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CHICAGO – A suburban Chicago school district, Avoca School District 37, has been asked to discontinue the use of Internet filtering software that improperly censors websites “that advocate fair treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons.” A
CHICAGO –Despite promises to the contrary, the Division of Vital Records of the Illinois Department of Public Health has failed to fix its practice of refusing to correct the gender on birth certificates of transgender individuals who have had gender confirmation surgery but not the specific form
The City of Chicago, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois (ACLU) and American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) have agreed to settle claims stemming from an undercover Chicago Police Department (CPD) investigation of the AFSC conducted in 2002.
SPRINGFIELD – As the Surveillance Camera Data Collection Act (House Bill 1948) cleared the Illinois House floor on Friday, April 15, the ACLU of Illinoi
On Thursday, April 14th, lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois Reproductive Rights Project will appear in the Illinois Appellate Court (First Judicial District) in Chicago to argue the case of
CHICAGO – Little less than a year after a young Mississippi woman captured national headlines successfully challenging a local school policy that denied her ability to wear a tuxedo to a public high scho