The Chicago Leadership Council of GLAAD hosted a holiday party at Downtown Bar & Lounge Dec. 18, celebrating a year of LGBT victories and honoring former Leadership Council co-chair Kevin Boyer.
New GLAAD board member Christina Kahrl introduced Boyer at the event, pointing to his decades of service at various organizations as a leader, including with Gerber/Hart Library, Gay and Lesbian History Month, the Chicago Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, Gay Games VII in Chicago, and as co-chair of the March on Springfield Oct. 22, 2013.
Boyer said now that marriage equality has passed in Illinois, it is time to continue the coalition work that helped achieve that goal, by the LGBT community showing up and supporting a wide range of social justice issues.