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The University of Chicago is offering a look into its queer past with the latest in a series of projects by the Library's Special Collections Research Center, which this time around is teaming up with the Center for the
The Association of Latino/as Motivating Action (ALMA) has awarded the ALMA Young Latino Leaders for Creating Change scholarship to Alfredo Flores and Roberto Mendez.
Cuts to the number of sections offered for a popular LGBT-related course at Columbia College, which school officials attribute to declining enrollment numbers, helped ignite a controversy that has left some faculty and s
The Board of Directors at the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance (the "Alliance") is pleased to announce the appointment of Anthony Papini as its new Executive Director. Anthony is currently the Founding Director for the LGB
The 11th Annual Night of Noise—a "Break the Silence" rally—will take place Friday, April 11, 5:30 p.m., at the Thompson Center Plaza, 100 W. Randolph St.
ALCC's long-time Executive Director, Ann Hilton Fisher, was honored on November 7, 2013, at the AIDS Foundation of Chicago's (AFC) Annual Meeting with the Impact Award.
Tonight, University of Northern Iowa student Steven Sanchez made history as Iowa's first transgender homecoming queen. Steven was crowned homecoming queen sometime after 8 pm this evening, marking the first ever transgen
Anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera and Christian conservative Linda Harvey over the weekend agreed that discriminating against gays was a sign of a healthy society.
Sumagen Canada Inc and Western University announced today that the Phase I Clinical Trial (SAV CT 01) of the first and only preventative HIV vaccine based on a genetically modified killed whole virus (SAV001-H) has been
Campus Pride released its annual list of the "Top 25-LGBT Friendly Colleges and Universities" and it includes the University of Illinois at Chicago.
GLSEN has announced that Emmy-nominated, award-winning actress Kerry Washington, star of the hit ABC-TV series Scandal, and openly gay LA Galaxy soccer player Robbie Rogers will serve as Honorary Co-Chairs for this year'
Windy City Times and Center on Halsted are launching a 9-month series of LGBTQ educational programs featuring prominent scholars known nationally for their innovative research and work.
Campus Pride LGBT-Friendly College Fair program returns to the Chicago area for 2013.
The University of Chicago and Wheaton College ranked among the Princeton Review's annual list of the most LGBT-friendly and unfriendly colleges in the country.
Legislation to protect LGBT students in public schools from bullying and harassment has been proposed by openly gay Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO). The bill, which has been previously introduced, enjoys bi-partisan support.
An Indiana teacher has been suspended for anti-gay remarks, according to the Indianapolis Star.
The University of Iowa (UI) today became the first publicly funded and operated university in the U.S. to announce that it will include optional sexual orientation and gender identity questions to its admission form.
The South Lyon Community School District is defending its decision to suspend a teacher for allowing a student to play a gay-supportive song in her classroom.
The Illinois Safe Schools Alliance (the Alliance) just released Visibility Matters 2012, an update to the statewide report card on LGBTQ presence in higher education and teacher preparation in Illinois.
The East Aurora School Board on Friday rescinded a week old policy addressing the needs of the school's transgender students.
Today anti-bullying advocate and Spirit Day ambassador Katy Butler launched a Change.org petition asking President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney to join GLAAD and millions of Americans by wearing purple on Octobe
