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Illinois' First All-Minority, LGBTQ, and Veteran-Owned Marijuana Dispensary Opens in Chicago

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Sway, the first all-minority, LGBTQ, and veteran-owned marijuana dispensary in Illinois, opened in Chicago's Northalsted neighborhood. The dispensary is a collaboration between Black veteran Edie Moore and LGBTQ civil rights leaders Art Johnston and José 'Pepe' Peña.

CHICAGO -- Illinois' first all-minority, LGBTQ, and veteran-owned marijuana dispensary opened Friday in the Northalsted neighborhood on Chicago's North Side.Sway, partly owned by the co-owners of the popular bar Sidetrack will open across the street, in what was once the Town Hall Pub bar that closed in 2021.

Johnston and Peña met in Chicago in 1973 and fell in love, and later helped open Sidetrack, a popular LGBTQ+ bar on Halsted Street.Sway's owners said it's one of the only queer-owned cannabis businesses in the country.

 

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