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EVENTOS L ORGULLO GAY EN CHIGO 2022: LO QUE B SABER SOBRE EL SFILE TE F SEMANA Y PRI THE PARK

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Dfile l Orgullo Gay Chigo 2022: cuándo y dón. El Dfile Anual l Orgullo Gay Chigo edición número 51 ienza el domgo al meddía en Montrose Ave. Cierr ll l Dfile l Orgullo Gay.

MORE THAN A PARA: HOW TO CELEBRATE LGBTQIA+ INCLN ALL YEAR LONGFOUR PANI SHARE HOW THEY SUPPORT AND HONOR THEIR LGBTQIA+ LLEAGU DURG PRI MONTH AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.WRTEN BY BRIGID HOGAN JUNE 1, 2022UPDATED: MAY 25, 2023RT. PARA. PARTY. REVOLUTN. PRI HAS A KALEIDOSPE OF INTI THAT REFLECT THE DIVERSE LGBTQIA+ MUNY HONORS AND CELEBRAT. THIS JUNE, WE EXPECT OVER A LN ATTEN TO RETURN TO CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF CHIGO’S PRI PARA AND FTIVALS FOR THE FIRST TIME SCE 2019.HERE CHIGO, PRI IS PART OF A VIBRANT HISTORY OF LGBTQIA+ ACTIVISM AND RISTANCE. IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, AN LGBTQIA+ MUNY FLOURISHED ALONGSI ARTISTS AND POLIL RADILS THE AREA WE NOW KNOW AS THE MAGNIFICENT MILE. DES LATER, ABOUT 200 ACTIVISTS GATHERED THE HEART OF THIS SAME NEIGHBORHOOD TO BEG THE 1970 GAY LIBERATN MARCH, NSIRED CHIGO’S FIRST PRI. IN 2021, THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSN MUNICIPAL EQUALY INX RATED CHIGO 100, A PERFECT SRE, FOR THE POLICI, SERVIC AND LAWS THAT PROTECT AND SUPPORT LGBTQIA+ CHIGOANS.PRI IS A REMR THAT THIS PROGRS HAS BEEN AND NTU TO BE THE WORK OF ACTIVISTS BUILDG A MORE CLIVE AND EQUABLE CHIGO FOR THEIR MUNI ACROSS THE CY, WHETHER AT HOME, AT WORK OR AT PLAY.BUILT IN CHIGO SPOKE WH FIVE AREA PANI ABOUT HOW THEIR CLN WORK HONORS THE LEGACY OF PRI WHILE NTUG TO PROMOTE GREATER EQUY AT WORK AND WH THEIR MUNI.  UPWORKVIEW PROFILEWE ARE HIRGLUS DELOACHDIRECTOR, EMPLOYMENT COUNSEL UPWORK IS A CHIGO-BASED WORK MARKETPLACE THAT NNECTS PANI WH EELANCERS. HOW IS YOUR PANY CELEBRATG OR REGNIZG PRI THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE?I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO PRI MONTH AT UPWORK. UP&OUT, LED BY OUR WONRFUL UPWORK BELONGG COMMUNI (UBC) LEADS MOLLEE MARC AND ALEX MORRIS, HAS PLANNED A SERI OF VIRTUAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT JUNE, AND I'M EXCED ABOUT A FEW PARTICULAR. A "QUEER CAREERS" PANEL WILL HIGHLIGHT LGBTQIA+ SUCCS THE WORKPLACE AND PROVI A FOM TO DISCS WHAT MEANS TO BRG YOUR WHOLE SELF TO WORK. THERE'S ALSO GOG TO BE A SSN TO CELEBRATE AND BUILD UNRSTANDG OF ASEXUAL SPECTM INTI. AND WE’LL HAVE A TRIVIA GAME TO AMPLIFY THE HISTORY OF PRI, PLETE WH A DRAG PERFORMANCE. UP&OUT MEMBERS WILL ALSO GET TOGETHER AT A NUMBER OF -PERSON PRI EVENTS AROUND THE US! BEYOND THE MONTH OF JUNE, WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPL OF WAYS YOUR PANY SUPPORTS OR ADVOT FOR THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY?UPWORK HAS CREATED A TALENT BADGE THAT EMPOWERS LGBTQIA+-OWNED BS ON OUR PLATFORM TO LEVERAGE THEIR EXTERNAL CERTIFITNS AND ATTRACT CLIENTS WHO VALUE SUPPLIER DIVERSY. THIS BADGE IS AN ACT OF SUPPORT FOR OUR EELANCER MUNY, WHICH GETS TO OUR MISSN OF CREATG ENOMIC OPPORTUNI SO PEOPLE HAVE BETTER LIV.INTERNALLY, THE UP&OUT UBC CERTALY DO NOT GO DORMANT BEFORE OR AFTER PRI MONTH. WE ARE AN ACTIVE, ENGAGED MUNY OF LGBTQIA+ FOLKS AND ALLI ALL YEAR LONG!BELONGG IS A FEELG, CLN IS A PRACTICE AND DIVERSY IS AN OUTE.” HOW DO YOUR PANY SUPPORT AND EMPOWER THE LGBTQIA+ MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM? AS A GAY MAN, I AM SO GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF A LEGAL TEAM THAT CREAT SPACE AND SAFETY FOR THENTICY