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The 50th annual Chicago Pride Parade – held Sunday, June 30, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York – ended early due to "inclement weather," according to Chicago Police.At 3:01 p.m., the Chicago Police Department tweeted: The Chicago Pride Parade has been canceled due to inclement weather.City officials ordered the cancellation, according to parade coordinator Richard Pfeiffer.The parade, as it has in recent years, was expected to draw record crowds, with many saying beforehand...

Pinta, 13, who just completed seventh-grade at Twin Groves Middle School in Buffalo Grove and was the spearhead for that city's inaugural Pride Parade on June 2, was a special guest on NBC's Today in New York City, along with her parents, Carolyn and Bob.Related: Buffalo Grove Pride Parade a success, will return in 2020They were interviewed by hosts Jenna Bush Hager and Savannah Guthrie – and West came on to deliver a $5,000 grant from Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams."The Today show...

Organizers confirmed to GoPride.com on June 3 that the event will return in 2020 – and they already have $15,000 banked for next year.Buffalo Grove Deputy Village Manager Jenny Maltas has cleared the date June 7, 2020, for the second-annual Buffalo Grove Pride Parade, said Carolyn Pinta, whose 13-year-old daughter, Molly, spearheaded Buffalo Grove Pride.Plus, Buffalo Grove organizers confirmed with organizers in Aurora that their 2020 dates will not clash.Carolyn Pinta said the parade was the "most amazing, magical, positive,...

Molly Pinta, who attends Twin Groves Middle School in suburban Buffalo Grove, will be in one of the first floats in the inaugural Buffalo Grove Pride Parade, set to start in the northwest suburb at 10 a.m.Pinta will be on the Memorial Float, being built by her dad and a family friend, to honor Matthew Albano – a young, gay man who passed away last fall. The float will be on a 24-foot flatbed truck with a DJ.  Pinta is...