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Trannika Rex is celebrating her 5th year on the Chicago drag scene, where she brings a double shot of sass and a splash of spice to her shows, primarily at Roscoe's Tavern and Berlin.
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel is issuing an executive order banning official city travel to North Carolina.
Minibar, a popular bar for more than 10 years on North Halsted Street in Chicago's Boystown neighborhood, is changing ownership and management, effective April 1.
Keith Andrew Stryker tackled the AIDS/LifeCycle for the first time in 2012, where he was among 2,225 riders and 550 roadies for the 7-day bicycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
With spring finally arriving, it's the ideal time of year to start thinking about a getaway. There are so many fantastic places within driving distance from Chicago, including the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, which is fa
It will be a new night and a new venue for Clubhouse Productions, which for years has produced LGBT-focused parties, most notably, the Urban Last Fridays, aka, Urbano parties that were held at the now-closed Circuit Nigh
Chicago-area native and out singer/songwriter Steve Grand is responding to criticism after a quote from a recent interview created an online uproar.
Boystown may soon be home to a permanent LGBT museum and visitor's center as two Chicago organizations join forces to drive tourism in the historic community.
Sidetrack long had many of the same special nights. For years – for many successful years – it was show tunes on Mondays, country & western on Tuesdays, 1950s on Wednesdays, and comedy on Thursdays.
Voters head to the polls this morning for Illinois' 2016 primary election to determine their choices for the fall ballot.
Howard Brown Health, along with the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), this week announced plans to expand Howard Brown's healthcare services to a clinic formerly operated by CDPH at 641 W. 63rd Street.
Despite St. Patrick's Day officially falling on Thursday, Chicago is primed and ready to paint the city green this Saturday and Sunday.
The inaugural Mr. Leather 64TEN Contest is part of a three-day leather-filled weekend (March 11-13), featuring a stage contest, multiple parties and more. It's an event 15-years in the making.
Jacob Leatherman is in a dire situation to maintain his dream business: BLOWN by bocaj, a premier blowdry beauty bar.
After working the past eight years at two bigger hair salons in Chicago, stylist Adam Bogucki has ventured out on his own. On Feb 1, he opened Lumination Salon in West Lakeview, at the corner of Lincoln and Roscoe.
Longtime Boystown pillar and friend Christopher Jay "Chris" Staton passed away on February 27, 2016 in Stockton, IL. He had been suffering from liver cancer and was just 55.
Jason Kennedy is taking his passion for photography, which dates back about 20 years, to the public for the first time.
The Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS/Chicago (DIFFA/Chicago) Auxiliary Board will host its fourth annual DIFFArence event on Thursday, March 3, at The Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia Ave., 6-9 p.m.
Ravinia has announced its summer 2016 schedule Wednesday and the festival lineup includes headliners like Diana Ross, Patti Labelle, Hollywood Vampires and Paul Simon.
Despite the popular "It Gets Better" campaign to combat bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) teens, a new Northwestern Medication study has found that most adolescents would agree that it does, in fa
Julie List left Chicago for San Francisco last year to complete her final year of doctoral training in clinical psychology with a focus on forensics.
His passion for professional wrestling dates back to 1979, when Reeve Lazar intently watched the evil Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissey manage various stars in the now-defunct American Wrestling Association (AWA).
Pass the nachos and raise that chilled glass, filled with a Killer Margarita – it's time to toast Cesar's, the family-owned restaurant with two Chicago locations.