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QUEER UPTOWN: LGBTQ+ MOVEMENTS IN CHICAGO
Take a tour of the neighborhood of uptown in northside chicago
This "mini-tour" of Uptown, a northside Chicago neighborhood, looks at some of the main hubs of LGBTQ+ community and resistance in the area. For decades, Uptown has been the site of poor and multiracial community coalitions fighting the displacement that comes with urban renewal. As a result, LGBTQ+ politics in the area has also drawn on an intersectional ethos, centering working-class, anti-racist causes.
CONTENT ADVISORY: This tour contains sexual references that may not be suitable for younger audiences.
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Paris Dance harkens back to an era when lesbian bars dotted Chicago's northside - few remain.
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Lesbian and gay culture was predominantly white, and was most visible in party spaces.
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I2I builds community and stages interventions in both Asian American and LGBTQIA+ organizing spaces
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Over the years, the Big Chicks Queer Bar has also become a hub of South Asian LGBTQ community.
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Since the 1990s, AFT has created sophisticated theatre centering LGBTQ+ lives and talent.
This walking tour from beginning to end is approximately 3.6 miles in length (~5.79 km)
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