 |  | David Aaron & John Bash Aaron (below) and Bash are videographers and promoters in Chicago, with long ties to the club scene, going back to the 1970s. | | |  | Angel Abcede Abcede is founder of the School Street Art Movement "Sex Police," which educated about HIV and AIDS. | |
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|  | Carmen Abrego & MariBeth Welch Abrego and Welch live in Oak Park and support various LGBT causes. Abrego is a long-time Chicagoan also known for her poetry. | | |  | Carmen Abrego Abrego is a poet and Latina activist, and co-founder of the International Women's Day Dance. | |
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|  | | | |  | Ann Adams Ann Adams and her partner Lise Alschuler are contributors to LGBT and health causes. | |
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|  | | | |  | Jean Albright Albright is a retired Air Force Master Sergeant, working to overturn the military's gay ban. | |
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|  | Claudia Allen Allen is a long-time playwright whose works have been performed in Chicago and around the U.S. Many have lesbian themes. | | |  | Lise Alschuler Alschuler and her partner Ann Adams are contributors to LGBT and health causes. | |
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|  | Alicia Amador Amador and partner Norma Seledon support a range of Latina lesbian and other causes. | | |  | Jackie Anderson Anderson has been a part of the LGBT community since the 1960s, and has been active on a wide range of issues. | |
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|  | Toni Armstrong Jr.Toni Jr. has worked on LGBT rights, civil rights, and lesbian women's music, as well as with groups such as GLSEN Chicago, Color Triangle, and many mo | | |  | Tommy AvantGarde Avant Garde is part of the South Side "balls" social scene, active on educating Black gay youth on health and cultural issues. | |
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|  | Miguel Ayala Ayala was co-founder of the Whitney Young Pride GSA, the first in the Chicago area, and active in Chicago youth causes and mainstream political campai | | |  | Javier Barajas Barajas and his partner Kasey Reese are former Chicagoans active in numerous gay and Latino groups. | |
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|  | Paula Basta Basta and partner Terri Worman work on gay political and seniors issues. | | |  | | |
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|  | Michael Bauer Bauer is a political activist on the local and national scene. | | |  | Jan Berger & Robin Hochstatter Hochstatter (left) and Berger are supporters of various community groups and long-time participants in Chicago's LGBT sports leagues. | |
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|  | Jan Berger Berger is a supporter of various community groups and a long-time participant in Chicago's LGBT sports leagues. | | |  | Bill Bergfalk Bergfalk has supported gay organizations since the 1970s as a volunteer and donor. | |
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|  | | | |  | Sam Bezanis Bezanis has donated his design services to many gay, AIDS and mainstream civil-rights groups, including the ACLU. | |
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|  | | | |  | Alexandra Billings Alexandra Billings is a nationally known performer who transitioned from male to female and has performed in numerous theatrical roles, and on TV. | |
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|  | Chrisanne Blankenship Chrisanne Blankenship (right) and Alex Billings and partners who both work on culture issues. | | |  | David Blatt & David Moore The work of partners in life and business Blatt and Moore has been critical to the survival of many of their clients with HIV and AIDS. | |
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|  | Michelle Bonnarens Bonnarens is a former Chicagoan now living in Germany. Her activism included fighting back against bigots at the University of Chicago in the 1980s. | | |  | Patrick Bova Bova and partner Jim Darby have been together since 1963. They are activists working to overturn the military's gay ban, and support numerous gay caus | |
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|  | David Boyer Boyer has been a fixture on the gay bar scene for decades, including at Carol's and Touche. | | |  | Kevin Boyer Boyer has been a volunteer for Chicago gay groups since 1989, including with the Gay Games, Gerber/Hart Library and the gay chamber of commerce. | |
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|  | | | |  | Wayne Bradley Bradley and his partner Rick Peterson are active on GLBT religious issues. | |
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|  | Lora Branch Lora Branch is a true renaissance woman, a DJ, an AIDS advocate, an activist and much more. | | |  | Linda Bubon & Ann Christophersen Bubon (left) and Christophersen founded Women & Children First in the late 1970s and both have played critical roles in the LGBT and feminist communit | |
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|  | Linda Bubon Bubob is co-founder and co-owner of Women & Children First Bookstore.
