There was a great little spot on the Southside called Myour House that was very queer friendly and did a lot of interesting events, but it got shut down just around new years' after a solid year of throwing underground parties. So your best bet is either find someone at your college who's printing up IDs or to start going to more.underground.
Posted by Lieber Frau at 3:41 PM on February 25, 2010įinding a legal LGBTQ-centric dance venue in Chicago is going to be nigh on impossible, as this city isn't a big fan of nightclubs and dance parties in general (a couple of live-band concert spots like Lincoln Hall and the Metro have started to throw 18+ dance parties, but they are definitely more queer-friendly, streaight-leaning events than the other way around). These places are ground zero for us queers.Ī word of warning: LGBT clubs in this city card hard, so I wouldn't try sneaking in. Halsted & Belmont, Broadway & Roscoe, Clark & Berwyn. Just hanging out in Boystown or Andersonville is bound to be a great experience for your friend if she isn't already familiar with the areas. Pick a band with a good queer following and party down. While not TECHNICALLY a lesbian bar, it's crawling with lesbians. Unfortunately, it got shut down (probably for serving to minors one too many times) but I've been told that party at Sangria that patricking mentioned is its closest successor. It was a great place to get into trouble (and the patrons were mostly in their mid 20's). A lot of non-profit LGBT youth groups have dance parties that are pretty fun, and the Center should know about them.Īs a queer youth in Chicago in the early 2000's, I used to go to 18+ LGBT parties at an event called the Royale. Give them a call or just drop in, someone will be able to help out.
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First things first, you should be looking at the Center on Halsted as an awesome free resource for this kind of information.