allies refuse to move the Trans candidate ignored and pushed to the sidelines. As the
first transgender person to work at the White
Rea Carey will be stepping down in early 2021.
Carey has been with the organization since
Equality Act, which would extend those nondis-
crimination protections across the board in ar-
McBride makes House, she spoke truth to power advocating
for her community in halls that were unfamil-
2003 as a senior strategist, then deputy execu-
tive director, becoming executive director in
eas like housing and public accommodations. For
them, the nation’s most embattled minority are
history—again iar to anyone similar to her. Next year, as the
first transgender state senator in our nation,
2008. The Board of Directors has unanimously
selected Kierra Johnson, who has served as dep-
Sarah McBride—who, in 2016, was the first
bigots who want to enshrine their right to dis- openly transgender person to address the Demo- Sarah will show that any child can achieve their uty executive director since 2018, as its next
criminate under the cloak of “religious liberty.” cratic National Convention—made history again dream, no matter their gender identity or sexual executive director beginning Feb. 1, 2021.
As in every other aspect of this endorsement, with a primary victory, setting her up for her orientation. Johnson will become the first Black executive
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris offer a stark and likely win as the highest-ranking openly trans- “While we will be sad to lose her as a staff director of the Task Force.
redemptive alternative. gender legislator in the United States, The member at the Human Rights Campaign, we are On her departure, Carey said in a statement,
After Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Washington Blade noted. overjoyed to have been a piece of her story. “From overturning discriminatory policies and
denied President Barack Obama federal judicial According to a Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Congratulations, Sarah.” passing LGBTQ inclusive laws to celebrating
appointments in his last year in office, he and his statement Windy City Times obtained, Mc- —Andrew Davis marriage at the Supreme Court, to being ar-
colleagues have rubber-stamped an unprecedent-
ed number of judges—many of them viciously
Bride—national press secretary for HRC—won
the Democratic primary for Delaware’s 1st state
Carey stepping down rested alongside immigration activists, to the
energy of our Creating Change Conferences, it
right-wing, others lacking in even the most ele-
mentary judicial qualifications—whose influence
Senate District on Sept. 15. as Task Force has been a remarkable ride. Just to be alive dur-
ing a time of such progress over the last many
director in 2021
HRC President Alphonso David said, in part,
will last for decades to come. The cornerstone de- “Sarah is no stranger to making history. As the years has been astounding, and to serve the LG-
cision in protecting reproductive freedom—Roe first transgender speaker at a national party On Sept. 23, the National LGBTQ Task Force BTQ community in my 17 years at the National
v. Wade—may already be doomed by the Trump convention, Sarah spoke for a community long announced that longtime Executive Director LGBTQ Task Force has been the joy and honor
court’s configuration. Give him another chance or of a lifetime.”
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10 Sept. 30, 2020 WINDY CITY TIMES
Gay business owner/
nightlife figure
Bob Yeaworth dies
BY CARRIE MAXWELL that makes saying goodbye so hard. To me, you
were more than just a person. You were a place
Gay business owner and promoter Robert “Bob” where I finally felt at home and will be forever
Yeaworth died Sept. 14 from complications due my love, Bob.”
to his ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) “To My Favorite Uncle Bob,” said Dyer. “What
diagnosis. He was 64. more is there to say? Like so many others whose
Yeaworth was born Sept. 17, 1955 in Cincin- lives you have impacted, you have set such an
nati, Ohio, and graduated from that city’s An- example for me. You were always there to listen
derson High School. He received his Bachelor of with an open mind and provide wisdom with a
Science degree in industrial design and MBA from level of experience that I would only come to
the University of Cincinnati. Yeaworth worked in know with time. From telling me what drinks to
museum design and advanced applications con- order at the bar to sound sophisticated (marti-
sulting for Herman Miller, Inc. ni straight up dry with a twist), to serenading
Among Yeaworth’s many design clients were only me with my favorite Boys II Men song once
Bradbury Science Museum at Los Alamos National everyone left the room, to teaching me how to
Laboratory, McDonald’s, IBM, Motorola, ComEd love someone who saw the world so differently
and Bank of Montreal. than myself, I am so thankful for all our times
Alongside his former business and romantic together.
partner the late Samuel Davis Jr., Yeaworth op- “In 2017, the diagnosis of ALS was devastat-
erated several successful Chicago businesses, in- ing, but in some ways I am grateful because it
cluding Newbury Muffins and Grand Seafood Grill brought me back to Chicago. During this time;
as well as entertainment venues Deeks Nightclub, I got to see you in action, realize all those you
Pangea and, in 1990, The Clubhouse—which, for impacted, and truly see your mission in serving
several years, was Chicago’s foremost Black LGBT the Blatino LGBT community and those impacted
dance venue. by HIV/AIDS. To me, you have always been a ce- From left: Danny Bekoe and Bob Yeaworth.
