The bear & leather communities have a big racism problem
People of color cannot freely exist in queer spaces. Its time to hold business owners and event promoters accountable.
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People of color cannot freely exist in queer spaces. Its time to hold business owners and event promoters accountable.
Lucas Hilderbrand seeks to redress the notion that in the early days, queer culture only happened at places like The Black Cat in North Beach and the Stonewall Bar in New York by introducing us to bars throughout the country.
You can move through this list to view some key places and events in the city’s LGBTQ+ communities and history.
Ken Eto rose through the ranks of the Chicago mob, and then it tried to kill him. The underworld would never be the same.
Fresh out of Drake University with a news-editorial journalism degree, I returned home to Chicago in May 1984, unsure of what kind of career I could have as an open lesbian. My stepfather worked at the Chicago Tribune, and my mom was at the Chicago Defender. They both knew gay journalists, but none were openly so.