LGBTQ history in Illinois
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LGBTQ history in Illinois
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The U.S. state of Illinois has an active LGBT history, centered on its largest city Chicago, where by the 1920s a gay village had emerged in the Old Town district. Chicago was also the base for the short-lived Society for Human Rights, an early LGBT rights advocacy organization (1924). In 1961 Illinois became the first U.S. state to decriminalize certain forms of homosexual activity. Gay and lesbian culture developed in Chicago thereafter, and the 2006 Gay Games were held in the city. Civil unio
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_history_in_Illinois
date created:
2011-07-03T07:00:36Z
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2024-09-13T23:21:12Z
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