On Sunday, June 24, 2007, Prideindex.com and Legends Online launched the Esteem Awards to honor some of the best and brightest African American LGBT citizens, organizations and supporters from across the United States.
The first Esteem Awards were either mail delivered or presented in person to the honorees after Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade.
The 2007 honorees represented a who’s who among people whose activism, service and creativity have made significant contributions to both Chicago and National LGBT communities and their allies in categories which included Outstanding Social Services Organization and Outstanding Institution
“The award were established to educate the general public about the works of persons among the LGBT populace whom often went unnoticed,” said PrideIndex.com Editor Philip “Esteem” Fleming. “It’s about time that we recognize the efforts of these multitalented individuals.”
The 2007 Esteem Award honorees were selected by PrideIndex.com’s Fleming along with Thomas Sampson of Project Vida and Avant-Garde Inc, along with input from knowledgeable professionals from across the country.
2007 Esteem Awards for African American LGBT Community launched
Congratulations to the
2007 Honorees
Local Honorees
Outstanding Newspaper
Windy City Times
Outstanding Magazine
5 Magazine
Outstanding Social Services Organization
Let's Talk, Let's Test Foundation
Outstanding Male
Rev. Kevin Tindell
Outstanding Female
Lora Branch,
Chicago Department of Public Health
Outstanding Transgender
Logan Grimes
Special Citation, One To Watch
Will Lockett
Special Citation, Outstanding Service
Remimakou Media
Outstanding Male Promoter:
Bob Yeaworth & Karl Grant
of OTDL, Urbano,
Clubhouse & Smooth Productions
Outstanding Female Promoter:
Tracy Hill,
iCandy Productions
Outstanding Youth Male
Aaron Bowen
Outstanding Youth Transgender
Eboni Warren Watts
Outstanding Gay Family
The Family of Cartell
Outstanding Voguing Ball/House
Escada
National Honorees
Outstanding Newspaper
Southern Voice
Outstanding Magazine
Clik Magazine
Outstanding Social Services Organization
National Minority Council on AIDS
Outstanding Institution
The Lambda Literary Foundation &
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Outstanding Male
Herndon Davis
Outstanding Female
Jasmyne Cannick
Outstanding Website or Blog
ClayCane.com & Rodonline.typepad.com
Special Citation, Outstanding Service
Sheryl Lee Ralph for
“Sometimes I Cry: The lives, loves and losses of women infected and affected by HIV/AIDS”
Outstanding Male Promoter
Charles Jackson
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