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Share your pride with new Boystown-themed profile picture frame
It's June, so you know what that means: It's Pride month. As celebrations kick off in Boystown, you can also show your support online.
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Sidetrack OUTspoken! featured storytellers for June 4
Chicago's monthly evening of LGBTQ storytelling – known as OUTspoken! - returns Tuesday with an exciting line-up of featured storytellers.
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June brings a rainbow of events for Pride Month to Boystown
As LGBTQ Pride Month sparks festivals and political movements around the globe in June, 'Chicago's Proudest Neighborhood' is ready to host some of the city's biggest events.
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Leann Rimes headlines Chicago Pride Fest, June 23
She may be best remembered for her music in "Coyote Ugly," but Leann Rimes' voice is nothing if not beautiful. Fresh off the April release of her new live album, "Rimes: Live at Gruene Hall," the country star will take t
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The inaugural Buffalo Grove Pride Parade is June 2 – thanks to 13-year-old Molly Pinta
The dream of a 13-year-old Chicago-area seventh-grader will become a rainbow-waving reality on Sunday morning, June 2.
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Rainbow crosswalks arrive in Boystown just in time for Pride
Chicago's LGBTQ community celebrated the official unveiling of seven rainbow crosswalks in Boystown on Thursday.
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Chicago Pride Fest brings summer fun to Boystown - 2019 entertainment lineup
Chicago Pride Fest brings the summer fun to Boystown for the nineteenth year on June 22-23. The annual festival, hosted by the Northalsted Business Alliance, celebrates pride, diversity and community in Chicago's famed L
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Godek got The Call: he's representing Chicago at the Stoli Key West Cocktail Classic Finals
Robb Paul Godek has attended the finals of the Chicago round in the Stoli Key West Classic for each of its first five years, even working it for Sidetrack the last two years.
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Marriage equality arrives in Taiwan
Gay and lesbian couples can begin marrying Friday in Taiwan, roughly a week after lawmakers approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage.
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Chicago's own Johnny V 'extremely flattered' to co-host Grabbys Award Show
Johnny V went to his first Grabby Award Show about five or six years ago, and left with two awards: Hottest Bottom and Best Duo Performance, with Ryan Rose.
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IML welcomes leather community to Chicago this weekend
International Mr. Leather (IML) opens Thursday welcoming the leather and fetish world to Chicago this Memorial Day weekend.
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DJ Paulo headlines gym gear dance party, My Coach, over IML weekend
Mother Nature has been fickle this spring, but Memorial Day weekend certainly is the kickoff of Chicago's gay summer. The annual International Mr. Leather (IML) is always the start of the fun season locally.
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Grabbys Award Show celebrates 20th anniversary, honors Mark Nagel
The show will go on and, yes, there will be a special ceremony to honor Mark Nagel, the co-owner of the annual GRABBYS Award Show who passed away unexpectedly this past February, GoPride.com has confirmed.
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Robbie Rogers, Greg Berlanti welcome second child
Retired soccer star Robbie Rogers and his husband Greg Berlanti welcomed their second child this week.
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WATCH: Steve Grand releases new bubbly music video for 'Pink Champagne'
"All-American Boy" Steve Grand returns with a new music video for his song "Pink Champagne" off his second album, not the end of me, which reached the number 2 slot on the iTunes pop chart and the top 10 on Billboard's i
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Lightfoot named Honorary Grand Marshal of 2019 Chicago Pride Parade
Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot has been named Honorary Grand Marshal for this year's Chicago Pride Parade.
