Myles Brady Davis

2024 LGBTQ+ Veterans Day proclamation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 20th, 2024 LGBTQ+ Veterans Day Commemorated in Illinois with Gubernatorial Proclamation LGBTQ+ advocates celebrate Governor JB Pritzker’s proclamation marking September 20th as LGBTQ+ Veterans Day in the State of Illinois. The proclamation highlights the important contributions and challenges experienced by LGBTQ+ veterans. LGBTQ+ Veterans Day commemorates the date in 2011 when the …

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Norma Seledon Norma Seledon is a Mexican immigrant and has been a resident of Chicago for over 50 years. She has over 40 years of professional commitment to community and grassroots development around issues of gender equity, youth and queer leadership, education attainment by underrepresented groups, domestic violence, sexual assault, substance abuse, cultural competence, racial …

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 Trans-Affirming Birth Certificate Law

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 28, 2023 Equality Illinois Heralds July 1st Effective Date of Trans-Affirming Birth Certificate Law  CHICAGO – Effective July 1, trans and gender-expansive individuals born in Illinois will be able to self-identify for gender marker corrections on their birth certificates because of a law approved by Governor JB Pritzker earlier this year, according …

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4/5/23 Press release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 5th, 2023 Equality Illinois Celebrates Historic Victories for Trans Representation in Southern Illinois and Will County Clare Killman and Jackie McKethen are only the fourth and fifth Trans people elected to office in Illinois A statement from Myles Brady Davis, Communications Director of Equality Illinois, the state’s civil rights organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, …

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2023 Mayoral endorsement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 17th, 2023 Equality Illinois endorses Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot; urges bold equity agenda for second term The state’s LGBTQ+ civil rights organization endorses Mayor Lori Lightfoot for re-election as Chicago’s Mayor. In a field full of candidates committed to LGBTQ+ equality, Mayor Lori Lightfoot represents the strongest champion for LGBTQ+ identity.  In …

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2022 COALITION JOINS FORCES OUTSIDE ANTI-FAMILY, ANTI-EQUALITY EXTREMIST HATE GROUP SCHOOL BOARD TRAINING TO ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD ON A PLATFORM OF INCLUSION AND NOT HATE DES PLAINES – Saturday morning parents from an array of suburban school districts along with representatives of state and local …

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 1, 2022 EQUALITY ILLINOIS ENDORSES 15 LGBTQ + CANDIDATES FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION CHICAGO – Equality Illinois, the state’s civil rights organization for LGBTQ+ Illinoisans, Thursday announced endorsements of a record number of LGBTQ+ candidates running for the office in a general election in Illinois. “We are excited to endorse fifteen …

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Legislative Update

BIG NEWS! On National Honor Our LGBTQ+ Elders Day(5/16/22), Governor JB Pritzker signed SB 3490 into law to disrupt disparities for LGBTQ+ older adults and older adults living with HIV. The new law creates the Illinois Commission on LGBTQ+ Aging; establishes an LGBTQ+ Older Adult Advocate within state government; and requires state-funded aging services providers to …

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EI 2022 GALA RAFFLE

Equality Illinois is excited to offer you a chance to win TWO Round-Trip, Business/First ZN Class tickets to any destination that United Airlines serves between US48/Alaska/Canada/Caribbean/Mexico/Central America on United and United Express. Prize is valued at $6,050! You can purchase raffle tickets online until Friday, February 4, 2022, 9AM CT. For every one raffle ticket you purchase, your name …

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#EqualityIllinoisHoliday

  During this season of generosity and gift-giving, so many LGBTQ Illinoisans still don’t earn a living wage. Can you #GiveForEquality today to support Equality Illinois’ efforts to secure a better future for the LGBTQ community in Illinois? During this holiday season, we are asking 200 LGBTQ and allied supporters to make a small gift …

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#GiveForEquality

It doesn’t take much to make a big difference for LGBTQ kids. #GiveForEquality today! Donate today: https://bit.ly/GiveForEquality #EqualityIllinoisHoliday  

#BooksNotBans

a Equality Illinois joined with our partners Prairie Pride Coalition and the UP Center of Champaign County and over 400 other organizations, publishers, bookstores, and individuals to condemn the coordinated political attack on books (including LGBTQ-affirming texts) in schools across the country. We are seeing these attacks in Illinois schools and libraries. Every kid deserves …

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