Archive for the 2026 Category

ADODI Chicago

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Individual | Inducted 2026 ADODI Chicago was organized on August 17, 1996, more than a decade after Clifford Rawlins founded

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Organization | Inducted 2026 Hell in a Handbag Productions was founded in 2001 to provide a safe, inclusive creative home

Friend of the Community | Inducted 2026 | Inducted Posthumously Brad Cummings served as editor of the Austin Voice, where

Individual | Inducted 2026 Rev. Dr. L. Bernard Jakes promotes acceptance and inclusion of LGBTQIA people through his ministry at

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Individual | Inducted 2026 For more than two decades, David Dodd has contributed to Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community through advocacy, cultural

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Individual | Inducted 2026 Pat Cummings moved to Chicago in 1982 at the insistence of her gay brother, who regularly

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Individual | Inducted 2026 Maya Douglas began her career in the pageant and performance world through the Miss Continental Pageant,

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Individual | Inducted 2026 Coquie Hughes is an award-winning independent filmmaker, writer, and director born and raised on Chicago’s West

Individual | Inducted 2026 | Posthumously Inducted Saundra DeAnne Johnson (October 13, 1960–January 21, 2026) devoted her life to advancing

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Individual | Inducted 2026 Ray J. Koenig III has spent more than two decades advancing LGBTQ+ equality, visibility, and leadership