![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/NickPatricca/NickPatricca_small.jpg) | Nick Patricca Patricca is professor emeritus of theater at Loyola University, playwright in residence at Victory Gardens Theater, and artistic associate at Bailiwic![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/MaryPattenDebbieGould/DebbieGouldMaryPatten_Small.jpg) | | ![](images/spacer.gif) |
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![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/MaryPatten/MaryPatten_Small.jpg) | Mary Patten Mary Patten is a visual artist, videomaker, writer, educator, occasional curator, and long-time community/political activist. ![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/RickPaul/RickPaul_Small.jpg) | Rick Paul Paul is founder of Lionheart gay theatre, a pioneering company started in the late 1970s to produce gay works.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) |
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![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/TerriPease/TerriPease_Small.jpg) | Terri Pease Pease is a domestic violence and trauma consultant.
![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/JosePena/PepePena_Small.jpg) | Jose A. Pena Pena is co-owner and video director of Sidetrack bar. He is a video pioneer, and donates his time and energy to numerous causes.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) |
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![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/JohnPennycuff/JohnPennycuff_Small.jpg) | John Pennycuff Pennycuff has been seen around town marching and protesting for a wide range of gay and AIDS issues.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/RickPeterson/RickPeterson_Small.jpg) | Rick Peterson Rick Peterson and his partner Wayne Bradley are active on GLBT religious issues.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) |
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![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/SherryPethers/SherryPethers_Small.jpg) | Sherry Pethers Pethers was the first open lesbian to be elected judge in Illinois, in 2004 (previous ones had been appointed when they first became judges). ![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/RichPfeifferTimFrye/RichPfeifferTimFrye_Small.jpg) | Rich Pfeiffer & Tim Frye Pfeiffer (left) and Frye have been partners since 1971, working on a range of gay issues, including the Pride Parades.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) |
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