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Boystown's Frost Fest returns this weekend with a two-day celebration that's sure to cure your cabin fever.
Chicago's daily entertainment and LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community website, ChicagoPride.com, has teamed up with online LGBT-Friendly personal trainer and fitness finder, Right Fit for You to launc
Will a Chicago drag queen finally take the crown, becoming "America's Next Drag Superstar"?
When Sidetrack opened in 1982, it quickly became common practice among bartenders that, if they found money at the bar, it would be collected in a jar – and they eventually would use those funds for a nice staff dinner.
A large piece of Chicago's gay history is sitting in suburban Geneva, Ill., safe and sound ...with the key word being, sound.
Following a six-month national search, American Theater Company's (ATC) Board of Directors has named Will Davis, a 33-year-old transgender artist and alumnus of the Theatre School at DePaul University, its new artistic d
The inaugural Winter Onesie Party: A Food Drive for Proud2Share is scheduled for Saturday night, Feb. 27, from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m., at Manhole (3210 N. Halsted St.) in Boystown.
Saq Nadeem, 38, who lives in Chicago's Buena Park neighborhood with his partner, Daniel, and their five furry children (three cats and two dogs), is the founder and CEO of Paradise 4 Paws.
Joe Hollendoner, MSW, has been appointed CEO of San Francisco AIDS Foundation, effective May 2, 2016. Hollendoner most recently served as First Deputy Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH).
In what appears to be an exact repeat of Circuit Nightclub's turmoil in 2012, owner Mike Macharello is retracting a very public statement after an attempt to shame his landlord following Circuit's closure earlier this mo
State Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago), on Feb. 11, introduced a new bill that would make it easier for transgender Illinois residents to amend their birth certificate.
In the long and seemingly unending saga of Circuit Nightclub's turmoil, the Boystown bar is closed once again, and this time may be permanent.
Fans of Halsted's Bar and Grill in Boystown have one week to say farewell as owners plan to close the neighborhood staple and reconcept the space.
Flowers and chocolate always make a good Valentine's Day gift, and millions of each are delivered every Feb. 14.
A Chicago Catholic priest has come out gay in an interview with The Washington Post.
Indiana lawmakers on Tuesday decided not to vote on a proposed bill that sought to protect gay, lesbian and bisexual people from discrimination in the state.
Windy City Times is seeking to recognize 30 more outstanding LGBT individuals (and allies) for its annual 30 Under 30 Awards.
Former Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock has been offered $1 million to appear in gay porn films.
The Chicago PrEP Working Group (CPWG) has launched PrEP4Love, a citywide, sex-positive media campaign designed to increase awareness of PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), a daily HIV prevention pill for HIV-negative people
Scott Duff has been on a Missy Elliott kick of late. The singing sensation is his "spirit animal," he said, and her new song – WTF (Where They From) – has been Duff's winter anthem. So you definitely can expect some stin
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called an Indiana bill that would grant discrimination protections to gay, lesbian and bisexual people "deeply flawed."
An Illinois Republican on Wednesday filed a bill that would require transgender students to use restrooms and changing facilities that correspond with their birth gender.
Bernard Cherkasov, the long-serving chief executive officer of Equality Illinois, will be leaving the organization later this year.
Mimi Marks has graced the stage of the Baton Show Lounge for 25 years, but on Sunday, the iconic performer will say farewell.