Center on Halsted - Chigo's Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Communy Center

Contents:

• CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• BOYSTOWN, THE NICKNAME DROPPED BY BS LEARS CHIGO’S PREMIER GAY NEIGHBORHOOD LAST YEAR, IS STILL GOG STRONG: ‘IT’S ALWAYS GOG TO BE BOYSTOWN TO ME’
• MOSW GAY BARS

CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS

Boystown is known for s gay bars and flamboyant clientele. It’s a healthy mix of gay bars and clubs and dive bars, so there’s somethg for everyone!

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

Opened 1978, this ty, unpretent lbian & gay bar Northalsted featur dancg, gam & karaoke.

A relatively recent entry among the Sitracks and Rose’s- of the Halsted strip, this popular gay spot ntrasts fairly elegant, classic r wh theme nights like Frat Night Thursday. 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.

THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

In A NutshellAbout Bobby LovBobby Lov Bar Northalsted, Chigo — Loted the heart of the Northalsted gay bar scene, Bobby Lov has a Cheers-like atmosphere that mak patrons feel like fay.

The North End is a Northalsted, Chigo mastay: a low-key gay sports bar wh flat-screen TVs, darts, billiards & ocsnal karaoke. Our gay and lbian bars have a ltle b of somethg for everyone, wh late-night loung, dance clubs, burlque and drag shows, and long-standg neighborhood waterg hol almost every rner of the cy. And each wh their own unique history and out some of the bt gay bars and clubs to experience Chigo’s LGBTQ+ nightlife scene.

Jeffery PubOne of the cy’s olst gay bars, Jeffery Pub is a neighborhood stutn. The South Shore staple is also one of Chigo’s first black-owned gay bars, makg all the more meangful for the spot’s many regulars.

BOYSTOWN, THE NICKNAME DROPPED BY BS LEARS CHIGO’S PREMIER GAY NEIGHBORHOOD LAST YEAR, IS STILL GOG STRONG: ‘IT’S ALWAYS GOG TO BE BOYSTOWN TO ME’

Come for trivia, the ee Sunday night buffet, and the themed dance parti — then e back the next morng for bnch at attached sister rtrant ClosetYou n’t talk about gay bars Chigo whout talkg about Northalsted (also known as Boystown). Come for happy hour, Sunday afternoon mimosas, or late StoryLookg for a gay bar near downtown Chigo?

MOSW GAY BARS

NORTHALSTED — A Black- and gay-owned weed dispensary g to Northalsted now has a name and approval om a key cy dispensary, replacg the former Town Hall Pub at 3340 N.

It is across the street om Sitrack, the sprawlg gay bar that Johnston and Peña found 1982 as a 900-square-foot hole the Town Hall Pub sign will have to e down, but much of the buildg’s fa will rema the same, -owner Kev Hswirth said durg a March muny meetg. “Around the untry, the gay districts are disappearg rapidly, and we are probably one of the sgle most vibrant gay districts left the Uned Stat, ” Johnston said. His hband, Peña, has worked Chigo’s gay bar scene sce 1970 after fleeg om Cuba several years, who got her start as an advote for nnabis policy reform when her mother started seekg medil nnabis 2016, is -founr and first executive director of Chigo’s chapter of the Natnal Organizatn for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and -founr of the Illois Mory Cannabis Bs Owners has been an outspoken advote for crimal jtice and Black and Brown ownership of nnabis bs.

And Grace St., was to be officially regnized for s important role promotg gay culture. The cy’s gays and lbians need a new place where they uld be accepted.