Chigo Gay Nightlife Gui: Downtown & South Si

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• GREAT GAY-IENDLY BEACH - KATHY OSTERMAN BEACH
• 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
• CHIGO GAY CISE CLUBS
• CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI
• GAY NIGHTLIFE BOYSTOWN, CHIGO: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• A RETURN TO CHIGO’S 1980S GAY PARADISE, THE BELMONT ROCKS

GREAT GAY-IENDLY BEACH - KATHY OSTERMAN BEACH

Chigo do not e to md as an immediate gay statn, but that ’s a big shame, bee this is a metropolis that will appeal to cy has a skyle to rival Manhattan, art mms and public squar, jazz, pop and dance mic aplenty and a superlative theatre tradn. It also has a nightlife to rival New York, the dynamism of LA and a gay past to match San Francis’s.

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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

Crowds at Kathy Osterman Beach, also monly known as Hollywood Beach or the “gay beach” Augt 2021 Cred: Kathleen Hkel. Keehnen says the beach was a revolutnary haven for gay men to take up physil space, to be queer public, and to be among others like them.

“The Rocks were jt as important to my socializatn as a gay man Chigo durg that time as the bars were.

The article was a personal and fascatg glimpse to the gay male muny Chigo at the time, wh echo of the same stggl and termuny strife still alive today.

CHIGO GAY CISE CLUBS

“I thk is reflective of people like me and that’s jt any queer space on the north si, ” says Kalob Gossett, a lol HIV/AIDS tor who is a whe, cisgenr gay man. Most queer beach, like many longstandg gay bars, were purposefully difficult to get to or outright hidn. There’s power a gay man beg able to wear a thong whout the glar of nearby straight fai; a butch woman feelg safe wearg board shorts and a prsn top, rather than a biki; a trans person proudly displayg surgery srs like badg of honor; havg a space where we ci the l of engagement.

Gay beachgoers typilly head to Kathy Osterman beach, named after the urageo 1980s polician who fought for gay rights alongsi the Human Rights Campaign. Cozy apartments, private rooms and amazg hom: be weled by the gay muny over 200 untri.

CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI

Apartments, rooms, hom: be weled by the gay muny. Read our transparency report to learn 2017 • FriendsBetiful, not ually crowd beach that is pecially iendly towards the gay muny. The north si of the beach is where the fai are at, the south part is a gay part where mostly gay guys are.

It is apt that the gay beach Chigo, popularly lled Hollywood Beach, is officially named after Kathy Osterman, the Chigo polician who fought for gay rights the 1980s. It is arguably one of the bt kept secrets gay beach is full of pure whe sand that, on a sunny Midwt day, mak you believe that you are Florida rather than Illois. If you e by tra, take the red le, get off at Bryn Mawr (six stops north of Belmont at Boystown) and aga walk unr Lakhore Drive towards St Andrews church and the you reach the beach, head to the southern part close to the pier which is exclively gay.

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.

GAY NIGHTLIFE BOYSTOWN, CHIGO: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

Another gayborhood on Chigo’s north si is Anrsonville. 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.

A RETURN TO CHIGO’S 1980S GAY PARADISE, THE BELMONT ROCKS

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!