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Arts & Culture, Pride 2020 Jun 24, 2020
No cops at Pride?
- By Rachel Hawley
- Tags: Pride 2020, No Cops at Pride, Pride 2020, comics, LGBTQ rights, Pride Parade, Stonewall riots

Arts & Culture, Pride 2020 Jun 23, 2020
‘It was really a freeing kind of feeling’

Gary Chichester reflects on the riotous roots of the first-ever Pride parade.
- By Devlyn Camp
- Tags: Pride 2020, Gary Chichester, Pride parade, Pride 1970, Pride 2020, Stonewall Inn, Stonewall riots, Chicago Gay Alliance, Democratic National Convention, Bughouse Square, Richard Pfeiffer, Daughters of Bilitis, Mattachine Midwest, LGBTQ

News & Politics, Feature Jul 1, 2019
Slideshow
Chicago Pride Parade 2019
- By Kathleen Hinkel
- Tags: Feature, pride parade, kathleen hinkel, lgbtq+, gay rights, parade, summer, stonewall 50, pride month, queer issues, Slideshow

Arts & Culture, Pride 2019 Jun 26, 2019
End Pride Month with a bang

Your guide to some of the biggest LGBTQ events this weekend
- By S. Nicole Lane
- Tags: Pride 2019, LGBTQ, Pride Parade, Pride 2019, Chicago is a Drag Festival, HIGH FEMME, Pride South Side Festival, Chicago Pride Parade, Chicago Dyke March, TRQPiTECA

Arts & Culture, Pride 2019 Jun 12, 2019
A ‘freaking fag revolutionary’ remembers the early years of gay liberation in Chicago

And a new exhibit at Gerber/Hart Library and Archives provides the visual aids.
- By Albert Williams
- Tags: Pride 2019, Gerber-Hart Library, gay pride history, Pride Parade, Lori Lightfoot, Stonewall Rebellion, Chicago Gay Liberation, Chicago Gay Liberation Front, University of Chicago, Thomas Aquinas Foran, freaking fag revolution, Richard J. Daley, Out of the Closets & Into the Streets, Wil Brant, Chase Ollis, James Conley, Kurt Conley, The Stonewall Riots: A Documentary History, Marc Stein, Henry Wiemhoff, Michal Brody, Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, John Manley, David Stienecker, Mattachine Midwest, Renee Hanover, The Boys in the Band, Siegel-Schwall Band, Gay Liberation dance, Timothy Stewart-Winter, Queer Clout: Chicago and the Rise of Gay Politics, Frank Robinson, The Paper, Ed Paschke, Linda Shear, Roby Landers, Wanda Lust, Gary Tucker, Godzilla Rainbow Troupe, Turds in Hell, Warp!, Queer Clout: Chicago and the Rise of Gay Politics, Frank Robinson, The Paper, Ed Paschke, Linda Shear, Roby Landers, Wanda Lust, Gary Tucker, Godzilla Rainbow Troupe, Turds in Hell, Warp!, GayLife, Grant Ford, Windy City Times, Tracy Baim, Anita Bryant, Medinah Temple

News & Politics, Feature Nov 2, 2018
Slideshow
A Visual Voter’s Guide

These images from Chicago protests over the last two years will spur you toward the ballot box.
- By Sarah-Ji
- Tags: Feature, photography, protests, voting, reasons to vote, Chicago Public Schools, schools, CPS, high school students, Assata's Daughters, police abolition, prison abolition, CTU, Chicago Teachers Union, May Day, Jamila Woods, A Long Walk Home, arts, Rekia Boyd, Resist Reimagine Rebuild Coalition, protesters, protest signs, #TransUpFront, Trans Liberation Collective, police, Chicago Police Department, CPD, South Shore, Harith "Snoop" Augustus, Black Lives Matter Chicago, Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Civilian Police Accountability Council, Chicago Pride, pride parade, #EndMoneyBail, racial justice, economic justice, activism, #NoCopAcademy, causes, Slideshow

Blogs, Bleader Jun 29, 2018
Pride double standard? Bars upset after police forced some to close early after parade

"It’s anti-hospitality and counterproductive to the community and our celebration of our culture,” one bar owner said.
- By Devlyn Camp
- Tags: Perspective, News, LGBTQ+, Pride, Cubs, World Series, Wrigleyville, Pride Parade, Stonewall riots, Berlin, Boystown, Michael Carroll, Alderman Tom Tunney, Roscoe's, Jim Ludwig

