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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]
first gay pride in Switzerland 1984 Pride Geneva 1997: Geneva: first gay pride in the francophone area of Switzerland: July 5 1997 Pride 2001 Sion: Sion: Gay pride Sion 2001 [5] July 7 2001 Pride 2004 Geneva: Geneva: Gay pride 2004: July 10 2004 Arosa Gay Ski Week: Arosa, Graubünden: www.arosa-gayskiweek.com: January 2005 Pride 2006 Lausanne ...
[7] [8] While NYC Pride still has the largest Pride March, since 2023 Pride Toronto has had the largest Pride Festival in North America with 2.9 million attendees in 2023 and 3.1 million in 2024. [9] 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
Chicago Pride Parade in 1985 on Broadway in Lakeview The Boystown section of Lakeview holds the distinction of being the nation's first officially recognized gay village. In 1998, then Mayor Richard M. Daley endeavored to create a $3.2 million restoration of the North Halsted Street corridor, and the city erected rainbow pylon landmarks along ...