EDGE Chicago

Fireplace sports hip-hop music and a hip black crowd in its neighborhood atmosphere. EDGE dropped in this week to catch the fun; here are the photos!

Cobalt has been setting the standard for years. Still wildly popular today, the "place to be seen" keeps it fresh and innovative with the city’s most eclectic DJs, electric parties, and a staff that has all the class without the attitude.

A priest from Maryland who denied a woman communion at her mother’s funeral because she is a lesbian is no longer with the Archdiocese of Washington.

A Maryland preist who allegedly refused a lesbian communion at her mother’s funeral has been placed on administrative leave from the ministry in the Washington archdiocese.

The National Park Service has recognized the historic significance of gay rights activist Dr. Franklin E. Kameny, by listing his home in the National Register of Historic Places.

The 18th & U Duplex Diner throws a Grand Opening Party -- but don’t worry, not much has changed at the institution

According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the gay populations in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore have doubled in the last decade, spawning increased political involvement. And there are now more reasons to visit.

District of Columbia police have arrested a 20-year-old man who they say shot a transgender female.

Police in the nation’s capital are investigating the overnight shooting of a transgender person and the weekend death of an unidentified man wearing makeup and carrying high heels, authorities said Monday.

There’s been risqué tickling. Raunchy twittering. Emailed photos. Stolen sex tapes. And more. Seems like sex scandals snagging Washington politicians are piling up faster than the federal debt.