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Mike Simmons beats Rep. Kelly Cassidy to become first openly gay Black Ill. state senator

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Mike Simmons, a Black and LGBT activist community organizer, was appointed to the 7th district seat vacated by Illinois state Sen. Heather Steans.


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Whose Pride is it, anyway?

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