Mona Noriega has been appointed by Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel as commissioner of the Chicago Department on Human Relations (CHR). A long-time lesbian activist, Noriega is former head of the Midwest office of Lambda Legal, and a key early leader of Amigas Latinas.
CHR oversees the city's work on diversity and human relations, including through eight advisory councils such as the Advisory Council on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues. Bill Greaves is the director the LGBT council, and as of now he appears to be keeping the post under the new mayoral administration.
"I'm delighted to welcome Mona Noriega as our new commissioner and look forward to working with her," Greaves said.
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Noriega is a well-known community activist who has worked on LGBT and Latina issues since the late 1970s. She has been a volunteer, board member and staff member for a wide range of groups serving individuals across the region. She co-founded the Lambda Legal Midwest Office with attorney Pat Logue in 1993, and two years later co-founded the important Latina lesbian group Amigas Latinas.
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Born and raised in Chicago, Noriega's father was Mexican and her mother Irish. She raised two children and is partners with another long-time community activist, Evette Cardona. Both women are in Chicago's Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame.
Noriega's experience includes [...]Co-chair and later staff member for the original 2001 bid for the Gay Games coming to Chicago in 2006.
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