HRC Blog

'What Can We Do? Bias, Bullying, and Bystanders' – the latest professional development film produced by the HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools program – debuts at special event at D.C.'s Cleveland Elementary School.

Monday marked the beginning of the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week and reminds us that censorship in American classrooms and libraries consistently targets books about LGBT people and families.

Time after time we hear about students who have been bullied by peers severely and repeatedly for years. As family members and educators, we often wonder why these students don’t come to us for help.

Since youngsters started selling lemonade to street car rides in the late 1800s, the lemonade stand has been the go-to way for kids to bring in the dough – dough for a movie ticket, a new video game, and sometimes, towards the struggle for equal rights.
 

We’re tipping our hat this week to another amazingly supportive parent, whose heartfelt letter in support of her son’s coming out has gone viral.