Archive for the Organization Category

ORGANIZATION | Inducted 2020 The award-winning Legacy Project is a Chicago-based cultural and educational non-profit dedicated to researching and promoting

ORGANIZATION | Inducted 2006 In 1975, Congregation Or Chadash (“Congregation of New Light”) was founded in response to the prejudice

ORGANIZATION | Inducted 2017 People Like Us Bookstore, Chicago’s only exclusively gay and lesbian bookstore, was in operation from 1988-1997.

ORGANIZATION | Inducted 2017 The world renowned Leather Archives and Museum was formed in 1991 by Chuck Renslow and Tony

ORGANIZATION | Inducted 2017 As one of the earliest out lesbian periodicals in the United States, Chicago’s Lavender Woman newspaper

ORGANIZATION | Inducted 2015 The Lesbian and Gay Police Association–Gay Officers Action League (LGPA–GOAL) was founded in 1991 by four

ORGANIZATION | Inducted 2016 Big Chicks, an Uptown Chicago bar located at 5024 N. Sheridan Road, was opened on December

ORGANIZATION | Inducted 2016 Amigas Latinas began as a monthly discussion group for Latina lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning women.

ORGANIZATION | Inducted 2014 Through live theater and online videos, Silk Road Rising showcases playwrights primarily of Asian and Middle

ORGANIZATION | Inducted 2014 Created at Chicago’s public television station WTTW (Channel 11), Out & Proud in Chicago is an