CareerLink16.com: Career Link operates the Illinois workNet Center of Peoria and seven affiliate locations in Pekin, Canton, Normal, Eureka, Havana, Wyoming and Henry.  Moreover, as partner in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Career Link works in cooperation with 17 other WIOA organizations to help people get back to work and develop a skilled workforce for tomorrow.

 PTGS Employment / Education – Training / Career Pages: Here you will find links to many resources that will help you in your education- employment – career searches. 

IDPH Gender Marker Change (Illinois Birth Certificate): Effective January 1, 2018, new procedures for Gender Reassignment have been established with the implementation of Public Act 100-0360. The links to the necessary forms and instructions are located on this page.

Equality Illinois: 

On the same day that President Trump rolled back rights for transgender Americans last week, two new civil rights advances for LGBTQ Illinoisans became law. One week earlier, a third new LGBTQ-affirming policy became law in Illinois.

This is a huge achievement. Continuing an Illinois tradition of bipartisan support for LGBTQ rights by the legislature and the governor, Illinois continues to move forward while the federal government reverses course and Donald Trump is going against the tide of history. These bills improve the lives of LGBTQ Illinoisans, and having them signed into law also improves the social and political fabric for everyone in the state. Working together, we can achieve great things.

Can you please help support the ongoing advocacy work of Equality Illinois by making a one-time donation of $10, $25, $50, or $100? Or, become a monthly sustaining contributor?

Equality Illinois’ full-time lobbying team, partnering with allied organizations, advocated tirelessly to move these three measures through the legislative process to the governor’s desk with bipartisan support:

• House Bill 1785 modernizes the Illinois Vital Records Act, allowing transgender and intersex individuals to change the gender marker on their birth certificates without undergoing gender reassignment surgery.
• Senate Bill 1670 encourages the appointment of LGBTQ Illinoisans to state boards and commissions and develops LGBTQ Illinoisans for public service.
• Senate Bill 1761 ends the LGBTQ panic defense so criminal defendants who kill LGBTQ people can no longer be acquitted by claiming that they were provoked by a fear of the victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity. This bill passed unanimously in both Houses of the General Assembly.

These bipartisan victories were built by Illinoisans like you who sent thousands of messages to legislators and Gov. Rauner. Officials in the governor’s office told us that your messages were meaningful.

We are elated by these victories, but our work continues. We need your help to keep Illinois at the forefront of LGBTQ civil rights and keep Equality Illinois leading the charge for making sure there is no backsliding in the face of the headwinds coming from the current White House. Please donate today.

Thank you,

Until We’re All Equal,

Mike Ziri

Director of Public Policy
Equality Illinois

USTS-Full-Report-Dec17.pdf (transequality.org) Here you will find your links to the US Transgender Survey. With almost 28,000 respondents, the U.S. Trans Survey (USTS) is the largest survey ever devoted to the lives and experiences of trans people. The staff of the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and the rest of the USTS team are thrilled to share the results of the USTS with you.  Please take the time to read through the survey’s findings. Although it is not a shock to most of us living in the trans community, some of the findings are quite Shocking!!!

Professional Resources Page: Click on the provided link which takes you to our Professional Resources Page where you will find the links for Planned Parenthood of Illinois – Transgender Hormone Services and links to the clinics in Peoria, Pekin and Bloomington.