Emcee Steve Dyer
Photography by Matt Kurkowski of xocialite.com
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.
Emcee Steve Dyer
Photography by Matt Kurkowski of xocialite.com
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