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Lori Lightfoot, Chicago's first openly LGBT mayor, marching in the 2019 Chicago Pride Parade as grand marshal. This is a list of notable LGBTQ people from the city and metropolitan area of Chicago, Illinois.
Political LGBT interest groups such as the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Democrats have been prominent in the city since the 1980s. [ 28 ] Throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, Chuck Renslow was one of the main pioneers for Chicago's LGBT community through his advocacy for inclusion, and fought alongside the Democratic party to push for non ...
Pages in category "LGBTQ culture in Chicago" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "LGBTQ organizations based in Chicago" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The U.S. state of Illinois has an active LGBT history, centered on its largest city Chicago, where by the 1920s a gay village had emerged in the Old Town district. Chicago was also the base for the short-lived Society for Human Rights, an early LGBT rights advocacy organization (1924). In 1961 Illinois became the first U.S. state to ...
List of LGBT members of the United States Congress; List of LGBT politicians in Canada; List of LGBT politicians in France; List of LGBT politicians in Germany; List of LGBT politicians in Spain; List of LGBT politicians in the United Kingdom; List of LGBTI holders of political offices in Australia; List of the first LGBT holders of political ...
Inductees of the Hall of Fame can be any individuals or organizations who have contributed to the LGBTQ community in Chicago. [4] Mayor Richard M. Daley said that the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame "honors individuals and organizations within the LGBT communities who have demonstrated a commitment to diversity and work to enrich and unify our city."
In May 2019, the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill (HB246) with 46 Democratic co-sponsors (passing the House by 60 votes to 42 and the Senate by 37 votes to 17) to implement an LGBT curriculum that would require public schools to educate students on contributions made by the LGBT community to Illinois and United States history.