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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
• GAY NIGHTLIFE BOYSTOWN, CHIGO: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI
• A RETURN TO CHIGO’S 1980S GAY PARADISE, THE BELMONT ROCKS
• CHIGO GAY NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY
• CHIGO GAY BARS STOP SELLG BUD LIGHT BEER
• CHIGO GAY CISE CLUBS
• CHIGO GAY MASSAGE

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.

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

Gay Nightlife Boystown, Chigo: Bt Bars, Clubs, & More. Wh a rich history of LGBT activism and a flourishg muny, Chigo offers one of the bt gay nightlife scen the untry, particularly Boystown.

CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS

Although s formal name is Lakeview, Boystown is the more monly ed named for this famo gay neighborhood. 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. In Boystown, gay bars abound on and between the ma thoroughfar of Halsted and Broadway.

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. Rose's Tavern: One of the great legends of gay Chigo nightlife, this food-servg bar has remaed fun, relevant, and by sce opened 1987.

CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH 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. Srlet: This smopolan, upsle gay lounge and dance club is known for s dandy drk specials and sleek r.

K Kat Lounge and Supper Club: One of Lakeview's swankier mixed gay-straight loung and eateri, K Kat is a retro-hip hangout. All the gay bars, rtrants, and clubs will have somethg special planned durg this month and the fect rabow-spir spreads across Chigo. The bt place to enjoy the para is Boystown, where the energy level will be at s gayt, proust, and most fun.

A RETURN TO CHIGO’S 1980S GAY PARADISE, THE BELMONT ROCKS

Much of the gay scene this neighborhood is foced along Halsted, Belmont, and Addison Streets. Gay bathho: Sex and socializg As the public bathho had almost pletely disappeared, a different kd of bathhoe had bee central to Chigo’s gay male muny. This opened the door for openly gay bathho to set up shop for the first time, although gay men had already been equentg some bathho for several s.

In The Leatherman: The Legend of Chuck Renslow, historian and journalist Tracy Baim intifi three bathho popular wh gay men Chigo the 1950s.

CHIGO GAY NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY

Chigo gay pneer Chuck Renslow opened “Steve’s Health Club, ” his first gay bathhoe, shortly after the repeal of the sodomy laws, but acrdg to Baim, tolerant police forced to close a few months later.

Now the cy’s longt-nng gay bathhoe, Man’s Country is a sprawlg pound wh two three-story buildgs filled wh private rooms, fetish areas, dance floors, a wet room, and a locker room. ” Ehemann says gay bathho, cludg Man’s Country, began to cle wh the arrival of HIV/AIDS the mid-1980s.

CHIGO GAY BARS STOP SELLG BUD LIGHT BEER

Ehemann is bullish about the future of gay bathho Chigo as a bs — but mostly as sex and dance clubs; he says the muny’s sire for social and civic space now liv on LGBT anizatns like the Center on Halsted. Private bathho: Sweat and relaxatn Chigo’s public bathho are closed, and s gay bathho are far ls popular than they once were, but private Rsian- or Korean-style bathho that foc on relaxatn are boomg.

Whether was a social gatherg the gay muny when you didn’t have a lot of optns … was jt fillg a need each of the muni.

CHIGO GAY CISE CLUBS

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.

CHIGO GAY MASSAGE

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?

There’s a reason so many young queer people flock to Chigo and never leave: the cy’s gay scene is fun as hell. Boystown, of urse, is the cy’s official gayborhood, wh LGBTQ-iendly bars, rtrant, and clubs occupyg nearly every storeont on Northalsted. But Chigo’s queer muny exists far outsi the Lakeview enclave—and so do the great gay bars.

Whether they clu drag, dancg, or are div—or a ltle b of all three—Chigo’s bt gay bars have a ltle somethg for everyone.

Gay Edgewater rints of all ag ll themselv regulars at this iendly, sual dive bar. This Uptown spot featur a relatively mixed-genr clientele ( the scheme of gay bars). Wh no distguishg signage outsi, this unmarked dive is much more discreet than s very gay clientele is.

Sitrack is generally herald as the kg of Chigo gay bars, and not for no reason: the sprawlg plex featur five different bars year-round. Add another two the summertime, when the upstairs pat—one of Chigo’s bt, gay or straight—is open for bs. Not only is the Jefey Pub one of the olst gay bars the untry, ’s also the only black-owned LGBTQ bar Chigo.