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Hundreds attended a Deerfield school board meeting to support a trans student after the Department of Education launched an investigation into her locker room use.
Chicago Public Schools students wrote and directed the intersectional music video for Jamila Woods's song "LSD," featuring Chance the Rapper.
Michelle Obama's flips and bobs pay tribute to the classic looks of Jacqueline Kennedy, but this would-be first lady will make her own history.
The Thursday night decision was years in the making.
Amrit Kapai and Nicholas Kouchoukos are one of the queer couples on Family Karma.
He may have stumbled on marriage equality and cuddled with a few homophobes, but the people who know him best swear that he's your man.
The nation's third-largest school system is respecting the rights of trans youth to equal treatment in their bathrooms, locker rooms and in sports participation.
President-elect Barack Obama's choice for education secretary supported a proposal this year for a Chicago public high school that would be geared to gay students. Arne Duncan, the Chicago school superintendent, approved plans for the Pride Campus of Social Justice High School, which was ultimately pulled by organizers at the last minute before a scheduled November vote by the school board.
A docuseries from Hoop Dreams filmmaker Steve James provides a ringside seat to a dynamic, complicated metropolis.
When identities are more than gay/straight/black/white.
The event, to be presented by a supposedly Christian producer, was to be held at a Chicago public school.
The age-old question of assimilation vs. separation hits the Chicago public schools, leaving a proposed high school for gay students lost in the shuffle.
The Chicago school system's first gay CEO has announced he's resigning.
The families, represented by right-wing attorneys, claim the federal government's policies on trans students amount to "discrimination" against cisgender students.
The presidential election is now being viewed via the prism of Sen. John McCain's choice for VP, Gov. Sarah Palin. This election can now be defined as pre-Palin and post-Palin. Plus: Prop. 8 attracts wads of money on both sides of the fence, schools weigh in on same-sex marriage, and Chicago looks to be getting a GLBT-only high school.
