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For the second time in recent months, the Illinois Human Rights Commission has ruled that state law requires schools to provide transgender students full and equal use of facilities that match students’ gender identity.
The below statement can be attributed to Heidi Dalenberg, Director of the Institutional Reform Project, ACLU of Illinois:
Today, School District 211 announced it was proposing a new policy that would grant transgender students unrestricted access to the locker room of the student's gender identity and end the use of privacy stalls.
Circle K – the national convenience store chain – fired an African-American transgender woman after she complained about the harassment and discrimination she experienced.
Today, Governor Pritzker signed Senate Bill 2090 into law, which requires county jails and election authorities to collaborate in creating a process that ensures pre-trial detainees in jail can cast their ballot during elections.
Saying they have been punished just for asking for help, two men are suing state and local officials after being repeatedly ticketed and prosecuted for panhandling in suburban Downers Grove.