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The Board of Directors of Howard Brown Health Center (HBHC) confirmed late Friday that it accepted the resignation of President and CEO Jamal Edwards after a controversial two-year tenure at the LGBT community health car
Kayla Wingert came out as a lesbian at the age of sixteen. Ever since, she has fought to promote anti-bullying efforts and support of the LGBTQ community throughout her predominately conservative neighborhood and her Cat
Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah has said he does not support a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, breaking with Mitt Romney on the issue.
While Six Flags Great America, located less than an hour outside Chicago in Gurnee, Ill., has been supporting the Chicagoland LGBT community for a decade, this year's Out in the Park will be unlike any other.
Rick Santorum, the former Republican presidential candidate, pleaded for an end to an "assault on marriage" on Tuesday.
Lincoln Police said Tuesday that "the physical evidence conflicted" with a woman's story about a brutal attack - initially considered to be a hate crime.
Campus Pride on Aug. 21 released its 2012 "Top 25 List of LGBT-Friendly Colleges & Universities" in association with Huffington Post.
Language criticizing President Barack Obama's decision to no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) – the 1996 law which bars federal agencies from recognizing the legal marriages of gay and lesbian couples – i
T-Mobile USA on Aug. 21 announced the company's endorsement of marriage equality by donating to, and supporting the efforts of, Washington United for Marriage, the bipartisan statewide coalition working to defend the sta
A hospital in Nevada refused to accept a lesbian couple's domestic partnership, arguing that the women would need to secure power of attorney before making any medical decisions for each other.
Crowded streets, delicious food and endless shopping marked the 31st Annual Northalsted Market Days street fair, Aug. 11 and 12, in Chicago's Boystown neighborhood.
Calling it a "miracle" Rosie O'Donnell took to her blog Monday to reveal she survived a heart attack last week.
NBC's Days Of Our Lives will debut an anti-gay bullying story for Freddie Smith's Sonny Kiriakis on Wed., Aug. 22 when Smith's character will be attacked by an old friend who believes he is trying to "make" him gay.
A Rogers Park church has begun efforts to open an LGBTQ youth shelter after the church's minister preached Sunday that he had been called to the task.
A young person found deceased in an abandoned building on the city's West Side has been identified by community members as a gender-variant young person.
LPAC - the recently formed lesbian super PAC - made its first endorsement Tuesday morning, backing openly lesbian Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) in the state's upcoming senate race.
On Sunday, August 26, Wrigley Field will be packed with over 500 gay and lesbian fans for Out At Wrigley, MTM Chicago's annual Gay Day at the Friendly Confines.
Northalsted Market Days, the Midwest's largest outdoor street fest, kicked off Saturday in Chicago's Boystown neighborhood. The two-day festival continues Sunday from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m.
Thousands of people from across the country will converge on North Halsted St. this weekend for the 2012 Northalsted Market Days, the largest two-day outdoor street festival in the Midwest, taking place Sat., Aug. 11 - S
Seeking fairness and equality for everyone in Illinois will be front and center at the Illinois State Fair, which opened Thursday, as the first-ever LGBT-focused booth, staffed jointly by Equality Illinois and Lambda Leg
The Gay Liberation Network re-launched a boycott of the embattled Chick-fil-A fast food chain, with a protest at the only Chicago franchise Wednesday.
With the nation-by-nation parade of athletes at the Games of the XXX Olympiad, history was made – in the sports arena and in the political arena.
Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain has said that Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy confided to him that the company earned $30 million on Appreciation Day and said that he would donate that money to "the charitable or
Gay rights advocates staged a 'kiss in' Friday night at the Chicago Chick-fil-A restaurant to counter Wednesday's Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day.