Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame

The Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame is an institution founded in 1991 to honor persons and entities who have made significant contributions to the quality of life or well-being of the LGBT community in Chicago. It is the first city-sponsored hall of fame dedicated to LGBT people, organizations and community in the United States.

About

The Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame was created in June 1991. The hall of fame is the first "municipal institution of its kind in the United States, and possibly in the world." The first ceremony took place during Pride Week and was held at Chicago City Hall. Mayor Richard M. Daley hosted the ceremony and afterwards, photos of the inductees were displayed in city hall. Clarence Wood, of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations did not want to continue city sponsorship of the hall of fame after its first year. However, the city continued to sponsor the hall of fame after the first year.
It currently has no physical facility but maintains a website, which allows anyone to visit the Hall of Fame at any time. In 2016, the name of the Hall of Fame was changed to LGBT Hall of Fame.

Inductees

Inductees of the Hall of Fame can be any individuals or organizations who have contributed to the LGBTQ community in Chicago. Mayor Richard M. Daley said that the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame "honors individuals and organizations within the LGBT communities who have demonstrated a commitment to diversity and work to enrich and unify our city."

Name	Birth–Death	Year	Area of achievement
		1991	Actor and activist.
		1991	Columnist and Chicago journalist.
		1991	Founder and owner of Miss Gay Continental Pageant.
'		1991	LGBT news.
		1991	LGBT attorney.
		1991	Health center serving LGBT community.
		1991	Friend of the community.
		1991	Midwest AIDS Project coordinator.
		1991	LGBT activist and board member.
		1991	Historian and archivist who worked to preserve LGBT culture.
		1991	Cofounded Gold Coast, a gay bar.
		1991	One of the first out lesbian psychologists.
		1991	Gay rights activist.
		1991	Co-founder of Funders Concerned About AIDS.
		1992	30 years of commitment to LGBT community.
		1992	Businesswoman.
		1992
		1992	Founded Chicago's Society for Human Rights.
		1992	Helping African American LGBT people.
		1992	LGBT hotline, support groups.
		1992	LGBT athletics.
		1992	Lawyer defending LGBT civil rights.
		1992	LGBT social service agency.
		1992	Helped form health clinics and the AIDS Action Project.
		1992	One of the first openly gay artists.
		1992	Organized athletic activities in Chicago.
		1992	Dancer and choreographer.
		1992	Friend of the community.
		1992	Openly gay cartoonist and AIDS activist.
		1992	LGBT advocate.
		1993	Committee formced to promote a positive image of LGBT African Americans.
		1993	Founded Mattachine Midwest.
		1993	Psychologist and LGBT rights advocate.
		1993	Community group organizer.
		1993	Worked on LGBT outreach to the African American community.
		1993	Founding director of Windy City Gay Chorus.
		1993	LGBT activist.
		1993	Choreographer.
		1993	Fought to stop violence against women.
		1993	First openly-gay person to be ordained in the Illinois Conference of the United Church of Christ.
		1993
		1993	Friend of the community.
		1993	Activist and volunteer.
		1993	Businesswoman, fund-raiser and activist.
		1993	Co-founded HIV/AIDS clinic. Openly gay physician.
		1993	Fought anti-gay employment discrimination.
		1993	Businesswoman.
		1993	Political activist.
		1993	LGBT Community leader.
		1994	Leader of the Chicago chapter of NAMES.
		1994	Journalist and photographer.
		1994	LGBT activist, actor and minister.
		1994
		1994	Friend of the community.
		1994	LGBT leader.
		1994	Agency that provides care and housing for people with HIV and AIDS in Chicago.
		1994	Entrepreneur and attorney.
		1994	Friend of the community.
		1994	Co-founder of Image Plus.
		1994	LGBT social services advocate.
		1994	Friend of the community.
		1994	Theater performing LGBT works.
		1994	In-home meal program for persons living with AIDS.
		1994	LGBT researcher.
		1994	Gay bar owner.
		1994	LGBT leader.
		1995	Therapist and social worker.
		1995	LGBT activist.
		1995	Activist involved in the Pride parades in Chicago.
		1995	LGBT journalist.
		1995	Running club for LGBT people.
		1995	Helped open the first shelter for women who were victims of domestic violence.
		1995	LGBT activist.
		1995	Friend of the community.
		1995	Video artist.
		1995	Direct-action organization supporting LGBT individuals.
		1995	LGBT activist in religious communities.
