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Contents:

• CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• GAY NIGHTLIFE BOYSTOWN, CHIGO: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• GAY BAR JOBS
• CHIGO GAY BARS
• CHIGO GAY BARS STOP SELLG BUD LIGHT BEER
• IN THE FACE OF HOSTILY AT CHIGO GAY BARS, TWO BLACK LBIANS CREATE THEIR OWN
• OBAMA WAS A COE-USG GAY HTLER, SAYS WOMAN WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN HAWAIIAN CLASSMATE
• CHIGO GAY BARS STOP SELLG BUD LIGHT BEER

CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS

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.

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

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

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. 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?

GAY BAR JOBS

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

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.

CHIGO GAY BARS STOP SELLG BUD LIGHT BEER

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.

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.

IN THE FACE OF HOSTILY AT CHIGO GAY BARS, TWO BLACK LBIANS CREATE THEIR OWN

And we celebrate all year long.Catch the Chigo Pri Para JuneExplore welg neighborhoodsExperience Chigo's vibrant LGBTQ+ muni, cludg the first official gay neighborhood the untry.Party at Sitrack BoystownKeep explorgDisver more Chigo LGBTQ+ gems, om historic landmarks to ol boutiqu to top drag shows.Explore hotels, flights, als, and more. Gay Nightlife Boystown, Chigo: Bt Bars, Clubs, & More. Wh a rich history of LGBT activism and a flourishg muny, Chigo offers one of the bt gay nightlife scen the untry, particularly Boystown.

Although s formal name is Lakeview, Boystown is the more monly ed named for this famo gay neighborhood. It's here where you'll fd the hight ncentratn of gay-iendly bars and clubs, where everyone is wele to be themselv and take pri who they are and who they love. In Boystown, gay bars abound on and between the ma thoroughfar of Halsted and Broadway.

Sitrack: This immensely popular gay vio bar is a by multi-level bar that appeals to gay men and lbians of all ag, although do tend to lean towards the preppier si. Rose's Tavern: One of the great legends of gay Chigo nightlife, this food-servg bar has remaed fun, relevant, and by sce opened 1987. Berl: A iendly dance club on the by Belmont Avenue, Berl has been a gay nightlife mastay Chigo for many years, s succs due largely to s e-one-e-all vibe.

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Srlet: This smopolan, upsle gay lounge and dance club is known for s dandy drk specials and sleek r. K Kat Lounge and Supper Club: One of Lakeview's swankier mixed gay-straight loung and eateri, K Kat is a retro-hip hangout.

All the gay bars, rtrants, and clubs will have somethg special planned durg this month and the fect rabow-spir spreads across Chigo. The bt place to enjoy the para is Boystown, where the energy level will be at s gayt, proust, and most fun. Much of the gay scene this neighborhood is foced along Halsted, Belmont, and Addison Streets.

About Gay 90s is a small bs Mneapolis, MN. The anonymo and transient character of the neighborhoods permted the velopment of Chigo's lbian and gay subculture.

CHIGO GAY BARS STOP SELLG BUD LIGHT BEER

tered to gay men and featured female impersonatn acts.

By the 1920s, a visible lbian and gay enclave was well tablished the Near North Si bohemian neighborhood known as.

In the tearooms and speakeasi of this district, lbians and gay men om throughout the cy and the Midwt met and socialized wh lol. and wh heterosexuals bent on obtag a glimpse of gay life. The Dill Pickle Club on Tooker Alley hosted group discsns and bat on homosexualy and lbianism, while the Bally Hoo Cafe on North Halsted featured male and female impersonatn acts, as well as a ntt for cross-drsed patrons.

Gay men also gathered along Michigan Avenue and on Oak Street Beach and mgled wh lbians, hobos, and polil radils.

Yet while the public spac played an important role the nstctn of Chigo's lbian and gay muny, private parti and personal works remaed the foundatn of gay culture. One such work head by Henry Gerber, a postal clerk and Bavarian immigrant to Chigo, found the natn's earlit documented gay rights anizatn 1924; the Society for Human Rights published two pamphlets before s members were arrted and the group disband. a lbian and gay enclave also veloped on the cy's.

lbians and gay men beme regular fixtur, as both patrons and entertaers,. In 1935 a black gay street htler and.

Buildg on the succs of the terracial drag balls that had been held at the Colism Annex on the Near South Si sce the 1920s, the Fnie's Ball beme a celebrated Halloween event on the South Si, drawg thoands of gay and lbian participants and heterosexual onlookers well to the 1960s. After the repeal of Prohibn 1933, the first bars terg exclively to lbians and gay men opened Chigo.

Among the bt known were Waldman's, a gay male bar n by a married Jewish uple on Michigan Avenue near Randolph Street, and the Rose-El-Inn, a lbian bar on Clark Street near Divisn.