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The 54th annual Chicago Pride Parade brought several hundred thousand people to Lakeview on June 29, in a joyful, community-powered celebration of LGBTQ+ pride, visibility, and resiliency. Kicking off the parade were motorcyclists from Bikes and Mics and Dykes on Bikes, setting the tone for a vibrant and empowering day. The 2025 theme, United in Pride, highlighted the transformative power of coming together—embracing our diversity, and championing love, equity, and justice as one united force. From community-led leadership to historic firsts, the 2025 parade was not just a celebration—it was a call to action and a reminder of the strength we share when we show up United in Pride.
2025 Chicago Pride Parade (PRIDEChicago)
"People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them,” American writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin. While there is room for both celebration and joy, The Chicago Pride Parade started off as a protest. We’re celebrating over five decades of LGBTQ+ history in our city with the Chicago Pride Parade. And some of our community's history makers and most dedicated voices share with us why we must never forget where we came from to track where we are going—reminds us to keep the fight and the celebration in all of us.
Reflection on Pride in Chicago
The 2024 Chicago Pride Parade marched under the theme of “Pride is Power,” highlighting the parade’s role in creating visibility and change for LGBTQ+ people since its first march in 1970, which was held to commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Three prominent couples served as Grand Marshals. Comedian Fortune Feimster and her wife, Jax Smith, served as celebrity Grand Marshals. The two met at Chicago Pride in 2015, just days after the Supreme Court’s historic ruling for nationwide marriage equality. Feimster and Smith were joined by Community Grand Marshals Art Johnston and José Pepe Peña, longtime LGBTQ+ activists and owners of Sidetrack, and high-profile transgender couple and community organizers Myles and Precious Brady-Davis.
2024 Chicago Pride Parade (PRIDEChicago)
The 2024 Chicago Pride Parade marched under the theme of “Pride is Power,” highlighting the parade’s role in creating visibility and change for LGBTQ+ people since its first march in 1970, which was held to commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Three prominent couples served as Grand Marshals. Comedian Fortune Feimster and her wife, Jax Smith, served as celebrity Grand Marshals. The two met at Chicago Pride in 2015, just days after the Supreme Court’s historic ruling for nationwide marriage equality. Feimster and Smith were joined by Community Grand Marshals Art Johnston and José Pepe Peña, longtime LGBTQ+ activists and owners of Sidetrack, and high-profile transgender couple and community organizers Myles and Precious Brady-Davis.
2024 Chicago Pride Parade (PRIDEChicago)