AT WORK. IT’S THE RULT OF WORKG WH SOME REALLY CREDIBLE TEAM MEMBERS WHO LEAD BY EXAMPLE EXPRSG THEIR OWN TTH AND VULNERABILI BUT ALSO OF THE BROAR CULTURE AT UPWORK. AS DR. ER THOMAS, OUR HEAD OF DIVERSY, CLN AND BELONGG (DIBS), WILL TELL YOU, BELONGG IS A FEELG, CLN IS A PRACTICE AND DIVERSY IS AN OUTE. ER AND HER TEAM FOSTER OPPORTUNI TO PRACTICE CLN AND FEEL BELONGG THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE UPSTANRS THAT FOC ON CLN SKILL-BUILDG AND HAB FORMATN. THEY'RE HIRG | VIEW 26 JOBSUPWORK IS HIRG | VIEW 26 JOBS  G2VIEW PROFILEFOLLOWDOMICK DUDASR. REARCH ANALYST G2 IS A POPULAR SOFTWARE MARKETPLACE, HELPG 60 LN PEOPLE EVERY YEAR MAKE SMARTER SOFTWARE CISNS BASED ON THENTIC PEER REVIEWS.   HOW IS YOUR PANY CELEBRATG OR REGNIZG PRI THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE? G2’S LGBTQIA+ AND ALLI ERG CELEBRAT PRI MONTH THROUGH A BATN OF WEEKLY EVENTS, CURATED MEDIA, AND TNAL ROURC. THIS YEAR, OUR FIRST PRI EVENT WILL BE A BOOK CLUB LLABORATN WH OUR LATX AND ALLI ERG, DISCSG HOLA PAPI BY LGBTQIA+ ADVICE LUMNIST, JOHN PL BRAMMER. THE EVENT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNY TO DIVE EPER TO TERSECTNAL VOIC WH THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY. WE ARE ALSO PLANNG A FIRI CHAT WH A NOTABLE DRAG ARTIST INDIA TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE OF BEG THENTILLY QUEER A CULTURE THAT IS NOT AS READILY ACCEPTG PARED OTHER UNTRI. ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF G2’S EMPLOYE ARE LOTED OUTSI OF THE U.S., AND WE AIM TO BE AS CLIVE AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID A PURELY AMERIN-CENTRIC VIEW OF LGBTQIA+ REPRENTATN.OUR BIGGT PRI EVENT OF THE YEAR IS OUR ANNUAL DRAG SHOW, WHERE G2 EMPLOYE SUBM PRE-RERD DRAG PERFORMANC AND PETE FOR PRIZ. HOSTED BY CHIGO DRAG ARTIST CONNOR KONZ, THE EVENT ALSO CLUS PAID PERFORMANC OF OTHER LOL DRAG ARTISTS. LAST YEAR MARKED THE GURAL G2 DRAG SHOW, AND THE EVENT HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY BROUGHT UP BY G2ERS FOR S POSIVE IMPACT. BEYOND THE MONTH OF JUNE, WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPL OF WAYS YOUR PANY SUPPORTS OR ADVOT FOR THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY?G2 GIV, G2’S PHILANTHROPIC ARM, PARTNERS WH TWO ANIZATNS YEAR-ROUND THAT SUPPORT THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY: BRAVE SPACE ALLIANCE—A BLACK-LED, TRANS-LED LGBTQIA+ CENTER CHIGO—AND OUTRIGHT ACTN INTERNATNAL—AN ANIZATN THAT REARCH, ADVOCY, AND MOVEMENT ROURCG TO ENSURE HUMAN RIGHTS FOR LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. G2 MATCH EMPLOYEE NTRIBUTNS UP TO $50 PER YEAR FOR ANY ANIZATN THEY SUPPORT. RECENTLY, OUR LGBTQIA+ AND ALLI ERG HOSTED A HOLIDAY CLOTHG DRIVE TO SUPPORT THE NIGHT MISTRY, A CHIGO HOMELS SHELTER AND SERVIC PROVIR THAT WORKS WH A LARGE LGBTQIA+ POPULATN. BEYOND PHILANTHROPY, WE ANIZE FIRI CHATS WH LGBTQIA+ DIVIDUALS, BOTH TERNAL AND EXTERNAL, TO SHARE THEIR STORI. WE WANT TO NTUE TO FOSTER DIVERSY AND CLIVY BY REACHG THIS MUNY AND OTHERS. OUR TEAMS PARTICIPATE RECG EVENTS GEARED TOWARDS HIRG PEOPLE OM UNRREPRENTED BACKGROUNDS. MOST RECENTLY, G2 BEME A QORPORATE MEMBER OF OUT IN TECH TO IMPROVE OUR PANY’S LGBTQIA+ EMPLOYEE REPRENTATN AND TO INTIFY MENTORG AND SPEAKG OPPORTUNI THAT N BENEF LGBTQIA+ TECHI WHO ARE SEEKG PROFSNAL VELOPMENT.WE AIM TO BE AS CLIVE AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID A PURELY AMERIN-CENTRIC VIEW OF LGBTQIA+ REPRENTATN.” HOW DO YOUR PANY SUPPORT AND EMPOWER THE LGBTQIA+ MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM?ONE OF OUR LARGER IATIV RECENT YEARS HAS BEEN THE PRONOUN PROJECT, TO ENURAGE MORE EMPLOYE TO