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Chris Carmack, who plays a gay country music singer on ABC's Nashville, has denounced a Tennessee law that targets the LGBT community.
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper on Monday responded to Republican Governor Pat McCrory's decision to sue the federal government rather than repeal a law that targets the LGBT community.
An Illinois man was arrested Monday protesting Target's transgender bathroom policy.
Chicago Public Schools, on May 3, issued revised guidelines pertaining to its transgender students, staff and volunteers, tackling head-on questions surrounding restroom and locker room use that have been vexing school d
North Carolina State Senator Buck Newton on Monday delivered a speech in which he made a call to "keep our state straight."
Windy City Times, Chicago's LGBT newsweekly, has received two nominations for the Chicago Headline Club's annual Peter Lisagor Awards.
An Illinois House committee on Tuesday advanced pro-equality legislation that modernizes the state's birth certificate law.
In an interview on the red carpet at Saturday's 27th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles, Jill Soloway, the creator and executive producer of Amazon's Transparent, said that Caitlyn Jenner will join the show in seas
A Tennessee bill that sought to prohibit students in public schools from using the bathroom that does not conform to his or her gender at birth died on Tuesday.
Despite the popular "It Gets Better" campaign to combat bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) teens, a new Northwestern Medication study has found that most adolescents would agree that it does, in fa
Thailand opened its first clinic for transgender people in December.
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
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.
Windy City Times is seeking to recognize 30 more outstanding LGBT individuals (and allies) for its annual 30 Under 30 Awards.
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
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.
Thousands of queers are prepared to descend on Chicago for the National LGBTQ Task Force's 28th annual Creating Change conference from Wednesday, January 20 through Sunday the 24.
An Indiana Republican has proposed a bill which would criminalize the use of a restroom that does not conform to a person's gender at birth.
The number of companies earning top marks for how they treat their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees has hit a record high, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), th
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), Vice-Chair of the Equality Caucus, joined a group of Democratic colleagues to announce the formation of the Transgender Equality Task Force.
I Am Cait, the E! reality series which documented Caitlyn Jenner's transition, will return for a second season, according to BuzzFeed News.
Caitlyn Jenner on Monday reiterated her support for marriage equality.
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.