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LGBT Germany will be showing off their German Pride at the Chicago Steuben Parade on Saturday, Sept. 12. According to the group, the Chicago parade has had a surprising lack of LGBT participation despite it honoring one
Just two days ago out gay Marine Tanner White uploaded a video to YouTube asking singer/songwriter Steve Grand to accompany him to the upcoming Marine Corps Ball.
If summertime's been too good to bid farewell this Labor Day Weekend, extend it for another week and join the thousands of queers and their allies from across the Midwest flocking to Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, IL
The spotlight is set to shine on Mark Pino, and he's quite content under the glare, though admittedly a bit nervous.
The American Medical Student Association chapters of Chicago, Partners in Health Engage-Chicago and HIV Prevention Justice Alliance (a project of AIDS Foundation of Chicago) will gather Friday, Sept. 4, at 1 p.m. in the
Do you believe in miracles? One AIDS Run & Walk Chicago team does. Team I Believe in mIRAcles is rallying around their friend Ira Katzman, who will run his first 5k on Sept. 26 after experiencing brain cancer and a serie
Equality Illinois, on Aug. 29, announced an expanded statewide strategy that includes opening a central Illinois office to better serve the needs and priorities of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Illinoisans.
Project Fierce Chicago purchased a four-flat building on Chicago's Southwest side last week, that will eventually be home to LGBTQ young people experiencing homelessness.
Eleven individuals and one organization will be inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, the country's only known government-sponsored hall of fame that honors members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and tr
Olympian and recent winner of the 2015 Arthur Ashe Courage Award, Caitlyn Jenner will serve as the keynote speaker for the 7th annual Chicago House Speaker Series luncheon on Nov. 12.
Dane Tidwell, CEO of Opus Media, has been located according to friends and family.
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner on Thursday signed a bill that prohibits therapies that attempt to alter the sexuality or gender identity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth (LGBT).
Longtime Roscoe's advisor and counselor Sara Sullivan, 52, died Saturday following a long battle with Lupus. Sara was active in the Northalsted community for over 20 years and was respected, liked and loved by those who
Jack Neilsen is celebrating his 10th anniversary as a player in the annual Gay Softball World Series, run by the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA), as pitches are thrown and bats swung at the 2015 eve
Dane Tidwell, CEO of Opus Media, who has been active for many years in LGBT media circles and politics, has gone missing, according to reports.
Chicago's biggest street festival is getting the time lapse treatment once again, showing hundreds of thousands of people pack Boystown in one short video.
Helena Brewers infielder David Denson announced Saturday that he's gay, making him the first active player in affiliated professional baseball to publicly come out of the closet. The Helena Brewers is the advanced rookie
Comprehensive sex education; gay sex with a puppet; a heartfelt coming-of-age story; Harry Potter. Dallas-native John Michael Colgin (who prefers to go by John Michael) promises all this and more in the Chicago premiere
The Illinois Gay Rodeo Association (ILGRA) has announced its Rodeo Round Town weekend August 21-23, 2015. The weekend will feature a series of fundraiser parties and events around Chicago to help ILGRA plan for a future
The Midwest's largest street festival is back as Northalsted Market Days 2015 takes over Boystown with some of the biggest parties and performances in Chicago this weekend.
Market Days heats up with the fifth installment of Matthew Harvat's (Circuit Mom) dance party, Revolution, which happens every August to coincide with the two-day street festival in Boystown. As part of the "Superhero" t
This weekend the six blocks of Halsted between Addison and Belmont will be home to the Midwest's largest two day street festival. For the 34th year Northalsted Market Days is taking over a half-mile stretch of the alread
Thirty-one former Center on Halsted employees submitted a letter to the Center's board the week of July 13 asking it to access the management style of CEO Modesto "Tico" Valle.
Frank Elliott, the former owner of Velvet Rope Ultra Lounge, which was destroyed by a fire in 2012, has pled guilty to one count of arson and one count of insurance fraud, according to the Cook County State's Attorney's