2019 PRIDE PARADE LINE OF MARCH –
1. Intro–Banner/Color Guard (Scouts for Equality) – car/walkers
2. Mayor Lori Lightfoot (Honorary Grand Marshal)– float/walkers & Lori Lightfoot for Chicago campaign group – walkers
3. Office of Governor J.B. Pritzker w/Illinois Human Right Commission/Jim Bennet – walkers
4. Molly Pinta (Youth Grand Marshal) & Joel Hall (Legacy Grand Marshal) & Joel Hall Dancers and Center – float/walker
5. Marge Summit (Legacy Grand Marshal) vehicle
6. James Flint (Legacy Grand Marshal) on Baton float. – 6A Indivisible Aurora – walkers
7. Nettelhorst School – golf cart/walkers and 7A Near North Montessori School – bus/walkers
8. Erie Family Health Center and 8A - Youth Services Pride Youth Program – walkers
9. Free Mom Hugs – float/walkers and 9A - Lycee Francais de Chicago – walkers and 9B - Ashe Emet School reps – walkers
10. Francis W. Parker School and 10A - Catherine Cook School – jeep w/walkers
11. American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER), Jesse Brown VA LGBTQ/A Association & Hines VA. - car/flag/walkers
12. Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles – band/van
13. Lesbian Gay Police Assoc./GOAL/Police/FBI – float/car/truck
14. Chicago Gender Society and Chi-Chapter – float
15. Heels and Hardhats Contracting & union reps – dump truck/trailer
16. Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus – walkers
17. Folia Brasil – dancers and 17A – GRAB Magazine - float
18. Center on Halsted and U.S. Bank (U.S. Bank - LBGT SPECTRUM Employee Resource Group) – float/walkers
19. PFLAG – trolley w/walkers and 19A - AARP – trolley
20. City Officials & City Department Reps. – walkers
21. Equality Illinois – float/walkers
22. Lambda Legal – float/walkers
23. County Officials & County Department Reps. – walkers
24. Asians & Friends Chicago – float/walkers
25. Trikone Chicago – trolley/walkers
26. State Officials & Department Reps.
27. ABC 7 Chicago – float/van/walkers
28. Obama Foundation – double decker bus/walkers
29. Federal & International Officials and Departments
30. Chicago White Sox – van/walkers
31. Project VIDA – truck/walkers 31A – Woodstock Pride - walkers
32. Entry Lines Up on Sheridan (from Montrose to Sunnyside) – Motorcycles incl. Organized Chaos Chgo, Bikes&Mics, Chgo Gay Bikers, Fitness Formula Clubs
33. Entry Lines Up on Sheridan (from Sunnyside to Wilson) – King H.S marching band and “Dance Force” by Chicago Defender Charities
34. Nissan North America – car/walkers
35. Chicago Teachers Union Local 1 – trolley/walkers and 35A - Chicago House – walkers
36. Steve Quick Jeweler/Chicago PrideGuard float/walkers and 36A - Rainbow SIG Chicago Area Mensa – float /walkers
37. Balloons by Tommy, LLC – bus/walkers
38. Rush (Rush LGBTQ Leadership Council and Rush Pride) – float/walkers
39. BP Products North America, Inc. (BP Pride Business Resource Group) – trolley/walkers
40. Nexus Radio, G2 Crowd – float
41. LGBT Chamber Commerce of IL – bus/walkers and 41A - MB Financial Bank (soon; 53rd bank) – trolley/walkers
42. JLL (BUILDING PRIDE LGBT + BUSINESS NETWORK) – float/walkers
43. Business Partners, The Chamber for Uptown – float/walkers
44. Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce – float/walkers
45. PNC Bank – vehicle/walkers
46. Howard Brown Health – float/walkers and 46A - MAC AIDS fund/MAC Cosmetics – walkers
47. Chicago Area HIV Integrated Service Council – trolley/walkers and 47A - Gateway Foundation – walkers
48. AIDS Healthcare Foundation – Out of the Closet – vehicle/walkers and 48A - TPAN – vehicle/walkers