When The Clubhouse was sold in 1996, lebrity. I am so lucky to have been able to spend Photo by Darren Calhoun
Yeaworth founded Clubhouse Productions. Among so much time with you and to care for you along
the many events The Clubhouse produced were this journey. Love always, Nikki.” munity,” said longtime friend Charles Nelson. Chicago and we must never forget what he did to
the URBANO Blatino LGBT Pride parties at Fantasy “Remember: If you do not follow your dreams “From the early days of our friendship, Bob has affect positive change. I will always miss him and
(formerly Circuit) Nightclub and SX CHICAGO at you will never know what is on the top of the been a champion for HIV education and preven- the friendship we had.”
Hydrate (formerly Manhole) and The Den. mountain,” said longtime friend and self-de- tion. He was also a personal supporter of many A memorial service is pending, due to the CO-
Additionally, Yeaworth and Davis created and scribed “Chicago’s Heavy Diva,” Otis Mack. “I campaigns, activations and intervention from the VID-19 pandemic restrictions on large gatherings.
produced the original annual Belmont Harbor learned what it meant to follow my dreams from beginning of Chicago Black SGL-LGBTQ Pride and Donations can be made in memory of Yeaworth
“Rocks” party, which was the Pride Parade’s after- Bob. He was a kind spirited and soft spoken busi- many Chicago LGBTQ institutions. to the South Side Help Center southsidehelp.org/
party for many years until it ceased operations ness man and guru promoter. Bob knew what he “We not only lost a friend but also lost a man and/or directly to the family with a check pay-
in 1997. wanted and how he wanted it executed. Bob gave who contributed much to the history and vis- able to Daniel Bekoe, c/o Cremation Society of
In 2017, Yeaworth and his business partner me the opportunity of a lifetime. It is because ibility of same gender loving men and women in Illinois, 736 West Addison St. Chicago, IL 60613.
Warren Berger opened Club Escape on Chicago’s of Bob that I had a platform to create my life-
South Side because they wanted to bring enter- long dream as a host, comedian, entertainer and
tainment to the LGBT community in that area of promoter. PASSAGES chamber music award in a recording of Mozart
“Bob and Sam hired me to host their weekly with the Chicago Symphony Winds and was in-
Wayland D. Rogers
the city. Club Escape partnered with House of Tut
Production to produce Saturday Night “Mz. Ruff Monday night show at The Clubhouse which went ducted into the Wayne County High School Hall
and Stuff’s Show of Illusion” among other themed on to be one of the longest running and most Wayland D. Rogers—a singer, conductor, of Fame in 2004.
night events. successful entertainment a drag shows in the teacher and celebrated composer based in Chi- Wayland is survived by brothers O.D and Har-
Yeaworth and his longtime life partner Daniel city. The stage was graced by some of the best of cago—passed away Sept. 9 after a long illness. old Rogers and a host of adoring nieces and
Bekoe met in 2003 and have spent 17 years to- the best, including Flame Monroe, Grace Jones, He was 78. nephews. Celebrations of Wayland’s life will be
gether here in Chicago and traveling the world Barbara Tucker and Jamie Principal. I am who I Rogers was born to Othal and Dova (Barrier) held in Chicago and Lexington, Kentucky, once
creating many memories with family. am because of Bob giving me a chance. Thank Rogers on Dec. 26, 1941, in Wayne County, Ken- restrictions on large gatherings are lifted.
