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Couples in Illinois gay marriage lawsuit urge state legislators to pass marriage equality bill
Several gay and lesbian couples who are plaintiffs in a legal challenge to a state law prohibiting the recognition of same-sex marriages met with state legislators in Springfield Wednesday and urged them to vote for a bill that would legalize gay marriage in Illinois.
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Rahm Emanuel: Gay marriage my third priority for Illinois Legislature
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel ranked gay marriage No. 3 on his list of priorities for the State Legislature Tuesday, placing it behind pension reform and approving a Chicago casino, reported the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Illinois school committee: ‘Our transgender policy could change the country’
AURORA, Ill. — An Ad Hoc committee of the East Aurora School District 131 convened for the first time Thursday to discuss its plans to create a new policy for protecting transgender students after a previous district policy was rescinded late last month.
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GOP Tea Party favorite Joe Walsh loses Congressional seat
CHICAGO — U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) was defeated tonight in his bid for re-election in Illinois’ 8th Congressional district seat by former Veteran’s Affairs Administration official and U.S. Army National Guard Reserve Lt. Colonel, Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat who lost both her legs during the Iraq war.
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Illinois advocacy group launches transgender rights initiative
The Civil Rights Agenda, a Chicago-based LGBT rights and policy advocacy group, announced Sunday the launch of a new project that will bring greater focus to advancing the rights of transgender and gender-variant communities in Illinois.
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Two teens arrested in ‘robbery, homicide’ of openly gay student
CHICAGO — Two teens have been arrested in the murder of an openly gay high school senior in what police are ruling a “robbery-turned-fatal-shooting,” while the victim’s family are calling it an anti-gay hate crime.
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Equality Illinois: ‘The bullies won in East Aurora’
Bernard Cherkasov, CEO of Equality Illinois, a statewide advocacy organization, commented Saturday on the decision by the East Aurora school board to rescind policy that supported transgender and gender nonconforming staff, faculty, and students.
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Jamie’s ‘Personal Gay Holiday,’ I’m from Highland Park, Ill.
When Jamie came out at 15, his boyfriend at the time wanted him to celebrate that day every year. He said, “Today is your personal coming out day. It’s your second birthday, it’s an important day you remember, and it’s something I want you to keep in mind and celebrate in some small way every year because it’s something you should be very proud of.”
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East Aurora, Ill., school board flip-flops on transgender rights policy
AURORA — In a special meeting Friday evening, the East Aurora School Board voted to repeal a policy that would create protections for gender nonconforming students that they quickly and unanimously passed just five days ago.
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Law, health groups target Illinois ‘ex-gay’ services social worker with complaint
The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health filed a complaint with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Thursday, calling upon the department’s licensing board to investigate the practices of a Chicago-area social worker, who they say practices ”ex-gay” conversion therapy services.