Age of Consent
Sex Education Required by State
Sex Education Type
Medically Accurate Content Required
LGBTQ+ Inclusive
Consent Education Taught
Adult Entertainment
Illinois' age of consent is 17. There is a close-in-age exemption: consensual sexual activity between a person who is at least 13 and a partner less than five years older is not criminal under the main statute. Illinois Compiled Statutes 720 ILCS 5/11-1.60 covers criminal sexual abuse.
Illinois requires comprehensive, medically accurate sex education that is inclusive of LGBTQ+ topics. The mandate is one of the stronger ones in the Midwest. Schools must cover contraception, STI prevention, healthy relationships, and consent. The state's sex ed requirements have been updated in recent years to more explicitly require LGBTQ+ inclusion. Abstinence may be discussed but cannot be the sole or primary frame for instruction.
Illinois' adult entertainment environment is among the most permissive in the Midwest. Chicago has a substantial adult entertainment industry, and the state regulates it through licensing without aggressive restriction campaigns. The Illinois Supreme Court has consistently upheld First Amendment protections for adult businesses and performances. Nudity in licensed establishments is permitted under defined conditions.
Illinois requires comprehensive, medically accurate, LGBTQ+ inclusive sex ed. One of the stronger mandates in the Midwest.
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In the News
- Guzmán effort to protect minor contraceptive access in Illinois passes Senate - Illinois Senate Democratic CaucusMay 20
- DOJ Investigates Illinois School Districts for Violating Parental Rights With LGBT Content - Focus on the FamilyMay 5
- Act on the Evidence: Policy Solutions to Protect and Advance Abortion and Contraception Access in the United States - Guttmacher InstituteNov 11
- Issues - Planned Parenthood Action FundNov 18
- Illinois Sex Ed Law Requires ‘Honor And Respect For Monogamous Heterosexual Marriage’ - Illinois Public MediaNov 1
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Sources: NCSL, Guttmacher Institute, SIECUS State Profiles, Wikipedia "Ages of consent in the United States". Laws change — verify current status with official sources.