Boystown will be called Northalsted and promoted as “Chicago’s Proudest Neighborhood,”

Not proud of being a place for gay men, seemingly.

Of those survey-takers, 58% favored keeping the Boystown moniker and 20% said they felt unwelcomed by the Boystown name, according to Northalsted Business Alliance spokesperson Jen Gordon.

“It definitely felt like we should be doing something about it,” said Gordon. “If (the name Boystown) was making even a small percentage of people feel uncomfortable, it’s not something we should be using to promote the neighborhood.”

Next step: ban gay marriage because it makes a small percentage of straight people feel uncomfortable.

The petition says that “systemic transphobia, racism, and sexism have plagued our neighborhood for decades, and it begins at the top, with the all-male board of the Northalsted Business Alliance. It begins with the BOYSTOWN signs down our street announcing that this neighborhood is ‘for the boys.’”

I didn't know that "man" is a term only applied to white people. Funny, huh? I love how they always use the racism card in issues that have nothing to do with racism, just because they want to make their points more valid by tying it to unrelated race issues.

We opened our own bars, restaurants, hair salons and retail stores. ... Go establish yourselves with your own identities and get back to us.

That is a sensible comment.

I mean, it isn't even surprising. Gay men created this community as a safe space for gay men, and then when it's already established other groups try to take it away from gay men. But nah, it's gay men who never fought and are stealing other people's spaces, right? /s