Photo Archive These women on motorcycles were the coolest part of the show at the Chicago Gay Pride Parade. They'd stop and hang back for a while to open up some room in front of them, then they'd punch it and come surging forward, engines growling obnoxiously as they roared past the crowd. It was really cool.Hmm. Did I call them "women on motorcycles"? … [Read more...] about The Coolest Group at the Gay Pride Parade
Gay Pride 2007: A Few More Pictures From the Party
Pride Banner Photo Archive Here are a few more pictures from the big party in the street.Notice the woman in black? She was in front of me on the sidelines and I got a piece of her in many of my photos. My whole collection of photos is pretty much a documentary of her visit to the Pride Parade, so I might as well throw … [Read more...] about Gay Pride 2007: A Few More Pictures From the Party
The Most Disturbing Sight at the Gay Pride Parade
Police Superintendent Phil Cline Photo Archive The guy sitting in back on the driver's side and wearing a white shirt is Police Superintendent Phil Cline, who's retiring soon—probably a little sooner than he planned, due to the Abbate mess. Given the long history of police harrassment of gays, transvestites and, well, almost every other group represented at the … [Read more...] about The Most Disturbing Sight at the Gay Pride Parade
New Sheriff In Town
Photo Archive Tom Dart, who won the Sheriff's office in the last election, had a large contingent at the Pride parade. I don't know anything about him, but if this is how he rolls, maybe Cook County will be fun again. … [Read more...] about New Sheriff In Town
A Stressful View of the World
Former sex crime prosecutor Sarena Straus posts a moving account of some of the unpleasant psychological aftereffects of years of seeing the world through the eyes of its child victims. I start to get the shakes. My eyes well up with tears. I want to tell my parents not to take the kids – there are too many kids and too few of them, it’s crowded at Coney Island. I suppress … [Read more...] about A Stressful View of the World