Orange is the New Black star Lea DeLaria named grand marshal of Chicago Pride
Orange is the New Black star Lea DeLaria will take pride of place in this yearās Chicago Pride parade.
Organisers on Wednesday announced that DeLaria will be Grand Marshal in the parade this year.
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The 58-year-old who plays āBooā in OITNB, will ride in a convertible near the front of the parade.
Chicago Pride organisers noted DeLariaās LGBT activism for the reason she was chosen for Grand Marshal.
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The parade will take place on 25 June.
DeLaria opened up about her recent weight loss earlier this year and shared her hilarious, but totally true, secret on Conan OāBrienās show.
The comedian and actor had lost fifty pounds after doctors warned her about her health.
āThey told me I had diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol all at the same time,ā she said on the show, quickly adding: āSo basically all I can eat is pussy.ā
The two went on to speak about DeLariaās recent split from her former fiancĆ© Chelsea Fairless.
āYou know the thing is, itās easier for us, because I am a lesbian and we have a time honoured tradition of keeping our exes friends,ā DeLaria explained.
Conan pried further into DeLariaās future love life, but she said that she has resided to her life of the ālesbian Jack Nicholson.ā
OITNB was featured in the new season of Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix ā and it was pretty epic.
New York Pride will this year be broadcast live on TV next month for the first time.
New York City Pride takes place on Sunday, June 25, 2017.
Police officers in Toronto were this year invited to march in New Yorkās Pride parade, after getting banned from Toronto Pride.
Pride Toronto took the unprecedented step this year of banning LGBT police officers from participating in this yearās Pride parade, after a highly controversial clash with Black Lives Matter protesters.