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Contents:

• CHIGO PRI PARA 2022: MAP, TRANSPORTATN TAILS AND A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY RIGHTS CHIGO
• LAKE BLUFF NSIRS FLYG GAY PRI FLAG ON VILLAGE FLAGPOLE; ‘WE N SEND THE RIGHT MSAGE, THAT WE ARE AN ACCEPTG ... MUNY’
• PHOTOS: CHIGO GAY PRI PARA
• MOSW COURT UPHOLDS 100-YEAR BAN ON GAY PRI EVENTS
• GAY PARTI & EVENTS

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

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.

LAKE BLUFF NSIRS FLYG GAY PRI FLAG ON VILLAGE FLAGPOLE; ‘WE N SEND THE RIGHT MSAGE, THAT WE ARE AN ACCEPTG ... MUNY’

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. (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.

PHOTOS: CHIGO GAY PRI PARA

(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.

MOSW COURT UPHOLDS 100-YEAR BAN ON GAY PRI EVENTS

Crilly Court the Old Town Triangle neighborhood was signated a Natnal Historic Gay Pri Para the U. : More a march than a para, the cy’s Gay Liberatn Movement staged s first rally and procsn as part of Gay Pri Week on June 27, 1970.

A short Tribune story the next day said 150 people listened to speakers Bughoe Square (now Washgton Square Park) before walkg to the Civic Center (now Daley Plaza) where they formed a cha around the Pisso statue and shouted, “Gay power to gay people. ”Chigo’s march preced paras New York Cy, Los Angel and other ci by one Liberatn Front members march through Bughoe Square (now Washgton Square Park) on their way to a rally at the Civic Center (now Daley Plaza) on June 27, 1970, as part of Chigo's first Gay Pri Week. A portn of proceeds om each ticket will be donated to Cubs Chari to support LGBTQ+ muny Pri celebratn also will clu a pregame performance by the Chigo Gay Men's Chos at Gallagher Way.

A pregame ceremony will honor the late Glenn Burke, who was the first openly gay MLB player. 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.

GAY PARTI & EVENTS

) and LGBTQ+ parti at nightclubs and Chigo gay bars, as well as thoughtful programmg that reflect on the ntued stggle for equal rights. It's almost here ? We're walkg wh Chigo Gay Hockey this Sunday at the Pri Para ?️‍??️‍⚧️ We'll be the on wh the Glamboni ✨ — Chigo Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) June 23, 2023.

The only acknowledgment that I’ve seen this month was The Athletic’s profile of the Chigo Gay Hockey Associatn last week by Stt Powers. The Lake Bluff Village Board is nsirg raisg a gay pri flag on a village flagpole, but tste are lookg for addnal rmatn before takg formal members discsed the ia at a July 10 Commtee of the Whole meetg, rumg a nversatn that began at a June ssn after two rints ntacted village officials supportg the ia of raisg a pri flag, acrdg to village documents. A gay pri march was held Sunday Chigo that anizers said was meant to foc on polil prott, ntrast to the more mercialized and well-known Pri Whout Prejudice is an ad hoc group of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer activists who had planned to march whout a perm on streets through Lakeview to the Town Hall police statn, begng at march was tend to revive the grassroots prott movement of the Stonewall prott New York Cy 1969, which the Pri Para is meant to memorate.

“We want to take Pri back to s roots, which was (to) prott agast police btaly, racism and war, ” said Andy Thayer, -founr of the Gay Liberatn Network. A man drsed drag durg the Gay Liberatn March on June 27, 1976. (Sally Good / Chigo Tribune)Chigo hosted the first Gay Pri Para the Uned Stat on June 27, 1970.