A 15 suggested donation for entry helps pays performers and festival workers, and funds community programs. With upwards of 60,000 expected to attend, join us in celebrating LGBTQ+ life, culture and community. 1 hour ago &0183 &32 Read More FILE People take part in the Equality Parade, the largest gay pride parade in central and eastern Europe, in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday June 19, 2021. A short Tribune story the next day said 150 people listened to speakers in Bughouse Square (now Washington Square Park) before walking to the Civic Center (now Daley Plaza) where they formed a chain around the Picasso statue and shouted, “Gay power to gay people.”Ĭhicago’s march preceded parades in New York City, Los Angeles and other cities by one day. The annual Chicago Pride Fest® is a legendary street festival, held the weekend before the Chicago Pride Parade (last Sunday in June). Crilly Court in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood was designated a National Historic Landmark.įirst Gay Pride Parade in the U.S.: More a march than a parade, the city’s Gay Liberation Movement staged its first rally and procession as part of Gay Pride Week on June 27, 1970. He was never convicted, but the publicity (including a newspaper headline reading “Strange Sex Cult Exposed”) led to his firing for conduct unbecoming a postal worker.
(Chicago Tribune archive)įirst American gay rights group founded here: In 1924, postal clerk Henry Gerber formed the Society for Human Rights. Henry Gerber, pioneer gay civil rights activist.
