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• CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• THE BEST CHIGO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CHIGO
• 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
• DOWNTOWN CHIGO GAY LIFE
• CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI
• CHIGO GAY BATHHO
• GAY BARS CHIGO - LGBTQIA+ TRAVEL FOM
• CHIGO GAY CISE CLUBS

CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS

Our gay and lbian bars have a ltle b of somethg for everyone, wh late-night loung, dance clubs, burlque and drag shows, and long-standg neighborhood waterg hol almost every rner of the cy. And each wh their own unique history and out some of the bt gay bars and clubs to experience Chigo’s LGBTQ+ nightlife scene.

Jeffery PubOne of the cy’s olst gay bars, Jeffery Pub is a neighborhood stutn. The South Shore staple is also one of Chigo’s first black-owned gay bars, makg all the more meangful for the spot’s many regulars.

Come for trivia, the ee Sunday night buffet, and the themed dance parti — then e back the next morng for bnch at attached sister rtrant ClosetYou n’t talk about gay bars Chigo whout talkg about Northalsted (also known as Boystown). Come for happy hour, Sunday afternoon mimosas, or late StoryLookg for a gay bar near downtown Chigo? There’s a reason so many young queer people flock to Chigo and never leave: the cy’s gay scene is fun as hell.

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Boystown, of urse, is the cy’s official gayborhood, wh LGBTQ-iendly bars, rtrant, and clubs occupyg nearly every storeont on Northalsted.

But Chigo’s queer muny exists far outsi the Lakeview enclave—and so do the great gay bars. Whether they clu drag, dancg, or are div—or a ltle b of all three—Chigo’s bt gay bars have a ltle somethg for everyone. Gay Edgewater rints of all ag ll themselv regulars at this iendly, sual dive bar.

This Uptown spot featur a relatively mixed-genr clientele ( the scheme of gay bars). Wh no distguishg signage outsi, this unmarked dive is much more discreet than s very gay clientele is. Sitrack is generally herald as the kg of Chigo gay bars, and not for no reason: the sprawlg plex featur five different bars year-round.

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

Add another two the summertime, when the upstairs pat—one of Chigo’s bt, gay or straight—is open for bs. Not only is the Jefey Pub one of the olst gay bars the untry, ’s also the only black-owned LGBTQ bar Chigo.

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4 plac sorted by traveler favorGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissWhat travelers are saygWent to hydrate to support a iend. Gay bar me directly to md and this place was remend by someone at my hotel. For Black, Gay Chigoans, It’s Always Been Jeffery Pub.

In the first stallment of our seri on the cy’s olst gay bars, we vis the South Shore stalwart — Chigo’s only black-owned tablishment of s kd. Forty-five years on, the Boystown mastay is an tergeneratnal mosaic of Chigo’s gay muny.

Closg out our historil gay bar seri is this unr-the-radar downtown hiaway, which has provid a refuge for lols and tourists alike for 35 years.

CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI

And we celebrate all year the Chigo Pri Para JuneExplore welg neighborhoodsExperience Chigo's vibrant LGBTQ+ muni, cludg the first official gay neighborhood the at Sitrack BoystownKeep explorgDisver more Chigo LGBTQ+ gems, om historic landmarks to ol boutiqu to top drag shows. Downtown Bar & Lounge440 N State St, 312-464-1400It’s not que the bar where everybody knows your name, but this 2010 newer the former Gentry space ntu to anchor gay life the heart of the cy while offerg a wele rpe om the bloads of tourists hlg their plump selv up and down the Magnificent Mile search of the next great barga. Pastoral53 E Lake St, 312-658-1250Take the most adorable plac for we, chee and charcuterie out of California’s Napa Valley and rtch them to a sgle Loop boutique and you get this wonrful gay-owned food store and fé jt a stone’s throw om the shops at Block 37.

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613 N State St, 312-280-1602We’re not sure if ’s the geo atrium lightg or the visual feast of vtage hotel dnerware, seasonal gifts and flea market fds that make this gay-owned shop special, but we do know that ’s the perfect place to sop up a gift like a vtage cy map or snag some lovely Parisian bistro bowls.

Send Story Bar157 E Oh St, 312-923-9536It may not be as gay as the nearby Gap, but if you follow the fad red rpet up a flight of stairs and turn right before you h the psychic, you’ll land one of Chigo’s great gay dive bars. DON’T MISSOn Friday 9 at 6pm, the Wdy Cy Gay Chos and Aria will h downtown for Carolg at Cloud Gate Millennium Park.

Angela Barn and Renda Riddle, -owners of Nobody’s Darlg, scribe as “a lbian bar, and a gay bar, and a queer bar, and a trans bar.

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”Riddle said other women the queer muny share her personal experience of feelg unfortable spac that are gay cis male-domated, so was important Nobody’s Darlg, which opened late May, was tentnal about welg those who have felt exclud and unsafe. Wh the creatn of the ter, gay and lbian bars that served as plac to nnect wh other members of the muny were replaced by virtual socializg onle, she said.

“Back the day, (lbian bars uld survive) bee that was the only place you uld meet gay women and get to know them or date them or whatever.

[ Eatg out stg more as Chigo rtrants emerge om the panmic — and price hik may not slow down anytime soon]Gay bars some of their earlit days were where activists me together to mobilize, om fightg for marriage equaly more recent years to Summ’s “Gay $” project that bated AIDS discrimatn by markg paper money to monstrate the purchasg power of the queer muny. Before bars were safe plac for the LGBTQ muny, private hom were the only optn for those worried they uld lose their jobs or their fai if they were ught a gay bar. Gay cis male-foced promoters and bs should take more of an active role cludg everyone, she said.

CHIGO GAY CISE CLUBS

”That kd of change tak time, Meadows said, and there isn’t a mol that guarante succs, bee many lbian bars tered to a specific muny that was crisis and need to be served after beg exclud om the gay muny, which stilled a sense of protectivens and hop the future of bars general would be everyone feelg wele wherever they go — but there’s still a long way to go before that’s a realy. “There are so many homophobic people out there, ” Summ said. SundayThis multi-level gay bar hosts a wi variety of events celebratg the LGBTQ+ muny.

While there are tons of bars the neighborhood terg to gay men, queer women (like myself), and other members of the LGBTQ+ muny, the are my 13 favore plac to go to the Northhalsted area (prevly known as Boystown). This bar is jt one of those plac where I nstantly n to old iends and say, “Oh wow you’re gay now too? The North End, which is probably the bt sports bar on North Halsted, is big and open, filled wh mostly gay men, and has lots of iendly staff who will happily pour you a rose cir while you watch the Cubs lose cred: Kim KovacikJt next door to The North End, Bobby Love’s has a quieter, zier feel that’s perfect for grabbg a beer and sgg your favore karaoke songs.