Featuring Emcee Etiquetteer Robert B. Dimmick
2015 HistoryMaker Award
Celebrating Boston's LGBTQ History
Thursday, October 8, 2015
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
The History Project, 29 Stanhope Street, Boston, 02116
Tickets: $75.00
Honoring Abe Rybeck, Christine Hurley, and Sandi Hammond and the Butterfly Music Transgender Chorus.
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.
2015 HOST COMMITTEE
Kevin Batt | Libby Bouver and Andrea Devine | Orlando del Valle and Roland St Jean | Pat Gozemba and Karen Kahn | Tony Grima | Kevin Hepner | Stewart Landers | Russell Lopez | Neal Kane and Charles Schoonmaker | Warren Seamans
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, 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.
About the Recipients:
Abe Rybeck
From his early days in Boston with the United Fruit Company, to the founding of The Theater Offensive in 1989, to creating new and innovative programs like OUT in Your Neighborhood, True Colors, and the cruising-area guerrilla theater, Abe has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to diversity, honesty, and inclusion. Abe is a dedicated HistoryMaker.
Abe Rybeck
From his early days in Boston with the United Fruit Company, to the founding of The Theater Offensive in 1989, to creating new and innovative programs like OUT in Your Neighborhood, True Colors, and the cruising-area guerrilla theater, Abe has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to diversity, honesty, and inclusion. Abe is a dedicated HistoryMaker.
Christine Hurley
Christine Hurley is a photographer, activist and organizer who has worked documenting the Dyke March, Boston Pride, and many other LGBTQ events.
Christine Hurley
Christine Hurley is a photographer, activist and organizer who has worked documenting the Dyke March, Boston Pride, and many other LGBTQ events.
Sandi Hammond and the Butterfly Music Transgender Chorus
The Butterfly Music Transgender Chorus is a Boston-based non-audition chorus that supports the transgender community through music, outreach, and research. The Chorus was founded in 2014 by Sandi Hammond, faculty member at the New School of Music in Cambridge.
Sandi Hammond and the Butterfly Music Transgender Chorus
The Butterfly Music Transgender Chorus is a Boston-based non-audition chorus that supports the transgender community through music, outreach, and research. The Chorus was founded in 2014 by Sandi Hammond, faculty member at the New School of Music in Cambridge.