Man's Country, the longt nng gay bathhoe Chigo, is closg after 44 years wh a fal farewell New Year's Eve.
Contents:
- MAN'S COUNTRY, CHIGO'S OLST GAY BATHHOE, CLOSG AFTER 44 YEARS
- CHICAGO EAGLE (1983) GAY LEATHER BAR POSTER BY ETIENNE
- CHICAGO EAGLE (1983) GAY LEATHER BAR POSTER BY ETIENNE
- HOW 'THE EAGLE' BEME ONE OF THE MOST REGNIZED GAY BAR NAM
- CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
MAN'S COUNTRY, CHIGO'S OLST GAY BATHHOE, CLOSG AFTER 44 YEARS
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"So much of our life is the bars, and that's where so much gay history took place, " Karl told The Advote. 7Karl got the ia for the book while remiscg wh iends about the gay bars Chigo.
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For years, la Croix wrote a lumn the gay papers lled Chigo Whispers, which later beme a book of the same name, where he'd terview people about bars om as far back as the Prohibn era of the 1920s and '30s.
There was no gay Catholic group, none of that stuff. "Near the end of the book is a sectn lled "Shared Spac, " listg addrs that were home to several gay bars and clubs over the Meat Market, cir 1989-1994.
5"Illois was the first state to crimalize homosexualy, 1961, " la Croix said.
CHICAGO EAGLE (1983) GAY LEATHER BAR POSTER BY ETIENNE
CHICAGO EAGLE (1983) Gay leather bar poster by Etienne: Vtage origal 18 x 22" (45 x 55 cm.) poster, unfold, wh light crklg at the extreme lower left, near fe. This poster illtrat part of a wall mural created by queer pater and illtrator Dom Orejudos (unr the pen name Etienne) for this bar, a long-lived Chigo leather venue, which was divid to three spac -- a large ont room, a middle bar and a dimly-l back room (and that back room a strict drs was enforced, requirg that "a major article of leather, bber or uniform or mouflage" be worn). * eagle gay bar chicago *
"All the obv homosexuals the Midwt livg small towns, drag queens and thgs, they all thought, This isgreat, so they all moved to Chigo.
That rptn actually gave gay people a space Chigo. 45This plited relatnship between the ps and the gay muny led to some arne l for bar patrons. It's not about alhol at all -- 's about gay life.
"One thg we've been asked before is how young people don't go to gay bars as much anymore, " Karl said.
HOW 'THE EAGLE' BEME ONE OF THE MOST REGNIZED GAY BAR NAM
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"They jt go to any bar they want to bee they feel fortable dog that, which is what we fought for all those years -- that gay people uld go anywhere and be accepted anywhere.
CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
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"Unfortunately, now 's bg the gay bs muny the ass, bee people don't feel as much of a need to go to gay bars.
" So far, however, the feared "epic spl between Chigo gay bars and morn gay activism" has not happened. ""There's always disagreements the gay muny, that's how we advance, " la Croix said. "I thk Chigo there will always be a gay entertament district, bee they learned their lson early on and started buyg the properti when they moved to what is now known as the Halsted area and Anrsonville, " Karl said.
Man’s Country, the gay bathhoe Uptown, is closg, ppg 44 years of bs wh a 13-hour party that will beg New Year’s Eve and extend to the morng private club has been open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 364 days a year, closg only on Christmas Eve, acrdg to owner Ron Ehemann.