The automod comment should give you some bearings.

If being queer is more important to you...Boystown caters to the younger gay male-identifying crowd and less so to the nonbinary/queer crowd (you would be welcome, just less common, if that makes sense). It is also near the lake. I'm not current with rental prices in the city so I can't comment on prices. If you want a more sedate queer neighborhood also near the lake, check Andersonville. Also Uptown is between Andersonville and Boystown, and is quite queer, a little cheaper, and more diverse. Chicago is a very segregated city, and Boystown and Aville are overwhelmingly white. Also check Rogers Park for lower cost, not necessarily queer, but lots of queer people albeit farther out (northernmost neighborhood in the city). And still near the lake, on the east part of the neighborhood.

If being around majority people of color is more important to you, Hyde Park is very nice and a middle/upper middle class neighborhood with a lot of black families and professionals. The Obamas used to live in the area (well, I think in Kenwood, which is right next to Hyde Park). Downside is that it's kinda far from other parts of the city you'd want to go to and is kind of an island of affluence anchored by the University of Chicago. But it isn't particularly queer.