The 2012 Dyke March will be in the
Argyle/Uptown neighborhood this year!!
WHEN: Saturday, June 23, 2012; 3:00 p.m. step off
WHERE: This year we will start and stop at Margate Park; Located at Marine Drive and Ainslie
This is an exciting “move” as the March has previously been in Andersonville (mid 1990s-2007), Pilsen (2008, 2009) and the South Shore (2010, 2011) neighborhoods. The Dyke March Collective is working hard to connect with Argyle/Uptown community organizations and community members to make this an educational, fun, and safe March for everyone.
to honor our histories and identities,
to disrupt oppression and dominance,
to challenge silence and fear,
because we are everywhere,
because we must survive”
Dyke March is a grassroots mobilization and celebration of dyke, queer, bisexual, and transgender resilience.
The Dyke March is organized by the Chicago Dyke March Collective. We are all volunteers and some are seasoned activists and community organizers; some are new. Our strengths lie in working towards intentional and thoughtful dialogues with each other. Collective members come from a variety of diverse backgrounds, experiences, professions, educational levels, gender identities, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. Our members are diverse in race, ethnicity, age, ability, spirituality, immigrant status, and socio-economic status. For every March, there are always new Collective members involved.
This is great and historical. Especially for this side of the city! Kudos to the committee!!
My first Dike March was down Foster & Clark 2005 it was the most fun an liberating time of my life. I felt so gay that day and not anyone on this planet could take the smile in my heart away, i have always been a stone dike or as my lover tells me no honey you are a stone femme, i do love her for that! still i felt like a stone dike.
How and who created the Chicago Dyke March? Was there anyone who inspired the creation of the event?
This year will be my first time attending a Dyke March and I am pumped!
This year will be my first time attending a Dyke March. I’m pumped!
Any guidance on date/time? Or do you have to know somebody…?
right now the March is scheduled to be Saturday, June 23, with a step off at 3:00 p.m. We are still waiting for confirmation from city on this though. So, this is tentative.