choosechicago.com Chicago Pride Parade TOP 7 LGBTQ+ EVENTS Chicago Pride Fest celebrates the community with two days of lively performances, music, and food. The following weekend, the iconic Chicago Pride Parade boasts show-stopping floats that draw about one million spectators to the north side of the city. chicagopride.gopride.com The annual Pride in the Park outdoor music fest showcases an impressive lineup of national and local LGBTQ+ performers and artists over two days in Grant Park. prideparkchi.com One of the largest street festivals in the Midwest, Northalsted Market Days features a thrilling roster of musicians, DJs, and performers across five stages. northalsted. com/main-events/ northalsted-market-days Every fall, the Reeling Film Festival highlights the best LGBTQ+ movies and videos from all over the globe as the second longest-running film festival of its kind. reelingfilmfest.org Pride South Side focuses on Black and Brown queer Chicagoans with an annual weekend of events that includes performers and vendors from the local community, along with movie screenings. pridesouthside.org With a mission of challenging the way disability is traditionally defined, the Chicago Disability Pride Parade winds through the Loop and ends at Daley Plaza for post-parade festivities. disabilityprideparade.org drag revues in the Little Village community. Rogers Park Social mixes inventive craft cocktails with a vibrant neighborhood bar ambiance in Rogers Park. ATTRACTIONS Unfolding along a half-mile stretch of North Halsted Street, The Legacy Walk honors LGBTQ+ activists with an outdoor exhibit of bronze markers attached to rainbow ADAM ALEXANDER PHOTOGRAPHY pylons in Northalsted, the oldest gay neighborhood in the U.S. The Leather Archives & Museum in Rogers Park displays artifacts, art, and books that represent the leather, kink, BDSM, and fetish communities. Boasting over 14,000 volumes and 800 periodicals, the Gerber/ Hart Library & Archives in Rogers Park is the largest circulating library of gay and lesbian titles in the Midwest. Jane Adams Hull-House Museum , a National Historic Landmark, documents the work of social justice activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams on the University of Illinois Chicago campus in Little Italy. Celebrating LGBTQ+ stories through theatre and other art forms, the Pride Arts Center in Uptown features two theatres that promote the stories and experiences of the queer community. 19
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