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Circuit Nightclub, 3641 N. Halsted St., is closed until further notice according to a statement from owner Mike Macharello.

Circuit Nightclub, 3641 N. Halsted St., is temporarily closed over an apparent dispute between co-owners Mike Macharello and Patrick Harms.

Shortly after turning 25 this year, Kyle Thomas was named one of the Windy City Times' 30 Under 30 for his work as the film director and openly-gay president of the burgeoning Chicago-based multimedia company Hesperidian Productions.

Thousands of ghosts, ghouls and other things that go bump in the night (as well as some scantily clad athletes and drag queens) lined Halsted Street Monday evening to view the 16th annual Halloween Parade presented presented by the Northalsted Business Alliance and Triangle Neighbors Association.

Illinois State Representative Greg Harris, the highest-ranking openly gay elected official in the state, said Thursday that its only a matter of time before a marriage equality bill is up for a vote in the Illinois General Assembly.

A 14-year-old boy is accused of fatally shooting an 18-year-old gay youth earlier this month outside of a Chicago high school.

Designer and social activist Kenneth Cole will be the featured speaker at Chicago House's 4th Annual Speaker Series Luncheon on Friday, Nov. 2.

Gay voters could possibly determine the November 6 presidential race.

A gay volunteer for Republican Chad Lee's congressional campaign told the Madison Police Department this week that he recanted the claim he was beaten by an unknown assailant at his home on Oct. 24.

Actor Eddie Cibrian has posed for the NOH8 Campaign, which raises awareness and funds for gay rights causes, including ending California's 2008 voter-approved gay marriage ban, Proposition 8.