FRIEND OF THE COMMUNITY | Inducted 2017 [Now Deceased] Born in Chicago in 1936, Ralla Klepak taught reading and English
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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2017 (now deceased) After joining Gay Chicago Magazine in 1993, Mark Nagel quickly realized the power the
Read more →INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2017 [Posthumous] Born to a Presbyterian minister in Flint, Michigan, and raised in Park Forest, Illinois, Greer
Read more →INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2017 [Posthumous] Born in Ecuador, Miss Ketty learned to dance in Puerto Rico in the 1960s. Increasingly
Read more →INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2015 [now deceased] For 30 years, Lauren Verdich played a critical role in Chicago’s LGBT community. She
Read more →INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2015 [Posthumous] Barbara Smith (1946–2015) was a founding board member of Affinity Community Services. Her leadership, managing
Read more →INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2016 [now deceased] As a child, Maritxa Vidal immigrated from Cuba with her family hoping to find
Read more →INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2016 [Posthumous] Patrick Dennis (1921-1976) was the author of sixteen books including the enormously popular bestselling camp
Read more →Román Buenrostro, was co-founder of the Association for Latin Men for Action (ALMA) and served people living with AIDS as
Read more →INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2016 [Posthumous] Robert Allerton (1873-1964) | Honorary president and trustee of the Art Institute, this gay Chicago
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