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The Chicago Pride Parade, also colloquially (and formerly) called the Chicago Gay Pride Parade or PRIDE Chicago, is an annual pride parade held on the last Sunday of June in Chicago, Illinois in the United States.
Recently, in 2019, Lori Lightfoot became at age 56 the first black woman and gay mayor of Chicago. She was inaugurated on May 20, 2019. [16] In June 2019, the Midwest's first drag-centered festival, Chicago Is a Drag Festival, was founded. [21] [22]
A pride flag emblazoned with a raised fist in brown stripes (in support of BLM) within a circle displaying the trans flag colors.. Formerly known as the International Federation of Black Prides until 2012, the Center for Black Equity (CBE), is an international organization dedicated to equality and social justice for black LGBT people.
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 ...
Arkansas Black Gay Men's Forum's mission is to empower, uplift and unite same-gender-loving men through interactive dialogue on pressing economic, health, and social issues. Little Rock, AR: Atlanta Black Pride: 1996–present Atlanta Black Pride is the largest official black gay pride event in the world and one of two officially recognized ...
Urbana was the first city in Illinois to pass a gay rights ordinance in 1977. [16] In 1981, the Gerber/Hart Library was opened. This was also the first year the Chicago Pride Parade was officially recognized by the mayor's office. [11] LGBT newspaper Windy City Times published its first issue on September 26, 1985 in Chicago.
The Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame was created in June 1991. [1] The hall of fame is the first "municipal institution of its kind in the United States, and possibly in the world." [ 1 ] The first ceremony took place during Pride Week and was held at Chicago City Hall . [ 1 ]
During his career, Pfeiffer was a volunteer marshal at Chicago Pride Parade from 1971 to 1973 and coordinated the parade from 1974 for fifty years until 2019. [6] [7] [5]As a student, he established Chicago city college's inaugural gay student organization, volunteered at Horizons Community Services (now Center on Halsted), and presided over the organization in the mid-1970s. [8]