Chicago gay pride parade 2008

California Great Bear Republic Resurrected in the Midwest

Anti-Gay Fascists Successfully Confronted at Chicago Gay Pride Parade

With a bunch of State of California flags and chants like "California Now, Illinois Next," the Great Bear Republic was resurrected in Chicago's Gay Celebration Parade this past Sunday in front of a half million spectators.

Transported West Coaster holding up a California (driver's) license.

The Illinois marchers gamely tried their hand at the song, "California here we come," but only knew the lyrics to the first two lines of the anthem, so just kept repeating them over and over again.

A handful of mighty Chicago politicians hold said they favor equal marriage rights for Lesbians and Gays, but the one politician with power to actually issue marriage licenses, the Democratic liberal Cook County Clerk David Orr, has so far refused to do so. One of the themes of the contingent was that it's not excellent enough for "gay-friendly" politicians to parade in our parades and say they like us, they have to do something about it. When SF M

The 2008 Chicago Lgbtq+ fest Parade was among the wackiest yet.

The parade is growing so big that perhaps it is time to reflect on past parades and watch to how to manage the future growth. I possess been to every pride since 1984, and others hold been at still more, so we welcome more input on these ideas.

The gay parade is among the city’s largest parades, with some 450,000 counted for June 29, 2008. The South Side St. Patrick’s and Bud Billiken parades are also huge logistical events where the light and liquor can contribute to problems.

But let’s focus on Pride 2008 and some of what appears to contain happened. This is not to diminish the Herculean operate of the Lgbtq+ fest Chicago volunteers, spearheaded by Rich Pfeiffer for more than three decades; or the work of the Chicago police and emergency teams.

They all operate hard every year. But with the growth and alter in tone, we need to step back and assess.

Let’s first set out a few truth about this year’s event:

1. It was the largest ever.

2. It started out very hot again, and then was deluged by the first rain on Pride day in many years.

3. A huge gap was caused when a woman fell off a float and

Pride 2008: Cesar's on Broadway
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ChicagoPride.com acknowledged Pride 2008 at Cesar's on Broadway with DJ Plez!
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Pride Parade: ChicagoPride.com Float
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The ChicagoPride.com - 103.5 Embrace FM float featuring DreX and The Mayor of Boystown, Bill Pritchard.
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After the Parade
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Photos after the Chicago Pride Parade at Cocktail and Girlblast.
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Hot Pix: Parade 2008 (Four)

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