Paradegoers reflected on the political moment during which Chicago's parade was taking place this year, as concerns mount over the future of LGBTQ+ rights that could be challenged.
With rainbow flags adorning the streets around Montrose Avenue and Broadway and rainbow-clad people staking claims to sidewalk spots near colorful floats, it became official: The annual Chicago Pride Parade was back.
and as concerns mount over the future of other rights that could be challenged, including those affecting the LGBTQ+ community.Messages such as “Trans Lives Matter” and “Black Lives Matter” appeared across floats, in front of businesses and in the crowd. “Fight like it’s 1969,” a sign from one spectator read, referencing the origins of the country’s Pride parades at the Stonewall Riots in New York in 1969.
“I’m not somebody with a uterus so I can just out here and celebrate,” Credi said. “But there are people that are having to deal with the reality that their bodies aren’t going to be controlled by themselves anymore, so having that in the context, it’s going to be a different Pride. I don’t know how that’s going to turn out, but hopefully it will turn out for a way for people to feel like they have agency and some way to have fun at a time like this.
An early appearance by Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her wife, Amy Eshleman, sparked a wave of voices calling out “Lori” as the couple passed.
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