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Windy City Times awarded prestigious Lisagor
The Windy City Times received a coveted Peter Lisagor Award for the WCT AIDS @ 30 series Friday during the Chicago Headline Club's 35th annual award banquet.
Rockford's first-ever Pride fest aims to unify, educate and build a better future
Rockford, Illinois will celebrate their inaugural Pride Fest on Saturday June 9th, 2012. Organizers expect 2,000 to 5,000 attendees to the festival which will include civil union ceremonies throughout the day, live enter
City-sponsored tour focuses on LGBT history
Letter to the Editor: Feigenholtz on HRC's All Children – All Families program
As an adoptee and LGBT ally, I wholeheartedly support the Human Rights Campaign’s efforts on behalf of prospective adoptive LGBT parents.
Chicago youth break Day of Silence with event downtown
After remaining silent for the entire school day as part of the Day of Silence, Chicago area youth gathered at the Thompson Center to break the silence together.
The Simonette Report: Surviving the bullies
There's now a growing awareness of the bullying epidemic in this country, and many parents and activists are just now realizing that schools and families must do much better to keep young people safe.
Center on Halsted responds to transgender woman murdered in Chicago
Chicago's LGBT community is reacting to news that a transgender woman was found shot and killed in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood Monday morning.