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It's Time Illinois
participated along with over 300 other activists in Equality
Illinois "Equality Begins at Home - 2001 Lobby Day"
on March 28, 2001. The day was a celebration of the passage of
HB101, the trans-inclusive LGBT Nondiscrimination Bill, in the
House on the day before, and the beginning of the lobbying effort
in the Illinois Senate. Photos courtesy of Board Chair Beth Plotner top left: Marsha Jackson, Board Vice Chair, with State Representative Larry McKeon, lead sponsor of HB101 top right: Diana Williamson, Board Secretary, looking on during the Noon rally in the Capital Rotunda bottom: Miranda Stevens-Miller, Political Director, conducting Lobbying 101 training on the bus to Springfield |
| Miranda Stevens-Miller, ITIL Political Director, discusses the human rights amendment with Bill Greaves, Director of ACGLI, and Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago at the Mayor's Pride Reception, June 5, 2001. |
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On Wednesday, November
28, a candlelight vigil was held at the Thompson Center Plaza
in Chicago as part of a nationally-coordinated Transgender Day
of Remembrance. Over 100 people attended the vigil, the largest
transgender event ever in the state of Illinois. top right: Beth Plotner, It's Time Illinois Board Chair. middle left: Lisa Scheps, It's Time Illinois Vice Chair, co-chair of the vigil. middle right: Lorrainne Sade Baskerville, Executive Director of TransGenesis. bottom right: Michelle Mohr, Amnesty International addresses the crowd |