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This term’s Supreme Court decision that allows states to ban gender-affirming healthcare for adolescent transgender minors is causing fear, frustration, and resolve in the LGBTQ+ community in Bloomington-Normal.
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Protesters gathered to spread word about the targeting of LGBTQIA+ individuals by government policies.
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Tere left Venezuela to start a new life in the U.S. She has a home, a job and access to gender affirming care. But she worries it could all disappear.
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Republican state lawmakers have signaled they want to ban transgender girls from competing on girls school sports teams in Illinois.
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Planned Parenthood of Illinois hosted a storytelling celebration Saturday in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility 2025. The event featured stories and art from the Bloomington-Normal transgender community and beyond.
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In a statement released Wednesday, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and a coalition of 14 other attorneys general said institutions offering gender-affirming would continue to receive federal dollars, regardless of executive order.
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Rep. Mary Miller is a proponent for parental involvement in K-12 public education and has backed multiple bills aimed at rolling back the Biden administration's push for more inclusive transgender policies.
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WGLT talks to Brie Byers, a board-member-at-large for the ISU Queer Coalition, about the prospects of a second Trump administration. Transgender Day of Remembrance is Nov. 21.
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State Rep. Kelly Cassidy said there has been a coalition effort to protect trans and reproductive health care access since the Dobbs decision leaked, and Gov. JB Pritzker has been a part of that. Now legislators are looking at Project 2025 and Trump policy proposals to find holes in existing state protections.
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An amendment to the 2011 policy looks to strike a balance between inclusion and fair play.