2015 Awardees and Event Coverage
Reception to Celebrate LGBT Community Pioneers
Thursday, May 14, 2015, 6:30 PM
Thurgood Marshall Center,
1816 12th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
The Community Pioneers reception is free and open to the public.
It is made possible in part by a grant from Brother Help Thyself.
The physical portraits of the Community Pioneers were on exhibit at the Metro DC Community Center, 2000 14th Street NW, Suite 105, Washington DC 20009 for the remainer of the month of May.
- Lou Chibbaro's May 6, 2015 article in the Washington Blade
- Pioneers Booklet 5/14/2015
- Rhuaridh Marr's May 1, 2015 article in Metro Weekly
- Live recordings, courtesy Go Gay DC, via YouTube.
- 2015 Community Pioneers Recognition
- Before the 2015 Community Pioneers Presentation
- After the 2015 Community Pioneers Presentation
- Event photographs by Ward Morrison, Metro Weekly Scene.
The 2015 Community Pioneers are:
- Eric Cohen and Jonathan Blumenthal
- Ruby Corado
- Wallace Leo Corbett, Jr.
- Kathleen DeBold
- Atul Garg and Yarris Islam
- Annie Kaylor
- Susan Silber
- Jill Strachan
- Michele Zavos