A personal account of overcoming conversion therapy and finding affirmation as a gay Christian, highlighting issues in megachurch culture and faith beyond conformity.

A gay Christian who spent years in conversion therapy shares his story in a new memoir that pulls back the curtain on megachurch culture—arriving as a recent Supreme Court ruling threatens bans on the...

Our news tracker looked at coverage of trans issues in major US outlets and found one newsroom dominates the coverage while lagging behind peers in representing the perspectives of trans people themse...

A federal judge overturned the Trump administration’s policy that threatened to cut Medicare and Medicaid funding to hospitals providing gender-affirming care to minors—but advocates say health center...

Whole Foods plans to leave its longtime location within the Center on Halsted.  The grocery store at 3640 N. Halsted St. will be relocated to 827 W. Belmont Ave., at the intersection of Clark Street a...

A national gathering of transgender advocates is heading to Puerto Rico this fall amid escalating attacks on trans rights—with several Illinois organizers helping lead the effort before it comes to Ch...

A Chicago geneticist launches a satirical “transquake” experiment and new Beyond X&Y campaign to challenge anti-trans misinformation cloaked in science.

The way people are accounted for and processed after death in regard to sex and gender remains ‘in the Dark Ages’ – often representing a loss of self that weighs heavily on the minds of trans people.

Longtime LGBTQ+ activist Gary Chichester has been showing up to protests for more than 50 years. On March 28, he was back in the crowd at Chicago’s No Kings rally, warning that hard-fought rights are ...

Chicago health officials are revising how roughly $8 million in federal HIV funding will be allocated after the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) released grant applications before a required...

LGBTQ+ candidates in Illinois primary win several state and local races but fall short in key federal contests; multiple incumbents advance.

The ax is falling at WGN-Ch. 9, cutting a wide swath out of “Chicago’s Very Own” TV newsroom.

Journalists Jake Wittich ‘17, managing editor of “Windy City Times,” Anna DeShawn, founder of E3 Radio, and guest speakers share their expertise in a six-week program on community journalism at Columb...

Ammar Campa-Najjar’s campaign implied that LGBTQ+ candidates can’t win in a newly drawn congressional district.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson made a surprise appearance Feb. 10 at the Chicago LGBTQ+ Advisory Council’s quarterly meeting to thank outgoing chair Jin-Soo Huh for years of volunteer leadership. “The fact tha...

When the Pride flag comes down at Stonewall, it sends a message. A journalist reflects on why that loss of visibility matters.

Six early-career and journalism-curious storytellers will learn the ins and outs of reporting on underserved communities this spring in Windy City Times and E3 Radio’s second-annual Our Stories, Our P...

Equality Illinois’s new CEO, Channyn Lynne Parker, gave the keynote at the rights-advocacy’s 2026 annual gala the evening of Jan. 31, where she asserted that the event, which according to estimates ho...

Millions are expected to skip work, school and shopping as part of a national shutdown protesting violent federal immigration enforcement tactics.

Chicagoans have been calling on the mayor’s office to better protect, prioritize, and coordinate resources and outreach for Chicago’s LGBTQ+ commun...