DISPLAY THEIR PRONOUNS EMAIL SIGNATUR, SLACK, AND ON ZOOM. LED BY THE G2 BRAND TEAM, WE OFFERED BRAND MATERIALS FOR EMPLOYE TO SHARE THEIR PRONOUNS. OUR MA ENGAGEMENT APPROACH TO BOTH SUPPORT AND EMPOWER OUR LGBTQIA+ EMPLOYE IS THROUGH YEAR-ROUND EVENTS AND AVAILABLE MEDIA ROURC THAT HELP BRG THE MEMBERS TOGETHER TO SHARE STORI AND BUILD A SUPPORT WORK. WE HAVE ALSO REGNIZED IMPORTANT DAYS OF REFLECTN SUCH AS TRANSGENR AWARENS WEEK, BISEXUAL VISIBILY DAY AND NATNAL COMG OUT DAY, WH SIGNATED SPAC FOR EMPLOYE TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENC TO THEIR FORT LEVEL. OUR LGBTQIA+ AND ALLI ERG IS GUID BY THE MISSN TO SUPPORT, CELEBRATE, AND ADVOTE FOR G2’S LGBTQIA+ EMPLOYE, AND TO HELP ALLI EPEN THEIR UNRSTANDG OF OUR MUNY’S CULTURE AND CHALLENG. THIS GROUP SEEKS TO EMPOWER ALL G2ERS, REGARDLS OF ORIENTATN OR GENR INTY, TO BE THEIR THENTIC SELV. AUTHENTICY IS ONE OF G2’S RE VALU THAT WE LIVE AND CELEBRATE TOGETHER.  THEY'RE HIRG | VIEW 0 JOBSG2 IS HIRG | VIEW 0 JOBS   VIEW PROFILEFOLLOWCA MCCORMICKACUNT MANAGER PARO NNECTS FANCE AND ACUNTG SPECIALISTS WH PANI THROUGH A PROPRIETARY AI-POWERED PLATFORM. HOW IS YOUR PANY CELEBRATG OR REGNIZG PRI THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE? IN JUNE, PARO HOSTS AN ALL-HANDS MEETG DITED TO TG OUR EMPLOYE ON WHAT PRI STANDS FOR AND HOW “PRI” ME TO BE. LGBTQIA+ HISTORY, WORKPLACE PRI, ANTI-DISCRIMATN AND HOW TO BE AN ALLY ARE A FEW OF THE TOPICS DISCSED. PARO ALSO HOSTS AN AFTER-WORK TEAM MEETUP FOR ANY AND ALL EMPLOYE TO CELEBRATE PRI WH TRIVIA, FOOD AND BEVERAG AND GAM. IT BRGS THE TEAM TOGETHER ON SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOPIC. THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, PARO'S PEOPLE TEAM ACTIVELY ENGAG THE PANY WH ONLE ROURC, RELEVANT WORKPLACE ARTICL AND PERSONAL TTIMONI ARE SHARED. WE EVEN HAVE A DITED “PRI” SLACK CHANNEL FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE MENTS, QUTNS, EXPERIENC AND CHALLENG! BEYOND THE MONTH OF JUNE, WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPL OF WAYS YOUR PANY SUPPORTS OR ADVOT FOR THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY?PARO HAS CELEBRATED PRI FOR MANY YEARS. ONE OF THE FIRST EMPLOYE AT PARO INTIFI AS GAY, AND THERE’S ALWAYS BEEN A SPOTLIGHT ON THE VALUE OF A DIVERSE WORKPLACE DURG THE MONTH OF JUNE. BUT PARO EMPOWERS AND REGNIZ ALL EMPLOYE YEAR-ROUND, CLUDG AND BEYOND THE LGBTQAI+ MUNY. PARO JECTS A STRONG SENSE OF DIVERSY, EQUY, AND CLN (DEI) S HIRG AND PROMOTN ROUNDS AND NSISTENTLY ENURAG ALL EMPLOYE TO PARTICIPATE AND NTRIBUTE TO DEI IATIV YEAR-ROUND. WHY SHARE PRONOUNS?“OUR EMPLOYE ARE ENURAGED TO CLU PRONOUNS EMAIL SIGNATUR, WHICH REGNIZ THE INTY OF EACH PERSON AND MONSTRAT AN OUTWARD RPECT FOR ALL GENRS,” CA MCCORMICK, AN ACUNT MANAGER AT PARO, SAID. BUILT IN’S OWN REARCH SHOWS THAT SHARG PRONOUNS IS AN EASY AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO PROMOTE AN CLIVE MUNY THE WORKPLACE. PROACTIVELY SHARG PRONOUNS, PECIALLY BY CISGENR EMPLOYE, HELPS BUILD AN AFFIRMG AND CLIVE MUNY FOR THEIR TRANSGENR AND NONBARY LLEAGU. HOW DO YOUR PANY SUPPORT AND EMPOWER THE LGBTQIA+ MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM?PARO EMPOWERS S EMPLOYE A NUMBER OF WAYS. THERE’S A GENUE AND NSISTENT FOC ON LIFTG LGBTQIA+ VOIC UP ALL NVERSATNS, NOT JT THOSE AROUND PRI. PARO TAK “PRI” HAVG A DIVERSE TEAM AND EMPHASIZG THEIR NTRIBUTNS TO BOTH OUR TERNAL IATIV AND DIRECTLY TO OUR CLIENTS. EMPLOYE THAT INTIFY WH THE MUNY ARE ALSO GIVEN THE OPPORTUNY TO SPEAK AT OUR ANNUAL PRI ALL-HANDS MEETG. IT’S ALWAYS ENGAGG AND RMATIVE! THEY'RE HIRG | VIEW 0 IS HIRG | VIEW 0 JOBS  FN RISK MANAGEMENTVIEW PROFILEWE ARE HIRGCHRISTOPHER