Anti-Discrimination Take Action |
June 18, 2018
If you work for a business with 14 or fewer employees outside of Cook County, you can still be fired for being LGBTQ, a racial minority, a woman, or because of your faith.
That’s right. The Illinois Human Rights Act’s workplace non-discrimination protections only apply to businesses with 15 or more employees. And that leaves out thousands of businesses and their workers. Tell Gov. Rauner to protect these uncovered workers.
House Bill 4572, sponsored by state Rep. Will Guzzardi and state Sen. Cristina Castro, would apply workplace protections of the Illinois Human Rights Act to all businesses throughout the state. Click to tell Gov. Rauner to sign this bill.
Get Involved |
June 12, 2018
On the second anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Equality Illinois joins with our friends at Equality Florida to issue a call to #HonorThemWithAction.
Connect with organizations that take action to dismantle anti-LGBTQ violence, hatred, and discrimination. Help make your community and your state safer, better, and more equal.
There were 49 murdered and 53 injured in the shooting, most of them Latinx LGBTQ.
We will not forget.
Benefits Equality Illinois |
June 9, 2018
A great way to celebrate Pride, enjoy Passion House Coffee Roasters 12 ounce bags of single origin Papua New Guinea Sigiri Estate beans.
A share of the proceeds benefit Equality Illinois and our work for LGBTQ civil rights. You can find the coffee at their shop at 2631 N. Kedzie Ave., Chicago or order online HERE.
Thank you, Passion House, and your customers for supporting Equality Illinois.
Anti-Discrimination Breaking News in Illinois |
June 4, 2018
The Illinois Human Rights Act protects many people—including LGBTQ people—from discrimination in places of public accommodations. The decision issued in Masterpiece Cakeshop today by the U.S. Supreme Court does not limit the protections in our Human Rights Act.
However, the Court missed an opportunity to vociferously defend the rights of LGBTQ Americans to be free from discrimination when participating in public commerce.
Equality Illinois, the statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization, calls on the leaders in Illinois to reaffirm our state’s commitment to enforce our anti-discrimination law.
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