Illinois - City of Springfield approves settlement over denial of healthcare coverage to former transgender employee

Staff

WAND-TV

Springfield, IL (c. 1905)

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Alexandra Billings - (Wikipedia)

 

Alexandra Billings

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ezs note:  If you have a notable transgender person who is not listed, please don't hesitate to bring it to Wikipedia's attention!

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Erica Andrews (Wikipedia)

 

Erica Andrews (1969 - 2013)

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Jennifer Pritzker (Wikipedia)

Jennifer Pritzker

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David Kopay (Wikipedia)

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Sean Hayes - Wikipedia

 

Sean Hayes

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Lea DeLaria (Wikipedia)

 

Lea DeLaria

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ezs note:  This is a new piece, borrowing Wikipedia's list of anniversaries of LGBT+ and advocates.   This is a wide list, but it is by no means exhaustive.  You can help by adding to the list of notables.  In the meantime, enjoy!

Mary MacLane (Wikipedia)

Mary MacLane (1881-1929)

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ezs note:  This is a new piece, borrowing Wikipedia's list of anniversaries of LGBT+ notables.  This is a wide list, but it is by no means exhaustive.  You can help by adding to the list of notables.  In the meantime, enjoy!

Remembering Unique Banks, Latina Transgender Woman Killed in Chicago, Illinois

Violet Lhant

HRC

Chicago, IL

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Illinois - Trans people with felony convictions fight for right to change names in Illinois

Max Lubbers

www.injusticewalk.org

Chicago, IL (West Side)

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lead story - Illinois announces new resources to protect transgender, nonbinary and gender non-conforming students

Jonathan Turner

WHBF

Springfield, IL

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tornadoes - Deadly tornadoes devastate communities in six states

Keith Allen

CNN

Tornado

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lead story - HRC Mourns Disaya Monaee, Black Transgender Woman Killed in Chicago, Illinois

Violet Lhant

HRC

Cook County, IL

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ezs note:  If you can offer any help in the shooting death of Disaya Monaee, please call the Dolton Police Department at 708-201-4200.  Thanks.

Illinois - Judge says Illinois violating constitutional rights of transgender prisoners

Robert Patrick

STLouistoday.com

East St. Louis, IL

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lead story - Hobby Lobby Loses Transgender Bathroom Access Case in Illinois

Robert Wilkens-Iafolla

Bloomberg Equality

Aurora, IL (east)

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Illinois - Marjorie Taylor Greene makes transphobic remarks about Illinois congresswoman's daughter

Ella  Lee

USA Today

La Grange, IL

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ezs note:  For as long as I can remember, whether Democrats, Republicans, or independents, children of members were almost unanimously off-limits.

But then there's the cretinous Marjorie Taylor Greene.

If you belong to Georgia's 14th District, I don't give a fart what your other politics are.  Greene is a cancerous boil on your district.  She MUST be put on the dustheap of history.  If not, she'll just be  a laughingstock for the other 434 members.

Illinois - Illinois On Its Way To Allowing Name Changes For Trans People On Marriage Certificates

Christine Hatfield

Illinois Newsroom

Springfield, IL

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lead story - Transgender Woman Says Illinois Is Denying Her Unemployment Benefits Because Of Name Change

 Tara Molina

CBS News

Chicago, IL

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Illinois - Transgender judicial candidate Jill Rose Quinn declares victory in her Cook County judicial candidate primary bid. She could be Illinois’ first transgender elected official.

Gregory Pratt
Chicago Tribune

Cook County, IL

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Illinois - Report: Illinois schools could do better for transgender students

Staff
Chicago Parent

Chicago, IL

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