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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
• MOVG TO LGBT CHIGO, ILLOIS? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• CHIGO GAY NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY
• MEET THE NEW GAYBORHOODS OF THE US
• GAY NIGHTLIFE BOYSTOWN, CHIGO: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• \NQUEER-FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOODS\NONE THG I LOVE ABOUT QUEER LIFE CHIGO IS HOW SO MANY FAC AND VOIC ARE BEG REGNIZED. IN THE PAST, YOU’D GO TO BOYSTOWN AND SEEMED LIKE WAS MOSTLY JT A PLACE FOR GAY WHE GUYS. TODAY SO MANY MORE PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE A LARGER PRENCE QUEER LIFE CHIGO—PEOPLE OF LOR, FEMM, TRANS MEN AND WOMEN, GENRQUEER AND MORE. AND WHAT’S BETIFUL TO ME IS EVERYWHERE YOU GO CHIGO, QUEERS ARE THERE. EVEN THOUGH MANY OF STILL LIVE GAY-HEAVY ‘HOODS, WE’RE NOT GHETTOIZED ANYMORE AND LIVE EVERYWHERE — AND THE CY, FOR THE MOST PART, IS OPEN AND ACCEPTG. \NBOYSTOWN\NDPE THE NAME, BOYSTOWN IS CHIGO’S LARGT CLIVE LGBTQ+ NEIGHBORHOOD WH BARS, SHOPS, RTRANTS, GYMS, THEATERS, A HISTORIL LEGACY WALK WH RABOW-CLAD MARTNS ALONG HALSTED STREET AND THE CENTER ON HALSTED, THE CY’S LARGE LGBTQ+ CENTER. THE ANNUAL PRI PARA AND FTIVAL TAKE PLACE HERE EACH JUNE AS DO MARKET DAYS, ONE OF THE UNTRY’S LARGT STREET FAIRS. GAYS STARTED MOVG HERE THE 1960S AND ‘70S AND OFFICIALLY BEME A GAY VILLAGE 1997, THE FIRST UNTRY. \NANRSONVILLE\NSET ON THE FAR NORTH SI CENTERED ALONG CLARK STREET BETWEEN WNEMAC AND IRVG PARK, THIS FORMER SWEDISH ENCLAVE STARTED ATTRACTG MORE GAYS AND LBIANS THE LATE 1980S, PECIALLY WH THE OPENG OF WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST BOOKSTORE. TODAY, ANRSONVILLE IS A LIVELY, LORFULLY-MIXED NEIGHBORHOOD WH FANTASTIC RTRANTS AND BARS LIKE ANTEPRIMA, LTLE BAD WOLF, REPLAY AND MARTY’S MARTI BAR. THERE ARE BETIFUL HOM AND EASY ACCS TO HOLLYWOOD BEACH, A.K.A. THE GAY BEACH, JT A FEW BLOCKS TO THE EAST. \NWICKER PARK\NWHILE NOT REALLY NSIRED AN OFFICIAL LGBTQ+ NEIGHBORHOOD, WICKER PARK (AND BUCKTOWN AND LOGAN SQUARE FOR THAT MATTER) IS VERY GAY IENDLY, AS EVINCED BY THE LARGE NUMBER OF QUEER FOLK WHO LIVE THAT PART OF THE CY. THIS AREA IS A HUB OF CREATIVY, EXCELLENT NIGHTLIFE, LIVE MIC BARS, GALLERI, THEATERS, AND SO MUCH MORE. \N","MARKER":{"NAME":"","IMAGE":{},"SCRIPTN":"","NTENT":[]},"ID":138641464},{"TYPE":"SLISHOW","IMAG":[{"RETAHEIGHT":800,"MOBILESRC":","SRC":","MOBILEWIDTH":560,"SQUARELARGEHEIGHT":640,"WIDTH":1200,"PTN":"THE DRAWG ROOM AT THE CHIGO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATN. ","HEIGHT":800,"SQUARELARGEWIDTH":640,"SQUAREHUGE":","RETASRC":","MOBILEHEIGHT":373,"ALT":"","SQUARESMALL":","RETAWIDTH":1200,"SQUAREHUGEHEIGHT":800,"SQUARESMALLHEIGHT":320,"SQUAREMEDIUM":","SQUAREMEDIUMWIDTH":480,"SQUAREMEDIUMHEIGHT":480,"ID":20678,"SQUARESMALLWIDTH":320,"SQUARELARGE":","SQUAREHUGEWIDTH":960},{"RETAHEIGHT":800,"MOBILESRC":","SRC":","MOBILEWIDTH":560,"SQUARELARGEHEIGHT":640,"WIDTH":1200,"PTN":"DRAWG ROOM AT THE CHIGO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATN. ","HEIGHT":800,"SQUARELARGEWIDTH":640,"SQUAREHUGE":","RETASRC":","MOBILEHEIGHT":373,"ALT":"","SQUARESMALL":","RETAWIDTH":1200,"SQUAREHUGEHEIGHT":800,"SQUARESMALLHEIGHT":320,"SQUAREMEDIUM":","SQUAREMEDIUMWIDTH":480,"SQUAREMEDIUMHEIGHT":480,"ID":20679,"SQUARESMALLWIDTH":320,"SQUARELARGE":","SQUAREHUGEWIDTH":960},{"RETAHEIGHT":800,"MOBILESRC":","SRC":","MOBILEWIDTH":560,"SQUARELARGEHEIGHT":640,"WIDTH":1200,"PTN":"SOME CHAMPAGNE THE DRAWG ROOM. PHOTO BY CLAYTON HCK. ","HEIGHT":800,"SQUARELARGEWIDTH":640,"SQUAREHUGE":","RETASRC":","MOBILEHEIGHT":373,"ALT":"","SQUARESMALL":","RETAWIDTH":1200,"SQUAREHUGEHEIGHT":800,"SQUARESMALLHEIGHT":320,"SQUAREMEDIUM":","SQUAREMEDIUMWIDTH":480,"SQUAREMEDIUMHEIGHT":480,"ID":20680,"SQUARESMALLWIDTH":320,"SQUARELARGE":","SQUAREHUGEWIDTH":960}],"ID":2574267732},{"TYPE":"PARAGRAPH","NTENT":"HOTELS\NIN THIS DAY AND AGE, YOU’D BE HARD PRSED TO FD A HOTEL CHIGO THAT ISN’T GAY IENDLY (NOT TO MENTN GAY WELG), WHETHER THE HIGH-END SPOTS AROUND MICHIGAN AVENUE, HIP HOTELS FULTON MARKET LIKE THE ACE, HOXTON, AND SOHO HOE, UBER-OL ROBEY WICKER PARK, OR THE SIGN-FORWARD HOTEL ZACHARY ACROSS THE STREET OM WRIGLEY FIELD AND JT BLOCKS OM BOYSTOWN. BUT IF YOU WANT TO STAY CLOSE TO THE ACTN, CHECK OUT THE HAWTHORNE TERRACE OR VILLA TOSNA GUTHOE RIGHT BOYSTOWN, OR THE GUTHOE HOTEL, JT SOUTH OF THE HEART OF ANRSONVILLE ON CLARK STREET. \N \NQUEER-OWNED BS
• CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI
• THE TOP FIVE EMERGG GAY NEIGHBORHOODS OF AMERI

