Archive for the 2023 Category

MARGARET HILLIS

On / 2023, In Memoriam, Individual

Individual | Inducted 2023 (Posthumous) Margaret Hillis was a conductor, chorus director, airplane pilot, veteran, educator, activist, and mentor. She

ROBERT NEUBERT

On / 2023, Individual

Individual | Inducted 2023 For over three decades Robert Neubert has planned some of Chicago’s most notable philanthropic, corporate, and

ANDREW DAVIS

On / 2023, Individual

Individual | Inducted 2023 Andrew Davis has been a key journalist and editor covering Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community for nearly 30

JOSEPH LOUNDY

On / 2023, Individual

Individual | Inducted 2023 Joseph Loundy was among the first mental health professionals to be involved with the Gay People’s

JAN DEE

On / 2023, Individual

Individual | Inducted 2023 Jan Dee (born Jan Deyesso) traveled to Italy in the late 1960s to learn the craft

JENNIFER PRITZKER

On / 2023, Individual

Individual | Inducted 2023 Jennifer Pritzker is an outspoken advocate for LBGTQ+ causes. In 2019, she was featured in Vanity

TERENCE ALAN SMITH (JOAN JETT-BLAKK)

On / 2023, Individual

Individual | Inducted 2023 Terence Alan Smith created the character of Joan Jett-Blakk, one of the first drag queens to

BLACK ALPHABET

On / 2023, Organization

Organization | Inducted 2023 Black Alphabet, now in its 10th year, is the world’s oldest and largest Black LGBTQ+ focused

ANNA DESHAWN

On / 2023, Individual

Individual | Inducted 2023 Anna DeShawn saw very few representations of herself and the social movements that inspired her in

AVERY R. YOUNG

On / 2023, Individual

Individual | Inducted 2023 avery r. young is the first Chicago Poet Laureate. He is also an out gay Black