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The number of people who attended the Women's March in Chicago on Saturday exceeded both expectations on turnout as well as the number who took part in the march one year ago this weekend, according to NBC Chicago.
A new survey from KinkD, a fetish dating app, has identified which cities are the 'kinkiest' in the country for gay men. With over 155 thousand gay male users in the United States, the app analyzed America's kink hotspot
Tony Award nominee, Drama Desk Lifetime Achievement honoree and two-time MAC Award winner, Charles Busch, who performed two sold-out shows at Pride Arts Center in January 2017, will return on Jan. 21-22 with "Charles Bus
Center on Halsted (COH) will host a series of Black History Month events in February. 'The At the Intersections' series will kick-off on Thursday, Feb. 1 with Quiet Storm: The Art & Times of Black LGBTQ Life.
Mark Sakalares, who has played, coached and umpired for years in the Open Sunday Softball league, run by the Chicago Metropolitan Sports Association (CMSA), has added a new role: Commissioner.
After performing rapturously received and critically lauded shows in early 2017, Celebrating David Bowie returns this year with a brand new Bowie show spanning his entire career, which will be stopping locally in Chicago
In growing genre of thrilling serialized podcasts like "Serial" and "S-Town," there is the dreaded moment when you realize you have no episodes left -- the excitement, drama and in-depth reporting that have enraptured yo
A few years ago, Shaun T spotted a singer on Instagram and was hooked.
His resume is deep: motivational speaker, fitness trainer, fitness motivator, businessman, television personality and choreographer. Dig deeper and you'll see that Shaun T also is a new father to two baby boys (born last
Jim Bennett, Chief Development Officer at Lambda Legal, will be departing the nation's oldest and largest nonprofit LGBT legal advocacy organization after a successful 11-year career—first as the Midwest Regional Directo
Matthew Dontje has moved into the Head Bartender role at Cell Block in Boystown, and is focused on helping the neighborhood bar with a fetish-friendly attitude realize a new era while maintaining its rich history and tra
Man's Country, the historic gay bathhouse located in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, will close its doors forever following a 13-hour disco party that beings New Year's Eve.
AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) along with its organizational partners will host a series of “Getting to Zero” town hall meetings in January 2018.
Three pro-LGBTQ equality laws that were legislative priorities for Equality Illinois go into effect with the new year. As of Jan. 1, 2018, laws that ban the anti-LGBTQ panic defense, modernize birth certificate changes,
A Roman Catholic priest on Sunday came out gay to his congregation.
To say it's been a roller-coaster ride for Scarlet Bar over the past 10 years would be an understatement. So, when the Boystown bar officially celebrated its 10-year anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 9, glasses were all full
Two men filed a lawsuit against Lyft after one of its drivers allegedly pulled a gun, ordered them out of the vehicle and shouted anti-gay slurs.
Angel L. Saez came thisclose to capturing the 2017 Mr. Gay USofA championship and bringing the prestigious title back to Chicago, his home for the past five years.
Concluding a multi-month search process, Gary Wasdin was named executive director of the Leather Archives and Museum (LA&M). Wasdin replaces Rick Storer, who resigned in May after 15 years with the organization. He will
Artemis Singers, Chicago's lesbian feminist chorus, will present "Rise Up," a call-to-action concert of progressive, energizing music, with guest artist Melanie DeMore and students from Evanston Township High School (ETH
Stardust collective announces the 11th Annual Vogue for Tots at Berlin Nightclub, 954 W. Belmont, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 10 p.m.-4 a.m.
The 7th annual Santa Speedo Run – a colorful, creative and certainly eye-catching one-mile run through Chicago's Boystown neighborhood, starting and ending on Saturday morning, Dec. 2, at Sidetrack – raised more than $70
Pride Films and Plays' monthly festival of LGBTQ independent films, which was launched in October, will continue with its third monthly festival on Tuesday, Dec. 12. The four films to be screened all reflect on the theme
The AIDS Foundation of Chicago held its much-anticipated annual World of Chocolate fundraiser on Dec. 1 returning once again to Revel Fulton Market, 215 W. Fulton Market.