BG Pride Parade Returns Summer 2022
We’re incredibly excited for the long-awaited return of the Annual BG Pride Parade. Join us for this special celebration June 2022.
National Coming Out Day Celebration
Join us for our annual party celebrating those brave individuals are who are living their best life or buy tickets for others to enjoy
Catch our reunion with Nina West
Live on the TODAY Show, we were incredibly excited to reconnect with the absolutely amazing drag queen, Nina West!
Molly Pinta, a 15-year-old student at Stevenson High School started the whole project! At the age of 12, she attended Aurora's Inaugural Pride Parade, she was inspired to create one for her home town.
She and her family have long been advocates for social justice issues in their own town, but having many gay family members and friends, pride is the closest to home.
Molly is now a Youth Ambassador for the Human Rights Campaign, the winner of the 2020 Illinois NOW Young Feminist Award, and a very serious honor student hoping to receive an Ivy League education on the east coast. Although she will always support the Pinta Pride Project, she wants to work with exotci animals, specifically reptiles, and is the owner of two tree frogs, two geckos and a ball python named St. Patrick.
We cannot do what we do without you.
The Pinta Pride Project was inspired whole heartedly by the community that it serves. We aim to increase LGBT+ awareness within suburban communities and hope you will join us on this journey. If you are new to our organization or been with us since day 1, thank you. Your support is so vital to the growth of our community— and we’re so glad you’re here.
“Molly’s moxie and confidence—combined with her determination to crowdfund Buffalo Grove’s inaugural pride parade—caught the attention of 2019 Chicago Pride Parade officials, who named the 13-year-old this year’s Youth Grand Marshal, calling her “a shining example of the hard work and sacrifices” of LGBTQ activists throughout history. ”