Summary: As rapid-fire change comes at the federal level, advocates want to keep Illinois' status as one of the leading states in offering protections. Alex McCray didn’t want to believe Donald Trump had won the election. In the words of the transgender nursing student from downstate Sherman: “I was hoping it was all just one terrible nightmare. It felt like my rights were being ripped out right from underneath me.” But early in the Trump presidency it seemed as if LGBT advocates might not have had as
