▁later , ▁Be arden ▁and ▁his ▁lo ver , ▁Gay Life ▁entertain ment ▁editor ▁Jeff ▁McC ourt , ▁left ▁Gay Life ▁to ▁launch ▁the ▁rival ▁Wind y ▁City ▁Times . ▁McC ourt ▁and ▁Be arden ▁were ▁joined ▁by ▁most ▁of ▁Gay L if es ▁staff ▁and ▁contrib utors , ▁including ▁Dam ski ▁and ▁Williams . ▁Gay Life ▁fol ded ▁not ▁long ▁after . ▁ ▁Wind y ▁City ▁Times ▁( 1 9 8 5 – 1 9 9 5 ) ▁Dam ski ▁began ▁writing ▁for ▁Wind y ▁City ▁Times ▁in ▁its ▁first ▁issue , ▁October ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁under ▁the ▁heading ▁J HD . ▁He ▁remained ▁with ▁the ▁paper ▁after ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁death , ▁from ▁A ID S , ▁of ▁his ▁friend ▁Bob ▁Be arden . ▁He ▁stayed ▁with ▁the ▁publication ▁almost ▁ten ▁years , ▁until ▁being ▁fired ▁ab rupt ly ▁late ▁in ▁May , ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁by ▁publish er ▁Jeff ▁McC ourt . ▁ ▁McC ourt ▁bl amed ▁Dam ski ▁for ▁a ▁personal ▁rum or ▁about ▁McC ourt ▁which ▁had ▁appeared ▁in ▁a ▁new ▁week ly ▁in ▁the ▁g / l / b / t / q ▁Chicago ▁press , ▁called ▁Bab ble . ▁Richard ▁Co oke ' s ▁" 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁B T Us " ▁included ▁a ▁few ▁lines ▁in ▁a ▁page ▁of ▁g oss ip ; ▁Co oke ▁was ▁an ▁old ▁friend ▁of ▁Dam ski ' s ▁from ▁the ▁Gay ▁Chicago ▁days . ▁The