Also take a look at the Chicago Gay Bathhouse and Sex Club Guide, which has plenty of advice on where to meet guys looking to hookup around Chicago. Here's a more in-depth look at these Downtown and South Side Chicago gay social establishments. It's also a bit of a distance to reach these bars, but they're both legendary nightspots that are well-worth checking out, especially given that many of the nation's gay African-American hangouts have steadily disappeared over the years.
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Additionally, on the city's South Side, you'll find a pair of gay bars that cater predominantly to African-American patrons, Club Escape and Jeffery Pub. It is not a franchise or chain of gay bars, but rather a name adopted by bars inspired by The Eagles Nest. You can find extensive lists of establishments in the Chicago Lakeview Gay Nightlife Guide and the Chicago Andersonville Gay Nightlife Guide. These neighborhoods are a lot of fun, but they're also a bit of a haul - by cab or public transit - from downtown Chicago, which is where most of the city's hotels are.įortunately, there are a couple of very fun gay nightspots right in the heart of downtown, not to mention an almost endless supply of terrific restaurants, many of them with mixed gay/straight followings. The Eagle is a name used by multiple gay bars.
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Leather and theįounding of The Leather Archives & Museum.Although Chicago has among the greatest selection of gay nightspots in the country, the majority of these hangouts - from bars and discos to LGBT-popular restaurants - are in popular mixed residential-commercial neighborhoods on the north side of the city. Too, Chicago Eagle, Chicago Meatpackers, International Mr. Lost & Found, Chicago Another contender for the oldest lesbian bar in America, this Horner Park-area destination enjoyed 43 years of operation, from 1965 to 2008, surviving through an incredible. With Renslow managing their many businesses Man’s Country, Gold Coast, Bistro Ehemann thenĬhose to take on the role of the stay at home parent, but continued to work Man’s Country, the gay bathhouse in Uptown, is closing, capping 44 years of business with a 13-hour party that will begin New Year’s Eve and extend into the morning after. In 1983 Ehemann wasįeatured in Newsweek Magazine for an article on the gay community, politics andĮhemann and Renslow were granted custody of two young children. when DJs spun exclusively with vinyl records before digital music was a thing, he said when announcing the event. Police roll calls on sensitivity training on LGBT citizens. 100 Percent Vinyl is a first of its kind dance party in Wilton Manors that tries to recapture the energy and vibe of famous parties in the late ‘80s, ‘90s, and 2000s in NYC, Chicago, Miami and the U.K.
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Made numerous appearances before the mainstream media representing the LGBTĬommunity and was the first person to address the police training academy and There he met his life-partner of 35 years, Chuck Renslow, with whom heĬo-founded the Greater Chicago Gay & Lesbian Democrats. House Bill amending the state’s Ethnic Intimidation Act to include gays andĮhemann joined the staff of GayLife newspaper as a legal columnist and advisor. He lobbied for and submitted written testimony in favor of an Illinois Thompson for an anti-discrimination directive to the Illinois Department of Jackhammer Fun and sexy gay cruise club for bears and leather fans with go-go dancers and lots of hot. Hydrate Popular, high-energy gay dance club in Boystown, the heart of gay Chicago. He successfully lobbied then Governor James The biggest and perhaps the most popular gay bar in Chicago. Ehemannįounded Organization to Promote Equality Now (OPEN), Illinois’ first He worked as a waiter at Broadway Limited and edited the employee newsletter, which led to him working for Ralph Paul Gernhart’s “What’s Going On In Chicago” daily phone recording, and eventually as the associate editor of Gay Chicago Magazine.Įhemann became Chicago’s first openly gay attorneys, representing many of theĬity’s bars and organizations. As a law student in Chicago in the early 1970s, he volunteered at the Barbara Beckman House, a forerunner to Horizons Community Services and the Center on Halsted. Ron Ehemann, a man of many facets, has been active in Chicago’s LGBT community for 40 years.
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There are many many more gay bars in Chicago so this is just a few to get started. Live DJs on Fridays and Saturdays, darkroom in the basement. This was Boystown’s first gay bar and is open to 4am everyday one for a late night Address: 3501 N Halsted St. Attracts leather/denim crowd but open to all. Long-running bar/club set over three floors. Photo by Israel Wright INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2020 Warmoesstraat 90, 1012, Amsterdam, Netherlands.