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Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter are among the more than 100 tech companies calling on state legislators to adopt LGBT protections.
#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.
A gay married couple has asked a federal judge to lift a stay in their case challenging Michigan's ban on gay marriage as one of the men fights a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer.
Today, April 7, Chicago residents will cast their votes for the runoff elections in the race for mayor and 18 City Council seats. The polls are officially open until 7 p.m.
Former congressman Barney Frank has predicted an end to homophobia in the United States within ten years.
Two Chicago men were left shocked and one injured this week after they were kicked out of a cab on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive for sharing a kiss.
The Chicago Veterinary Medical Association recommends dog owners take immediate, precautionary measures to prevent their dogs from exposure to Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease (CIRD) following an outbreak in Chicago
Former Arkansas Governor and possible presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Thursday said that the Left had manufactured controversies surrounding so-called religious freedom bills in Arkansas and Indiana.
The Boy Scouts' New York chapter has hired an openly gay Eagle Scout, ignoring the group's national ban on openly gay adults.
S3 Simply Social Sports Leagues is teaming up with sponsor bar DS Tequila to host its first league aimed at the LGBT community this spring and founder Ben Shimon thinks the two are a perfect match.
Indiana lawmakers on Thursday delivered on a promised fix to a bill supporters say protects religious freedom but critics argue targets the LGBT community.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, an Illinois Republican, has taken a strong stand against Indiana's religious freedom law which critics say absent LGBT protections would allow businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday refused to sign H.B. 1228, known as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Hutchison, a Republican, instead has asked state lawmakers to recall or amend the legislation.
In response to Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Matt Gold wrote a song titled 'On The Way.'
The owner of a small-town pizza shop in Northern Indiana has become one of the first business to publicly say they will deny service to gay and lesbian customers after Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom
Walmart, the world's largest retailer, has asked Republican Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson to veto a bill critics say would open the door to discrimination against members of the LGBT community.
In the wake of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signing the state's controversial religious freedom bill, organizers in Boystown are inviting residents of the Hoosier state to celebrate Pride Fest in Chicago.
Started in Michigan in 2009, the International Transgender Day of Visibility is celebrated annually on March 31.
Transgender teen Jazz Jennings says being transgender means having the courage to "love yourself no matter what."
Apple CEO Tim Cook has blasted so-called "religious freedom" laws, saying "there's something very dangerous happening in states across the country."
The annual Chicago Headline Club Peter Lisagor Award finalists have been announced and Windy City Times writer Gretchen Rachel Hammond was nominated in the category of non-daily, best in-depth reporting in a community ne
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has directed staffers not to travel to Indiana.
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
Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted into the National Football League (NFL), recently said that the NFL has "a lot" of gay players.