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A 14-year-old boy is accused of fatally shooting an 18-year-old gay youth earlier this month outside of a Chicago high school.
On Wednesday, October 31, ghosts, ghouls and other things that go bump in the night (as well as some scantily clad athletes and drag queens, no doubt) will converge on Halsted Street in Boystown for the 16th Annual Hallo
Boy Scout Ryan Andresen, who was denied an Eagle Scout award because he's gay, says his troop leader won't speak to him.
Chicago high school student Terrance Wright, a young gay man who recently transferred schools to avoid being bullied, was killed Friday during an attempted robbery as he left his school on the Southeast Side.
This year's Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Chicago auction and dinner gala program, "Make Equality Count" awards "The L Word" and "Flashdance" Jennifer Beals with the Ally for Equality award.
The East Aurora School Board on Friday rescinded a week old policy addressing the needs of the school's transgender students.
Millions of LGBT advocates and allies are expected to wear the color purple on Friday, Oct. 19, to commemorate the third annual Spirit Day, which is designed to demonstrate support LGBT youth and combat bullying.
Halloween 2012 is just around the corner and queer Chicagoans can look forward to a weekend full of fun local events as well as some major changes taking place to the 16th Annual Halloween on Halsted Parade, presented by
A homeschooled teen's anti-gay rant about homosexuality leading to ducks enslaving humanity has attracted national attention.
More than 30,000 walkers participated in Sunday's AIDS Walk Los Angeles, including Partners co-stars Michael Urie and Sophie Bush.
"America the Beautiful" was a befitting opening to the dedication ceremony inaugurating Chicago's Legacy Walk on Halsted Street October 11.
Darren Criss is putting a positive spin on the end of his television romance with Chris Colfer on the Fox musical-comedy Glee.
Film director Elliot London (The Wedding Dance) continues a campaign across America to raise awareness about the struggles of growing up as an LGBT young person and the impact of homophobic bullying.
Today anti-bullying advocate and Spirit Day ambassador Katy Butler launched a Change.org petition asking President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney to join GLAAD and millions of Americans by wearing purple on Octobe
Equality Illinois' Dining Out for Equality is Thursday, October 11 this year, a date that takes on added significance as it falls on the inauguration day for the Chicago Legacy Walk and also National Coming Out Day.
Ryan Andresen claims he was denied a Boy Scouts award after coming out gay.
Film producer Elliot London (The Wedding Dance) and Ronnie Kroell (Make Me a Supermodel) return to Chicago as part of a national campaign to raise funding for Friend, a feature film bringing awareness to bullying and gro
Two lawsuits have been filed this week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California attempting to block a new law (SB 1172) that bans any counseling to diminish, eliminate, or manage same-sex sexual
The 2012 Halloween season in gay Chicago kicks off next Saturday, October 13, with "DarQness," a spooky and sexy benefit that producers Keith Elliot, the creator of Dance for Life and Chicago Takes Off, Dan Paterno and B
NBC on Tuesday picked up The New Normal for a full season, even as conservatives continue to decry the gay parenting sitcom.
Liberty Counsel, in association with the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), has announced that they are preparing a lawsuit to challenge the law banning change therapy.
Thousands of people ran and walked along Chicago's lakefront on Sunday morning as part of the AIDS Run & Walk 2012, one of the city's high-profile fundraisers to combat HIV/AIDS.
