>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT .

I AM PARIS SCHUTZ .

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN WILL JOIN US IN A BIT.

>> A YEAR FROM A PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN WAUKEGAN.

>>> THE SUPREME COURT RELEASES ITS BIGGEST DECISION THIS WEEK.

LGBTQ PIONEERS ON A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT AN ICONIC GAY BAR IN CHICAGO.

>>> SOUTHSIDE METRO STATIONS WILL GET A FACELIFT AS THERE WAS A GROUNDBREAKING TODAY ON THE 79th STREET CHATHAM.

IT IS PART OF A $34 MILLION PROJECT TO KEEP THE STATION A.D.A.

COMPLIANT WITH ELEVATORS AND NEW LIGHTING AND SIGNAGE.

CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN JULY 10th.

>>> 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPEN FOR THE SUMMER AS THEY WILL OPEN TOMORROW WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS.

OUTDOOR POOLS WERE OPEN LAST SUMMER BUT 650 STAFF HAVE BEEN HIRED AND DONE THE TRAINING.

POOLS AT INDEPENDENCE PARK AND HARRIS PARK WILL CLOSE BECAUSE OF MECHANICAL ISSUES OR RENOVATION.

>>> THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT RECOVERED THE BODY OF AN IDENTIFIED WOMAN FROM LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY.

THE DIVE TEAM WAS OUT THERE LAST NIGHT, THEY SUSPENDED THE SEARCH BUT RESUMED THIS MORNING AT 9:00.

>>> NEXT, ILLINOIS AS AN ABORTION OASIS ONE YEAR AFTER THE DOBBS DECISION.

WE WILL HAVE MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY ALEXANDRA AND JOHN NICHOLS.

THE JIM AND KAY MABIE FAMILY.

THE POLK BROTHERS FOUNDATION.

AND BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> THIS SATURDAY IS ONE YEAR SINCE THE SUPREME COURT DECISION ON DOBBS VERSUS JACKSON WHICH REVERSED THE 50- YEAR-OLD ROE V. WADE DECISION.

PEOPLE ARE FLOCKING TO ILLINOIS IN ATTEMPT FOR ABORTION ACCESS.

WE TALK ABOUT HOW IT IS VERY WITH AN INFLUX OF PATIENTS FROM OTHER STATES.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN JOINS US LIVE .

>> Reporter: IN THE LAST HOUR OR SO AT THIS PLANNED PARENTHOOD FACILITY IN WAUKEGAN, WE HAVE NOTICED A NUMBER OF CARS WITH OUT-OF-STATE LICENSE PLATES.

THIS OPEN IN 2020 BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ILLINOIS SAYS, AT THE TIME, THEY ANTICIPATED SERVING MORE PATIENTS FROM NEIGHBORING STATES IF THOSE STATES SHOULD MAKE ABORTION ILLEGAL AFTER THE ROE DECISION IS OVERTURNED, AND THEY WERE RIGHT.

NOT JUST NEIGHBORING STATES, 34 STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

EVERY TUESDAY MORNING, THEY PRAY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.

>> HAIL MARY FULL OF GRACE.

FOR ANTIABORTION ACTIVISTS STAND ACROSS THE STREET FROM A PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN WAUKEGAN.

>> WE ARE OUT HERE WITH A FEELING OF LOVE IN OUR HEARTS.

WE WANT TO GIVE THEM BETTER OPTIONS THAN HAVING THEIR BABY KILLED.

>> Reporter: A RIGHT TO LIFE BOARD MEMBER SAYS ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS IS THE EIGHT FOR WOMEN PREGNANCY CENTER TWO BLOCKS AWAY.

>> THEY CAN HELP THEM WITH SAVING THE CHILD OR GIVE THEM SOME INFORMATION AS FAR AS OTHER OPTIONS BESIDES -- THEY MAY WANT TO HAVE THEIR BABY ADOPTED.

>> Reporter: WE WERE ALLOWED INSIDE THIS PLANNED PARENTHOOD SHORTLY BEFORE IT OPENED TO PATIENTS.

AND IN THE WAITING ROOM WOULD HAVE 30 PATIENTS EVENTUALLY FOR A VARIETY OF MEDICAL NEEDS.

SINCE THE DOBBS DECISION, THE CLINIC HAS SEEMED MORE AND MORE PATIENTS FROM WISCONSIN.

DR. KING IS A PROVIDER WHO MADE THE TRIP.

>> IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE ANTICIPATED.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR STAFF WILL EVENTUALLY BE COMMITTED TO THIS WORK.