He was preceded in death by his father James you for being a friend.” tucky. He was the youngest brother of Lucille Gifts in memory of Wayland may be made to
T. Yeaworth Sr. He is survived by Bekoe, their sons “When it came down to his businesses, Bob was Eads (deceased), Inadene Tatum (deceased), the North Shore Unitarian Church (Deerfield)
Martin and Manuel Bekoe, his mother Dr. Rosalee fierce and always got the job done,” said long- Alice Van Hook (deceased), O.D. Rogers, Jr. and for the Wayland Rogers Scholarship Fund and
C. Yeaworth, brother James T. Yeaworth Jr., sis- time friend Thomas “Tut” Hunt. “For me person- Harold Rogers. to the University of Kentucky School of Music
ter Susan E. Clarke (Kirby), niece Jessica Bentley ally, he was a genuine and loving. He spoke to He was artistic director/conductor of The Scholarship Fund for a scholarship in Wayland’s
(Michael), niece Dr. Nicole Dyer (Dustin), nephew everyone about everything. Bob’s humor was very Camerata Singers of Lake Forest for 15 years name. Please make checks payable to the Uni-
Brett Clarke (Stephanie), many great nieces and quick and sharp and he never missed a beat. I and music director at North Shore Unitarian versity of Kentucky with Wayland Rogers me-
nephews and countless chosen family members will miss the long conversations about myriads of Church (Deerfield, Illinois) for 25 years. He morial in the memo line. Mail to UK Philan-
and friends. topics and the great laughs we shared.” held faculty appointments at Northwestern, thropy, 210 Malabu Dr., Ste 200, Lexington, KY
“How can the dead be truly dead when they “Entrepreneur, community advocate, promoter DePaul, Loyola (Chicago), North Park, Western 40502; or visit UKY.networkforgood.com.
still live in the souls of those who are left be- and friend—Bob was a man who put his energy Kentucky and Lambuth universities as well as Arrangements by Cremation Society of Illi-
hind?” Bekoe asked. “The journey does not end and time into securing social outlets and enter- the Music Institute of Chicago. In 1986, Way- nois, 773-281-5058 or Cremation-society.com
here. Death is just another path, one that we all tainment for the African and Latin American same land received a Grammy nomination for best
must take. How lucky am I to have something gender loving members or Chicago’s LGBTQ com-WINDY CITY TIMES Sept. 30, 2020 11
Former Northalsted
“Eric was part of my chosen family,” said close
friend and Civil Rights Agenda Founding Execu-
tive Director Anthony Martinez. “We were all part
bartender Eric
of a crew in our twenties that went out in what
was formerly known as Boystown (now Northalst-
ed) all of the time and danced, and had so much
Sangster dies at 37
fun. We were always laughing. He was the person
who would see someone down and do something
funny or be the goofball to pick them up. We were
both Gemini’s so we would always joke about our
BY CARRIE MAXWELL and Caitlin Sangster; second mother figure and Gemini power and how together we were unstop-
aunt Lady Debra (Frank) Basso; sister figure and pable; and maybe a little kooky.”
Northalsted bartender Eric Sangster died Sept. 17 close cousin Christie Sawochka; nieces and neph- “Eric was an incredible guy,” said Kit Kat owner
unexpectedly at the age of 37. At the time of this ews Nevaeh, River and Jameson; and countless and Sangster’s former boss Ramesh Ariyanay-
article’s publication, Sangster’s cause of death is chosen family members and friends. akam. “He always had a smile on his face, was an
unknown. “He was so funny and full of himself,” said his extremely hard worker and was always working to
Sangster was born June 4, 1983, on a Jack- mother, Theresa. “He thought he was all that and better himself.”
sonville, North Carolina, naval base. Due to his a bag of chips, and he was. He was my second son “Eric started at Kit Kat as a bartender,” added
status as a “military brat,” Sangster lived in Ha- and I was hoping for a girl, but he was the sweet- Kit Kat Beverage Director Chuck Hart. “I had the
waii, Tennessee and California throughout his est little guy as a child and a hilarious sense of Eric Sangster. pleasure and honor of training him and that is
childhood. He moved to Chicago for college and humor. He was always a bit sassy. The biggest Photo courtesy of Anthony Martinez where we met and became friends. He was known
received his BA from the now defunct Interna- impact he had on my life was when he was born throughout Chicago’s LGBTQ community for al-
tional Academy of Design and Technology. After and he literally broke my tailbone, and I tell ev- directly, it impacted my perception of my little ways willing to lend a helping hand to any of the
graduating college, Sangster worked in various eryone he came out kicking my ass, and he did brother. Northalsted businesses that needed it."
retail and hospitality positions as well as real es- throughout his life.” “With Eric’s growth and success he was a gen- A memorial service will take place Thursday,
tate. He was also a bartender at various Halsted “He changed my life when he was born,” said erous person who wanted to share his successes Oct. 1, from 4-7 p.m. with a celebration of his
Street establishments, most notably at the Kit his father, Michael. “I most remember his smile with everyone. I remember times going back life immediately following at Muzyka and Son Fu-
Kat Lounge and Supper Club. and want people to remember his sense of hu- home to Chicago and he would want to take me neral Home, 5776 W. Lawrence Ave., in Chicago.
