Cowley-Pendleton speaking at an LGBTQ gun violence forum in October 2016, sponsored by Pride Action Tank and Chicago Survivors, plus dozens of anti-gun and LGBTQ organizations. Photo by Gretchen Rachel Hammond

Cowley-Pendleton speaking at the Jan. 21 Women's March on Chicago. Photo by Tracy Baum

Cowley-Pendleton (left) at a Chicago Boystown vigil held the day after the Pulse massacre in Orlando. Photo by Gretchen Rachel Hammond