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|  | Report: Black Chicagoans' gap in life expectancy vs. non-Blacks is growing 2022-09-10
- A report stated that Black Chicagoans are expected to live more than nine fewer years than non-Black residents—and that gap in life expectancy is only growing, according to The Chicago Sun-Times. The Chicago Department of Public ...
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| | Philadelphia AIDS and housing activist Michael Hinson Jr. dies at 55 2022-09-04
- Michael Hinson Jr.—a longtime AIDS and housing activist, and leader in Philadelphia's Black LGBTQ+ community—died Aug. 27 of an undisclosed cause at age 55, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. An obituary in the Philadelphia Gay News stated ...
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| | Staffers, older LGBTQ+ residents establish ties at The Admiral at The Lake 2022-08-02
- Before Ken Irvine moved to the senior living community The Admiral at The Lake, he was an expert at maneuvering conversations so people wouldn't find out he was gay. ...
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| | Cook County treasurer's report: Redlining has led to cities' Black exoduses 2022-07-19
- A new Cook County treasurer's office study, "Maps of Inequality: From Redlining to Urban Decay and the Black Exodus" details how federal government-sanctioned housing discrimination from the 1940s brought about urban decay and the ensuing exodus ...
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| | Actor Ezra Miller supposedly housing people at firearm-filled farm 2022-06-24
- Non-binary actor Ezra Miller is allegedly housing a young mother and her three small children at a Vermont farm, which is allegedly littered with firearms, ammunition and marijuana, according to a Page Six item that cited ...
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| | DCFS enhances training for foster parents, staff; expands resources, housing options for LGBTQI+ youth 2022-06-14
-- From a press release - Illinois DCFS enhances training for foster parents and staff, expands resources and housing options to support LGBTQI+ youth in care during Pride Month CHICAGO — June is Pride Month and the Illinois Department of Children and ...
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| | Pritzker signs measure protecting Illinoisans with disabilities in housing, state government 2022-05-23
-- From a press release - Chicago— Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed HB2775 and SB180 into law today, expanding protections for Illinoisans with disabilities in state government and housing. HB2775 amends the Illinois Human Rights Act ...
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| | Michigan Supreme Court hears LGBTQ-discrimination case 2022-03-03
- On March 2, the Michigan Supreme Court heard a case to decide if the state's civil-rights law offers protections against discrimination for LGBTQ people in in employment, housing, education and public accommodations, Michigan Radio reported. Attorneys ...
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| | Simmons introduces measure for statewide senior residents' council 2022-02-26
-- From a press release - SPRINGFIELD—In an effort to support seniors and provide them with greater access to the resources they rely on, Illinois state Sen. Mike Simmons (D-Chicago) initiated a measure that will create the Senior Housing Residents' Advisory Counc ...
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| | Talks begin for new Near West Side major league soccer training facility 2022-01-27
-- From a press release - CHICAGO Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, Chicago Fire Football Club, Ald. Jason Ervin (28th Ward),and Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) CEO Tracey Scott announced the start of preliminary discussions on a ...
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| | ON THE MOVE How Chicago's 'gayborhoods' have shifted since 1965 2021-06-10
- Chicago's gayborhoods (LGBTQ+ neighborhoods) and safe spaces have been important to the city's LGBTQ+ rights movement and saving them post-COVID may be crucial. New research at Georgetown University highlights the importance ...
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| | Mayor Lightfoot, Dept of Housing announce $79.8 M rental assistance 2021-05-24
--From a press release - MAYOR LIGHTFOOT AND CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING ANNOUNCE $79.8 MILLION IN HOUSING RENTAL ASSISTANCE The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) will provide up to 15 months of rental assistance for renters and landlords impacted by COVID-19 ...
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| | LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance reports on discrimination and homeowners 2021-05-18
--From a press release - St. Paul, Minn. (May 18, 2021) The LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance has unveiled its first major report, "How Discrimination Affects the LGBTQ+ Community on the Journey to Homeownership and Beyond." The 46-page paper utilizes research, ...
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| | HHS: Prohibition on sex discrimination includes sexual orientation, gender identity 2021-05-10
--From a press release - Washington D.C. Today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the Office for Civil Rights will interpret and enforce Section 1557 and Title IX's prohibitions on discrimination based on sex to include: (1) ...
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| | One-third of LGBTQ college students had housing disruption during COVID-19 pandemic 2021-05-04
--From a press release - A new study from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law conducted in collaboration with the Point Foundation, the nation's largest LGBTQ scholarship fund, finds that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the educational opportunities, financial ...
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