Photo: (above) Pat Nabong
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For Black, Gay Chicagoans, It’s Always Been Jeffery Pub
In the first installment of our series on the city’s oldest gay bars, we visit the South Shore stalwart — Chicago’s only black-owned establishment of its kind.
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Little Jim’s Tavern Is Big on History
Forty-five years on, the Boystown mainstay is an intergenerational mosaic of Chicago’s gay community.
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