		1995	Community leader.
		1995	Founded AIDS Legal Council.
		1995
		1995	Columnist documenting LGBT lives.
		1996	LGBT educator and writer.
		1996	Pride series in theater starting in the 1980s.
		1996	LGBT supporter and leader.
		1996	Largest LGBT archives in the Midwest.
		1996	Physicist, AIDS and LGBT activist.
		1996	Openly gay politician.
		1996	Inventor of Chicago House music.
		1996	Early drag performer and costume designer.
		1996	Documented African American lesbian experiences, LGBT leader.
		1996	Pakistani LGBT poet.
		1996	LGBT activist.
		1996	LGBT activist.
		1996	Student LGBT organizer.
		1997	LGBT educator and musician.
		1997	Student LGBT activist.
		1997	LGBT businessman.
		1997	Co-founder of Veterans for Equal Rights.
		1997	Local chapter for LGBT Roman Catholics.
		1997	AIDS activist.
		1997	Lawyer working on behalf of LGBT people and people living with HIV/AIDS.
		1997	LGBT community activist.
		1997	LGBT volunteer.
		1997	First openly gay Illinois state senator.
		1997	Leader in gay men's health.
		1997	Friend of the community.
		1998	Co-founder of People Like Us Books.
		1998	First openly gay person elected to public office in Illinois.
		1998	Political and LGBT community organizer.
		1998	Writer, educator, librarian, author of first critical study of lesbian literature.
		1998	Writer on LGBT issues.
		1998	Community activist.
		1998	Spokesperson for LGBT rights.
		1998	Friend of the community.
		1998	Friend of the community.
		1998	Chicago broadcast serving the LGBT audience.
		1998	LGBT and health care activist.
		1998	LGBT volunteer.
		1998	LGBT activist.
		1998	LGBT activist.
		1998	Founder of Chicago's Project VIDA.
		1999	Owner of Chicago's oldest Lesbian bar, Lost & Found.
		1999	Leader in the Illinois Gay and Lesbian Task Force and chair of Chicago's Advisory Council on Gay and Lesbian Issues.
		1999	Advocate for people with HIV/AIDS.
		1999	Choreographer who uses LGBT themes in his work.
		1999	LGBT activist.
		1999	Playwright and supporter of LGBT rights.
		1999	Community organizer.
		1999	Friend of the community.
		1999	First program to provide services for LGBT women with cancer and their families.
		1999	Friend of the community.
		1999	Community organizer in LGBT and Jewish communities.
		1999	Literary and music critic who brought awareness to LGBT community.
		1999	Friend of the community.
		1999	Advocate for people living with HIV/AIDS.
		2000	Local chapter of ACT UP.
		2000	Group supporting LGBT Latinos.
		2000	Founder of transGenesis.
		2000	Writer who incorporated gay characters in his work.
		2000	Organization helping students and staff in schools.
		2000	Volunteer in LGBT organizations.
		2000	Professor and writer.
		2000	First openly lesbian judge in Illinois.
		2000	LGBT fundraiser.
		2000	LGBT and African American organizer.
		2000	Friend of the community.
		2000	Community organizer.
		2000	LGBT community leader.
		2001	Health professional involved with HIV/AIDS prevention.
		2001	LGBT organizer.
		2001	Choral group active since 1983.
		2001	Dancer and choreographer raising money for HIV/AIDS.
		2001	Friend of the community.
		2001	With his partner, Robert Maddox, he was an openly gay businessman and owner of Male Hide Leathers store.
		2001	With his partner, Frank Goley, he was an openly gay businessman and owner of Male Hide Leathers store.
		2001	Businessman and fundraiser.
		2001	HIV/AIDS educator.
		2001	Philanthropist and fundraiser.
		2001	LGBT political organizer.
		2001	Helped foster lesbian culture.
		2001	Friend of the community.
		2002	Organization serving black LGBT women.
		2002	LGBT organizer.
		2002	Writer, poet and performer.
		2002	Community leader and owner of gay bar, Little Jim's.
		2002	Friend of the community.
		2002	First gay rights organization in Chicago.
		2002	NAMES is an AIDS Quilt custodian.
		2002	HIV/AIDS activist.
		2002	LGBT activist.
		2002	LGBT activist.
		2002	Out lesbian helping women involved in construction and manufacturing trades.
		2003	Dancer, writer and LGBT and HIV/AIDS activist.
		2003	LGBT Theater in Chicago.
		2003	Organization providing funds and free legal assistance to people affected by HIV.
		2003	Neighborhood and community business.
		2003	Chef and community organizer.
		2003	Worked to help LGBT people through psychology and therapy. Wrote official guidelines for psychotherapy with LGBT clients.
		2003	Coalition of activist groups for both people of color and LGBT people.
		2003	Helped LGBT charities.
		2003	Lawyer and LGBT activist.
		2003	Friend of the community.
		2003	Health professional aiding lesbians.
		2003	Opened the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund in Chicago.
