HRC Blog

While a number of states have enacted policies prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity in schools, the Success and Opportunity Act is the latest example of the growing momentum to protect transgender students.

Despite student and trustee support, the UNC Board of Governors, which presides over the 17 campuses in the UNC system, voted unanimously last week to overturn the policy and ban students of opposite genders from sharing suites or apartments in any UNC housing.

Today HRC is proud to announce that the Canadian indie-pop duo have signed on as members of the Equality Rocks campaign.

As children around the country prepare to go back to school, HRC's Welcoming Schools program is working to make sure their classrooms are exciting and safe spaces to learn, no matter who they are.

Flying from DC back home to Seattle after last week’s amazing Welcoming Schools Regional Consultants meeting, I was reminded by a fellow passenger just how important this work is.