"In the photo, Pritzker is marching down the street holding a sign that says, "Fighting for your rights in Illinois." He is smiling, wearing sunglasses and a collared shirt tucked into high-waisted patterned shorts. The photo is black and white, but it seems likely that the shorts are very colorful."
""This photo of pritzker always makes me laugh because what the f**k are those shorts," someone wrote on May 3. Showcasing an ability to laugh at himself, Pritzker shared the comment and replied, "They were in at the time, I swear!""
"As governor, Pritzker has staunchly defended LGBTQ+ rights and has been especially outspoken for trans youth. He told Late Show host Stephen Colbert last year that his late mother was a huge activist who took him to protests when she was young. Her life, he said, inspired the work he does."
"At a March 2025 Human Rights Campaign dinner, Pritzker vowed to stand up to anti-LGBTQ+ "bullies" and spoke directly to transgender youth to tell them they are not alone. "And in the midst of this existential fight, this battle that seems to consume everything, well, let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular.""
Pritzker laughed at a social media comment mocking the shorts he wore in a well-known 1993 Pride parade photo. The image shows him marching with a sign reading “Fighting for your rights in Illinois,” smiling and wearing sunglasses and patterned high-waisted shorts. After the May 3 comment, he shared it and replied that the shorts were “in at the time.” As governor, he has defended LGBTQ+ rights and has been especially outspoken for trans youth. He has credited his late mother’s activism with inspiring his work. At a March 2025 Human Rights Campaign dinner, he vowed to stand up to anti-LGBTQ+ bullies and told transgender youth they are not alone.
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