'We had high hopes but we have to listen to what everyone is telling us, advising us,' said Alexandria Evangelou, co-owner of Elevate Coffee.
We must cancel the parade for a second year.' 'We don't feel, though, that we can do it safely for everyone in the parade and people watching. 'We really wanted and hoped there could be a parade in 2021,' the organizers wrote.
Organizers added they had hoped an October parade would allow them to introduce LGBTQI+ History Month, and had hoped to recognize The Chicago Gender Society, which they said have been an entry in the Pride Parade every year since 1985, as well as honor some specific individuals. 'Everyone knows the reasons we were wrong in our estimate as to how safe things would be in the fall.
'Sadly, we were naive in that belief or, a more accurate word - 'hope',' organizers said in a letter.
