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 |  | 2008: From Obama to Prop 8
Pictured: Those in the news in 2008, including clockwise from upper left Lisa Tonna right, with partner Avis Jamison ; the cast of Another Gay Sequel; Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who received the 2008 Outspoken Award from the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission; President-elect Barack Obama; Heath Ledger right, with Jake Gyllenhaal , who passed away; Lawrence King, who was allegedly killed by a classmate because of King's sexual orientation; Rachel Maddow, who got her own MSNBC show; Center on Halsted Executive Director Modesto Tico Valle; thousands of Chicagoans protesting Prop 8 in November; Hontas Farmer and Sam Finkelstein at the Nov. 19 meeting where the proposal for an LGBTA high school was scuttled; and James Franco and Sean Penn in Milk.  | | | The year in review: Local news
For Chicagoland LGBTs, 2008â€if nothing elseâ€proved that the community will rally around its own: | | | Burris has pro-gay record
Roland Burris, tapped in a controversial move by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill the U.S. Senate seat once held by Barack Obama, has a pro-gay record in his varied political career. As a perennial candidate, he has often sought gay support in his races, including his 2002 bid for state governor. The notable exception, which is more like the rule for pro-gay pols, is that he does not back same-sex marriage, but rather a form of civil unions. | | | VIEWS An Obama wish list
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| | | TRANSNATION 2008 trans year in review
| | | PASSAGES Eartha Kitt
| | | People's Gas restocking the Lakeview Pantry
| | | Morten, Madigan make transitions
| | | Inauguration cruise Jan. 16-24
| | | Forgiveness seminar set for Jan. 3
| | | TPAN announces new development director
| | | Quotelines
| | | LETTERS
More than marriage | | | WORLD NEWS
| | | PASSAGES Joyce Love
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| | SPORTS LGBT athletes of the year
| | | Aloha, 2008
| | | SPORTS BRIEFS
| | | MOMBIAN LGBT parenting: year in review
Special to the Online Edition of Windy City Times - “It is same-sex parenting that is heating up as the next skirmish in the nation’s culture wars,” asserted the Chicago Tribune 12/3/08 , referring to the recent Arkansas ban on unmarried people and by definition, lesbian and gay people fostering or adopting children. For many of us, however, the fight for our families’ rights is an ongoing battle rather than an upcoming skirmish. Let us look back, then, at some of the other major events of 2008 that defined this conflict. |
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