- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, no restrictions
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Hate Crime Protections
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Recent studies in Illinois indicate significant support for LGBTQ+ rights among the population.
Perception of LGBTQ+ People
Survey results from 10 LGBTQ+ Equaldex users who lived in or visited Illinois.
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Perceived Safety**Survey results represent personal perceptions of safety and may not be indicative of current actual conditions.
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History
Homosexual activity in Illinois is legal.
In 1819, the penalty was adjusted to set the imprisonment sentence to 1-5 years, and the flogging penalty at 100-500 lashes. The fine of $100-$500 was not changed.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Illinois is no censorship.
Illinois actually requires schools to teach students about the LGBTQ community.
Right to change legal gender in Illinois is legal, no restrictions.
Gender-affirming care in Illinois is legal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Illinois is recognized.
Hate crime protections in Illinois is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT discrimination in Illinois is illegal.
LGBT employment discrimination in Illinois is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Illinois is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Same-sex adoption in Illinois is legal.
Intersex infant surgery in Illinois is not banned.
Serving openly in military in Illinois is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
On February 10th, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth filed in court a memo relating to President Trump’s executive order from the previous month.
From then until March 18th, 2025, The U.S. military prohibited transgender individuals from enlisting and ceased providing or supporting gender transition procedures for service members.
Blood donations by MSMs in Illinois is legal.
Conversion therapy in Illinois is banned.
Equal age of consent in Illinois is equal.