2+ hour, 58+ min ago  (898+ words) " Below: After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a law banning "conversion therapy" for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of 23 states that prohibit the discredited practice, Illinois" ban remains intact " but could be open to future challenges. " Plus: Ex-Illinois House Speaker…...

19+ hour, 55+ min ago  (758+ words) As a gay teen growing up in Benton, Illinois, Curtis Lopez-Galloway would be driven hours across state lines into Kentucky to see a religious counselor who worked out of his home. The man would give him "masculine" activities to complete…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (869+ words) Transgender flags are seen on the scorer table during a basketball tournament at Center on Halsted on Sunday, March 29, 2026. When Carpenter, founder of the Trans Masculine Alliance Sports Club, started transitioning at 22, he kept playing women's basketball and flag football,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1661+ words) A Reddit post promotes a trans youth survey led by Northwestern University psychology professor J. Michael Bailey (center) and co-researchers Lisa Littman and Kenneth Zucker " while other social media posts discourage potential participants from taking part. The ads for an online…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (954+ words) Chicago author K.C. Carmichael published her sports romance book "The Kennedy Rule" three weeks before "Heated Rivalry" aired on TV and has seen a surge in interest since. Carmichael, a former figure skater, is pictured at Fifth Third Arena on Feb....

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1013+ words) S. Yarberry, a Ph.D. student at Northwestern University, notified campus officials when someone painted a jagged red cross associated with far-right movements on top of a memorial for a trans student who died. He and others say the university could have…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (445+ words) Mayor Harold Washington, shown in 1986, laid the groundwork for the recent appointment of the city's first Cabinet-level LGBTQ+ director of LGBTQ+ Affairs in the mayor's office. While I was elated about the appointment of Antonio King as the first Cabinet-level…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (655+ words) Antonio King has become Chicago's first director of LGBTQ+ affairs. Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the appointment Thursday. Former Mayors Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel and Lori Lightfoot, Chicago's first openly gay mayor, were all champions of the LGBTQ+ community. Mayor Brandon…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (862+ words) Rick Garcia, the founder of Equality Illinois, in 2023. Longtime activist Rick Garcia, who helped strengthen the gay community's voice and successfully pushed for local gay rights, died Monday from heart failure, friends said. He was 69. "There's just no question in…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (555+ words) A crowd of about 250 rallied in Federal Plaza June 21, 2025 before marching through the Loop to protest a Supreme Court decision upholding a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors. A federal attempt at banning gender-affirming care for youth could be…...