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Exhibitions: The Chicago Haven for Gay Men During the AIDS Era

By David Schonauer   Thursday July 3, 2025

During the summer of 1985, Belmont Rocks, on the Lake Michigan shore, became both a site for pleasure and solace for gay men in Chicago as the AIDS epidemic devastated their community, The lakefront stretch was a haven until the early 2000s, when it was demolished. Doug Ischar, then an …

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