MAHONEYTRAG & DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FN RISK MANAGEMENT PROVIS CLOUD-BASED SOFTWARE FOR BS RISK MANAGEMENT, IT DISASTER REVERY AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT. HOW IS YOUR PANY CELEBRATG OR REGNIZG PRI THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE? WE HAVE A MONTH-LONG CELEBRATN PLANNED FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. OUR ENGAGEMENT IS AROUND THREE PILLARS: GROWTH, NNECTN AND MUNY.OUR GROWTH PILLAR IS FOCED ON PROVIDG TN ON LGBTQIA+ ISSU FOR OUR TEAM. WE WILL HAVE OPPORTUNI TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PRI AND THE STONEWALL RT, THE RABOW AND OTHER MUNY FLAGS AND THEIR MEANGS, LOL PRI EVENTS, THE IMPORTANCE OF PRONOUN DISCLOSURE AND A SSN ON TERMOLOGY, STEREOTYP AND CLN FOR ALLI.THE GOAL OF OUR NNECTN PILLAR IS BUILDG MARARIE ACROSS OUR TEAM. WE WILL HAVE A QUIZ EVENT, SHARE MOVIE AND TV REMENDATNS, HOST VIRTUAL FIRI CHATS AND -PERSON EVENTS OUR MA CY HUBS. EMPLOYE ARE ALSO ENURAGED TO ATTEND PRI EVENTS THEIR CY.THE MUNY PILLAR ENURAG TEAM MEMBERS TO GO OUTSI OF OUR FN TEAM TO PARTICIPATE THEIR AREA, AND FN IS DOG LOL OUTREACH OUR MA CY HUBS. BEYOND THE MONTH OF JUNE, WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPL OF WAYS YOUR PANY SUPPORTS OR ADVOT FOR THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY?FN PROMOT NTUO TN AND ENGAG LGBTQIA+ OUTREACH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WH MONTHLY ERG MEETGS, HIGHLIGHTG LGBTQIA+ HOLIDAYS AND IMPORTANT DAT TO THE MUNY, A DITED SLACK CHANNEL AND -PERSON AND VIRTUAL EVENTS WH OUR LGBTQIA+ MUNY AND ALLI TO SHARE THEIR STORI.WE ENURAGE OUR EMPLOYE TO BRG THEIR WHOLE SELF TO WORK AND AIM TO SUPPORT EACH DIVIDUAL ON THEIR SPECIFIC JOURNEY.” HOW DO YOUR PANY SUPPORT AND EMPOWER THE LGBTQIA+ MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM? WE ENURAGE OUR EMPLOYE TO BRG THEIR WHOLE SELF TO WORK AND AIM TO SUPPORT EACH DIVIDUAL ON THEIR SPECIFIC JOURNEY. WE SUPPORT OUR LGBTQIA+ EMPLOYE BY HAVG OPEN MDS, OPEN NVERSATNS AND PROVIDG A SAFE SPACE FOR THEIR JOURNEYS AND NEEDS THROUGHOUT THEIR REER AT FN. AS PART OF SUPPORTG EMPLOYE ON THEIR JOURNEYS, WE ENURAGE EVERYONE TO JO AT LEAST ONE ERG AT FN AND HIGHLIGHT ERGS AS PART OF THE ONBOARDG EXPERIENCE. THEY'RE HIRG | VIEW 6 JOBSFN RISK MANAGEMENT IS HIRG | VIEW 6 JOBS RPONS HAVE BEEN EDED FOR LENGTH AND CLARY. IMAG VIA PARTNER PANI AND SHUTTERSTOCK. JOBS OM PANI THIS BLOG

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class="article__ImageMeta-sc-7s8aer-3 eBXNjs"><figptn class="article__ImageCaptn-sc-7s8aer-4 hrwttr">Fonda LaFemme prepar to perform durg bnch at the Baton Show Lounge. 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class="articleContent__Wrapper-sc-1rqfqf-0 bDtujo le-mon__article-ntent pi-ntent le-mon__gutenberg-ntent le-mon__gutenberg-ntent--articleContent" id="pi"><p>CHICAGO — Pri Month might end after June — but Chigo has a thrivg, diverse LGBTQ+ muny every day of the year.</p><p>From the drag clubs of Northalsted to the South Si’s Jeffery Pub and beyond, Chigoans are buildg spac where queer people n be safe while fdg joy and celebratg love.</p><p>Photographer Kathleen Hkel ptured dozens of special plac and events Chigo where members of the queer muny n fd a home, get support — and unapologetilly be themselv.</p><p><strong>Our o to Chigo’s LGBTQ muny:</strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545261" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Nicknamed the Pri hoe, this Anrsonville home rais money for the ternatnal nonprof Men Havg Babi, which is dited to providg gay men wh tnal and fancial support to achieve parenthood. “Don’t Be Aaid To Show Off Your Te Colors” read the ont steps, and a sign at the ont of the hoe tells the story of the homeowners beg able to achieve their dream of parenthood wh help om the anizatn.