Celebrating queer botany during Pride Month in Chicago

CHICAGO — When thinking of Pride Month, images of colorful concerts, exhibits and parades come to mind.What about flowers, like violets and lavender?The Field Museum took a less human-centered approach and celebrated with their event, 'Queer Botany: Flowers and their Connection to the LGBTQ+ Community.'Aster Hasle, the lead conversation ecologist at the Keller Science Action Center, led the Q&A-style event.

The word's initial definition is strange, unconventional, or different from the norm. Hasle answered the latter. 'I'm a lover of weeds. I love the ones that spread everywhere,' Hasle said.Milkweed'I love it because it spreads itself down the center of the highway, and it's like, 'If you run over me, I will spread more! You mow me down, the more I take over!' And I love that,' they said.Milkweed is vital to the survival of monarch butterflies.

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