CHICAGO When COVID-19 first hit Chicago in 2020, essential worker Elias Renaud texted his sister and a good friend from the bus on his way home from his job
The 44-year-old transgender man, from Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood, drew up a living will with the cautious hope that when he dies, his body would be treated with dignity.
As the death care industry grapples with changing cultural attitudes and how to respectfully lay to rest those who identify as trans or nonbinary, a South Side-based LGBTQ community center is set to launch the final portion of its Dignity Project.