Top Trending Stories: April 22 - April 28, 2012

World-famous transgender man Thomas Beatie, who made headlines when he became pregnant five years ago, has now separated from his wife.

Belinda Carlisle will headline the opening night of PrideFest Milwaukee 2012 with an 8 p.m. performance on the Miller Lite Mainstage on Friday, June 8.

Anderson Cooper, Kevin Spacey and Jodie Foster are being called on to come out of the closet.

On "Jimmy Kimmel Live", eighth-season "American Idol" runner-up and glam rocker Adam Lambert performed two songs off of his upcoming album Trespassing.

With three tour dates on tap this summer, the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture is giving tourists and Chicago residents alike an opportunity to learn more about the history of the LGBT movement in Chicago.

On Thursday, April 26, 2012 EdgeAlliance presents its 19th annual Dining Out for Life event with over 75 Chicago restaurants participating in the annual event which benefits children and adults living with HIV/AIDS on Chicago's West Side.

A gay student at Illinois State University said he was attacked this weekend by a group of African-Americans who used gay slurs.

Talk show host and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocate Rosie O'Donnell has sold the Lakeview home she purchased last September. According to a report in ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com, the 6,000-square-foot Lakeview property sold for about $150,000 less than the $2.25 million O'Donnell paid last year.

The President of Gambia, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya Jammeh, said he won't take foreign aid "bribes" meant to force him to be more liberal on gay rights.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has added Richard Grenell, 45, to his campaign team. That wouldn't be a big news, except that Grenell is openly gay.