First trans* pride event coming to Chicago in July 2012

by Kate Sosin, Windy City Times

Transgender Gender non-conforming Intersex Freedom (better known as T.G.I.F.) is scheduled for July 29 in Union Park and is believed to be the city’s first transgender pride event.Come July, Chicagoans will celebrate the city’s first pride celebration for transgender and gender-variant people.

According to KOKUMO, a local transgender activist and the lead organizer, the four-hour event will feature a speak-out, a keynote address, poetry, skits, a rally and a picnic. “It’s just a matter of giving voice to trans gender non-conforming intersex people, in particular youth of color,” KOKUMO said.

The event—sponsored by KOKUMO’s personal media project, KOKUMOMEDIA—lists collaborating organizations as Dyke March, Affinity Community Services, Southwest Youth Collaborative, Center on Halsted, Broadway Youth Center, About Face Theater and others.

However, the event, while intended to supplement pride events that focus on gay and lesbian lives, is not exactly a pride event, she said. “It’s actually becoming a festival,” she said, adding that the event will be both celebratory and political. “I really feel a big part of it is empowering TGI people of color.”

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