Chigo Gay History

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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.

CHIGO GAY NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY

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Clark Street (then nsired the center of gay life Chigo), and Augie's at 3729 N. #Boystown #Chigo #gay #gayneighborhood #neighborhood #gayghetto #NewTown #LakeView #gayhistory #gaybars #lbianbar #LGBT #lbian.

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.

BEYOND STONEWALL: HOW GAY HISTORY LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM CHIGO

Murray Elman Elman was an activist Chigo the late 1960s and early 1970s, cludg wh the Chigo Gay Liberatn movement. 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. Phyllis Johnson Johnson supports numero gay, AIDS and Ain-Amerin , cludg the AIDS Ri and Affy.

Nancy Katz & Jane Denomme Katz and Denomme were partners and both active on lbian and gay issu. Kelley has been fightg for gay rights sce the 1960s. Bill Kelley Kelley was among Chigo's longt-servg and most important gay activists, havg worked sce the 1960s to secure gay rights.

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

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