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