Full Text of SR0946 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Elise Malary, who passed away in March | 4 | | of 2022 at the age of 31; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Elise Malary was born on March 29, 1990 and lived | 6 | | in Chicago's Andersonville and Rogers Park neighborhoods and | 7 | | in Evanston; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Elise Malary was a beloved sister, friend, | 9 | | advocate, and community leader and was known for her | 10 | | fierceness, kindness, and compassion; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Elise Malary was passionate about advancing | 12 | | social justice for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities, especially | 13 | | Trans people of color like herself, who experience hardships, | 14 | | rejection, stigmatization, violence, and disparities regarding | 15 | | access to affirming health care services, community resources, | 16 | | and opportunities for housing, workforce development, and | 17 | | employment; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Elise Malary interned at the AIDS Foundation | 19 | | Chicago and worked at Equality Illinois, the Chicago Reader, | 20 | | and the Civil Rights Bureau of the Illinois Attorney General's | 21 | | Office; she would regularly join advocates from across |
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| 1 | | Illinois to lobby state legislators in support of LGBTQ+ | 2 | | affirming legislation during annual LGBTQ+ Advocacy Days; she | 3 | | also served for three years as a member of the Equality | 4 | | Illinois Community Advisory Group; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Elise Malary traveled around the state to lift | 6 | | LGBTQ+ Illinoisans, including several trips to Carbondale | 7 | | where she met with LGBTQ+ youth at the Rainbow Café LGBTQ | 8 | | Center (the Center); additionally, on October 8, 2017, she was | 9 | | the keynote speaker at the Center's gala, and her remarks | 10 | | continue to inspire and offer hope to those who attended the | 11 | | event; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Elise Malary was a founding member of the Chicago | 13 | | Therapy Collective (the Collective), the mission of which is | 14 | | to promote city-wide accountability and action to alleviate | 15 | | LGBTQ+ health disparities and advance collective LGBTQ+ health | 16 | | and well-being through education, therapy, advocacy, and the | 17 | | arts; she helped coordinate the Collective's annual | 18 | | Transgender Day of Resilience and Transgender Day of | 19 | | Visibility events and was a leader on the #HireTransNOW | 20 | | initiative to reduce anti-Trans hiring stigma and create | 21 | | pipelines to Trans-affirming jobs; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Elise Malary was known to many through her | 23 | | activism; in 2019, when anti-Trans stickers were placed at the |
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| 1 | | Women and Children First Bookstore in Andersonville, she | 2 | | helped organize a community rally and chalking of the sidewalk | 3 | | outside the bookstore with messages of hope and affirmation | 4 | | for Trans people; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Iggy V. Ladden, founder of the Chicago Therapy | 6 | | Collective, said "Elise Malary faced hardness and chose | 7 | | kindness; Elise faced cruelty and chose softness, love, and | 8 | | joy; she chose giving people the benefit of the doubt; she | 9 | | looked for the good in them; she chose compassion and she chose | 10 | | time and time again to lift others up"; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Elise Malary, a fierce and compassionate advocate with a | 14 | | commitment to Black and Trans liberation, and extend our | 15 | | sincere condolences to her family, friends, and the community | 16 | | that knew and loved her; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Elise Malary and to the Chicago | 19 | | Therapy Collective as an expression of our deepest sympathy.
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