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ILLINOIS MAY SOON HAVE A PAP

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TO CHANGE THEIR BIRTH

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CERTIFICATES THAT WERE ISSUED

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IN ANOTHER STATE. THAT'S IF

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GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER SIGNS THE

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BILL PASSED BY STATE

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LAWMAKERS. THE BILL ALLOWS

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ILLINOIS RESIDENTS TO GET A

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JUDICIAL ORDER TO ALTER THEIR

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NAME AND ON THEIR BIRTH

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CERTIFICATE AND OTHER

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DOCUMENTATION ISSUED IN

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ANOTHER STATE. HERE TO TALK

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MORE ABOUT THE IMPACT THIS

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COULD HAVE OUR MIKE SIRI, THE

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DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY FOR

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EQUALITY, ILLINOIS, BE READ

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NICK DIRECTOR OF LEGAL

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SERVICES AT THE TRANSFORMATIVE

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JUSTICE LAW PROJECT OF

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ILLINOIS. THANKS TO YOU BOTH

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FOR JOINING MIKE SERIES

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STARTING WITH YOU. PLEASE.

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LAST YEAR IT WILL UPDATED THIS

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PROCESS, MAKING IT EASIER FOR

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TRANSGENDER PEOPLE WHO WERE

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BORN IN ILLINOIS THAT WOULD NO

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LONGER NEED THAT CERTIFICATION

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FROM A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

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BEFORE CHANGING THEIR GENDER

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OR ON THAT DOCUMENTATION. WHO

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DOES THIS NEW PIECE OF

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LEGISLATION IMPACT? YEAH, FOR

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SO THANKS FOR HAVING THIS NEW

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PIECE OF LEGISLATION, HOUSE

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BILL, 5, 507.

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>> IMPACTS ILLINOIS RESIDENTS

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WHO WERE BORN IN ANOTHER STATE

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OR ANOTHER COUNTRY. AND UNLIKE

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ILLINOIS, THANKFULLY, OTHER

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STATES AND SOME COUNTRIES

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REQUIRE A COURT ORDER TO

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CORRECT GENDER MARKER ON A

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BIRTH CERTIFICATE. SO THIS

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LEGISLATION IMPACT THOSE FOLKS

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WHO HAVE FOR, YOU KNOW, HAVE

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MOVED TO ILLINOIS MAYBE

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DECADES AGO, MAY BE THEIR NEW

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RESIDENTS OF THE STATE FLEEING

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THE THE CRUELTIES OF THEIR

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HOME STATES. RIGHT NOW, THE

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INTEL TO LAWS WE'RE SEEING.

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AND SO THIS WILL REALLY BE

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ANOTHER TOOL AND A WAY FOR

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ONLY TO MOVE FORWARD IN

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PROTECTING LGBTQ+, FOLKS WHO

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COME TO ILLINOIS HER AND TO BE

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CLEAR ON THE STEPS FOR THAT

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THEY JUST SORT OF HAVE TO

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BASICALLY SIGNED DOCUMENTATION

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ATTESTING TO TO THIS CHANGE

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THAT'S FOR FOR FOR FOR

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RESIDENTS WHO ARE BORN HERE

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UNDER THE LAW TALK ABOUT LAST

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YEAR UNDER THE LEGISLATION THE

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TRANSPORT OF JUSTICE LAW

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PROJECT INEQUALITY. ADVOCATE

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FOR THIS SESSION. THAT'S THE

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PET OF THE GOVERNOR'S DESK.

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WHAT IT DOES IS IT'S A VERY

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SIMPLE. IT SAYS THAT ONLY

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RESIDENT COMPETITION CAN ASK

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AN ILLINOIS JUDGE FOR

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DOCUMENTATION THAT THAT

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INDIVIDUAL CAN THEN TAKE OR

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SEND TO THE THEIR HOME STATE

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TO MEET THAT STANDARD. A COURT

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ORDER. SO IT'S JUST A VERY

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CLARIFIES THE LAW TO PROVIDE A

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PROCESS IN STATUTE THAT

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DOESN'T EXIST. THAT ISN'T

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RESIDENTS CAN DOING, WHAT

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JUDGES CAN DO SO PROVIDES

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CLARITY, JUDGES AND IT WILL BE

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A POWERFUL TOOL TO HELP THOSE

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FOLKS WHO ARE BORN HERE.

