Top Trending Stories: April 1 - 7, 2012

A student named Maverick Couch is suing his school in Ohio because the principal won't let him wear a shirt that says "Jesus was not a Homophobe."

This June marks five years since the Center on Halsted opened its doors in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood and the organization's goal of "building and strengthening the LGBT community" is more alive today than ever before. The Center recently relaunched their website and with it a new, branded look to help improve their online presence.

Manhattan therapist Bob Bergeron, 49, had just finished writing a book called "The Right Side of 40" last year -- a positive book about how to age gracefully as a gay man.

The Chicago Department of Health (CDPH) Friday released its citywide LGBT Community Action Plan as part of the city's "Healthy Chicago" initiative.

President Barack Obama will endorse gay marriage after the November general election, former Bush administration official Ari Fleischer predicted on Tuesday.

The Chicago Cubs return to venerable Wrigley Field as they host the Washington Nationals at 1:20 p.m.

The Windy City Times has received two Peter Lisagor Award nominations for Chicago-area news media by the Chicago Headline Club.

A gay couple will call on President Obama to sign an executive order which would ban federal contractors from employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity at Monday's Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn.

Jessica Port and Virginia Anne Cowan want to get a divorce, but it's taking a lot more time than they bargained for to deal with judges in the state of Maryland.

Surrogates of Rick Santorum ran robo-calls in Wisconsin accusing Mitt Romney of advancing gay marriage.