HRC Observes Mental Health Awareness Month 2019
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, an important opportunity to encourage young people -- especially LGBTQ youth -- to speak openly and honestly about their mental health.
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HRC’s All Children - All Families Project Celebrates National Foster Care Month 2019
Today begins HRC’s annual celebration of National Foster Care Month, a nationwide effort to bring awareness to the more than 430,000 children and youth in foster care.
Thank You for Celebrating Equality, Justice and Inclusion with HRC this National Poetry Month
As this month draws to a close, HRC wanted to share a few more powerful poems from young people writing about social justice, equality and freedom.
Minnesota House Passes Measure Protecting LGBTQ Youth from Dangerous “Conversion Therapy”
HRC celebrated a vote by the Minnesota House of Representatives to include H.F. 12, legislation to protect LGBTQ youth from the dangerous practice of so-called “conversion therapy.”
Following Nigel Shelby’s Death, We Must Address the Critical Need to Support Black LGBTQ Youth
The tragic loss of of gay Alabama teen Nigel Shelby, who experienced anti-LGBTQ bullying at school, has shaken LGBTQ and allied communities across the country.
HRC Sits Down with Parents for Trans Equality Council’s Chris Williams
HRC recently sat down with Chris Williams, a member of HRC Foundation’s Parents for Transgender Equality Council, to learn more about his family’s story.
National Poetry Month: Talking With An Educator About How Love Holds Our Work Together
HRC is celebrating National Poetry Month by asking young people nationwide to write poems about what equality means to them and share them with us.
Major Corporations Release Letter Opposing Anti-LGBTQ “Slate of Hate” in Tennessee
HRC announced that eleven major corporations have signed onto an open letter to Tennessee lawmakers opposing the anti-LGBTQ “Slate of Hate” moving through the legislature.
HRC Responds to HHS Proposed Removal of Sexual Orientation Data Collection from Reporting System
Post submitted by Viet Tran (he/him/they/them), former HRC Press SecretaryHRC responded to the Trump-Pence administration’s latest attempt to undermine the rights and welfare of LGBTQ people.
SCOTUS Rejects Challenge to New Jersey’s Anti-Conversion Therapy Law for Third Time
The Supreme Court of the United States rejected for the third time a challenge to New Jersey’s 2013 law that protects LGBTQ youth from so-called “conversion therapy.”
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