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

And we celebrate all year the Chigo Pri Para JuneExplore welg neighborhoodsExperience Chigo's vibrant LGBTQ+ muni, cludg the first official gay neighborhood the at Sitrack BoystownKeep explorgDisver more Chigo LGBTQ+ gems, om historic landmarks to ol boutiqu to top drag shows. Why we love Northalsted (also known as Boystown) is one of the most untry’s clive LGBTQ+ muni and the olst officially regnized gay neighborhood the Uned Stat.

June’s Chigo Pri Ftival, one of the largt annual gay pri ftivals the untry, and Chigo Pri Para, which attracts an timated one ln spectators, are among the summer’s stars.

MOVG TO LGBT CHIGO, ILLOIS? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

Like other large ci the USA like New York Cy, Los Angel, Miami and San Francis, there is an active and often overwhelmg queer scene here – which is why a gay realtor Chigo is worth their weight gold as they n help you navigate as you fd your new perfect home here the most gay-iendly neighborhood. While the queer muny is wele across the entire cy, the epicenter of gay life here is undoubtedly the Boys Town gaybourhood fills wh chic ffee shops, trendy boutique stor, fabulo gay bars, and nightclubs… and a seemgly endls array of gay-orientated events. Nowadays is also referred to as Northalsted, wh the slogan “Chigo’s Proust Neighborhood” – a nod to s clivy not jt of gay boys but of women, genr nonbary dividuals and people of lor.

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CHIGO GAY NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY

27th of May, 2021 – The Illois General Assembly passed legislatn to repeal the state’s fertily laws enacted 1973 and do not lawfully enpass gay partners for liabily reasons. Start wh the top gay and LGBT-iendly Chigo muni to fd your fabuloly perfect new home, each wh s own dividual personaly, welg muny, and ameni you’ll adore. Head along for a love-filled celebratn of diversy, equaly, and the Chigo LGBTQ muny at Halsted Street and Addison Boystown, Ameri’s first regnized gay village.

