With COVID-19 cases increasing due to the Delta variant and the city on the verge of another surge in cases, many events are now postponing or also canceling altogether. The City of Chicago has allowed a number of large gatherings to go forward this summer, including Chicago’s enormous Lollapalooza festival in Grant Park. 25 et 26 juin Fierté dans le parc Chicago est un événement de deux jours de concerts et de fêtes qui se déroule pendant le week-end de la fierté, de 2h à 10h le samedi et de 3h à 10h le dimanche. He guided the Chicago Pride Parade from its ragtag beginnings to a massive celebration of self-expression.
Gay rights pioneer Richard Pfeiffer died Sunday. Frye had intended to honor Pfeiffer, as well as several other individuals and organizations, at this year’s event.
Pfeiffer had coordinated Chicago’s LGBTQ Pride Parade since 1974 and had grown the parade from a few hundred participants to the vast number of attendees it typically sees today. The Chicago’s LGBTQ Pride Parade next year will be the first without Frye’s late husband, Richard Pfeiffer as the chief coordinator.
