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Two measures to further protect transgender people are awaiting Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s signature. But advocates say there’s more the state can do to help the LGBTQ+ community.
This year, the event was put on by Yollocalli, the museum's youth outreach program in Little Village, and CALOR, an LGBTQ advocacy organization focused on HIV/AIDS prevention and awareness in the Latino community.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and other local officials spoke of Chicago's historically prominent role in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, while acknowledging recent threats to that progress.
A vatican statement avoided an outright confirmation that the pope had indeed used the term, but it also didn't deny that Francis had said it.