DONNA MINKOWITZ is a journalist who covered the gay and lesbian beat for "The Village Voice", where her coverage of the Julio Rivera murder received a Pulitzer Prize nomination; she is currently a national political columnist at "The Advocate". She was named one of 30 gay and lesbian power brokers in the country by "Newsweek".
TOMMY GRIMALDI was a friend and neighbor of Julio Rivera.
ALAN SACK was Julio Rivera's lover.
PEG RIVERA was Julio Rivera's sister-in-law.
MATT FOREMAN is the executive director of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project. In 1994 alone, the organization provided services to 1,660 crime victims, including victims in 632 incidents of antigay/lesbian violence.
ROBERT VAZQUEZ-PACHECO is currently the coordinator of HIV Prevention at the D.C. based National LLEGO, a national organization concerned with issues affecting Latino lesbians and gay men.
GERRI WELLS is a lesbian activist from Brooklyn.
JILL BOND is the director of People for the American Ways Artsave, a nationwide project developed to protect freedom of expression in the visual and performing arts.
ESSEX HEMPHILL is a Philadelphia-based poet, editor, and cultural activist.
REGGIE WILLIAMS is the former executive director of the National Task Force on AIDS Prevention.
ROBERT BRAY, field organizer for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Forces Fight the Right Project, is one of the movements most visible activists.
BRIAN FREEMAN was associate producer of Marlon Riggs' Tongues Untied.
JOHN FROHNMAYER was the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
LON MABON led the campaign for Ballot Measure 9, which threatened to strip Oregons gay and lesbian community of legal protection against discrimination.
SCOTT SEIBERT is an Oregon-based gay activist.
KATHLEEN SAADAT, one of the leaders of the campaign against Oregons Ballot Measure 9, is a longtime Oregon activist.
DONNA RED WING, also from Portland, is the national field director for The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. In 1992, "The Advocate" named her Woman of the Year for her work against the radical right in Oregon.