On June 6, Buffalo Grove will host its own drive-by Pride parade, a tradition that began in 2020 as a way to keep the momentum going from 2019′s Buffalo Grove Pride parade - the town’s first. By 1995 - the year Disney announced it would offer domestic-partner benefits starting the next year - Gay Day was drawing an estimated 32,000 people. “Every time I open my email there’s a new request to be a sponsor or be in the parade,” said organizer Carolyn Pinta, whose daughter, Molly Pinta, launched Buffalo Grove’s first Pride parade. “I love it that all these kids are going to see these decorations and know that no matter who’s in their house and how they’re treated in their house, there’s so much support for them.” Anti-gay opponents had taken note and were. Pride is bigger, of course, than a single day or month or event. The movement’s strength is its resilience, its inclusivity, its refusal to rest until all love is treated equally.
A pandemic isn’t going to put a damper on that.
