Primary Education Topic:
LGBTQ Aging
Other Education Topics:
Aging in Community
Town Hall Apartments was a great fit for me as it is affordable thanks to housing vouchers from the Chicago Housing Authority. More importantly, Town Hall Apartments are LGBT-Friendly, so I knew I would be welcome as an out lesbian.
By Marti Smith
Born and raised on an Illinois dairy and grain farm, I moved to Chicago in the 1970s in search of a more gay friendly place to live. My first apartment in Chicago was in the Lakeview neighborhood in an area known as “Boystown,” just blocks from Wrigley Field. Several years later, I reluctantly had to leave this neighborhood as the rent became too expensive.