Gay For A Day – Tom Palazzolo’s 1976 Film

PHOTOGRAPHER / EDITOR / PRODUCER:  Kevin Doellman

Tom Palazzolo is not your average Joe … or Tom. He is a man of many talents known in the Chicago art scene for his paintings, photography and experimental films. ‘Gay for a Day’ gives viewers a rare glimpse at the 1976 Pride Parade at the time seen as a call-to-action against homophobia and other injustices facing the LGBTQ+ community. WGN photojournalist Kevin Doellman brings you this Pride Month Cover Story. WGN’s 30-minute special, “Pride: Stories of Chicago’s Very Own” airs Saturday, June 29^th at 8:30PM.