| | |  | Phil Burgess & Jim Nutter Nutter (left) and Burgess have been a couple since 1976; they donate and volunteer for a range of gay and AIDS groups. | |
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|  | Phil Burgess Burgess donates and volunteers for a range of gay and AIDS groups. | | |  | Deborah Burkhart Burkhart is an architect, and a principal in a women-owned architectural firm. She and partner Starla Sholl support numerous LGBt groups. | |
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|  | Robbin Burr & Lisa Loudin Loudin (left) and Burr are partners who support LGBT organizations. Burr is former executive director of Center on Halsted. | | |  | Robbin Burr Burr is former executive director of Center on Halsted, leading the agency during their drive for a community center building on Halsted. | |
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|  | Kathy Caldwell Kathryn Caldwell is a Chicago police officer, active in organizing gays on the force, plus an athlete in the GLBT sports leagues. | | |  | Val Camilletti Val has owned Val's Halla records in Oak Park since the 1970s. She is a pioneer in women's music and culture for the Chicago area. | |
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|  | Lori Cannon Lori Cannon has been a long-time supporter of the GLBT community, especially in her pioneering AIDS activism and support services. | | |  | Evette Cardona & Mona Noriega Noriega and Cardona are one of Chicago's power couples, active on a wide range of GLBT and Latina issues, including thru Amigas Latinas. | |
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|  | Evette Cardona Cardona is active in a wide range of GLBT and Latina issues.
| | |  | CC Carter Carter is a poet, writer and cultural activist, especially known for her POW WOW poetry slams. | |
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|  | Aldo Castillo Castillo is an artist and founder of the Aldo Castillo Gallery. He has been openly gay and openly HIV-positive for many years. | | |  | Robert Castillo & John Pennycuff Castillo and Pennycuff are partners in life and activism, seen at protests for Queer Nation, ACT UP, anti-violence, pro-marriage, and much more. | |
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|  | Robert Castillo Castillo has been active for many years on a wide range of gay, AIDS and Latino issues. | | |  | Susan Catania Catania served as a Republican state legislator and was among the first to back gay-rights protections. | |
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|  | Armand Cerbone Cerbone has been an advocate and activist on GLBT mental and physical health issues for several decades. | | |  | Mitchell Channon Channon and partner Bruce Koff are active on both gay and Jewish issues. Mitchell is an interior designer. | |
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|  | Gary Chichester Chichester has been a gay activist since the early 1970s, serving in vital leadership positions. | | |  | Tom Chiola Chiola made history by becoming the first openly gay person elected to major office in Illinois, when he won a judge post in the mid 1990s. | |
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|  | Ann Christophersen Christophersen is co-founder of Women & Children First Bookstore and a critical volunteer and supporter of LGBT and feminist causes. | | |  | Michael Cook Cook is executive director of Howard Brown Health Center, and he has been active on gay legal and health issues for many years. | |
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|  | Terry Cosgrove Cosgrove is an openly gay man heading one of the top organizations working in the U.S. for a women's right to choose, Personal PAC of Illinois. | | |  | Dr. Gladys Croom Croom, Psy.D., has worked on gay and lesbian mental health issues for many years. She was also active in Yahimba and Literary Exchange. | |
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|  | Randy Curwen In the mid-1970s, Curwen was instrumental in getting the Tribune to rewrite its stylebook and treat the subject of homosexuality in a fairer manner. | | |  | John D'Emilio D'Emilio is one of the top U.S. historians on the gay movement, with multiple articles and books on LGBT history. | |
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|  | Jim Darby & Patrick Bova Bova (left) and Darby have been together since 1963. They are activists working to overturn the military's gay ban, and support numerous gay causes. | | |  | Jim Darby Darby is a Navy veteran active in the fight to overturn the military's gay ban. | |
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|  | Susana Darwin Darwin is a legal activist fighting on women's choice and LGBT issues. | | |  | | |
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|  | | | |  | Jan Dee & Janet Gutrich Jan Dee (left) and Janet Gutrich have been partners since Dec. 17, 1994. They support LGBT and AIDS causes as individuals and through their businesses | |
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|  | Greg Dell Dell is a strong ally of the gay community, risking his job as pastor of Broadway United Methodist Church to back gay unions. | | |  | Janine M Denomme Denomme is director of the Horizons Youth Program at the Center on Halsted. | |
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|  | Andrew Deppe & Stephen Weiser Deppe and Weiser, partners since 1993, volunteer and support various LGBT and AIDS religious, sports and political causes. | | |  | Andrew Deppe Deppe has been a founder, staff member and volunteer for many important AIDS ad LGBT groups. | |
