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The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA [2]) is a LGBTQ+ rights organization.. It participates in a multitude of agendas within the United Nations, such as creating visibility for LGBTQ+ issues by conducting advocacy and outreach at the Human Rights Council, working with members to help their government improve LGBTI rights, ensuring LGBTI members are not ...
VSG left ILGA in April 1995 and in 1998 dissolved itself. ILGA applied to have its consultative status reinstated in 2000, [4] but on 30 April 2002 the United Nations' Economic & Social Council voted 29–17 not to grant this application, [5] "based on concerns raised about its member organizations or subsidiaries that promoted or condoned ...
Promoted, lobbied for and won passage of the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act (civil union law) in 2010, which promises the same benefits, obligations and responsibilities of marriage (under state law).
Pursuant to the state constitution, the Illinois General Assembly has enacted legislation. These legislative acts are published in the official Laws of Illinois and are called " session laws ". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) are the codified statutes of a general and permanent nature.
1 During World War II, Nazi Germany annexed or occupied territory, extending Germany's laws against same-sex sexual intercourse. Age of consent was previously equalized for same-sex couples in the following countries or territories before the war: Belluno ( legal in 1890 ), Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ( legal in 1890 ), Friuli-Venezia Giulia ...
The Secretary of State maintains the style manual for the Illinois Administrative Code and Illinois Register on its website. [4] One notable feature of the Code and Register text is the use of italics (or, in less recently updated sections, all caps) to indicate that a particular set of words is quoting or closely summarizing statutory text; a reference to the relevant section of the Illinois ...
ILGA-Europe is the European region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. It is an advocacy group promoting the interests of lesbian , gay , bisexual , trans and intersex ( LGBTI ) people, at the European level.
At the 96th Illinois General Assembly, the final legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives by Michael Madigan on May 27, 2009, as a floor amendment to Senate Bill 189. [d] The bill passed the House the same day, then proceeded to the Senate, where it was sponsored by Kwame Raoul. The Senate concurred in the House's amendment on ...