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27 February 2013
US: Illinois same-sex marriage bill narrowly moves forward 7 The House Executive Committee barely cleared a bill to legalise same-sex marriage in the US state of Illinois on Tuesday with a 6-5 approval.
14 February 2013
Homophobic bullying study results suggest: ‘It does get better — but not by enough’ 4 A new study suggests many gay and bisexual teenagers who are bullied at a younger age – are picked on less by the time they reach 19 – but they still remain disproportionately affected by the problem.
22 January 2013
Chicago: Transgender man prevented from using men’s shower room at spa 18 A transgender man has filed a complaint with the Illinois Department of Human Rights after the manager of a Chicago spa asked him not to use the men's shower room.
11 January 2013
US: Illinois Senate could ‘fast track’ and approve equal marriage ‘very soon’ 2 After the new General Assembly was sworn in in Illinois this week, the House Sponsor of a bill to legalise marriage equality in the state said the measure could come to a vote "very soon".
3 January 2013
Illinois Democrats delay vote on making same-sex marriage legal 3 Democrats in the state of Illinois have delayed a vote that was planned for today to make same-sex marriage legal.
3 January 2013
Republican Chairman: It is time for people to support marriage equality 12 A Republican Party chairman has urged lawmakers to get behind a proposal to legalise marriage equality in Illinois.
31 December 2012
Archbishop of Chicago: Same-sex marriage ‘violates natural law’ 59 The Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Francis George, has warned against introducing marriage equality in the state of Illinois because he claims gay couples cannot consummate their unions.
30 December 2012
Obama calls on home-state of Illinois to make same-sex marriage legal 11 A spokesman for Barack Obama says that the president has encouraged politicians in his home state to change the law to make marriage equal.
19 December 2012
Nate Silver: My friends describe me as ‘sexually gay but ethnically straight’ 11 US statistician, Nate Silver, said his friends would describe him as "kind of sexually gay but ethnically straight", in a recent interview.
14 December 2012
Polish journalist says he risks being deported from USA for being bisexual and not gay 13 Ivo Widlak, a bisexual Polish investigative journalist has said that he risks being deported from the United States because local immigration officials cannot understand the nature of his marriage to a bisexual woman.
13 December 2012
Illinois: Politicians hope to pass same-sex marriage law in early January 12 An Illinois state representative and a state senator have said they will seek legislative approval of same-sex marriage in the state in three weeks.
25 November 2012
US: Boeing refuses pension survivor benefits for same-sex couples 21 Boeing, one of the world's largest aircraft manufacturers has told union negotiators that it would deny pension survivor benefits to same-sex couples, despite Washington State having approved on an equal marriage law earlier this month.
19 November 2012
Chicago: Trans activist leaves group over HRC donation 15 A Chicago transgender activist has left her volunteer post because the organisation she worked for accepted funding from the Human Rights Campaign.
20 October 2012
US: Alderman Moreno will still block Chick-fil-A opening until policy change is official 4 A Chicago alderman has, for the second time, threatened to block the opening of a new branch of Chick-fil-A, the fast-food chicken restaurant, which has been involved in a controversy over its apparent opposition to equal marriage.
13 September 2012
Travel: Chicago, home to its very own ‘Boystown’ 3 Writing for PinkNews.co.uk Joey Amato takes us on a tour of America’s favourite ‘Windy City’.
25 July 2012
Chicago politician says he will block Chick-fil-A stores 9 A Chicago politician says he will block fast food chain Chick-fil-A from opening stores in the city because of its anti-equality stance.
1 June 2011
Gay couples in Chicago queue up for civil union licences 9 In Chicago, gay and straight couples are flocking to the Cook County Clerk's downtown office of records to acquire the state's first civil union licenses.
1 June 2011
Miley Cyrus criticises Urban Outfitters over anti-gay campaign support 10 American pop singer Miley Cyrus has taken aim at the president of Urban Outfitters on Twitter, criticising his alleged financial contributions to a right-wing anti-gay political campaign.
8 November 2010
Travel companies ‘need to do more to be gay-friendly’ 16 Although plenty of travel companies now advertise themselves as being gay-friendly, a survey shows that many need to do more to justify the claim.
31 October 2010
Gay synagogue was target of Yemeni exploding packages plot 5 A lesbian and gay Jewish congregation in Chicago was the target of one of the explosive-laden packages intercepted on route from Yemen, a Rabbi has claimed.

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