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Come explore the lol mms, tours, and landmarks that celebrate our Chigo’s LGBTQ+ hero, history, and Legacy WalkThe Legacy Walk BoystownChigo’s Northalsted (also known as Boystown) neighborhood is where you’ll fd the only outdoor LGBTQ+ history mm the Legacy Walk featur 35 (and untg) rabow memorial markers, memoratg the life and work of notable lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr hero. Gerber/Hart Library and ArchivGerber/Hart Library and Archiv was found 1981 as a posory for the rerds of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer-intified dividuals and anizatns. June’s Chigo Pri Ftival, one of the largt annual gay pri ftivals the untry, and Chigo Pri Para, which attracts an timated one ln spectators, are among the summer’s stars.
"The gay amics of Chigo wanted to make sure that at a time when the major universi were not keen on acceptg and retag materials related to queer history and queer studi – they wanted to make sure that there was a place, and that our history didn't get erased, and didn't get ignored, " Bell holds onto history – and not jt the form of lerature.
"And when closed, they gave to - and is credibly heavy, " Bell said of the big the ventory are an assortment of ics, and three sets of Gay Monopoly – an unofficial adaptatn of the inic board game first released 40 years ago. In Gay Monopoly, players build bars and bathho rather than ho and hotels. The properti clu famo gayborhood thoroughfar such as Christopher Street Greenwich Village New York, Santa Moni Boulevard Wt Hollywood, Folsom Street and Castro Street San Francis – and Chigo, Clark Street New Town, a vtage name for the Northalsted District and the surroundg area of East eroti is also found box on the shelv of the lorful llectn tak up the entirety of two temperature-ntrolled archive rooms.
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The offic of Gay Horizons. The group served a goal to teach others about the gay muny and attemptg to change laws that ma homosexualy illegal, but was quickly shut down by name also honors Pearl M. She was known as a strong supporter of gay rights and immigrant rights.
Fieler Discs Trbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberatn.
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“We provi an teractive entertament experience, ” says Ariyanayakam — pl a long and dreamy cktail and marti list rangg om The Ruby Slipper (vodka, triple sec, and by red grapeu juice) to the Berry Manillow (vodka, creme ssis, and a splash of lime), K Kat Lounge also featur a drag bnch, durg which you n people watch and soak “all the gay realns on the street, ” says Ariyanayakam. “Big Chicks has always been a iendly meetg place for gay men and women, neighborhood iendli, and out-of-towners, ” Fire explas.
The popular venue has also anized var LGBTQ+ iendly events, cludg Homolatte, a queer all-clive dance party, and much more.
The annual Chigo LGBT Hall of Fame exhib at Harold Washgton Library Center regniz the ntributns of Chigo’s lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny and their efforts to eradite homophobic bias and discrimatn. In 2016, the Board of Directors of the Chigo Gay and Lbian Hall of Fame voted to change s name to the Chigo LGBT Hall of Fame an effort to be clive to all the dividuals who be to make up the diverse LGBT muny. 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.