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Illinois State Senator Kyle McCarter, a Republican, has ended an effort to repeal Illinois' gay marriage law approved by lawmakers last year.
Same-sex couples in Cook County don't have to wait until June to get married under a ruling issued Friday by U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman.
David Ernesto Munar has been appointed President & CEO of Howard Brown Health Center effective April 1,2014. Munar, who served as President and CEO of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, will replace Karma Israelsen.
Colonel (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired), a former soldier, an entrepreneur and investor, an adventurer and philanthropist, and a pioneer, will chair the Equality Illinois 2014 Gala on Saturday, Feb. 8 in the
Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois has defended holding a "minor exorcism" against a gay marriage law approved by lawmakers, calling it an act of love.
Thirty-four gay and straight couples will be married on live television during Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' performance of Same Love at Sunday's 56th Grammy Awards.
Equality Illinois, the state's largest LGBT rights advocate, on Thursday blasted attempts to overturn or weaken the state's marriage equality law.
An Indiana House panel on Wednesday approved a proposed constitutional amendment which would prohibit the state from recognizing gay and lesbian couples with marriage, civil unions and possibly domestic partnerships.
A 6-story 56-unit housing facility for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender seniors opened earlier this month in Philadelphia.
Gay rights advocates on Tuesday cheered a federal judge's ruling declaring Oklahoma's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional.
A federal judge on Tuesday declared Oklahoma's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional.
Howard Brown Health Center (HBHC), one of the largest LGBT healthcare providers in the country, has eliminated six administrative positions, including the Associate Director of the Broadway Youth Center and the Vice Pres
The Chicago Force celebrated its 2013 perfect season, including a national championship title, during a championship ring ceremony on Jan. 5, which was attended by city and state political dignitaries.
The Evanston Police Department has appointed of Sergeant Melissa G. Sacluti as the Police Liaison for Evanston's LGBT community.
Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH), has described Robin Roberts' coming out as a "tragedy."
Good Morning America host Robin Roberts on Sunday came out lesbian.
Wentworth Miller, Jodie Foster, Tom Daley and Raven Symone were among the celebrities who came out gay in 2013.
Three Utah counties which had refused to abide by an order legalizing gay marriage in the state have started issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.
Before the November 2012 election, same-sex couples could marry in only six states plus the District of Columbia, and the federal government, under the Defense of Marriage Act, banned recognition of gay marriages, denyin
Despite uncertainty and some rejection, about 700 gay and lesbian couples in Utah tied the knot between Friday and Monday.
U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelby on Monday denied a stay in his ruling handed down Friday declaring Utah's gay marriage ban invalid.
A federal judge on Monday ruled that Ohio must recognize the legal marriages of gay couples on death certificates.
Opponents of a proposed constitutional amendment which would define marriage as a heterosexual union are planning a rally in early January.
