Individual | Inducted 1995 [posthumous] In Chicago’s gay and lesbian rights struggle from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, Sarah […]
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2020 [posthumous] Joel Drake Johnson was an award-winning, internationally produced Chicago playwright and teacher. His local writing […]
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FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2020 [posthumous] Judy Baar Topinka was there for the LGBT community since the beginning […]
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2006 [now deceased] Since 1979, Dick Uyvari has been a major force in Chicago’s organized lesbian, gay, […]
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2013 [Posthumous] Lifelong Chicagoan, Jacques Cristion was introduced to Chicago’s drag scene during the 1950s by a […]
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FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2017 [Now Deceased] Born in Chicago in 1936, Ralla Klepak taught reading and English […]
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2017 (now deceased) After joining Gay Chicago Magazine in 1993, Mark Nagel quickly realized the power the […]
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2017 [Posthumous] Born to a Presbyterian minister in Flint, Michigan, and raised in Park Forest, Illinois, Greer […]
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2017 [Posthumous] Born in Ecuador, Miss Ketty learned to dance in Puerto Rico in the 1960s. Increasingly […]
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2015 [Posthumous] Barbara Smith (1946–2015) was a founding board member of Affinity Community Services. Her leadership, managing […]
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