Philadelphia Police Department Certificate of Appreciation presented to Jaci Adams
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Title
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Philadelphia Police Department Certificate of Appreciation presented to Jaci Adams
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Description
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This recognition was posthumously awarded to Jaci Adams for her service on the LGBT Police Liaison Committee of which Adams was the longest serving member.
Jaci (pronounced "Jackie") Adams was born in 1957/1958 in Beckley, West Virginia. She died on February 16, 2014.
Adams was a transgender woman active in LGBT and AIDS programs. Diagnosed with AIDS in 1983, Adams worked to promote AIDS testing and treatment, and worked to help people harmed by discrimination, homelessness, incarceration, poverty, prostitution, and drug addictions.
Adams obituary in the Philadelphia Daily News on February 17, 2014 stated the following: "...Jaci was able to shed light into the darkness that often shrouds the frequently misunderstood and abused dwellers of the LGBT world."
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Find-A-Grave Obituary
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Philadelphia Police Department LGBTQIA+ Services (2025)
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Contributor
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John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives at William Way LGBT Community Center
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Date Created
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February 28, 2014
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Creator
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Philadelphia (Pa.). Police Department.
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Rights
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This work is not in copyright, but commercial uses of this digital representation are limited. For more information, contact archives@waygay.org and see http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-NC/1.0/
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Identifier
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Ms. Coll. 55
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Language
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eng
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Format
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Text
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Extent
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1 page
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Spatial Coverage
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Philadelphia, PA
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Publisher
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Philadelphia (Pa.). Police Department.
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Is Part Of
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Jaci Adams memorial collection, 2012-2014
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Subject
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Activism
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Minority transgender women
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LGBT activism
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AIDS activist
