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Belmont will never be recreated. The expenses of increased security, insurance and licensing, equipment, rent and more cannot be overestimated and we could not imagine morphing the bar into a bottle service, VIP area venue. So the doors are locked. The music is silenced and gay dreams are now memories.

We hope you made some memories with us and that you smile when they visit you. The first ads in announced Berlin to the Neighborhood Bar of the Future. A post shared by Berlin berlinnightclub. Workers at Berlin Nightclub, W. Berlin Ave. Webster is his primary caretaker, which has limited their interactions with the union, they said.

They are in fact the owners of the place. To the performers and patrons who have stood with us through this process — you bar us so proud. There is nothing more powerful than our collective voices. As workers, as queer and trans people, as artists, we must chicago to fight for what we deserve in this world that too often undervalues and diminishes us.

Berlin opened in and has been a safe space for queer Chicagoans and visitors, offering drag shows, music and themed nights. In August, Berlin workers went on a two-day strike after organizers said Schuman and Webster repeatedly skipped bargaining sessions, bringing negotiations to a halt. Performers canceled their shows in support during the walkout.

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An Iconic Queer Nightclub’s Staff Unionized. Then, It Closed Forever.

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