(Portrait of Leonard Hirsch, © Patsy Lynch) Leonard Hirsch, recognized as a 2012 Community Pioneer for his work founding and leading Federal GLOBE (external link), died on June 12, 2015, at the National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Maryland. He was 59 years old. Born in Queens, New York, in […]
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(Annie Kaylor, one of this year’s Community Pioneers. Photo provided by the Kaylor family.) 2015 Community Pioneers Exhibit Month of June | 12-6pm (Mon.-Fri.), 11am-3pm (Sat.) Metro DC Community Center (external link), 2000 14th Street NW, Suite 105 Washington, DC 20009 Last month, the Rainbow History Project recognized a dozen Community Pioneers for their […]
This spring, the Rainbow History Project recognized a dozen Community Pioneers: individuals whose persistent efforts have established and sustained LGBTQ community in the D.C. area. Profiles of this year’s Pioneers (as well as previous awardees) are now available in our online exhibit. You can also view (and download) a pdf booklet containing […]
(image created from footage by TJ Flavell) On Thursday, May 14, 2015, the Rainbow History Project honored the 2015 Community Pioneers through an open event at the Thurgood Marshall Center. We celebrated a dozen individuals, whose creative vision and persistent effort have built and strengthened the D.C. LGBT community. Didn’t make […]
The Rainbow History Project is honored to announce its 2015 Community Pioneers. These tenacious and creative individuals played vital and instrumental roles in establishing and sustaining the D.C. LGBT community. The Pioneers will be celebrated at a free and open event. Thursday, May 14, 2015 | 6:30 PM Thurgood Marshall Center, 1816 12th Street, […]
Philanthropist and developer Robert Alfandre died June 12, 2014 at his home in Washington, DC after a long struggle with cancer. Alfandre played a major role in helping the Whitman-Walker Clinic meet the challenges of the AIDS in the 1980s through his generosity and tireless efforts to help the Clinic […]
Long time DC activist Barrett Brick lost his battle with cancer and died September 22, 2013 at Manor Care Nursing Home in Bethesda Maryland. Barrett Brick played a significant role in the creation and development not only of DC’s LGBT community but the national and international LGBT communities as well. In […]