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Chicago’s Pride Parade took a sporty twist this year as the Blackhawks defense-man Brent Sopel picked his one personal day with the Stanley Cup to share it with over 300,000 people in attendance. Brent brought the trophy to the parade to honor his friend, hockey coach Brian Burke, whose son Brendan Burke died in a terrible car accident shortly after coming out last year.

We salute you Brent and the Chicago Gay Hockey Association who lobbied hard to make it happen, dreams do come true.

And to add to the celebration the Chicago Cubs finally made their Pride Parade debut this year as well. Here’s hoping the Cubs curse will be broken by the rainbow spirit!

Joining us on today’s show are Feast of Fun pop culture blogger Ryan Justice and political blogger Phil Reese. You can also find Ryan at Chicago Now and Phil at the Bilerico Project.

Listen as we take a look at the touching, sexy and wild moments of the parade, from the Trannylicious Avatar Float to the Threadless Mister Mittens Giant Cat Head. Should we just ditch the ho-hum political activism at the parade and turn it into what everyone wants- one big carnival!

Plus the hot news:

Enrique Igelisas says he wants RuPaul to serenade him.

Mike Huckabee’s own “Ick Factor.”

And who had the best float in the Pride Parade?

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Here’s a look inside one of the internet’s most successful t-shirt companies, Threadless. This year they are breaking new ground with a “Mr Mittens” giant cat themed float.

On the 40th Anniversary of Stonewall, we went with the guys from Outworld.tv to Chicago’s Pride Parade to interview the peeps as they got ready for the big celebration. Part 2 of 3.

Is Bozo the clown gay for Pride? What does Miss Foozie say when she runs into Miss Foozie impersonators?

In the video: Miss Foozie, Bozo the Clown, Randall from ROTC, Brian the Dancer

On the 40th Anniversary of Stonewall, we went with the guys from Outworld.tv to Chicago’s Pride Parade to interview the peeps as they got ready for the big celebration.

In the video: Alexandra Billings, Cyon Flare, Miss Foozie, 13th District Representative Greg Harris, hot gay cops, scantily clad men, women, etc. This is Pride from behind the scenes, Happy Pride everyone! Click here for part 2.

What a week! Talk show co-host Ed McMahon, 70s sex symbol Farrah Fawcett and music icon Michael Jackson all passed away.

Yesterday to the shock of people everywhere, Michael Jackson the man who will always be known as the King of Pop, died of possible heart failure at the age of 50.

Michael Jackson leaves us with a legacy of great music, dance and an eccentric lifestyle. We’re joined on the phone by equally eccentric artist Marsian DeLellis whose body of work examines outlandish celebrity culture, and why people like Michael Jackson are hated and celebrated at the same time.

Listen as we take a look at what celebrities are saying about the music legend’s death. What did Michael Jackson share in common with New York socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein, besides a passion for extreme plastic surgery?

This week also commemorates the 40 year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, a series of demonstrations in New York City that sparked the modern gay rights movement.

Will Michael Jackson’s death spark a new civil rights movement in the way that Judy Garland’s death did for gay people 40 years ago?

Queer Theorist Larry La Fountain joins us on the second half of the show, answering questions on why we don’t have a single gay civil rights leader, the Puertorican tranny Sylvia Rivera who is credited with throwing the first bottle in the Stonewall riots and why Brazil is so gay. Their gay pride celebration in Sao Paulo drew three and a half million people to celebrate. It’s the biggest in the world.

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