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An Introduction to the Kindex & The Gay Chicago Election Project

Speech — Outspoken at Sidetrack Bar Chicago — 02.07.23 — I trust you will pardon me for being here to speak on politics. I do not wish to force my thoughts upon you, but rather, I have forced myself here to speak. …

Chicago

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An Introduction to the Kindex & The Gay Chicago Election Project
An Introduction to the Kindex & The Gay Chicago Election Project
Chicago

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The Gay Chicago Election Project

A Lot of LGBTQ+ Land Is Up For Political Grabs This February — On February 28th, 2023, the City of Chicago will vote multiple elected officials into office. For races where a candidate cannot attain 50% of the vote, a runoff election will occur on April 4th. For many observers, the biggest LGBTQ+ story might seem to be the reelection campaign for the…

LGBTQ

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The Gay Chicago Election Project
The Gay Chicago Election Project
LGBTQ

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A Story About Carrie Evans

The Origins of a Modern American Pride Flag Speech — On September 8th, 2020, the Minot, North Dakota City Council would hear a speech delivered by the newly elected Carrie Evans. The topic was the Pride Flag designed by the late Gilbert Baker. …

LGBTQ

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A Story About Carrie Evans
A Story About Carrie Evans
LGBTQ

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Talking to Strangers Named Sandra Bland

Malcolm Gladwell’s New Book Questions How People Judge the Unfamiliar on the Way to an Unacceptable Miscarriage of Justice — In Talking With Strangers, and per his norm, Malcolm Gladwell analyzes a motley crew of events, their players, and the requisite psychological underpinnings which may interpret them. Wherein the final product may convince “better” as an audiobook, Gladwell seeks to explain how Sandra Bland’s arrest on July 10th, 2015, would…

Sandra Bland

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Talking to the Stranger Sandra Bland
Talking to the Stranger Sandra Bland
Sandra Bland

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May 3

An 8 & 1/2 Hour Country Music Experience — #trynuCo

My First DayBeat — The DJ Set for Your Day — At the beginning of 2023, after enjoying the creation of birthday party DJ sets, I decided I wanted to focus on DJ’ing as a hobby. In conversation, I would field questions about where I wanted to play. I could and still cannot say. But what I knew was that I…

Dj

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An 8 & 1/2 Hour Country Music Experience — #trynuCo
An 8 & 1/2 Hour Country Music Experience — #trynuCo
Dj

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Feb 21

Nick Ward is Running for Alderperson in the 48th Ward

Goudy Representative & 2nd Story Stalwart Seeks Council Bow — The theatre community in Chicago had been calling Nick Ward about his second act years before he moved in 2004. Growing up thirty minutes from downtown Detroit, Ward would pick up after viewing Steppenwolf’s True West on VHS. This, of course, was the play that would cement the Windy City…

Chicago

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Nick Ward is Running for Alderperson in the 48th Ward
Nick Ward is Running for Alderperson in the 48th Ward
Chicago

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Feb 6

Marianne Lalonde is Running for Alderperson in Chicago’s 46th Ward

Environmental Scientist & 2019 Runner-Up Wants Your Vote in 2023 — When I speak with Marianne Lalonde on Friday, January 6th, the Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve native is suiting up. Not just to run for office but to walk her dog. Both efforts require a standard yet time-consuming Chicago practice: layering. …

LGBTQ

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Marianne Lalonde is Running for Alderperson in Chicago’s 46th Ward
Marianne Lalonde is Running for Alderperson in Chicago’s 46th Ward
LGBTQ

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Feb 1

Larry Svabek is Running for Alderperson in the 48th Ward

University of Chicago Lecturer and Organizer Seeks City Council Seat — Larry Svabek tells me on Thursday, January 19th, that he first canvassed with his mother in Orland Park, Illinois. It was 2003, and Kathie Svabek was running for an executive board position for their local school district. If you were to ask Kathie today — as Larry now lectures at…

Chicago

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Larry Svabek is Running for Alderperson in the 48th Ward
Larry Svabek is Running for Alderperson in the 48th Ward
Chicago

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Jan 17

Isaac Freilich Jones is Running for Alderperson in the 48th Ward

Chicago Native Seeks City Council Seat — Isaac Freilich Jones wanted to be clear with me about what happened last December. I am calling him from my parent’s home in Minnesota, which had only just returned to an above-zero temperature on Tuesday, December 27th. While the purpose of my call is to learn more about his candidacy…

Chicago

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Isaac Freilich Jones is Running for Alderperson in the 48th Ward
Isaac Freilich Jones is Running for Alderperson in the 48th Ward
Chicago

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Jan 1

59 CHI & NOL

Themed 2 1/2 Hour DJ Set — On the way down to New Orleans, I made a DJ Set. The structure was made during the trip from Chicago to New Orleans prior to a dear friend’s birthday on New Year's. Some reoccurring themes in the set are references to Chicago, New Orleans, and the term ‘blue’. I…

Trains

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2023 — The DJ Set
2023 — The DJ Set
Trains

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