A proposal by a Chicago restauranteur could see the city's main airport open a gay bar location in the terminal.

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The stretch of beach that starts where DuSable Lake Shore Drive ends wasn’t always as vibrant or as ‘gay’ as it is today.

“Whoa! Wow!” That was Art Johnston’s reaction when restaurateur Germán González pitched the idea. Johnston is a preeminent LGBTQ+ civil rights activist who, with his husband, José “Pepe” Peña, co-owns ...

In June 1970, when about 100 men and women marched in downtown Chicago to commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the closest they got to City Hall was across the street. There, in ...

A city of Chicago fire truck – Photo: Wesha, via Wikimedia. A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a gay firefighter against the city of Chicago alleging he was ...

CHICAGO -- The number of LBGTQ+ and gay bars in Chicago and nationwide is declining, data shows. Experts say that could mean fewer spaces for some of the community, especially those with diverse ...

Everybody has an image in their mind of what it means to be an athlete in our society. I paint my fingernails. I color my hair. I sometimes wear women’s clothes. I want to challenge people’s image of ...

Take My Picture is a rich document of 1980s Black gay Chicago, curated by Juarez Hawkins. Long before the selfie phenomenon, a young Patric McCoy traveled around Chicago on his bicycle, always with ...