1 ) The three left photos are all from the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt display at Chicago's Navy Pier in 1989. At top is the Reverend Willie Barrow, whose own son Keith had died of AIDS complications in 1983, and below is author Studs Terkelboth were reading the names of people lost to the disease. Photos by Tracy Baim and Lisa Howe-Ebright
2 ) An ACT UP protest in downtown Chicago, 1990. Photo by Lisa Howe-Ebright
3 ) Lesbian attorney Renee Hanover speaking an the annual benefit for IMPACT, a gay and lesbian political action committee, circa 1990. Photo by Lisa Howe-Ebright
4 ) An ACT UP "die-in" protest circa 1990. Photo by Lisa Howe-Ebright
5 ) An AIDS Foundation of Chicago Not Just Song and Dance gala benefit, circa late 1980s. WCT file photo
6 ) Sidetrack owners Jose "Pepe" Pena and Art Johnston, Dr. Ron Sable and New York-based national activist and author Vito Russo in Chicago, circa late 1980s. WCT file photo
7 ) Columnist Jon-Henri Damski and Ald. Kathy Osterman in Chicago's Pride Parade, 1990. Photo by Lisa Howe-Ebright
8 ) Baton Show Lounge owner Jim Flint with Roger Messer, who was Mr. Baton and a longtime Flint bartender, in the late 1970s. Photo by Tom Coughlin from the Gay Chicago archives
9 ) Longtime lesbian political activist, and one-time Oak Park Village President Joanne Trapani with activist Mike Savage circa early 1990s. Photo by Tracy Baim