Best Lesbian Night Out, Reader's Choice: FKA

Jim Newberry

Reader’s Choice

FKA

FKA as in Formerly Known As, as in formerly known as the trans-positive dance party Transmission. FKA changed names and locations—from the lesbian bar Stargaze to Michelle Fire’s Big Chicks—more than a year ago now, but the party never stopped hopping. These days FKA is a veritable alphabet soup of GLBTQs, with an emphasis on the Q. Produced monthly by irrepressible promoters Nako Okubo and Ali McDonald, aka DJ Reaganomix, it stays fresh with an ongoing rotation of wacky themes (jocks versus nerds, for example, or the recent “A Night to Remember Under the Sea in Paris” prom theme), and DJ Reaganomix’s eclectic playlists, which rely as much on pop and indie music as the latest dance beats.  First Thursday of the month, Big Chicks, 5024 N. Sheridan, 773-728-5511, myspace.com/trans_mission. —Kathie Bergquist

Readers’ Choice

Big Chicks and the Closet (tie)

The Closet 3325 N. Broadway, 773-477-8533.

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