Gay Galena LGBT Getaway Illois: LGBTQ+ iendly Road Trip om Chigo to the Mid-Wt wh stops Rockford & Geneva. Farm-to-table food
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GALENA – ILLOIS’ GAY-IENDLY WEEKEND GETAWAY
Crowds at Kathy Osterman Beach, also monly known as Hollywood Beach or the “gay beach” Augt 2021 Cred: Kathleen Hkel.
Keehnen says the beach was a revolutnary haven for gay men to take up physil space, to be queer public, and to be among others like them. “The Rocks were jt as important to my socializatn as a gay man Chigo durg that time as the bars were. The article was a personal and fascatg glimpse to the gay male muny Chigo at the time, wh echo of the same stggl and termuny strife still alive today.