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October 12, 2014

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.

National Coming Out Day (NCOD) started in 1988 to celebrate "coming out" and to raise awareness of the LGBT community and civil rights movement.

The Roman Catholic Church in the United States has fired at least 17 employees this year over LGBT issues.

The weather in Chicago may be cooling down, but forecasters are predicting a HEATWAVE on Saturday, Nov. 15, when the Best Gay Cities boys are throwing their 24-hour, private LGBT indoor waterpark and hotel dance party at Key Lime Cove Indoor Waterpark Resort in Gurnee, Illinois.

It looks like just over half of Lakeview residents would prefer the Chicago Pride Parade be moved downtown.

Center on Halsted and Heartland Housing officially opened Town Hall Apartments, the Midwest's first LGBT-friendly affordable senior housing development, during a ribbon-cutting on Friday.

National Coming Out Day (NCOD) started in 1988 to celebrate "coming out" and to raise awareness of the LGBT community and civil rights movement.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the issue of same-sex marriage, a surprise move that brings marriage equality to five states and potentially opening the door for it in six others.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Monday acknowledged that the issue of gay marriage is largely settled in Utah.

Organizers of The Legacy Project will unveil seven new plaques honoring LGBT heroes during an on-street dedication ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 11.

Ryan Murphy, the creator of Fox's Glee and FX's American Horror Story, and his husband, photographer David Miller, welcomed their second son this week.

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