These forms of bias go against the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For a long time, the Church has been part of systems that hurt people based on their race, gender, gender identity, who they love, or how their brains work. We want to change that. We believe the Holy Spirit calls us to fix these wrongs and work for the safety and dignity of everyone.

That simple phrase they noticed I use a lot, "It's cultural,” is the cornerstone of my work, guiding my advocacy for immigrants, or writing about the LGBTQ community, or leading people in the Presbyterian Church (USA).

While his impact on the Black and Latino communities is well documented, we often overlook how fundamentally he altered life for Chicago's LGBTQ community.

You feel attacked. Even by your allies at times. You feel like you’re standing alone.

Stability collapsed under the weight of daily erasure, in a uniform that boxed you, in pronouns that froze your breath.

It was my favorite of Herman Melville's novellas. The gayness in it was unsaid subtext. A French stage production brings the secret out into the open.

He is no humble shepherd. He is a multimillionaire media mogul with a culture wars axe to grind.

I disagree with plenty of Catholic theology—especially on LGBTQ and women’s issues. So why should I care? The answer is simple: Chicago.

This endorsement is personal and not in my capacity as an officer of any civic organizations, publisher and writer of any publications, director of a social service provider, elder of a Church.

May we all strive for a better Gospel than the one he gave us on television.

Guide to Roger’s Park and Edgewater organizers wanting to take over planning and implementation.

It is a political stunt meant to erase LGBTQ people from public life—starting with our most vulnerable: those in crisis, those on the edge, those who just need someone to tell them their life matters.

What the hell kind of country does that?

Isn’t it heavy? Carrying that much rage around all day?

They blame immigrants and LGBTQ for loss of individual and family wealth, and the failure of small businesses.

In 2017, Father Greg came out publicly as a gay man. It was a moment that reverberated far beyond his parish walls.

It was a deeply personal—and deeply political—decision rooted in the lived reality that people like me are facing in this moment in America.

Everything we’ve fought for, marched for, been arrested for, and died for is under siege.

René Hebert of Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert is 2025 titleholder.

Trump appoints personal attorney as acting Librarian of Congress. Any piece considered DEI, including historical artifacts may be purged from national record.