Top Trending: March 29 - April 4, 2015

In the wake of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signing the state's controversial religious freedom bill, organizers in Boystown are inviting residents of the Hoosier state to celebrate Pride Fest in Chicago.

The University of Chicago is offering a look into its queer past with the latest in a series of projects by the Library's Special Collections Research Center, which this time around is teaming up with the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality.

The Chicago Veterinary Medical Association recommends dog owners take immediate, precautionary measures to prevent their dogs from exposure to Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease (CIRD) following an outbreak in Chicago.

In response to Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Matt Gold wrote a song titled 'On The Way.'

S3 Simply Social Sports Leagues is teaming up with sponsor bar DS Tequila to host its first league aimed at the LGBT community this spring and founder Ben Shimon thinks the two are a perfect match.

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, an Illinois Republican, has taken a strong stand against Indiana's religious freedom law which critics say absent LGBT protections would allow businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians.

The annual Chicago Headline Club Peter Lisagor Award finalists have been announced and Windy City Times writer Gretchen Rachel Hammond was nominated in the category of non-daily, best in-depth reporting in a community newspaper.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has blasted so-called "religious freedom" laws, saying "there's something very dangerous happening in states across the country."

Transgender teen Jazz Jennings says being transgender means having the courage to "love yourself no matter what."

Former Arkansas Governor and possible presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Thursday said that the Left had manufactured controversies surrounding so-called religious freedom bills in Arkansas and Indiana.