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Pride Month at Read & Run Chicago
Ready to celebrate Pride Month? Use movement and stories to honor the LGBTQ community—and explore Chicago along the way!
What Was Queer Lakeview Like In The 1980s?
To understand more the real-life parallels between Makkai’s novel and 1980s Lakeview, Read & Run Chicago hosted three LGBTQ elders after our Book Club Run of The Great Believers in January 2025 in partnership with Gerber/Hart Library & Archives, the largest LGBTQ archives in the Midwest and a resource for Rebecca Makkai.
The Real-Life Activists That Helped Inspire The Great Believers
Meet the real-life activists that shaped the fictional story in Rebecca Makkai’s The Great Believers.
14 Books & Resources to Learn about Pre-Stonewall LGBTQ History in Chicago
Read & Run Chicago guide Quinn Sluzenski rounded up some of the best books and resources to learn more about the pre-Stonewall era in Chicago!
Run a Self-Guided Route: Gaybash by David Jay Collins
After reading the book, lace up your shoes and head to the Addison Red Line Statio~3.2-mile route inspired by David Jay Collins’s Gaybash.
Run a Self-Guided Route: Temper by Layne Fargo
Bring this feminist thriller to life on a ~4-mile self-guided route passing by some of the real-life places frequented by Temper’s characters.
