Advocates will mark 10 years since the March on Springfield for Marriage Equality on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023 at Sidetrack bar, 3349 N. Halsted, Chicago, from 1-3 p.m. There will be speakers and memorabilia and posters from the event, which occurred Oct. 22, 2013 outside of the state capitol.

The marriage law passed a few days after the march, and courts granted emergency marriages for same-sex couples within weeks of the march. The full law went into effect June 1, 2014.

Tracy Baim and Kim Hunt, two of the co-chairs for the March, will host the event, which is sponsored by Equality Illinois, Lambda Legal, and the Human Rights Campaign.

Speakers include three of the key legislators who spearheaded the law: Former state Rep. Greg Harris, former state Sen. Heather Steans, and Rep. Kelly Cassidy. John Kohlhepp from Illinois Unites, Lambda Legal deputy legal director Camilla Taylor, ACLU director of advocacy Khadine Bennett, Equality Illinois' Duty Director Mony Ruiz-Velasco, and advocate Justin Koziatek will round out the program.

For more on the free event, see: Website Link Here .

See videos from the original March on Springfield here: Article Link Here .