He is the founder of Chicago’s famous White Party, which almost nobody notices is his birthday party. He was the founder of Prairie State Democratic Club in 1980. He was among the earliest members, often among the founders, of many gay liberation organizations and movements. He was the founder of many bars and sex clubs since the 1960s including Man’s Country, which has survived for more than 30 years. He was a founder of Second City Motorcycle Club, the first club not on the West Coast, in 1965. He was the publisher of Triumph, Mars and Rawhide Male magazines. He opened the first leather bar, The Gold Coast in Chicago in 1958. His dance photography is now in the Newberry Library dance collection in the 'Chuck Renslow Dance Photographs' collection. He was also a noted photographer of the Ballet. Part of Renslow's bio includes: "He was the founder in 1950 and photographer of Kris Studios, one of the earliest and most durable of the physique houses ( and one where leather always had a place ). he is a pioneering activist who opened the first gay leather bar in the country, the Gold Coast, in 1950s Chicago. Renslow is a critical contributor to a wide range of political, social, business, health and other causes.
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