List of LGBTQ people from Chicago

This is a list of notable LGBTQ people from the city and metropolitan area of Chicago, Illinois. == Activists == Jane Addams – settlement activist, social reformer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and co-founder of Chicago's Hull House Gaylon Alcaraz – community organizer, activist, and former executive director of the Chicago Abortion Fund Lorrainne Sade Baskerville – social worker, activist, and founder of transgender social service agency TransGenesis Charlene Carruthers – activist and physical education teacher who director of Black Youth Project 100 and board member of SisterSong Shannon Downey – activist and crafter known for her work as a cross-stitcher in craftivism Henry Gerber – activist who founded the Society for Human Rights, the first LGBT rights organization in the country Vernita Gray – married her wife in Illinois's first same-sex marriage, helped organize Chicago's first pride parade, and helped found Lavender Woman, the city's first lesbian newspaper Peg Grey – activist, physical education teacher, and athlete who served as the first woman co-chair of the Federation of Gay Games Miss Major Griffin-Gracy – LGBT rights activist and former executive director at the Transgender Gender Variant Intersex Justice Project who was present at the pivotal Stonewall riots in 1969 Jean Hardisty – activist who founded Political Research Associates and Chicago's first battered women's shelter Mary Morten – activist, documentary filmmaker, and author Pidgeon Pagonis – advocate for intersex people, documentary filmmaker, and youth leadership coordinator at Advocates for Informed Choice Craig Rodwell – gay rights activist known for founding the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop in Greenwich Village, New York Ellen Gates Starr – settlement activist, social reformer, and co-founder of Chicago's Hull House with Jane Addams Phill Wilson – advocate for people of color with AIDS and former executive director of the Black AIDS Institute == Aviation and military == Allen R. Schindler Jr.

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List of LGBTQ people from Chicago

This is a list of notable LGBTQ people from the city and metropolitan area of Chicago, Illinois. == Activists == Jane Addams – settlement activist, social reformer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and co-founder of Chicago's Hull House Gaylon Alcaraz – community organizer, activist, and former executive director of the Chicago Abortion Fund Lorrainne Sade Baskerville – social worker, activist, and founder of transgender social service agency TransGenesis Charlene Carruthers – activist and physical education teacher who director of Black Youth Project 100 and board member of SisterSong Shannon Downey – activist and crafter known for her work as a cross-stitcher in craftivism Henry Gerber – activist who founded the Society for Human Rights, the first LGBT rights organization in the country Vernita Gray – married her wife in Illinois's first same-sex marriage, helped organize Chicago's first pride parade, and helped found Lavender Woman, the city's first lesbian newspaper Peg Grey – activist, physical education teacher, and athlete who served as the first woman co-chair of the Federation of Gay Games Miss Major Griffin-Gracy – LGBT rights activist and former executive director at the Transgender Gender Variant Intersex Justice Project who was present at the pivotal Stonewall riots in 1969 Jean Hardisty – activist who founded Political Research Associates and Chicago's first battered women's shelter Mary Morten – activist, documentary filmmaker, and author Pidgeon Pagonis – advocate for intersex people, documentary filmmaker, and youth leadership coordinator at Advocates for Informed Choice Craig Rodwell – gay rights activist known for founding the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop in Greenwich Village, New York Ellen Gates Starr – settlement activist, social reformer, and co-founder of Chicago's Hull House with Jane Addams Phill Wilson – advocate for people of color with AIDS and former executive director of the Black AIDS Institute == Aviation and military == Allen R. Schindler Jr.

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