cities in 1970 were raucous celebrations of identity-and a provocative peek at the decades of activism to follow. Now known as the first Pride parades, the gay liberation marches that took place in New York and other U.S. In Stonewall’s wake, thousands of LGBTQ people took to the street to demand their civil rights. “Coming out” came with threats of violence and social ostracism.īut that changed in the aftermath of the 1969 Stonewall uprising-when a group of LGBTQ people rioted in response to a police raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City. For centuries, homosexuality had been stigmatised, criminalised, and persecuted. Their skepticism was for good reason: Until 1969, the thought of a large group of LGBTQ people celebrating their sexual orientation in public was unthinkable. “The idea … made them laugh wildly,” recalled D’Emilio during an oral history collected by OutHistory. We invite you to join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter.When John D’Emilio heard a group of LGBTQ activists would be marching in the streets of New York in June 1970, he told his boyfriend and several of his gay friends. The Hill has removed its comment section, as there are many other forums for readers to participate in the conversation.
The city issued an update to its travel advisory on Tuesday, recommending that unvaccinated travelers get tested for COVID-19 twice and quarantine for 10 days upon arrival. That number, however, has since plateaued at around 475 infections.
The cancellation comes amid a nationwide surge in COVID-19 cases, driven largely by the highly infectious delta variant which has spread widely and is now the dominant strain in the U.S.Ĭhicago is currently seeing a spike in cases, with the seven-day rolling average number of cases steadily increasing from the beginning of July until mid-August, according to the city of Chicago’s COVID-19 dashboard. We intend to have the best, most joyous, fabulous, memorable Pride Parade ever. We’re going to believe that in June, 2022 we are living in a far safer world than now. “There is a saying ‘Third Times a Charm,’ ” Frye wrote. He also said organizers thought holding the parade in early October would be a good introduction to LGBTQI+ History Month, and would allow them to recognize The Chicago Gender Society and honor a handful of individuals with close ties to the event.įrye said the 2022 Chicago Pride Parade is already scheduled for June 26. The cancellation comes after organizers previously announced that the parade would be delayed from the original date of June 26-27.įrye said they initially decided to postpone the event with hopes that more people would be vaccinated in October. “We felt that for the safety of both the people in the parade, and really the hundreds of thousands of people who crowd together to watch the parade, it was better if we postponed it, let’s say, until next June,” he said, according to The Chicago Tribune. We must cancel the parade for the second year,” Frye said in a statement.įrye said the decision was made with the safety of parade participants and spectators in mind. We don’t feel, though, that we can do it safely for everyone in the parade and the people watching.
“To use the words of a song from the 60’s: ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ we really wanted and hoped that there could be a parade in 2021.
3, would be canceled because organizers did not feel it could go on “safely.” The coordinator for the 2021 parade, Tim Frye, announced in a statement on Wednesday that the event, which was set to take place on Oct.
continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chicago Pride Parade was canceled for a second year in a row as the U.S.