Illinois Gender Advocates documents and publishes annual reports detailing personal accounts of discrimination and hate crimes committed in this state. Use HTML format for quick on-line reading or PDF format for printing reports exactly as they were published.You need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader to access the pdf files

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6th Report on Discrimination, 2002
This report includes cases that were collected between January 2000 and December 2001. Includes 30 new cases, plus analysis of all cases since 1995.
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 5th Annual Report, 2000
This report is the 5th annual compilation of stories of injustice, hatred, and bigotry in the State of Illinois. Includes 1999 cases (24 new cases) plus analysis of cases from all 5 reports.

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4th Annual Report, 1999
Includes 1998 cases, analysis of hate crimes, strategies for including gender variance in laws (11 new cases).

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3rd Annual Report, 1998
Includes 1997 cases, Evanston amendment, ACGLI resolution, and an analysis of 38 incidents (12 new cases)

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2nd Annual Report, 1997
Includes 1996 cases of discrimination and hate crimes including the brutal murder of Christian Paige (19 total cases).

Discrimination Project Form
Have you been discriminated against because of your gender expression? Use this form to report discrimination or hate crimes that happened to you

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