The City of Chicago honored longtime Chicago Pride Parade coordinator Richard Pfeiffer with an honorary street sign—“Rich Pfeiffer Parade Way”—at the northwest corner of Belmont Avenue and North Halsted Street.
The Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame, the only city-sanctioned LGBT Hall of Fame in the world, has announced its slate of 2024 inductees.
It will be a flashback for the Chicago Pride Guard at this year’s Chicago Pride Parade, set to start at 11 a.m. on Sunday, June, wrapping up the city’s 2024 Pride Month.
The annual Chicago Pride Parade is traditionally the last Sunday in June, but if you’re coming to Chicago anytime during Pride Month, you’ll undoubtedly end up on North Halsted. With a plethora of trendy restaurants and bars, there’s always something exciting to do in this LGBTQ+ haven.
The rainbow Pride flag has long been a symbol of unity, love, and acceptance within the LGBTQ+ community.
For those of you visiting, those distinct streetscape rainbow pylons on North Halsted have a lot of history to them! Read on, and educate yourself on a treasure found only in Chicago.