Sangster moved to Miami a few years ago. Ac- mor.” out and show me his world and treat me to all he Social distancing will be practiced and masks will
cording to his family, Sangster decided to move “I remember when Eric graduated from col- had. One of my fondest memories with him was a be required for entrance to the service.
to California to be close to them due to the CO- lege,” said brother Brandon. “That was a huge night at the Kit Kat bar and he introduced me to Donations in Sangster’s name should be sent to
VID-19 pandemic. milestone in his life, and from there, he grew to all his friends and coworkers. He wanted to wine his family via Zelle pay at Theresas79@hotmail.
He is survived by his beloved dog Dobbie, become very successful. He purchased a beautiful and dine his older brother. He did not have to com. To send flowers or a memorial gift, visit
parents Michael and Theresa (Helton) Sangster; condo overlooking the area he lived in and had do that, but he wanted to and this extended to muzykafuneralhome.com/obituaries/Eric-Sang-
siblings Brandon (Monica), Brenton (Anastacia) a great job and though this did not impact me everyone he loved and valued. ster/#!/Obituary.
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Trump nominates
Ginsburg successor—
and LGBTQs react
BY LISA KEEN ered a paid speech to the “most extreme anti-LG-
KEEN NEWS SERVICE BT legal organization in the United States” (the
Alliance Defending Freedom).
President Trump announced Sept. 26 his nominee In reaction to news that Trump would nominate
to replace U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Barrett to U.S. Supreme Court, Lambda Legal is-
Ginsburg and, as expected, she is a jurist LGBT sued a statement, saying, “Barrett will unleash a
groups are expected to vehemently oppose. Supreme Court majority that is hostile to all of
In a crowded outdoor event at the White our basic civil rights, and the impact will be felt
House, Trump said his nominee, federal appeals for decades.”
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, would receive a “very In the coming U.S. Supreme Court session,
quick” confirmation. the court is set to hear Fulton v. Philadelphia, a
Does this spell doom for existing protections case in which a Catholic adoption service wants
for LGBTQ people under the law? Does it close the the court to declare that it has a First Amend-
door to the Supreme Court for any future LGBTQ ment right to violate a Philadelphia law against
plaintiffs seeking their rights under the constitu- sexual orientation discrimination. And a Virginia Ruth Bader Ginsburg (left) and Amy Coney Barrett.
tion? LGBTQ legal experts are both deeply con- school district is expected to appeal its loss in Photo of Ginsburg courtesy of the Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States; photo
cerned and somewhat confident. a case that tests whether Title IX of the federal of Coney Barrett courtesy of the University of Notre Dame
Barrett comes to the nomination after serv- Education Amendments Act—which prohibits dis-
ing just two years the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court crimination on the basis of sex in education— government policies around the country,” said when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
of Appeals, where she did not weigh in on any prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual Davidson. refused to give consideration to then-President
LGBTQ-related cases. However, in her years prior orientation and gender identity. Davidson said he doesn’t think existing mar- Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland, even though
to that, as a professor at the University of Notre There is some optimism still around the Title riages of same-sex couples are at risk. Obama still had 11 months to go in his second
Dame School of Law, she signed onto a letter from IX case. That’s because, just last June, a six-to- “Those who married same-sex partners after term. McConnell left the seat open until after the
Catholic Women supporting the church’s views on three majority of the Supreme Court ruled that the Obergefell decision did so in compliance with 2016 presidential election and, because Trump
various issues, including that “marriage and fam- Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act—which the law at the time and have strong due pro- won that election, the Republican president was
ily [are] founded on the indissoluble commitment prohibits job discrimination on the basis of cess rights in not having those lawful marriag- given the opportunity to appoint the seat left
of a man and a woman.” sex—also prohibits discrimination on the basis es dissolved against their will,” said Davidson. open by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in
During her 2017 confirmation process, one sen- of sexual orientation and gender identity. That “Whether a new justice will respect the precedent February 2016.
ator asked Barrett, via written questionnaire, how ruling, Bostock v. Clayton County, is expected to of Obergefell going forward, however, is of course Kavanaugh’s confirmation was marred by con-
she could assure members of the LGBTQ commu- serve as precedent for the Title IX litigation, too. of concern.” troversy surrounding accusations that emerged
nity that she is committed to rendering decisions While Ginsburg is gone now from that Bostock But Jenny Pizer, senior counsel at Lambda Le- following his nomination that he had sexually
impartially and without bias or prejudice? majority, Chief Justice John Roberts, who joined gal, noted that, even with the marriage ruling in assaulted women. He denied those accusations,
Barrett responded: “I do not think it lawful the majority opinion, and Justice Neil Gorsuch, favor of same-sex couples, “we still have had to and the Republican-controlled Senate approved
for a judge to impose personal opinions, from who authored it, are still there. continue fighting for family equality for LGBTQ his nomination.
