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A proposed court-supervised agreement filed July 30 will help ensure that transgender individuals can receive new birth certificates that reflect their correct gender from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
In recent days, we've seen some very high profile people come out in many different fields- like CNN's Anderson Cooper, R&B Singer Frank Ocean, Jamaican Singer Diana King, and Olympic Soccer player Megan Rapinoe. While C
The Advocate announced its endorsement of President Barack Obama on Friday. Its the first presidential endorsement by the country's oldest gay glossy in more than three decades.
Gay Chicago TV, a new web-based TV station for the LGBTQ community, officially launched to the public this Monday following a soft launch last December.
Wednesday marks the 18th annual National HIV Testing Day and health officials are urging people to know their HIV status.
It was another record-breaking year for the annual Chicago Pride Parade as over 850,000 spectators celebrated gay pride from the streets, rooftops and balconies in the Uptown and Lakeview neighborhoods on Sunday.
Dyke March Chicago took place in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood Saturday as queer women gathered at in Margate Park.
Chicago's gay pride weekend draws hundreds of thousands of visitors from across the nation and beyond to Boystown each year for a weekend of LGBTQ events, parties and fundraisers.
Alderman Tom Tunney (44th Ward), Alderman James Cappleman (46th Ward) and Chicago Pride Parade Organizer Rich Pfeiffer held a press conference Tuesday to explain the new route and safety plan for the 2012 Chicago Pride P
Late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien has apologized for a transgender joke he made during his Tuesday monologue on cabler TBS' Conan.
The organizers of the 43rd Annual Chicago Pride Parade have released the parade line-up, which includes entries from Chicago Public Schools, sailors from Great Lakes representing their new on-base LGBT group and close to
President Barack Obama hosted a LGBT pride reception on Friday for roughly 500 activists working on everything ranging from HIV prevention to immigration policy.
Huge changes are in store for the June 24 Chicago Pride Parade this year, including a new route, new neighborhoods and more accessibility, all with one thing in mind.
Despite a string of iPhone robberies in Boystown over the weekend, it's what was heard over the police scanner that could have many area residents upset.
PrideFest Milwaukee reopens Saturday at noon, celebrating the 25th anniversary of one of the nation's largest and longest-running LGBT pride events.
Throngs of Chicagoans will head north this weekend, June 8-10, for Midsommarfest, Andersonville's annual street festival now in its 47th year.
United Latino Pride is celebrating its third year of showcasing all that is LGBT and Latino in Chicago with a week of fun, and almost entirely free, cultural, educational and social events.
Opponents of gay marriage are speaking out against Target selling a line of Gay Pride shirts.
Those first Pride parades in Chicago weren't parades as much as defiant political statements. And those who march, watch and celebrate have swelled from hundreds to hundreds of thousands. But, at its core, Pride is still
Modesto Tico Valle, CEO of Center on Halsted, has named two community leaders to key staff positions. Dr. Claudia Mossier has been named Director, Mental Health and Youth Programs and Tim'm West has been named Associate
The Illinois Senate defeated an anti-bullying bill on Tuesday for the second time.
