Equality Illinois is the state's largest LGBTQ civil rights advocacy organization
Chicago, IL
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Due a variety of factors, we’ve decided to stop communicating on X as it would not align with our organizational values. To keep informed about our work please see equalityillinois.org
We’re thrilled to announce that Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner @preciousMWRD is the 2024 recipient of the Equality Illinois Spotlight Award for her tireless advocacy of human rights and public health.
Today we are thrilled to announce that @EqualityTexas is the recipient of the 2024 Equality Illinois Spotlight award for their commitment to fighting for the civil rights and personal freedoms of all LGBTQ+ people and their families in Texas.
equalityillinois.us/2024-gal…
Since their beginning, Equality Texas has made so much progress in the face of hate and bigotry.
Texas has been at the epicenter of some of the most anti-transgender policies and rhetoric in the nation.
This week champions of equality showed up and turned out at Network for Equality! We are deeply grateful to our Host Committee, Sponsors, Supporters, and everyone who made this event an incredible success.
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Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we grieve the 26 transgender Americans who were killed this year. Year after year, we see that these victims are disproportionately Black women and women of color.
SELLING OUT FAST: Network for Equality is our LGBTQ+ networking event! Have your colleagues, friends, and neighbors gather for an incredible community event - all while supporting Equality Illinois’s pro-LGBTQ+ civil rights work.
Buy your tickets today! equalityillinois.us/network-…
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Chicago City Council passes #PaidTimeOff! Chicago workers will now have up to 10 total days of paid sick days & paid time off! #ChiPTO
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It’s official! The Chicago PTO Ordinance has passed city council!!! #ChiPTO – at Chicago, IL
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#Passed @BringChiHome Thank you Chicago Alders + @ChicagosMayor for working with the coalition to take this step to #endhomelessness – at Chicago, IL
ALT November 7 Chicago City Council vote on Bring Chicago e
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CITY COUNCIL PASSES #BringChicagoHome!
We're taking this to the voters of Chicago! See you at the polls on March 19, 2024!
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Paid Leave Now! ¡Tiempo libre ahora! The Chicago Paid Leave ordinance is on the council agenda. Every worker in Chicago deserves paid time off! 💪
@AriseChicago @RaiseTheFloor @shrivercenter @WomenEmployed @afscme31 @EqualityILL @onefairwage @MechLocal701 @SEIULocal1 @SEIUhciimk
VICTORY! We are very pleased with the decision of IL School District 300 to reverse their decision and letting the school play “THE PROM” go on. Students in Illinois should have the freedom to learn in an environment that’s welcoming and inclusive for all!
dailyherald.com/news/2023102… – at Chicago, IL
Today, US House Republicans elevated one of their most virulent anti-equality members to the highest seat in the Chamber. (1/x) lgbtqnation.com/2023/10/new-…
Mike Johnson introduced a bill in Congress attempting to cut federal funding to libraries & schools who "host or promote any program...involving gender identity, transgenderism, [or] sexual orientation.” He called gender-affirming care "abuse." (2/x)
We emphatically oppose any extension of the state's Invest in Kids program, which forces taxpayers to subsidize anti-equality schools that promote hate and exclusion. Read our CEO Brian C. Johnson's op-ed in @WindyCityTimes: windycitytimes.com/lgbt/OPIN….
TAKE ACTION to tell your state legislators to oppose any extension of the Invest in Kids program: bit.ly/3Q8Dowk.