On Friday, UChicago Medicine abruptly announced that they would cease providing gender affirming care to patients under the age of 19 years old, even though that care is lawful in the State of Illinois.

In Illinois, gender-affirming care for youth and adults is available, legal, and protected.

An Illinois National Guard employee has filed a class action complaint to the Army National Guard Bureau Equal Opportunity Office (NGB-EO) challenging a Trump administration policy prohibiting transgender federal employees from using restrooms and other accommodations aligned with their gender.

Federal appeals court will consider a request from the Illinois Department of Corrections to be released from specific, detailed court orders designed to ensure basic, humane and constitutionally-required treatment for more than 250 transgender and gender-diverse people detained at their facilities.

A transgender man who was turned away from two Walmart stores when he sought to cash a money order in October 2021 has reached a settlement with the retail chain.

A unanimous panel of the Illinois Human Rights Commission is allowing charges of discrimination filed against Walmart for turning away a transgender man who sought to cash a money order.