By Ellyn Fortino from Progress Illinois Legislation aimed at easing the process for transgender people in Illinois to change the gender marker on their birth certificate was introduced in the state House last week. State Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago) is sponsoring the bill, HB 6073. It would eliminate the state’s current requirement that transgender people in […]
State Bill Would Modernize Process To Change Gender On Illinois Birth Certificates
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Obama urging state lawmakers to legalize gay marriage in Illinois
December 30, 2012 By
WASHINGTON–President Barack Obama is urging the Illinois General Assembly to legalize gay marriage in his home state as lawmakers are poised to take up the measure as early as this week in Springfield. “While the president does not weigh in on every measure being considered by state legislatures, he believes in treating everyone fairly and […]
The Daily Kos: Marriage Equality Legislation for Illinois
February 9, 2012 By
Wed Feb 08, 2012 at 02:02 PM PST Greg Harris (D) introduces marriage equality legislation for Illinois by JGibsonFollow Share3 permalink 3 Comments Looks like marriage equality may be coming to Illinois sooner than we think, if Greg Harris gets his way. My previous diary mentioned that it wouldn’t come earlier than 2013: Could Illinois […]
Huffington Post: State Lawmakers Aim For Marriage Equality
February 8, 2012 By
A group of pro-equality Illinois lawmakers on Wednesday filed a bill in the Illinois General Assembly that would legalize same-sex marriage in the Land of Lincoln. The bill, filed by the state’s trio of openly gay Reps. Greg Harris, Deb Mell and Kelly Cassidy, would create the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act and […]
2011 Andersonville Story of the Year: Civil Unions…and Respect
January 27, 2012 By
From the Andersonville Daily Some stories land with a bang producing cataclysmic changes. Andersonville’s top story for 2011 isn’t that type of change. It is one that every day is quietly and fundamentally causing silently profound changes. Civil Unions. It started on January 31st when Governor Quinn signed a bill. And then moved to […]
Illinois Gay Marriage Push In The Works? Proponents Meet, Discuss Strategy
January 11, 2012 By
by Huff Post A group of Illinois lawmakers have begun laying the groundwork for their latest push to bring marriage equality to the Land of Lincoln. The Windy City Times reports that state representatives Greg Harris, Deb Mell, Kelly Cassidy, Ann Williams, Sara Feigenholtz and state senator Heather Steans have begun meeting with area […]