>> Reporter: SHE RECALLS THE DAY THE DOBBS DECISION WAS ANNOUNCED.

DEVASTATING FOR HER AS A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER.

>> WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO PROVIDE CARE TO FOUR OF THOSE 70 PATIENTS.

JUST HAVING SOME LITERALLY CHECKING IN AT THE WAITING DESK AND TELLING THEM WE COULD NOT PROVIDE THE HEALTH CARE THEY WERE SEEKING THAT THEY.

IT WAS HORRIBLE.

>> Reporter: SHE SPOKE WITH US FROM THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN MILWAUKEE.

>> A YEAR AGO THIS ROOM WOULD HAVE BEEN FULL OF PATIENTS.

NOW, IT IS QUIET.

>> Reporter: PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ILLINOIS SAYS, IN THE LAST YEAR, NEARLY 25% OF PATIENTS AT LOCATIONS IN THE STATE HAVE COME FROM OTHER STATES COME UP FROM 7% BEFORE THE DECISION.

>> WAUKEGAN, 57% OF OUR PATIENTS ARE FROM OUT-OF-STATE.

>> Reporter: THEY ARE ARRIVING AT A HIGHER GESTATIONAL AGE.

THE CAP AT 16 WEEKS IS 13% OF ALL PROCEDURAL ABORTIONS COMPARED TO 8% BEFORE DOBBS.

>> THOSE COMING FROM OUT-OF- STATE, THEY NEED TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO, HOW TO GET MONEY TO GET HERE, FIGURING OUT CHILDCARE, TRANSPORTATION.

>> Reporter: THIS ALL COSTS MONEY.

NOT ONLY DO MORE PATIENTS NEED HELP PAYING FOR THE TRIP OR PROCEDURE, THEY NEED MORE MONEY.

>> BEFORE THE DOBBS DECISION, ABOUT $200, $250 ON AVERAGE TO GET CARE, THEY NEED NOW ALMOST $500.

NOT ONLY HAS THE AMOUNT DOUBLE -- >> Reporter: THEY HAVE QUADRUPLED THE NUMBER OF PATIENT NAVIGATORS, GIVEN AWAY MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION IN AID, AND THAT IT A SECOND DAY OF ABORTION PROCEDURES AND CLINICS .

>> THEY ARE LIKE, YOU ARE MY HERO, NO, YOU ARE THE HERO.

YOU HAVE OVERCOME SO MUCH.

THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO OVERCOME.

>> Reporter: IN WISCONSIN, A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE 174- YEAR-OLD BAN ON ABORTION IS MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE COURTS AND EXPECTED TO LAND IN FRONT OF THE STATE SUPREME COURT, THEY WILL FLIP AFTER A NEWLY ELECTED JUDGE.

COMING UP, A CONVERSATION WITH THE WAUKEGAN MAYOR ABOUT A FEW THINGS.

>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

>>> CONCERNS OVER ETHICS AGAIN AT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT AS THE COUNTRY AWAITS SOME OF THE BIGGEST DECISIONS OF THE TERM.

THOSE COULD ANSWER QUESTIONS LIKE, WILL AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS BE ALLOWED?

AND WILL THE JOE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BE ABLE TO OVERTURN STUDENT LOAN DEBT?

HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT ARE CAROLINE LINDSAY, A LAWYER, AND DAVID FRANKLIN, WHO WORKED FOR RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

AND LINDA, WHO WORKED FOR JUSTICE BREYER.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU.

LET'S START WITH THE ETHICS ISSUE THEY ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH, WITH JUSTICE THOMAS, JUSTICE ALITO ACCEPTED THESE LUXURIOUS TRIPS FROM PEOPLE THAT HAD WORKED BEFORE THE COURT.

WHAT IS THE RED FLAG YOU SEE WITH THESE?

>> BIG PICTURE, THE JUSTICES ARE AWARE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS, THEY DON'T HAVE THE POWER OF THE PURSE.

THE COURTS AUTHORITY, ITS LEGITIMACY, DEPENDS ON THE PUBLIC BELIEVING THE JUSTICES ARE ON THE UP AND UP.

WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS JUST AND FAIR, EVEN IF THEY DON'T AGREE WITH IT.

WHEN YOU HAVE THESE STORIES COMING OUT THAT INDICATE THE JUSTICES BELIEVE THE RULES DO NOT APPLY TO THEM, THEY WOULD ACCEPT GIFTS OF MORE THAN $50, THEY HAVE TO DISCLOSE EVERYTHING.

THAT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED.