</figptn></figure><p><strong>READ MORE: <em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">Anrsonville’s Pri Hoe Adds Colorful Unirn To Its Rabow Yard Display</a></em></strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545260" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">The Belmont Rocks were historilly a popular hangout for the LGBTQ muny; today, they are the lotn of AIDS Garn Chigo and the se of “Self-portra,” a 30-foot-tall sculpture by late artist and activist Keh Harg.</figptn></figure><p><strong>READ MORE: <em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">AIDS Garn Chigo Opens Along Lakeont, Dedited To The Thoands Lost To The Deadly Epimic</a></em></strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545259" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Known as the French Amazon Bety, Joan Jullian regularly performs as a burlque showgirl at the Baton Show Lounge. Here, the performer, origally om France, prepar to perform to a Sunday bnch crowd on June 19, 2022. </figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545258" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Kathy Osterman Beach, nicknamed Hollywood Beach, is a popular summer LGBTQ+ hangout. Photographed here packed on Memorial Day weekend. </figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545257" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">NYC-based Asian Glamazon Pattaya Hart performs Ta Turner’s “Simply the Bt” as a special gut durg bnch at the Baton Show Lounge. The Baton Show Lounge is the longt-nng drag showse of s kd, celebratg s 53rd year this March. Origally om Bangkok, Hart is a versatile performer wh a long list of aclas, cludg beg named Miss Gay Ameri 2021.</figptn></figure><p><strong>READ MORE: <em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">Uptown’s Baton Show Lounge Has New Pat Wh Outdoor Drag Shows: ‘The Neighbors Love It’</a></em></strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545256" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Fonda LaFemme prepar to perform durg bnch at the Baton Show Lounge. The Baton Show Lounge is the longt-nng drag showse of s kd, celebratg s 53rd year this March. </figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545255" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Mister Wallace & Friends performs at Pla Peach, a lorful, queer Jueenth pri celebratn that occured at Pri Ft on June 19, 2022. The two-day ftival happens the weekend before the Chigo Pri Para.</figptn></figure><p><strong>READ MORE: <em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">Ultimate List Of 2022 Pri Month Events In Chigo</a></em></strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545254" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Francis Melenz, 31, pos for a portra near the lighthoe at Kathy Osterman Beach, a popular summer hangout for the LGBTQ+ muny.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545253" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Pri Ft on June 19, 2022, outsi of the Center on Halsted. The two-day ftival happens the weekend before the Chigo Pri Para. The center is the Midwt’s most prehensive muny center dited to advancg muny and securg the health and well-beg of LGBTQ+ Chigoans.