Individual | Inducted 2026 Michelle Wetzel’s advocacy for LGBTQI communities began after she left her path to become a Catholic
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Individual | Inducted 2026 Simone Koehlinger has worked for more than 30 years to improve the health of LGBTQ+ Chicagoans
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Individual | Inducted 2026 Since moving to Chicago in 2001, Bradley Balof has built a career and record of volunteer
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Individual | Inducted 2025 Mario Treto Jr., Secretary of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, is a trailblazing
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Individual | Inducted 2025 Dr. Mario Pierce, also known as Midwest Father Mario Balenciaga, is senior director of programs at
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Individual | Inducted 2025 Jonathan “Yoni” Pizer has emerged as a leader in the Chicago LGBTQ+ community through serving as
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Individual | Inducted 2025 | Posthumous Induction Artist, playwright, and activist James Hubert “Jim” Rinnert was the founding board president
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Individual | Inducted 2025 Jerry Nunn’s career in Illinois began after he graduated from Western Kentucky University with a degree
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Individual | Inducted 2025 Jacob Christopher Green, also known as Muffy Fishbasket, moved to Chicago 2002 to start a theater
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Individual | Inducted 2025 Alex Perez, Chicago-based national correspondent for ABC News, is a nationally respected openly gay Latino journalist
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