• Youth Outlook’s Joliet/Lockport Drop-In Center

    Joliet Pride Network sponsors the Joliet/Lockport Drop-In Center run by Youth Outlook. This partnership ensures that LGBTQ+ youth in the Joliet area have consistent access to a safe, welcoming, and affirming space. Youth Outlook’s Joliet/Lockport Drop-In Center What Happens: Guided by trained staff and volunteers, the drop-in sessions include: Group discussions focused on topics like identity, self-esteem, mental health, and […]

  • Youth Outlook’s Joliet/Lockport Drop-In Center

    Joliet Pride Network sponsors the Joliet/Lockport Drop-In Center run by Youth Outlook. This partnership ensures that LGBTQ+ youth in the Joliet area have consistent access to a safe, welcoming, and affirming space. Youth Outlook’s Joliet/Lockport Drop-In Center What Happens: Guided by trained staff and volunteers, the drop-in sessions include: Group discussions focused on topics like identity, self-esteem, mental health, and […]

  • 4th Annual Pride in the Ballpark

    Duly Health And Care Field 1 Mayor Art Schultz Dr, Joliet, IL, United States

    GET READY TO BRING THE PRIDE TO THE PLATE! 🌈⚾️ The Joliet Pride Network is once again teaming up with the Joliet Slammers for an epic night of baseball and community at Pride in the Ballpark! Whether you’re a lifelong fan or just here for the atmosphere, this is the night to show out and […]

  • HIV Long-Term Survivors Day

    HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day (HLTSAD) is observed annually on June 5th to honor people who've lived with HIV for many years, acknowledging their resilience, unique challenges (like aging with HIV, stigma, mental health), and advocating for their continued needs, coinciding with the 1981 CDC report marking the start of the AIDS epidemic. This day […]

  • Youth Outlook’s Joliet/Lockport Drop-In Center

    Joliet Pride Network sponsors the Joliet/Lockport Drop-In Center run by Youth Outlook. This partnership ensures that LGBTQ+ youth in the Joliet area have consistent access to a safe, welcoming, and affirming space. Youth Outlook’s Joliet/Lockport Drop-In Center What Happens: Guided by trained staff and volunteers, the drop-in sessions include: Group discussions focused on topics like identity, self-esteem, mental health, and […]

  • June JPN Board Meeting

    Realty Executives Success 700 W Jefferson St, Shorewood, IL, United States

    Monthly board meeting.

  • Pulse Night of Remembrance

    Held in remembrance of the 49 people who were murdered in the Pulse Nightclub shooting on June 12, 2016. #PulseNightclub #RememberPulse

  • Youth Outlook’s Joliet/Lockport Drop-In Center

    Joliet Pride Network sponsors the Joliet/Lockport Drop-In Center run by Youth Outlook. This partnership ensures that LGBTQ+ youth in the Joliet area have consistent access to a safe, welcoming, and affirming space. Youth Outlook’s Joliet/Lockport Drop-In Center What Happens: Guided by trained staff and volunteers, the drop-in sessions include: Group discussions focused on topics like identity, self-esteem, mental health, and […]

  • June Gayme Night

    Critical Grind 852 Sharp Dr. Unit L, Shorewood, IL, United States

    The Joliet Pride Network hosts a regular “gayme” night at the Critical Grind Board Game Cafe in Shorewood, IL on the third Thursday of the month from 7-11pm. The “gayme” night is an event designed to promote inclusion, dignity, and acceptance by providing a safe and friendly environment for the local LGBTQ+ community and its […]

  • June Wallyball

    Annerino Community Center 201 Recreation Dr, Bollingbrook, United States

    Joliet Pride Network is Proud to sponsor Wallyball every third Saturday of the month from 11am – 1pm at the Annerino Community Center in Bolingbrook. The event is free to attend, it isn’t a competitive game, and is just a lot of fun! Join us to meet new friends, create community, and play wallyball! Similar […]

  • Youth Outlook’s Joliet/Lockport Drop-In Center

    Joliet Pride Network sponsors the Joliet/Lockport Drop-In Center run by Youth Outlook. This partnership ensures that LGBTQ+ youth in the Joliet area have consistent access to a safe, welcoming, and affirming space. Youth Outlook’s Joliet/Lockport Drop-In Center What Happens: Guided by trained staff and volunteers, the drop-in sessions include: Group discussions focused on topics like identity, self-esteem, mental health, and […]

  • Same-Sex Marriage is Legalized in the U.S.

    Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) was the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, ruling that the Fourteenth Amendment requires all states to license marriages between same-sex couples and recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, guaranteeing equal dignity and fundamental rights under the law. Authored by Justice Kennedy, the 5-4 decision found bans […]