U.S. State of Illinois aims to bolster state protections as trans Midwesterners consider moving before 2nd Trump term (chicago.suntimes.com)

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In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s reelection, advocates for transgender people in Illinois are scrambling to strengthen the state protections they’ve created, while some trans Midwesterners consider moving to states with shield laws for safe harbor.

State Rep. Kelly Cassidy told the Sun-Times there has been a coalition effort of state lawmakers to protect trans and reproductive health care access since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade leaked in 2022.

Now, they’re looking closely at Project 2025 — a conservative policy playbook created by the Heritage Foundation — and Trump policy proposals and “evaluating what further protections we can enact in the coming months,” a spokesperson for Gov. JB Pritzker said.

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Protections for reproductive rights and gender-affirming care were enshrined in state law in January 2023, putting Illinois on the side of people who risk prosecution by traveling to the state for treatment and also protecting the licenses of Illinois doctors who provide care that’s illegal elsewhere. The Illinois Human Rights Act also protects against discrimination based on gender identity.

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[-] USSMojave@startrek.website 7 points 2 weeks ago

Sorry to go all doom and gloom, but I have this sinking feeling that despite their best efforts, progressive US states will be unable to prevent LGBT people from being rounded up after the Holocaust machine is done with the illegal immigrants. The window is closing

[-] TehPers@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

If the US goes full Holocaust, then progressive states can vote to leave the US. It'll be ugly, but it's been done before.

[-] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

Vote how? You think the Federal government is going to care what Blue states vote to do? It's gonna be forceful secession or nothing.

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

...then progressive states can vote to leave the US.

No they can't? There is no mechanism for a state to unilaterally secede from the United States. That is literally one of the main causes of the American Civil War? This isn't me trying to ignore the slavery issue, it's still the root cause. However, seceding from the union is what directly caused the war itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secession_in_the_United_States

[-] Ashtear@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

The GOP margin in the House is going to be too slim for anything radical (at least until 2027). And assuming the immigrant "roundup" isn't merely performative--it probably is--the economic fallout from it will exhaust Trump's political capital to be challenging states for the time being.