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|  | Karen Dixon Dixon is an attorney and political activist in Chicago. | | |  | | |
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|  | Teresa Dobbins Dobbins is active on a wide range of African American lesbian and spiritual issues. | | |  | Tim Drake Long-time political activist Drake was the first openly gay candidate to win election in Illinois, as a 1980 John Anderson presidential delegate. | |
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|  | Randy Duncan Duncan is a legend in the Chicago dance and choreography scene, known for his skills as well as his generosity. | | |  | Jean Durkin & Paula Walowitz Durkin (left) and Walowitz are partners, and were married in Canada soon after it became legal to do so. They are cultural activists. | |
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|  | Jean Durkin Durkin works on the needs of women in the shelter community. | | |  | Murray Edelman Edelman was an activist in Chicago in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including with the Chicago Gay Liberation movement. | |
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|  | Ferd Eggan Eggan was a long-time Chicago and Los Angeles AIDS activist. He died in 2007. | | |  | Keith Elliot Elliot is a former dancer who has worked on a wide range of AIDS and gay benefits, including as co-founder of the Dance for Life annual gala benefits | |
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|  | Eugenia Fawcett Fawcett came out in the 1940s in Chicago as a student at the University of Chicago. She was with her partner Mary from 1955 until Mary's death. | | |  | Mel Ferrand Ferrand is a long-time activist on feminist, union, sports and political issues. | |
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|  | | | |  | Patrick K. Finnessy Patrick Finnessy, Ph.D. is the Director of the Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns at the University of Illinois at Chicago. | |
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|  | Kathy Forde Kathy Forde and her partner Yvonne Zipter are supportive of various LGBT causes. Forde is an academic advisor at the U. of C., and mentors GLBT youth. | | |  | Susan Franz Franz is a certified financial planner professional with 20-plus years experience. Over one quarter of her clientele is LGBT. | |
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|  | Hannah Frisch Frisch was active in University of Chicago Gay Liberation in the early '70s. She also attended meetings of Chicago Lesbian Liberation. | | |  | Tim Frye Frye has had long-time involvement in PRIDEChicago from the early 1970s through the present day. | |
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|  | Peggy Garner Garner is a former Chicagoan now living in San Francisco. During her time in Chicago, she volunteered with numerous groups. | | |  | Sanford Gaylord Gaylord is an actor, creative activist and writer based in Chicago. He was a co-founding member of A Real Read. | |
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|  | Tom Gertz Gertz was active in the Mattachine Midwest chapter in the late 1960s and early 1970s. | | |  | Mailik Gillani & Jamil Khoury Gillani and Khoury are co-founders of Silk Road Theatre, doing pioneering work on diversity issues in the gay and theater communities. | |
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|  | Mailik Gillani Gillani and partner Jamil Khoury are co-founders of Silk Road Theatre, doing pioneering work on diversity issues in the gay and theater communities. | | |  | Kathleen Gillespie Gillespie and partner Deb Shore are active in a variety of gay organizations. | |
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|  | Diane Gomez Gomez has been active in both the cultural and sports parts of Chicago's gay community. | | |  | Carole Goodwin Goodwin is an Oak Park-based writer and she co-owned an important bookstore there for many years, Left Bank Bookstall. She is a long-time activist. | |
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|  | Carole Goodwin & Renée DeMar Goodwin is a long-time Oak Park and Chicago author and activist. They have been together since June of 2000. See Goodwin's entry for her video intervi | | |  | Debbie Gould Debbie Gould participated in ACT UP/Chicago for 6 years and was a founding member of Queer to the Left. | |
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|  | Christopher Grace Grace is a member of the ROTC gay group and a volunteer for numerous GLBT and AIDS charities. | | |  | Vernita Gray Gray has been active on gay rights since the late 1960s. She has been part of a wide range of groups and works on anti-violence issues. | |
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|  | Bill Greaves In 1995 Greaves was appointed to the City of Chicago Commission on Human
Relations’ Advisory Council on LGBT
Issues; in 2000 he became the Directo | | |  | Laura Grimes Laura Grimes and partner Logan Grimes work on lesbian healthcare and transgender issues. | |
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|  | | | |  | Logan Grimes Logan Grimes and partner Laura Grimes work on lesbian healthcare and transgender issues. | |
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|  | Tina Grossman Grossman has supported a wide range of LGBT causes for many years. | | |  | Jessica Halem & Red Tremmel Halem and Tremmel spent many years in Chicago working on a variety of LGBT causes, including cultural activism. They away moved for work in '08.
