INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2008 [Posthumous] Stephen Jones (deceased 1980), entertainer and health advocate, was known widely in Chicago’s gay communities
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2008 [Posthumous] Eddie Dugan (1944–1987), helped invent the disco Ephenomenon in the 1970s, was a brilliant showman
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FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2008 (now deceased) Katherine (Kit) Duffy, Born in Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1944, she has in
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FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2008 (now deceased) The Rev. Gregory R. Dell, The Rev. Gregory R. Dell, was the
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2008 [Posthumous] Jane Addams (1860–1935) is a Chicago icon. Her accomplishments in founding one of the nation’s
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FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2007 [Posthumous] Harold Washington (1922–1987), as mayor of Chicago, promoted and facilitated LGBT political participation
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2007 [now deceased] For decades Chilli Pepper has entertained thousands of people as a female impersonator, serving
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2007 [Posthumous] Publisher, businessperson, theater producer, and activist Jeffrey E. McCourt (1955–2007) made significant contributions to Chicago
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2007 [Now Deceased] Martin Gapshis, a Chicago native, served both the city and its LGBT community throughout
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2006 [Now Deceased] Their life partnership flourished for 39 years and five weeks, as did their ongoing
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