NBC 10 hosts the opening reception. Equality Forum presents its Distinguished Service Award to Andy Chirls, Esq., the first openly gay Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Special thanks to Senator Arlen Specter; Congressman Robert A. Brady; Governor Edward Rendell; State Senator Vincent Fumo; State Representative Marie Lederer; State Representative Babette Josephs; Mayor John F. Street; Councilman Frank DiCicco; Commerce Director Stephanie Naidoff; Deputy Secretary Mickey Rowley, PA DCED; Steve Glassman, Chair of the Penn. Human Relations Commission; and NBC 10’s Dennis Bianchi and Jo Anne Wilder.

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