Top Trending Stories: Jan. 22 - 28, 2012

Following an abrupt closing by the City of Chicago, Pie Hole Pizza Joint, 3477 N. Broadway, announced it will reopen at 5 p.m. on Mon., January 23.

Christina Santiago, a Chicago resident, Puerto Rican lesbian and community activist, is to be posthumously honored with the Chicago Foundation for Women's Impact Award.

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) suffered a stroke over the weekend and underwent surgery Monday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Four prominent gay rights organizations are calling on Chicago's LGBT community and allies to join in the "Freedom to Marry Day" protest against Cardinal Francis George and what they call his "continuing campaign against LGBT rights."

It's a part of city-living and pet-ownership that we all have just come to accept: picking up after our pooches. While not the most glamorous moment of our days, many pet parents don't realize the impact dog waste and plastic bags have on the environment.

After a successful first season, Queer Comedy at Zanies returns Tuesday, January 24th with it's new time of 7:30pm.

Have you ever lost your phone in a bar or cab? Or maybe you've left your coat somewhere on the CTA. In either case, you probably wished there was a way to easily retrieve those lost items. Well now there is.

The story of Ahmet Yidiz, a gay graduate student who was shot to death by his own ashamed father, is shocking movie-going audiences in Turkey.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wants to dodge the gay marriage issue and let voters decide, a possibility that might cost millions of dollars.

Actor Cynthia Nixon caused an uproar in the LGBT community this week when she told The New York Times that she had chosen to be gay.