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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 ...
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 ...
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The first pride parade was the Chicago Pride Parade, which has been hosted annually since June 27, 1970. It also is the largest pride parade in Illinois. Pride ...
Northalsted, commonly known as Boystown, hosts one of the largest LGBT populations in the United States, and has hosted the annual pride parade since 1971. [24] Originally the parade was started in 1970 as a march from Washington Square Park to the water tower, but since then it has taken different routes. The parade now passes through other ...
[24] [25] The following day, around 40 Klan members protested the Chicago Pride Parade at Lincoln Park. The event remained peaceful. [26] On August 24, a dozen black religious leaders and civil rights activists marched into Marquette Park and held a prayer for racial tolerance, while being guarded by 700 police officers.
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 ...