Archive for the In Memoriam Category

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1993 (now deceased) For more than 50 years he has been an activist and organizational volunteer. He

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1993 [Now Deceased] Born and reared in Chicago, where lived all of his life, Robert T. Ford

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1993 [Posthumous] He was involved in forming more than a dozen community groups including University of Chicago

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1993 [Posthumous] Born April 11, 1937 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Dr. E. Kitch Childs was believed to be

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1993 [Now Deceased] In addition to founding Mattachine Midwest in 1965, Robert Sloan Basker began Chicago’s first

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1992 [Now Deceased] The Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame celebrates the life of 1992 inductee, Valerie Taylor.

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1992 [Posthumous] Daniel Sotomayor was born on August 30, 1958, of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent. He

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 1992 [Posthumous] Dom Orejudos is widely recognized for his contribution to the arts, entertainment and the early