</figptn></figure><p><strong>READ MORE: <em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">Want To Support LGBTQ Groups For Pri Month? Here Are 15+ Lol Organizatns To Give To</a></em></strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545252" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">The Pri month wdow display at Women and Children First Bookstore is displayed. Sce 1979, the store has worked to amplify unrreprented voic. Inpennt bookstor have long been stmental providg tools to queer liberatn. </figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545251" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Photographers Js Dugan and Kelli Connell lead a discsn about Js Dugan’s latt photography book, “Look at Me Like You Love Me,” at the Women and Children First Bookstore. Sce 1979, the store has worked to amplify unrreprented voic. Bookstor have long been stmental providg tools to queer liberatn. Both photographers have created bodi of work that spark nversatns about sexualy and genr.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545250" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Brown Elephant Rale funds re for unr-sured patients of Howard Brown Health while also offerg HIV and STI screengs at s three lotns. Found 1974, Howard Brown Health is rooted LGBTQ+ liberatn, providg affirmg health re. It is one of the largt anizatns of s kd the natn.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545249" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Longtime Big Chicks bartenr David Joseph pos behd the bar durg his shift. The Uptown bar has been operatn for more than three s and is known for s art llectn.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545248" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Back Lot Bash, a women’s party that started 2004 rponse to the lack of women’s events Chigo’s LGBTQ muny, tak place Anrsonville all through Pri weekend.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545247" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Transgenr superstar and activist Mila Jam performs at Pri Ft on June 19, 2022. The two-day ftival happens the weekend before the Chigo Pri Para.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545246" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Bars have always been facto muny spac for the queer muny. Bartenr Felicia Van Kampen mix a cktail on June 23, 2022, at Nobody’s Darlg. Nobody’s Darlg — a small, Black-lbian-owned queer bar Anrsonville — was recently named one of 20 natnal semifalists for a Jam Beard Award for Outstandg Bar Program. The bar’s name is a nod to Alice Walker’s “Be Nobody’s Darlg.” Co-founr Angela Barn told the Tribune when opened, “We wanted this to be a women-centered, women-forward space and a bar where women feel fortable — but also where everybody is wele and everyone feels fortable.” </figptn></figure><p><strong>READ MORE: <em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">The Ultimate Gui To LGBTQ-Owned Bs In Chigo</a></em></strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545245" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Mrs. Ya Layme leads Drag Queen Story Time at Midsommarft’s Pri Kids event on June 11, 2022. </figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545244" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">The ter has been a place for queer dividuals to work sce s ceptn. Cris Blex, 37, holdg a dg screeng k, started Rx Daddy, a project that aims to offer sex workers and dg ers affirmg support om a peer and ter groups for outreach. Rx Daddy specializ harm rctn techniqu and suppli. It is a queer, sex-posive, sex-worker-supportg anizatn that reli on a muny of sex workers and dg ers stead of the nonprof dtrial plex. They note is impossible to measure the harm dg overdos have ed the queer and trans muny bee data on the matter do not exist.