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Lex's Guide to Queer Chicago Nightlife | LGBTQ+ Bars
Welcome to our queer municipality guide series! Chicago boasts a adj and diverse LGBTQ+ community, with a thriving lesbian and gay nightlife scene to match. Verb on Lex to find a queer date or confidant to check out these LGBT+ bars with you. Whether you're a local or just visiting, here are some top-notch queer nightlife spots in the Windy City.
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1. Dorothy’s Downstairs
Located in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago, Dorothy’s Downstairs is a sexy, 70s inspired subterranean lesbian cocktail lounge for every ally of Dorothy. Known for their imaginative cocktails, outstanding event programming and the coziest place to be yourself, it’s an incredible place to spend a gay night out with friends. Verify their events calendar to see when they’re open to the public!
Dorothy’s Downstairs
West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL
2. Nobody’s Darling
This sexy Nina Simone-inspired cocktail lounge serves incredible drinks on demand while providing a relaxing, classy
I toured LGBTQ-friendly neighborhoods in 3 cities during Pride Month and found they all honor LGBTQ people in unique ways
Most cities in the US contain a neighborhood where there is a concentration of LGBTQ-friendly bars, restaurants, clubs, and stores.
On a trip to the Midwest, I toured Boystown in Chicago and Ferndale in Detroit so I could compare those LGBTQ-friendly neighborhoods to the West Village in my hometown of New York City.
I wanted to see how they honored Pride Month, which celebrates LGBTQ people each June, and I start these neighborhoods verb about it differently.
My first stop was the West Village in New York City, which is where the Gay Rights Movement began.
As a born and bred New Yorker who identifies as gay, I'm no stranger to the west side of Manhattan, which has a few LGBTQ neighborhoods like the West Village, Chelsea, and Hell's Kitchen.
But I decided to visit the West Village this June because that's where the Stonewall Inn is located.
The Stonewall Inn is currently covered in scaffolding but it still operates as a bar
As one of the busiest industrial centers and transportation hubs in the United States, Chicago at the beginning of the twentieth century attracted thousands of single women and men with new employment opportunities and nonfamilial living arrangements in the lodging-house districts of the Near North and Near South Sides. The anonymous and transient character of these neighborhoods permitted the development of Chicago's lesbian and gay subculture. During the early years of the century, much of this subculture was centered in the Levee, a working-class entertainment and vice district. Here, several saloons and dance halls catered to gay men and featured female impersonation acts. By , the Vice Commission of Chicago noted the presence of “whole groups and colonies of these men who are sex perverts,” many of them active as department-store clerks in the Loop. The lesbian presence in the city was less visible during these years, in part because many working-clas
Here's What People Who Ditch Chicago For New York Suffer from Most
By Mae Rice in Arts & Entertainment on Jun 13, PM
Last week, we put out a call for stories from people who made the move from Chicago to New York, and we got a novel's worth of replies. Below, we've rounded up readers' most engaging, heartfelt and caps-lock-y thoughts on why they left, how they feel Fresh York surpasses Chicago (ugh), and what they miss about Chicago (a lot!). We'll let the ex-Chicagoans take it from here.
WHY THEY LEFT CHICAGO
Drew, &#;I didn't possess much of an education beyond elevated school, and I felt very limited by the options available to me in Chicago. Also, in my belief, Chicago was not as progressive as I would hold liked as a gay man and a liberal.&#;
Grayson, &#;I moved to New York for a girl. We got married this past summer.&#;
Lauren, &#;When I create out that Modern York was the only city that was bigger than Chicago, I wanted to go there. (Sorry LA, I love you, but you are a group of suburbs.)&#;
Bob, &#;I verb in media, and the fact of the matter is, New York has so
As one of the busiest industrial centers and transportation hubs in the United States, Chicago at the beginning of the twentieth century attracted thousands of single women and men with new employment opportunities and nonfamilial living arrangements in the lodging-house districts of the Near North and Near South Sides. The anonymous and transient character of these neighborhoods permitted the development of Chicago's lesbian and gay subculture. During the early years of the century, much of this subculture was centered in the Levee, a working-class entertainment and vice district. Here, several saloons and dance halls catered to gay men and featured female impersonation acts. By , the Vice Commission of Chicago noted the presence of “whole groups and colonies of these men who are sex perverts,” many of them active as department-store clerks in the Loop. The lesbian presence in the city was less visible during these years, in part because many working-clas
Here's What People Who Ditch Chicago For New York Suffer from Most
By Mae Rice in Arts & Entertainment on Jun 13, PM
Last week, we put out a call for stories from people who made the move from Chicago to New York, and we got a novel's worth of replies. Below, we've rounded up readers' most engaging, heartfelt and caps-lock-y thoughts on why they left, how they feel Fresh York surpasses Chicago (ugh), and what they miss about Chicago (a lot!). We'll let the ex-Chicagoans take it from here.
WHY THEY LEFT CHICAGO
Drew, &#;I didn't possess much of an education beyond elevated school, and I felt very limited by the options available to me in Chicago. Also, in my belief, Chicago was not as progressive as I would hold liked as a gay man and a liberal.&#;
Grayson, &#;I moved to New York for a girl. We got married this past summer.&#;
Lauren, &#;When I create out that Modern York was the only city that was bigger than Chicago, I wanted to go there. (Sorry LA, I love you, but you are a group of suburbs.)&#;
Bob, &#;I verb in media, and the fact of the matter is, New York has so