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Tribute to my belated friend and confidant, Gloria Casarez. Gloria Casarez (December 13, 1971 – October 19, 2014) was an American civil rights leader and LGBT activist in Philadelphia. Casarez was born in Philadelphia and raised Catholic. She grew up in the Kensington neighborhood of North Philadelphia and Westmont, New Jersey; graduating from Haddon Township High School in 1989. Casarez came out as a lesbian at the age of 17.

Out Magazine named Casarez one of the “100 Most Influential Leaders of the New Millennium” in 1999. She received the Philadelphia Out Proud Award and was the 2001 Philadelphia LGBT Pride Grand Marshal.

At the age of 27, Casarez became the Executive Director of the Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative (GALAEI) in Philadelphia. Casarez led GALAEI from 1999-2008, tripling the organization’s funding and developing nationally recognized programs serving men of color and transgender communities, including Philadelphia’s first mobile HIV testing centers and the Trans-health information project – the first multi-serve transgender health program.

In 2008, she was appointed to a public sector position as Director of LGBT Affairs for the City of Philadelphia, leading the efforts of the Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs and the Mayor’s Advisory Board on LGBT Affairs.

In recognition of her social and political justice activism, she was honored by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) with the Annual Community Service Award. She also received the Kiyoshi Kuromiya Award for Justice from Philadelphia FIGHT, and the Cheryl Ingram Advocate for Justice Award from the Philadelphia Bar Association. Casarez received the Hero Award from the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund; past honorees include gay rights pioneer Barbara Gittings, philanthropist Mel Heifetz, and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell.[25] She was honored with the David Acosta Revolutionary Leader Award in 2013 by the Gay and Lesbian Latino AIDS Education Initiative.

Kelly Burdhardt and dear friend, Christian Lovehall aka Wordz the Emcee join me in the studio to discuss their a documentary of her life and Philadelphia's tributes to her memory.