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The 2011 parade included 250 entries and was attended by over 800,000 spectators, almost double the previous year, causing massive overcrowding and resulted in a reorganization of the parade route for the 2012 parade. Starting in 2013 the Chicago Pride Parade had reached over one million people each year, and the number continues to grow. [6]
The Chicago Pride Parade is back after a 3-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic and is the highlight of a month of events planned to honor and celebrate Chicago’s lesbian, gay, bisexual ...
Chicago Gay Men's Chorus, founded in 1983; Chicago Is a Drag Festival, founded in 2019; Chicago Pride Parade, the annual gay pride parade in June; over a million people now participate in the pride festivities [53] International Mr. Leather; Northalsted Market Days; Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ International Film Festival, founded in 1981
The following is a calendar of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) events. This list includes gay pride parades as well as events ranging from sporting events to film festivals, including celebrations such as Christopher Street Day.
Not since 2019 has Chicago seen a full-fledged Pride celebration, as the pandemic shelved the city’s massive parade and other festivities that draw hundreds of thousands to the North Side. But ...
CHICAGO — Organizers of the annual Chicago Pride Parade and allied groups are calling on Mayor Brandon Johnson to rescind the city’s plan to downsize the event this June. The city last month ...
The São Paulo Gay Pride Parade in Brazil is South America's largest event, and was listed by Guinness World Records as the world's largest Pride parade in 2006 with 2.5 million people. [10] It broke the Guinness record in 2009 with four million attendees, [11] with similar numbers to at least 2016, [12] and up to five million attending in 2017.
Chicago’s Pride Parade has been canceled for the second year in a row, organizers said Wednesday, citing safety concerns due to a surge in COVID-19 cases. The parade had been postponed this year ...