Gay Mart Clos After More Than 20 Years Sellg Knickknacks Boystown - Boystown - Chigo - DNA

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• GAY MART CLOS AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS SELLG KNICKKNACKS BOYSTOWN
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• GAY MART
• CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• GAY MART
• CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI

GAY MART CLOS AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS SELLG KNICKKNACKS BOYSTOWN

The Gay Mart store on Halsted and Cornelia, an stutn gay Chigo for the past two s, closed earlier this Shelly Rosenbm told the Wdy Cy Tim that bs has been weak for the past four or five years, thanks to onle shoppg and a lack of enthiasm for Pri merchandise. Thankfully, many of Gay Mart's ems — which clu not only LGBT gifts, but pop-culture ephemera like Star Trek and Marvel actn figur — will be available at a smaller versn of the store, to be lled Boystown T's and Mart's former manager, Chris Howard, will bee the owner of the new store, which will occupy one-third of Gay Mart's former space (the other space will be absorbed by a neighborg store). "Gay Mart opened Chigo around the time of the third march on Washgton for LGBT rights.

It was the first store Ameri to e "gay" s name, acrdg to Rosenbm.

As one of the most excg ci the USA, Gay Chigo is home to Boystown, the first signated gay neighborhood Amerin history. ) for the sheer number of gay bars, clubs, and rtrants along North Halsted Street. Another gayborhood on Chigo’s north si is Anrsonville.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

Wh so much gay pri one magnificent cy, should you clu Gay Chigo on your travel list? Our favore is Kathy Osterman (aka Hollywood Beach) which is also the gay beach. And for gay dog dads, head to Montrose Beach.

Head up to Anrsonville, Chigo's shop lol pal and one of the largt LGBT+ muni the cy, for bnch, shoppg, gay bars, and more! Kathy Osterman / Hollywood Gay Beach. The cy alive and the Lakeont Trail and gay beach are packed!

GAY MART

The hotel is walkg distance to Riverwalk, the Archecture Tour, Millennium Park and The Bean, Art Instute of Chigo, shoppg along the Magnificent Mile, Navy Pier, and the Lakeont Trail where you n grab a Divvy bike and head up to Boystown, Lln Park, or the Hollywood gay beach!

CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS

Other excellent gay-iendly boutique properti that we love are the The Interntental Chigo Magnificent Mile. On that note, there are not many hotels or near Anrsonville, th don’t fet Misterbnb as an optn to stay wh a gay lol!

Both lotns are extremely popular wh the gay muny. It’s the perfect lotn as well to rerve before a night out at Sitrack, Rose’s Tavern, and dare we say late night at the Shoe–but let’s not jump ahead as we’ll ver all of the more tail below Where to fd gay nightlife!

Where to fd gay nightlife – Savg the bt for last, we are super exced to share our list of the bt gay bars, loung, and clubs Chigo! For the most popular gay bar Chigo, head over to Sitrack.

GAY MART

We took Trai’s mom to Out at Wrigley (a gay pri event to watch a Chigo Cubs baseball game as a muny) and then to show tun at Sitrack. Across the street om Sitrack is Rose’s, which is another multi-room gay bar and club. It’s a fun, no ills gay lounge and strip club.

Although the erary above is perfect for a night out Boystown, don’t fet Chigo has a send huge gayborhood about 2-3 north of Boystown that we haven’t even vered yet! Our favore gay bars, loung, and clubs Chigo!

CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI

As a bon, if you are stayg at LondonHoe or Freehand or nearby, there is one old school gay bar downtown lled Send Story. Barbershop – To keep h, Edgewater’s Father and Son is perhaps the bt barbershop Chigo and is nsistently by wh gay men. Fns/Gym– The bt gay gyms Chigo are Cheetah Anrsonville and LAC Boystown.