On there was An Evening With Taisha (Thomas). Belmont was quite the place back in 1986, although I've never met anyone who went there. Lawrence which was predominantly a men's bar. Also listed as gay in 1980 was Sharon's Side Track at 1113 W. Berwyn, sometimes to referred to as Shirley's Set Lounge, was listed as a gay bar fromġ972-'74. Contest was at midnight and followed by a Goulish Buffet. Best costume $100, Most Original $75, Best Drag $50, and Honorable 31, 1980,ĭana's Dames presented Scorpie's Annual Extravaganza. Harlem was the Inn Between back in the '70s and then Scorpie's. was a private non-alcoholic, membership club for men around 1982. Roxzy, an erotic dancer, performed at midnight. 17, 1989, they celebrated their 3rd anniversary party. Franklin Park was a lesbian bar and was open from '87 thru '89 and possibly Buena was first listed as a gay bar in December 1989. Stage 618, the Ten-oh-Two, the New Flight and O'Bannion's. On April 28, 1980, Curt 'Rocky' Blau, 31, was stabbed to death in the bar. The late Lisa Eaton performed there every Tuesday night it wasĬalled Over the Rainbow.
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Halsted was a Latin drag bar that opened in 1978. You entered the bar through a door on Carmen. 16 of that year they celebrated Micky'sīirthday Bash with an open bar from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. Sheridan Road was open in '88 and on Sept. was a mixed men's/women's bar and was open in 1973. One door north of what later became Deeks. Sheffield was around in 1982- '83 and on March 3, 1983, they hosted a benefit for AIDS project. Orville 'Butch' von Toland, and Don 'Wheezy'Ĭrenshaw bartended at the bar and both died in the fall of 1992. In 1988, the Pelican had country music on Wednesdays. Clark St., which a year later became the Pelican. In 1985 there was a bar called Dan's On Clark, located at 6341 N.
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We also want to hear feedback from our patrons, neighbors and everyone in the LGBTQ+ community on how to build a more inclusive bar, and we will provide updates on these efforts.This article shared 4663 times since Wed Jul 23, 2003 I have reached out to trusted organizations and leaders in the Chicago LGBTQ+ community and will work with them in the coming days on steps we need to take. It will require an ongoing commitment and actions. I know it will take much more than this to regain the trust of the LGBTQ+ community. Progress Bar will reopen tonight (Friday May 30th), and there will not be a ban on rap or any other music genres. Sorry, but I don’t find any fault with this bar.”ĮDITOR’S UPDATE: We received a statement from the bar’s PR firm, sharing this:įrom Justin Romme, Owner of Progress Bar: “Rap is not a race and rap is one of the genres where it’s still ok to be heavily homophobic without consequences.“What if they wanted to switch to all country music?”.It’s just that rap sounds very angry most of the time.”
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“Hip-hop depresses me, and rap makes me want to kill myself.“Some people just don’t like rap music!”.Reading through comments on the inter-webs today, this writer came across some folks who shared: The post has garnered over 1.7k comments at this writing. We are still going to play hiphop, please don’t read too much into this. The sound isn’t going to be that much different, we are just tweaking what’s already here. We love every person who walks through these doors and appreciate each and everyone of you. But understand, above all, there are NO racial intentions here. We hope that you will stand by us while we tweak things here and there.
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Without the diversity and support of the LBGTQ community, we cannot do so. ProgressBar is about moving forward and continuing to evolve. We don’t know if it will work or not, but we want the opportunity to progress! We are not the 1st bar to look into changing their sound, and we will not be the last. Progress ownership wants to make it VERY clear that EVERYONE IS WELCOME HERE!!! We value our customers and respect EVERYONE. The bar also stressed there “are NO racial intentions here,” and the owners merely want to “tweak” their sound.Īs many have seen today, an email was leaked in regards to the direction we want to take the sound of ProgressBar.