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The performance from the Brazillian drag queen and artist is one of several stops across the United States and Canda in June as part of her "Não Para Não" (English: "Don't Stop") tour.Vittar is widely seen as an LGBTQ icon and positive representation in a country that suffers from one of the highest LGBTQ murder rates in the world.A singer since the age of 13, Vittar first caught attention in 2015 with "Open Bar", a version of Major Lazer's...

Northalsted Business Alliance, celebrates pride, diversity and community in Chicago's famed LGBTQ+ neighborhood. The festival, which is the weekend prior to the annual Chicago Pride Parade, brings together tens of thousands of LGBT supporters annually. It runs from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. down North Halsted Street from Addison to Grace. Organizers suggest a $10 donation upon entering.This year's festival honors the birth of the pride movement by recognizing the 50th anniversary of Stonewall.Chicago Pride Fest ( June 22-23 ) 11 a.m. — 10 p.m.Saturday, June...

Newell, who is cis, gender nonconforming and openly gay, played trans teen Unique Adams on the hit Fox show's third season. His character was one of the first transgender persons on a network prime time show. Newell appeared in several subsequent seasons, most notably the fifth where he was a part of the main cast.Newell has sung at several pride events and achieved success outside the gay community, performing at Coachella, the Governors Ball Music Festival and BBC Radio 1's Big...

Both the pride parade and the annual street festival return to Boystown. Scheduled for June 22-23, Chicago Pride Fest takes over North Halsted Street every year, turning Boystown into a huge LGBT celebration with four entertainment stages.Music stars Leann Rimes, Pabllo Vittar, and Alex Newell will each perform sets this year at Chicago Pride Fest, the Northalsted Business Alliance confirmed with GoPride.com in March.Now in its 19th year, Chicago Pride Fest kicks off on Saturday, June 22, with Alex Newell, Ultra Naté, Inaya Day, Chicago Gay...

Rimes has been a longtime ally of the LGBTQ community as a supporter of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, Human Rights Campaign, and The Trevor Project. In December 2010, she performed "The Rose," alongside The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles to remember gay teenagers who took their own lives. She also served as a guest judge on Season 7 of "RuPaul's Drag Race.""I believe in equality," Rimes told PrideSource.com in 2011. "Everybody should be treated...

The 27-year-old Australia-born, Michigan-bred pop star has long been an ally to the LGBTQ community, having performed Pride festivals around the country and lent her voice to fundraising efforts by the Trevor Project and GLAAD."I have been in relationships with both men and women," Who wrote on Instagram in 2018. "I have been deeply, earth-shatteringly in love with both men and women. Just because I happen to be engaged to a man doesn't mean that I haven't found a home within the...