Boston LGBTQ community leader Orlando Del Valle will be honored at the 2018 HistoryMaker Awards, The History Project’s annual celebration of leaders, activists, and organizations that make a positive difference. What’s more, LGBT Elders of Color will received the 2018 Lavender Rhino Award at the fête.
The event takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, October 17, at St. Botolph Club, 199 Commonwealth Ave., in Boston. Tickets, $100–$500, are available at the event’s webpage. For more on the History Project, visit historyproject.org.
According to a recent History Project press release:
Through decades of leadership and dedication, Orlando Del Valle has had a profound and lasting effect on Boston’s LGTBQ community — from the founding of Club Antorcha, a social club for Latino gay men, to his work with Cambridge Health Alliance, Positive Directions, La Alianza Hispana, and the Latino Health Network/Institute. Orlando has also played an integral role in The History Project’s efforts to collect, preserve, and share LGBTQ history. Please join us in honoring an advocate and leader who has worked tirelessly to support and connect people, and to preserve the stories of our community.
The HistoryMaker Award has been presented since 2009 to those whose lifetime achievements have had a significant and positive effect on Boston and Massachusetts’ LGBTQ communities. Past recipients of this award include Congressman Barney Frank, State Representative Byron Rushing, GLAD’s Civil Rights Project director Mary Bonauto, longtime BAGLY executive director Grace Sterling Stowell, Abe Rybeck from the Theater Offensive, and journalist Susan Ryan-Vollmar, and Larry Kessler of AIDS Action Committee.
At this event we will also present the 2018 Lavender Rhino Award: We’re thrilled to announce that LGBT Elders of Color has been named the 2018 recipient! The mission of LGBT Elders of Color is to conduct outreach to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults of color for the purpose of building community through social engagement events, creative programming, and providing needed resources for health care and aging services.
