South Side LGBTQ Stories

#1: Gay Liberation Rally of 1970

#2: Gay Liberation March of 1970

#3: John "Bathhouse" Coughlin & Michael "Hinky Dink" Kenna

#4: The First Levee

#5: On the Wings of Change

#6: Lena Waithe

#7: Chicago Coliseum & First Ward Ball

#8: AIDS Memorial Wall

#9: Muzic Box & Ron Hardy

#10: Honey Dijon

#11: Helping Hands, Jane Addams, & Mary Rozet Smith

#12: The Second Levee

#13: Invisible to Invisible (i2i)

#14: The Social Evil in Chicago

#15: Frankie Knuckles & The Power House

#16: Lips

#17: Chicago House

#18: Chicago Defender

#19: Joey Soloway

#20: Louis Sullivan & Pilgrim Baptist Church

#21: Pekin Club & Tony Jackson

#22: Alpha Suffrage Club & Belle Squire

#23: “Nosey” Sees All Knows All

#24: Disco Demolition

#25: The Cabin Inn

#26: Gertrude ‘Ma’ Rainey

#27: Clarence Cobbs

#28: Kokomo Arnold

#29: Finnie’s Ball

#30: Lorraine Hansberry

#31: Garfield Station & Nick Cave

#32: Pride South Side

July 5, 2025 at The DuSable

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#33: Chicago Urban Pride

#34: Brave Space Alliance

#35: Jeffery Pub

Jeffery Pub: 7041 S Jeffery Boulevard

#36: City Council & Lamont Robinson

Timmy Knudsen (43rd), Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48th), & Lamont Robinson (4th)

Jessie Fuentes (26th), Bennett Lawson (44th), & Maria Hadden (49th)

Ray Lopez (15th), Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th), & Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez (33rd)

#37: 2006 Chicago Gaymes

#38: Chicago House Music Festival and Conference