Chicago Pride Parade
The Chicago Pride Parade, also colloquially called the Chicago Gay Pride Parade, is the annual gay pride parade held on the last Sunday of June in Chicago, Illinois in the United States. It is considered the culmination of the larger Gay Pride Month, as promulgated by the Chicago City Council and Mayor of Chicago.
The first parade was organized in 1969 upon the establishment of Boystown,
Chicago, the nation's first government-recognized gay village. The parade takes place through the main streets of Lake View East, a neighborhood enclave of the
Lakeview community area. Recent parades have started at noon on Halsted Street, proceeding north from Belmont Avenue, passing the Center on Halsted at
Waveland; south on Broadway Avenue (at Grace) to Diversey Avenue and east on Diversey Avenue to Cannon Drive.
With the increasing political participation of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans and the community's relatively high financial resources through political action groups and as individual donors, Illinois politicians have increased their
presence at the Chicago Pride Parade. Both the Illinois Democratic and Republican Parties are heavily represented, most noticeably by current Governor Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, and Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, a Republican. Both have strong support from many gay and lesbian groups.
(Source: Wikipedia)
NBC5 Salute To Pride:
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Chicago Free Press Pride Features Articles
Straight From The Past: 19th Century Photos
Soon after the invention of photography in the 1830s it became customary for close male friends to visit a photographer’s studio and have their photo-graph taken together as a token of their friendship. Read more.
Snapshots Of 1985
1985 was the year the GLBT community, both in Chicago and across the nation, had to decide how loud its voice was going to be. Read more
Back In The Day
It wasn't that long ago that Chicago's gay scene was very different than it is today. Read more
Gay Sports Fans Are Changing The Playing Field
For some gay men it's Madonna, Mariah, Judy or Barbra. For me, it's baseball. Read more
Market Days - Aug. 9-10, 2008
The Chicago Pride Parade, also colloquially called the Chicago Gay Pride Parade, is the annual gay pride parade held on the last Sunday of June in Chicago, Illinois in the United States. It is considered the culmination of the larger Gay Pride Month, as promulgated by the Chicago City Council and Mayor of Chicago.
The first parade was organized in 1969 upon the establishment of Boystown,
Chicago, the nation's first government-recognized gay village. The parade takes place through the main streets of Lake View East, a neighborhood enclave of the
Lakeview community area. Recent parades have started at noon on Halsted Street, proceeding north from Belmont Avenue, passing the Center on Halsted at
Waveland; south on Broadway Avenue (at Grace) to Diversey Avenue and east on Diversey Avenue to Cannon Drive.
With the increasing political participation of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans and the community's relatively high financial resources through political action groups and as individual donors, Illinois politicians have increased their
presence at the Chicago Pride Parade. Both the Illinois Democratic and Republican Parties are heavily represented, most noticeably by current Governor Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, and Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, a Republican. Both have strong support from many gay and lesbian groups.
(Source: Wikipedia)
NBC5 Salute To Pride:
View Pride Images
Chicago Free Press Pride Features Articles
Straight From The Past: 19th Century Photos
Soon after the invention of photography in the 1830s it became customary for close male friends to visit a photographer’s studio and have their photo-graph taken together as a token of their friendship. Read more.
Snapshots Of 1985
1985 was the year the GLBT community, both in Chicago and across the nation, had to decide how loud its voice was going to be. Read more
Back In The Day
It wasn't that long ago that Chicago's gay scene was very different than it is today. Read more
Gay Sports Fans Are Changing The Playing Field
For some gay men it's Madonna, Mariah, Judy or Barbra. For me, it's baseball. Read more
Market Days - Aug. 9-10, 2008
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