LGBTQ

In June, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services announced it was beginning to enhance training and services to ensure LGBTQ youth are properly supported and cared for in the state's foster care system.

All across America, corporations are putting LGBT merchandise on their shelves and changing their logos to more colorful ones. While this allows shops to show how welcoming they can be to all customers regardless of their sexuality, it’s also seen as problematic "rainbow capitalism."

Democratic lawmakers serving Peoria at both the state and federal levels are putting their support behind a variety of LGBTQ bills. Community members are…

In his first weeks in office, President Joe Biden has rolled back multiple federal policies that negatively affected LGBTQ+ people under former president…

In compliance with an Illinois state law requiring inclusive history lesson plans, Peoria Public Schools will begin using the Legacy Project curriculum…

This coming school year, districts will be expected to provide information on LGBTQ figures in history before students graduate eighth grade.State…

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

Officials overseeing construction of the Obama Presidential Center on Chicago's South Side say they're taking steps to ensure a diverse workforce builds…

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…