Archive for the In Memoriam Category

DAN WOLF

On / 2022, In Memoriam, Individual, Most Recent

Individual | Inducted 2022 [Posthumous] Dan Wolf, a gay, Jewish, man, and one of the few survivors of the infamous

PATRICIA LATHAM

On / 2022, Friend of the Community, In Memoriam, Most Recent

Friend of the Community | Inducted 2022 [Posthumous] For nearly 30 years, Patricia Ann “Patty the Pin Lady” Latham surfed

LANA HOSTETLER

On / 2021, Friend of the Community, In Memoriam

Friend of the Community | Inducted 2021 [Posthumous] It is hard to imagine a more devoted Friend of the Community

GINNI CLEMMENS

On / 2021, In Memoriam, Individual

Individual | Inducted 2021 [Posthumous] The gentle, yet radical Ginni Clemmens was known worldwide as one of the earliest openly

SARAH CRAIG

On / 1995, In Memoriam, Individual

Photo by: Windy City Times

Individual | Inducted 1995 [posthumous] In Chicago’s gay and lesbian rights struggle from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, Sarah

JUDY BAAR TOPINKA

On / 2020, Friend of the Community, In Memoriam

FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2020 [posthumous] Judy Baar Topinka was there for the LGBT community since the beginning

JOEL DRAKE JOHNSON

On / 2020, In Memoriam, Individual

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2020 [posthumous] Joel Drake Johnson was an award-winning, internationally produced Chicago playwright and teacher. His local writing

DICK UYVARI

On / 2006, In Memoriam, Individual

photo courtesy of Windy City Media Group

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2006 [now deceased] Since 1979, Dick Uyvari has been a major force in Chicago’s organized lesbian, gay,

JACQUES CRISTION

On / 2006, In Memoriam, Individual

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2013 [Posthumous] Lifelong Chicagoan, Jacques Cristion was introduced to Chicago’s drag scene during the 1950s by a

RALLA KLEPAK

On / 2017, Friend of the Community, In Memoriam

Photo by Israel Wright

FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2017 [Now Deceased] Born in Chicago in 1936, Ralla Klepak taught reading and English