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GAYestinian Pride

GAYestinian Pride

Jack Siegel
Chicago Tourism, Chicago, Demonstrations, Festivals, Parades, Performance, Protest, Public Declarations, Street, Things to Do in Chicago

Today, Chicago’s LGBQT+ Community staged the 54th Annual Gay Pride Parade. In keeping with my activity over the last nine months, I decided to focus on the pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had obtained a coveted slot in the parade’s abbreviated lineup. It was the right decision, because it permitted me to photograph their efforts, as well as the colorful characters lining the parade route, as I walked the route with the pro-Palestinian forces from the start to the finish line.

Civility Breaks Out

Civility Breaks Out

Jack Siegel
Public Declarations, Protest, Demonstrations, Chicago

On Sunday afternoon, the pro-Palestinian students in DePaul University’s Fullerton Avenue Quad still occupied their Gaza Solidarity encampment. Five block to the east, a group of Jewish students and community members held their own gathering at the corner of Fullerton, Lincoln and Halstead. Here are my thoughts about and images from the competing events.