Legacy Walk
The Legacy Walk is an outdoor public display which celebrates LGBT history and people. According to its website, it is "the world's only outdoor museum walk and youth education program dedicated to combating anti-gay bullying by celebrating LGBT contributions to history."[1] It is the world's largest collection of such monuments.[2] It is located in Chicago, Illinois.
Members (all are featured on plaques)
| Name | Year of Induction[3][4][5][6][7][8] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jane Addams | 2012 | |
| Alvin Ailey | 2012 | |
| Reinaldo Arenas | 2012 | |
| James Baldwin | 2012 | |
| Margaret Chung | 2012 | |
| Barbara Gittings | 2012 | |
| Keith Haring | 2012 | |
| Barbara Jordan | 2012 | |
| Christine Jorgensen | 2012 | |
| Frida Kahlo | 2012 | |
| Alfred Kinsey | 2012 | |
| Leonard Matlovich | 2012 | |
| Harvey Milk | 2012 | |
| Antonia Pantoja | 2012 | |
| Bayard Rustin | 2012 | |
| Alan Turing | 2012 | His marker here is the only such marker to mention his sexual orientation [2] |
| Two-Spirit people | 2012 | |
| Oscar Wilde | 2012 | |
| Ruth Ellis | 2013 | |
| Lorraine Hansberry | 2013 | This makes her the first Chicago-native honored along the Northalsted Corridor [4] |
| Frank Kameny | 2013 | |
| Tom Waddell | 2013 | |
| Walt Whitman | 2013 | |
| Mychal Judge | 2014 | |
| David Kato | 2014 | |
| Audre Lorde | 2014 | |
| Cole Porter | 2014 | |
| Sally Ride | 2014 | |
| Stonewall riots | 2014 | This is the only event included |
| Mildred Didrikson Zaharias | 2014 | |
| Josephine Baker | 2015 | |
| Leonard Bernstein | 2015 | |
| Rudolf Nureyev | 2015 | |
| Billy Strayhorn | 2015 | |
| The Pink Triangle | 2015 | |
| Sylvia Rivera | 2016 | |
| Vito Russo | 2016 |
History
The Legacy Project was inspired by the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt when it was displayed for the first time at the National March on Washington for GLBT Civil Rights in 1987 as the beginning of an LGBT history project and museum. In 1991, the City of Chicago instituted the first Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, recognizing both Chicago LGBT history and international history. A few years later, a "Rainbow Pylon" [9] was installed as a streetscape art project on North Halsted Street, part of the "Northalsted Corridor," the nexus of the Chicago LGBT community. This became the impetus for extending the installation into a history walk that toured through the area, which became the Legacy Walk. The inaugural dedication of the kiosks and plaques took place on National Coming Out Day, October 11, 2012.[10][11][12]
References
- ↑ "The Legacy Project".
- 1 2 "PHOTOS: 7 LGBT Heroes Honored With Plaques in Chicago's Legacy Walk". Advocate.com.
- ↑ "2012 INDUCTEES".
- 1 2 "Boystown unveils new Legacy Walk LGBT history plaques". Chicago Phoenix.
- ↑ "Legacy Walk honors LGBT 'guardian angels'". chicagotribune.com. 11 October 2014.
- ↑ "PHOTOS: 7 LGBT Heroes Honored With Plaques in Chicago's Legacy Walk". Advocate.com.
- ↑ "Legacy Walk unveils five new bronze memorial plaques - 2342 - Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News - Windy City Times".
- ↑ Windy City Times. "1315 - Legacy Walk unveils 2 new plaques under rainbow sky - Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News Archive - Windy City Times". Windycitymediagroup.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
- ↑ "Chicago's Legacy Walk: LGBT History Comes to Halsted". EDGE Boston.
- ↑ "'Legacy Walk' In Lakeview Honors LGBT Community « CBS Chicago".
- ↑ "LGBT 101: Chicago Legacy Project Launches". The Huffington Post. 4 October 2012.
- ↑ "Legacy Walk brings LGBT history to Halsted today". Chicago.gopride.com. 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2016-10-20.