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New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, a Democrat, on Sunday launched her bid to run the city.
Illinois Republicans canceled a Saturday meeting where the future of party Chairman Pat Brady was to be discussed.
Broadway diva Kristin Chenoweth has criticized fellow Christians who oppose gay rights.
A majority of young Republicans support gay marriage, a report released Thursday has found.
Wilson Phillips, one of the top-selling music groups of the 1990s, will be among the performers for this year's Market Days in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood.
Chicago Cubs legend Ernie "Mr. Cub" Banks joined other celebrated Chicago athletes in support for extending the freedom to marry to gay and lesbian couples in Illinois.
Eighty-five percent of the 13 Republican legislators who voted for gay marriage since the 2010 election won reelection, a new report has concluded.
Extending marriage rights to same-sex couples in Illinois would generate up to $103 million in spending to the state and local economy, according to a study released Wednesday by the Williams Institute.
Chicago (and worldwide) cabaret favorite, Rudy de la Mor, died at Kaiser Hospital in Irvine, Calif. on March 5. Rudy played to packed houses at Gentry for more than 20 years. He was 73.
Lauren Drain, a former member of the Westboro Baptist Church, the anti-gay church helmed by Fred Phelps, believes the church brainwashed her and her siblings.
Singer Carly Rae Jepsen on Tuesday announced she would not perform at the Boy Scouts of America's (BSA) National Scout Jamboree.
An anti-gay adoption bill that was defeated last year has been reintroduced in the Illinois General Assembly.
The American Bar Association (ABA) has called on the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), saying that the 1996 law places "unprecedented and discriminatory burdens" on married gay and les
James Franco has criticized Australian film censors for banning a gay film which includes explicit sex.
Dawn Clark Netsch, the first woman elected on a major ticket to run for governor in Illinois, has died after battling Lou Gehrig's disease. She was 86.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel reaffirmed his support for marriage equality in an email sent to supporters on Monday.
Chicago may have been the ‘hog butcher to the world', but that didn't deter a pair of optimistic vegetarians from opening a ground-breaking meat-free restaurant in 1983. Thirty years and a new second location later, ‘the
Cardinal Keith O'Brien has admitted to allegations he made advances to younger clergy in his diocese.
Chris Colfer, Eliad Cohen and Joe McElderry took the top spots in gay glossy Out's third annual list of most eligible bachelors.
Reconstruction of the Wells Street Bridge started over the weekend and Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) officials advise commuters to leave early or late to avoid delay. Train service on the bridge will temporarily cease
The United States Conference of Mayors has joined a legal brief urging the Supreme Court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which prevents the federal government from recognizing the legal marriages of ga
The Quad Cities Times on Sunday called on Illinois House lawmakers - in particular socially conservative Democrats - to follow in the footsteps of the Senate and approve a gay marriage bill.
