The Leather Archives & Museum is nestled on a quiet street in residential Rogers Park.
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, University of Illinois at Chicago, 800 S. Explore with a guided or self-guided tour. In 1931, she won the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the second woman to receive that honor.Ī National Historic Landmark, the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum remains dedicated to peace advocacy and social justice, while also featuring an impressive display of furniture, photographs, and artwork from the period. She was also a feminist and suffragette who brought attention to poverty, child labor, public health, race relations, adverse working conditions, and many other important social issues. Jane Addams was a social justice pioneer, author, and champion for those who lived on the margins of society. Halsted Street from Belmont Avenue to Grace Street Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Jane Adams Hull House. Take a private tour of the Legacy Walk to hear anecdotes about the inductees, not to mention the fascinating story behind this unique attraction. The markers, which are fixed to 25-foot rainbow monuments, bring the city’s rich LGBTQ+ legacy to life on the streets of historic Boystown. The Legacy Walk features 35 (and counting) rainbow memorial markers, commemorating the life and work of notable lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender heroes. The Legacy Walk The Legacy Walk in BoystownĬhicago’s Northalsted (also known as Boystown) neighborhood is where you’ll find the only outdoor LGBTQ+ history museum in the world. Come explore the local museums, tours, and landmarks that celebrate our Chicago’s LGBTQ+ heroes, history, and culture. In 2010 IML was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame.Chicago is one of the most inclusive cities in the country, with a long and vibrant LGBTQ+ history. IML established (July 2009) the policy that IML Leather Market participation would exclude "any entity which promotes barebacking or distributes/sells any merchandise tending to promote or advocate barebacking." The Leather Archives and Museum has placed IML in a trust (May 2009) with event profits to benefit the museum. The International Mister Bootblack Competition was added (1993) to the IML program.
Gold Coast" contest became one of the bar's most popular promotions causing the need to locate the competition to a larger venue (1979), and title change to International Mr. Gold Coast" bar contest held at Chicago's Gold Coast leather bar, owned by Chuck Renslow and his then-partner, Dom Orejudos. The forerunner of the competition was the 1970s "Mr.
IML is an international recognized distinction with an informal relationship with how contestants qualify: contestants must either be a winner of a lower level feeder competition of a bar, local or regional leather contest or be sponsored by a leather-related bar, business, club, or organization. Shared interest events, such as speakers, socials, themed dance parties and a leather market are part of ways in which the competitors become known to the evaluating committee and enthusiasts, including the BDSM community, can share in the experience. The International Mister Leather conference is a multi-day and activity event to recognize International Mister Leather. International Mr Leather (Chicago) 2022: International Mister Leather (IML) is an international, though largely American, conference and contest of leathermen held annually in May since 1979 in Chicago, Illinois.