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A senior Russian MP has proposed providing so-called "conversion" therapy to gays and a ban on gay men donating blood and organs
Chicago-native and American Idol alum Jennifer Hudson joined Seattle-based duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis during their live performance of the marriage rights anthem Same Love during MTV's Video Music Awards.
JosÉ Sarria, a drag performer and gay rights advocate who many historians contend was the first openly gay person to campaign for public office in the United States when he ran for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Actor George Takei will be in Miami to receive the 2013 National Leadership Award at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's 17th Annual Miami Recognition Dinner to take place on Saturday, November 9.
Australian snowboarder Belle Brockhoff has come out gay.
Guest OpEd written by David Ernesto Munar, President/CEO of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) and a 12-time marathon runner.
The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association has announced its next convention will take place in Chicago.
LA Galaxy winger Robbie Rogers says he is opposed to a boycott of the Winter Olympics in Sochi over a Russian anti-gay law.
Col. James Pritzker, the billionaire heir to the Pritzker fortune, now identifies as Jennifer Natalya Pritzker, according to Crain's Chicago Business.
The Chicago Cubs will honor the Chicago Force Women's Tackle Football Team for their 2013 perfect season and National Championship title during the Cubs game on Tuesday, Sept. 3 at Wrigley Field.
Editors of the online edition of the Oxford English Dictionary have updated the definition of the word "marriage" to include gay and lesbian couples.
A Portland, Oregon cab driver who kicked out a lesbian couple and a friend and left them on the side of a busy freeway at midnight has lost his license.
Equality Illinois today blasted state Sen. Kirk Dillard, a Republican candidate for governor, who wants to repeal the state's civil union law.
Campus Pride released its annual list of the "Top 25-LGBT Friendly Colleges and Universities" and it includes the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Out in the Park returns September 14 and promises to be bigger and better than last year, with three headliner performances in addition to two DJs, and, of course, the opportunity to ride the rollercoasters of Six Flags
Army private Bradley Manning intends to spend the rest of his life as a woman and "begin hormone therapy as soon as possible," according to a statement released Thursday.
Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company on Wednesday endorsed a nascent campaign to defeat a proposed gay marriage ban in Indiana.
Prison Break star Wentworth Miller has come out as gay in a letter to the organizers of a film festival in Russia.
Plans to rebuild the once-glamorous Edgewater Beachwalk on the North Side of Chicago are moving forward. The Edgewater Beachwalk proposal committee is holding its first public meeting this coming Saturday.
An Ohio amusement park canceled a wedding contest that excluded gay and lesbian couples after a couple organized a protest on social media.
GLSEN has announced that Emmy-nominated, award-winning actress Kerry Washington, star of the hit ABC-TV series Scandal, and openly gay LA Galaxy soccer player Robbie Rogers will serve as Honorary Co-Chairs for this year'
Dan Joseph of the conservative Media Research Center said that he would pretend to be a transgender woman in order to be allowed into girls' bathrooms and changing rooms to watch women change.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Monday signed a bill banning "ex-gay" therapy to minors, making New Jersey the second state after California to prohibit so-called conversion therapy that attempts to turn gay teens
Jake Shears, best known as the lead male singer for the band Scissor Sisters, says he's glad he came out gay as a teen.