Featuring Emcee Etiquetteer Robert B. Dimmick
2014 HistoryMaker Award
Celebrating Boston's LGBTQ History
Thursday, October 2, 2014
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Club Cafe, 209 Columbus Ave, Boston
Tickets: $75.00
Honoring Byron Rushing and Omar Thomas.
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.
2014 HOST COMMITTEE
Libby Bouver and Andrea Devine | Orlando Del Valle | Estelle Disch | Pat Gozemba and Karen Kahn | Tony Grima | Kevin Hepner | Stewart Landers | Neal Kane and Charles Schoonmaker | Alison Zogheib
About the Recipients:
Byron Rushing
During his thirty-two years (and counting) in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, The Hon. Byron Rushing has been an indefatigable leader and ally to Commonwealth's LGBT communities and diverse residents. From sponsoring the gay rights bill and the law to end discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in public schools, to his leadership during the constitutional convention to maintain marriage equality in Massachusetts, he has demonstrated a clear and powerful commitment to equality and to human and civil rights.
The History Project also salutes his outstanding work in local history, such as serving as President of the Museum of Afro-American History and working on the restoration of the African Meeting House.
Rep. Rushing made an unparalleled contribution to history and will, no doubt, continue to make history in the years to come.
The History Project also salutes his outstanding work in local history, such as serving as President of the Museum of Afro-American History and working on the restoration of the African Meeting House.
Rep. Rushing made an unparalleled contribution to history and will, no doubt, continue to make history in the years to come.
Byron Rushing
During his thirty-two years (and counting) in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, The Hon. Byron Rushing has been an indefatigable leader and ally to Commonwealth's LGBT communities and diverse residents. From sponsoring the gay rights bill and the law to end discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in public schools, to his leadership during the constitutional convention to maintain marriage equality in Massachusetts, he has demonstrated a clear and powerful commitment to equality and to human and civil rights.
The History Project also salutes his outstanding work in local history, such as serving as President of the Museum of Afro-American History and working on the restoration of the African Meeting House.
Rep. Rushing made an unparalleled contribution to history and will, no doubt, continue to make history in the years to come.
The History Project also salutes his outstanding work in local history, such as serving as President of the Museum of Afro-American History and working on the restoration of the African Meeting House.
Rep. Rushing made an unparalleled contribution to history and will, no doubt, continue to make history in the years to come.
Omar Thomas
Omar Thomas is an educator, Assistant Professor of Harmony at Berklee College of Music, and award-winning composer, most recently of We Will Know: An LGBT Civil Rights Piece in Four Movements.
Omar Thomas
Omar Thomas is an educator, Assistant Professor of Harmony at Berklee College of Music, and award-winning composer, most recently of We Will Know: An LGBT Civil Rights Piece in Four Movements.