Dr. Robin Mitchell
Professor | DePaul University
Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
Dr. Judy Tzu-Chun Wu
Professor | Ohio State University
Departments of History and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Mr. Lane Fenrich
Assistant Dean | Northwestern University
Senior Lecturer, History and Gender and Sexuality Studies
Mr. Tim Wilson
San Francisco Public Library
Librarian and Processing Archivist
Dr. Brian Riedel
Professor | Rice University
Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Dr. David H. Serlin
Associate Professor and Chair | University of California | San Diego
Department of Communications
Dr. Donna J. Drucker
Professor |Technische Universität Darmstadt | Germany
Interdisziplinäres Graduiertenkolleg Topologie der Technik
Mr. Michael Bedwell
Military Historian
Executor, Leonard Matlovich Estate
Dr. Bryant T. Ragan
Professor | Colorado College
Department of History
Dr. Lourdes Torres
Professor | DePaul University
Department of Latin American and Latino Studies
Dr. Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé
Professor | Fordham University
Department of Spanish and Comparative Literature
Dr. Nancy Unger
Associate Professor of History | Santa Clara University
College of Arts and Sciences
Hon. Thomas Chiola
Former Cook County Circuit Court Judge (Ret.)
1 st Openly Gay Elected Official in Illinois
Richard Knight, Jr.
President | Queer Film Society
Film Critic | Windy City Times
Film Feature Writer | Chicago Tribune
Angelique Gwinn Munro
Administrative Assistant | Chicago House
Transgender Activist
Dr. Wilhelmina Perry
LGBT Faith Leaders of African Descent
LGBT Activist and Youth Education Advocate
Ili Hsaio
Co-Founder | (i2i) Invisible to Invincible:
Asian Pacific Islander Pride of Chicago
Chinese American LGBT Activist
Paula Basta
City of Chicago | Senior Services
LGBT Senior Advocate
Rick Garcia
Political Director | The Civil Rights Agenda
Founder | Equality Illinois
Puerto Rican LGBT Civil Rights Activist
Dr. E. Patrick Johnson
Professor | Northwestern University School of Communication
Department of Performance Studies
Kim Hunt
Executive Director | Affinity Social Services
African American LGBT Activist
Rev. Wayne Bradley
Pastor | Good Shepherd Parish Metropolitan Community Church
LGBT Activist and Religious Advocate
Rich Wilson
Curator and Archivist | Wilson LGBT Historic Collection
Philadelphia, PA
Vernita Gray
African American LGBT Activist
Jose "Pepe" Pena
Owner and Creative Director | Side Track Chicago
Cuban American LGBT Activist
Julio Rodriguez
President | ALMA Chicago
Puerto Rican LGBT Activist
James Darby
President | American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER ) Illinois Chapter
LGBT Military Activist