The Honorable Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, and the Clerk’s Office GLBT Employees Committee will host the annual GLBT Pride celebration and award ceremony on June 23, at 3 p.m. in Room CL 115 of the Daley Center, 50 W. Washington. The Honorable Theodore M. Swain, Retired Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, will serve as master of ceremonies for the pride celebration.
According to a press release from the Office of Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Equality Illinois, an organization founded in 1992 to defend the civil rights of the state’s GLBT residents, will receive an award for its pioneering work in advancing human rights in Illinois. Equality Illinois board president Michael McHale is scheduled to accept the award on behalf of the organization. ‘It is an honor to host this celebratory event and to acknowledge the work of such a powerful advocate organization in the GLBT community,’ said Clerk Brown.
In January, the State of Illinois became the 14th state to ban discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations based on sexual orientation and became the fifth to extend those protections to the transgender community. The release stated that the input of EI was crucial in the passage of the ‘gay-rights’ bill, SB3186.