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A proposal to legalize gay marriage in England and Wales will face its first vote in Parliament next month.
The first set of national prevalence data on intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual violence (SV), and stalking victimization by sexual orientation was released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C
Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, who was soundly defeated by Democrat Tammy Duckworth in last November's elections, has, along with the unelectable and ultra-conservative Jim Oberweis (R-Aurora), decided to chall
A high school senior's coming out speech at Princeton High School in New Jersey was greeted with a standing ovation.
The menu for the Equality Illinois 2013 Justice for All Gala on February 9 is a collaboration between celebrity chef Art Smith, the gala co-chair with his husband Jesus Salgueiro, and the Hilton Chicago.
Actor James Franco says he really doesn't care if people believe that he's gay.
Pearl Jam has officially announced plans to play Chicago's Wrigley Field on July 19.
President Barack Obama's nod to gay marriage in his inaugural address is seen as a positive sign that he will soon support the issue in the Supreme Court.
On Tuesday, January 29 join host Adam Guerino for the third season opener of Queer Comedy at Zanies. Presented by OutLoud Chicago, Queer Comedy at Zanies brings the best of queer and straight comedians to one of Chicago'
In responding to President Barack Obama's call in his inaugural address for gay marriage, the Illinois Family Institute (IFI), a Christian conservative group working to derail an effort to make Illinois the 10th state to
Poet Richard Blanco, of Bethel, Maine, was chosen to be the nation's fifth inaugural poet. On Monday, he became the first Latino, the first openly gay person and the youngest poet chosen to read the inaugural poem.
The Russian Parliament is expected to approve a bill which would outlaw gay propaganda, possibly as early as Tuesday.
President Barack Obama Monday became the first president ever to make mention of gay rights in an inaugural speech when he vowed to fight for equal rights for "our gay brothers and sisters."
Remarks of President Barack Obama as prepared for delivery during the inaugural address.
President Obama will be officially sworn-in for his second term on Monday, January 21st beginning at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT. The White House will stream the inauguration live on YouTube starting at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT.
White House staff announced that the Interfaith Prayer Service at the National Cathedral, to be held Tuesday morning, January 22, will include the Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson, moderator and international leader of the Metropol
For the second year in a row, Windy City Times, Chicago's weekly LGBT newspaper, has received a nomination from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The category they are in also has nominations for The New Yor
Illinois Senator Heather Steans, the sponsor of a gay marriage bill in the Senate, believes the prospect of legalizing such unions in the upcoming session is "great."
Friday marked the one-year anniversary of Mayors For Freedom To Marry, a bipartisan coalition of U.S. mayors in support of marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) on Thursday predicted the demise of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), the nation's most vociferous opponent of gay marriage.
Cocktail, a once popular gay bar in Chicago's Boystown neighborhood at the southeast corner of Roscoe and Halsted, has received an apparent death blow as the owner and landlord of the building, 3357-59 N. Halsted Street,
Michael Triplett, president of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA), has died. He was 48.
Pundits are asking whether Notre Dame star linebacker Manti Te'o is gay after reports surface that his dead girlfriend was a hoax.
Chicago Police will launch a new initiative this weekend that will put more officers on the streets throughout Lakeview, including Wrigleyville and Boystown.