![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/PeggyGarner/PeggyGarner_Small.jpg) | Peggy Garner Garner is a former Chicagoan now living in San Francisco. During her time in Chicago, she volunteered with numerous groups.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/SanfordGaylord/SanfordGaylord_Small.jpg) | Sanford Gaylord Gaylord is an actor, creative activist and writer based in Chicago. He was a co-founding member of A Real Read.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) |
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![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/TomGertz/TomGertzByHalBaim_Small.jpg) | Tom Gertz Gertz was active in the Mattachine Midwest chapter in the late 1960s and early 1970s.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/MailikGillaniJamilKhoury/MalikGillaniandJamil_B_Small.jpg) | Mailik Gillani & Jamil Khoury Gillani and Khoury are co-founders of Silk Road Theatre, doing pioneering work on diversity issues in the gay and theater communities.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) |
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![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/MailikGillani/MalikGillani_Small.jpg) | Mailik Gillani Gillani and partner Jamil Khoury are co-founders of Silk Road Theatre, doing pioneering work on diversity issues in the gay and theater communities.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/KathleenGillespie/CatherineGillespie_Small.jpg) | Kathleen Gillespie Gillespie and partner Deb Shore are active in a variety of gay organizations.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) |
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![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/DianeGomez/DianeGomez_Small.jpg) | Diane Gomez Gomez has been active in both the cultural and sports parts of Chicago's gay community.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/RogerGoodman/roger_goodmanthumb.jpg) | Roger Goodman Roger Goodman is a Stonewall Riot survivor, and has been an activist with the queer community for over 40 years.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) |
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![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/CaroleGoodwin/CaroleGoodwin_Small.jpg) | Carole Goodwin Goodwin is an Oak Park-based writer and she co-owned an important bookstore there for many years, Left Bank Bookstall. She is a long-time activist. ![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/CaroleGoodwinReneeDeMar/CaroleGoodwinReneeDeMar_Small.jpg) | Carole Goodwin & Renee DeMar Goodwin is a long-time Oak Park and Chicago author and activist. They have been together since June of 2000. See Goodwin's entry for her video intervi![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) |
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