By Fausto Fernós on June 13, 2007 | Share & Save | Link | Print |
In case you haven’t noticed it, June is Pride Season all around the world. That’s Pride with a capital “P.”
Every June gays, lesbians, trans folks, bi-sex-y’alls and queers of every shade and color of the rainbow come out of the woodwork to celebrate and participate in their local Pride Parades, or what I call “summer mardi gras.”
Straight people have tons of events and excuses to get all sloshed up and celebrate with decadent excess the joy of life all thought the year.
In the past decades, most urban places in the western world have started acknowledging the riots that happened at the Stonewall inn in New York City in 1969, that ignited the modern gay rights movement.
Almost every Pride Parade in Chicago Sal-E rounds up his pals and puts on a dazzling display of colorful, imaginative costumes to promote a local watering hole and showcase his costuming abilities. It’s a hoot.
In 2005 Sal-E came up with a Dr. Seuss theme for a float for Boom Boom Room nightclub, where dozens of people dressed up as characters from the popular children’s book series.
Join us on todays show as Sal-E talks with Marc and me, Fausto about the nighclub scene in Chicago, preparing costumes and setting a grand spectacle for Chicago’s pride parade.
Check out these great photos from last years Pride Parade with Star Trek’s & Heroes George Takei! (Yes, that’s really me feeding him apple pie.)
We also share the news on Iran’s disconcerting move to execute porn stars, Pres. Bush’s watch getting stolen and Pres. Bush denying that his watch got stolen.
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StevenvanL. says:
June 14, 2007 at 13:56No argument there - not that much of a fan of it - very, very slow for one thing.
Zara says:
June 16, 2007 at 00:17“quid” is more of a youth thing…I wouldn’t really say it’s a rich-poor thing, the older generation still use “pounds” as a rule, where as teenagers tend to use “quid” more often…
RcktMan says:
June 16, 2007 at 12:13Sal looks like Phyllis Diller in that getup. 
Oh girl she’s gonna kill me for that one.
Jon-paul says:
June 17, 2007 at 10:11Sal, that threat from your place of work to not keep you employed is bulls…! It is their own incompetence that should be the blame. You stand strong!
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Fausto Fernós created the Feast of Fools in 1998 as wacky artists variety show in Chicago, Illinois.
Along with his partner Marc Felion, he hosts the world's most downloaded talk show for gay people on the internet, Feast of Fools.
Fausto loves pomegranates, waterfalls and 70s retro funk music.
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YAY!! LOVE the pics!! I’ll soon send you the ones from OCH and our random YouTube videos in the bathroom! HA! That sounds so much more scandalous then it really was! …or...
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StevenvanL. says:
June 14, 2007 at 11:10Well *blush* - guess I should beep Sal-E on MySpace….