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  2. List of LGBTQ people from Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Maria Hadden – politician and activist serving as alderman for Chicago's 49th ward, the first openly gay black woman to serve on the city council [267] [268] Renee C. Hanover – attorney and LGBT rights activist, believed to be the first openly lesbian lawyer in the United States [269]

  3. LGBTQ culture in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    With a population of around 3 million, Chicago is the third biggest city in the US, and around 150,000 of those people identify as lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender, questioning, or other. [1] Gay neighborhoods in Chicago have existed since the 1920s, when there was homosexual nightlife in Towertown, adjacent to the Water Tower.

  4. Renae Ogletree - Wikipedia

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    Renae Ogletree (August 2, 1950 – April 23, 2010) was an activist in Chicago known for co-founding the Chicago Black Lesbians and Gays organization. [1] Ogletree was born in Passaic, New Jersey, one of six children. She attended Georgian Court University and Montclair State University. [2] She moved to Chicago to work for the Boys & Girls ...

  5. Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame - Wikipedia

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    Inductees of the Hall of Fame can be any individuals or organizations who have contributed to the LGBTQ community in Chicago. [4] 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."

  6. Barbara Smith (activist) - Wikipedia

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    Smith was born on May 25, 1946. She attended Chicago State University (CSU) and had a career in accounting and real estate. [4] She was active in the Chicago LGBT community. . In addition to co-founding the Affinity Community Services she worked with a variety of organizations including the Chicago Foundation for Women, the Crossroads Fund, the Lesbian Community Care Project, and Women Women ...

  7. Derrick Hicks - Wikipedia

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    Derrick Hicks was born in Chicago, U.S. [4] [5] Hicks was a founding member of the Council of Black Gay Men and a journalist for a homosexual publication in Chicago in the 1970s. [1] He also founded a magazine named Diplomat during the same period. [4] In the 1980s, he joined the first Washington, DC, AIDS task team. [1]

  8. Katherine Duffy - Wikipedia

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    Katherine “Kit” Duffy (1944, Hagerstown, Maryland [1]-December 22, 2015) [2] was the first liaison to the gay and lesbian community in Chicago. She was appointed in 1984 by Mayor Harold Washington. Her concerns at the time were AIDS education and issues related to equality and fairness.

  9. Nancy J. Katz - Wikipedia

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    Katz began her activism in the 1970s, volunteering with the Lesbian Feminist Center in Chicago and Women in Crisis Can Act (WICCA). [2] Katz has contributed to family law and LGBT rights and held positions on boards including the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago and Cook County Hospital's Women and Children with AIDS Project. [1]