This upcoming weekend will feature a host of activities directed at the LGBT community for Pride. The 40th Annual Pride Parade will be held on Sunday, June 28th, the same date as the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots which informed the modern LGBT rights movement. Beginning at noon from the corner of Halsted and Belmont, the parade will feature approximately 250 groups on floats and marching to celebrate this year’s international theme “Your Rights, Our Rights, Human Rights.”

Preceding the Pride Parade on Saturday, the Dyke March will take place for the second year in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. The event begins at 1 PM at 1800 S. Halsted. It is an anti-racist, anti-violence event that encourages fair treatment of LGBTQ individuals in all areas of Chicago (i.e. not just Boystown).

Beginning July 1, Chicago Black Pride will be held at The Wit Hotel (201 N. State St.) This nearly week-long event features receptions, film screenings, dance performances, poetry slams and more, culminating in a worship service and outdoor festival at Rainbow Beach and Park (3111 E. 77th St.)

And don’t forget, the Taste of Chicago will be going on all week long, June 26 to July 5. If you’re downtown, you better be hungry.