Excavating Experience: The Presence of LGBTQ People of Color in Cook County, IL

Join the Leather Archives & Museum for an opening reception of "Excavating Experience: The Presence of LGBTQ People of Color in Cook County, IL", 5 PM to 7:30 PM on Saturday July 2nd. Admission to the exhibit opening is free. This special exhibition draws upon materials from the museum's archival holdings, as well as images, artifacts, ephemera and oral histories donated by people of color within Cook County's BDSM/leather/fetish/kink communities specifically for this exhibit. Focusing mainly on participation by people of color in clubs, events and organizations, the LA&M exhibit's goal is to both inspire and to encourage participation. "Excavating Experience: The Presence of LGBTQ People of Color in Cook County, IL" runs July 2nd, 2016 to January 8th, 2017 at the Leather Archives & Museum (6418 N. Greenview Avenue, located in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood). This exhibit is made possible through a grant from the LGBT Fund of the Chicago Community Trust.