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The 2026 Chicago Pride Parade steps off Sunday. Here's how to watch live
3+ hour, 3+ min ago (345+ words) The Chicago Pride Parade, a decades-old North Side tradition, is expected to bring hundreds of thousands to the city on Sunday in what organizers described as a celebration of love and unity. Now in its 55th year, the parade features around…...
2026 Chicago Pride Parade street closures, parking restrictions: Full list here
18+ hour, 3+ min ago (205+ words) Preparations have gotten underway for Chicago's Pride Parade, with police confirming they are cancelling officers' days off to ensure proper staffing for the event. Charlie Wojciechowski reports. Chicago's Northhalsted neighborhood will see an influx of visitors on Sunday as the…...
2026 Pride Parade Chicago: Map, route, parking restrictions with huge crowds expected
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (375+ words) Chicago's annual Pride Parade for 2026 steps off on the city's North Side this weekend, with huge crowds and hundreds of thousands people expected for the popular parade's 55th year. The parade, with the theme "Free to Be Proud" this year, starts…...
Group of LGBTQ runners find refuge from the noise of the world
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (27+ words) Group of LGBTQ+ runners find refuge from the noise of the world NBC 5 Chicago Group of LGBTQ+ runners find refuge from the noise of the world...
Chicago bar owners creates space for queer community
1+ week, 3+ day ago (19+ words) NBC 5 Chicago Chicago bar owners creates space for queer community...
Couple behind Chicago bars Dorothy Downstairs and Fathom creates space for queer community
1+ week, 3+ day ago (310+ words) Expanding queer gathering places in Chicago and beyond: that's the mission behind local couple Zoe Schor and her wife Whitney La Mora's business ventures. The two first opened Dorothy Downstairs, a 70s-inspired speakeasy and lesbian bar in West Town in…...
South Side Pride event celebrates Black queer people, spaces and art
2+ week, 3+ day ago (25+ words) NBC 5 Chicago South Side Pride event celebrates Black queer people, spaces and art...
Why we celebrate Pride Month
3+ week, 1+ day ago (56+ words) NBC 5 Chicago Why we celebrate Pride Month Pete Hegseth quotes fake Bible verse from "Pulp Fiction' at Pentagon prayer service "There was a collision': Air traffic control recording captures moment of crash Witness describes seeing plane in moments before it…...
Chicago suburbs kick off unique Pride month celebrations
3+ week, 4+ day ago (19+ words) NBC 5 Chicago Chicago suburbs kick off unique Pride month celebrations...
Chicago suburbs kick off unique Pride month celebrations " NBC Chicago
3+ week, 4+ day ago (349+ words) June marks the beginning of Pride Month, and while it's seen as a time to celebrate the LGBTQ Plus community, it's also a time for activism, as Courtney Sisk reports. Several villages and towns across the Chicago-area suburbs had debates…...