Top trending: Andersonville, Edgewater top gayborhoods; and Lady Bunny says 'let's cancel gay pride'
GoPride.com News Staff, ChicagoPride.com
June 18, 2017
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 from June 10 - June 17, 2017.
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 from June 10 - June 17, 2017.
The Andersonville and Edgewater neighborhoods have been ranked as the "gayest" neighborhoods in Chicago - and among the top ten in the country - according to a recent study conducted by Trulia and dating website OKCupid.
Chicago's LGBT community and allies held an Equality Rally at Andersonville's Midsommafest Sunday, as thousands of LGBT rights supporters marched and rallied in Washington D.C., Los Angeles and dozens of other U.S. cities, in one of the biggest protests since President Donald Trump took office.
Facebook now allows users to share the Pride flag as a reaction to both posts and comments. It's a great addition for those celebrating Pride Month.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved a generic version of Truvada, Gilead Sciences of Foster City, California's blockbuster drug for HIV treatment and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which, when taken as prescribed, lowers the chances of people at high risk for HIV from contracting the disease.
In a lengthy post, Drag icon Lady Bunny railed over the controversy created by the Philadelphia-based campaign, More Color, More Pride, to add a black and brown stripe to the rainbow flag.
Speaking Sunday at the Los Angeles Pride Resist March, out singer Adam Lambert took a swipe at President Donald Trump, saying that he had used "fear and hate to divide us."
PrideFest Milwaukee 2017 officially kicked off Milwaukee's summer festival season June 9-10 with an all-time record 37,682 visitors attending this year's festival, up 13% over the previous record of 33,438 set in 2016.
Atlanta has added a permanent rainbow crosswalk to show 'unwavering and unqualified' support for the city's LGBT residents.
If you haven't heard of Black Girl Magic -- a fun, fierce and revolutionary all-black drag show -- then get yourself to Berlin Chicago next Thursday, June 22, for a Pride show that'll kick off your Parade weekend right.
The Board of Directors of Leather Archives & Museum (LA&M) has named Christina Court as Interim Executive Director following the departure of Rick Storer in May.