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"Scrooge and Marley," a new gay adaptation of Dickens' classic holiday tale shot here in Chicago, is throwing a series of "Christmas in July" parties to help raise the necessary funds to complete their film, which is now
A second anti-gay organization has filed to intervene against two Cook County lawsuits seeking to overturn the state's same-sex marriage ban.
Equality Illinois (EQIL) has launched a campaign against Chick-fil-A in an effort to further expose the company's anti-gay practices and policies.
Chicago Alderman Joe Moreno, a vocal supporter of LGBT rights, wants to block plans to open a Chick-fil-A restaurant in his Northwest Side ward because the company's leader opposes marriage equality.
Four Illinois lawmakers have introduced a resolution to uphold Illinois' ban on same-sex marriage and calls on the General Assembly to adopt a constitutional amendment against marriage equality.
Foes of gay rights are calling on Cook County Circuit Court Judge Sophia Hall to recuse herself from a case challenging the constitutionality of the state's gay marriage ban because she is openly gay.
A private security team of armed officers, wearing green shirts and bullet proof vests, has been hired to maintain safety in Boystown and the North Halsted Street entertainment district.
A survey of Wisconsin voters by Public Policy Polling finds that 43 support legalizing same-sex marriage. Opposition is at 47 percent.
Chicago Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts discussed LPAC, the new lesbian Super PAC she created with Chicago businesswoman Sarah Schmidt, family politics and baseball with WBEZ radio on Wednesday.
Small town boy comes to the big city to find life, love and sexual freedom -- it's the classic gay plotline, a story told again and again with many variations.
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the Chicago area today, with highs around 100 degrees. The heat index could reach 110 degrees.
In recent days, we've seen some very high profile people come out in many different fields- like CNN's Anderson Cooper, R&B Singer Frank Ocean, Jamaican Singer Diana King, and Olympic Soccer player Megan Rapinoe. While C
Zachary Kropp has won a once-in-a-lifetime chance to sing the National Anthem at Wrigley Field as part of ‘Out at Wrigley' presented by MTM Chicago and the 2012 ‘Out At Wrigley' committee.
Despite claiming he is "no cyclist," this weekend's Ride for AIDS Chicago is not 22-year-old Kalman Varga's first multi-day bike ride. Last year Varga rode AIDS/Lifecycle in his home state of California and afterwards pr
Equality Illinois and the Chicago Fire, Chicago's Major League Soccer team, are partnering at a number of events this summer, leading up to the Chicago Fire Pride Night on August 4.
Celebrating 10 years as the leading provider of online news and entertainment for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in the Midwest, ChicagoPride.com today announced the launch of Boystown, a new epi
Four men were accused of bailing out of a limousine and beating three people, breaking one man's jaw and slightly injured a police officer, authorities said this morning.
After three straight days with triple-digit temperatures, the record-breaking heat wave is expected to break later today.
An extreme heat warning for Cook County and most of the Chicagoland area continues through Friday night as temperatures are expected to hit 100 degrees for the third day in a row.
An extreme heat warning for Cook County and most of the Chicagoland area continues through Friday night as high temperatures are expected to return to 100 degrees today.
Brace yourselves for the heat as Chicago sizzles under dangerous heat this Fourth of July. The Chicago area is under an excessive heat warning that runs through Friday at 6 p.m.
A judge Tuesday granted two downstate Illinois county clerks permission to defend the state's 16-year-old gay marriage ban in court.
The Thomas More Society, a conservative nonprofit legal group, filed a motion late Friday to intervene in the same-sex marriage lawsuit filed by the ACLU and Lambda Legal.