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545243" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Bars have always been facto muny spac for the queer muny. Bartenr Felicia Van Kampen mix a cktail on June 23, 2022, at Nobody’s Darlg. Nobody’s Darlg — a small, Black-lbian-owned queer bar Anrsonville — was recently named one of 20 natnal semifalists for a Jam Beard Award for Outstandg Bar Program. The bar’s name is a nod to Alice Walker’s “Be Nobody’s Darlg.” Co-founr Angela Barn told the Tribune when opened, “We wanted this to be a women-centered, women-forward space and a bar where women feel fortable — but also where everybody is wele and everyone feels fortable.” </figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545242" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">The Chi-Town Squar perform as part of the Pri Para on Sunday, June 26, 2022. Dancg groups such as the Chi-town Squar and the Send Cy Outlaws offer a fun place to learn group dance wh the LGBTQ+ muny.</figptn></figure><p><strong>READ MORE: <em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">Pri Para Com Back To Northalsted As LGBTQ People Fear For Their Futur Post-Roe V. Wa</a></em></strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545241" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Mark Kg is drsed up for Pri Ft on June 19, 2022, outsi of the Center on Halsted. The two-day ftival happens the weekend before the Chigo Pri Para. The center is the Midwt’s most prehensive muny center dited to advancg muny and securg the health and well-beg of LGBTQ+ Chigoans.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545240" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Bars have long been facto muny centers for the queer muny. Pictured here is the bar at Big Chicks, which opened the 1980’s and is known for s art llectn.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545239" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">The South Shore’s Jeffery Pub is one of few Black-owned LGBTQ+ bars Chigo. It has been a neighborhood haven sce the 1960s.</figptn></figure><p><strong>READ MORE: <em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">Chigo Has One Of The Country’s Longt-Runng Black-Owned Gay Bars — And It’s On The South Si</a></em></strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545238" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Kaley, 31, and Sky, 36, hang out at Back Lot Bash on Sunday, June 26, 2022. Back Lot Bash started 2004 rponse to the lack of women’s events Chigo’s LGBTQ muny.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545237" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Kenzo Onyx, Mr. Eagle NYC, is troduced durg the openg ceremoni of Internatnal Mr. Leather on May 26, 2022. Internatnal Mr. Leather is a multi-day nference that celebrat the leather, kk, fetish and BDSM muny. Chigo has hosted this annual leathermen event sce 1979.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545236" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Adonis, 30, traveled to Chigo wh a group lled Hoist to attend Internatnal Mr. Leather at the Congrs Plaza Hotel. Internatnal Mr. Leather a multi-day nference that celebrat the leather, kk, fetish and BDSM muny. Chigo has hosted this annual leathermen event sce 1979. Hoist is a Memphis-based men’s leather and fetish aternal anizatn dited to empowerg LGBTQ+ people.