Queer clout Chigo: Tellg gay history beyond Stonewall and the Castro.

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In 1970, gay activists Chigo achieved a surprisg victory. They succsfully prsured the owners of the cy’s biggt gay bars to drop their...

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ZACHARY BLAIRANTHROPOLOGIST, REARCHER, WRER, AND GUN VLENCE VICTIMS ADVOTEHOMEABOUTCONTACTBLOGMOREUSE TAB TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE MENU EMS.ALL POSTSCENTRAL FLORIDACHIGOPULSEWTER PARKBOYSTOWNSEARCHZACHARY BLAIRDEC 1, 20171 M READGAY LIFE'S FEATURED BARS OM THE MID-1970S

To celebrate LGBT Pri Month, we thought we'd look back at Chigo gay neighborhood history before Boystown. * chicago gay bars 1970s *

Below are some clippgs om Chigo's Gay Life, chroniclg some of the gay neighborhood's most proment gay bars and around New Town—the neighborhood that would bee known as Boystown.

Halsted (which remas at this lotn today and has long been nsired the first gay bar on the Halsted Strip), Virgo Out at 2546 N. Clark Street (then nsired the center of gay life Chigo), and Augie's at 3729 N.

CHIGO GAY NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY

The bt gay bars Chigo range om beloved div to cktail ns, wh somethg for every tert. * chicago gay bars 1970s *

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David Boyer Boyer has been a fixture on the gay bar scene for s, cludg at Carol's and Touche. Gary Chichter Chichter has been a gay activist sce the early 1970s, servg val learship posns.

D., has worked on gay and lbian mental health issu for many years. Murray Elman Elman was an activist Chigo the late 1960s and early 1970s, cludg wh the Chigo Gay Liberatn movement.

BEYOND STONEWALL: HOW GAY HISTORY LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM CHIGO

Ron Helizon Helizon has been active on gay issu sce the 1960s, cludg as a bar owner, bar personaly, and Catholic activist. Ted Hoerl & Steve Stt Both Hoerl (left) and Stt are active theater profsnals Chigo, wh long ti to the gay muny.

Sherri Jackson Jackson is a mister and healthre practner wh a wi range of gay and AIDS anizatnal volvement.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* CHICAGO GAY BARS 1970S

30 Bt Gay Bars & Clubs Chigo Has to Go Drkg at Tonight .

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