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3/23/2004
For its unswerving advocacy of “equal rights for everyone,” Jenner & Block was honored with the Human First Award on March 20th by the Horizons Community Services/Center on Halsted. In bestowing the award, the organization praised the Firm’s longstanding commitment to LGBT civil rights as well as its role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision last year in Lawrence v. Texas.
Accepting the award on behalf of the Firm was Partner William M. Hohengarten, who was one of the leaders of the Firm’s team in the Lawrence v. Texas case. The Justices in that decision struck down a Texas anti-sodomy law as unconstitutional, and in so ruling, created what many are hailing as a watershed moment for LGBT civil rights.
Also accepting an award was Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, co-counsel with Jenner & Block in the Lawrence case.
Pictured above is Mr. Hohengarten (left) with Modesto Tico Valle, Acting Executive Director of Horizons Community Services.
The Honorary Chair of the evening’s festivities was tennis legend and civil rights advocate Billie Jean King.
Horizons Community Services/Center on Halsted’s permanent home is now under construction at Halstead & Addison streets in Chicago. When completed, it will have the facilities needed to be a one-of-a-kind community center for the local LGBT community, providing an expanded an array of services, including support groups for youths and seniors, psychotherapy services, a helpline for LGBT individuals, a hotline for HIV and STD concerns, and a range of life-enrichment and social programs.
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