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ChicagoPride.com
June 10, 2012

At ChicagoPride.com, Sunday means that it's time to look back at this week in gay Chicago news as covered by the GoPride.com News Staff. The top local and national stories of interest as ranked by popularity on the network.

Velvet Rope owner calls fire suspicious
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30098484
The owner of Velvet Rope Ultra Lounge, which was destroyed by a fire early Sunday morning, calls the incident "suspicious" after anti-gay comments were found on one of the walls inside the club.

Illinois' attorney general supports challenge to same-sex marriage ban
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30032784
Illinois' attorney general Lisa Madigan will support two lawsuits filed last week that challenge the constitutionality of the state's gay marriage ban.

Study shows separate status still not equal
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30021841
A new study by Equality Illinois indicates couples in civil unions endured clear and consistent patterns of unequal treatment, were denied rights and protections and faced stigmatization despite the intent of the law that civil unions be equal to marriages.

Macy's selling HRC gay pride t-Shirts in select stores
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30043729
Macy's on Friday began selling a line of t-shirts to coincide with Gay Pride month.

Andersonville prepares for 47th Annual Midsommarfest
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30197169
Throngs of Chicagoans will head north this weekend, June 8-10, for Midsommarfest, Andersonville's annual street festival now in its 47th year. Midsommarfest is arguably one of the city's most popular festivals, drawing crowds of up to 50,000 people to explore the food, shopping and music set up along the six blocks of Clark Street between Foster and Catalpa.

Series of cultural, educational and social events to celebrate LGBT and Latino culture
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30120400
United Latino Pride is celebrating its third year of showcasing all that is LGBT and Latino in Chicago with a week of fun, and almost entirely free, cultural, educational and social events. United Latino Pride Week starts Monday June 4 and culminates with ULP's big blowout party, Unite for One Night, on Sunday June 10.

Arson ruled in Velvet Rope fire
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30219121
The fire that destroyed the Velvet Rope Ultra Lounge in Oak Park has been ruled an arson.

Straight Mormons draw cheers, tears as they march in Gay Pride Parade
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30076576
A straight group of Mormons -- including parents and children -- marched in Salt Lake City's Gay Pride Parade on Sunday, to the shock and delight of the crowd.

Illinois school district removes GLSEN materials
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30186196
Following a 2-5 school board vote on May 22, the Erie Community School District, located Northwest Illinois, has motioned to remove The Family Book by Todd Parr, which mentions that "some families have two moms or two dads", and any other materials sponsored or created by the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN) from the elementary school's character development program after an undisclosed number of community members complained that anything queer related "shouldn't be taught at the elementary school level."

Many minority pastors still oppose gay marriage, in spite of Obama and NAACP
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30153289
Last month, when President Barack Obama came out in favor of gay marriage, his staff later said that he had had private discussions with African-American pastors and other religious leaders about the issue.

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