Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said that tackling racial inequality is a "matter of national survival" during a speech before an audience of black business leaders in Chicago on Tuesday.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker used the occasion of World Pride and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots to advocate for transgender kids Sunday.
Pritzker signed an executive order aimed at ensuring schools have what they need to be "affirming and inclusive for transgender, nonbinary and gender nonconforming students," said a statement from his office.
Lori Lightfoot did something during her victory party last week that once would have been considered obscene.
As Chicago's beaming mayor-elect stood at a podium, she turned toward her wife, Amy Eshleman, and kissed her in full view of a roomful of jubilant supporters while photographers snapped away.
Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot realizes being the first black woman and first lesbian to lead the city is monumental, but the real feat, she says, is taking down the city's historically well-fortified establishment.
While celebrating her victory in becoming the first African-American woman picked to lead Chicago, Lori Lightfoot thanked the city and those who blazed the trail for her victory.
"We may be strangers but in this room, in this city we are all neighbors," she told a cheering crowd following her win.
(Washington, DC) Four lesbian mayoral candidates in top 100 cities are well-positioned to win their races and make LGBTQ history this year – all of them facing a run-off or critical primary election in April. Victories for all four would triple the number of out lesbians ever elected mayor of a top 100 city – from two to six.
In Tuesday’s mayoral election primary, two black women will be the choices for the next mayor of Chicago. One of them, Lori Lightfoot, a former assistant US Attorney, describes herself as an “out and proud black lesbian”. Toni Preckwinkle, the other candidate, is the Cook County Board president.