MEET THE NEW GAYBORHOODS OF THE US

Much like s more famo unterpart Gay New York, this crazy para is held the Boystown Gay area and featur thoands of people vyg for bt drsed wh a panel of gay celebry judg. Once known as the go-to for men who wanted somethg more than jt a ltle off the top, they now proudly offer a full range of hair stylg, facial skre treatments and body hair removal servic for men and women – but the re clientele is still very much gay. The surt way to disver LGBT Chigo is always gog to be livg  a gay-iendly neighborhood by equentg lol LGBT bs and events and jog queer muny groups and sports teams.

Everyone serv a pleasant, strs-ee home buyg or sellg experience while beg aquately reprented, and this is why we feel you should hire a gay realtor to assist you fdg your future home. Rather than jt beg ncerned wh how btlg, fashnable, or up-and-g a neighborhood is (or what may appear like), gay realtors nduct extensive rearch to the neighborhoods which they sell hom to ensure that clients are safe.

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

You no longer have to search for a realtor whout knowg whether or not they are acceptg of others bee you n e a list of gay, lbian, and gay-iendly agents Chigo to do all of your homework for you. Simply go to the page, and you’ll be prented wh a ee list of gay, lbian, and gay-iendly agents who n help you wh your relotn as well as other eful rmatn like LGBT+iendly schools, shoppg, storage firms, trasmen, and more.

To celebrate LGBT Pri Month, we thought we’d look back at Chigo’s gay neighborhood history before rearch Chigo history and archecture like this while velopg our live virtual events and ctom rporate events. Gay Meetg Plac the Heart of the CyPosh meetg spots, like the Chigo Athletic Associatn, sometim beme popular “cisg” statns for gay men next entry Chigo gay neighborhood history may surprise you: The Loop. ), all kds of beliefs that were way outsi the stat quo, so naturally beme a place where gay, lbian and genr nonnformg people uld live openly Dil Pickle Club, the crazy heart of Towertown, was also a hub of Chigo’s nascent LGBT muny.

From time to time, though, policians or the police would feel prsured to “do somethg” about alleged morals issu the cy, and stage raids on the gay and lbian bars. ) Gay, lbian or genr nonnformg people were also subject to harassment, arrt, discrimatn most aspects of their liv too, om hog to employment or simply walkg down the street.

