Written by David E. Smith
For decades, Illinois Family Institute and many other Christian and conservative voices have sounded the alarm about the ongoing assault on children and the family.
We have warned our readers — from both a biblical and real-world perspective — that divorce, abortion, the rainbow lifestyle, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges — which legalized so-called same-sex “marriage” — have all contributed to serious harm to children, our society, and the nation as a whole.… Continue Reading
Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
In this special episode of Illinois Family Spotlight, IFI’s Jenna Smith and Alyssa Sonnenburg sit down with special guest, Dr. Greg Gifford.
Dr. Gifford is a biblical counselor, Chair of Biblical Studies at the Master’s University, Fellow of Fortis Institute, and host of Transformed, a podcast where everyday issues meet the truth of the Bible.
Recently, Senate Bill 4832 was introduced in the Illinois General Assembly, a bill which would define “transgenderism” as a mental illness under the Illinois Health Code.… Continue Reading
Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
In this episode of Illinois Family Spotlight, IFI’s David Smith sits down with two Illinois General Assembly members on new pieces of legislation they have introduced to protect children from the destructive nature of transgender ideology.
State Representative Bill Hauter, M.D., the only medical doctor serving in the Illinois General Assembly — has introduced HB 4482 to prohibit gender-transition medical procedures on children. Read more here.
SB 3842, introduced by State Senator Andrew Chesney, would expand the definition of “mental illness” to include transgenderism, giving Illinois residents who struggle with gender dysmorphia the mental help and assistance many need.… Continue Reading
Written by Robert Knight
It’s clear that the public is increasingly rejecting the transgender fiction that boys can be girls and girls can be boys.
The medical community itself is undergoing a retrenchment over its rush to embrace transgender treatments for minors. These include cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers and surgeries to cut off healthy breasts and male genitals.
On Feb. 3, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons released new guidelines recommending against irreversible procedures such as mastectomy, phalloplasty, vaginoplasty, hysterectomy or orchiectomy on minors younger than 19.… Continue Reading
Tags: Abigail Shrier, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Chloe Cole, Fox Varian, Lisa Littman, Nuremberg Trials, puberty blockers, Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria, Soren Aldaco, Transgender, Wall Street Journal, Walt Heyer
LGBTQ Agenda | David E. Smith | 
February 17, 2026 5:00 AM | 
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Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
The Illinois gubernatorial primary and general elections are coming up in March and November of this year, respectively.
For the past eight years, Illinoisans have had first-hand experience of the radical nature of the Democratic Party in Illinois.
- Shocking abortion statistics: 38,472 abortions in Illinois in 2014; 89,770 in 2024.
- The highest combined state and local tax burden in the nation.
- Heightened violence.
- Radical school curriculum: sex ed in kindergarten, proficiency testing of LGBTQ history in 8th grade in order to graduate, tampons in boys school bathrooms, and much more.
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Tags: Constitution, Democratic Party, Edmund Burke, Election, Governor Pritzker, Illinois Democrats, Plato, Primary, voter guide, Voting
Illinois Politics, LGBTQ Agenda, Marriage, Family & Culture, Political, Sanctity of Life | Alyssa Sonnenburg | February 6, 2026 4:00 AM | Comments Off on So YOU Elected Pritzker?
Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
Riley Gaines Barker is a 12-time all-American collegiate swimmer who gained national notoriety for her common sense stand that men and women are different.
In her collegiate swimming career, Riley faced firsthand the harm that “gender-affirming care” brings to women when she and her teammates were forced to share a locker room with a biological male during NCAA competitions.
In her speech from the 2025 Faith, Family & Freedom Banquet, Riley affirms the biblical realities of gender, sexuality, and life in the womb.… Continue Reading
Written by Dr. Everett Piper
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the cases of
Little v. Hecox and
West Virginia v. B.P.J. The plaintiffs are suing Idaho and West Virginia, respectively, for enacting laws that expressly prohibit men from competing in women’s athletics.
During oral arguments, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson expressed her concerns. More specifically, she asked attorneys to defend why their clients are telling boys who pretend to be girls that they may not participate in girls’ sports.
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Tags: Alan Hurst, C.S. Lewis, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Lia Thomas, Little v. Hecox, Men in women's sports, The Abolition of Man, transgender athletes, U.S. Supreme Court, West Virginia v. B.P.J.
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch, LGBTQ Agenda | David E. Smith | January 21, 2026 5:00 AM | Comments Off on The Erasure of Women Comes to the U.S. Supreme Court
Written by David E. Smith
The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3492 — the Protect Children’s Innocence Act — on December 17, 2025, by a narrow 216–211 vote. The legislation now heads to the U.S. Senate for consideration.
This landmark bill, sponsored by U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), would amend federal law to make it a crime to provide gender-affirming medical procedures or medications (including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex-reassignment surgeries) to minors under the age of 18.… Continue Reading
Written by Daniel Horowitz
Gay marriage was not just a step down the slippery slope toward today’s transgender dystopia. It was the first manifestation of it. Now that a broad reawakening has exposed the harms of gender ideology and the denial of natural law, Republicans must press beyond protecting women’s sports and opposing child castration. They must return to the root of the problem: the redefinition of marriage itself.
Marriage is the foundation of human civilization, not a mere “social construct.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Daniel Horowitz, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, Glucksberg, Kim Davis, Mike Johnson, Obergefell, Pavan v. Smith, Roe v. Wade, same-sex marriage, U.S. Supreme Court
LGBTQ Agenda, Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith | September 10, 2025 7:00 AM | Comments Off on How Gay ‘Marriage’ Made Today’s Gender Madness Possible
Written by Peter Heck
Word leaked from internal memos on [earlier this month] that the Trump Department of Justice had officially instructed employees not to include preferred pronouns, motivational quotes, or other “extraneous content” in their official email signatures.
Workers in the department must clean up their correspondence as the directive, part of the administration’s policy on “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth,” requires.… Continue Reading
