![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/BonnieWade/BonnieWade_Small.jpg) | Bonnie Wade Wade works for the rights of GLBT youth in a variety of ways, including as a staff member of Teen Living.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/RonaldWadley/RonaldWadley_Small.jpg) | Ronald Wadley Wadley is involved in the Same Gender Loving Ministry at Trinity United Church of Christ. ![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) |
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![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/SteveWakefield/SteveWakefield_Small.jpg) | Steve Wakefield Wakefield spend many years in Chicago working for and heading up various gay and AIDS agencies.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/PaulaWalowitz/PaulaWalowitz_Small.jpg) | Paula Walowitz Walowitz is a performer, singing out lesbian music since the 1970s.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) |
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![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/GuyWarner/GuyWarner_Small.jpg) | Guy Warner Warner was the founder of the first support groups for parents and friends in Chicago, in the 1970s.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/VeraWashington/VeraWashingtonBIO_Small.jpg) | Vera Washington Washington is an HIV/AIDS counselor, party promoter through Executive Sweet, and longtime worker on LGBT youth issues.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) |
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![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/VeraWashingtonPatMcCombs/VeraWashingtonPatMcCombsBIO_Small.jpg) | Vera Washington & Pat McCombs McCombs and Washington have been business partners for more than 25 years, running Executive Sweet, parties for women.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/SheltonWatson/SheltonWatson_Newsmall.jpg) | Shelton Watson Watson has a long and varied activist background in Chicago, from mainstream gay groups to African-American gay organizations.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) |
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![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/ChristyWebber/ChristyWebber_Small.jpg) | Christy Webber Webber is owner of owner of Christy Webber Landscapes, a top women-owned business in Chicago. She donates to numerous LGBT and political causes.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/DonnaWeems/DonnaRoseWeems_Small.jpg) | Donna Weems Weems is a cultural and political activist and long-time Chicagoan who recently retired to Mexico.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) |
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![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/StephenWeiser/StephenWeiser_Small.jpg) | Stephen Weiser Weiser and partner Andrew Deppe have volunteered for and supported LGBT religious, sports and political causes for many years.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/YvonneWelbon/YvonneWelbon_Small.jpg) | Yvonne Welbon Yvonne Welbon is an award-winning lesbian filmmaker. ![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) |
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![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/HoneyWest/HoneyWestbyAmyBraswell_Small.jpg) | Honey West Honey West is an all-around entertainer who has contributed her services to numerous AIDS and GLBT charities.![](images/biographies/readmore.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](images/spacer.gif) | ![](photos/MargaretWilson/MargaretWilson_Small.jpg) | | ![](images/spacer.gif) |
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