\NQUEER-FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOODS\NONE THG I LOVE ABOUT QUEER LIFE CHIGO IS HOW SO MANY FAC AND VOIC ARE BEG REGNIZED. IN THE PAST, YOU’D GO TO BOYSTOWN AND SEEMED LIKE WAS MOSTLY JT A PLACE FOR GAY WHE GUYS. TODAY SO MANY MORE PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE A LARGER PRENCE QUEER LIFE CHIGO—PEOPLE OF LOR, FEMM, TRANS MEN AND WOMEN, GENRQUEER AND MORE. AND WHAT’S BETIFUL TO ME IS EVERYWHERE YOU GO CHIGO, QUEERS ARE THERE. EVEN THOUGH MANY OF STILL LIVE GAY-HEAVY ‘HOODS, WE’RE NOT GHETTOIZED ANYMORE AND LIVE EVERYWHERE — AND THE CY, FOR THE MOST PART, IS OPEN AND ACCEPTG. \NBOYSTOWN\NDPE THE NAME, BOYSTOWN IS CHIGO’S LARGT CLIVE LGBTQ+ NEIGHBORHOOD WH BARS, SHOPS, RTRANTS, GYMS, THEATERS, A HISTORIL LEGACY WALK WH RABOW-CLAD MARTNS ALONG HALSTED STREET AND THE CENTER ON HALSTED, THE CY’S LARGE LGBTQ+ CENTER. THE ANNUAL PRI PARA AND FTIVAL TAKE PLACE HERE EACH JUNE AS DO MARKET DAYS, ONE OF THE UNTRY’S LARGT STREET FAIRS. GAYS STARTED MOVG HERE THE 1960S AND ‘70S AND OFFICIALLY BEME A GAY VILLAGE 1997, THE FIRST UNTRY. \NANRSONVILLE\NSET ON THE FAR NORTH SI CENTERED ALONG CLARK STREET BETWEEN WNEMAC AND IRVG PARK, THIS FORMER SWEDISH ENCLAVE STARTED ATTRACTG MORE GAYS AND LBIANS THE LATE 1980S, PECIALLY WH THE OPENG OF WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST BOOKSTORE. TODAY, ANRSONVILLE IS A LIVELY, LORFULLY-MIXED NEIGHBORHOOD WH FANTASTIC RTRANTS AND BARS LIKE ANTEPRIMA, LTLE BAD WOLF, REPLAY AND MARTY’S MARTI BAR. THERE ARE BETIFUL HOM AND EASY ACCS TO HOLLYWOOD BEACH, A.K.A. THE GAY BEACH, JT A FEW BLOCKS TO THE EAST. \NWICKER PARK\NWHILE NOT REALLY NSIRED AN OFFICIAL LGBTQ+ NEIGHBORHOOD, WICKER PARK (AND BUCKTOWN AND LOGAN SQUARE FOR THAT MATTER) IS VERY GAY IENDLY, AS EVINCED BY THE LARGE NUMBER OF QUEER FOLK WHO LIVE THAT PART OF THE CY. THIS AREA IS A HUB OF CREATIVY, EXCELLENT NIGHTLIFE, LIVE MIC BARS, GALLERI, THEATERS, AND SO MUCH MORE. \N","MARKER":{"NAME":"","IMAGE":{},"SCRIPTN":"","NTENT":[]},"ID":138641464},{"TYPE":"SLISHOW","IMAG":[{"RETAHEIGHT":800,"MOBILESRC":","SRC":","MOBILEWIDTH":560,"SQUARELARGEHEIGHT":640,"WIDTH":1200,"PTN":"THE DRAWG ROOM AT THE CHIGO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATN. ","HEIGHT":800,"SQUARELARGEWIDTH":640,"SQUAREHUGE":","RETASRC":","MOBILEHEIGHT":373,"ALT":"","SQUARESMALL":","RETAWIDTH":1200,"SQUAREHUGEHEIGHT":800,"SQUARESMALLHEIGHT":320,"SQUAREMEDIUM":","SQUAREMEDIUMWIDTH":480,"SQUAREMEDIUMHEIGHT":480,"ID":20678,"SQUARESMALLWIDTH":320,"SQUARELARGE":","SQUAREHUGEWIDTH":960},{"RETAHEIGHT":800,"MOBILESRC":","SRC":","MOBILEWIDTH":560,"SQUARELARGEHEIGHT":640,"WIDTH":1200,"PTN":"DRAWG ROOM AT THE CHIGO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATN. ","HEIGHT":800,"SQUARELARGEWIDTH":640,"SQUAREHUGE":","RETASRC":","MOBILEHEIGHT":373,"ALT":"","SQUARESMALL":","RETAWIDTH":1200,"SQUAREHUGEHEIGHT":800,"SQUARESMALLHEIGHT":320,"SQUAREMEDIUM":","SQUAREMEDIUMWIDTH":480,"SQUAREMEDIUMHEIGHT":480,"ID":20679,"SQUARESMALLWIDTH":320,"SQUARELARGE":","SQUAREHUGEWIDTH":960},{"RETAHEIGHT":800,"MOBILESRC":","SRC":","MOBILEWIDTH":560,"SQUARELARGEHEIGHT":640,"WIDTH":1200,"PTN":"SOME CHAMPAGNE THE DRAWG ROOM. PHOTO BY CLAYTON HCK. ","HEIGHT":800,"SQUARELARGEWIDTH":640,"SQUAREHUGE":","RETASRC":","MOBILEHEIGHT":373,"ALT":"","SQUARESMALL":","RETAWIDTH":1200,"SQUAREHUGEHEIGHT":800,"SQUARESMALLHEIGHT":320,"SQUAREMEDIUM":","SQUAREMEDIUMWIDTH":480,"SQUAREMEDIUMHEIGHT":480,"ID":20680,"SQUARESMALLWIDTH":320,"SQUARELARGE":","SQUAREHUGEWIDTH":960}],"ID":2574267732},{"TYPE":"PARAGRAPH","NTENT":"HOTELS\NIN THIS DAY AND AGE, YOU’D BE HARD PRSED TO FD A HOTEL CHIGO THAT ISN’T GAY IENDLY (NOT TO MENTN GAY WELG), WHETHER THE HIGH-END SPOTS AROUND MICHIGAN AVENUE, HIP HOTELS FULTON MARKET LIKE THE ACE, HOXTON, AND SOHO HOE, UBER-OL ROBEY WICKER PARK, OR THE SIGN-FORWARD HOTEL ZACHARY ACROSS THE STREET OM WRIGLEY FIELD AND JT BLOCKS OM BOYSTOWN. BUT IF YOU WANT TO STAY CLOSE TO THE ACTN, CHECK OUT THE HAWTHORNE TERRACE OR VILLA TOSNA GUTHOE RIGHT BOYSTOWN, OR THE GUTHOE HOTEL, JT SOUTH OF THE HEART OF ANRSONVILLE ON CLARK STREET. \N \NQUEER-OWNED BS

