Top Trending Stories: May 13 - 19, 2012

This summer Bazuka Joe, Jett Adore and Ray Gunn, the trio that makes up Chicago's one-of-a-kind, all-male burlesque group the Stage Door Johnnies, will be sharing the stage at the Ice Palace Hotel on Fire Island with LGBT icons and legendary cabaret performers Liza Minelli and Alan Cumming.

Joe Ricketts, the TD Ameritrade founder and patriarch of the family that owns the Chicago Cubs, is the money behind a $10-million plan to unleash a barrage of negative attacks on President Obama that would portray the president in a way that "John McCain would not let us do," according to a May 17 article in the New York Times.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday that repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has had no impact on morale, readiness or unit cohesion, Reuters reported.

For Chicago writer, comedian and producer Adam Guerino, Town Hall Pub is the perfect venue to host "Word Is Out," a new monthly queer spoken word series that continues this Tuesday May 15 at 3340 N Halsted.

Maryland's highest court on Friday recognized the out-of-state marriage of a lesbian couple.

Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival has been placed on hiatus for 2012 according to a press release Thursday from Chicago Filmmakers, the not-for-profit media arts organization that produce the annual event.

An openly-gay donor who is a registered independent is demanding that Mitt Romney give him a refund.

Rapper Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter has compared opposition to gay marriage to racial discrimination.

A majority of American adults say the relationships of gay men and lesbians are morally acceptable, a new survey has found.

ALT Q is celebrating its 12th year as a showcase for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered musicians and performers at the Old Town School of Folk Music, Saturday, May 19, 2012.