		2003	LGBT activist.
		2003	Created dental clinic for low-income people with HIV positive status.
		2003	DJ playing music for many occasions.
		2003	Journalist, writer and award-winning editor of GayLife and Windy City Times.
		2004	Painter and muralist.
		2004	Created Test Positive Aware Network.
		2004	HIV/AIDS activist.
		2004	Actor and professor emeritus at Northwest University.
		2004	Writer and activist.
		2004	LGBT activist.
		2004	Social group that has raised money to fight HIV/AIDS and homophobia.
		2004	Law firm of Mary M. York and Rosemary Mulryan.
		2004	Friend of the community.
		2004	Advocate for Latinx LGBT people.
		2004	Veterinarian and philanthropist.
		2004	LGBT community organizer.
		2005	Transgender actor.
		2005	Working with LGBT youth.
		2005	LGBT activist.
		2005	LGBT historian.
		2005	Organization fighting against inequality in Illinois.
		2005	Friend of the community.
		2005	LGBT activist and lawyer.
		2005	Writer and LGBT activist.
		2005	Helped create an LGBT friendly church at St. Martin's Episcopal Church.
		2005	Friend of the community.
		2005	Social service advocate.
		2005	Photographer and LGBT activist.
		2005	Director, playwright and producer who helped raise money to fight HIV/AIDS.
		2005	Organization to help those who are HIV positive to have a community.
		2006	Literary couple made up of Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap.
		2006	Literary couple made up of Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap.
		2006	LGBT friendly Jewish synagogue.
		2006	Drag performer.
		2006	LGBT friendly mayor of Chicago.
		2006	Meeting play for LGBT people in Chicago.
		2006	Lawyer and LGBT advocate.
		2006	First openly gay man to be a major U.S. university president.
		2006	LGBT Latinx community advocate.
		2006	LGBT volunteer.
		2006	Organization that allows activists to host events, donates goods and services.
		2006	Bar that has been supportive of the LGBT community.
		2006	Leader in LGBT sports in Chicago.
		2007	Group serving and supporting LGBT veterans.
		2007	David Blatt and David Moore are physicians who have helped LGBT and HIV/AIDS communities.
		2007	David Blatt and David Moore are physicians who have helped LGBT and HIV/AIDS communities.
		2007	Friend of the community.
		2007	Helped start domestic partner benefits at American Airlines.
		2007	The Gay Games were held in Chicago in 2006.
		2007	LGBT volunteer.
		2007	LGBT community leader.
		2007	Founding publisher of Windy City Times.
		2007	LGBT activist.
		2007	Drag performer.
		2007	African American LGBT ensemble performing from 1996 to 2001.
		2007	Gerber/Hart librarian.
		2007	LGBT community activist.
		2007	Friend of the community.
		2007	LGBT community activist.
		2008	Community activist and Chicago icon.
		2008	LGBT sports community leader.
		2008	First lesbian chorus in the US.
		2008	Former president of the Gerber/Hart Library.
		2008	Leader in the LGBT sports community.
		2008	Friend of the community.
		2008	Friend of the community.
		2008	Early supporter of Gay Chicago Magazine, owner of Dugan's Bistro.
		2008	Founder of Chicago Gay Liberation.
		2008	Drag entertainer and health advocate.
		2008	Supporter of LGBT organizations in Chicago.
		2008	Artist and co-founder of Common Threads.
		2008	Chef and co-founder of Common Threads.
		2008	LGBT organization leader.
		2009	Organization that helps people with HIV/AIDS.
		2009	Helps support aging LGBT people.
		2009	Founder of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.
		2009	Promoting liaisons between the Chicago police and the LGBT community.
		2009	Leader in non-profit organizations in Chicago.
		2009	Leader in LGBT organizations.
		2009	Volunteer in LGBT organizations.
		2009	Friend of the community.
		2009	Journalist, activist and writer.
		2009	Leader in LGBT social activism.
		2009	Founder of Amiguitas and student LGBT activist.
		2009	Leader in LGBT musical institutions.
		2009	Friend of the community.
		2009	Artist and founder of Homofrecuencia.
		2010	Playwright focusing on LGBT people.
		2010	Fighting for the civil rights of LGBT people.
		2010	Organization for gay men of Asian descent to network and raise money for various causes.
		2010	Documenting LGBT history in Chicago.
		2010	Journalist and businessman who co-founded Gay Chicago Magazine.
		2010	LGBT community activist and musician.
		2010	Organizer and fund raiser in LGBT communities.
		2010	One of the oldest LGBT institutions in both Chicago and the US.
		2010	Writer who has focused on LGBT communities.
		2010	LGBT community leader in the Latinx community.
		2010	Writer and political activist.
		2010	Volunteer in LGBT communities.
		2010	Liaison between LGBT communities and Chicago police.