Photo via Future of Chigo Gay Neighborhood HistoryWhen the rabow pylons of the North Halsted Legacy Walk were stalled, was a clear ditor that the gay neighborhood of Chigo was at last here to stay. Some have qutned s clivy recent years and poted to how changg mographics the district dite that fewer and fewer gay people actually live  Chigo’s signated gay neighborhood.

As the overall cy has bee more wele and open to queer people, other neighborhoods may lay claim to beg another Chigo gay neighborhood, while some may say there’s no need for a specific gay neighborhood at all. The hotel is walkg distance to Riverwalk, the Archecture Tour, Millennium Park and The Bean, Art Instute of Chigo, shoppg along the Magnificent Mile, Navy Pier, and the Lakeont Trail where you n grab a Divvy bike and head up to Boystown, Lln Park, or the Hollywood gay beach!

It’s the perfect lotn as well to rerve before a night out at Sitrack, Rose’s Tavern, and dare we say late night at the Shoe–but let’s not jump ahead as we’ll ver all of the more tail below Where to fd gay nightlife! Although the erary above is perfect for a night out Boystown, don’t fet Chigo has a send huge gayborhood about 2-3 north of Boystown that we haven’t even vered yet!

CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS

Soclogist Am Ghaziani suggts that LGBTQ urban are foregog the ia of a sgular gayborhood exchange for what he refers to as cultural archipelagos: queer pockets throughout a cy’s landspe that reflect a diverse exprsn of sexuali and liftyl.

Halstead Street has been the central ve nng through Chigo’s OG gayborhood, Boystown, for 50-pl years, but Clark Street, the mercial artery the heart of nearby Anrsonville, is emergg as the new ontier for LGBTQ rints. While many gay-centric bs Boystown have recently shuttered and reopened as more straight-iendly tablishments, the queer offergs Anrsonville are expandg.

After an attempt by police to arrt patrons 1959, an army of drag queens, trans women, lbians, and gay men fought back what’s believed to be the first LGBT uprisg the Uned Stat. The Castro San Francis is the crowng jewel of the US’s gayborhoods, but as the cy ntu gentrifyg wh the onslght of the tech dtry, many lament the loss of the neighborhood’s queer inty. There’s only one gay waterg hole of which to speak — Port Bar, which opened 2016 — and while a brand-new LGBTQ Comuny Center opened 2017, there isn’t much else the vicy directly related to queer life.

CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI

Buckhead, home to Woof’s, Atlanta’s only gay sports bar, is a popular statn close to queer waterg hol around Ansley Mall (Osr’s Bar, Mixx, and Felix’s Atlanta are jt a few worthy of note). Sure, the area is home to JR’s and a handful of other popular gay bars, but as rents have bee too expensive for all but the wealthy, many queer rints are head eastward and takg the gay tablishments wh them.

Both gay tablishments mix wh a ser cuise scene (check out Le Diplomate for lic French lici), world-class performance venu (see what’s playg at Stud Theater), and classic Victorian archecture that rivals what you’ll fd the old ‘hood. Hell’s Kchen is the island’s newt eratn of the gayborhood, and while ’s still the queen of Manhattan’s scene, there’s a new lole emergg to share the limelight. The recently opened 3 Dollar Bill, a queer event and performance space, attracts an eclectic crowd wh parti thrown by people like nightlife legend Sanne Bartsch, pop-mic prce Ty Sunrland, and the hedonistic homos behd Bt.

It's here where you'll fd the hight ncentratn of gay-iendly bars and clubs, where everyone is wele to be themselv and take pri who they are and who they love.

THE TOP FIVE EMERGG GAY NEIGHBORHOODS OF AMERI

Sitrack: This immensely popular gay vio bar is a by multi-level bar that appeals to gay men and lbians of all ag, although do tend to lean towards the preppier si. Berl: A iendly dance club on the by Belmont Avenue, Berl has been a gay nightlife mastay Chigo for many years, s succs due largely to s e-one-e-all vibe. Set on the Far North Si centered along Clark Street between Wnemac and Irvg Park, this former Swedish enclave started attractg more gays and lbians the late 1980s, pecially wh the openg of Women & Children First Bookstore.