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Earlier today, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced a landmark executive order directing the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to promulgate policies extending explicit protections for LGBTQ students in Illinois public schools.
Today, the Illinois Senate passed Senate Resolution 403, which calls on the Auditor General to
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed a change to the Health Care Rights Law, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which would roll back non-discrimination protections for transgender and nonbinary people. This proposed rule would also eliminate antidiscrimination prote
Last week, a handful of students and parents residing in suburban high school District 211 ended their effort to bar students who are transgender from continuing to use the restrooms and locker rooms that match their gender in the district’s high schools.
Today, the Pritzker administration announced that the state’s Medicaid program will begin covering gender affirming surgeries for members under new policies being established.