IT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A TREND ALREADY THERE, DIMINISHING PUBLIC CONTENT -- CONFIDENCE.

>> LINDA, OUR U.S.

SENATOR, DURBIN , SAYS HE WILL MARK LEGISLATION, SAYING THAT JOHN ROBERTS COULD DO SOMETHING BUT NOT DOING ANYTHING.

SOMETHING THAT JUSTICE COULD DO TO HELP THE PERCEPTION?

>> HE HAS THE RESPECT OF HIS COLLEAGUES, ONE OF THE REASONS, UNTIL RECENTLY, HE HAS BEEN AN EFFECTIVE CHIEF JUSTICE.

HE COULD EXERT SOME PRESSURE ON HIS COLLEAGUES TO DO MORE IN THE WAY OF DISCLOSURES.

THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS NOT THE SPECIFICS OF ANY DISCLOSURE, IT IS THIS GENERAL PATTERN THAT WEALTHIER, WELL-FUNDED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS CAN DO THIS, WITH JUSTICES THAT SHOW THEIR IDEOLOGY.

>> DISCLOSURE HELPS BUT THE PROBLEM EXISTS.

>> A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT DO CASES BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT.

CAROLINE LINDSAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS THINKS ABOUT THIS?

>> HE IS PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION ISSUE .

HE CARES A LOT ABOUT THE COURT AS AN INSTITUTION AND UNDERSTANDS THAT, IN ORDER FOR IT TO SERVE A ROLE IN OUR CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY, IT NEEDS LEGITIMACY.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE INDEPENDENT OF THE COURT IS IMPORTANT AND HE IS CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE AS FAR AS ACCEPTING LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT, CONGRESSIONAL PARTISAN MEDDLING IN THE COURTS, BUT THIS CRISIS THAT HAS BEEN FUELED PRIMARILY BY THE MEDIA.

>> LET'S MOVE ON TO SOME OF THE CASES, ONE THAT WAS DECIDED, ALLEGAN -- ALAN VERSUS MILLION, 54, THE JUSTICES REALLY AFRICAN- AMERICAN RESIDENTS IN ALABAMA WERE NOT REPRESENTED.

>> MANY COURT WATCHERS WERE SURPRISED.

THIS DECISION CONCERNS A CHALLENGE TO THE ALABAMA REDISTRICTING ON THE BASIS OF RACE.

IT FIRST CAME BEFORE THE COURT LAST TERM IN EMERGENCY POSTURE THE LOWER COURT HAD STRUCK DOWN , THE VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW.

ALABAMA ASKED THE COURT TO STAY THE ORDER SO THEY COULD USE IT IN THE NEXT ELECTION.

THAT WAS LAST FALL.

THE COURT ENTERED THE STATE.

TYPICALLY, WHAT WE SEE IN THESE CASES, IF A COURT STAYS A LOWER COURT ORDER, TAKEN AS A SIGNAL THEY WILL REVERSE THAT WHEN THEY DO TAKE ON THE CASE ON THE MERITS.

THEY DID NOT.

5-4.

WE DON'T KNOW THE VOTE EXACTLY, PRESUMED FLOP, BUT JUSTICE CAVANAUGH WROTE AN OPINION ABOUT THE ORDER LAST TERM, EXPLAINING HIS POSITION IN FAVOR OF THE STATE.

NOW JOINING THE MAJORITY.

AS PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED BUT IF YOU HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS THE LAST FIVE YEARS -- >> A LOT OF NUANCE IN THE DECISION.

ANOTHER CASE THAT COULD BE DECIDED VERY SOON, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AS STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS VERSUS HARVARD AND ANOTHER INVOLVING NORTH CAROLINA.

WHAT ABOUT THIS CASE?

>> UNDER CURRENT LAW, RACE CAN BE CONSIDERED IN UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS.

ONLY UNDER LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

WHEN NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE STUDENT BODY DIVERSITY.

IN THIS CASE, WILL THE COURT DECLARE THAT RACE IS OFF THE TABLE?

IT CANNOT BE CONSIDERED AT ALL IN THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS?

OPENING STORY, IN THE DOBBS CASE , THEY SAID ABORTION ISSUES SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE POLITICAL PROCESS.

ONE OF THE MOST COMPELLING THINGS I SEE, JUSTICE JACKSON, LAYING OUT THE POSITION THAT, IF YOU TAKE AN ORIGINALIST MENTALITY, IT IS CLEAR THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ENACTED THE 14th AMENDMENT ALSO PASSED MANY RACE CONSCIOUS LAWS.

