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January 27, 2013
At ChicagoPride.com, Sunday means that it's time to look back at the week in gay news - in and out of Chicago - as covered by the GoPride.com News Staff. The top local and national stories of interest as ranked by popularity on the network.
At ChicagoPride.com, Sunday means that it's time to look back at the week in gay news - in and out of Chicago - as covered by the GoPride.com News Staff. The top local and national stories of interest as ranked by popularity on the network.
President Barack Obama Monday became the first president ever to make mention of gay rights in an inaugural speech when he vowed to fight for equal rights for "our gay brothers and sisters."
Illinois Senator Heather Steans, the sponsor of a gay marriage bill in the Senate, believes the prospect of legalizing such unions in the upcoming session is "great."
In responding to President Barack Obama's call in his inaugural address for gay marriage, the Illinois Family Institute (IFI), a Christian conservative group working to derail an effort to make Illinois the 10th state to approve marriage equality, argued that gay men and lesbians are simply refusing to participate in marriage.
On Tuesday, January 29 join host Adam Guerino for the third season opener of Queer Comedy at Zanies. Presented by OutLoud Chicago, Queer Comedy at Zanies brings the best of queer and straight comedians to one of Chicago's favorite comedy clubs for a night which shows, as Guerino's blog reads, "that no matter if the comedians or audience members are queer or straight, laughter knows no sexuality."
Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, who was soundly defeated by Democrat Tammy Duckworth in last November's elections, has, along with the unelectable and ultra-conservative Jim Oberweis (R-Aurora), decided to challenge the tenure of Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady who supports gay marriage.
President Barack Obama's nod to gay marriage in his inaugural address is seen as a positive sign that he will soon support the issue in the Supreme Court.
Actor James Franco says he really doesn't care if people believe that he's gay.
A high school senior's coming out speech at Princeton High School in New Jersey was greeted with a standing ovation.
For the second year in a row, Windy City Times, Chicago's weekly LGBT newspaper, has received a nomination from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The category they are in also has nominations for The New York Times and The Boston Globe.
The menu for the Equality Illinois 2013 Justice for All Gala on February 9 is a collaboration between celebrity chef Art Smith, the gala co-chair with his husband Jesus Salgueiro, and the Hilton Chicago.