Chicago’s Boystown is famous around the LGBT+ world, but now a new petition says it should change its name. Campaigners claim the male name of the US city’s LGBT+ neighborhood encourages sexism, transphobia and even racism.
Indeed, they say the Northalsted Business Alliance have made the problem worse by adding ‘For the boys’ signs this summer. So far a little over 1,000 people have signed a Change.org petition saying they too think the name should change.
Petition creator Delvyn Camp writes: ‘The Boystown nickname began in the 1990s as a joke and it is now a marketing tool used by the Northalsted Business Alliance, and perpetuates the existing social issues that deter many LGBTQ people from the neighborhood. ‘Many of our transgender