🌈 Thanks to a bevy of new LGBTQ, POC-led parties and events, Boystown is no longer the only option if you're looking for a queer night out.| ✍️ debbiemarieb_👇
One of my favorite parts of being a young, Black, twentysomething Chicago gay is that, in 2022, the cis-white entrapment of Boystown is no longer my only option if I want to make sure my evening outing is especially queer. The city seems to have more and more young adults of different ethnic backgrounds creating hip, distinct, Black- and Brown-centered nightlife in spaces or venues that are otherwise predominantly white.
Eden bills itself as a sapphic space: a DIY, sexy, lesbian party space meant to break the stereotype that lesbians are only U-Haul-driving, slow-dancing homebodies who don’t like to go out. Eden facilitates the opposite. Collective pleasure, no inhibition: we leave it all on the dance floor. Eden is a party for friends, lovers, and crushes. The founder and producer, Reggaeton DJ Jenniferfauxxpez, told the, “I’ll be at Smartbar any time of the day . . .
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