Photo From 2009 Esteem Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Philip Esteem
Chicago, April 12, 2011 – PrideIndex.com™ Esteem Award recipients were announced in 18 of this year’s 23 categories at the 6th Annual Esteem Awards. This year’s cocktail reception will take place in Chicago on Saturday June 30 at Sidetrack 3349 N. Halsted from 2PM-4PM. Free to the general public.
Following is a list of Esteem Awards finalist:
Chicago
Outstanding Service, Male: Charles Nelson, MSM Project Director, South Side Help Center
Outstanding Service, Transgender: June LaTrobe, Trans* Community Liaison, Center on Halsted and Vice Chair & Public Policy Director, Illinois Gender Advocates
Outstanding Service, Youth: KOKUMO KINETIC, CEO/Founder KOKUMOMEDIA
Outstanding Social Services/CBO: Affinity Community Services
Outstanding Newspaper Reporter/Columnist or Feature Article: “Queer Bronzeville: African American LGBT’s on Chicago’s South Side, 1900-1985” Windy City Times by Tristan Cabello
Outstanding Magazine Reporter/Columnist or Feature Article: “The Day Cole & Parker Came Into Our Lives,”Grab Magazine by Erik Sosa-Kibby
Institutional Award: The Transformative Justice Law Project
Artistic Expression: Black Ensemble Theater for Black Playwright’s Initiative (BPI)
Special Recognition Award: Bill Greaves, long time advocate for Chicago’s LGBT community
National
Outstanding Service, Male: Patrick Kelly, Activist & Clinical Research Interviewer, Emory Hope Clinic Vaccine Center (Atlanta)
Outstanding Service, Female: Michelle E. Brown, longtime Civil & LGBT Rights Advocate (Detroit)
Outstanding Service, Transgender: Janet Mock, Writer & Trans Advocate
Outstanding Service, Youth: Amir Dixon, Board Member, Hispanic Black Gay Coalition & Co-Host BrotherHood TV (Boston)
Outstanding Social Services/CBO: The Ruth Ellis Center for LGBT Runaways (Detroit)
Institutional Award: Southern Poverty Law Center (Montgomery, AL)
Outstanding Website: theGrio.com
Outstanding Podcaster or Web series: Clay Cane Live WWRL 1600 AM Equality Pride Radio
Special Recognition: The State Of Black Gay America (SBGA) Summit (Atlanta)
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