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Dear Equality Illinois Supporter, Here is what I want LGBTQ+ Illinoisans to understand. What the Supreme Court did yesterday affects us. It affects all of us. Why is Equality Illinois telling you about a voting rights case out of Louisiana? The answer is simple. We do not exist in a vacuum. What the Supreme Court

Pride Kick-Off Brunch Honoree Aisha N. Davis Aisha N. Davis is a Black, bi/queer advocate and has dedicated her career to civil rights and human rights  work alongside and on behalf of her communities. Aisha has worked in policy and advocacy both domestically and internationally, including work to repeal the death penalty in Ghana, women’s land

Dear Equality Illinois Supporter, To say I’m mad is an understatement. The Trump administration has released its proposed Fiscal Year 2027 federal budget. And it is not an abstraction. It is not a political document filed away in Washington. It is a direct assault on the communities we serve, written in the plainest possible language,

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

It’s Hispanic Heritage Month! From September 15th to October 15th, we will be honoring Latinx LGBTQ+ trailblazers and organizations who are doing amazing things in our community! Sylvia Rivera was a Venezuelan/Puerto Rican American trans activist. Most known as one of the inciters of the monumental Stonewall Uprising in New York City, along with her

We are excited to announce that Mony Ruiz Velasco will join Equality Illinois as its Deputy Director on July 15th.

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As the Illinois General Assembly navigates the remaining 24 hours of the 101st General Assembly in Springfield, Equality Illinois applauds the bold leadership of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus in their work to eliminate systemic racism and advance long overdue and long delayed equity and justice for Black Illinoisans, including Black LGBTQ Illinoisans. We know

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