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Daniel Sotomayor & Scott McPherson
Daniel Sotomayor was an openly gay, nationally syndicated political cartoonist and prominent Chicago AIDS activist. He died of AIDS complications in 1992.Daniel Sotomayor was born on August 30, 1958. He grew up in the Humbolt Park area of Chicago, at troubled youth of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent. He attended Prosser High School, studied acting at the Center Theatre, attended the American Academy of Art and graduated from Columbia College with a degree in graphic arts. He began to pursue a career in acting and graphic design.
Daniel's HIV seroconversion and sudden diagnosis with AIDS in 1988 shattered his personal and professional aspirations awakening in him the activist who changed forever the standard by which LGBT community leaders are judged.
After joining ACTUP/CHICAGO, Daniel proceeded through sheer force of will to propel that organization to its highest effective visibility. Daniel became widely known for his public confrontations with Mayor Richard M. Daley to bring attention to the AIDS crisis, the Chicago Health Department's responsibility to implement the City's AIDS Strategic Plan and inadequate education, prevention and media programs.
Scott and Daniel
Scott McPherson was an American playwright. In 1981, he moved to Chicago, where he acted in The Normal Heart, and The House of Blue Leaves. He was the author of critically acclaimed play Marvin’s Room, later made into a film. Daniel Sotomayor was a nationally syndicated political cartoonist and prominent Chicago AIDS activist. Daniel died as he lived, fighting, on February 5, 1992. Daniel's lover, Scott, in spite of variable and increasingly failing health, completed two commissioned screenplays and was working on a new play until shortly before his death, on November 7, 1992.
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Scott McPherson (October 13, 1959 Columbus, Ohio - November 7, 1992 Chicago) was an American playwright.He was one of the first openly gay, HIV-positive American artists, a renowned playwright and accomplished actor. He was the author of the critically acclaimed playMarvin’s Room, later made into a film. Born in 1959, he died of AIDS complications in 1992.
Scott McPherson, renowned playwright and actor, author of the critically acclaimed, award-winning play Marvin’s Room, is regarded as one of Chicago's most vital artistic and creative forces. Amidst the homophobia and AIDS hysteria presently gripping this nation, McPherson was one of the first openly gay, HIV-positive American artists. He has spoken eloquently, both in his writing and in interviews, of the personal and familial ravages of chronic illness and the need for loving support and connection with lovers, family and friends.
McPherson was born in Columbus, Ohio, and raised, along with seven siblings, in a devout Roman Catholic home. He acquired his great love for literature in his youth. He began acting in high school and attended Ohio University where he majored in theater and dance. An early one-act version of his first play, 'Til the Fat Lady Sings, was first produced at Ohio University. Fat Lady was later produced in Chicago by Lifeline Theatre under the direction of Eric Simonson. Ohio University named a new theater space in McPherson's honor.
McPherson moved to Chicago in 1981 and was cast regularly in local theatrical productions, commercials and industrial films. His work as an actor included performances in The Shrew, Butler County, Gentrification, Expectations, The House of Blue Leaves, The Normal Heart and many others.
Scott McPherson, AIDS quilt
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Leonor Fini (August 30, 1907 – January 18, 1996) was an Argentine surrealist painter. Fini only married once, for a brief period,to Fedrico Veneziani. They were divorced after she met the Italian Count, Stanislao Lepri 
She later employed an assistant to join the household, which he described as "a little bit of prison and a lot of theatre". One of his jobs was to look after her beloved Persian cats. Over the years she acquired 17 of them; they shared her bed and, at mealtimes, were allowed to roam the dining-table selecting tasty morsels - and woe betide the guest who complained. The 'inner circle' expanded to include the American artist, Richard Overstreet and the Argentinian poet Juan-Bautista Pinero. (P: Leonor Fini. Portrait of Stanislao Lepri)
Konstanty Aleksander Jeleński (1922-1987) - Polish writer, essayist.
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Michael Berresse (born August 15, 1964) is an American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director. He resides in Brooklyn, New York, with his partner Jeff Bowen.
Jeff Bowen (born August 30, 1971, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American composer, lyricist and actor. He is best known as one of the authors and stars of the Broadway musical [title of show]. He is currently developing a new musical work titled Now. Here. This. with his [title of show] collaborators Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell, Michael Berresse, Heidi Blickenstaff and Larry Pressgrove. The show was presented in a two week lab performance in June 2011 at The Vineyard Theatre.
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For the GRL in San Diego, October 15-18, 2015
Making Men by Sam Standish
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