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Taste the rainbow and we don’t mean Skittles!

Gay Season reaches it’s apex this Sunday as cities across the U.S. and abroad celebrate the modern gay rights movement by holding a Pride Parade.

Some may not know that the Parades commemorate the 1969 Stonewall Riots, a series of violent conflicts between queer folks and New York City cops that began on June 28, 1969 and lasted several days after the police raid of the Stonewall Inn gay bar.

The riots are seen as a critical turning point in the modern gay rights movement and helped galvanize people all across the U.S. to organize, protest and shape the future of sexual acceptance.

On today’s show Sal-E joins us to talk about his Muppet themed float for Green Dolphin Street bar in Chicago and follow up on all the drag queen drama happening these days.

If you’re going to the Pride Parade in Chicago hang out with us on the West side of Broadway, just South of Belmont, in front of the chili place. It’s shady there and you cna arrive to the parade late as it ends nearby!

Here are some pics of the parade in 2005, where we were trolling some hunky gay yuppie who was really enjoying watching the parade of hunks and skunks rolling on by.

Connell O’Donovan joins us for a phone interview to discuss the Mormon Church’s plan to aid the passing of a proposed amendment to the California constitution that will define marriage as the the union of a man to a woman.

Connell is a member of the support group “Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons” and a Mormon historian. He has written many works on Mormon history, including a history of homosexuality and Mormonism from 1840-1980 which is an interesting read.

O’Connell also shares with us his personal experience of growing up Mormon and the various ways they tried to change his and other people’s behaviors through such torturous methods as electroshock, vomit aversion, and exorcisms. They actually wanted to show him gay male porn and and give him a drug that would make him vomit and then later show him straight porn and give him a drug to experience euphoria. Can you believe it?

Drink Responsibly? You always hear those words of concern by liquor companies in ads, but we’re not sure what they mean by that. For many GLBT folks, our role with alcohol is a complex one, where bars bring us together, but for some the consumption of alcohol can ruin their lives.

How can we all have a healthier relationship with alcohol? How can we talk about drinking without pointing fingers?

Join me Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion and LifeLube, Project CRYSP, and the Chicago Task Force on LGBT Substance Use and Abuse at Sidetrack as we ponder these important topics in an alcohol friendly environment. Did I mention they serve purple slushy drinks? Yum.

Seating is limited please RSVP by clicking here.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 6 p.m.
Sidetrack, 3349 North Halsted
Doors open at 6 p.m.
Taping begins at 7 p.m.

The podcast that loves you back, and in a totally cool and not creepy way- Feast of Fools.

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