2012 HistoryMaker Award

Celebrating Boston's LGBTQ History
Thursday, September 20, 2012
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Goethe-Institut Boston, 170 Beacon Street , Boston, MA 02116
Tickets: $125.00

Honoring Grace Sterling Stowell and Chris Mason.

The History Project invites you to celebrate Boston’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) history and to join us as we recognize the community members and organizations who make history every day.

The HistoryMaker Award

The HistoryMaker Award has been presented since 2009 to those whose lifetime achievements have had a significant and positive effect on Boston and Massachusetts' LGBTQ communities. Recipients of this award include Congressman Barney Frank, GLAD’s Civil Rights Project director Mary Bonauto, and longtime BAGLY executive director Grace Sterling Stowell.

The Lavender Rhino Award

Named after one of the early symbols of the Gay Liberation movement, the Lavender Rhino Award is presented to an emerging activist or organization whose impact on the local LGBTQ community deserves recognition. 

2012 HOST COMMITTEE

Kevin Batt  |  Libby Bouvier & Andrea Devine  |  Orlando Dell Valle & Roland St. Jean  |  Pat Gozemba & Karen Kahn  |  Tony Grima & Peter Muise  |  Kevin Hepner  |  Neal Kane & Charles Schoonmaker  |  Stewart Landers  |  Stephen Nonack & Christopher Saheed  |  Warren Seamans  |  Martha Stone  |  Donald Yasi 

About the Recipients:

Grace Sterling Stowell

Grace Sterling Stowell
From her work with the Boston Alliance of GLBT Youth (BAGLY) and her involvement in transgender activist and policy-making with the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC), Grace has had a tremendous influence on generations of GLBT youth throughout Boston and Massachusetts, and around the country through her involvement on a national level in advocating for GLBT youth programs and services. Grace has made a significant and unforgettable contribution to history that is deserving of special recognition.
Grace Sterling Stowell
Grace Sterling Stowell
From her work with the Boston Alliance of GLBT Youth (BAGLY) and her involvement in transgender activist and policy-making with the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC), Grace has had a tremendous influence on generations of GLBT youth throughout Boston and Massachusetts, and around the country through her involvement on a national level in advocating for GLBT youth programs and services. Grace has made a significant and unforgettable contribution to history that is deserving of special recognition.

Chris Mason

Chris Mason
Chris Mason is founder of Join the Impact MA, the Driving Equality film project, and the non-profit organization Progressive Approach, Inc.
Chris Mason
Chris Mason
Chris Mason is founder of Join the Impact MA, the Driving Equality film project, and the non-profit organization Progressive Approach, Inc.

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