49. Chicago Gay Hockey Association and 49A - Chicago Dragons Rugby – truck/walkers
50. Diageo (Diageo ERG Rainbow Network) – bus/walkers
51. Comcast Xfinity Incl.: NBC 5 Chicago & Telemundo Chicago (OUT Chicago at Comcast) – Float
52. US99 & Second City Outlaws (Second City Country Dance Association) – float/walkers
53. Sidetrack & Chicago Spirit Brigade – float/walkers
54. DocuSign and Gerber/Hart Library – trolley/walkers
55. Univision Chicago – float/walkers
56. Roscoe's Tavern – flatbed/walkers
57. Robert Jeffrey Hair Studio – float/walkers
58. Splash Chicago – float/walkers
59. WGN Television – float/walkers
60. WGN Radio w/Jewel Foods/Jewel-Osco – float/walkers
61. Chicago Boyz – double decker bus/walkers
62. Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches – panel truck/walkers
63. UNITY (Ernst & Young’s LGBTA Network) - walkers and 63A - AIA Chicago LGBTQ+ Alliance – walkers
64. Elmhurst College – mini bus/walkers
65. Athletic Alliance of Chicago – float/walkers
66. EntryLinesUp:Sunnyside St: Northwestern/Taiwanese SA; UC, ISU LGBT Alumni, Purdue NW, NIU, Carthage College
67. Chicago Smelts – float/walkers
68. Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association (CMSA) – float/walkers
69. Chicago Cubs – float/walkers
70. Temple Sholom of Chicago – Beth Emet Synagogue/Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation Evanston/Beth Hillel Bnai Emunah Wilmette/Congregation Beth Shalom Northbrook/Keshet – float/walkers
71. JCC Chicago – float and 71A - Anti-Defamation League/USY/Consulate General Israel/USY – walkers
72. Walgreen Co & LEGACY PROJECT (Walgreens PRIDE Alliance: LGBTQ Business Resource Group) – truck/walkers
73. Human Rights Campaign – vehicle/walkers
74. PayPal & PRIDE FILMS & PLAYS (PayPal Pride, represented by Braintree & Venmo) – truck/walkers
75. Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center – trolley/walkers
76. ACLU of Illinois & Planned Parenthood – trolley/walkers
77. McGrath Lexus of Chicago – float w/walkers
78. Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus & Uber (Uber Pride Employee Resource Group) – trolley/walkers
79. Chicagoland Alliance of Museums with Pride (CAMP) and 79A - Civis Analytics – walkers
80. Broadway In Chicago – float/walkers
81. T-Mobile & (T-Mobile PRIDE & ALLIES Network) – float/walkers
82. Mars Wrigley Confectionery/WC Gay Chorus & WC Treble Quire – float/walkers
83. Thresholds – float/walkers
84. Neighborhood Loans – float
85. National Gay Pilots Association – flatbed/walkers
86. United Airlines, Inc. (EQUAL) – float/walkers
87. American Airlines (PRIDE Chicago EBRG) – golf cart mini plane/walker
88. Southwest Airlines Flight Attendants – vehicle w/walkers
89. Boeing Company (Boeing Employee Pride Alliance [BEPA]) – float/walkers
90. Orbitz (GUIDE) – vehicle/walkers
91. Evanston Subaru in Skokie – Subaru/walkers
92. Davis Elen Advertising Inc. c/o McDonald’s USA (McDonald’s National Pride Employee Business Network) – float/walkers
93. WXRT (Entercom Radio Chicago)/Tito's Handmade Vodka/Four Seasons Heating/Air Conditioning/Blue Man Group – float/walkers
94. SEIU Illinois – float/walkers
95. Local 881 United Food and Commercial Workers – float/walkers
96. UNITE HERE Local 1 – float/walkers
97. Chicago Fire Soccer Club & Section 8 Chicago NFP – firetruck/walkers
98. WGCI 107.5 & Absolute - float
99. AT&T and League at AT&T – float/walkers
100. KISS FM 103.5 + AbbVie- float/walkers
101. Chicago Northside Toyota – double decker bus/walkers
