Although we like to think of our LGBT spots as permanent places that will always be there, the reality is they come and go.

After all, for much of human history, people have been nomads moving from place to place.

Today, writer and historian Owen Keenan joins us to talk about the rainbow magic at the

Belmont Rocks, a very public space in the heart of Chicago's Lakefront Park, where gender

and sexual non-conforming folks hung out in the sun to find community and a little bit of love

in the early days of the gay rights movement.

The Belmont Rocks are not what it used to be, but so many people have fond memories of what the place was that Owen has started a community project, a place for us, LGBTQ life at the Belmont Rocks, where people can submit their photos and stories of their time spent at the rocks.

Listen as we talk about why the gay beach isn't the same thing as the Rocks.

The legacy of Chuck Wrenzlo and IML and Jim Flint and the Baton Club,

and how Chicago became an international city of cross-dressers and leathermen.

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All right. Not just for today, but forever. Our guest today is historian and writer Owen Keenan, who's working on a new book, A Place for Us, LGBTQ Life at the Belmont Rocks, a community project documenting gay spaces as they change through

time and space.

Welcome.

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