FROM AN ORIGINALIST POINT OF VIEW, TAKING THIS OFF THE TABLE, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SELECTIVE USE.

>> ANOTHER CASE INVOLVING JOE BIDEN CANCELING STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

>> THIS CASE IS ABOUT WHETHER THE ADMINISTRATION HAS THE POWER ON ITS OWN TO ELIMINATE THE DEBT OF A LOT OF STUDENTS.

THE ISSUE HAS TO DO WITH THE POWER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, TO DO THINGS WITHOUT A CLEAR INSTRUCTION FROM CONGRESS.

THIS BEING WILL COME UP AGAIN AND AGAIN.

THERE IS THE MAJOR QUESTIONS DOCTRINE, IT SHOULD BE DONE BY CONGRESS, AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS SENSIBLE.

BUT IT WOULD STRAIN THE ABILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT TO DO A LOT OF THE THINGS IT DOES TODAY.

>> A LOT OF CASES DEALING WITH SEPARATION OF POWERS.

THE STATE LEGISLATURE THEORY, BUT WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US INSIGHT INTO THESE CASES.

OUR THANKS TO DAVID, CAROLINE, LINDA.

WE GO BACK TO BRANDIS FRIEDMAN WHO SPENT THE DAY IN WAUKEGAN AS PART OF THE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES.

FOR WE ARE JOINT BY THE MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

IN THIS 80 DEGREE HEAT.

57% OF ABORTIONS IN THIS FACILITY ARE FROM ANOTHER STATE, WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THIS FACILITY A HUB FOR ABORTION ACTIVITY?

>> ILLINOIS IS A PRO-CHOICE STATE, I BELIEVE ALWAYS WILL BE .

WE ARE HAPPY TO PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR A POPULATION THAT NEEDS IT.

ALL ARE WELCOME TO COME FOR HEALTHCARE.

PEOPLE COME TO WAUKEGAN FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, ENJOYING THE THEATER, THE LAKEFRONT, CASINO.

AGAIN, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE COME HERE FOR, BUT MUCH NEEDED MEDICAL SERVICES, ABSOLUTELY.

>> Reporter: MAYBE THEY WILL COME FOR THE BEARS.

YOU SENT A LETTER TO THE BEARS TO TRY TO GET THE TEAM TO MOVE HERE.

THE FOURTH MUNICIPALITY TO ENTER THE RUNNING.

WHAT IS YOUR PITCH?

>> I BELIEVE WAUKEGAN IS A GREAT CITY.

THE HEART AND SOUL OF LAKE COUNTY.

WHERE THEIR COACHES ARE FROM.

WHY SHOULD WE NOT BE IN THE RUNNING?

WE WOULD LOVE TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

WE HAVE MANY PARCELS OF LAND THAT WOULD BE A POTENTIAL FOR THEM.

THEY ARE OPEN TO LISTENING TO MANY MUNICIPALITIES.

THEY HAVE NOT SETTLED ON ONE.

I THINK WAUKEGAN IS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK, PLAY, AND LIVE.

>> Reporter: WE WERE TALKING EARLIER, HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THE BEARS.

I AM SURE, WHEN THEY FIGURED OUT, WE WILL ALL BE HEARING ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU, PARIS.

>> NEXT, LGBTQ PIONEERS.

FIRST, LET'S LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>>> THE PRIDE PARADE IN CHICAGO IS SUNDAY.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS ICONIC GAY BAR, NOW PART OF THE DOCUMENTARY ERRING ON PEACOCK.

WHERE LGBTQ WRITES AND THEIR LOVED ONES GO BACK TO THE BUDDING ROMANCE.

>> SLOWLY, I BROUGHT A FEW RECORDS.

>> I COULD NOT WAIT TO GET HOME.

>> I COULD HEAR HIM, NORMALLY COMING UP THE STAIRS.

BY THE TIME HE GOT TO THE SECOND FLOOR, HE WAS MOVING FASTER.

ALMOST RUNNING.

>> JOINING US ARE THE DIRECTOR AND THE OWNERS AND LGBTQ RIGHTS ACTIVISTS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU FIRST MET IN A BAR AND OPEN ONE OF YOUR OWN, WHAT DOES THIS ADD?

>> IT IS A COMMUNITY CENTER IN A WAY.

WE ALWAYS TRY TO BE ACTIVE WITH ISSUES THAT AFFECTED OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT MADE US A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF NEVER STOPPING AFTER THAT.

>> ALWAYS SOMETHING TO BE INVOLVED IN.

