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The night before Thanksgiving is unofficially considered the busiest night of the year for bars and taverns, so much so that the night is often referred to as Black Wednesday.
Alderman Tom Tunney (44th Ward) is working to have the two iconic giraffe sculptures and "nanny goat" returned to Chicago's Boystown neighborhood after they were removed over insurance concerns.
An Election Day exit poll found that a majority of Latino-Americans support marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples.
Olympic gold medal winner Matthew Mitcham reveals in a new book out Monday that he suffered an addiction to crystal meth in 2011 that almost derailed his career.
Producers of the lesbian romantic comedy Portrait of a Serial Monogamist are looking for backers to help fund their project.
President Barack Obama received an overwhelming majority of the gay vote.
Washington state will become the first state to issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples based on voter approval.
Boy George, Jane Lynch, Sharon Needles and Andrew Rannells grace the covers of gay glossy Out's Out 100 list.
Center on Halsted's volunteer transgender liaison June LaTrobe has resigned after the Center accepted a donation from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) for a Transgender Day of Remembrance event.
Halloween and Christmas converge on Saturday, December 1, when the second annual Most Fabulous Santa Speedo Run comes to Boystown, bringing with it hoards of swimsuit-clad runners jogging a mile through the chilly street
An event planned by Steve Starr to mark 45 years in the business will now be a tribute to the prominent Chicago photographer, who passed away Nov. 12.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel listed marriage equality as the third priority - behind pension reform and a Chicago casino - he'd like to see Springfield tackle in the upcoming legislative session.
Twelve individuals and three organizations were inducted Nov. 12 into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, the country's only known government-sponsored hall of fame that honors members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual
The UPS Foundation on Monday announced it would no longer fund organizations which discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
The Illinois Safe Schools Alliance (the Alliance) just released Visibility Matters 2012, an update to the statewide report card on LGBTQ presence in higher education and teacher preparation in Illinois.
Prominent Chicago photographer and author Steve Starr passed away on Monday.
Circuit nightclub owner Mike Macharello has announced that the business will not reopen, after an apparent split between management and financial troubles.
If you've ever walked around Boystown in the Lakeview neighborhood, you have certainly happened upon Elaine Street which is flanked by two polished giraffe sculptures and a goat made from chrome bumpers. On Sunday, those
More than 100 openly gay candidates won election to public offices across the United States on Tuesday.
As Letterman offered a "fist bump" to Cooper which Letterman comically tried to turn into some sort of a secret handshake, Cooper said "I'm gay, we don't do this kind of thing!"
Actress Kirstie Alley says John Travolta is not gay.
Supporters of gay marriage in Washington state declared a victory on Wednesday, saying the arithmetic was on their side.
Tuesday, voters in Maine, Maryland, and Washington approved same-sex marriage; in Colorado and Washington they legalized recreational marijuana. The problem? In both instances it violates federal law and rules.
Two Illinois churches made their case for intervention in lawsuits that seek to overturn the state's ban on same-sex marriage Nov. 7.