Architecture & history, Blog, LGBTQ+, Neighborhoods
Queer Chicago history: the story of The Belmont Rocks
The first time I happened upon the Belmont Rocks, I thought I had found a slice of heaven … with a very loose dress code.…
Owen Keehnen
Owen Keehnen is the author of several books on Chicago LGBT history including Gay Chicago Memories: 1300 N. Wells, Dugan’s Bistro and the Legend of the Bearded Lady, Man’s Country More Than a Bathhouse and A Place For Us: Gay Life at Chicago’s Belmont Rocks. He lives in Rogers Park with his husband Carl and dogs Vince and Daisy.
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