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Many LGBT Illinoisans will likely remember 2013 mainly as the year marriage equality became a reality for our state.
DJ Zeke Thomas, the youngest NBA All-Star DJ and son of NBA legend Isiah "Zeke" Thomas, is set to spin Boystown's Scarlet Bar, 3320 N. Halsted, on New Years Eve.
The Huffington Post has named videos from British Olympic diver Tom Daley and singer-songwriter Steve Grand among 2013's top gay viral videos.
Boystown hotspot Hydrate Nightclub, 3458 North Halsted, is preparing to close Sunday, Jan. 5 for a major remodeling project.
On December 29, LGBT citizens, allies and activists will converge at the Chicago Consulate of Uganda to hold a prayer vigil for the souls of those that have been killed simply for being gay or lesbian in Uganda.
Mary Mitchell is dead wrong on a number of items in her recent column, "Phil Robertson has right to his faith without condemnation" (published Dec. 23 in the Chicago Sun-Times).
Truth Wins Out (TWO), a non-profit advocacy group that fights anti-LGBT religious extremism, has moved its headquarters to Chicago.
Hamburger Mary's, the popular Chicago-based hamburger restaurant, with its flagship location now anchored in Andersonville, plans to open a franchise in Oak Park next summer that also will operate as a microbrewery.
Chicagoland native and active member of Chicago's LGBT community Tommy Holl is donning his red onesie and felt collar again this year to spread Christmas cheer as The Real Elf on the Shelf.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner said that he would have vetoed Illinois same-sex marriage legislation if he were governor.
Neverland, a new themed costume party series that hit Chicago in 2012 and saw major growth in the last year, is saying goodbye to a wild ride in 2013 with their second annual Purity Ball on December 29 at Hydrate.
The Advocate, America's oldest gay rights magazine, on Monday announced it has selected the head of the Catholic Church as the 'single most influential person of 2013 on the lives of LGBT people,' a surprising move that
Chicago Filmmakers announced Dec. 12 that it is the finalist to take over and renovate an unused City firehouse at 5714 N. Ridge Ave.
Gay rights activists angry at Catholic leaders' opposition to marriage rights and other equal rights for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people will picket a national gathering of Catholic bishops, cardinal
Social conservative groups opposed to Illinois' gay marriage law have failed to deliver on making the issue part of next year's primary races.
Lakeview, including Boystown, is one of 10 Chicago neighborhoods that experienced an increase in crime between 2011 and 2013, according to a recently released study.
Put this in your calendar for Valentine's Day — a little bit of amateur porn is coming to the Music Box Theatre next year.
Same-sex couples in Cook County, Illinois who face life-threatening illness could wed immediately following a federal court decision released Monday.
Colonel (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired) is a former soldier, an entrepreneur and investor, an adventurer and philanthropist, and a pioneer. And now, she has agreed to chair the Equality Illinois 2014 Gala, t
A federal judge ordered Dec. 9 that two more Illinois couples—each with partners suffering from chronic illnesses—could wed ahead of the June 1, 2014, start-date for same-sex weddings in the state. A hearing on Dec. 16 w
That's So Gay! A Game of LGBTQ Discovery, a new trivia game, is available in time for the holidays. Featuring more than 2,400 questions of LGBTQ history and current events, the game can be played by two or more people an
The Civil Rights Agenda (TCRA) will now be shifting the focus of their efforts, after the Illinois marriage equality victory, to rights that have been denied to the often marginalized transgender community of Illinois.
The Most Fabulous Santa Speedo Run, which held its third annual event last Saturday, December 7, is quickly becoming gay Chicago's new favorite holiday tradition.
AIDS Foundation of Chicago's (AFC) commemorated World AIDS Day with its annual World of Chocolate event on Friday, Dec. 6.