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Contents:
- EXAMG THE PAST, PRENT, AND FUTURE OF CHIGO'S FIRST GAY NEIGHBORHOOD
- CHIGO GAY NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY
- GAY RIGHTS
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EXAMG THE PAST, PRENT, AND FUTURE OF CHIGO'S FIRST GAY NEIGHBORHOOD
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Tled Out and Proud Chigo: An Overview of the Cy's Gay Communy, the book is eded by Tracy Baim and featur the ntributns of more than 20 proment historians and journalists. Chigo's gay muny has ntributed many ways to the natnal and ternatnal fight for gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr rights. However, those ntributns have often been overlooked documentatns of the movement, and this new Chigo Gay History Project seeks to provi a prehensive overview of those many important people, events, and anizatns who helped the Wdy Cy bee a bean of gay progrs the latter part of the 20th Century.
CHIGO GAY NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY
To celebrate LGBT Pri Month, we thought we'd look back at Chigo gay neighborhood history before Boystown. * chicago lgbt history *
From the anti-gay police raids and harassment of earlier s, Chigo has risen to bee one of the most progrsive ci the world, wh legal protectns, a cy-signated neighborhood, a major muny center, the hostg of the Gay Gam 2006, and a cy-sponsored Gay and Lbian Hall of Fame.
GAY RIGHTS
The gay rights movement the Uned Stat began the 1920s and saw huge progrs the 2000s, wh laws prohibg homosexual activy stck down and a Supreme Court lg legalizg same-sex marriage. * chicago lgbt history *
While The Society of Human Rights the 1920s was short-lived (due to police terventn), the visnary who started that group, Henry Gerber, was among the many Chigoans who were at the vanguard of the movement for gay equaly. The Chigo Gay History Project will add to the origal scholarship documentg our cy's key role the gay movement.
We clu non-gays who ntributed to the progrs for gay rights, and we also provi extensive rourc for addnal rmatn. ” Illois, however, has often been at the foreont of LGBTQIA+ rights, stemmg all the way back to 1924 wh the foundg of the Society for Human Rights, the natn’s first known gay anizatn. In a llectn of says, the history of Chigo's lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr muni is explored by leadg historians and scholars.
Halsted St., Ltle ItalyHenry Gerber, activist and publisherThis landmarked 1885 row hoe betiful Lln Park was the home of gay rights pneer Henry Gerber, who found the Society for Human Rights 1924 — the first known homosexual rights anizatn the Uned Stat.
CHIGO STYLELGBTQ+HOME»EXPLORE»CHIGO STYLE»LGBTQ+CHIGO HAS A WAY OF MAKG EVERYONE FEEL WELE. OUR LGBTQ+ MUNI, IENDLY RINTS, DIVERSE NIGHTLIFE, AND YEAR-LONG PRI CELEBRATNS MAKE ONE OF THE MOST CLIVE CI THE UNTRY. VAR PRELOAD = {}; GET TO KNOW LGBTQ+ CHIGOCOME EXPLORE OUR HISTORIC LANDMARKS, WELG NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THRIVG NIGHTLIFE SCENE.EXPLORE CHIGO'S WELG NEIGHBORHOODSCHECK OUT OUR GUI TO LGBTQ+ NEIGHBORHOODSEXPLORE OUR 2-DAY LGBTQ+ CHIGO ERARYDISVER LGBTQ+ HISTORY WH THE TOURS AND ATTRACTNSFEEL THE PRIPRI IS CHIGO'S DNA. AND WE CELEBRATE ALL YEAR LONG.CATCH THE CHIGO PRI PARA JUNEWHERE TO CELEBRATE PRI MONTH CHIGOEXPLORE YEAR-ROUND LGBTQ+ EVENTS CHIGOKEEP THE PARTY GOG AT THE LOL GAY BARS AND CLUBS.EXPLORE WELG NEIGHBORHOODSEXPERIENCE CHIGO'S VIBRANT LGBTQ+ MUNI, CLUDG THE FIRST OFFICIAL GAY NEIGHBORHOOD THE UNTRY.PARTY AT SITRACK BOYSTOWNWHAT DO AND SEE BUZZG BOYSTOWNEAT AND SHOP QUIRKY ANRSONVILLEKEEP EXPLORG
Friendship and Freedom, the newsletter Gerber published for the society, is nsired to be the first documented gay rights publitn the untry.