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Contents:

• CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• HOW 'THE EAGLE' BEME ONE OF THE MOST REGNIZED GAY BAR NAM
• CHICAGO EAGLE (1983) GAY LEATHER BAR POSTER BY ETIENNE
• MAN'S COUNTRY, CHIGO'S OLST GAY BATHHOE, CLOSG AFTER 44 YEARS
• GAY CHIGO
• DOWNTOWN CHIGO GAY LIFE

CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS

"So much of our life is the bars, and that's where so much gay history took place, " Karl told The Advote. 7Karl got the ia for the book while remiscg wh iends about the gay bars Chigo.

For years, la Croix wrote a lumn the gay papers lled Chigo Whispers, which later beme a book of the same name, where he'd terview people about bars om as far back as the Prohibn era of the 1920s and '30s.

HOW 'THE EAGLE' BEME ONE OF THE MOST REGNIZED GAY BAR NAM

There was no gay Catholic group, none of that stuff. "Near the end of the book is a sectn lled "Shared Spac, " listg addrs that were home to several gay bars and clubs over the Meat Market, cir 1989-1994. 5"Illois was the first state to crimalize homosexualy, 1961, " la Croix said.

"All the obv homosexuals the Midwt livg small towns, drag queens and thgs, they all thought, This isgreat, so they all moved to Chigo. That rptn actually gave gay people a space Chigo. 45This plited relatnship between the ps and the gay muny led to some arne l for bar patrons.

CHICAGO EAGLE (1983) GAY LEATHER BAR POSTER BY ETIENNE

It's not about alhol at all -- 's about gay life. "One thg we've been asked before is how young people don't go to gay bars as much anymore, " Karl said. "They jt go to any bar they want to bee they feel fortable dog that, which is what we fought for all those years -- that gay people uld go anywhere and be accepted anywhere.

"Unfortunately, now 's bg the gay bs muny the ass, bee people don't feel as much of a need to go to gay bars. " So far, however, the feared "epic spl between Chigo gay bars and morn gay activism" has not happened.

MAN'S COUNTRY, CHIGO'S OLST GAY BATHHOE, CLOSG AFTER 44 YEARS

""There's always disagreements the gay muny, that's how we advance, " la Croix said.

"I thk Chigo there will always be a gay entertament district, bee they learned their lson early on and started buyg the properti when they moved to what is now known as the Halsted area and Anrsonville, " Karl said. 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.

GAY CHIGO

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. 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? The popular gay leather bar boasted a diverse group of patrons: men of all ag, a uple of women, people of lor, body typ that spanned the gamut, guys leather harns and some men simply wearg jeans and a The Eagle NYC is not a anchise, is one of dozens of gay bars across the U.

DOWNTOWN CHIGO GAY LIFE

It’s part of a tradn that go back Eagle NYC 2018 ntt petorsSkywrg MediaThe History of ‘The Eagle’In 1970, the first gay Eagle bar was started after an old longshoreman’s pub New York Cy, Eagle Open Kchen, closed down.