Illinois Public Media https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Fri, 15 May 2026 11:56:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Illinois Public Media https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Dulce Quintero: “They/Them” Secretary of IDHS https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/05/dulce-quintero-they-them-secretary-of-idhs/ Fri, 15 May 2026 09:00:29 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=32068 Written by David E. Smith

JB Pritzker appointed Dulce Quintero in September 2023 as Secretary of the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS), making Quintero the first gender-confused appointee to lead a statewide agency in Illinois. She was re-appointed and confirmed by Illinois Senate Democrats earlier this week.

Quintero is an LGBTQIA+ activist who was inducted into the Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame in 2017 in recognition of her advocacy and leadership on behalf of LGBTQIA+ youth in Chicago.… Continue Reading

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