A field guide to eight cities
by Kevin Halstead

Topic

QUEER CULTURE

Archives, organizing, art and nights out. Follow the people shaping queer cultural life.

Queer culture, collage for the KEVNS City Collages series
Illustration

Pick a city.

Chicago

Queer life before midnight.

Books, art, films, sport, music and community. Alcohol-free participation is possible at many programs; check the specific event rather than assuming an entire venue is sober.

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Detroit

Queer life before midnight.

Books, art, films, sport, music and community. Alcohol-free participation is possible at many programs; check the specific event rather than assuming an entire venue is sober.

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Houston

Queer life before midnight.

Books, art, films, sport, music and community. Alcohol-free participation is possible at many programs; check the specific event rather than assuming an entire venue is sober.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles LGBT Center

LA’s queer cultural map runs through archives, studios, stages, organizing and nightlife. West Hollywood is an important center and a separate municipality; it does not stand in for all queer Los Angeles.

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NYC

Queer life before midnight.

Books, art, films, sport, music and community. Alcohol-free participation is possible at many programs; check the specific event rather than assuming an entire venue is sober.

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Vilnius

Community first

National LGBT rights organization with community, equality and public-event work. Read its current announcements for local connections.

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Tell me what I missed.

A correction, a neighborhood story or a place worth a closer look. I’d like to hear it.

me@halsteadk.com