102. ComEd (PRIDE Employee Resource Group) – bucket truck/walkers
103. Weigel Broadcasting Co. – double decker bus/walkers
104. WCPT 820 & Team Hochberg – vehicle/walkers
105. Chicago Women In Trades – truck/walkers
106. The MIX 101.9 – float/walkers
107. ForeskinPride.org – panel van/walkers
108. La Casa Norte w/Bank of America (Bank of America LGBT+ Pride Chicago) – float/walkers
109. Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Pride Network) – float/walkers
110. Capital One Services, LLC (OutFront: LGBTQ+) – trolley
111. Chicago Leather/Fetish Pride – flatbed truck/walkers
112. Fox 32 Chicago – float/walkers
113. Agency EA – bus/walkers
114. Veterinary Specialty Center – float/walkers
115. Gerber Collision & Glass – van/walkers
116. LA Tan – float/walkers
117. B96 – float/walkers
118. Gay Liberation Network – pickup truck/walkers
119. Macy’s – trolley/walkers and 119A - Bloomingdale’s – walkers
120. Facebook Chicago – float/walkers
121. Salesforce (OUTFORCE) – float/walkers
122. Chicago Bulls & BMO Harris Bank (BMO PRIDE US) – float/walkers
123. Starbucks – Midwest Region Pride Network – flatbed/walkers
124. KPMG LLP (PRIDE@KPMG) – double decker bus/walkers
125. PepsiCo (EQUAL) – double decker bus/walkers
126. Johnson & Johnson (OPEN&OUT ERG/Care with pride/family equality council) – vehicle/walkers
127. JPMorgan Chase Bank & Co./About Face Theatre (PRIDE Illinois) – float/walkers
128. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (PRIDE ALLIANCE) – float/walkers
129. WW Grainger – vehicle /walkers and 129A - Nordstrom – walkers
130. Astellas Pharma US, Inc. (TAO - Together as One) – float/walkers
131. Navigant (NAVPride) – float/walkers
132. Kraft Heinz (LGBT Business Resource Group) – company mobile/walkers
133. FCB Chicago – float/walkers
134. Accenture LLP (LGBT ERG - Employee Resource Group) – double decker bus/walkers
135. Baxter Healthcare Corporation - (Baxter EQUALITY NETWORK) – trolley/walkers
136. Groupon – trolley/walkers and 136A - Liberty Mutual (PRIDE at Liberty) walkers
137. Siemens/Siemens Healthineers (Siemens PRIDE NETWORK) – trolley/walkers
138. CME Group (PRIDE [Promoting Rights, Inclusion, Diversity and Equality]) – float/walkers
139. Discover Fin. Svc. (Pride LGBTQ and Allies Network) – trolley/walkers and 139A - Sephora (SephoraPrism) – walkers
140. Microsoft Corp. (Gleam, Out@In) – trolley /walkers and140A - Zurich North America (PrideZ ERG) walkers
141. Deloitte LLP (DELOITTE CHICAGO INCLUSION COUNCIL) – float/walkers-
142. Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. (TAKE PRIDE) – trolley/walkers
143. Alight Solutions (Lincolnshire Chicago Pride BRG) – trolley/walkers
144. Volkswagen Group of America (VW Diversity Group ERG) – vehicle/walkers
145. Gap Inc. (Gap Gear [GAY EMPLOYEES ALLIES & RESOURCES]) – trolley/walkers
146. Anheuser-Busch In-Bev (Bud Light) – float/walkers
147. Goose Island Beer Co. – bus/walkers
148. Tyson Foods (Tyson Foods PRIDE NETWORK) – float/walkers
149. Allstate (Allstate PRIDE) – float/walkers
150. United Way of Metropolitan Chicago (United Pride) – float/walkers
151. TD Ameritrade (DIVERSITY & INCLUSION) – float/walkers
152. Huntington Bank (LGBTA NETWORK) – ice cream van/walkers
153. Tesla, Inc. (LGBTQ at Tesla) – vehicle/walkers
154. Peapod, LLC – truck/walkers and 154A - AIG – walkers
155. Verizon Wireless (GLOBE) – walkers
156. Northrop Grumman Corporation – trolley
157. Lyft (LYFT OUT) – jeep/walkers
158. Hiltons of Chicago – vehicle/walkers
159. Alcala’s Western Wear – float
160. Google – bus/walkers