CHICAGO — The Field Museum will raise money for families affected by Sunday's mass shooting in Orlando with a Pride event next week.
"Out In The Field: Slushies And Science" will explore sexual behavior in nature from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 21 at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted St.
Tickets are $5, with admission including two drinks and appetizers.
The event was already scheduled, but the museum announced Monday that proceeds will benefit the Equality Florida fundraiser for the victims of the mass shooting at a gay nightclub that left 50 dead and many others wounded.
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Topics will include virgin shark birth, cannibalistic black widow spider mating rituals, and same-sex relationships among penguins, the Field said.
"Same-sex relationships have been characterized as strange or unnatural,” Graham Troyer-Joy, a Field employee and an organizer of the event, said in a statement. “But science shows us that sex and reproduction in the natural world is by no means as straightforward as many of us imagine.”
The event is the latest outpouring of support for the Orlando shooting victims in the wake of tragedy. Local LGBT groups hosted a vigil Sunday night in Boystown, and more are scheduled Monday night in Logan Square and Beverly.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Eddie Johnson, Chicago's police superintendent, said Sunday that the annual Pride Parade in Boystown will proceed as usual June 26, but with increased security.
Visit the event website to register and for more information.
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