| 词条 | Chicago Pride Parade |
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The Chicago Pride Parade, also colloquially (and formerly) called the Chicago Gay Pride Parade or PRIDE Chicago, is the annual pride parade held on the last Sunday of June in Chicago, Illinois in the United States. It is considered the culmination of the larger Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, as promulgated by the Chicago City Council and Mayor of Chicago. Chicago's Pride Parade is one of the largest, by attendance, in the world. BackgroundThe first parade was organized on Saturday, June 27, 1970, as a march[1] from Washington Square Park ("Bughouse Square") to the Water Tower, but then many of the participants spontaneously marched on to the Civic Center (now Richard J. Daley) Plaza.[2] For many years, the parade was held only in Lake View East, a neighborhood enclave of the Lakeview community area. Recent parades have expanded their outreach (and ability to handle crowds) by extending the route into the Uptown neighborhood, beginning at the corner of Broadway and Montrose. The parade then proceeds south on Broadway to Halsted, continues south on Halsted to Belmont, then east on Belmont to Broadway and finally south again on Broadway to Cannon Drive and Lincoln Park. With the increasing political participation of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans and the community's relatively high financial resources through political action groups and as individual donors, Illinois politicians have increased their presence at the Chicago Pride Parade. Both the Illinois Democratic and Republican parties have been heavily represented, most noticeably by former Governor Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, and former Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, a Republican. Both had strong support from many gay and lesbian voters. On June 28, 2009 more than 500,000 spectators watched the 40th annual Chicago Pride Parade. Among the entries were several marching bands, dance troupes, twirlers, and many political figures. The 2010 parade featured an appearance from the Chicago Blackhawks' Brent Sopel and The Stanley Cup[3] as part of the Chicago Gay Hockey Association's float. Sopel appeared in the parade to honor Brendan Burke, the gay son of the Maple Leafs' GM Brian Burke. The 2011 parade included 250 entries and was attended by over 800,000 spectators, almost double the previous year, causing massive overcrowding and resulted in a reorganization of the parade route for the 2012 parade. Annual parade details
As the Chicago Pride Parade is held on the last Sunday in June (except for in 1994), weather for the event is usually warm and dry. The average high temperature at O'Hare airport for parade day since 1970 is 83 degrees and the average low is 61 degrees,{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} and 22% of parade days have seen measurable precipitation. The warmest pride parade was 99 degrees in 1983.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} The wettest was in 1978 when 0.92 inches of rain fell.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} See also{{Portal|Biography|LGBT|Chicago|Illinois}}
References1. ^"Chicago Tribune", June 28, 1970, p. A3 2. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.newberry.org/outspoken/exhibit/objectlist_section3.html |title= Outspoken: Chicago's Free Speech Tradition |publisher= Newberry Library |accessdate=2008-09-07}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/sports-most-macho-trophy-shows-new-kind-of-pride/c-532725 |publisher=NHL.com |last=Littke |first=Jim |title=Sports' most macho trophy shows new kind of pride |agency=The Associated Press |date=June 25, 2010|accessdate=April 24, 2017}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Daley is first mayor to lead gays' parade |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |date=1989-06-26 |first=Lori |last=Rotenberk}} 5. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20150627014807/http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20140629/boystown/chicago-pride-parade-2014 2014 Chicago Pride Parade] 6. ^1 million attend Chicago Pride Parade 7. ^Chicago Pride Parade WGNTV, 2016/06/27 8. ^48th annual Chicago Pride Parade held on North Side ABC7 Chicago External links
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