Chicago Pride Parade canceled due to COVID-19
Posted September 01, 2021 1:00 am
COVID-19 has claimed Chicago's Pride Parade yet again.
Organizers on Wednesday announced the Boystown celebration has been canceled for a second straight year as the city weathers its latest coronavirus surge.
The parade, which regularly drew upward of 100,000 people along its colorful North Side route in pre-pandemic years, had initially been pushed back from its usual last weekend of June to Oct. 3 in the hopes of getting more attendees vaccinated for a safer gathering.
But with the Delta variant now raking the nation, “we were very naive in that belief,” parade coordinator Tim Frye said in a statement.
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her wife, Amy Eshleman, marched in the 2019 Pride Parade in Chicago. This year's parade has been canceled.
Associated Press
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