Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p St. Sukie de la Croix (born Darryl Michael Vincent, September 16, 1951) is an internationally published journalist, columnist, fiction author, playwright, and photographer. De la Croix is best known for his 2012, University of Wisconsin published bestseller, Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago Before Stonewall. By researching and compiling factual sources for the book, de la Croix gave awareness, depth, structure, and life back to the slowly fading history of Chicago’s LGBT communities.His countless interviews, columns, and various other works have explored the underground cultures and aspects of Chicago’s LGBT community dating back to the 1670s. In his many years as a Chicago journalist, de la Croix has had several columns in local publications, both in print and online: Outlines, now known as Windy City Times; Nightspots; Chicago Now; and Chicago Free Press just to name a few.Along with his columns and blogs, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, de la Croix was approached by the division of Chicago’s municipal tourism authority to script and conduct the first ever LGBT History of Chicago bus tour. Later in the decade he had two plays, A White Light in God’s Choir (2005), and Two Weeks in a Bus Shelter with an Iguana (2006), performed by Chicago’s Irreverence Dance & Theatre company. Then in 2008, he participated as a historian in a PBS television documentary, Out & Proud in Chicago. De la Croix has also been sought out for his ability to captivate an audience with his lectures; speaking for various organizations such as Boeing, Chubb Insurance, and Horizons Gay Youth Services along with various others.In 2011, de la Croix was honored with an Esteem Award for Outstanding Magazine Reporter or Columnist. And in November 2012 he was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame.. }
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- St._Sukie_de_la_Croix abstract "St. Sukie de la Croix (born Darryl Michael Vincent, September 16, 1951) is an internationally published journalist, columnist, fiction author, playwright, and photographer. De la Croix is best known for his 2012, University of Wisconsin published bestseller, Chicago Whispers: A History of LGBT Chicago Before Stonewall. By researching and compiling factual sources for the book, de la Croix gave awareness, depth, structure, and life back to the slowly fading history of Chicago’s LGBT communities.His countless interviews, columns, and various other works have explored the underground cultures and aspects of Chicago’s LGBT community dating back to the 1670s. In his many years as a Chicago journalist, de la Croix has had several columns in local publications, both in print and online: Outlines, now known as Windy City Times; Nightspots; Chicago Now; and Chicago Free Press just to name a few.Along with his columns and blogs, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, de la Croix was approached by the division of Chicago’s municipal tourism authority to script and conduct the first ever LGBT History of Chicago bus tour. Later in the decade he had two plays, A White Light in God’s Choir (2005), and Two Weeks in a Bus Shelter with an Iguana (2006), performed by Chicago’s Irreverence Dance & Theatre company. Then in 2008, he participated as a historian in a PBS television documentary, Out & Proud in Chicago. De la Croix has also been sought out for his ability to captivate an audience with his lectures; speaking for various organizations such as Boeing, Chubb Insurance, and Horizons Gay Youth Services along with various others.In 2011, de la Croix was honored with an Esteem Award for Outstanding Magazine Reporter or Columnist. And in November 2012 he was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame.".