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The Chicago Landmarks Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a preliminary city landmark designation for the Legacy Walk in Boystown, which will preserve the 20 rainbow pylons that adorn "Chicago's proudest neighbor
With the Thursday morning announcement by Chicago police that "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett sent a threatening letter to himself and paid two men $3,500 to stage an alleged hate crime attack against him, some people - p
Out tennis legend Martina Navratilova has penned an op-ed against transgender athletes competing in women's sports.
The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) has transferred a transgender woman from a men's to a women's prison.
Mercedes Tyler was a club-kid in the nightclubs of Cincinnati, Ohio, always drawn to goth, alternative, and industrial music, and most often dressed in all-black, combat boots, chains, rosaries, and long skirts.
Actors Laverne Cox, Chaz Bono and Alexandra Billings cover Variety's Trans Hollywood issue.
Police in Philadelphia are looking for two men in connection with a possible hate crime against transgender people.
Thousands are expected to descend on Chicago's Uptown and Lakeview neighborhoods Sunday for the 49th annual Chicago Pride Parade, a culmination of the city's Pride Month festivities.
Eli Okrey doesn't know his plans yet for Pride Sunday (June 24) in Chicago, when the city will seemingly turn into one oversized rainbow flag. He is excited and happy to celebrate, but admittedly is very scared, too.
The Trump administration on Friday rolled back Obama-era rules that allowed transgender inmates to use facilities, including bathrooms and cell blocks, that match their gender identity.
The Trump administration is working on a plan to cut health care protections for transgender people.
Voters in Anchorage, Alaska have rejected a ballot measure that sought to roll back legal protections for transgender people in effect more than two years.
Chicago's monthly evening of LGBTQ storytelling – known as OUTspoken! and held the first Tuesday of every month at Sidetrack - returns April 3 with an exciting line-up of featured storytellers.
According to an article published Monday, Vice President Mike Pence played a leading role in the creation of a report in support of President Donald Trump's transgender military ban.
President Donald Trump on Friday issued an order banning most transgender troops from serving in the military except under "limited circumstances".
During a congressional hearing on Tuesday, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Ben Carson said that transgender people in homeless shelters make other people "not comfortable."
Amazon's Transparent is likely delayed until next year following Jeffrey Tambor's exit.
RuPaul, the host of VH1's RuPaul's Drag Race, on Monday issued a statement on Twitter to the transgender community.
The Washington state legislature has approved a bill that seeks to ban therapies that attempt to alter the sexual orientation or gender identity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) has released a controversial new campaign ad targeting transgender Illinoisans.
A full house of nearly 1,500 people is expected at the 2018 Equality Illinois Gala on Saturday night to hear about the successes and ongoing challenges of building a stronger Illinois in the face of national headwinds ag
A poll released Thursday showed a decline in acceptance of LGBT people for the first time in four years.
Laverne Cox is the first transgender woman to grace the cover of Cosmopolitan.
Center on Halsted (COH) will host a series of Black History Month events in February. 'The At the Intersections' series will kick-off on Thursday, Feb. 1 with Quiet Storm: The Art & Times of Black LGBTQ Life.