		2010	CEO of Chicago House and chaplain at St. Gregory's Episcopal School.
		2010	Professor and mentor to LGBT people in the John Marshall Law School.
		2011	Co-founder of Chicago for AIDS Rights.
		2011	Cultural arts leader who has focused on LGBT issues.
		2011	One of the creators of Dykes on Bikes in Chicago.
		2011	Co-founder of GayLife in Chicago.
		2011	Physician who has helped LGBT people in Chicago.
		2011	The first church for LGBT people in the Midwest.
		2011	Helped underwrite events for nonprofits.
		2011	Leader in the Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association.
		2011	Openly gay Chicago musician.
		2011	Law firm advocating for LGBT communities.
		2011	Writer and historian documenting the LGBT community.
		2011	LGBT instrumental ensembles.
		2011	Organization reaching out to youth on the streets.
		2011	Co-founder of People Like Us Bookstore.
		2012	LGBT activist and minister.
		2012	Openly gay square-dancing club.
		2012	Part of the city of Chicago's public health department.
		2012	Collector of LGBT history in Chicago.
		2012	Activist and writer in the LGBT community.
		2012	Early authority on HIV, advocate for the LGBT community.
		2012	Social worker helping to prevent the spread of HIV.
		2012	Local and national leader in the LGBT community.
		2012	Friend of the community.
		2012	Running group that raises money for LGBT causes.
		2012	Advocate for LGBT youth.
		2012	Lawyer serving the LGBT community.
		2012	Journalist who writes about LGBT and minority communities.
		2012	Transgender singer and comedian.
		2013	Activist and human-rights advocate.
		2013	Philanthropist in the LGBT community.
		2013	LGBT religious community leader.
		2013	Immigrant and LGBT community advocate.
		2013	First openly gay cabinet member in Illinois.
		2013	LGBT community leader.
		2013	Supporting LGBT people with legal representation in the Midwest.
		2013	LGBT community leader and activist.
		2013	Performer and activist in LGBT communities and AIDS groups.
		2013	LGBT writer and journalist.
		2013	Performers of Writers for Women on Women's Issues.
		2013	Philanthropist for the LGBT community in Chicago.
		2013	Friend of the community.
		2013	Puppeteer.
		2013	Friend of the community.
		2013	Running LGBT theater in Chicago.
		2014	co-founder of Joffrey Ballet.
		2014	Historian of LGBT communities and people with AIDS.
		2014	Political activist for LGBT rights.
		2014	LGBT advocate.
		2014	First openly transgender sports writer in the US.
		2014	Lawyer and LGBT advocate.
		2014
		2014	LGBT activist.
		2014	Openly lesbian commissioner and political organizer.
		2014	Chicago theater project.
		2014	Physician working to fight AIDS.
		2014	Friend of the community.
		2014	Friend of the community.
		2014	Journalist, author and activist.
		2014	Friend of the community.
		2015	LGBT community leader.
		2015	Philanthropist in the LGBT community.
		2015	LGBT journalist and youth mentor.
		2015	Volunteer in the LGBT community.
		2015	Organization formed to support LGBT police officers in Chicago.
		2015	Organization formed to support LGBT police officers in Chicago.
		2015	Leader in the LGBT community.
		2015	Advocate for the civil rights of LGBT people.
		2015	Leader in the LGBT community.
		2015	Friend of the community.
		2015	LGBT activist.
		2015	Lawyer working for the LGBT community.
		2015	LGBT activist.
		2016	Filmmaker who highlights African American LGBT perspectives.
		2016	President of Chicago chapter of TransLatin@Coalition.
		2016	LGBT and Latina activist.
		2016
		2016	Openly gay physician.
		2016	Friend of the community.
		2016	Executive director of the Pride Action Network.
		2016	Author.
		2016	Graphic artist.
		2016	Co-founder of Hell in a Handbag Productions.
		2016	Co-founder of the Association for Latin Men for Action.
		2016	First man serving on active duty in the Chicago Police Department to come out as gay.
		2016	Diverse LGBTQ bar.
		2016	Artist and illustrator.
		2016	Organization helping LGBTQ Latinas.
		2016
		2017	Starred as Kevin in Kevin's Room.
		2017	LGBT activist and Chicago police officer.
		2017	Latina performer also known as "Miss Ketty."
		2017	Transgender artist.
		2017	LGBT publisher.
		2017	Pharmacist and HIV/AIDS treatment advocate.
		2017	Community activist.
		2017	Historian and author.
		2017	LGBT activist.
'		2017	One of the earliest lesbian publications in the US.
		2017	A “community archives, library, and museum of Leather, kink, fetish, and BDSM history and culture.”
		2017	Exclusively gay bookstore in Chicago.
		2017	Friend of the community.
		2017	Lawyer representing the LGBT community.

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