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|  | Jessica Halem Halem is former executive director of the Lesbian Community Cancer (now Care) Project, and a standup comic. She is a long-time feminist. | | |  | | |
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|  | Joel Hall Hall has been a pioneering openly gay activist since the 1970s. He founded the Joel Hall Dancers. | | |  | Roland Hansen & Bill Bergfalk Hansen (left) and Bergfalk have been partners since 1984, and both have supported gay organizations since the 1970s. | |
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|  | Roland Hansen Hansen's volunteer work has included Gerber/Hart Library, the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, Windy City Athletic Association, and more | | |  | Jean Hardisty Jean V. Hardisty, Ph.D., was a critical activist in Chicago in the 1970s and 1980s. She also founded Political Research Associates.
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|  | Jorjet Harper Harper is a writer, editor, musician, artist and more. She has been part of Chicago's lesbian community since the 1970s. | | |  | Greg Harris Harris was elected to the Illinois General Assembly in 2006. He is a long-time Chicago-based activist on gay and AIDS issues. | |
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|  | Juarez Hawkins Hawkins is a Chicago-based lesbian artist who has contributed her work to many causes.
| | |  | Ron Helizon Helizon has been active on gay issues since the 1960s, including as a bar owner, bar personality, and Catholic activist. | |
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|  | Neena Hemmady Hemmady is active on a variety of LGBT issues, including including those impacting people of color. | | |  | Marcia Hill Hill has been a fixture on the Chicago gay sports scene for 25 years. She has been both a participant and official. | |
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|  | Ted Hoerl & Steve Scott Both Hoerl (left) and Scott are active theater professionals in Chicago, with long ties to the gay community. They have been together since Nov. 1, 1 | | |  | Ted Hoerl Hoerl is an Actor-Director/ Adjunct Professor of Acting CCPA at Roosevelt University. In the 1980s he owned Opal Station, a popular gay bar. | |
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|  | Joe Hollendoner Hollendoner is Director of the Broadway Youth Center for Howard Brown Health Center and a youth activist. | | |  | Matthew Horvot Horvot, known as "Circuit Mom," has helped raised funds for gay and AIDS groups for many years. | |
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|  | Tonda Hughes Hughes is a researcher looking at lesbian health issues, and is active on LGBT issues in Chicago. | | |  | Lynn Hull Hull is a long-time Chicago lesbian-feminist activist, including on making trades jobs available to women. | |
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|  | Mark Ishaug Ishaug is President/CEO of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.
| | |  | Sherri Jackson Jackson is a minister and healthcare practitioner with a wide range of gay and AIDS organizational involvement. | |
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|  | T. Khyentse James James is founder and executive director for the Estrojam Music and Culture Festival, a gathering of acclaimed and emerging women artists of all kinds. | | |  | Cat Jefcoat & Bonnie Wade Jefcoat (left) and Wade are a young power couple, both working for GLBT rights in community agencies. | |
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|  | Cat Jefcoat Jefcoat works with the Lesbian Community Care Project, now housed within Howard Brown Health Center. | | |  | Chris Johnson Christine Johnson is a co-founder of Metis Press, Publisher of Lesbian Feminist Literature, and a founding member of the national Women In Print netwo | |
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