Equality Illinois
Recent News About Equality Illinois
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Giving prisoners right to vote, public school sex ed among items on progressive wish list
Forward Illinois, a coalition of progressive organizations, released its list of proposals it wants implemented in the current legislative session.
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Equality Illinois quiet on support for key Republicans who backed transgender birth certificate law
Equality Illinois, a Chicago-based statewide group representing the LGBTQ community that lobbied hard for passage of the new state law that makes it easier for transgender individuals to change the sex designation on their birth certificates, did not return repeated phone calls and email requests from Prairie State Wire on whether the group would endorse the re-election bids of Gov. Bruce Rauner and House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs), both of whom backed the bill.