 |  | Michael Bauer Bauer is a political activist on the local and national scene. | |
|  | Sam Bezanis Bezanis has donated his design services to many gay, AIDS and mainstream civil-rights groups, including the ACLU. | |
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|  | 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 | |
|  | Kathy Caldwell Kathryn Caldwell is a Chicago police officer, active in organizing gays on the force, plus an athlete in the GLBT sports leagues. | |
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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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|  | 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. | |
|  | 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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|  | 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. | |
|  | 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. | |
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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. | |
|  | Karen Dixon Dixon is an attorney and political activist in Chicago. | |
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|  | 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. | |
|  | 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 | |
|  | Jean Hardisty Jean V. Hardisty, Ph.D., was a critical activist in Chicago in the 1970s and 1980s. She also founded Political Research Associates She died in 2015.. | |
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|  | 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. | |
|  | Mark Ishaug Ishaug is President/CEO of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.
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|  | Bill Kelley & Chen Ooi Kelley and Ooi were long-time partners and activists. Kelley has been fighting for gay rights since the 1960s. Kelley died in 2015. | |
|  | Bill Kelley Kelley was among Chicago's longest-serving and most important gay activists, having worked since the 1960s to secure gay rights. He died in 2015. | |
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|  | Julie Kruse Kruse is a former Illinois lobbyist on a range of women's, LGBT and progressive causes. She is now based in Washington, D.C. | |
|  | Janice Layne Layne is a writer and activist, working on a range of LGBT and AIDS issues. It was Layne's idea for the LGBT community to march in the Bud Billikin Pa | |
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|  | Pat Logue Logue is an attorney with a long career working on LGBT and AIDS causes. She is now a judge. | |
|  | Pat McCombs McCombs has been an integral part of Chicago's LGBT community since the 1970s, when she first fought back against racial carding in the bars... | |
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|  | Larry McKeon McKeon had a long public service career, from serving as a police officer in Los Angeles, to being the state's first openly gay, HIV-positive rep.
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|  | Jill Metz Metz has practiced law since 1978, with many gay clients. She has volunteered with numerous gay organizations. | |
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|  | Joey Mogul Mogul is an attorney who is also active on progressive causes, including with Queer to the Left. | |
|  | Sid Mohn Mohn, as president of the Heartland Alliance, has been a key part of work on behalf of people with AIDS and civil-rights for the LGBT community. | |
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|  | David Munar Munar is an executive with AIDS Foundation of Chicago and a long-time volunteer for gay and AIDS groups, including Association of Latin men in Action. | |
|  | 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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|  | Mona Noriega Noriega has been active on GLBT and Latina political and cultural issues since the 1970s. | |
|  | Renae Ogletree Ogletree has been active on a range of youth, LGBT, AIDS and other causes in Chicago since the 1980s. | |
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|  | John Pennycuff Pennycuff has been seen around town marching and protesting for a wide range of gay and AIDS issues. | |
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|  | Julio Rodriguez Rodriguez is a critical activist working on LGBT, AIDS, Latino and anti-violence issues, including as a founder of ALMA. | |
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|  | Norma Seledon Amador and partner Norma Seledon support a range of Latina lesbian and other causes. | |
|  | Max Smith Max Smith has been a gay activist since the 1970s, including on media, health and political issues. | |
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|  | Coco Soodek Soodek is a partner with the law firm Bryan Cave and has supported numerous gay and lesbian causes. | |
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|  | David Stienecker David Stienecker was a critical 1960s and early 1970s Chicago activist who fought back against police harassment. | |
|  | Lauren Sugerman Sugerman is one of the co-founders of Chicago Women in Trades, a critical support for women entering non-traditional trades jobs. | |
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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. | |
|  | Pat Tomaso Tomaso is a retired teacher who works to make change for gay teachers in the Chicago schools. | |
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