CHICAGO (WLS) -- June is Pride Month and Sunday is the annual Gay Pride Parade in Chicago. Among all the celebrations along North Halsted Street is a one-of-a-kind monument. Attached to the tall rainbow pillars that line the street is the Legacy Walk Project.
Christine Jorgensen was born 90 years ago, on May 30, 1926. An American trans woman, she was the first person to become widely known for having sex reassignment surgery. Upon graduation from the Bronx’s Christopher Columbus High School in 1945, she was drafted into the U.S.
The Chicago-based SHE100, a donor-informed fund for LGBTQ organizations, hosted its annual grants giving event March 13 at Center on Halsted.
Several surprises await those who visit The Legacy Project exhibit on view at Illinois State University's Milner Library until next Friday. The project pays tribute to the contributions of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender individuals throughout history.
On this week’s 51%, we explore the LGBTQ community, in relation to a legacy wall in Illinois and an LGBTQ studies class in California. And we meet the film director of Big Stone Gap. I’m Allison Dunne and this is 51%.
The Legacy Wall, a traveling interactive LGBT history exhibit, will be on display on the main floor of Illinois State University’s Milner Library February 15-27.
This one's for Albert D.J. Cashier, who we done wrong, we're sorry to confess, in last week's GO! section.
BLOOMINGTON — It's not the Great Wall of China, exactly. But by the time the Legacy Wall has finished its planned journey in the years ahead, it will have covered as much ground.
CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) and the Chicago-based Legacy Project today announced the arrival of “The Legacy Wall,” a traveling interactive history exhibit honoring the contributions of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people to world history and culture,
NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter sits down with Victor Salvo of The Legacy Project to discuss how the organization is preserving the history of the LGBTQ Community, and the latest installation of the Legacy Wall going up in the Thompson Center Jan. 25.