Top Trending: July 21 - August 3, 2013

Two-time Olympic figure skater, three-time US National Champion, openly gay Johnny Weir has responded to calls to boycott the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia next February to protest the recent escalation of Russian anti-gay measures.

Borderline Music, one of the only dance record stores on Chicago's North Side, is closing.

Out at Wrigley, the nation's largest LGBT sporting event, returns to Chicago's Wrigley Field this Sat., Aug. 3, when the Cubs are set to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers underneath the gay pride flag.

Equality Illinois today urged the City of Chicago to suspend its sister city relationship with Moscow as part of a concerted effort to protest Russia's criminalization of gay rights activism.

Mary Lambert has expanded her chorus on the Macklemore and Ryan Lewis gay marriage anthem Same Love to a full single.

During a press conference on Monday, Pope Francis made it clear he would not judge priests for their sexual orientation.

Actor John Barrowman has said that his response to Twitter followers that use anti-gay language is to ban them from his account.

The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) announced the recipients of its 2013 Excellence in Journalism Awards and salutes their exemplary work today.

Televangelist Pat Robertson on Monday said that he sees no sin associated with being transgender.

NBC Sports Group Chairman Mark Lazarus on Saturday said that NBC would provide coverage of Russian anti-gay laws if they affected the Winter Olympics in Sochi.