Following the tragic nightclub shooting in Orlando, Chicago’s upcoming Pride Month celebrations feel more significant than ever. While it’s been difficult to find joy between vigils and crucial discussions about safety, the LGBTQ community has always known how to celebrate in spite of violence. Here’s a list of events happening around the city that offer solidarity, sun, sand, and some seriously good snackage.
Chicago Pride Parade Chicago Fire star Monica Raymund serves as grand marshal of this year’s parade, which stretches between Lakeview and Uptown and showcases 150 different participants. Sun 6/26, noon-3 PM, Montrose and Broadway, chicago.gopride.com, free.
Anna Pulley “It has been MANY / years, but I am not done griping / about The L Word,” writes former Chicagoan Anna Pulley in her new book all about pussies. Women & Children First hosts the author for a reading and signing of The Lesbian Sex Haiku Book (With Cats!). Thu 6/16, 7:30 PM, 5233 N. Clark, womenandchildrenfirst.com, free.
