On Saturday, June 28 Bash Back! will be marching in the Dyke March in Pilsen. We will meet between 1-2pm at S. Halsted and 18th Street. The march begins at 2:30pm. Look for our banner about gentrification.

The day after, on Sunday June 29, we will descend upon the glorious Boystown gayborhood for the 39th Annual Pride Parade. Join us in a theatrical display of resistance to the corruption of the Daley Administration, as we bring attention to his exploitation of the gay dollar and his unwillingness to hold the Chicago Police Department accountable for the torture of over 100 black men, as well as the CPD’s continued abuse and harassment of youth, people of color, the homeless, and queer and transgender people in our neighborhoods.

In light of the appointment of a gay Iraq war veteran and Human Rights Campaign (remember them and their deliberate exclusion of trans people?) spokesperson as Grand Marshal of the parade, we will also bring attention to the issue of gays in military. We will publicly challenge the idea that the right to kill and the right to serve in one of the most blood-thirsty imperialist armies in the world does NOT count as liberation for anyone.

And don’t worry, in case you get sick from all those advertisements we will be passing out barf-bags so you can vomit out your corporate pride! Isn’t that thoughtful of us?

We will meet at the corner of N. Halsted and Wellington at 11AM on the morning of Sunday June 29. All are welcome to join in the fun! Costumes and props of any kind are strongly encouraged. Dress to impress! This will be a Pride weekend not to forget!