Top Trending: Dec. 16 - Dec. 22, 2012

Same-sex couples in Illinois are likely as close as they've ever been to having the right to marry.

The Roman Catholic Church in Illinois has begun rolling out a campaign to kill a gay marriage bill in Illinois.

Members of the hacktivist group Anonymous have targeted the Westboro Baptist Church after the anti-gay hate church announced plans to picket a vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Two-time Olympic figure skater, three-time US National Champion, and star of his own reality TV series, Johnny Weir, was recently in Chicago to co-host the 5th Anniversary Celebration for Scarlet in Boystown.

A group of anti-gay organizations have created a coalition to fight marriage equality in Illinois, after an announcement last week that lawmakers would push for a vote on same-sex marriage in January.

In an editorial published Sunday, Dec. 16, the Chicago Sun-Times called for full marriage equality in Illinois.

A 25-year-old Hammond man was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday after being convicted of stabbing another man during a 2010 Boystown brawl that was caught on tape.

Newt Gingrich has conceded that momentum is on the side of supporters of gay marriage.

The site where twin NASA spacecraft impacted the moon on Monday has been named in honor of the late Sally Ride.

Time magazine on Wednesday named President Barack Obama as its person of the year for 2012.