Boystown

Boystown is a predominantly GLBT in Lakeview, one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's North Side. It is the first officially recognized gay village in the United States, as well as the cultural center of one of the largest gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) communities in the nation. Boystown has grown into a cultural center for the LGBT residents living within the Chicago metropolitan area. The district’s informal boundaries, overlapping with Lakeview East, are Irving Park Road on the north, Broadway on the east, Wellington Avenue on the south, and Sheffield Avenue on the west. The Center on Halsted, an LGBT community center, is also located in this area. 
Jude Parks used to live in Boystown before relocating to Kansas City, MO. It appears in the novel All Alone in a Sea of Romance.