Transgender

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.

Protesters gathered to spread word about the targeting of LGBTQIA+ individuals by government policies.

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.

Republican state lawmakers have signaled they want to ban transgender girls from competing on girls school sports teams in Illinois.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

An amendment to the 2011 policy looks to strike a balance between inclusion and fair play.