44th Ward Alderman Tom Tunney think so; just like other minority businesses get special contract access. It's an issue Tunney, the city's first openly gay council member, has also championed in the past (though it never got anywhere the last time, six years ago).
Tunney's plan would include Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual and Transgender entrepreneurs.
But opponents of the plan believe it would be difficult to document such sexual status, to make sure people aren't trying to game the system.
At any rate, if such an ordinance came to pass, Chicago would apparently be the first place in the country to have city contracts earmarked for Gay businesses.
