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December 16, 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.
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.
Construction crews on Monday began placing scaffolding around the former historic 23rd District Town Hall Police Station in Lakeview as work begins on one of America's first affordable LGBT senior homes.
State Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago) and State Sen. Heather Steans (D-Chicago) said Thursday they believe the Illinois legislature is ready to recognize same-sex marriage.
Jean Leigh of The Leigh Gallery has joined with Northalsted businesses for the Better by the Dozen fundraising drive to raise money for the Ali Forney Center (AFC), a vital services organization for homeless LGBT youth in New York City.
Contestants representing a dozen Chicago bars and restaurants competed for the title of "Chicago's Sexiest," in Test Positive Aware Network's (TPAN) fifth Bar-lesque fundraising event and online strip-a-thon which took place during the month of November.
Ted Olson has called on the Obama administration to file an amicus brief before the Supreme Court in the upcoming Prop 8 case.
Atmosphere Bar, located at 5355 N Clark St in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood, reopened on November 30 as Atmosphere 2.0. Opened over 10 years ago, Atmosphere is Andersonville's oldest gay bar and owner Charlie Brown wanted to give this local watering hole a facelift to help increase traffic not only to his bar, but to the neighborhood at large.
Ted Olson has called on the Obama administration to file an amicus brief before the Supreme Court in the upcoming Prop 8 case.
The University of Iowa (UI) today became the first publicly funded and operated university in the U.S. to announce that it will include optional sexual orientation and gender identity questions to its admission form.
As soon as the clock struck midnight on Sunday, gay and lesbian couples in Washington state began to exchange vows for the first time.
Equality Illinois announced Monday that Chicago's nationally recognized gay married couple, chef Art Smith and artist Jesus Salgueiro, are the co-chairs of the 2013 Justice for All Equality Illinois Gala.