Pfeiffer held the title of volunteer marshal from 1974 until he died. Pfeiffer made history for serving as an activist the longest.Īrt Johnston, co-owner of Sidetrack and co-founder of Equality Illinois, credits Pfeiffer’s committed and consistent leadership to Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade to its growth from hundreds of participants to thousands of marchers and over a million viewers. Sadly, the coordinator of LGBTQ Chicago’s Pride Parade since 1974, Richard William Pfeiffer, died on Oct. Australian Betty Who, most known for “I Love You Always Forever.”.Other performers include, but are not limited to: Headlining the event will be Grammy-winning and “Godfather of EDM” Tiësto together with the “Queen of Funk” Chaka Khan. Dynamic DJs, dramatic drag kings and queens, outrageous outfits, fantastic food and vendors, and magnificent music from CircuitMOM, a Chicago-based event company headed by Matthew Harvat, are things to look forward to. LGBTQ Pride in the Park was added to the festivities in 2019 as an awesome music event held in Grant Park. This protest planted the seed for a celebration that has been held annually since 1972. The annual month-long event honors the uprising of LGBTQ patrons of the Stonewall Inn in New York City’s Greenwich Village regarding a raid on June 27, 1969, which led to a gay protest on June 27, 1970. The Pride Parade will be held on October 3, while Pride Fest has no set date, as yet. Pride in the Park will begin on Saturday, June 26, 2021, and end Sunday, June 27.
Things will be a little different this year. Chicago is hosting the LGBTQ 51 st Pride Month celebration in June 2021, unlike in 2020, when it was canceled due to the pandemic.