WHAT:  

This International Transgender Day of Visibility, please join the OUT at CHM committee at the Chicago History Museum to learn about the community work of LGBTQIA+ organizations who have fought for transgender equality for years, laying a foundation for LGBTQIA+ youth in Illinois to grow up with greater levels of support than ever before. 

Over the past several years, the United States has witnessed an unprecedented increase in proposed laws that would limit the rights of members of the transgender and nonbinary communities, with the Human Rights Campaign calling 2021 the “most anti-transgender state legislative season in history.” Many bills have specifically targeted transgender youth, aimed at preventing them from engaging in sports and accessing gender-affirming health care. Illinois, however, has often been at the forefront of LGBTQIA+ rights, stemming all the way back to 1924 with the founding of the Society for Human Rights, the nation’s first known gay organization.   

Event Panelists:   

• Gearah Goldstein, GenderCool 
• Bonsai Bermúdez (they/them/theirs), cofounder and executive artistic director of Youth Empowerment Performance Project 
• K. Tajhi Claybren, Integrative Empowerment Group, PLLC 
• Avi Bowie (he/him/his), clinical social work/therapist, MA, LCSW 

WHERE: 

Chicago History Museum, 1601 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614 

WHEN:                          

Friday, March 31, 2023, 6–9:00 p.m. 

Cost: $20; $15 members 

Learn More: http://chicagohistory.org/out  

KEY ASSETS AVAILABLE: 

• Social media toolkit and logos: https://app.box.com/s/vcfmlfkeh960k3gumf3qah0blc7ey4bt  

MEDIA CONTACT:  

Veronica Casados  

Public Communications Manager  

312.799.2161 

casados@chicagohistory.org 

ABOUT THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM

The Chicago History Museum is situated on ancestral homelands of the Potawatomi people, who cared for the land until forced out by non-Native settlers. Established in 1856, the Museum is now at 1601 N. Clark Street in Lincoln Park, its third location. As a major museum and research center for Chicago and U.S. history, the Chicago History Museum strives to be a destination for learning, inspiration and civic engagement. Through dynamic exhibitions, tours, publications, special events and programming, the Museum connects people to Chicago’s history and to each other. To share Chicago stories, the Museum collects and preserves millions of artifacts, documents, images and other items that are relevant to the city’s history. The Museum gratefully acknowledges the support of the Chicago Park District on behalf of the people of Chicago.