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>> ALL NIC, WHY WAS THIS

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NECESSARY NEEDED?

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>> I THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME

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AS WELL. THIS IS BECAUSE IN

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THE YEARS I'VE PRACTICING

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PRACTICING ASSISTING PEOPLE

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WITH A GENDER MARKER CHANGES

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FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS. AND WHAT

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I'VE REPEATEDLY IS JUDGES

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FEELING LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE

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THE AUTHORITY TO SIGN AN ORDER

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TELLING ANOTHER WHAT TO DO.

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AND SO THIS LAW IS SIMPLY A

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MEETING. WHAT THE OTHER STATE

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IS ASKING FOR, WHICH IS COURT

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COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO

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WRITE ORDER SAYING THAT A

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PERSON'S GENDER HAS CHANGED A

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LOT. WE DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT

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PROCESS. WE DO KNOW THAT IT'S

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A BARRIER TO INDIVIDUALS BE

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ABLE TO CHANGE THEIR GENDER

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MARKERS ON BIRTH CERTIFICATES.

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AND SO THIS LET JUDGES. NO,

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YOU CAN'T DO THIS. YOU CAN

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SIGNED AN ORDER BASED ON A

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FINDING OF FACT THAT SAYS THAT

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A PERSON'S JENNER HAS CHANGED

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EVERY STATE HAS DIFFERENT

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REQUIREMENTS. SO THE JUDGES

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WOULD LOOK WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT

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THAT PETITIONERS ASKING FOR.

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AND THEN SIMPLY WRITING THE

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ORDER TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT

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OF THAT STATE AND THEN IT'S UP

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TO THAT STATE ABOUT WHETHER

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THEY WANT TO ACCEPT IT OR NOT.

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BUT ILLINOIS AND THE LONGER BE

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A BARRIER TO SOMEBODY. I'M

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TAKING THAT NEXT STEP, MIKE,

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TO ANTICIPATE THAT, YOU KNOW,

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ONCE THEY GET TO SOME OF THOSE

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OTHER WITH THE COURT ORDER

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FROM ILLINOIS THAT, YOU LIKE

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SAID, IT IS UP TO THAT STATE,

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WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT IT OR

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>> TO ANTICIPATE THAT FOR SOME

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FOLKS, DEPENDING ON THE STATE

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THAT MIGHT STILL BE A

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CHALLENGE VERY WELL COULD AND

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I WANT TO PUT THIS BILL A

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NATIONAL CONTEXT BECAUSE WE

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TALK ABOUT ILLINOIS MOVING

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FORWARD. BUT WE'VE SEEN MORE

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THAN 400 AND TITLE TO BQ. PLUS

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BILLS INTRODUCED STATE

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CAPITOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

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THIS YEAR. AND MANY OF THOSE

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INTRODUCED IN STATES

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SURROUNDING ILLINOIS. SO THE

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FACT THAT THAT WE ARE PUTTING

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FORTH ANOTHER PIECE OF

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LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT FROM

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TRANS FOLKS IN ILLINOIS, IT'S

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REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN'T

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CONTROL OTHER STATES TOO. BUT

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SO OBVIOUS POINT WE CAN REMOVE

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THE HERE IN ILLINOIS. AND I

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KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING

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THAT THE GOVERNOR AND THE

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LEGISLATURE HAVE CONSISTENTLY

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DONE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL

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YEARS AND DECADES TO REMOVE

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BARRIERS WHEN IT COMES TO

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ACCESSING RIGHTS RIGHTS,

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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE,

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LGBTQ+ RIGHTS CENTER. AND THIS

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IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE

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LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR

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AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

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MOVING FORWARD IN THAT WAY. SO

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I'M REALLY PROUD THAT THE

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LEGISLATURE TOOK THE STEP.

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>> ILLINOIS IS THOUGH,

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SURROUNDED BY STATES THAT ARE

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PLACING MORE RESTRICTIONS ON

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TRANSGENDER PEOPLE. IS THERE

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SORT OF A SENSE OF URGENCY FOR

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THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING

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THROUGH THIS PROCESS?

