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Chicago's Gayborhood Ditches Male-Focused Name
survey in response to Chicagoans who objected to the gendered name as exclusionary.This summer, for instance, activist Devlyn Camp created a Change.org petition calling on the alliance to change the name “to promote the inclusion of transgender, nonbinary, lesbian, and intersex individuals.” The petition noted that among the best-known LGBTQ+ neighborhoods in the U.S., only Chicago’s had a gendered nickname.While there are other sections of Chicago with large queer presences, notably Andersonville, the North Halsted area is home to many bars and other businesses serving the LGBTQ+ population as well as nonprofits including the Center on Halsted, Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community center.
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