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|  | David Boyer Boyer has been a fixture on the gay bar scene for decades, including at Carol's and Touche. | |
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|  | 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. | |
|  | 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.
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|  | 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. | |
|  | Robbin Burr & Lisa Loudin Loudin (left) and Burr are partners who support LGBT organizations. Burr is former executive director of Center on Halsted. | |
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|  | Robbin Burr Burr is former executive director of Center on Halsted, leading the agency during their drive for a community center building on Halsted. | |
|  | 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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|  | Gary Chichester Chichester has been a gay activist since the early 1970s, serving in vital leadership positions. | |
|  | Ann Christophersen Christophersen is co-founder of Women & Children First Bookstore and a critical volunteer and supporter of LGBT and feminist causes. | |
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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 | |
|  | 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. | |
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|  | 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. | |
|  | 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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|  | 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. | |
|  | Lynn Hull Hull is a long-time Chicago lesbian-feminist activist, including on making trades jobs available to women. | |
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|  | 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 | |
|  | Art Johnston & Jose A. Pena Johnston and Pena are co-owners of Sidetrack bar, which has been much-honored for its contributions to GLBT and AIDS charities. | |
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|  | Art Johnston Johnston is co-owner of Sidetrack bar in Chicago, and a long-time activist on GLBT and AIDS issues. | |
|  | Nancy Lanoue Lanoue co-founded the Womyn's Gym in the 1980s, later to become Thousand Waves. She co-founded the Lesbian Community Cancer Project. | |
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|  | Michael Leppen Leppen is among Chicago's most important philanthropists, supporting a wide range of gay, AIDS and human-rights causes. | |
|  | Steve McDonough Steve McDonough and his partner Dan Smith have broken new TV ground as the Hearty Boys. | |
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|  | Deb Murphy & Kay Miles Miles (left) and Murphy support a range of non-profits, including through donation of accounting services. They also fought a pioneering adoption case | |
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|  | Sharon Mylrea Mylrea is a former board member of Lesbian Community Cancer Project who supports gay political and health causes. | |
|  | Jose A. Pena Pena is co-owner and video director of Sidetrack bar. He is a video pioneer, and donates his time and energy to numerous causes. | |
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|  | Nancy Poore Poore co-founded Helaine Victoria Press in the 1970s and was active for decades on lesbians issues in Chicago. | |
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|  | Kasey Reese Reese and his partner Javier Barajas were critical parts of numerous Chicago gay groups when they lived here. | |
|  | Otis Richardson Richardson is an artist, filmmaker, and activist with involvement in several key LGBT and African-American LGBT organizations. | |
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|  | Raymond Rodgers Rodgers is a deaf gay man who opened the first gay-deaf-owned interpreter service in the U.S, Deaf Communication By Innovation. | |
|  | Victor Salvo Salvo is a designer by trade, and an activist in his down time, having been a key part of Chicago's political and AIDS activism. | |
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|  | Patrick Sheahan Sheahean was president of the Center on Halsted's board during its critical campaign to build a new community center. | |
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|  | Art Smith Smith is a world-renowned chef with a popular restaurant and cookbook, and is well known for his work as Oprah's chef.
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|  | Dan Smith As one-half of the Hearty Boys, Smith and his partner Steve McDonough have broken new TV ground as top chefs and philanthropists. | |
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|  | Max Smith Max Smith has been a gay activist since the 1970s, including on media, health and political issues. | |
|  | Byron Stewart Stewart is an actor, cultural pioneer and diversity trainer. | |
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|  | Lauren Sugerman Sugerman is one of the co-founders of Chicago Women in Trades, a critical support for women entering non-traditional trades jobs. | |
|  | Kathleen Thompson Thompson's involvement in the lesbian community includes opening the city's first feminist bookstore in the early 1970s. | |
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|  | Pat Tomaso & Linda Palm Tomaso (left) and partner Linda Palm live in Barrington, Illinois. Tomaso is a retired teacher with many years of activism on behalf of gay teachers. | |
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