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Chicago's City Council is considering a resolution that encourages the Commissioners from major sports leagues to support their gay players, invite them to come out and to ensure their safety.
On Sunday, May 5, the Center for Gender, Sexuality and HIV Prevention at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago held its first, and hopefully annual, Safe Space Day at the Center on Halsted.
Former defensive lineman Tony Casillas said he played next to gay players on the Dallas Cowboys team in the 90s.
A new hall of fame – the first of its kind in the U.S. – has been established to honor individuals and organizations whose achievements and efforts have enhanced the fields of sports and athletics for the gay and lesbian
Washington Wizards center Jason Collins has become the first male athlete in a major professional sport to come out as gay.
Robbie Rogers is young, gay and was a successful professional soccer star until he stunned the world in February by retiring from soccer and coming out to the world in a letter he posted online.
Chicago's city council could soon be pushing to make professional sports safer for LGBT athletes.
Robbie Rogers is considering a return to soccer after coming out, a move which would make him the U.S.'s first openly gay professional athlete.
The Chicago Bears on Wednesday denied involvement with the National Organization for Marriage, a group that vehemently opposes same-sex marriage and promotes ex-gay therapy.
Out at Wrigley and its host committee announced details for this year's event, which is set for Saturday, August 3, when the Chicago Cubs take on the Los Angeles Dodgers.
ChicagoPride.com, in conjunction with MTM Chicago, is excited to announce the return of Out at Wrigley, the largest annual LGBT sporting event in the country.
The Chicago Force 2013 home opener kicks off Sat., April 6 at 5pm. The Force will take on the Detroit Dark Angels at Lazier Field at Evanston High School, 2285 Church Street, Evanston.
Puerto Rican boxer Orlando "The Phenomenon" Cruz on Saturday won his second bout since coming out as gay.
Singer Carly Rae Jepsen on Tuesday announced she would not perform at the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) National Scout Jamboree.
About 150 Speedo-clad runners stripped down to raise over $7,000 for Vital Bridges on Saturday as part of Chicago's second annual Most Fabulous Santa Speedo Run.
Saturday's mild temperatures are sure to bring out hoards of swimsuit-clad runners jogging a mile through the streets of Chicago's Boystown neighborhood for the second annual Most Fabulous Santa Speedo Run.
Halloween and Christmas converge on Saturday, December 1, when the second annual Most Fabulous Santa Speedo Run comes to Boystown, bringing with it hoards of swimsuit-clad runners jogging a mile through the chilly street
Puerto Rican featherweight boxer Orlando Cruz has become the first openly gay man in the sport's history.
Many of the participants in the 11th annual AIDS Run and Walk Chicago have had their lives touched by the HIV/AIDS epidemic and others face it each day. Both can be said for Lisa M. Williams, an HIV Advance Practice Nurs
While Six Flags Great America, located less than an hour outside Chicago in Gurnee, Ill., has been supporting the Chicagoland LGBT community for a decade, this year's Out in the Park will be unlike any other.
Ten openly gay Olympians won medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics which ended Sunday in London.
Australian Olympian Ji Wallace last week announce he is HIV positive.
On Sunday, August 26, Wrigley Field will be packed with over 500 gay and lesbian fans for Out At Wrigley, MTM Chicago's annual Gay Day at the Friendly Confines.
With the nation-by-nation parade of athletes at the Games of the XXX Olympiad, history was made – in the sports arena and in the political arena.