 |  | 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 former 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. | |
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