
Saturday, June 20, 2026
1:00 – 5:00 pm
Trinity Lutheran Church
675 E. Algonquin Road, Des Plaines
Free Community Event!
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SPEAK Des Plaines invites you to join us at this inclusive, intergenerational, accessible, and supportive event!
Pride attendees will enjoy food, games, kid activities, a family-friendly drag performance, and information from local LGBTQIA+ support organizations. The goal is to create a welcoming space where community members of all ages, backgrounds, and identities can come together.
Admission and activities are free for all to attend this community event, though donations are encouraged to help cover costs.
Get involved!
- Want to volunteer? Let us know if you are interested in volunteering with us to plan this event! Email speakdesplaines@gmail.com.
- Want to be an exhibitor? If you are a local LGBTQ+ serving organization, fill out this form to register as an exhibitor for this event.
Sponsor Pride 2026
Admission and activities are free for all to attend this community event thanks to the generosity of donations! Make a donation online.
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Donate books for raffles
Raffles are free for all attendees. Help us keep this activity accessible for all, regardless of their ability to pay. Donate books for our raffle prizes through our Bookshop wishlist.
The goals and intentions of this event
- To inspire joy, strength, and community engagement
- To be inclusive, intersectional, intergenerational, accessible, and anti-racist
- To be a safe and welcoming event for all individuals–any race, ethnicity, religion, age, ability, citizenship status, faith, or no faith
- To be family-friendly
- To acknowledge LGBTQIA+ people past, present, and future
- To include all genders and sexualities—whether or not people are out
- To support local organizations and to be environmentally friendly
Join us and enjoy
- Free Snacks
- Performances
- Family-Friendly Drag Show
- LGBTQIA+ Support Organizations
- Raffles
- Activities, Games, and More!
Thank You to Our 2026 Event Exhibitors!

Shareable Event Flyer

2026 Exhibitors
- Christ Church UCC – christchurchuccdesplaines.org
- Camino Rising – caminorising.org
- Youth Outlook – youth-outlook.org
- Urban Wellness – urbanwellnesscounseling.com
- The Juniper Center – thejunipercenter.com
- Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook – ysgn.org
- Oakton College LGBTQIA2+ Advisory Council –oakton.edu/life-at-oakton/diversity-at-oakton/lgbtqia2-at-oakton/lgbtqia2-advisory-council.php
- Kenneth Young Center – kennethyoung.org
- The Harbour – theharbour.org
- Trans Up Front IL – transupfrontil.com
- Des Plaines Clergy Alliance
- Thrive with Pride by AgeOptions – thrivingwithpride.org
- Self-Help Closet & Pantry of Des Plaines – selfhelppantry.org
- AforAce – aforace.com
- The Upward Spiral
- Trinity Lutheran – Green Team – trinitydesplaines.org/green-team
- Greater Family Health – greaterfamilyhealth.org
- Indigo Therapy Group – indigotherapygroup.com
- LifeIsWork – lifeiswork.org
- Des Plaines History Center – desplaineshistory.org
- Camino Rising – caminorising.org
- Christ Church UCC – christchurchuccdesplaines.org
- Kenneth Young Center – kennethyoung.org
- The Juniper Center – thejunipercenter.com
- The Upward Spiral – psychologytoday.com/us/therapists?search=maggie+dix
- Center of Concern – centerofconcern.org
- Friends of the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame – chicagolgbthalloffame.org
- Gerber/Hart Library and Archives – gerberhart.org
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