LGBTQ+ icon Henry Gerber receives Halsted Street plaque
On the afternoon of Oct. 11, a contingent of about 35 people met at 3311 N. Halsted St. for an induction ceremony by Chicago Legacy Project for activist Henry Gerber.
On the afternoon of Oct. 11, a contingent of about 35 people met at 3311 N. Halsted St. for an induction ceremony by Chicago Legacy Project for activist Henry Gerber.
In the heart of Chicago’s historic Northalsted neighborhood, a unique and powerful monument stands as a testament to the LGBTQIA+ community’s enduring spirit and profound impact on the world.
On Aug. 6, 235 LGBTQ+ community members, allies and friends set sail at the 5th Annual Legacy Project Summer Yacht Party.
Lori Cannon, a longtime HIV/AIDS activist and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community in Chicago, died Sunday following complications from pancreatic cancer. She was 74.
Understand the terror of the times. To be a gay man in the mid-1980s: young, just figuring yourself out, suddenly sick with HIV, dying from a dread disease, AIDS — a death sentence that tortures you first with nausea, exhaustion, lesions, emaciation, diarrhea, confusion, blindness.
Lori Cannon, a renowned Chicago activist and advocate for Chicago's LGBTQ+ community and people living with HIV/AIDS, died this past weekend.
Lori Cannon, one of Chicago's foremost LGBTQIA+ activists, died Sunday night at the age of 74. WGN's Andrea Medina reports on how those who knew her will remember her.