Statewide
Women & Children First vandalized with transphobic stickers
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CHICAGO — Feminist bookstore Women & Children First has been getting hit with transphobic stickers in recent weeks.
Regional
Police ID a fourth trans woman killed in Kansas City
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City man has been arrested in connection with the shooting of a transgender woman.
National
Judge overturns Obama era trans healthcare protections
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WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, a federal judge overturned protections for transgender people that had been a part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The Hill reported that Judge Reed O’Connor in the Northern District of Texas vacated the regulation that prohibited insurers and providers who receive federal money from denying treatment or coverage to anyone based on sex, gender identity or termination of pregnancy and required providers to give “medically necessary” services to trans people as long as those services were the same ones provided to other patients.
activism
Rainbow Railroad launches ‘Help Others Out’ campaign
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TORONTO — Rainbow Railroad, an organization devoted to LGBTQ people in danger find legal pathways to safety, launched the #HelpOthersOut campaign last week.
Features
Chicago actors Theo Germaine and Daniel Kyri push boundaries of queer representation
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People’s World talks to two openly queer actors who are currently helping challenge misconceptions of queerness by pushing the boundaries of LGBTQ representation on television.
Submissions
Paducah LGBT Welcome Center celebrates LGBT Center Awareness Day
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PADUCAH – The Paducah LGBT Welcome Center is joining with CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers and the Consortium to celebrate the annual LGBT Center Awareness Day.
Northern Illinois
Kenosha school district looking to update trans student policy
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KENOSHA — The school district in this city just north of the Illinois border is discussing changing their facilities policy for transgender students.
Chicagoland
LGBTQ youth center opens in Schaumburg
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SCHAUMBURG — The Elkhart-based Kenneth Young Center opened an LGBTQ youth center in Schaumburg this week.
The Daily Herald of Arlington Heights reported that the LGBTQ+ Youth and Young Adult Center opened its new Schaumburg office, 650 E. Algonquin Road Suite 104.
The center is the newest of the centers opened or announced this year. Clock Inc. opened in the Quad Cities earlier this year and a new LGBTQ center is planned for the Chicago South Side.
community
Quad City Storm Pride Night on Nov. 30
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MOLINE — The Quad City Storm hockey team will have their Pride Night during the Nov. 30 game against the Evansville Thunderbolts.