Alliance of Illinois Judges Named a 2026 Chicago Pride Parade Community Grand Marshal

CHICAGO — The Alliance of Illinois Judges is honored to announce that it has been selected as a 2026 Community Grand Marshal for the 55th annual Chicago Pride Parade, which will take place on Sunday, June 28, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. PRIDEChicago has announced that the 2026 parade theme is “Free to Be Proud.”

The Alliance of Illinois Judges was chosen alongside Tracy Baim, Mona Noriega, and Evette Cardona as one of this year’s Community Grand Marshals. PRIDEChicago states that the honorees were selected through a community nomination process and were recognized for leadership, service, and impact reflecting this year’s theme.

The Alliance of Illinois Judges AIJ was formed by LGBTQ+ judges in Illinois to promote diversity and understanding within the judiciary and legal community, serve as a resource to fellow judges and the legal profession, and support LGBTQ+ law students and future lawyers.

“We are deeply honored to be recognized as a 2026 Community Grand Marshal of the Chicago Pride Parade. At a time when LGBTQ+ people continue to face coordinated attacks on their dignity, safety, and equal place in public life, this recognition carries special meaning,” said Judge Jill Rose Quinn, President of the Alliance of Illinois Judges and Illinois’s first openly transgender judge and elected official.

Quinn added, “The Alliance of Illinois Judges is proud to stand for visibility, fairness, and the rule of law, and to affirm that our courts must remain places where every person is treated with respect and humanity. Pride is a celebration, but it is also a declaration: that we are here, that we belong, and that justice must include all of us.”

The 2026 Chicago Pride Parade will step off from Grace and Broadway and proceed through Northalsted into Lincoln Park, continuing one of the city’s most significant annual celebrations of LGBTQ+ pride, resilience, and community.

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