HRC Participates in White House LGBT Conference on Safe Schools and Communities
March 21, 2012 by Guest contributor
Tuesday’s White House LGBT Conference on Safe Schools and Communities at the University of Texas Arlington was huge—even by Texas standards. It was a groundbreaking end to silence and a call for communities to stand up for LGBT people in communities and schools. One powerful moment was Fort Worth Police Chief Jeffrey Halstead’s account of how a violent raid at a gay bar mobilized members of the LGBT community to educate the police force. Halstead praised the community’s efforts that have led the police force to adopt an LGBT inclusive model of “compassion, service and success.” We can all hope that Chief Halstead’s model will find its way into Texas schools.
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