Jon-Henri Damski. Damski's business card. Damski (left) with Harry Hay, one of the national gay movement's pioneers, in a rare Chicago visit before his death in 2002. Photo by Tracy Baim. Damski (right) with Larry McKeon, who would become the first openly gay and openly HIV-positive Illinois state representative. He died in 2008. Photo by Tracy Baim

Jon-Henri Damski. Damski's business card. Damski (left) with Harry Hay, one of the national gay movement's pioneers, in a rare Chicago visit before his death in 2002. Photo by Tracy Baim. Damski (right) with Larry McKeon, who would become the first openly gay and openly HIV-positive Illinois state representative. He died in 2008. Photo by Tracy Baim

Jon-Henri Damski. Damski's business card. Damski (left) with Harry Hay, one of the national gay movement's pioneers, in a rare Chicago visit before his death in 2002. Photo by Tracy Baim. Damski (right) with Larry McKeon, who would become the first openly gay and openly HIV-positive Illinois state representative. He died in 2008. Photo by Tracy Baim

Jon-Henri Damski. Damski's business card. Damski (left) with Harry Hay, one of the national gay movement's pioneers, in a rare Chicago visit before his death in 2002. Photo by Tracy Baim. Damski (right) with Larry McKeon, who would become the first openly gay and openly HIV-positive Illinois state representative. He died in 2008. Photo by Tracy Baim