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The nation’s first sports hall of fame honoring LGBT athletes is scheduled to launch in Chicago in August.

Experts say that sweeping changes around marriage equality rights could have a limited impact on Midwestern couples, resulting in a narrow ruling with limited impact.

University of Illinois Chicago Division of Community Health Services kicked off the Windy City’s first Trans Month of Action with an open forum on Health, Healthcare and the Trans Community.

In response to Cardinal George’s vocal opposition to same-sex marriage, the Gay Liberation Network and Rainbow Sash Movement organized a Feb. 10 protest outside of Holy Name Cathedral.

Project NIA and the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation came together for a series of discussions about LGBT youth and the juvenile justice system.

Scandal has swirled around a high school in Illinois around a soccer coach who watched and allowed players sexually assault teammates for years.

Singer-songwriter Martika, best known for her 1989 hit "Toy Soldiers", returned to The Call over the weekend as part of her Mirror Ball Tour. Diehard fans took over the club. For more Martika visit www.martikamartika.com.

Chicago’s LGBT community and supporters gathered at the Chicago History Museum on Nov. 12 to induct 15 new members into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame.

Two teens have been arrested in the fatal shooting of a gay Chicago 18-year-old high school student. While police have called the incident a robbery, the victim’s family insists he was killed because of his sexual orientation.

The family of a Chicago teenager is calling his murder a hate crime but as of now local police are investigating the incident only as a robbery.