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Contents:
- CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
- CHIGO HAS ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S LONGT-RUNNG BLACK-OWNED GAY BARS — AND IT’S ON THE SOUTH SI
- CHIGO’S BLACK-OWNED GAY BAR IS EXPANDG ITS EMPIRE
- OWNER OF INIC BLACK-OWNED GAY BAR OPENG CLIVE PIZZA RTRANT
CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
Fd the top gay bars Chigo, Northalsted (aka Boystown) and beyond. Disver the bt LGBTQ+ nightlife around Chigo. * black gay bars in chicago *
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CHIGO HAS ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S LONGT-RUNNG BLACK-OWNED GAY BARS — AND IT’S ON THE SOUTH SI
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. * black gay bars in chicago *
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).
CHIGO’S BLACK-OWNED GAY BAR IS EXPANDG ITS EMPIRE
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Come for happy hour, Sunday afternoon mimosas, or late StoryLookg for a gay bar near downtown Chigo?
“A lot of people that live south have to travel north to Northalsted [to fd a gay bar], ” Stephens said. “It’s still very difficult for a lot of members of the Black and Brown LGBTQ muny, wh beg homosexual or jt beg who they are, ” Stephens said. 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. Across the street there on the rner, there was a gay bar lled Maxe’s. And when Maxe’s abptly closed, even though this was a straight bar, gay people started g here [stead].
OWNER OF INIC BLACK-OWNED GAY BAR OPENG CLIVE PIZZA RTRANT
By the mid-60s, was fully a gay bar. “Even around here, there’s not many bars where people n e out and have a good time, let alone [one that's] predomantly gay, unls you go up north to Boystown, " Thompson says.
One of the untry’s longt-nng Black-owned gay bars wants you to know has a sister bs… for pizza lovers.
This is, part, bee Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who is openly gay, vised the bs durg her re-electn mpaign trail.