Emcee Steve Dyer
Photography by Matt Kurkowski of xocialite.com
2018 HistoryMaker Award
Celebrating Boston's LGBTQ History
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
St. Botolph Club, 199 Commonwealth Ave, Boston
Tickets: $100.00
Honoring Orlando del Valle and the LGBT Elders of Color.
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. Past recipients of this award include Congressman Barney Frank, State Representative Byron Rushing, GLAD’s Civil Rights Project director Mary Bonauto, longtime BAGLY executive director Grace Sterling Stowell, Abe Rybeck from the Theater Offensive, and journalist Susan Ryan-Vollmar, and Larry Kessler of AIDS Action Committee.
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. Previous Lavender Rhino honorees have included activist and organizer Christine M. Hurley, and Sandi Hammond and the Butterfly Music Transgender Chorus.
2018 HOST COMMITTEE
John Affuso | James Alexander & Tom Stocker | Libby Bouvier & Andrea Devine | Joe Cacciola & Tom Trykowski | Tony Grima | Pat Gozemba & Karen Kahn | Kevin Hepner | Marvin Kabakoff | Neal Kane & Chip Schoonmaker | Russ Lopez & Andrew Sherman | Louise Rice & Tess Ewing | Warren Seamans | Karen Dendy Smith | Donald Yasi
About the Recipients:
Orlando del Valle
Through decades of leadership and dedication, Orlando Del Valle has had a profound and lasting effect on Boston's LGTBQ community – from the founding of Club Antorcha, a social club for Latino gay men, to his work with Cambridge Health Alliance, Positive Directions, La Alianza Hispana, and the Latino Health Network/Institute. Orlando has also played an integral role in The History Project’s efforts to collect, preserve, and share LGBTQ history. Please join us in honoring an advocate and leader who has worked tirelessly to support and connect people, and to preserve the stories of our community.
Orlando del Valle
Through decades of leadership and dedication, Orlando Del Valle has had a profound and lasting effect on Boston's LGTBQ community – from the founding of Club Antorcha, a social club for Latino gay men, to his work with Cambridge Health Alliance, Positive Directions, La Alianza Hispana, and the Latino Health Network/Institute. Orlando has also played an integral role in The History Project’s efforts to collect, preserve, and share LGBTQ history. Please join us in honoring an advocate and leader who has worked tirelessly to support and connect people, and to preserve the stories of our community.
LGBT Elders of Color
The mission of LGBT Elders of Color is to conduct outreach to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults of color for the purpose of building community through social engagement events, creative programming, and providing needed resources for health care and aging services.
LGBT Elders of Color
The mission of LGBT Elders of Color is to conduct outreach to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults of color for the purpose of building community through social engagement events, creative programming, and providing needed resources for health care and aging services.