Illinois QRD Home Page
Illinois QRD Home Page
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Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is prohibited in the following Illinois municipalities:
Champaign, City of
Chicago, City of
De Kalb, City of
Evanston, City of
Oak Park, City of
Urbana, City of
Cook, County of
The following Illinois municipalities provide same-sex couples the ability to register their partnerships:
Oak Park, City of
Additional information:
chi Yahoo! GLBT* Resources
PRESS RELEASE: IFHR on Oak Park domestic partner registry
TEXT: Chicago Domestic Partner Benefits Ordinance
TEXT: Cook County Human Rights Ordinance
Procedural Rules: Cook County Human Rights Ordinance
Illinois Legislative Information
(directories of state representatives and state senators)
The Illinois sodomy law was repealed in 1961.
Advocacy Council for Human Rights, Bloomington
Alternative Times, Peoria
DIVERSITY, Rockford
Galesburg Coalition for Equal Rights, Galesburg
Gay and Lesbian Association, Decatur
Interweave - Unitarian Universalist LGBT Group, Urbana-Champaign
OUTCafe, Bloomington
OUTpost Community Center,
Urbana-Champaign
Quad Citians Affirming Diversity,
Rock Island
Transgender Significant Other Support Group, Champaign
Transgender Splendor Support Group, Champaign
Alter-Zone, an on-line directory of services.
Alternative Phone Book, Chicago's Lesbigay Yellowpages
The Angle, Chicago, a gay, lesbian, and bisexual entertainment publication.
CGMC, Chicago Gay Men's Chorus
Chicago Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Gay/Lesbian Motorcycle Club: Open Road Riders of Chicagoland, LTD.
Chicago Free Press
chi-motss, a gay, lesbian, and bisexual email list.
CPNA - Chicago's Gay & Lesbian Professional Networking Association
Chi-Town Squares, Chicago's Gay and Lesbian Square Dance Club.
Congregation Or Chadash, a Chicagoland synagogue serving lesbian
and gay Jews, their families, friends, and loved ones.
Cook County Clerk's Office
Elmhurst College GLBT Information
Gay and Lesbian Building and Trade Professional Directory, a directory
of openly gay and lesbian professionals in the building industry.
General Gay and Lesbian Information in Chicago, such as bar guides and
nightlife information, plus much more!
Gerber/Hart Library and Archives,
the midwest's largest resource center and library serving our community.
GLAAD/Chicago
GLSTN/Chicago, Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Teachers Network
GRAPEVINE, Gay Rights Advocates Providing Education Via Illinois
NEtworking.
Howard Brown Health Center, Chicago's Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Health
Center
Horizons Community Services, a social service agency
(includes anti-violence project and a gay youth group)
Illinois Federation for Human Rights,
dedicated to the civil rights of lesbians, gays, and bisexuals.
Jewish AIDS Network - Chicago, which provides services and referrals for
Jewish people and their loved ones with HIV/AIDS.
Lakeside Pride Freedom Band, Chicago's community band for lesbian
and gay musicians
Out at Work (Or Not), the umbrella organization for lesbigay
employee associations in the Chicagoland area.
OUTChicago, Chicago's gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender
resource directory.
Outlines, The Voice of the Gay and Lesbian Community.
People Like Us, Chicago's exclusively gay and lesbian bookstore.
PRIDE Youth, a suburban Chicago support group for
gay, lesbian, bisexual, and questioning teens and youths.
Student Groups at colleges and universities.
Windy City Times, Chicago's Gay and Lesbian Newsweekly
Other
important organizations to the Illinois gay and lesbian community.
infoQueer
In the Life,
seen on WTTW, Channel 11 in Chicago
LAMBDA Midwest
National Organizations
Queer Resources Directory
PlanetOut