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ChicagoPride.com
July 29, 2012

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

Private security patrol hired for Boystown
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/31472404
A private security team of armed officers, wearing green shirts and bullet proof vests, has been hired to maintain safety in Boystown and the North Halsted Street entertainment district.

Alderman Moreno wants to block Chick-fil-A over gay marriage
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/31506025
Chicago Alderman Joe Moreno, a vocal supporter of LGBT rights, wants to block plans to open a Chick-fil-A restaurant in his Northwest Side ward because the company's leader opposes marriage equality.

Tabloids claim global Grindr outage caused by horny Olympic athletes
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/31405216
Despite salacious headlines and claims by a number of British tabloids that the arrival of thousands of Olympic athletes caused Grindr to crash, it appears statistically unlikely that horny athletes actually broke the popular all-male hook-up app.

Video: Bristol Palin's 3-year old son calls aunt "faggot"
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/31416409
Sarah Palin's three-year-old grandson has been filmed using a gay slur against his aunt during the Lifetime reality show "Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp."

Chicago Chick-fil-A debate brings action from both sides
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/31584544
The political firestorm and debate over a new Chicago Chick-fil-A location continues, prompting politicians and activist groups on both sides of the gay marriage issue to get involved.

'Scrooge and Marley' continues crowd funding, moves to post-production
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/31562100
"Scrooge and Marley," a new gay adaptation of Dickens' classic holiday tale shot here in Chicago, is throwing a series of "Christmas in July" parties to help raise the necessary funds to complete their film, which is now in post-production.

Pro-Obama Super PAC raises millions after gay marriage endorsement
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/31450000
The super PAC supporting President Barack Obama raised more than $6.2 million in June, much of it from the gay rights community and the entertainment industry.

Chicago Asian American artists weigh-in on controversial new musical
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/31573321
The workshop production of the new musical "The Nightingale" at La Jolla Playhouse opened to much controversy when the adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's tale set in ancient China was given a multi-cultural, "mythological" makeover by director Moises Kaufmann and creators Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater.

Calls for Illinois Judge Sophia Hall to recuse herself from gay marriage case
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/31483609
Foes of gay rights are calling on Cook County Circuit Court Judge Sophia Hall to recuse herself from a case challenging the constitutionality of the state's gay marriage ban because she is openly gay.

Illinois Reps seek to reaffirm gay marriage ban
http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/31494816
Four Illinois lawmakers have introduced a resolution to uphold Illinois' ban on same-sex marriage and calls on the General Assembly to adopt a constitutional amendment against marriage equality.

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