🌈 Stay proud, Chicago!

The Reader has the coverage you need to make this the best Pride yet. [View this email in your browser]( Friend, The Reader’s annual Pride issue is out now! 🎉 We hope you’ve had a chance to pick it up – [if not, peruse the digital version here](. Our writers take you to the Midwest’s largest archive of LGBTQ+ books and ephemera, report on how the Illinois Department of Corrections fails trans prisoners, chronicle the rise of the word “sapphic” from obscurity to ubiquity, and more. [READ THE PRIDE ISSUE]( Chicago's first Pride Parade was in 1970, one year after the Stonewall riots of 1969 and one year before the Reader launched. The Reader has been celebrating the LGBTQ+ community ever since. In recent years, we’ve helped put [Swappin’ Boots]( [Dim Sum & Drag]( and other queer community events on the city’s calendar; reported on [the fight for gender-affirming care during the pandemic]( elevated trailblazing Chicagoans like [trans public school teacher Karen Topham]( and [“Chicago’s gay granddaddy of tattooing," Cliff Raven]( and so much more. [Front page of the November 2, 1973 edition of the Chicago Reader, with the headline "'Sexual Orientation' at City Hall"]( The front of the November 2, 1973 issue. [Front page of the November 2, 1973 edition of the Chicago Reader, with the headline "'Sexual Orientation' at City Hall"]( A front page from 1980. Can you guess which beach this is? [READ THE PRIDE ISSUE]( Chicago is joy, always. And especially in June. From going out to coming out, the Reader has the coverage you need to make this the best Pride yet. [Check out our new issue today](. Stay proud, Chicago! See you out there, Team Reader [Facebook icon]( [Instagram icon]( [Twitter icon]( [LinkedIn icon]( [YouTube icon]( [Website icon]( [Logo] You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from the Chicago Reader. Want fewer emails from us? [Click here to choose what you want us to send you](. Or, [unsubscribe from all Reader emails](. We’ll miss you! [Sign up for emails from the Chicago Reader]( | [Forward this e-mail to a friend]( © 2024 Chicago Reader. All rights reserved. Chicago Reader, 2930 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 102, Chicago, IL 60616