Equality Illinois

Greater Peoria’s LGBTQ community is anxious about what Donald Trump’s second presidency will mean for them.

Beginning next year, Illinois schools will be required to include the positive contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in…

The Illinois Senate has advanced a plan requiring public schools teach a unit on the role and contributions of gays, lesbians and other LGBT individuals…

A state legislative proposal would make sure schools teach about LGBTQ people who made history. Equality Illinois, an LGBTQ advocacy group, says many of…

Advocates for LGBTQ rights in Illinois say while 2017 brought setbacks at the federal level, the state passed three laws aimed at improving equality.One…

In Illinois, LGBT activists are speaking out in the wake of Saturday night's massacre in Orlando, in which a man shot and killed 49 people at a gay…

One of the state's largest lobbying groups for the gay and transgender community is setting up its first downstate office. Much of what Equality Illinois…

CHICAGO (AP) - People filling streets and sidewalks for Chicago's gay pride parade yesterday say the event is extra special this year because of the U.S.…

A gay rights group is mourning the death of Republican Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka.Equality Illinois says in a Wednesday statement that Topinka…

As dozens of county clerk offices across Illinois begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, some gay rights groups are criticizing the…