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- CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI
- CHIGO HAS ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S LONGT-RUNNG BLACK-OWNED GAY BARS — AND IT’S ON THE SOUTH SI
- DOWNTOWN CHIGO GAY LIFE
- CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
- GAY NIGHTLIFE BOYSTOWN, CHIGO: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
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CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI
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Although Chigo has among the greatt selectn of gay nightspots the untry, the majory of the hangouts - om bars and diss to LGBT-popular rtrants - are popular mixed rintial-mercial neighborhoods on the north si of the cy. You n fd extensive lists of tablishments the Chigo Lakeview Gay Nightlife Gui and the Chigo Anrsonville Gay Nightlife Gui.
Fortunately, there are a uple of very fun gay nightspots right the heart of downtown, not to mentn an almost endls supply of terrific rtrants, many of them wh mixed gay/straight followgs. Addnally, on the cy's South Si, you'll fd a pair of gay bars that ter predomantly to Ain-Amerin patrons, Club Espe and Jeffery Pub. It's also a b of a distance to reach the bars, but they're both legendary nightspots that are well-worth checkg out, pecially given that many of the natn's gay Ain-Amerin hangouts have steadily disappeared over the years.
CHIGO HAS ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S LONGT-RUNNG BLACK-OWNED GAY BARS — AND IT’S ON THE SOUTH SI
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Here's a more -pth look at the Downtown and South Si Chigo gay social tablishments.
Also take a look at the Chigo Gay Bathhoe and Sex Club Gui, which has plenty of advice on where to meet guys lookg to hookup around Chigo. Club Espe, South Si - gay bar. 75th St., 773-667-6454) is one of two long-nng gay bars on Chigo's Southsi, terg largely to the cy's sizable Ain-Amerin GLBT crowd (the other is the Jefey Pub).
Jeffery Pub, South Si - gay bar.
DOWNTOWN CHIGO GAY LIFE
In the first stallment of our seri on the cy's olst gay bars, we vis the South Shore stalwart — Chigo’s only black-owned tablishment of s kd. * black gay clubs downtown chicago *
One of the most historic gay bars Chigo, Jeffery Pub (7041 S. Jeffery Blvd., 773-363-8555) opened on this cy's South Shore more than 40 years ago and has been ground zero for the cy's Ain-Amerin gay muny ever sce. Baton Show Lounge, Downtown - gay bar.
CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
As the world regniz the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, we sent photographers to three of the cy's olst gay bars — one on the South Si, one on the North Si, and one right between. * black gay clubs downtown chicago *
One of the longt-nng gay clubs the Midwt, the que fabulo Baton Show Lounge is also one of the untry's most illtr female impersonatn barets.
It's also one of only a few Chigo gay tablishments downtown ( the Near North neighborhood, at 436 N. “A lot of people that live south have to travel north to Northalsted [to fd a gay bar], ” Stephens said.
“It’s still very difficult for a lot of members of the Black and Brown LGBTQ muny, wh beg homosexual or jt beg who they are, ” Stephens said. We didn’t want to exclu our trans siblgs or gay men. Chigo’s Black LGBTQ bargoers — historilly ncentrated on the South and Wt sis due to the cy’s bter legacy of segregatn — have long reported racist behavr gay and lbian bar spac, rangg om unduly thorough ID checks to mic polici that ban hip-hop and rap to explicly racist ments om lol bar owners.
GAY NIGHTLIFE BOYSTOWN, CHIGO: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
Fd the top gay bars Chigo, Northalsted (aka Boystown) and beyond. Disver the bt LGBTQ+ nightlife around Chigo. * black gay clubs downtown chicago *
“I uldn’t tell you the last time I saw that kd of te diversy a space: gay men and queer women, nonbary and trans folks, people who are Black, Brown, whe, younger, olr… Havg that power is super important and that’s what I’m hopg to see — more spac that are owned, occupied, and ma by . For Black, Gay Chigoans, It’s Always Been Jeffery Pub.
In the first stallment of our seri on the cy’s olst gay bars, we vis the South Shore stalwart — Chigo’s only black-owned tablishment of s kd.
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
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Across the street there on the rner, there was a gay bar lled Maxe’s. And when Maxe’s abptly closed, even though this was a straight bar, gay people started g here [stead].
By the mid-60s, was fully a gay bar. “Even around here, there’s not many bars where people n e out and have a good time, let alone [one that's] predomantly gay, unls you go up north to Boystown, " Thompson says.
Feel the pri and get to know LGBTQ+ Chigo. Explore our gay travel gui to Chigo, cludg historic landmarks, neighborhoods, and nightlife. * black gay clubs downtown chicago *
Forty-five years on, the Boystown mastay is an tergeneratnal mosaic of Chigo’s gay muny.
Closg out our historil gay bar seri is this unr-the-radar downtown hiaway, which has provid a refuge for lols and tourists alike for 35 years.
Downtown Bar & Lounge440 N State St, 312-464-1400It’s not que the bar where everybody knows your name, but this 2010 newer the former Gentry space ntu to anchor gay life the heart of the cy while offerg a wele rpe om the bloads of tourists hlg their plump selv up and down the Magnificent Mile search of the next great barga. Pastoral53 E Lake St, 312-658-1250Take the most adorable plac for we, chee and charcuterie out of California’s Napa Valley and rtch them to a sgle Loop boutique and you get this wonrful gay-owned food store and fé jt a stone’s throw om the shops at Block 37.