To celebrate LGBT Pri Month, we thought we'd look back at Chigo gay neighborhood history before Boystown.
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CHIGO GAY NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY
I was such a baby gay. They looked for a place to dance, meet other gay men. We were the gays and lbians who knew each other om the left.
We lled ourselv DAGMAR: Dyk and Gay Men Agast Racism, Reprsn, and the Right Wg. And we read Gay Communy News.
In 1987, the Send Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights drew over 200, 000 people and cid wh the first public display of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. Why were they puttg themselv on the le for homos, you know what I mean?
A RETURN TO CHIGO’S 1980S GAY PARADISE, THE BELMONT ROCKS
If AIDS had h lbians, would the gay men have been there for them as much? Mayor Daley got off on a bad foot wh the gay muny.
I was a young gay man, and I was like, This sounds fun!