Gay Events Chigo | Pri Month, LGBTQ Ftivals & Shows

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• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• LA MARCHE S FIERTéS 2023 (EX GAY PRI): HERE'S THE ROUTE OF THE LGBTQI+ PARA PARIS
• CHIGO PRI PARA 2022: MAP, TRANSPORTATN TAILS AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS CHIGO

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer (LGBTQ) Pri Month is currently celebrated each year the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprisg  New York Cy's Greenwich Village, which was a tippg pot for the Gay Liberatn Movement the Uned Stat. Pri Month has e to symbolize several thgs: the long history of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr digny, the eedom of all people to meangfully and proudly exprs their sexual and genr inti, and the mment of LGBTQ people to bat opprsn. Richard William Pfeiffer, ordator of the annual Chigo Pri Para sce 1974 and a member of Chigo's Gay and Lbian Hall of Fame, died Sunday, October 6, 2019.

"Unr Rich's year-round nsistent learship Chigo's Gay Pri Para grew om a few hundred participants and observers to thoands of marchers and over a ln viewers, reflectg the amazg growth of our muni. From annual LGTBQ+ Pri events like Pri Ft and Pri the Park to meet-ups at the bt Chigo gay bars and drag bnch, you'll fd plenty of avenu for honorg queer life throughout the cy, both June and throughout the rt of the year. ) and LGBTQ+ parti at nightclubs and Chigo gay bars, as well as thoughtful programmg that reflect on the ntued stggle for equal rights.

The first Chigo Gay Rights March was held on Saturday, June 27, 1970, wh 100 to 150 people om Washgton Park (Bughoe Square) on Chigo’s Near North Si to the Civic Center (now Richard J. The march was anized by the Chigo Gay Liberatn and was the first event to be held to regnize the first anniversary of the Stonewall Rebelln the year before. In s send year, the event beme a para unr the spic of the Chigo Gay Alliance.

LA MARCHE S FIERTéS 2023 (EX GAY PRI): HERE'S THE ROUTE OF THE LGBTQI+ PARA PARIS

The Marche s Fiertés lbienn, gays, bis, trans, queers, tersex (LGBTQI+), formerly known as Gay Pri, announc s return to Paris this summer, wh the 2023 edn schled for Saturday June 24. Every year se the ftive renzvo of the former Gay Pri, now lled the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex (LGBTQI+) Pri March, a natnal event that mands equal rights for heterosexual and LGBTQI+ people.

CHIGO PRI PARA 2022: MAP, TRANSPORTATN TAILS AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS CHIGO

(Michael Tercha, Chigo Tribune)The Chigo Pri Para is back after a 3-year hiat due to the ronavis panmic and is the highlight of a month of events planned to honor and celebrate Chigo’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and qutng or queer (LGBTQ) muny durg ’s what you need to know before you go. Organizers suggt g public gay rights are celebrated JuneIn this 2019 photo, Pri flags and lors display on the Stonewall Inn bar, markg the se of 1969 rts that followed a police raid of the bar's gay patrons, New York.

(Bebeto Matthews/AP)LGBT Pri Month memorat the June 1969 Stonewall rts New York’s Greenwich Village, which began when patrons at a gay bar, the Stonewall Inn, vlently risted a police raid. It’s nsired a cril moment the gay rights Print Barack Obama signated a 7. 7-acre area — cludg the tavern and a small park across the street — the first natnal monument to gay rights history of gay rights ChigoWhat is Chigo’s role the gay rights movement?

(Phil Velasquez / Chigo Tribune)Henry Gerber, pneer gay civil rights activist. (Chigo Tribune archive)First Amerin gay rights group found here: In 1924, postal clerk Henry Gerber formed the Society for Human Rights. He was soon arrted for beg gay.