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Organizers of a proposed Pride Parade in Aurora received a major victory Tuesday when the Aurora City Council voted to grant them a permit for the city's first Pride Parade.
The Equality Illinois PAC, the only statewide political action committee dedicated to defending and securing the rights of LGBTQ Illinoisans, has to endorsed JB Pritzker for Governor and his running mate Juliana Stratton
Out Olympian Gus Kenworthy talks about coming out in a The Advocate cover story.
During an appearance on Ellen DeGeneres' daytime talk show, out Olympian Gus Kenworthy reiterated his criticism of the White House's selection of Vice President Mike Pence to lead the 2018 U.S. Olympic delegation to Sout
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took aim at President Donald Trump during Saturday's Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Greater New York Gala.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) has released a controversial new campaign ad targeting transgender Illinoisans.
LGBT activists have launched a campaign calling on Amazon not to locate its second headquarters in a city without statewide LGBT protections.
Chicago Police have issued a community alert for men using Grindr following two home robberies in the city's Buena Park and Ravenswood neighborhoods.
A full house of nearly 1,500 people is expected at the 2018 Equality Illinois Gala on Saturday night to hear about the successes and ongoing challenges of building a stronger Illinois in the face of national headwinds ag
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest LGBT rights advocate, on Thursday announced that it would honor out actress Cynthia Nixon at its Greater New York Gala on Saturday.
A well-known gay friendly church in Charlotte, North Carolina was vandalized with a homophobic message.
A poll released Thursday showed a decline in acceptance of LGBT people for the first time in four years.
The Queens, a feature-length film about Miss Continental pageant, will make its Chicago debut at a premiere party and screening on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 at the Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club, 3700 N. Halsted.
Two men were reportedly robbed at knifepoint in their Lincoln Square home by a man they met on Grindr.
Laverne Cox is the first transgender woman to grace the cover of Cosmopolitan.
Registration for Gay Games 10, scheduled for Aug. 4-12 in Paris, has surpassed 6,000 participants – and with about 200 days before the Opening Ceremony, it is the highest total at this point for any past Games, and more
Vox Media's food blog Eater's first documentary takes a look at the gentrification happening in the hospitality industry in Chicago's Boystown, America's oldest gayborhood.
The developer behind the new Andersonville condo building to be named after Chuck Renslow, the LGBTQ businessman and gay rights pioneer who opened Man's Country in 1973, has released a rendering of the new nine-unit stru
The number of people who attended the Women's March in Chicago on Saturday exceeded both expectations on turnout as well as the number who took part in the march one year ago this weekend, according to NBC Chicago.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and out singer Adam Lambert will be guest judges on the upcoming season of VH1's RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has criticized President Donald Trump's letter to a group of LGBT conservatives in which he said that he supports LGBT equality.
Singer-actor Ricky Martin revealed in a new interview that coming out gay was "extremely painful" for him.
A new survey from KinkD, a fetish dating app, has identified which cities are the 'kinkiest' in the country for gay men. With over 155 thousand gay male users in the United States, the app analyzed America's kink hotspot