"Out & Proud in Chicago" is the first television documentary to
tell the history of Chicago's lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) citizens. Its timeline spans from the Civil
War through present day. This parallel history of the city tells
a story of invisibility, oppression, devastation, revolution and
triumph. Chicago's role in the national history of the LGBT
movement is often overlooked. Yet major milestones include the
country's first chartered gay rights organization (1924), the
pushback that brought down Anita Bryant's national campaign of
homophobia, and the creation of the one of the country's premier
gay and lesbian community centers, the $20 million state-of-the-
art Center on Halsted. "Out & Proud in Chicago" highlights these
accomplishments as well as the stories previously untold or
limited to examination by academia. These include the story of
Jenny Hodgers, a cross-dressing Civil War hero who lived the
majority of her adult life as a Albert Cashier, a reexamination
of the guarded perso