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Features writer, @chicago_reader. Proud member & co-chair @Reader_Union. I believe in the Midwest. kprout@chicagoreader.com
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Displaced during Pride Month

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By Katie Prout Verified
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Just Neighbors examines the city’s homeless encampment sweeps, focusing on the human impact of a fragmented, interdepartmental process. At the beginning of June, while Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community was gearing up for Pride month, Ray was sorting through gender-affirming belongings, trying to figure out what to keep and what to give away. The 39-year-old resident of Logan Square was preparing for the city to close their encampment on June 12.
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‘Let’s find out who you are’

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By Katie Prout Verified
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Matthew Keller, 47, is from all over, but he grew up in northwest Ohio. “I went to college and got my bachelor’s degree and lived my life,” he told me. “And then I decided at fortysomething, I was going to move back to Ohio and buy a Victorian house.
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‘All of us go together’

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Social Fabric is a glimpse into the vibrant lives, objects, and spaces that shape our city, cocurated with community archives and local photographers. shira@chicagoreader.com I spoke often with Tita Carmen, a 73-year-old unhoused grandmother and community leader, in the weeks leading up to the planned Legion Park eviction on the city’s northwest side.
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