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Get ready, Chicago – the hometown hero is coming back and will be center stage at the largest outdoor street festival in the Midwest.
An Oklahoma gay man claims in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed last week that officials in his small town conspired to run him and his family out of town.
The Midwest's largest street festival is back as Northalsted Market Days 2017 takes over Chicago's Boystown neighborhood with some of the biggest parties and a bevy of entertainment options this weekend.
The White House has reportedly developed a "guidance" policy for moving ahead with President Donald Trump's ban on transgender troops.
UnitedHealthcare (UHC) announced Friday it is changing its controversial policy for Truvada, the daily HIV prevention pill, "effective immediately.”
Lawyers representing former Illinois Representative Aaron Schock claim that federal investigators asked witnesses about their client's sexual orientation.
In a recent interview with the Belfast Telegraph, British diver Tom Daley talked about his marriage to U.S. screenwriter Dustin Lance Black.
The commandant of the Coast Guard is speaking out against President Donald Trump's plan to bar transgender people from serving in the military.
Forty-five senators led by New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand have come out against President Donald Trump's ban on transgender troops.
Jennifer Lopez made a surprise appearance at a sporting event in Chicago on Saturday afternoon, July 29.
A majority of Americans say transgender people should be allowed to serve in the U.S. military.
President Donald Trump on Thursday awarded the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor to a married lesbian wounded in an attack on a congressional baseball practice.
The Department of Justice under Attorney General Jeff Sessions will argue in a federal case that LGBT people are not protected from workplace discrimination under current federal civil rights law.
A public memorial to remember the life of businessman Chuck Renslow, founder of International Mr. Leather, will be held Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017 at 7 p.m.
Equality Illinois, the state's oldest and largest civil rights organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Illinoisans, has added its voice to the large number of individuals and organizations
In a series of tweets, President Trump said no transgender individuals will be allowed to serve "in any capacity" in the U.S. military.
Jussie Smollett, Tituss Burgess and Carson Kressley are among the out celebrities who appear in a video to raise awareness of the persecution of gay men in Chechnya.
Windy City Times has released a statement calling claims of personnel changes related to their Dyke March coverage as false.
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has once again denied allegations that his government has carried out attacks against men it suspects are gay.
Democrats and LGBT groups are criticizing Attorney General Jeff Sessions for addressing the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a Christian conservative group opposed to LGBT rights.
Global Force Wrestling (GFW) delivered an emotional, 10-minute tribute, "Remembering Pulse Nightclub, 1 Year Later" on Monday, July 3 – with an appearance by survivor Tony Marrero, 49 rainbow-adorned seats, and wrestlers
A group opposed to Washington's transgender bathroom and locker room rule announced on Friday that it did not have enough signatures to make the November ballot.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest LGBT rights advocate, is calling on President Donald Trump to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin about attacks on gay men in Chechnya.
Olympic freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy stripped naked for ESPN the Magazine's 2017 Body Issue.