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If summertime's been too good to bid farewell this Labor Day Weekend, extend it for another week and join the thousands of queers and their allies from across the Midwest flocking to Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, IL
Project Fierce Chicago purchased a four-flat building on Chicago's Southwest side last week, that will eventually be home to LGBTQ young people experiencing homelessness.
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel will be honored at the 11th annual GLSEN Respect Awards at the Regent Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, California.
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner on Thursday signed a bill that prohibits therapies that attempt to alter the sexuality or gender identity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth (LGBT).
The Midwest's largest street festival is back as Northalsted Market Days 2015 takes over Boystown with some of the biggest parties and performances in Chicago this weekend.
This weekend the six blocks of Halsted between Addison and Belmont will be home to the Midwest's largest two day street festival. For the 34th year Northalsted Market Days is taking over a half-mile stretch of the alread
Any confusion aside, Lady Gaga undoubtedly meant well when she posted a photo of herself on Instagram with a gay pride message.
After a successful opening on Saturday, the 13th annual Chicago Pride Fest returns Sunday, June 21 at 11 a.m., with some heavy hitters including Estelle, the Grammy-winning singer recently featured on the hit TV series "
Chicago's Pride Week kicks into high gear this weekend with the 13th annual Chicago Pride Fest, a week before the city's iconic annual Pride Parade.
Last week, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) confirmed four cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Chicago area.
Brookfield Zoo becomes the second zoo in the country to officially recognize and celebrate Pride as it teams up with Best Gay Chicago to create another unique event this Pride Month.
Alex Newell will honor PrideFest Milwaukee with a special opening ceremonies apperance Friday, June 5 at 6:30 p.m. on the Miller Lite Main Stage, followed by a full performance.
PrideFest Milwaukee, the nation's largest showcase of national, regional and local LGBT talent, returns this weekend June 5 - 7. The 28th annual celebration of local LGBT culture and community takes place at the Henry W.
Oregon is poised to become the third state, plus the District of Columbia, to prohibit therapies that attempt to alter the sexuality or gender identity of LGBT youth.
An estimated 50 students at a Pennsylvania high school held an "Anti-gay Day" last week.
Hundreds of Gay/Straight Alliance (GSA) students from schools across Chicago gathered Friday to conclude the Day of Silence, which protests the bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and allied (LG
This Friday, April 17, is the Day of Silence, when countless participants across the world take a vow of silence to protest the silencing of LGBTQA students in schools and the bullying they face. That evening, Night of N
#BornPerfect is the nationwide campaign that was started by the National Center for Lesbian Rights to ban conversion therapy, practices designed to change someone's sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
The Boy Scouts' New York chapter has hired an openly gay Eagle Scout, ignoring the group's national ban on openly gay adults.
Transgender teen Jazz Jennings says being transgender means having the courage to "love yourself no matter what."
The University of Chicago is offering a look into its queer past with the latest in a series of projects by the Library's Special Collections Research Center, which this time around is teaming up with the Center for the
The Association of Latino/as Motivating Action (ALMA) has awarded the ALMA Young Latino Leaders for Creating Change scholarship to Alfredo Flores and Roberto Mendez.
Glee returns for its sixth and final season next month with five new cast members, including Canadian Idol finalist Marshall Williams, who will play a gay "football stud."
Each year, Nov. 20 serves as the International Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of the continued violence the transgender community endures and to memorialize those who