Carrie Maxwell

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The Lesbian Community Cancer Project (LCCP), later renamed the Lesbian Community Care Project, was honored with a tribute wall April 13 at Howard Brown Health's (Howard Brown) Halsted Clinic in Lake View. In 2007, LCCP merged with Howard Brown. The tribute wall, designed by local graphic artist Desiree Fuller, features the names of all the honorees on individual leaves of a tree with blank ones so other names can be added in the future.

2 weeks ago | windycitytimes.com | Carrie Maxwell

AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) celebrated 40 years of service to the community at its sold-out gala April 5 at The Geraghty in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. Over 750 people attended the event. Since 1985, AFC has worked at the intersections of advocacy, prevention, treatment, housing and education to ensure its many thousands of clients receive the necessary support and services they need to survive and thrive.

3 weeks ago | windycitytimes.com | Carrie Maxwell

Celebration of Community was the theme of this year's Center on Halsted (The Center) annual Human First Gala March 29 at The Geraghty in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. The festivities kicked off with the Center's Board Chair Victor Ravago addressing the packed house. He recognized the elected officials who were in attendance-Illinois state Sens. Sara Feigenholtz and Graciela Guzman; Illinois state Rep. Kam Buckner; Chicago Alds.

3 weeks ago | windycitytimes.com | Carrie Maxwell

On Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) (March 31) trans leaders and various elected officials promised resilience, visibility and collective strength in the face of numerous and increasingly dangerous attacks on transgender rights at a City Hall press conference organized by trans-led organizations Brave Space Alliance, Chicago Therapy Collective, Life is Work, Speakers included Brave Space Alliance Executive Director Chanynn Lynne Parker; Chicago Therapy Collective Executive Director Iggy...

3 weeks ago | windycitytimes.com | Carrie Maxwell

Gallimaufry Gallery co-owner and LGBTQ ally Patricia Ann Rodarte Merkle died March 14 due to complications from multiple long-term illnesses. She was 74. Rodarte Merkle was born Jan. 12, 1951 in Corpus Christi, Texas. At the age of five, her family moved to Chicago where she lived for the rest of her life. She graduated from Senn High School and took some post-high school classes. Her first full-time job was at Grant Hospital as a ward secretary on the alcoholism unit.