Sam Abeysekera, LGBT community activist and co-chair of the recent Human Rights Campaign Chicago gala, was sworn in as a U.S. citizen Jan. 27, 2014 in Chicago. Abeysekera, a senior attorney and senior vice president with The Northern Trust Company, is a native of the United Kingdom with parentage from Sri Lanka. She is pictured here with her mother Padmini Abeysekera and father Saliya Abeysekera immediately following the ceremony. Photo by Hal Baim