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545235" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Hangg out at the Brave Space Alliance ee barbershop, which offers the opportuny for trans-mascule people to have their hair cut and styled by a culturally petent barber. Barber Jai Rodriguez, 38, cuts hair for Dre Meza, 28, while others wa their turn. From left: Sol, 24; Cielo, 24; Brave Space Alliance servic supervisor T Smh, 27; and Nelly Harris, 41. Brave Space Alliance is the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ+ center on the South Si.</figptn></figure><p><strong>READ MORE: <em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">How A Puerto Rin, Transmascule Barber Is Creatg An Oasis For Black, Queer And Trans People</a></em></strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545234" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Stepfan Vogler, 36; Francis Melenz, 31; and Kellenbolt, 32; are photographed by 31-year-old Lex Roman at the Hollywood Beach pri lighthoe. Hollywood Beach, formally named Kathy Osterman Beach, is a popular LGBTQ+ hangout spot.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545233" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Boots stomp at the openg ceremoni of Internatnal Mr. Leather on May 26, 2022. Internatnal Mr. Leather is a multi-day nference that celebrat the leather, kk, fetish and BDSM muny. Chigo has hosted this annual leathermen event sce 1979.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545232" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Fonda LaFemme (center) pos for a photo wh Joan Jullian (back) while gettg ready to perform durg bnch at the Baton Show Lounge. The Baton Show Lounge is one of the longt-nng drag shows of s kd, celebratg s 53rd year this March.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545231" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">The Shotgunners, a Chigo Metropolan Sports Associatn softball team, do a group cheer after their game on June 19, 2022. The associatn is the largt nonprof LGBTQ+ sports anizatn the Midwt. “CMSA wel and enurag people of all genrs to participate s sports programs,” acrdg to s webse.</figptn></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img siz="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" srcSet=" 2400w, 300w, 768w, 1024w, 1536w, 2048w, 1080w, 72w, 564w, 615w, 114w, 253w, 506w, 1011w, 2022w, 600w, 1200w, 1366w" class="wp-image-545230" alt="" src=" height="684" width="1024" loadg="lazy" dg="async"/><span class="image-cred"><strong>Cred: </strong> Kathleen Hkel/Block Club Chigo</span><figptn class="wp-element-ptn">Hangg out at the Brave Space Alliance ee barbershop, which offers the opportuny for trans-mascule people to have their hair cut and styled by a culturally petent barber. Pictured here: Sol, 24; Cielo, 24; Brave Space Alliance servic supervisor T Smh, 27; and Nelly Harris, 41; hang out while wag their turn at the barbershop. Brave Space Alliance is the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ+ center on the South Si.</figptn></figure><p><strong>READ MORE: <em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">Brave Space Alliance Set To Open Communy Center, Shelter For Trans Women In South Shore</a></em></strong></p><p class="pi__hi-for-payg"><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">Subscribe to Block Club Chigo</a>, an pennt, 501(c)(3), journalist-n newsroom. Every dime we make funds reportg om Chigo’s neighborhoods.</em></p><p class="pi__hi-for-payg"><em>Click <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">here</a> to support Block Club wh a <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href=">tax-ductible donatn.</a></em> </p><p class="pi__show-for-payg"><em>Thanks for subscribg to Block Club Chigo, an pennt, 501(c)(3), journalist-n newsroom. 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