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Contents:

• CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• CHIGO HAS 3 OF THE ‘BT GAY BARS AMERI,' ESQUIRE SAYS
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI
• GAY NIGHTLIFE BOYSTOWN, CHIGO: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• GAY BARS CELEBRATED AT CHIGO HISTORY MM
• CHIGO GAY CISE CLUBS
• THE BEST CHIGO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CHIGO

CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS

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. 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. 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. 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).

CHIGO HAS 3 OF THE ‘BT GAY BARS AMERI,' ESQUIRE SAYS

Come for happy hour, Sunday afternoon mimosas, or late StoryLookg for a gay bar near downtown Chigo?

RIP Gay BarsCi around the untry and globe have seen many of their most beloved gay and lbian waterg hol close down — often after the area's queer populatn dispers or the owner simply gets priced out. [RELATED: 26 Dead (Or Dyg) Gay Bars NYC, L. The magaze released a list of "The 32 Bt Gay Bars Ameri, " wh Chigo beg home to three.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Now, the cy's gettg regnn for boastg three of the bt gay bars the untry, acrdg to Esquire. Louis as among the bt gay bars. Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.

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.

CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI

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

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.

GAY BARS CELEBRATED AT CHIGO HISTORY MM

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. “I agree wh that, ” they said Gay Stolberg is a Washgton Corrponnt verg health policy.

CHIGO GAY CISE CLUBS

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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.

THE BEST CHIGO GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS CHIGO

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.