Blogs, Bleader Jun 27, 2017
Protests at Pride Parade and Dyke March pose questions for Chicago’s LGBTQ community

Disruptions at the two events raised separate concerns about inclusivity and tolerance.
- By Eli Massey
- Tags: It's Complicated, LGBTQ+, News, Pride Parade, Black Trans Lives Matter, Trans Liberation Collective, BTGNC, Black Trans Gender Nonconforming Collective, Black Lives Matter Chicago, Jewish Voice for Peace Chicago, Assata's Daughters, Pilsen Alliance, Chicago Pride, Trans Pride, Chicago Police Department, Bernard Escamilla, Hannah Baptiste, Chris Hickson, Vita Cleveland, Dyke March, rainbow Israeli flag, Stephanie Skora

Blogs, Bleader Jun 27, 2016
The alleged David Cameron-Brexit-O'Hare-pizza connection, and other Chicago news

Also, Chicagoan Raj Fernando is at the center of a Trump-Clinton feud.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: Did You Read __________?, News, David Cameron, O'Hare airport, Brexit, Europen Union, Chicago pizza, Great Britain, Pride Parade, Pride at Montrose, Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus, HIV, LGBT issues, Woodlawn, gang violence, Corey Brooks, New Beginnings Church, gun violence, Raj Fernando, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Election 2016, BJ the Chicago Kid, Motown, Marvin Gaye, music

Blogs, Bleader Jun 24, 2016
Pride Parade, Bob Dylan, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Pride Parade, a sausage fest, a vegan fest, and eight more cool things to do in Chicago this weekend.
- By Sara Cohen
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Food & Drink, Music, Sara Cohen, Weekend, Logan Square Arts Festival, Logan Square, Xenia Rubinos, Screaming Females, Blitzen Trapper, Bob Dylan, Mavis Staples, Ravinia Festival, Vegan Food and Drink Festival, Mic. the Vegan, Radius & Dia.L, Arcadia, Rai, Oshwa the Band, Grant Park, Field Museum, Field Market Days, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Hunger Walk, Jackson Park, Hollywood Beach, Transmale Beach Party, Pride Weekend, Evanston, Fountain Square Art Festival, The Flat Cats, Chris Greene Quartet, The Hat Guys, Trippin Billies, Joe Policastro Trio, Classical Blast, Elston Avenue Sausage and Music Fest, Glam Camp, Murder by Death, Gold Web, HoneyHoney, B96 Summer Bash, Ariana Grande, Meghan Trainor, Calvin Harris, Puth, Mike Posner, Daya, Chicago Pride, Pride Parade, Monica Raymund

Blogs, Bleader Jun 17, 2016
Expect a 'few hundred' more police officers at the Pride Parade, and other Chicago news

Also, Lincoln Park Zoo is getting rid of its tigers Molly and Pavel.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago Police Department, Eddie Johnson, Pride Parade, Tom Tunney, George Lucas, Lucas Museum, Friends of the Parks, Independent Police Review Authority, Barack Obama, gun violence, Facebook, Lincoln Park Zoo

Blogs, Bleader Jun 15, 2016
Where and when to celebrate Pride in Chicago

How Chicago's LGBTQ community is stepping up to celebrate post-Orlando.
- By KT Hawbaker
- Tags: Arts, Do This, LGBT, Pride, LGBTQ, Dyke March, Pride Parade, Queer, Drag, Against Me!, Laura Jane Grace, Metro, Anna Pulley, Women & Children First Bookstore, Back Lot Bash, Lisa Loeb, Taryn Manning, Gina Yashere, Pride Fest, Jordin Sparks, Dumblonde, Daya, Halsted, Field Museum, Out in the Field, Proud to Run, Center on Halsted, GayCo, Playground Theater, TKO, Lady Bunny, TransMale Beach Party, Hollywood Beach, Jeremy Owens, You’re Being Ridiculous

Blogs, Bleader Jun 13, 2016
Hundreds gather in Boystown to remember the victims of the Orlando mass shooting and other Chicago news

Also, Pat Quinn makes a surprising return to politics with mayoral term limits petition.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Orlando, gun violence, LGBT rights, Boystown, Pride Parade, Rahm Emanuel, Pat Quinn, elections, Chicago Police Department, Urooj Khan, lottery, unsolved mysteries

Arts & Culture, Summer Guide May 18, 2016
Chicago’s best summer 2016 fairs and festivals

