Top Trending: April 21 - 27, 2013

Robbie Rogers is young, gay and was a successful professional soccer star until he stunned the world in February by retiring from soccer and coming out to the world in a letter he posted online.

As a final vote in the Illinois House of Representatives draws closer, the leader of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus announced today his signing on as one of the chief co-sponsors of the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act.

Two groups of protesters with entirely different messages spent their Saturday afternoon at a rally outside the Aurora office of 83rd Dist. Rep. Linda Chapia LaVia, who reportedly remains fence-bound on the issue of SB10.

As the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, best known as C2E2, hits McCormick Place this Saturday, the Chicago chapter of Geeks OUT has an entire "geekend" of activities planned, including their inaugural Mutant High Prom.

Come this year's designated Dining-Out-For-Life day, those doing brunch, the ladies who lunch, dinner diners and duos on dates, in 55 subscribing cities, may also see a bounty of benevolence figuratively printed on the menus of select eateries, as well as their favored fares.

The battle over marriage equality in Illinois took to the streets of Chicago's Logan Square and Humboldt Park neighborhoods Saturday, April 27, during a mostly peaceful exchange between pro- and anti-gay rights groups.

Republican members of the Rhode Island Senate unanimously support a proposed bill legalizing gay marriage in the state.

The French Parliament Tuesday cast its final vote for marriage equality. The bill, which passed 331-225, guarantees same-sex couples the freedom to marry, as well as adoption rights.

The merger will combine Chicago Windy City Black Pride, Rocks Coordinating Committee, and Chicago Black Pride.

Last night, April 20, at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Los Angeles ceremony, Jennifer Lawrence presented the first Advocate for Change award to former President Bill Clinton.