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Richard Pfeiffer has been riding along the Chicago parade all 50 years.He watched Chicago's first-ever parade in 1970, was a volunteer marshal at the second, third and fourth parades, and he volunteered to be the coordinator at the fifth parade in 1974.Pfeiffer remains the Pride Parade Coordinator for Chicago's annual Pride Parade, held every year on the last Sunday of June.The parade, he said, "is special for many reasons.""I was barely out of my teens (during the first-ever parade),...

Chicago's 50th annual parade steps off at noon on Sunday, June 30.Lightfoot was overwhelmingly elected to lead the Windy City in a historic election on April 2. She is the first African-American woman and first openly lesbian mayor in Chicago's history.During her victory speech, Lightfoot told supporters:"One day, you will stand on my shoulders, as I stand on the shoulders of so many: The shoulders of strong black women, like Ida B. Wells, Gwendolyn Brooks and Annie Ruth Lowery. The shoulders of...