All posts tagged "illinois"
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Petition demands GOP candidate step down after transphobic campaign ad
Rep. Jeanne Ives' widely derided campaign ad mocks transgender people, immigrants and women's rights
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Illinois Republican releases horrifically transphobic and bigoted campaign ad
Jeanne Ives' campaign ad criticizes Illinois' governor for trans restroom access, immigrants, and women's rights
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Federal judge refuses to block Illinois trans students’ locker room access
Judge Jorge Alonso rebuts claims that students' privacy is violated by presence of trans peers in locker rooms
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Illinois governor signs “gay panic” and trans birth certificate bills into law
Both measures hope to bring a greater degree of equality to LGBTQ Illinoisans
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Illinois lawmakers pushing slate of 3 pro-LGBTQ bills
Lawmakers in the Illinois House and Senate are weighing two pro-LGBTQ measures, and have sent a third to the desk of Gov. Bruce Rauner to...
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Republican lawmaker compares gays to ISIS
A Republican lawmaker in Colorado says that not allowing Christian business owners to discriminate against LGBT customers is the cultural equivalent of the Islamic State...
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Human Rights Campaign rescinds endorsement of Sen. Mark Kirk
The Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) board of directors has withdrawn its endorsement of one of the few pro-LGBT Republicans in the U.S. Senate after he...
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Judge recommends against banning transgender student from locker room
Trans advocates hope federal judge won't grant an injunction barring "Student A" from the girls' locker room
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Missouri state senator: Expanding gay rights hurt Illinois’ economy
Sponsor of anti-gay constitutional amendment says protecting religious freedom is better for business
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Dept. of Ed: Trans discrimination is sex discrimination
Illinois school district that denied a transgender female access to locker rooms violated Title IX
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Illinois bans gay conversion therapy for minors
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, a Republican, on Thursday signed into law a bill that bans the practice of conversion therapy on LGBT-identifying minors in the...
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Illinois General Assembly passes conversion therapy ban
The Illinois State Senate on Friday voted to approve a measure banning licensed therapists from practicing sexual orientation change efforts, or conversion therapy, on minors....
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Aaron Schock resigns from Congress
Anti-LGBT Rep. Aaron Schock will step down March 31
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Federal judge orders same-sex marriages to begin immediately in Illinois county
Same-sex couples in one Illinois county will be able to marry effective immediately following a federal court ruling handed down Friday. According to the decision...
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Federal judge orders early issuing of marriage license to Illinois same-sex couple
A lesbian couple in Illinois will marry sooner than expected after a federal court Monday ordered a county clerk to issue a marriage license to...
