![]() Its BIPOC queer population is typically found in the south and west sides and the north side’s Boystown gayborhood has been called out on its racism, on display in acts like banning hip-hop and rap music, underpaying nonwhite employees, and even outright racist statements. The Nobody’s Darling bar is owned by two Black queer women, who’ve become Chicago’s second and third Black and queer bar owners in a city with a long history of segregation. “Be an outcast: be pleased to walk alone (uncool) or line the crowded river beds with other impetuous fools.” This quote, from the poem “Be Nobody’s Darling” by Alice Walker, inspired the name of a new lively queer bar on a quiet street in the Chicago neighborhood of Andersonville. Nobody's Darling bar owners Barnes and Renaud
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