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On Wednesday, Chicago-area native and out singer/songwriter Steve Grand invited fans to invest in his first album through a Kickstarter campaign. As of Friday afternoon, 2,078 backers, which Grand humbly refers to as his
After 38 years of serving Chinese food right by the city's most popular bars, the matriarch running Mark's Chop Suey is closing its doors Friday.
Chicago's own Glam Tie Media is excited to release a new music video for singer-songwriter and women's football star Sami Grisafe - her fourth officially released video. "Carousel" is a song off Grisafe's second album, "
In their upcoming web-series "Sex and Love," filmmakers Kyle Thomas and Mikal McLendon set out to explore dating, romance and sex as experienced by Generation Y, especially showcasing the ways in which technology, and ou
Center on Halsted is rolling out their red carpet again this year for its annual On The Red Carpet party this Sunday March 2 at Chicago's Park West, 322 W. Armitage.
The neighborhood organization that shut down the proposed "straight friendly" OUT Chicago Hotel in Boystown is dissolving, with the group's president blaming costly legal fees and dwindling membership for its decline.
Chicago-area native and gay country singer Steve Grand returns with a Kickstarter campaign to fund his first album, which is expected in May, and to offer fans a special sneak peek at his latest efforts.
Champaign County Clerk Gordy Hulten on Wednesday became the second county clerk in Illinois to immediately issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
The voice behind hits like "Our Lips are Sealed" and "We've Got the Beat" is headed to Boystown this summer as Belinda Carlisle gears up to kick-off the 33rd annual Northalsted Market Days.
Loyola University Chicago changed its guidelines for wedding ceremonies on campus, adopting an official policy ahead of Illinois' equal-marriage law on June 1.
Illinois State Senator Kyle McCarter, a Republican, has ended an effort to repeal Illinois' gay marriage law approved by lawmakers last year.
The Gay Liberation Network ( GLN ) issued a statement saying it emphatically supports the "Conversion Therapy Prohibition Act" recently introduced into the Illinois House by Rep. Kelly Cassidy.
Equality Illinois on Sunday called on county clerks throughout Illinois to consider and follow the ruling of U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman that marriage equality is a fundamental right and denying imme
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on Friday lauded a federal judge's decision allowing gay and lesbian couples to immediately begin marrying in Cook County instead of waiting until June 1, the initial effective date of legisla
Cook County Clerk David Orr will begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples immediately - more than three full months before the June 1 date set by the Illinois legislature - following a federal court order toda
Jake Biondi is excited to announce the fifth and final winner from his national photo contest to find new faces to represent the characters of his "Boystown" book series. Chicago boy Nick DiCristina is the second and fin
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.
BOYSTOWN series author Jake Biondi held a national photo competition in search of some new "faces" for promoting BOYSTOWN. From all of the photo entries received, Biondiselected Christian Tyler of New Orleans, Louisiana,
Alex Newell, an actor and singer best known for his role as Wade "Unique" Adams on Glee, is officially slated to take the stage as one of Chicago Pride Fest's headliners, a source confirmed with ChicagoPride.com.
It's day number three of Jake Biondi announcing his photo contest winners and the Chicago author is excited to cast the face of Emmett Mancini, who he calls his "hero character" in the "Boystown" series.
Today Chicago author Jack Biondi announced the second winner in the national photo contest for his up and coming book series "Boystown."
This week Chicago author Jake Biondi is announcing the winners of the national photo contest for his book series "Boystown."
Boystown's Spin Nightclub, located at the corner of Halsted and Belmont, is up for sale.
Chicago-based production and video company Glam Tie Media, best known for the video of the Chicago Gay Hockey Association's spoof of "All I Want For Christmas" that went viral in December, celebrated its one year anniver