CHICAGO — Chilli Pepper, a Chicago trans icon and champion for LGBTQ+ rights who was a beloved and influential leader in the fight for marriage equality and the AIDS crisis, died this week.

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By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – The day before Thanksgiving in 2016, then-AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza read some news that frustrated him.