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| About the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame |
| The Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame is both a historic event and an exhibit. Through the Hall of Fame, residents of Chicago and the world are made aware of the contributions of Chicago's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities and the communities' efforts to eradicate homophobic bias and discrimination. | | | Since our inception in 1991, our mission has continued to expand. In addition to the selection of each year’s new inductees a large portion of our time is devoted to being custodian of records for the exemplary inductees we have honored. As time passes, it is our goal to see that the achievements of our predecessors are not lost or forgotten. | | | The Hall of Fame Committee of ACLGBTI (shown below) meets monthly to continue to expand the awareness of issues important to the LGBT communities and to eradicate bias and discrimination. | |
 | Gary Chichester | | Inducted 1992 [GLHF Committee Member][ACLGBTI Council Member] | | He has provided more than 30 years of commitment and work to the gay and lesbian communities. In 1971 he co-founded the Chicago Gay Alliance, which created Chicago’s first gay and lesbian community center. He has served on the Chicago Commission on Human Relations’ Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender issues since 1989 and has sat on the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame Committee from its inception in 1991 (co-chairing it since 1992). [More about Gary Chichester] |
 | Phil A. Hannema | | Inducted 2000 [GLHF Committee Member] | | For many years he has provided ongoing and reliable volunteer support to a variety of Chicago gay and lesbian community organizations as staff member and officer, treasurer and photographer, cheerleader and fund-raiser, and constant donor.
[More about Phil A. Hannema] |
 | Chuck Hyde | | Inducted 2001 [GLHF Committee Member] | | While working out of the limelight as a businessman and fund-raising advisor, he has helped sexual-minority community organizations since 1982 to produce successful benefits and has assiduously fostered relationships between them and underwriters in the business community. [More about Chuck Hyde] |
 | William B. Kelley | | Inducted 1991 [GLHF Committee Member][ACLGBTI Council Member] | | Since 1965, he has led in many pioneering efforts – among them helping to organize the first national gay and lesbian conferences (1966), co-founding the "Chicago Gay Crusader" and Illinois Gays for Legislative Action (early 1970s), attending the first White House gay rights meeting (1977), co-chairing the Illinois Gay Rights Task Force (late 1970s), and co-founding the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association (1988). Now a lawyer, he chaired the Cook County Commission on Human Rights for its first 10 years. [More about William B. Kelley] |
 | Dean Robert Ogren | | Inducted 1998 [GLHF Committee Member] | | He is an exemplar volunteer who has tirelessly shared his talents with many organizations, including the NAMES Project, Open Hand Chicago, AIDS Walk Chicago, Habitat for Humanity, Special Olympics, United Way, International Mr. Leather, and State Rep. Larry McKeon’s historic 1996 electoral campaign. He puts in more volunteer hours in a year than many do in a lifetime. [More about Dean Robert Ogren] |
 | Norman L. Sandfield | | Inducted 1999 [GLHF Committee Member] | | For more than 20 years, he has been an organizer of gay and lesbian Jewish activities and of the Jewish AIDS programs in Chicago and internationally as part of his membership in Chicago’s Congregation Or Chadash. He co-founded the Jewish AIDS Network–Chicago and has worked on interfaith relations. [More about Norman L. Sandfield] |
 | Israel Wright | | Inducted 2000 [GLHF Committee Member] | | For more than 20 years, he has held volunteer leadership posts in business, social service, cultural, AIDS, and African American organizations. His photographs of community life, including the lives of leathermen, African Americans, and persons with AIDS have been widely published. [More about Israel Wright] |
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