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Chicago Gay Pride 2011 – And Tips for Next Year
HAPPY GAY PRIDE 2011!
Chicago’s gay pride usually brings out about 500,000 people…but last weekend brought out about 750,000 people! The BIGGEST Chicago pride ever. Thanks in part to perfect weather in a growing shift in heterosexual attitudes.
Behind the scenes, vandalism by haters struck the parade. Early in the day, it was discovered that tires had been slashed on each of the 51 floats being stored at a float-building company several miles south of the parade route. The company’s owner discovered the damage about 5 a.m. Sunday; the floats were fine when he left the building at 8 the previous evening, so the damage occurred late
Saturday night or very early Sunday. The vandalism appeared to be an antigay hate crime.
The parade stepped off on time at noon in the heavily gay north side Lakeview neighborhood. Chicago’s new mayor, Rahm Emanuel, was at the head, receiving loud cheers from spectators. This was the first appearance in the parade by a Chicago mayor since previous mayor Richard M. Daley’s first year in office, 1989. Daley, who was the first mayor to participate in the parade, did not make a repeat appearance because he declined to work on Sundays, and he instead hosted a Pride-related reception on another day.
“Behind Emanuel was a kaleidoscopic collection of politicians, teachers, motorcyclists, drag queens and librarians, among many others,” the Tribune reported. There were about 250 total parade entries, including floats, decorated vehicles, and marching contingents.
Cute gay boys in t-shirts…YAY!
Cute gay boys in hats…..YAY!
Cute STRAIGHT BOYS giving me NIP! BIG YAY!
It is a known fact straight girls love the LGBT’s. But more and more straight girls boyfriends are loving us. This year brought out record numbers of heteros, and everyone played along nice! Except for a couple bad hetero eggs I met near Addison, who started pushing and threatening us, the day was bliss!
Straight A&F models and their friends….YAY!
Tan gay boys and their girlfriends…..Fun Fun!
Families!
and then…..
OK – HEAR THIS LOUD AND CLEAR!
NO STROLLERS!
NO FLIP FLOPS!
AND NO BIKES!
PLEASE!!
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING?
IN THAT CROWD! GET A CLUE!
And WHY can’t you pick up after your selves?
You are seriously going to leave all of that trash in the streets?
Really? I am sure these people do not leave around here, and could care less.
But show some respect next year.
BEST(and WORST)GayChicago
