Archive for the In Memoriam Category

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

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

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2017 (now deceased) After joining Gay Chicago Magazine in 1993, Mark Nagel quickly realized the power the

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2017 [Posthumous] Born to a Presbyterian minister in Flint, Michigan, and raised in Park Forest, Illinois, Greer

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2017 [Posthumous] Born in Ecuador, Miss Ketty learned to dance in Puerto Rico in the 1960s. Increasingly

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2015 [now deceased] For 30 years, Lauren Verdich played a critical role in Chicago’s LGBT community. She

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2015 [Posthumous] Barbara Smith (1946–2015) was a founding board member of Affinity Community Services. Her leadership, managing

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2016 [now deceased] As a child, Maritxa Vidal immigrated from Cuba with her family hoping to find

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2016 [Posthumous] Patrick Dennis (1921-1976) was the author of sixteen books including the enormously popular bestselling camp