Beer, food, comedy, art, lit, and fashion festivals—even one dedicated to hot sauce!
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Summer Guide, Summer Guide 2016, fairs and festivals, Third Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival, Pilsen Food Truck Social, Printers Row Lit Fest, Chicago Ale Fest, Pride Fest, Pride Parade, Vegan Food and Drink Festival, Millennium Art Festival, Roscoe Village Burger Fest, Bristol Renaissance Faire, Chicago Hot Sauce Fest, Fiesta del Sol, Newberry Book Fair, Retro on Roscoe, Clark After Dark, Festa Italiana, South Shore Summer Festival, Bucktown Arts Fest, Chicago Fashion Fest, Taste of Greektown, West Town Hoedown

News & Politics, What the hell is this place? Oct 11, 2014
What the hell is this place? Doolin's

Owner Chris Doolin wants everyone to get one thing straight: her business is not an Irish pub.
- By Megan Thielking
- Tags: What the hell is this place?, Doolin's, River West, Guiness, Chris Doolin, Emmit's, Halloween, New Year's Eve, Pride Parade, Saint Patrick's Day, Irish pub, What the hell is this place?

Blogs, Bleader Jun 30, 2014
Can the Cubs still lose 100 this season?

By scheduling more doubleheaders, the Cubs could reach 100 losses quicker.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Sports, News, Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, Washington Nationals, doubleheaders, Chris Coghlan, Darwin Barney, John Baker, Mike Olt, Dallas Beeler, Starlin Castro, Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, Ryan Sweeney, Nate Schierholtz, Jeff Samardzija, Jason Hammel, Pride Parade

Blogs, Bleader Jun 29, 2014
Reader's Agenda Sun 6/29: Pride Parade, Street League Skateboarding, and the Chariot Festival of India

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, June 29
- By Lucy Wang
- Tags: Do This, Arts, 45th annual pride parade, pride parade, street league skateboarding world tour, UIC, blackhawks, hare krishna temple, chariot festival of india, loyola park beach

Blogs, Bleader Jun 30, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sun 6/30: Pride Parade, Bully.punk.riot, and Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, June 30
- By Tosten Burks
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Pride Week, Pride Parade, Boystown, BONEdanse, Bully.punk.riot, the Music Box, The Audience

Arts & Culture, Festival Jun 27, 2013
Pride Weekend events 2013

It's not just about the parade.
- Tags: Festival, Pride Weekend, Back Lot Bash, Pride Parade, Chicago Dyke March, Pride Cruise, Melissa Etheridge, Frat Night Thursday, Jawbreaker!, dance parties, parties, gay composers, music, theater, drinking, run, Melissa Ferrick, Edie Carey, Dot Dot Dot, Uh Huh Her, DJs, Jane Beachy, Scott Cramer, Teen Witch Fan Club, Baathaus, City Winery, Goose Island, Sahara Kabob, Mayne Stage, Berlin, Margate Park, Navy Pier, Ravinia Festival, Scarlet, House of Blues, Lake View Presbyterian Church, Victory Gardens Theater, Center on Halsted, Neo-Futurarium

News & Politics, Feature Jul 18, 2012
Pariahs amid the rainbow

Young, queer, and homeless in Boystown
- By Elly Fishman
- Tags: Feature, homeless, LGBTQ, Boystown, gay youth, homeless gay youth, reactive attachment disorder, Center on Halsted, pride parade, Night Ministry, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Ho Stroll, Chicago Police Department, ballroom house, vouging, Chicago gangs, Take Back Boystown

Blogs, Bleader Jun 25, 2012
Slideshow Video
Sights and sounds of Dyke March

A report, with video and photos, from Dyke March
- By Jordan Larson
- Tags: LGBTQ+, Dyke March, Pride Week, Pride Parade, Juana Peralta, Jacquelyn Carmen Guerrero, Vajaqueque Brown, Slideshow, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 25, 2012
Street View 022: Straight + Gay

Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 021
- By Isa Giallorenzo
- Tags: Style, street style, pride parade, fashion, friends, denim vest, twins

Music, Nightlife Jun 30, 2011
The city's best party promoter takes us through a wild Pride weekend

Hourly dispatches from the bar & and club front
- Tags: Nightlife, Scott Cramer, Berlin, Abbey Pub, Do312.com, Cramer PR & Events, Pride Parade, Chrissy Murderbot, DJ Psychobitch, Alinka, All the Way Kay, Orivlle KIine, Schubas, The Abbey

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