Chicago Strip Clubs: I brought my mom to Boystown and…

Boystown is very obviously a gay ghetto (ghetto being used to describe a self-segregated community here, not to describe quality of living.) In addition to the normal facets of life that you find everywhere, Boystown also has gay bars, strip clubs, sex shops. Did the presence of these things affect you in any way?
If you mean, did they make me uncomfortable, the answer is no, not at all. Actually, I didn’t notice the strip clubs (hmm), and the sex shop window displays were interesting, not vulgar. We have made our way to a number of the bars, oh yes we have:), and at each and every one I have been greeted with warmth and friendship and made to feel included.  Oh so many life lessons are there to be learned in the Boystown community about affection and acceptance…

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