whatever source they derive, upon the law. If And “because Justice Gorsuch’s opinion for the people and their children.” The Senate approved Gorsuch’s nomination by
confirmed, I will apply the law faithfully and im- Court was so relentlessly textual,” said Stanford “For example, we are in court now fighting for a vote of 54 to 45; it approved Kavanaugh 50-48.
partially in accordance with the judicial oath.” University Professor Pamela Karlan, who success- two married same-sex couples whose daughters Barrett’s nomination also begins in contro-
“Do you agree that the church’s view regard- fully argued the case for the gay employee in are being denied citizenship by the Trump ad- versy: While McConnell claimed he couldn’t ad-
ing marriage as a union between a man and a Bostock, “I don’t see the Court coming out the ministration even though the law is explicit that vance President Obama’s nominee because it was
woman is irrelevant to the legal question of the other way on Title IX’s coverage.” their American citizen parents’ being married en- a presidential election year, he has promised to
right of same-sex couples to marry?” asked U.S. Jon Davidson, former legal director for Lambda titles them to citizenship,” said Pizer. rush through Barrett’s nomination even though
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.Is.) in the ques- Legal and current chief counsel for Freedom for And Barrett, said Pizer, “has been outspoken this, too, is a presidential election year.
tionnaire. All Americans, agrees. in her belief that same-sex couples do not have McConnell has made clear he has to votes to
Barrett responded with one word: “Yes.” “That majority [in Bostock] also should agree the same fundamental constitutional right to confirm the nominee and that he intends to rush
She then repeatedly stated that several im- that other federal laws prohibiting sex discrimi- marry that different-sex couples have, and that through that confirmation process ahead of the
portant LGBTQ-related decisions at the Supreme nation [including laws barring sex discrimination the marriages of same-sex couples do not deserve Nov. 3 presidential election.
Court were “binding precedent that I will faith- in education, housing, and credit] encompass legal respect.” President Trump said Saturday that Barrett “will
fully follow if confirmed.” They included Oberge- discrimination based on sexual orientation and Barrett also wrote a law review article arguing defend the sacred principle of equal justice for
fell v. Hodges, U.S. v. Windsor, and Lawrence v. gender identity because the Supreme Court’s that, while all Supreme Court decisions serve as citizens of every race, color, religion, and creed.”
Texas. decision [in Bostock] did not rest on anything precedent for lower court decisions and subse- Barrett professed “love” for the United States
LGBTQ groups opposed Barrett’s nomination unique to the federal employment nondiscrimina- quent Supreme Court decisions, some are “super Constitution and said she is “mindful” of the leg-
then. They said her views on civil-rights issues tion, but rather on the correct conclusion that, as precedents” and others are more susceptible to acy of Justice Ginsburg, whose seat she has been
were “fundamentally at odds with the notion that a general matter, one cannot discriminate based change. Barrett’s super-precedent theory, said nominated to fill. Ginsburg died at age 87 on
LGBT people are entitled to equality, liberty, jus- on sexual orientation or gender identity without Pizer, “seems designed to create room for recon- Sept. 18, following a long struggle with cancer.
tice and dignity under the law.” discriminating based on sex.” sidering and reversing precedents that justices do Barrett noted that Ginsburg was good friends
In a letter to then-Senate Judiciary Committee But Both Karlan and Davidson expressed con- not consider ‘super’.” with Justice Antonin Scalia, for whom Barrett
Chairman Charles Grassley, 27 national and state cern for what the Supreme Court didn’t rule on Barrett is Trump’s third opportunity to select a clerked, despite the fact that Ginsburg was one
LGBT groups said in 2017 that they were con- last session: accommodating religious employers, Supreme Court justice. He previously nominated, of the court’s most liberal jurists and Scalia one
cerned that Barrett’s “religiously-infused moral such as the one in the Philadelphia case, set for and the Senate confirmed, two other federal ap- of its most conservative.
beliefs would inform her judicial decision-mak- oral argument Wed., Nov. 4. peals court judges to the Supreme Court: Neil ©2020 Keen News Service. All rights re-
ing” on issues of specific interest to LGBT people. “The outcome could have broad implications Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. Gorsuch’s nomina- served.
And they expressed alarm that Barrett had deliv- for the application of nondiscrimination laws and tion was marred by the controversy that ensuedYou can also read
