The San Diego LGBT Community Wall of Honor is the nation’s only GLBT community memorial display dedicated to honoring and remembering important local GLBT community members. Located in The Center, the Community Wall of Honor was created in 2004 by Nicole Murray-Ramirez, The Imperial Court de San Diego and The Center. Feel free to visit the display during Pride week, to learn more about the many, brave activists who significantly contributed to our community.

The 2004 Wall of Honor inductees include:

Thomas “Thom” Carey was a principal founder of the Gay Center for Social Services and a lifelong civil rights activist.

John Ciaccio – became one of the first people to speak publicly about the AIDS epidemic, helping to put a face on the disease after his diagnosis in 1985.

Barbara Crusberg dedicated her life to human rights and to strengthening the GLBT community through business and community organizations.

John Eberly was a founding member of The Center in 1971, tirelessly promoting the importance of The Center for the San Diego GLBT community.

Don Edmundson the first African-American Empress of the Imperial Court system, crowned Empress I Tawny Tann, Edmundson was well known throughout California as a performer and popular emcee for charity fundraisers.

Neil Good ran for the San Diego City Council in 1987, becoming the second openly gay candidate to run for political office in San Diego history. His mainstream campaign earned him the unbiased respect of civic and district leaders.

Don Hauck co-founder of Update, the first GLBT newspaper in San Diego, Hauck dedicated much of his later professional life to helping to create and sustain a stable, positive, cohesive and inclusive GLBT community.

Tom Homann was a civil rights attorney who fought for First Amendment and GLBT rights for almost 20 years in San Diego.

Robert “Jess” Jessop was one of the original founders of the San Diego GLBT Center and the Lesbian and Gay Historical Society of San Diego.

Clint Johnson was a successful San Diego nightclub owner, entertainer, fundraiser and community activist.

Corrine “Martie” Mackey was an activist and a writer. An African-American lesbian, she focused throughout her life on unifying the individual oppressed communities she embodied.

Gary Rees – was a prominent San Diego businessman, a founding member of The Center and The Center’s executive director from 1974-1975.

Robert “Rob” Shepard was the fifth executive director of The Center and a founder of the Gay Veterans Association.

Dr. A. Brad Truax was a San Diego physician who committed his life to human rights and was especially dedicated to helping with the AIDS epidemic.

Robert Walsh spent his life fighting for GLBT rights and fighting to improve the lives of those in GLBT communities across the nation.

Jerry White was an activist in the San Diego GLBT community who served on the Founder’s Committee of The Center.