>> YOU ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED, HIV AND AIDS ACTIVIST, WHAT ROLE DID SIDETRACK PLAY IN THAT?

>> NOTHING IMPORTANT IN THE GAY COMMUNITY THAT HAPPEN STARTS IN A BAR.

IN THOSE DAYS, THE ONLY PLACE GAY PEOPLE HAD TO MEET EACH OTHER WERE IN BARS.

THEY WERE HARASSED AT WORK, SUBJECT OF ARRESTS.

WE HAVE ALL BEEN ARRESTED.

IF YOU WERE GAY IN THE 1970s, YOU ARE ARRESTED SIMPLY FOR BEING GAY.

TODAY EVEN, THE BARS PLAY A ROLE , ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES WHO ARE THE MOST ABUSED, TRANS FOLKS.

I AM THRILLED WE HAVE TRANS FOLKS TO GO TO OUR BARS WHO HAVE BATHROOMS WHERE THEY CAN CHANGE CLOTHES.

THE BARS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE, WHETHER DURING REGULAR TIMES OR EPIDEMICS.

>> MERCEDES, YOU MADE THIS MOVIE.

THESE FOLKS HAVE PUBLIC LIVES, MAYBE IT TOOK A BIT TO BUILD UP THAT TRUST?

>> THEY OWN THIS INSTITUTION.

BUT, THEIR PUBLIC PERSONAS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THEIR PRIVATE LIVES.

WHEN I APPROACHED THEM TO MAKE A FILM, IT DID TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF CONVINCING.

I THINK THAT THEY WERE APPREHENSIVE ABOUT SHOWING THAT PART OF IT.

A SCENE WHERE THEY WERE IN THE BEDROOM, IT TOOK 18 MONTHS TO BUILD THE TRUST.

I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHOW THAT RELATIONSHIP.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN A LOVE STORY ABOUT TWO MEN ON THE SCREEN BEFORE.

>> YOU TALK IN THE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE NEGATIVE HIV TEST IN THE 1980s.

THE CRUELTY OF WATCHING IT TAKE ITS TOLL.

HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT WITH US ALIVE?

>> AT FIRST, YOU LOOK AT YOUR ROLODEX AND TAKE NAMES OUT OF THEM, FRIENDS YOU HAVE LOST.

I HAVE LEARNED THROUGH THE YEARS, I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD REMEMBER THEM.

NEVER FORGET.

WE SHOULD SMILE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THEM.

THE GOOD MOMENTS AND THE GREAT MOMENTS.

THEY WERE A GIFT.

>> ONE OF THE GIFTS WAS LOOKING BACK AT ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE OF FRIENDS WHO ARE GONE, EMPLOYEES WHO ARE GONE, I DID NOT WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WAS SO PAINFUL.

SHE TAUGHT ME THE IMPORTANCE OF TALKING TO OUR FRIENDS, REMEMBERING THEM.

WITH THIS FILM , IT HAS TAUGHT US ONCE AGAIN HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO REMEMBER OUR FRIENDS.

>> YOU MENTIONED HOW INVOLVED THEY ARE IN THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY.

YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIMES DOING RESEARCH.

HOW DO YOU SEE THIS FIGHT FOR QUEER RIGHTS IN CHICAGO IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES IN THE COAST?

>> ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE WANTED TO TELL THE STORY, IT TELLS ABOUT LGBTQ+ HISTORY NOT ON THE COAST, THE CHICAGO STORY IS UNIQUE.

THE SCRAPPY WAY THEY WENT ABOUT FIGHTING FOR THESE RIGHTS.

CONVINCING ALDERMEN TO VOTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES.

IT WAS AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTOR.

>> COMING UP ON THE END OF OUR TIME, WE ARE HERE IN JUNE, WHAT DOES PRIDE MONTH MEAN TO YOU?

>> IT IS GREAT DUALITY.

IT IS A CELEBRATION OF HOW FAR WE HAVE COME.

WHEN WE STARTED, YOU WOULD BE FIRED FOR BEING GAY.

ATTACKS ON OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

IF WE HAVE TO FIGHT THESE FIGHTS AGAIN, WE WILL DO THAT AND WIN THEM AGAIN.

>> THAT IS WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

THANK YOU ALL.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THE DOCUMENTARY, ART AND PEP IS NOW STREAMING ON PEACOCK.

>> THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.

FOR BRANDIS FRIEDMAN AND ALL OF US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT , I AM, PARIS SCHUTZ , THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

>> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A. CLIFFORD AND CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES.

A CHICAGO PERSONAL INJURY AND