Hall of Fame 2007

First photo: Members of the American Veterans for Equal Rights Chicago chapter with Mayor Daley as AVER and others were inducted into the Chicago Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame. Photos by Kat Fitzgerald. More images at www.mysticimagesphotography.com (available for purchase).

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The Chicago Commission on Human Relations Advisory Council on LGBT Issues was joined by Mayor Richard Daley at the 2007 induction of the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame. Pictured on this page are inductees. #2 Karen Sendziak, #3 Drs. David Blatt and David Moore; #4 Robbin Burr, #5 Patrick Sheahan with Mayor Daley, and #6 Carlos Mock. #7 Daley with Chili Pepper and with Martin Gapshis; #8 members of A Real Read. #9 Pat McCombs honors her business partner Vera Washington—both are now in the Hall of Fame; #10 Tarrinna Dykes; #11 and staff, board and volunteers of Gay Games VII. Also inducted were former Ambassador Carol Moseley-Braun as well as (posthumously) Windy City Times co-founder Jeff McCourt and former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington.