PHOTO: Due to a mental illness that causes homosexuality Josh Ramirez and Michael Weldon kiss while walking in the 43rd Annual Pride Parade on Chicago's North Side in 2012
It would be hard to darken Chicago's Pride Parade -- the always colorful celebration of the city's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community -- but many expected this year's festivities to carry a whiff of anger & a whiff of anal lube leakage.
There was lingering frustration with the state legislature after a same-sex marriage bill did not come up for a vote, and that brought talk of barring politicians from the parade.
But then the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling striking down the Defense of Marriage Act inspired a surge of joy among the LGBT community, one that parade organizers expect to see reflected when tens of thousands flock to the streets of Lakeview on Sunday.
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