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Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Chicago Pride Parade 2025 date and theme revealed
CHICAGO — PRIDEChicago announced Wednesday the date and official theme for this year's Pride Parade. According to a release, the 54th annual parade will take place on Sunday, June 29. It will kick off at 11 a.m. from Sheridan and Broadway and march through the city's landmark LGBTQ+ Northalsted neighborhood. Organizers have unveiled the 2025 theme as 'United in Pride.' 'For over 50 years, the Chicago Pride Parade has remained a powerful platform forvisibility, advocacy, and celebration,' said parade co-coordinator Tim Frye. 'In 2025, wecelebrate not just how far we've come, but in the face of growing challenges, thestrength we have when we stand together.' For more information, go to: . Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
12-03-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Chicago Pride announces date for 2025 LGBTQ+ parade, themed "United in Pride"
Organizers with Chicago Pride have unveiled the dates and theme for the 2025 edition of the popular LGBTQ+ community celebration. This year's parade theme will be "United in Pride." Citing "the powerful spirit of unity, resilience, and love that defines the LGBTQ+ community and its allies," organizers with PRIDEChicago confirmed this year's parade will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, June 29. The theme is meant to be taken as a call to action, and "an opportunity to come together, embrace diversity, and continue the fight for equality," according to organizers. "For over 50 years, the Chicago Pride Parade has remained a powerful platform for visibility, advocacy, and celebration," parade co-coordinator Tim Frye said. "In 2025, we celebrate not just how far we've come, but in the face of growing challenges, the strength we have when we stand together." Frye has helped coordinate the parade for the better part of five decades alongside his late husband, Richard Pfeiffer. The tradition of pride parade kicked off in the wake of the 1969 riots at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, launching as the Gay Liberation March in 1970 and ultimately growing into an annual summer standby. Organizers say Pride events draw up to 1 million people each June. The 2025 parade will begin at the intersection of Sheridan and Broadway, with a route traveling about two miles, ending near Diversey and Cannon Drive. During last year's Pride Month celebrations, Gov. JB Pritzker signed two new bills for LGBTQ+ rights. One bill aimed to ensure diversity in nonprofit organizations, while the other was aimed at making it easier for Illinois residents to change the legal gender on their birth certificates if they were born in other states.
