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I've been putting together a list of regional queer history writing for every Midwestern state for ~reasons~, and literally every monograph, academic article, dissertation, even popular press book I've found for the state of Illinois is about fucking 20th century Chicago.
Two books covers. The first (left) is titled QUEER CLOUT: CHICAGO AND THE RISE OF GAY POLITICS. The cover includes lavender, yellow, and white sans serif text in all capitals over a black-and-white photograph of two white men protesting at a park c. 1970s; one of the men carries a flag with two Venus symbols and two Mars symbols overlapping under the illustration of a raised fist, indicating gay and lesbian solidarity. The second (right) is for the book CREATING A PLACE FOR OURSELVES: LESBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL COMMUNITY HISTORIES. The cover includes black and green serif text over a black-and-white photograph of a city street packed with cars and wide sidewalk packed with people walking in the United States c. 1945. The photo has been recolored in sepia tones/yellow except for a rectangle that is still in black and white; this relief is a visual metaphor, suggesting both that historic queer spaces existed alongside, even blended in with, non-queer spaces and that the authors in this collection of essays will highlight these spaces specifically. Two screenshots of websites. The first (left) is of the table of contents for QUEER BRONZEVILLE, 1900-1985, BY TRISTAN CABELLO, a digital exhibit hosted by OutHistory. Pink and black serif text is on white and gray backgrounds, and white serif text is on a pink background. The second (right) is the abstract of the academic article ONLY IN THE BIG CITY: ISOLATION, RURALITY, AND LEISURE IN LESBIAN CHICAGO, 1971-1996, published by the Journal of Urban History. Black and blue sans serif text is on a white background, and the name of the journal is in white sans serif font on a dark green background at the top of the screenshot. Two books covers. The first (left) is for OUT IN CHICAGO: LGBT HISTORY AT THE CROSSROADS. Red and black mixed font styles sit atop a beige background, along with two rainbow stripes (one above the title, the other above the subtitle) and four six-pointed red stars between "in" and "Chicago." The second (right) is for QUEER LEGACIES: STORIES FROM CHICAGO'S LGBTQ ARCHIVES. Black and pink text in mixed font styles sits on a white rectangle, and the white rectangle sits on a collage of three photographs: two black women and a white man blowing up balloons on a sunny day c. 1980s (top), buttons with slogans on them on a turquoise background (bottom left), and a black-and-white photograph of three women in black skirts sitting on a couch and white drapes c. 1950s (bottom right). Two book covers. The first (left) is for CHICAGO WHISPERS: A HISTORY OF LGBT CHICAGO BEFORE STONEWALL. The background is a dark sepia toned photograph of a wet, busy urban street surrounded by tall brick buildings c. 1910s. The title is written in a sand or beige serif font that blends into the photograph and positioned at the top of the cover. The subtitle is written in a white serif font in all capitals on a black background towards the center of the cover. The second (right) is for OUT AND PROUD IN CHICAGO: AN OVERVIEW OF THE CITY'S GAY COMMUNITY. The title is written in white and gray sans serif fonts and positioned in a stripe of black between the top and center of the cover. Above and below the black stripe are 10 photographs separated by thin black stripes; the photographs represent multiple eras (from the early 1900s to the 2000s) and include portraits of singular people and couples, shots of protests and prides, and images of buildings. The use of photos from a variety of eras and showing a variety of subjects is meant to emphasize the breadth of Chicago's queer history.
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM