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Clock ticking on Gerber/Hart move, Rogers Park location in doubt

Mar 28, 2012

Prosecutors seek murder charges against Neo-Nazis in murder of gay man

Prosecutors in Chile are seeking murder charges against the Neo-Nazis who beat and tortured a young gay man, Daniel Zamudio, to death.

Mar 28, 2012

Chicago participates in LGBT Health Awareness Week with quit smoking campaign

Mar 28, 2012

GLSEN Safe Schools Advocacy Summit concludes with visit to Capitol Hill

Mar 28, 2012

Gay men in Turkey must go through humiliation to be discharged from military

Gay men in Turkey must "prove" they are gay through a humiliating series of activities and questions in order to be exempt from the military.

Mar 27, 2012

Anti-gay marriage group NOM planned to 'fan' race war

Mar 27, 2012

Pat Robertson: Homesexuality is 'related to demonic possession'

Mar 26, 2012

GLSEN Youth Summit continues in DC, builds support for safe schools

Mar 26, 2012

GLAAD Media Awards NYC winners (VIDEO)

Mar 26, 2012

Thank Starbucks cards outpace boycott pledges

Mar 26, 2012

Transgender finalist booted from Trump-owned beauty pageant

Mar 26, 2012

Gay politician from Nepal asks Facebook for 'third gender' option

Nepalese lawmaker Sunil Babu Pant has asked Facebook to allow users to choose a third gender while signing up.

Mar 26, 2012

NJ Gov. Chris Christie: 'Obama and I are the same on gay rights'

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is a Republican, says he and President Barack Obama are on the same page when it comes to gay marriage.

Mar 25, 2012

Houston Dynamo player sorry for lobbing gay slur at ball boy

Houston Dynamo soccer player Colin Clark says he's very sorry for using a gay slur during a match on Friday.

Mar 24, 2012

GLSEN youth activists gather to support safe schools legislation

Students and allied adults from across the country convene in Washington, D.C. for GLSEN's 2012 Safe Schools Advocacy Summit.

Mar 24, 2012

Gay men arrested on cruise ship humiliated, put in cell with roaches

John Robert Hart, 41 and Dennis Jay Mayer, 43, said that after they were arrested for "buggery" on board a gay cruise in Dominica, they were interrogated, humiliated and tossed into a jail cell with roaches.

Mar 23, 2012

Out in Chicago exhibit wins Allan Bérubé prize

The Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History announced the "Out in Chicago" exhibition, produced by Chicago History Museum (CHM), as a winner of Allan Bérubé Prize, an award that recognizes outstandin

Mar 23, 2012

Illinois anti-gay adoption bill voted down

Mar 23, 2012

Rogers Park, Edgewater dog owners warned

Mar 23, 2012

Two gay men plead guilty after getting arrested for having sex during gay cruise

John Robert Hart, 41 and Dennis Jay Mayer, 43, will remember their 2012 cruise vacation for all the wrong reasons: the two men were thrown into jail for having sex on the boat.

Mar 22, 2012

Special Report: Rescuing Chicago's homeless LGBT youth

While gay men and women can now fight for their homes and same-sex couples are gaining acceptance and building homes together, LGBT youth across the nation are struggling to find a home. This issue is as old as the Gay R

Mar 22, 2012

Nobel Peace Prize laureate rejects idea of making homosexuality legal

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has announced that she has no intention of making homosexuality legal.

Mar 21, 2012

Mixed results for LGBT judicial candidates in Illinois

Mar 21, 2012

Wisconsin's push against teen sexuality

Mar 21, 2012