News and articles

Northalsted Market Days opens today in Boystown

Aug 13, 2011

Anti-gay Indiana Rep offered male teen cash for sex

Aug 12, 2011

After Howard Schultz withdrawal, Bill Hybels says Willow Creek is not anti-gay

Aug 12, 2011

Sesame Street: For crying out loud, Bert and Ernie are not gay

The Children's Television Workshop, creators of Sesame Street, came out on Facebook on Thursday and said that Bert and Ernie are not gay.

Aug 11, 2011

FOX News excludes gay GOP candidate Fred Karger from debate

FOX News is excluding gay candidate Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger from a debate tonight in Iowa, despite the fact that he meets their criteria.

Aug 11, 2011

Starbucks CEO cancels appearance at church linked to anti-gay group

Starbucks founder and CEO Howard Schultz has canceled a scheduled appearance at a suburban Chicago church linked to an anti-gay group.

Aug 11, 2011

Online petition calls for Bert and Ernie to get married on Sesame Street

Aug 10, 2011

Glee's Darren Criss takes the stage at Market Days this Saturday

Aug 10, 2011

Darren Criss, Chris Colfer, Naya Rivera on their 'Glee' gay characters

Aug 10, 2011

FOX News commentator Ann Coulter named honorary chair of gay group

GOProud, a group of gay conservatives, has named FOX News commentator Ann Coulter as honorary chairperson of their advisory council.

Aug 9, 2011

'Advocate's' 'Day In Gay America' wants your photo

Aug 9, 2011

Passport Magazine selects Knip Beach as one of the top 25 beaches in the world

Aug 9, 2011

Michele Bachmann attends anti-gay church service in Iowa

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann and her husband Marcus attended a church service in Iowa on Sunday, at which the pastor called gays and lesbians "wicked" and "sinful."

Aug 8, 2011

Market Days this weekend in Lakeview

Aug 8, 2011

90210 a Go-Go

Aug 8, 2011

No rest for the chef folk rockstar

Halfway through his CD promotional tour, Eric Himan contemplates the contrasting roles of domestic and musician.

Aug 8, 2011

Lesbian athlete and writer swimming from Havana to Florida

Lesbian athlete Diana Nyad is swimming from Havana to the Florida Keys today.

Aug 7, 2011

GOP candidate Rick Perry's prayer day paid for by anti-gay group

Texas Governor and potential GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry led a huge prayer rally on Saturday -- a rally that was paid for by the anti-gay American Family Association.

Aug 6, 2011

Lucy on gay rights: ‘It's perfectly all right with me.'

Aug 6, 2011

Census shows number of gay and lesbian households up 49%

The number of gay households shot up 49 percent since 2000, according to the U.S. Census.

Aug 5, 2011

Teonna Brown pleads guilty in beating attack of transgender woman Chrissy Lee Polis

Aug 5, 2011

Last known gay survivor of Nazi concentration camps dies

Rudolf Brazda, the last known gay survivor of the Nazi concentration camps, passed away in France this week at age 98.

Aug 4, 2011

Naperville hate group loses tax exempt status

Aug 4, 2011

New Spider-Man: bi-racial, and perhaps gay

There's a new Spider-Man in town: Michael Morales is half-black, half-Hispanic -- and he might be gay.

Aug 3, 2011