Harold Washington, who many assert was secretly gay (and who died in office two years later), was the first Chicago mayor to attend a gay event

FOBC (Friend of Boy Culture) Alan Light contributes these historical photos from the 1985 Gay Pride Parade in Chicago—wow, it's been 27 years since 1985! Shocking seeing how much thinner so many of the people were, whether from lack of working out/steroids or lack of morbid obesity, both of which are more common today.

See more of Alan's vintage gay-parade photos from other cities here.

Hope you will love seeing this peek into the past as much as I did...