Support Don Bell: An LGBTQ Community Hero Who Needs Support

Don Bell is a long time advocate and community leader in Chicago's LGBTQ+ community. He is facing imminent eviction and needs support for legal and moving related expenses. You can read about Don's predicament in Block Club Chicago, in this story published 3/27/25.

A founding commissioner and chairperson of the Illinois Commission on LGBTQ+ Aging and Long-Term HIV Survival and a member of the Mayor’s Advisory Council on LGBTQ+ Affairs, Don is one the leading community advocates who helped make the Town Hall Apartments a reality. Town Hall Apartments are LGBTQ+ affirming residences for seniors - where Don was one of the first residents. Also where Don is being evicted from - without any sort of proper process or mediation.

Don is 75 years old and has multiple health conditions. This eviction could spell some very grave consequences.

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Any donation big or small will be greatly appreciated by Don, his husband, and his close circle of friends.