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American Bastard: What a Straight Wedding Taught Me About Forming a Gay Family (Part 3)

Oscar Raymundo | Posted 12.13.2011 | Gay Voices
Read More: Lgbt Homeless Youth, Lgbt, Boystown Crime, Queer Youth, LGBT Youth, Boystown Chicago, Boystown, Boystown Stabbing, Homeless LGBT Youth, Lgbt Youth Homelessness, Queer Youth Homelessness, Homeless Queer Youth, Gay Voices News
Oscar Raymundo

A solution to the homeless youth problem that is affecting not only Chicago's Boystown but other urban areas all over the country will involve more than just one father figure, for it takes a queer village to raise our children, too.

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American Bastard: What a Straight Wedding Taught Me About Forming a Gay Family (Part 2)

Oscar Raymundo | Posted 12.05.2011 | Gay Voices
Read More: Lgbt, Boystown, LGBT Youth, Lgbt Homeless Youth, Boystown Crime, Queer Youth, Boystown Chicago, Boystown Stabbing, Homeless LGBT Youth, Lgbt Youth Homelessness, Queer Youth Homelessness, Homeless Queer Youth, Gay Voices News
Oscar Raymundo

There is something about compartmentalizing my relationships that gives me stability: college roommates, professional acquaintances, Twitter friends, best friends, boyfriends, fiancé. Mingling things seems likely to lead to a tangled mess.

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American Bastard: What a Straight Wedding Taught Me About Forming a Gay Family (Part 1)

Oscar Raymundo | Posted 11.27.2011 | Gay Voices
Read More: Lgbt, LGBT Youth, Boystown, Lgbt Homeless Youth, Boystown Crime, Queer Youth, Boystown Chicago, Boystown Stabbing, Homeless LGBT Youth, Lgbt Youth Homelessness, Queer Youth Homelessness, Homeless Queer Youth, Gay Voices News
Oscar Raymundo

I witnessed Chicago's gay community conflicted over at-risk LGBT youth and the violence they brought upon Boystown. It got me thinking about getting older, the stability of settling down, and what it means to make a family of one's own.

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Joseph Erbentraut

Boystown Violence: Market Days Arrive As 'Hood Heals

HuffingtonPost.com | Joseph Erbentraut | Posted 10.12.2011 | Chicago
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With more than 100,000 visitors expected to converge onto Chicago's East Lakeview, or Boystown, neighborhood this weekend for the 30th annual Northals...

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Lakeview Crime Rates On Decline, Despite Community Outrage

Posted 09.26.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Boystown Crime, Boystown, Chicago Crime, Gay Chicago, Boystown Stabbing, Lgbt Chicago, Gayborhood, Lakeview Crime, East Lakeview, Lakeview Chicago, Chicago News

Story by Erica Demarest, courtesy of the Windy City Times In the wake of several recent violent crimes in Boystown, many residents are adamant that...

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Indiana Man Charged In Boystown Stabbing, Investigation Continues

Posted 09.07.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Lgbt, Kathleen Boehmer, Boystown, Mob Violence, Chicago Crime, Boystown Stabbing, Street Violence, Tom Tunney, East Lakeview, Chicago Summer Violence, Boystown Violence, Chicago News

UPDATE: The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Hayes was ordered held in lieu of a $700,000 bail Friday. He is reportedly cooperating with police...

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Boystown Violence: Hundreds Pack Into Tense Community Meeting

Posted 09.06.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Kathleen Boehmer, Boystown Crime, Summer Violence, Lakeview, Chicago Crime, Center on Halsted, Chicago, Boystown Stabbing, Street Violence, Chicago Police Department, Tom Tunney, Chicago News

Story by Kate Sosin, courtesy of the Windy City Times In the midst of a community uproar over violent crime in Lakeview, the much-anticipated July ...

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WATCH: Third Boystown Stabbing In As Many Weeks Caught On Video

Posted 09.04.2011 | Chicago
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The long, hot holiday weekend had deadly consequences for several throughout the city of Chicago, but nowhere has violence gone more viral than in the...

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