OTTAWA — Rainbow Railroad applauded Thursday’s announcement by the federal government of a commitment of $30 million over five years, followed by $10 million per year, for dedicated funding of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) civil society — bolstering Canada’s role in promoting LGBTQI human rights globally. The funding was announced in…
PEORIA — The annual Women’s March, planned for this weekend, has been rescheduled because of expected severe winter weather. From the Facebook event: PLEASE NOTE! RE-SCHEDULED DUE TO WEATHER. New Date: March 9, 2019 Time and place remain the same. We will honor International Women’s Day (the day before our event, with a proud history…
NEW YORK — On Thursday, the Trevor Project announced that it was sending 100 copies of “A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo”, an illustrated children’s book that explores topics of acceptance and marriage equality, to Immanuel Christian School. Multiple media outlets have reported that Karen Pence, VP Mike Pence’s wife, will teach art…
NEW YORK — Members of the transgender and gender non-conforming communities will take a major stand against hate and discrimination when they rally in the nation’s capital for the first National Trans Visibility March (NTVM) on Washington, D.C., Monday, April 1st. Transgender individuals from major cities including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Las Vegas, Los Angeles,…
CHICAGO — Lambda Legal’s Midwest office will have their annual Bon Foster Civil Rights Celebration in April. From the Facebook event: As we continue to resist the unprecedented attacks on our rights, we draw inspiration from those who fought before us. Robert “Bon” Foster was a powerful voice in Chicago in the early days…
WASHINGTON — Advocacy groups promised Monday to fight a proposed policy that would erase transgender people from federal policy protections. James Esseks, director of the ACLU LGBT & HIV Project, issued this statement on the ACLU website: “This is an attack on the very lives and existence of transgender people. It is painful, it is…
CHICAGO — Statewide LGBTQ rights group Equality Illinois is asking for members of the Illinois LGBTQ communities to join its advisory board. From the EI website: As part of our commitment to an ongoing dialogue with stakeholders across Illinois, Equality Illinois launched the Community Advisory Group in 2016. The group is a diverse cross-section of voices…
O’FALLON, Ill. — A school board member has received calls to resign after calling for a children’s book on social activism “social indoctrination.” From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: After a school board member here questioned the use of a book about a girl learning about social activism in a children’s program at the local library,…
CHICAGO — Women’s March Chicago announced its affiliation with March On, a national organization of womens’ marches and progressive organizations, on Friday. The move is intended to amplify the group’s local actions in its focus on motivating women and their allies to get to the polls for the 2018 election. Similar actions are being planned by other women’s march organizers around the world, furthering the alignment and power of the movement.
CHICAGO – For her activism on behalf of her fellow transgender youth, Jazz Jennings will be honored at the 2018 Equality Illinois Gala as the first recipient of the Spotlight Award.
The presentation of the Equality Illinois Spotlight Award will be made at the Midwest’s largest LGBTQ formal celebration, to be held on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at the Hilton Chicago, Equality Illinois announced Thursday.
