Author: He Huang

Program of Study: Master in Middle Eastern Studies, Division of the Social Sciences (SSD)

(Photo taken by author)

(Photo taken by author)

Description: Boystown, the gayborhood in the north of Chicago renowned for its inclusiveness of LGBTQ+ groups, has experienced the progress of gentrification during recent years. Things have changed. So, what is it now? A fancy Disneyland designed with the theme of homosexuality or still a land broken ethnically, but not sexually.

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References: 

Ghaziani, Amin. There Goes the Gayborhood? Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2014.

Moore, Mignon R. Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships, and Motherhood Among Black Women. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 2011.

Brown-Saracino, Japonica. A Neighborhood That Never Changes: Gentrification, Social Preservation, and the Search for Authenticity. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Sosin, K. “Center on Halsted CEO on controversies,five-year anniversary.”
Windy City Times, April 18, 2012. Retrieved (http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Center-on-Halsted-CEO-on-controversiesfive-year-anniversary/37316.html).

U.S. Census Bureau, 2015. 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates: Selected Economic Characteristics. Retrieved from. https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_15_5YR_DP03&prodType=table.