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Although Illinois acknowledged LGBTQ marriages a while before the federal government did so, the state still has a long way to go while clarifying standards during LGBTQ divorces, especially those with minor children. LGBTQ divorces are still a relatively new area of...
Transgender people have to deal with constant microaggressions from a society that tends to erase their very existence. From official records that insist on deadnaming trans people to government and medical documents that don't recognize their real gender, there are...
You have amazing team members at work, and many of them are part of the LGBTQ community. Unfortunately, you've noticed some troubling behavior by some other employees that you suspect may be the result of prejudice and discrimination. Making sure that your LGBTQ...
People get name changes all the time, for all kinds of reasons, but for transgender and nonbinary people alike, a legal name change is a deeply personal experience. It is, in effect, a way to affirm one's identity and control your own narrative. If you're...
Before the Supreme Court's marriage equality decision, estate planning for LGBTQ couples involved issues quite different from those you might expect to find in AARP's magazine. On the other hand, well before the June 2015 decision, AARP already did carry an article to...
For many same-sex couples, the 2015 Supreme Court decision in favor of same-sex marriage was the first step in full recognition of their families. In 2016, a federal judge lifted a ban on adoption by same-sex couples in Mississippi. Same-sex couples are changing the...
When the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledged marriage equality as the law of the land, surely most Americans understood that Obergefell v. Hodges would change LGBTQ breakups, too. But as one writer points out, only slowly did some come to appreciate the meaning of divorce...
With the Supreme Court legalizing same-sex marriage and ruling that same-sex marriages must be treated as fully equivalent to opposite-sex ones, you might assume that LGBTQ+ parents would have all the same rights that heterosexual ones have. Ultimately, the courts may...
As states throughout the country work to embrace diversity, Illinois just took the next step to promote inclusion within its schools. A new bill signed into law this past summer by Governor J.B. Pritzker requires schools to add LGBTQ teachings to their curriculum....
People who identify as transgender are able to change their birth name among friends and family, but it can be harder to change a birth name on official documents. If you are transgender, you may be uncomfortable with using your driver's license to identify yourself....