GAY CHICAGO MAGAZINE – Chigo LGBT Hall of Fame

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• GAY CHICAGO MAGAZINE
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• THE FAL DAYS OF GAY CHIGO
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• 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
• GAY CHIGO MAGAZE
• CHIGO GAY BARS

GAY CHICAGO MAGAZINE

Cohen - Page 6Taylor Swift- Page 16Jt How Gay Is ‘Barbie’? In 1976, Ralph Pl Gernhardt started a telephone rmatn le which tailed news and events happeng wh Chigo’s gay and lbian muny.

That le grew to Gay Chigo News, a weekly tabloid reportg muny happengs, gossip, sportg events, and more.

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

Eventually, this evolved to Gay Chigo Magazee, a natnally regnized entertament gui to gay and lbian life the Chigo metropolan area. Di Leo was rponsible for the edorial ntent of Gay Chigo Magaze, as well as the publitn’s bs matters.

The magaze was first published the same size as TV Gui; featured a lendar of events, as well as listgs of bars, bs, and anizatns servg the myriad needs of Chigo’s gay and lbian muny. Unr the jot learship of Gerhardt and Di Leo, Gay Chigo Magaze was on the ont l the battle agast AIDS.

THE FAL DAYS OF GAY CHIGO

Recently, Gay Chigo Magaze add two more feature wrers: one lumnist foc on gay/lbian bs and the dividuals volved; the send will wre about muny based agenci, their stctur, missns, ernance, fanc, and volunteer opportuni. Wh the Memorial Day issue dated May 23, 1991, Gay Chigo Magaze began publishg a four lor glossy ver format, once aga monstratg the mment of publisher Ralph Pl Gernhardt to produce for Chigo’s gay and lbian muny the ft qualy magaze possible. Gay Chigo was shut down September by two antagonistic owners, neher a fully crentialed member of Chigo’s gay muny.

But as happens, Craig Gernhardt isn’t gay—not that there’s anythg wrong wh that. In s day, says gay poli Rick Garcia, Gay Chigo “was a huge in the gay muny. But whenever was Gay Chigo I’d be Walgreens and some ltle old lady—I loved when ltle old ladi did —would say, ‘I saw you the paper, honey.

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

Everybody picked up Gay Chigo. Gay Chigo‘s top ad salman—until Gernhardt and Tidwell fired him three months ago—says the publitn went astray when Gernhardt took up-market this past sprg.

“They wanted stori on the civil unn bill and gay crime, ” says Star Salman, who asked me not to name him bee Tidwell acced him of improprieti, and he don’t want them trailg him to his next job.

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

” In the view of the bar owners Star Salman sold ads to, the are the proper ncerns of a bar rag, and when Gay Chigo beme ls of a bar rag they had ls reason to advertise . The eper reason why Gay Chigo fold September might simply be that foldg is what newspapers and magaz are dog the days, be they big or ltle, prim and proper or laced wh porn.

GAY CHIGO MAGAZE

Meanwhile, Tidwell me to Chigo om Texas December 2008 and was dabblg lol polics—tryg to anize the Stonewall Democrats of Illois, stylg the webse of gay attorney Jab Meister durg Meister’s brief 2010 n for the U. Y, Gernhardt was still Gay Chigo‘s publisher, but July he ma Tidwell managg publisher and gave him 50 percent of the bs.

Gay Chigo’s troubl me to my attentn last week when Gernhardt and Tidwell exchanged heated e-mails.

In April, the 35th anniversary of Gay Chigo‘s foundg, Gernhardt dumped the magaze format, turng the bar rag to a tabloid newspaper that ma some effort to do ser reportg. He also filed papers to create a not-for-prof Gay Chigo Foundatn to n the paper, lower s tax burn, and simulate a h start.

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In Tidwell’s view, Gay Chigo‘s new format was half-baked: “It was a bar rag that had jt transned to a newspaper, and you n’t attract high-end advertisers if you have bathhoe ads. Wh Gay Chigo skg fast, Gernhardt turned to Garcia for help.

In mid-September Gay Chigo announced was shiftg om weekly to biweekly publitn. “Gay Chigo will ntue, however, to produce an onle news and entertament [webse], ” said the announcement.