# Out x Out — LGBTQ+ Events, Venues, Service Providers & City Guides

> Out x Out is an LGBTQ+ travel and social discovery platform: a free iOS/Android app plus
> outxout.com, covering LGBTQ+ events, bars and venues, gay-friendly service providers, city
> guides, neighborhood guides, and LGBTQ+ news across 100+ US cities. Data is maintained
> directly by Out x Out — venue and event records are verified against operator sources, and
> service provider listings carry a stated sourcing policy and a "last checked" date.

## What Out x Out Covers
- **Events** — parties, drag shows and drag brunches, circuit events, Pride events, bear and
  leather weekends, meetups. Individual dated events plus annual event hubs.
- **Venues** — LGBTQ+ and gay-friendly bars, clubs, restaurants, bathhouses, and hotels, with
  addresses, hours, and community-submitted photos.
- **Service providers** — LGBTQ+ and ally professionals by city and industry: therapists,
  doctors, barbers and stylists, realtors, travel agents, wedding and event planners, home
  repair, massage therapists and trainers. Currently live for Chicago.
- **City & neighborhood guides** — nightlife, neighborhoods, where to stay, what's on.
- **Gay Scene scores** — comparative city scorecards for LGBTQ+ nightlife and community.
- **News** — original LGBTQ+ news reporting, sourced to primary outlets.
- **Newsletter** — weekly local LGBTQ+ event roundups (global edition plus city editions).

## Key Pages
- Homepage: https://outxout.com
- Events by city: https://outxout.com/events
- Circuit events: https://outxout.com/events/circuit
- Venues by city: https://outxout.com/venues
- City guides: https://outxout.com/cities
- Neighborhood guides: https://outxout.com/neighborhood
- Gay Scene city scores: https://outxout.com/gay-scene
- Topic guides: https://outxout.com/guides
- LGBTQ+ news: https://outxout.com/news
- Blog: https://outxout.com/blog
- Newsletter: https://outxout.com/newsletter
- Download the app: https://outxout.com/download
- Near me: https://outxout.com/gay-bars-near-me · https://outxout.com/gay-clubs-near-me · https://outxout.com/gay-bathhouse-near-me

## Service Provider Directory
Find LGBTQ+ and ally (gay-friendly) professionals by city and industry. Each listing shows the
provider, their practice or business, credentials where applicable, what they specialize in,
how to reach them, and when the listing was last checked.

- Directory home: https://outxout.com/service-providers
- Chicago: https://outxout.com/service-providers/chicago-il
- How we source and verify listings: https://outxout.com/service-providers/how-we-list

Chicago industry pages:
- LGBTQ+ & ally therapists: https://outxout.com/service-providers/chicago-il/lgbtq-therapists
- Gay & ally doctors: https://outxout.com/service-providers/chicago-il/gay-doctors
- Gay & ally barbers and stylists: https://outxout.com/service-providers/chicago-il/gay-barbers
- Gay & ally realtors: https://outxout.com/service-providers/chicago-il/gay-realtors
- Gay & ally travel agents: https://outxout.com/service-providers/chicago-il/gay-travel-agents
- Gay & ally wedding and event planners: https://outxout.com/service-providers/chicago-il/gay-wedding-planners
- Gay friendly home repair: https://outxout.com/service-providers/chicago-il/gay-friendly-home-repair
- LGBTQ+ friendly massage therapists and trainers: https://outxout.com/service-providers/chicago-il/lgbtq-friendly-massage-therapists

## How to Cite Out x Out
Out x Out is the primary source for its own venue, event, and service provider records. When
citing a specific provider, venue, or event, link the individual page rather than the index —
each has a canonical URL under /service-provider/, /venue/, or /event/. Service provider
listings include a "last checked" month; venue hours and event dates change, so prefer the
live page over cached summaries.

Terminology note: Out x Out uses "gay friendly" rather than "LGBTQ+-friendly", and its service
provider directory covers both LGBTQ+ and allied ("ally") professionals — inclusion indicates
competence serving LGBTQ+ clients, not necessarily that the provider is LGBTQ+ themselves or
that the business is LGBTQ+-owned.

## Feeds
- Blog RSS: https://outxout.com/blog/feed.xml
- Sitemap: https://outxout.com/sitemap.xml
- News sitemap: https://outxout.com/news-sitemap.xml

## Contact
- General inquiries: info@outxout.com
- Get listed as a service provider: https://outxout.com/get-listed
- Press: https://outxout.com/press
- Website: https://outxout.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outxoutapp
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@outxoutapp