| | Bonnie Wade Wade works for the rights of GLBT youth in a variety of ways, including as a staff member of Teen Living. | | | | Ronald Wadley Wadley is involved in the Same Gender Loving Ministry at Trinity United Church of Christ. | |
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| | Steve Wakefield Wakefield spend many years in Chicago working for and heading up various gay and AIDS agencies. | | | | Paula Walowitz Walowitz is a performer, singing out lesbian music since the 1970s. | |
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| | Guy Warner Warner was the founder of the first support groups for parents and friends in Chicago, in the 1970s. | | | | Vera Washington Washington is an HIV/AIDS counselor, party promoter through Executive Sweet, and longtime worker on LGBT youth issues. | |
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| | Vera Washington & Pat McCombs McCombs and Washington have been business partners for more than 25 years, running Executive Sweet, parties for women. | | | | Shelton Watson Watson has a long and varied activist background in Chicago, from mainstream gay groups to African-American gay organizations. | |
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| | Christy Webber Webber is owner of owner of Christy Webber Landscapes, a top women-owned business in Chicago. She donates to numerous LGBT and political causes. | | | | Donna Weems Weems is a cultural and political activist and long-time Chicagoan who recently retired to Mexico. | |
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| | Stephen Weiser Weiser and partner Andrew Deppe have volunteered for and supported LGBT religious, sports and political causes for many years. | | | | Yvonne Welbon Yvonne Welbon is an award-winning lesbian filmmaker. | |
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| | Honey West Honey West is an all-around entertainer who has contributed her services to numerous AIDS and GLBT charities. | | | | | |
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