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>> ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S I TALK

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PETITIONERS EVERY DAY WHO FEEL

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A REAL SENSE OF URGENCY

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BECAUSE THEY SEE WHAT'S

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HAPPENING AND STATES ACROSS

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THE WE SAW THE LAW GET HARSHER

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IN WISCONSIN. WE SAW AND THAT

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WHERE IS A TRANS PERSON. YOU

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CAN'T CHANGE YOUR BIRTH

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CERTIFICATE. AND SO PEOPLE ARE

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AND WE SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN

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OHIO. YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL FOR

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THE LOSS TO GET STRICTER IN

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OHIO. SO PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR

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AND A LOT OF THE STATES AND

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WE'RE SURROUNDED YOU KNOW,

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INDIANA, MISSOURI AND

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WISCONSIN, OHIO, SOUTH DAKOTA,

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THAT ALL OR WHERE THESE 4

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ORDERS, PEOPLE ARE REALLY

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FEARFUL THAT LAWS LIKE EXIST

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IN TENNESSEE AND THAT THEY

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WILL BE ABLE TO GET THEIR

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CERTIFICATES CHANGED ALL,

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WHICH POSES A REAL SIGNIFICANT

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SAFETY ISSUE FOR PEOPLE. IF

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THEY HAVE TO SHOW THEIR BIRTH

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CERTIFICATE AND IT

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EFFECTIVELY, ALICE THEM, WHICH

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WE KNOW OUTING SOMEBODY IS A

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THERE'S A HUGE RISK OF

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VIOLENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

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>> AND YOU JUST TOUCHED ON IT.

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BUT I THAT WAS I WAS GOING TO

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ASK, WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT

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THAT SOMEONE THAT THEIR GENDER

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AND THEIR DOCUMENTS MATCH

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THEIR GENDER IDENTITY.

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>> YES, EXACTLY. YOU KNOW, IF

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IF YOU HAVE TO GO INTO DMV AND

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SHOW YOUR CERTIFICATE TO GET

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>> YOU DRIVER'S LICENSE AND

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LET'S SAY YOU'RE FROM A

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SMALLER AREA THAT'S GOING TO

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DISCLOSE YOUR GENDER IDENTITY

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TO POTENTIALLY YOUR WHOLE

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COMMUNITY BECAUSE ALL IT TAKES

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IS FOR SOMEBODY TO TELL

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SOMEBODY ELSE.

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>> DEAL TRANSFORMED YOU KNOW,

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SITUATIONS HERE IN ILLINOIS

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GOING TO THE DMV AT TIMES. SO

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WE KNOW THAT IT EXISTS HERE.

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IT CERTAINLY EXISTS IN OTHER

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STATES AS WELL.

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>> AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE

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SURE THAT ILLINOIS IS NOT A

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BARRIER TO KEEPING PEOPLE'S A

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MORE SAFE.

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>> MIKE, THIS BILL PASSED BOTH

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THE HOUSE AND THE WORK. WHAT

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WORK HAPPENS FROM HERE TO

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ENSURE THAT IT GETS TO OF

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COURSE IT WILL GO TO THE

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GOVERNOR'S DESK BUT TO ENSURE

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HE SIGNS IT. YEAH. WELL.

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>> YOU KNOW, PROCEDURALLY

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ORGANIZATIONS HAVE PUT IN THE

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REQUEST, WHICH ALWAYS DO. YOU

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PUT IN THE REQUEST OF THE

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GOVERNOR AND WE'RE VERY

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HOPEFUL THE GOVERNOR WILL SIGN

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THAT. YOU KNOW, HE HAS

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PRIORITIZED MAKING ILLINOIS A

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TRUE BASTION OF SAFETY AND

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SUPPORT AND AFFIRMATION FOR

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THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY THAT HE'S

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BEEN HIS RECORD EVEN BEFORE HE

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WAS BECAME GOVERNOR. AND WE'VE

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APPRECIATE THAT. THE

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PARTNERSHIP THAT ALL OF OUR

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ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THE

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GOVERNOR. SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THE

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GOVERNOR WILL SIGN THE BILL

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WHEN IT DOES, YOU KNOW HIS

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DESK AND WE CAN THINK ABOUT

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WHAT COMES NEXT AS WELL. WE

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HAVE OUR ORGANIZATIONS HAVE A

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LOT OF IDEAS ON THAT AS WELL

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BECAUSE THE WORK OF JUSTICE IS

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NEVER DONE AND KEEP MOVING

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FORWARD. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT

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HIS COLONEL JENNIFER PRITZKER,

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ALSO THE WORLD'S FIRST TRANS

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BILLIONAIRE.

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>> AND SO IT IS IT IS

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SOMETHING THAT IS LIKELY