Chicago is getting itself into the spirit of Pride!
Arriving at: #Equality! 🌈
Our Chicago Pride Train has returned for its 3rd yr of service!
Come as you are, identify how you want, & ❤ without limits. The only track is inclusiveness! #RideWithPrideThanks @howardbrownhc for sponsoring our #PrideTrain! #Pride2019 pic.twitter.com/M7u3swoyzi
— cta (@cta) May 31, 2019
The Chicago Transit Authority has decorated several train cars with rainbows as it has in previous years, but a new installment this year is rainbow crosswalks!
Chicago is painting 14 rainbow crosswalks in Boystown, currently, 7 have been completed. The crosswalks mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, an uprising against homophobic police raids at the Stonewall Inn in NYC, which was a huge milestone for the LGBT struggle for equality.
Funding for the project was donated from the Chicago Pride Fest and the street festival Northalsted Market Days.
The 14th completed crosswalk will be dedicated to the transgender community with the inclusion of the blue, pink and white stripes found on the transgender flag.
Trending on https://t.co/T6wL8Hu4K8 | Trans community shares mixed reaction to new crosswalks in Boystown https://t.co/8djCi1eOCI#trans #transgender #lgbtchicago pic.twitter.com/w4EcN4NONf
— GoPride.com (@GoPride) June 3, 2019
Everything is said to be completed in time for Chicago’s Pride Fest, which starts June 22nd.
