Ad Hoc Committee of Proud Black Lesbians and Gays
The Ad Hoc Committee of Proud Black Lesbians and Gays (APBLG) was a committee formed to promote a positive image of LGBT African Americans at the annual Chicago Bud Billiken Parade in 1993.
Janice Layne approached the organization Chicago Black Lesbians and Gays for support, but uncertainty led Layne and a small group of others to establish the Ad Hoc Committee of Proud Black Lesbians and Gays in June 1993.[1]
In June, the Committee submitted an application for the parade that was denied twice by Chicago Defender Charities Inc., the organization responsible for the parade, for the reason of "space, time, and manpower constraints."[2] The eight members then submitted an identical application under the name "Diverse Black Role Models" that was approved.[2] In July, the Committee submitted a complaint of unlawful discrimination based on sexual orientation to the Chicago Commission on Human Relations.[3][2]
Opponents charged that the parade would be "ruined" as a family friendly event or even incite "negative and confrontational behavior from the general public" if APBLG participated.[4][5] Supported by the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the APBLG convinced Defender Charities to let them to march in the parade after two days of mediated negotions.[1][2][6][7]
The Ad Hoc Committee of Proud Black Lesbians and Gays "marched near the front of the parade and celebrated themes of visibility, youth education and anti-violence, consistent with its mission to promote positive images of Black lesbians and gay men in the community, to increase visibility, and to respect and celebrate diversity in all its forms" in the 1993 Bud Billiken Parade.[2]
The Committee was dissolved in August 1993, and was later inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame.[2][8]
The Committee's work paved the way for the inclusion of other LGBT organizations in other ethnic and racial parades and celebrations.[2][1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Baim, Tracy (2009-03-01). Out and Proud in Chicago: An Overview of the City's Gay Community. Agate Publishing. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-57284-643-2. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Ad Hoc Committee of Proud Lesbians and Gays – Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame". Chicago LGTB Hall of Fame. 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Gays Protest Billiken Parade". chicagotribune.com. July 21, 1993. Retrieved 2020-06-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Olyan, Saul M.; Nussbaum, Martha C. (1998-07-02). Sexual Orientation and Human Rights in American Religious Discourse. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-19-976150-0. Search this book on
- ↑ White, Deborah Gray (2017-03-09). Lost in the USA: American Identity from the Promise Keepers to the Million Mom March. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. pp. [no page numbers, in chapter 3]. ISBN 978-0-252-09940-3. Search this book on
- ↑ "Bud Billiken Parade to Proceed". chicagotribune.com. July 30, 1993. Retrieved 2020-06-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Bud Billiken Parade gay contingent doesn't get out of the gate". Windy City Times. 2012-08-13. Retrieved 12 June 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Greaves, William W. (2010). "Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame" (PDF). web.archive.org. Chicago: City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations. p. 23. Retrieved 2020-06-12. Unknown parameter
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