LGBTQ+ Events for Chigo Gay Pri 2023

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

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

Check out some of Chigo’s top gay events throughout the year.

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

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. 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.

The 2-day street ftival the Northalsted neighborhood featur live mic on 3 stag, a Youth Pri Space for teens, bt of Chigo drag performance, Proud Pet Para, dance exhibns, Chigo Gay Men’s Chos, high heel race for priz, gut speakers and over 150 food and merchandise vendors. 2023 Gay Pri Event returns to Ameri’s first regnized LGBTQ muny.

) and LGBTQ+ parti at nightclubs and Chigo gay bars, as well as thoughtful programmg that reflect on the ntued stggle for equal rights. Photographer Kathleen Hkel ptured dozens of special plac and events Chigo where members of the queer muny n fd a home, get support — and unapologetilly be o to Chigo’s LGBTQ muny:Cred: Kathleen Hkel/Block Club ChigoNicknamed the Pri hoe, this Anrsonville home rais money for the ternatnal nonprof Men Havg Babi, which is dited to providg gay men wh tnal and fancial support to achieve parenthood. Origally om Bangkok, Hart is a versatile performer wh a long list of aclas, cludg beg named Miss Gay Ameri MORE: Uptown’s Baton Show Lounge Has New Pat Wh Outdoor Drag Shows: ‘The Neighbors Love It’Cred: Kathleen Hkel/Block Club ChigoFonda LaFemme prepar to perform durg bnch at the Baton Show Lounge.

It has been a neighborhood haven sce the MORE: Chigo Has One Of The Country’s Longt-Runng Black-Owned Gay Bars — And It’s On The South SiCred: Kathleen Hkel/Block Club ChigoKaley, 31, and Sky, 36, hang out at Back Lot Bash on Sunday, June 26, 2022.

June’s Chigo Pri Ftival, one of the largt annual gay pri ftivals the untry, and Chigo Pri Para, which attracts an timated one ln spectators, are among the summer’s stars.

M., Navy Pier's annual ee, outdoor pri celebratn shows storytellg, performanc om lol LGBTQIA+ artists cludg the Chigo Gay Men's Chos, tnal programs and more.

A majory of the Pri month events take place  the Northalsted neighborhood (monly referred to as "Boystown"), the first official gay neighborhood the untry, but celebratns - om street ftivals, ncerts, and parti to the annual para - take place all over the cy. Each year, nearly 60, 000 revelers flock to the historic gay neighborhood monly referred to as "Boystown" to take part the celebratn that clus three mic stag featurg popular mic headlers, more than 100 arts and crafts vendors, food om lol rtrants, drag shows, DJs, dancg, and much more. In DOWN IN PARIS, gay filmmaker Richard experienc a cripplg crisis of nfince durg his latt shoot, and walks off the set to wanr Paris search of the spiratn to ntue.