Gay Boystown Neighborhood Walking Tours

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Published July 15, 2010 at 10:16 a.m.
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WANT THE  411 on BOYSTOWN? ... Whether you live here and think you know it all or maybe newly relocated and want to learn more,  or  just visiting -  This  90-minute walking tour highlights  the  Boystown gayborhood, presented by improviser Margaret Hicks of Chicago Elevated, and  lends a deeper, historical perspective to the area known for its overwhelming gayness and well-endowed rainbow pylons ... DID YOU KNOW? ... -that when the rainbow rocket-shaped pylons were installed in 1998,

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House Votes to Advance Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

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Published May 27, 2010 at 10:24 p.m.

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to advance repealing the law that bars gay and lesbian people from serving openly in the military. As USA Today reported just moments ago:“On a 234-194 vote, the House voted to advance the repeal as an amendment to a Defense Department funding bill moving through Congress. Earlier in [ ... ] ...

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Dining Out For Equality Wednesday May 19th

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Published May 16, 2010 at 7:08 p.m.
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What are you doing for ... dinner  Wednesday night? ... Better question - ... WHERE are you going ... to dinner  Wednesday  night? ... Please join us on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, for Dining Out For Equality™ ... at your favorite or soon-to-be favorite restaurant.  You will enjoy a great meal while showing your commitment to equality.  Moreover, your restaurant captain will have vouchers for a complimentary Absolut Vodka cocktail redeemable at a number of local bars that night.  ...   ...

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Vermont's Proposed Funding for Boy Scouts Scrutinized

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Published March 16, 2010 at 9:30 a.m.
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Gay rights groups in Vermont are blasting a proposed $7,500 annualstate appropriation to the organization, which bars gays and lesbiansfrom serving as volunteer troop leaders ...

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Gay Queer Chicago's Alternative Scene Chances Dances and Guerrilla Gay Bar

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Published March 4, 2010 at 7:56 p.m.
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Boystown scene is pretty big , ... and so is Andersonville ... But there are those who are always seeking something different. Something downtown. Something off the beaten path, something fresh and sexy ... and Chicago offers 2  alternative choices;  CHANCES  DANCES  and  GUERRILLA GAY BAR ... Chances Dances are 3 seperate party nights ... The original incarnation is held every third Monday at Subterranean , ... 2011 W. North  Ave. Free Dance party ... Danny’s Tavern hosts "Off

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Two of the Best Bakeries in the Chicagoland Area

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Published Jan. 7, 2010 at 8:22 a.m.
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  ... For New Years Eve, we attended a party at a friends house in Boystown. We were treated to delcious desserts from his Polish friend and pastry chef Anna Majewski, from Sugar Hills Bakery. Cookies that were delicious, European pastries to die for and a cake that was out of this world! ... The cake was  NUTCRACKER. It was done in  traditional European old-world-style. A combination of walnut cake filled with mocha kahlua and  chocolate vodka REAL  buttercreams, raisins and nuts!

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Best Drag Show and Best Martini in Chicago at KIT KAT Lounge and Supper Club

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Published Nov. 21, 2009 at 6:57 p.m.
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The Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club (3700 N. Halsted St.; 773-525-1111) celebrated their  NINTH  ANNIVERSARY this week!  ... In case you have never been,  the decor evokes Old Hollywood glamour--white sofas, stone-topped tables on chrome legs, old vintage black and white  movies showing on the wall - and classy entertainment that includes celebrity  look-alikes performing in  glamourous cabaret-style Wednesday through Sunday ... veteran entertainer TRACI ROSS is one of our favorites -

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MR RIGHT - Monday, November 9th Landmark Theatres on Clark

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Published Nov. 1, 2009 at 5:36 p.m.
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REELING  FILM  FESTIVAL  ... and  BEST  GAY  CHICAGO  PRESENT ... Jacqui Morris ’ directorial debut, ‘Mr. Right’ — an ensemble piece following the lives of several gay Londoners ... The film starts off rough with a narration from jilted fag hag, Louise. Her role is mainly to drop sassy one liners much like you’d expect from a gay character in a straight film ... And perhaps that’s the film’s strength. Morris explains she wanted to make a gay movie for the “mainstream.”

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Out Ranks the World's Greatest Gay Bars

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Published Aug. 5, 2009 at 8:40 a.m.

From Provincetown to Prague, Out magazine travels the globe to review the world's greatest gay bars ...

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New Gay Bars in Downtown Chicago - Well, Sort of...

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Published April 14, 2009 at 3:45 p.m.
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  ... It's kind of sad that downtown Chicago has only 1  gay bar! Now that the Gentry has closed, Second Story Bar (157 E. Ohio) is the only gay hangout downtown ... Of course, you have the monthly gatherings of Big Gay Cocktail Club. (Password FABULOUS). The BGCC is a gypsy cocktail party which explores new venues periodically, and occasionally raises small sums of money & awareness for worthwhile Chicago-based GLBT organizations. The group was founded by a group of friends who then began

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