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.
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Chicago LGBTQ+ icon Henry Gerber to be honored with Legacy Walk plaque on National Coming Out Day
Lori Cannon, ‘AIDS Angel of Chicago,’ Dies at 74
Lori Cannon got started as a caregiver at a young age. One of her brothers was born with a heart defect and died at 14. The other had a motorcycle accident that left him with brain damage.
Chicago’s Outdoor Museum: The Legacy Walk and its Mission
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.
HONORING THE LIFE OF LORI CANNON; Congressional Record Vol. 171, No. 137
Legacy Project sets sail with Summer Yacht Party
On Aug. 6, 235 LGBTQ+ community members, allies and friends set sail at the 5th Annual Legacy Project Summer Yacht Party.
‘She Changed So Many Of Our Lives’: Longtime HIV/AIDS Activist and LGBTQ+ Community Advocate Lori Cannon Dies at 74
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.
Lori Cannon, tireless ‘AIDS angel,’ dead at 74: ‘She took care of the whole universe’
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, Chicago LGBTQ+ activist and advocate for people with HIV/AIDS, dies at 74
Lori Cannon, a renowned Chicago activist and advocate for Chicago's LGBTQ+ community and people living with HIV/AIDS, died this past weekend.
Remembering Lori Cannon, Chicago LGBTQIA+ activist, dead at 74
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.