1. A ROADMAP OF
LGBT HISTORY
ACROSS
THE U.S.A
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INDIANA
RyAN WHITE GRAvE SITE
(E. 234th Street, Cicero Cemetary,
Cicero, IN)
Ryan White was in middle school
when he was infected with the HIV
virus from a contaminated blood
treatment. At the time, the virus
was thought of as a “gay man’s
virus,” and because of the insipid
stigma, White was expelled. A
highly public legal battle ensued
and he became the face of the
HIV awareness movement. He
lived five years longer than doctors
predicted, but died in 1990, one
month before graduation. Four
months later, Congress enacted the
Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS
Resources Emergency (CARE)
Act in his honor. The act is the
United States’ largest federally
funded program for people living
with HIV/AIDS.
kINSEy INSTITUTE
(Morrison 313, 1165 E. Third Street,
Bloomington, IN)
Alfred C. Kinsey (1894–1956),
a biology professor at Indiana
University, initiated a massive
survey in 1938 that resulted in the
famous Kinsey Reports (in 1948
and 1953), which established a
numerical scale from 1 to 6 to
classify sexual behavior, with “1”
indicating exclusive heterosexuality
and “6” exclusive homosexuality.
Studies here have advanced the
understanding of sexuality and
sexual health around the globe.
kinseyinstitute.org
MINNESOTA
19 BAR
(Loring park, 19 W. 15th Street,
Minneapolis, MN)
The oldest gar bar in the Twin
Cities, established in 1956.
19bar.itgo.com
GAy 90S COMpLEX
(408 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN)
First patroned by gays and
lesbians in 1957; and it’s still
alive and kicking!
The courage of one can
change the future of many.
That fact has defined gay,
lesbian, bisexual, and trans-
gender resistance decade
after decade. But history has
a way of erasing itself from
the crumbling facades of
bustling cities and languid
small towns and land-
scapes. Still, the queer-story
remains. This travelogue
illuminates the places right
in your backyard—and
across the country—where
GLBT men and women have
stood for the right to love,
live, laugh, and love…as gays,
and as Americans. Whether
you’re planning a weekend
roadtrip, or a cross-country
adventure, use it as a guide
to trace the rainbow of our
shared gay pride.
MICHIGAN
DUNES RESORT
(333 Blue Star Highway, Douglas, MI)
Celebrating more than 30 years
as the Midwest’s largest LGBT
resort. Saugatuck-Douglas thrives
year-round, but it really heats up
between Memorial Day and Labor
Day, in town and at Oval Beach in
Saugatuck. dunesresort.com and
gaysaugatuckdouglas.com
ILLINOIS
CHICAGO GAy AND LESBIAN
HALL OF FAME
(3712 North Broadway, Suite 637,
Chicago, IL)
Recognizes the achievements of
LGBT people and organizations in
the Chicago area. glhalloffame.org
GERBER/HART LIBRARy
AND ARCHIvES
(6500 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL)
The nation’s oldest and the
Midwest’s largest LGBT circulating
library, with more than 14,000
volumes, 800 periodical titles,
and 100 archival collections,
founded in 1981. gerberhart.org
LEATHER ARCHIvES & MUSEUM
(6418 North Greenview Avenue,
Chicago, IL)
Houses the largest collection of
literature, art, and films about
leather, fetishism, sadomasochism,
and alternative sexual practices
(leatherarchives.org). After getting
your kink history on, go show
your true colors at the salacious
International Mr. Leather, held
every year in Chi-town on Memorial
Day Weekend (imrl.com).
TALBOTT STREET THEATRE
(2145 N. Talbott Street, Chicago, IL)
It opened as a movie house in
1920 but began morphing into an
alternative entertainment venue,
welcoming the gay community,
since the early 1980s. The current
nightclub, which has a Studio
54–style dance floor, replaced the
other gay clubs at the same site.
Within a 15-block radius you’ll
find a dozen other gay establish-
ments to get your buzz, grub,
and dance on. talbottstreet.com
BY CAT PERRY
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