Man's Country, Chigo's olst gay bathhoe, closg after 44 years

Contents:

• CHIGO GAY BATHHO
• GAY CHIGO
• CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI
• MAN'S COUNTRY, CHIGO'S OLST GAY BATHHOE, CLOSG AFTER 44 YEARS
• GAY BATHHOE EROS TO OPEN S NEW TENRLO LOTN FOR PRI WEEKEND

CHIGO GAY BATHHO

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Chigo's olst gay bathhoe closed forever on New Year's Day 2018. EtienneChigo lost a piece of gay history 2018, when Man's Country, the cy's olst bathhoe, closed s doors after 44 years.

Author and historian Owen Keehnen said the loss of Man's Country was "a gay versn of seeg the hoe you grew up torn down. A place of sexual liberatn, social ease wh beg gay and muny buildg.

GAY CHIGO

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(RELATED: 28 Photos of Gay Bathhoe History Chigo)The heady urban hedonism of gay liberatn fed Man's Country's early years. "They weren't necsarily gay bands playg, " Ehemann says. The anizers were spired by the avowedly sexual atmosphere at IML and wanted to merge to the gay mic Cross, a native Arkansan, me to Chigo seven years ago to do sketch edy but stead found a llg as a DJ.

CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI

"Man's Country typifi that old-school, sleazy vibe that pre-HIV gay life had, and I feel like this is re-creatg that a ltle b. This is an important, fantastic gay relic, and I'm so happy that people like me together to give a good send-off.

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

Although Chigo has among the greatt selectn of gay nightspots the untry, the majory of the hangouts - om bars and diss to LGBT-popular rtrants - are popular mixed rintial-mercial neighborhoods on the north si of the cy.

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Fortunately, there are a uple of very fun gay nightspots right the heart of downtown, not to mentn an almost endls supply of terrific rtrants, many of them wh mixed gay/straight followgs. Addnally, on the cy's South Si, you'll fd a pair of gay bars that ter predomantly to Ain-Amerin patrons, Club Espe and Jeffery Pub. It's also a b of a distance to reach the bars, but they're both legendary nightspots that are well-worth checkg out, pecially given that many of the natn's gay Ain-Amerin hangouts have steadily disappeared over the years.

GAY BATHHOE EROS TO OPEN S NEW TENRLO LOTN FOR PRI WEEKEND

Here's a more -pth look at the Downtown and South Si Chigo gay social tablishments.