Boystown Chigo is a vibrant muny famo for s ground-breakg role as the first the US to be officially regnised as a gay neighbourhood. Along wh s gay-iendly vibe, the area offers some lively nightlife choic, as well as rows of boutique shops, rtrants and f to explore. Here, you’ll fd Legacy Walk, the
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Boystown began to take shape as a gay muny as far back as the late 1960s when LGBTQ+ rints began movg to the Lakeview area north Chigo, nsired a safer area by those facg discrimatn other parts of the cy. The first gay pri para Chigo took place 1970, and through the 70s and 1980s more gay-owned tablishments opened up the area.
Gay bars along North Halsted Street weren't jt nightlife venu, but centr for muny gathergs and gay rights activism through the 1980s and 1990s. The gay-iendly lole drew more LGBTQ+ people to the area through the 1990s. Daley officially signated as a gay neighbourhood, the first time US history for a cy to regnize gay culture and muny.
Sce then, Boystown has remaed the heart of LGBTQ+ life Chigo, not only wh s Pri celebratns but wh muny centr, health centr and gay-owned bs that serve the muny year-round. Homosexualy is legal, although a vaguely-word 2013 law prohibs the promotn of ‘non-tradnal’ relatnships.