Top Trending: Sept. 23 - 29, 2012

More Illinoisans favor gay marriage now than two years ago, a poll released Wednesday showed.

Paul Ryan has for the first time weighed in on the first anniversary of repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," telling a Florida network that "It's done."

President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney by 5 percentage points in Ohio, a new poll released Sunday has found.

Joe Ricketts, the TD Ameritrade founder and patriarch of the family that owns the Chicago Cubs, has launched a multi-million dollar TV ad campaign aimed at defeating President Barack Obama.

First Ward Chicago Alderman Proco "Joe" Moreno came out firing Sunday morning following statements made to former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee by Dan Cathy, COO of Chick-fil-A, contradictory to what was thought to be an agreement of conduct regarding anti-gay marriage positions issued last week.

Michael Snell and Derrick Sorles recently presented the Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) with the funds raised by Out in the Park, which drew near 3400 LGBT folk and their allies to Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Il. On Sept. 8. The event raised $11,784 for the Chicago-based HIV/AIDS organization.

Edgar Diaz, 21, of the 5600 block of W. Grand Ave was charged with attempted murder and two counts of aggravated battery in connection with an attack that occurred on September 14, 2012 on the 100 block of W. Diversey, Chicago.

Citing Wisconsin's ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions, the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee denied in-state tuition to the husband of a local resident who married him in New York.

A long week of debate over whether Chick-fil-A vowed to discontinue its anti-gay donations and adopt anti-discrimination practices was capped off with Ald. Proco "Joe" Moreno's office releasing to the Windy City Times the letter from Chick-fil-A representatives.

An ad for the reelection campaign of President Barack Obama asks young people to not forget their gay and lesbian friends on election day.