There is new hope that the Gold Coast's "disnnected and sttered" LGBTQI+ scene will fd a greater sense of muny after the return of gay bar after more than two years whout one the cy.
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- GAY IN CHUCK RENSLOW, FOUNR OF INTERNATNAL MR. LEATHER, DI AT 87
- CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
- A GAY BAR FALLY RETURNS TO THE GOLD COAST WH HOP TO UNE 'DISNNECTED' MUNY
- WHEN THE GOLD COAST LOST S ONLY GAY BAR, THIS DRAG QUEEN GOT TO WORK
GAY IN CHUCK RENSLOW, FOUNR OF INTERNATNAL MR. LEATHER, DI AT 87
Fd the top gay bars Chigo, Northalsted (aka Boystown) and beyond. Disver the bt LGBTQ+ nightlife around Chigo. * gold coast gay bar chicago *
At the Chigo History Mm, a new exhib “Out Chigo” explor the stori of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr Chigoans who shaped the cy and var muni over the past 150 years. In 1958, Chuck Renslow and his iends had an affy for leather that was too much for a Chigo gay bar lled Omar’s.
CHICAGO — Chuck Renslow, one of Chigo's earlit openly gay entreprenrs, died Thursday, but the longtime activist's leather-clad legacy ntu on. Renslow, 87, died Thursday after multiple long-term health issu and nearly seven s of pneerg the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer bs scene Chigo. Leather ntt and the Leather Archiv and Mm Rogers Park, but Renslow has a storied history of openg dozens of gay iendly bs around Chigo.
CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
Born and raised Logan Square, Renslow me out as a gay man when he was a stunt at Lane Technil High School, he told Baim, who is also the publisher of the Wdy Cy Tim.
Wh jt a handful of gay bars Chigo entirely ntrolled by the the Mafia the 1950s, Renslow relled the "very ee atmosphere" they provid, safe om police raids thanks to payoffs om the syndite. In the early 1960s, Renslow opened Gold Coast bar, one of the first leather bars the world and among the earlit gay-owned bs the cy and went on to be the olst leather tablishment before closed 1987.
RELATED: Here's Why Gay Bars Are So Important, Explaed By A Chigo Gay In. Ten years later, Renslow heard about the Stonewall Inn rts om a iend and helped anize the first Gay Pri Para Chigo. At that pot, he also owned the drag bar Sparrow's Lounge and ntued to n his semi-nu physique photography stud, Kris Stud, which sent out photos to the gay muny at large.
A GAY BAR FALLY RETURNS TO THE GOLD COAST WH HOP TO UNE 'DISNNECTED' MUNY
As gay rights rose the public dialogue, Renslow beme more active polilly, phg then-Mayor Richard J. He ntued to blaze trails bs, takg ntrol of the failg GayLife newspaper and startg Triumph, Mars and Rawhi Male magaz. Renslow hired the first black bartenr at a gay bar and revented bathho Chigo, addg an entertament aspect to Man's Country, which remas open Anrsonville to this day.
WHEN THE GOLD COAST LOST S ONLY GAY BAR, THIS DRAG QUEEN GOT TO WORK
Named for the whe outfs of guts, the Whe Party grew up to 5, 000 people when such celebratns of gay life were rare. 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).
Come for happy hour, Sunday afternoon mimosas, or late StoryLookg for a gay bar near downtown Chigo? The first gay leather bar, the Gold Coast, opened Chigo 1958.