YMCA Loses $60,000 Grant From Catholic Church After Refusing To Stop Working With LGBT Support Group

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8. September 09, 2013

The LGBT Immigrant Rights Coalition invites community members to join us for an educational town hall happening across Chicagoland. These community forums are meant to bring community members to discuss issues of importance to the immigrant community and to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. We are planning these events in the Chicago communities of Humboldt Park, Little Village, and the suburban communities of Cicero, Waukegan, and Aurora.

October 30, 2013
Luis Roman

"As I finish my Uniting America Fellowship with ICIRR, I’ve been reflecting on my personal growth and also the work I’ve done with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. I would like to thank Lambda Legal for being such a supportive host agency, and to all of their staff for being so nurturing.

As a queer immigrant, working with LGBT and immigrant communities made this fellowship extremely personal. I began my fellowship only a few weeks after moving to Chicago from Los Angeles. Instead of allowing the fellowship to overwhelm me, I decide to take full advantage of this amazing opportunity. I attended events, spoke with community members, scheduled meetings with leaders, read some reports, all so I could better understand the community. I wanted to do work that addressed some of the community needs."

Must I go on? There is much of this on their site.