The planned 150 registered entries will include floats, decorated vehicles, performance groups, a marching band and walking contigents representing community organizations, businesses, government officials and individual community members. One week after presiding as “King” of the Chicago Puerto Rican People’s Parade, Orlando “El Fenomeno” Cruz - the first openly gay active professional boxer - will lead the Chicago Pride Parade.Ĭruz, who has won four world boxing titles and competed for Puerto Rico in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, came out on Oct.
