The following individuals are going to be inducted into the Chicago Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame Oct. 24:
... Lora Branch, 38, public health administrator and educator, video producer ( Kevin's Room ) and African-American lesbian and gay community activist. She is currently head of the Chicago Department of Health Office of Gay and Lesbian Health.
... Robert Castillo, 33, queer Latino activist, for launching grassroots sexual-minority campaigns during the past decade involving Latinas and Latinos, gender-identity bias, homophobic violence, neighborhood activism, human-rights laws, and HIV/AIDS.
... Keith Elliott, 42, dancer, choreographer and producer, for a decade of creating and developing the annual Dance for Life.
... Frank Goley ( posthumous, 1943-1994 ) and Bob Maddox, 66, for helping to pioneer openly gay businesses in Chicago since 1972 with their leatherwear store, Male Hide Leathers.
... Chuck Hyde, 39, businessman ( co-owner of Sidetrack bar ) and fundraising advisor.
... Antonio David Jimenez, 47, social service administrator and HIV/AIDS educator.
... Michael Leppen, 48, philanthropist, fundraiser, and board member.
... Ellen Meyers, 43, political organizer and Sec. of State Jesse White's assistant director of intergovernmental affairs.
... Kathryn Munzer, 54, social services professional and volunteer arts booker, for 20 years of helping Mountain Moving Coffeehouse for Womyn and Children.
Friends of the community: state Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, 44, and author Studs Terkel, 89. Organization of the Year: Chicago Gay Men's Chorus.
The Chicago Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame is Wed., Oct. 24, 5:30 p.m., Preston Bradley Hall, Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, ( 312 ) 744-6630.
GERBER/HART'S GALA
Chicago's Gerber/Hart Library & Archives celebrates its landmark 20th anniversary with a special anniversary gala Nov. 3 at Northwestern University's lakeside center, 850 N. Lake Shore Dr.
The black-tie optional gala will begin with cocktails ( open bar ) at 6 p.m., followed by dinner, a brief program and dancing. A silent auction of one-of- a-kind items also will be held at the event. Tickets cost $125 each or $1,125 for a table for 10.
"Few all-volunteer organizations like G/H last so long, and even fewer become what G/H has become: the oldest and largest organization of its type in the United States," said President Michael Hemmes.