Legal assistance to people who are victims of workplace discrimination is provided through TCRA’s Workplace Project. Policy advocacy is a critical component to the Workplace Project. TCRA, in partnership with allied organizations and individual experts, only supports legislation that promotes equality in the workplace and advances the need for equal Read more [...]

Needle & Thread Law is a solo-practice law firm that strives to provide a welcoming and safe space for individuals of all  economic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientations, and gender identities. As a non-judgmental and LGTBQ-friendly law firm, we  place great value on protecting and promoting the rights of lesbian, gay, Read more [...]

Employment law firm representing GLBT employees in all aspects of their employment relationships. Focus on employment contracts, executive counseling, benefits, medical leave issues and workplace discrimination. The Illinois Human Rights Act (“IHRA”) protects employees from unlawful discrimination based upon their sexual orientation. This means that an employer is prohibited from Read more [...]

Legal program works with an extensive network of LGBTQ-friendly attorneys to provide our community with access to legal resources. Through a short phone conversation, callers to the legal program can either receive referrals to Center on Halsted-affirmed attorneys (who have shown evidence of LGBTQ-competence and friendliness) or schedule an appointment Read more [...]

Legal program works with an extensive network of LGBTQ-friendly attorneys to provide our community with access to legal resources. Through a short phone conversation, callers to the legal program can either receive referrals to Center on Halsted-affirmed attorneys (who have shown evidence of LGBTQ-competence and friendliness) or schedule an appointment Read more [...]

Center on Halsted is excited to offer referrals to LGBTQ-affrming attorneys throughout Chicagoland. These attorneys have provided evidence of their LGBTQ friendliness with letters of reference, or by attending Center on Halsted’s volunteer training. In both cases, we are confident that attorneys offer a safe space for LGBTQ-identified people and Read more [...]

Legal Seminars Throughout the year, Center on Halsted works with attorneys, volunteers and other agencies to provide seminars, classroom training and workshops on different legal topics important to the LGBTQ community such as civil union laws, adoption, estate planning and transgender rights. Please check out the calendar for upcoming legal Read more [...]

Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is dedicated to ensuring human rights protections and access to justice for all immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers, through direct services, advocacy, and public education. NIJC’s National Asylum Partnership on Sexual Minorities (NAPSM) focuses on representing and advocating on behalf of LGBTQ and Read more [...]

Our work on LGBT issues spans decades – from an early case challenging the military’s anti-gay policy, Hoffburg v. Alexander, to the monitoring of anti-gay hate and extremist groups today. The SPLC is dedicated to defending the rights of the LGBT community. Our current work has a national reach but Read more [...]

The Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois (TJLP) is a collective of radical lawyers, social workers, activists, and community organizers who are deeply committed to prison abolition, transformative justice, and gender self-determination. Prison abolition is a movement to create lasting alternatives to punishment-based institutions such as prisons, jails, juvenile, immigrant, Read more [...]

Transgender Law Center is a multidisciplinary organization that advances the movement for transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people using an integrated set of approaches, including strategic litigation, policy advocacy, educational efforts, movement building, and the creation of programs that meet the needs of TGNC communities. Our programs include: Detention Project Read more [...]

Center on Halsted’s LGBTQ Violence Resource Line was created in response to the growing need for victim assistance for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV-positive (LGBTQH) people. It is the only LGBTQ-specific program committed to addressing violence against and within LGBTQ communities in Illinois. It has become a cornerstone of Read more [...]

The Affiliate has worked with leading Chicago area companies and organizations to promote LGBT workplace equality. The Affiliate achieves this by consulting on workplace best practices, by offering learning opportunities around workplace and community issues and by facilitating networking and connections that enhance business opportunities and the career aspirations of Read more [...]