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EQDG releases "How Welcoming Is Downers Grove" Report

In 2023, EQDG developed a questionnaire to explore both positive and negative experiences encountered daily by Downers Grove’s LGBTQ+ residents in response to the current hostility and marginalization experienced nationally and locally by this community. 

Pride Month celebrations growing in Downers Grove, surrounding communities

“Those looking to celebrate Pride Month will find no shortage of ways to do that in Downers Grove…. Deiss and her fellow coordinators are thrilled to see the support for and engagement with the LGBTQ+ community continue to grow each year. ‘It’s very telling to…

Downers Grove library hosts LGBTQ+ Legacy Wall months after drag show controversy

“The wall features historic LGBTQ+ figures throughout four millennia, from Alexander the Great to James Baldwin. There are more than 125 mini-biographies to view…. The Legacy Wall will be in the library for the duration of Pride Month, and organizers hope it will leave some… 

Celebrate Pride In Downers Grove: See What’s In Store For 2023

“Downtown Downers Grove will feature brightly decorated windows and LGBTQ events to celebrate Pride 2023.” Read more on The Patch website