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- MAN'S COUNTRY, CHIGO'S OLST GAY BATHHOE, CLOSG AFTER 44 YEARS
- GAY NIGHTLIFE BOYSTOWN, CHIGO: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
MAN'S COUNTRY, CHIGO'S OLST GAY BATHHOE, CLOSG AFTER 44 YEARS
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Chigo's olst gay bathhoe closed forever on New Year's Day 2018. EtienneChigo lost a piece of gay history 2018, when Man's Country, the cy's olst bathhoe, closed s doors after 44 years.
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A 1986 Chigo Tribune story, “AIDS turns gays om bathho, ” noted attendance at Man’s Country averaged 600 people whereas two years before more than 2, 000 men would arrive on a Saturday night. (RELATED: 28 Photos of Gay Bathhoe History Chigo)The heady urban hedonism of gay liberatn fed Man's Country's early years.
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