The Chigo Gaylords is a whe Chigo street gang that was found durg the 1940s. The gang took s name om the Gaylord (Gaillard) fay of Normandy, and s origal members were mostly Italian, Irish, and Greek-Amerin World War II veterans. The "club" has s own clubho and...
Contents:
- GAYLORDS
- GAYLORDS (CHIGO GANG)
- 3 GAY GANGS BEG “KNOWN”
- CHIGO GAYLORDS
- JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
- JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
GAYLORDS
Gaylords is a predomantly whe gang om Chigo, Illois." property="og:scriptn * gay gangs in chicago *
; the Gaylords' Social Athletic Club the Grand and Ogn area, which was affiliated wh the Junr Postal Athletic Club, and is loted the Ltle Italy sectn known as the Patch. Ga sights to the existence of Chigo street gangs and wns how the Gaylords grew om a neighborhood street gang the 1950s to the largt whe gang Chigo.
The Chigo Gaylords, assumed to be a North Si Street Gang, had sectns on the South Si Sherman Park (55th and Ashland), 18th and Wtern (Pilsen area), and Bridgeport (Throop Street). Two non-fictn novels have been wrten about the Chigo Gaylords street gang: Great Amerin Youth and Lords of Kilbourn wrten by Rocker, a former Lawndale and Altgeld and Kilbourn Park Gaylord.
GAYLORDS (CHIGO GANG)
A soclogist spent two years terviewg gay gang members. While some were the closet and others were openly gay, all were forced to reckon wh an environment of hypermasculy. * gay gangs in chicago *
Black and Green - early 1950s-early 1960s; Any sectn started by Kilbourn Park Gaylords wore black and light blue, any sectn started by Palmer Gaylords wore black and grey.
I have had to look at many sourc to piece together this history of the Gaylords and a lot of n be found on the Gaylord’s webse which is one of the biggt sourc I ed.
3 GAY GANGS BEG “KNOWN”
3 Gay Gangs Beg “Known” was published The Gang's All Queer on page 73. * gay gangs in chicago *
A group of men their early 20s had enough of the Outlaws and created their own club to al wh the rival biker gang that they lled the “Gay Lords. The headquarters for the Gay Lords Ltle Village was 24th and Whipple and that’s where all started for this group of Gaylords, but this is not the begng of the story of the ALGN necsarily. The Gay Lords hung out at 24th and Marshall Boulevard out ont of John Spry Elementary School (2400 S Marshall Blvd, Chigo, IL 60623) which is the same tersectn where the legendary 24th and Marshall Boulevard Lat Kgs started, however, they didn’t e along until the mid-1960s and that was maly bee Gay Lords were voluntarily relquishg this rner to serve Vietnam.
CHIGO GAYLORDS
The Gay Lords of Ltle Village were Polish and Bohemian while the Gay Lords of Wt Town were mostly Italian wh some Mexins so that is a difference.
JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
In the mid-1950s there were for sure youths high school that joed the Gay Lords Ltle Village and soon they domated Harrison High School and the Junr ROTC program.
JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
Another part of the foundg history is that of the Gay Lords SAC that was found 1954 the Near Wt Si neighborhood at the tersectn of Ashland Avenue and Taylor Street. The Wt Town and Ltle Village Gay Lords were big to bik and the Wt Town and Ltle Village Gay Lords would eventually slug out wh Lat Kgs later years.