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1. The Bistro (19 reviews) $Closed until PM “IIRC, I think this is the only gay bar in the whole Bloomington-Normal area.” more Gay Bars Dive Bars. Diggers Again in Downtown Bloomington has recently been bought by LGBTQIA+ advocate & local Betty, whose daughter is the beautiful Drag Queen Rita Tarot herself. The bar has recently gotten a face lift including Pride flags and insignia, word art promoting inclusion and safe space & pictures of Miss Rita, former Reign Supreme.

$ • Bars, Gay Bar, Dive Bar Hours: Closed Today N Main St, Bloomington () From Chicago to Bloomington, Illinois offers diverse gay-friendly havens. Progressive cities like Chicago, Evanston and Oak Park boast lively LGBTQ neighborhoods and pride events. With over clubs, bars, restaurants and shops the Spartacus Going Out Guide is the largest online search engine for gay nightlife and lifestyle worldwide. Adjusting to a new place can be tough.

Escalating housing costs were making life unaffordable for Lair and their spouse. Lair looked at several states for a possible move. A graphic design job at Illinois State University brought them here. Lair moved to Bloomington-Normal in at the height of the pandemic and against a backdrop of discrimination against people of Asian descent.

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Frankie Pelusi was raised in Bloomington but moved to Chicago after college. They left due to burnout. I just was like, I need to do something else. Pelusi moved back to Bloomington in Despite having grown up here, Pelusi found that moving back home was difficult. While in Chicago, Pelusi came out as nonbinary and began hormone replacement therapy.

But then it can be a really different thing in practice. A greater challenge has been squaring with the isolation Lair feels as a transgender person of color. Lair also felt gaps in the number of queer-friendly spaces compared to a large, metropolitan city. The Queer Coalition at Illinois State University is an affinity group serving faculty, staff and graduate students. Lair is a Queer Coalition executive board member and, as someone new to to the area, connected with the queer community through their involvement.

Destihl and Mystic Kitchen periodically host drag brunches. For many, the Bistro has served as an unofficial starting point for queer life in the Twin Cities. Prairie Pride Coalition organized a resource fair for local transgender and nonbinary folks from p. And for the late crowd, there are yet more drag queens plus a set from DJ Rakestraw at The Bistro Saturday night, beginning at 11 p.

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