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First non-binary person ordained in one of America’s biggest churches

Saturday, June 10, 2017

This clergy member feels a calling to be a "visibly trans person" ordained by a church that still officially bans LGB clergy.

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Illinois House approves bill to lower birth certificate correction requirements

Saturday, May 27, 2017

The Illinois House has a Democratic majority, and the bill passed that chamber.

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New Chicago initiative has served 3600 people living with HIV

Sunday, May 21, 2017

The number was announced as the program is set to expand.

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Connecticut is latest state to ban conversion therapy

Thursday, May 11, 2017

You'll cringe when you read the response from critics of the ban outlawing this shameful practice.

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Mom of trans girl held at Christian hospital heads to court to fight for custody

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

A friend of Stevie's mom revealed shocking new details of what her parents are up against in their custody battle.

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Child care agency denies forcing trans 5-year-old to change gender identity

Monday, March 6, 2017

Stevie has epilepsy and diabetes, and a family friend says the Christian-run hospital caring for her "medically kidnapped" her.

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Is Christian-run hospital forcing this 5-year-old transgender girl to be a boy?

Sunday, March 5, 2017

Her name is Stevie, and a friend of her family says she has been "medically kidnapped" from her parents and forced to live as a boy.

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Attorneys general file brief in support of trans teen Gavin Grimm’s SCOTUS case

Saturday, March 4, 2017

The friend-of-the-court brief, filed by 19 attorneys general, says that allowing transgender people to use bathrooms matching their gender creates no public safety, privacy or financial burdens.

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Transgender woman shot to death in Chicago

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Keke Collier was seen getting into a car with a man who ultimately shot her.

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Illinois B&B owners who refused gay couple lose again in fight to discriminate

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

A same-sex couple denied access to a bed and breakfast while planning their civil union ceremony has won another legal victory in a five-year discrimination case.

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