Top Gay Bars Chigo: 10 Bars for Drkg and Dancg | Choose Chigo

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• CHIGO GAY BARS BOYTT ANHSER-BCH AS BREWER SHUNS DYLAN MULVANEY
• CHIGO GAY BARS STOP SELLG BUD LIGHT BEER
• CHIGO GAY BARS STOP SELLG BUD LIGHT, OTHER ANHSER-BCH BEERS AFTER BRAND BACKS DOWN TO ANTI-TRANS CRICS
• CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• CHIGO GAY BARS
• “I THK WE HAVE A GAY BAR”
• GAY NIGHTLIFE BOYSTOWN, CHIGO: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

CHIGO GAY BARS BOYTT ANHSER-BCH AS BREWER SHUNS DYLAN MULVANEY

There’s a reason so many young queer people flock to Chigo and never leave: the cy’s gay scene is fun as hell.

Boystown, of urse, is the cy’s official gayborhood, wh LGBTQ-iendly bars, rtrant, and clubs occupyg nearly every storeont on Northalsted. But Chigo’s queer muny exists far outsi the Lakeview enclave—and so do the great gay bars.

Whether they clu drag, dancg, or are div—or a ltle b of all three—Chigo’s bt gay bars have a ltle somethg for everyone. Gay Edgewater rints of all ag ll themselv regulars at this iendly, sual dive bar.

CHIGO GAY BARS STOP SELLG BUD LIGHT BEER

This Uptown spot featur a relatively mixed-genr clientele ( the scheme of gay bars). Wh no distguishg signage outsi, this unmarked dive is much more discreet than s very gay clientele is.

Sitrack is generally herald as the kg of Chigo gay bars, and not for no reason: the sprawlg plex featur five different bars year-round. Add another two the summertime, when the upstairs pat—one of Chigo’s bt, gay or straight—is open for bs.

CHIGO GAY BARS STOP SELLG BUD LIGHT, OTHER ANHSER-BCH BEERS AFTER BRAND BACKS DOWN TO ANTI-TRANS CRICS

Not only is the Jefey Pub one of the olst gay bars the untry, ’s also the only black-owned LGBTQ bar Chigo. June’s Chigo Pri Ftival, one of the largt annual gay pri ftivals the untry, and Chigo Pri Para, which attracts an timated one ln spectators, are among the summer’s stars. Five Chigo gay bars are boyttg Anhser-Bch for distancg self om transgenr social media star Dylan Mulvaney after her Arpil 1 llaboratn drew nservativ’ ire and lls for a Bud Light boytt.

Several Chigo-area gay bars have stopped sellg Anhser-Bch products rponse to the beer giant’s attempts to distance self om a marketg mpaign that Bud Light unrtook wh transgenr fluencer Dylan Mulvaney. 2Bears Tavern Group, which owns four gay bars on the cy’s north si — Meetg Hoe Tavern, 2Bears Tavern Uptown, The SoFo Tap, and Jackhammer — posted to Instagram last week that would disntue sal of all Anhser-Bch products, cludg popular beers Bch Light, Bud Light, and Goose Island 312, as first reported by Block Club Chigo.

Meanwhile, Sitrack, a 41-year-old gay bar the cy’s Lakeview neighborhood, also clared that would stop sellg Bch Light, Bud Light, and Goose Island 312. READ NEXT‘The Cottage’ Review: Failed Farce (Broadway)Island Hoe Staff Says “Keep Key Wt Gay”I’m Allan, and I’m More Than KenoughMissouri Sued Over Ban on Genr-Affirmg Care. NORTHALSTED — A slew of Chigo gay bars have stopped sellg Anhser Bch InBev products after the beer giant distanced self om transgenr fluencer Dylan Mulvaney’s Bud Light marketg mpaign amid anti-trans backlash.

CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS

2Bears Tavern Group, which owns four gay bars om Uptown to Rogers Park, was the first to drop Anhser-Bch InBev, postg on Instagram Thursday that s abandonment of Mulvaney amid ntroversy “shows how ltle Anhser-Bch r about the LGBTQIA+ muny, and particular transgenr people, who have been unr unrelentg attack this untry.

”Sitrack, a 41-year-old gay bar found by LGBTQ rights pneers Art Johnston and Jose Pepé Peña, later ma the same announcement. “We mt also hold brands acuntable if they take active steps agast LGBTQ+ equaly, visibily and safety, ” Sitrack gay bars will no longer sell all Anhser-Bch products, cludg Bud Light, Bch Light and Goose Island ntroversy began after Anhser-Bch partnered wh Mulvaney for a sponsored post and lnched a le of Pri-themed ns wh var took to social media to exprs transphobic outrage over the Mulvaney partnership, cludg an Instagram clip of untry mician Kid Rock shootg four s of Bud Light wh a rifle and ctomers vowg they would stop drkg Bud Light. Our gay and lbian bars have a ltle b of somethg for everyone, wh late-night loung, dance clubs, burlque and drag shows, and long-standg neighborhood waterg hol almost every rner of the cy.

And each wh their own unique history and out some of the bt gay bars and clubs to experience Chigo’s LGBTQ+ nightlife scene.

CHIGO GAY BARS

Jeffery PubOne of the cy’s olst gay bars, Jeffery Pub is a neighborhood stutn.

The South Shore staple is also one of Chigo’s first black-owned gay bars, makg all the more meangful for the spot’s many regulars.

“I THK WE HAVE A GAY BAR”

Come for trivia, the ee Sunday night buffet, and the themed dance parti — then e back the next morng for bnch at attached sister rtrant ClosetYou n’t talk about gay bars Chigo whout talkg about Northalsted (also known as Boystown). Come for happy hour, Sunday afternoon mimosas, or late StoryLookg for a gay bar near downtown Chigo? From jazz clubs and beach to gay bars adjacent to weekend bnch spots, the neighborhood make for a relaxg day among the LGBTQ-iendly lols.

GAY NIGHTLIFE BOYSTOWN, CHIGO: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

Hollywood Beach)It is apt that the gay beach Chigo, popularly lled Hollywood Beach, is officially named after Kathy Osterman, the Chigo polician who fought for gay rights the 1980s. This LGBTQ staple also featur DJs and dancg after dark the adjog Tweet Granville AnvilLoted half a block wt om Go’s North, this no-ills gay bar is worth poppg to if only to marvel at the low set circular bar that sometim doubl as—much to the bartenr’s dismay—a twalk for those lookg to stt their stuff once a quarter’s dropped the jebox.

Boystown | Anrsonville | Uptown |BoystownBoystown is Chigo's famo gay and appropriately named gay area. It's packed wh gay bars, cultural attractns and tertg people.

SitrackThe biggt and perhaps the most popular gay bar Chigo. Mixed/gay crowd, mostly 30's-40's. Loted Boystown gay village.