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Winners for the 2nd annual Esteem Awards were announced at a cocktail reception held on July 2, 2008 at Sidetrack in Chicago’s historic Boys town neighborhood. The event was attended by 300 people.

The standing room only event was attended by a who’s who of supporters of Chicago’s LGBT citizenry including Bill Greaves of the City of Chicago Commission on Human Rights Advisory for LBGT Issues; Party Promoters Ken Beach and Craig Cannon, of KC Productions; Ariq Cabbler and Bernard Johnson of Rails Entertainment; Catherine Jefcoat, Director of Howard Brown’s Lesbian Community Care Project (LCCP), Barbara Bolsen, VP of Programs for The Night Ministry; and Mr. Jerry Liwanag, VP of Fundraising for the local PBS affiliate WTTW, whom accepted a special award for In The Life, the long running gay documentary magazine on PBS.

The Awards were presented in 12 categories selected by a panel of judges from across the country. In all over 23 awards were presented to local and national organizations.

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2008 Esteem Awards

Annual Ceremony debuts at Sidetrack

Congratulations to the

2008 Honorees

Local Honorees

Outstanding Newspaper Columnist

Dan Savage for "Savage Love"

Outstanding Magazine

Gay Chicago Magazine

LGBT Institutional Award

Gerber/Hart Library