Last summer, local nonbinary activist Devlyn Camp led a petition for the Northalsted Business Alliance to stop marketing it as “Boystown.” Over the last year there has been a push to drop the neighborhood’s “Boystown” nickname for something more inclusive. Interactive map: More from our community reporting series That’s not without a host of struggles the community has faced over the last year of the pandemic and civil unrest. The neighborhood, located in the Lakeview community area, is known as the center of LGBTQ life in Chicago, and has just started to recover the vibrant character that made it famous.