In late June, the Chicago Pride Parade returned to its in-person glory after two years of delay and cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands of people headed for the north side on Sunday, June 26, to celebrate and honor the LGBTQ+ community. Marchers, drivers, and floats representing a variety of community, civic, and commercial […]
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Where the bars (actually) are
Celebrate how far we’ve come and brace yourself for the work to be done by enjoying libations and liberation at some of these Chicago gems: Berlin 954 W. Belmont berlinchicago.com Welcoming everyone since 1983, Berlin is an inclusive venue for dancing, drinking, and drag. Big Chicks 5024 N. Sheridan bigchicks.com Visit Big Chicks for Sunday […]
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Gay bathhouses were barely surviving. And then came COVID-19.
Can these queer havens survive another pandemic?
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Chicago punk was born queer
How three gay bars—La Mere Vipere, O’Banion’s, and Oz—became the cradle of the city’s punk scene
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I have recurring wet dreams about myself
Straight men question what it means to be heterosexual.
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Rapbrarian Roy Kinsey finds his voice in queer hip-hop
With his next album, Roy Kinsey wants to make the music he wishes he’d heard as a young queer man of color.
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Asylum City
The harrowing stories of six asylum seekers who now call Chicago home
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Gay, middle-aged, and lonely as hell
Dan Savage advises a trio of late bloomers.
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Five gay films from an era when queer themes were invisible in Hollywood
Films by Hitchcock, Cukor, and Minnelli turn up on this list of classics from before the Stonewall era.
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The world catches up to iconoclastic composer Julius Eastman
Iconoclastic composer Julius Eastman died homeless almost three decades ago, and his work was nearly lost. But classical music finally has room for a queer black voice in the minimalist pantheon.
Posted inArts & Culture
Last night at Man’s Country
The pioneering gay bathhouse’s 13-hour final hurrah
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Illinois senate reintroduces religious freedom bill advocates say is attack on LGBTQ people
The legislation would allow people of faith to deny services to LGBTQ customers.