Color Your World: Unveiling the Joyful Journey of Our New Coloring Book
At a time when so many young folks are inundated with hateful and divisive rhetoric, we must find ways to bring joy. As a grandmother, I think about how their…
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ICYMI: Washington International School Makes History as First Elementary and Secondary School to Receive HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools Award for LGBTQ+ Inclusion
WASHINGTON — On Friday, June 14, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC Foundation)’s Welcoming Schools program awarded Washington International School (WIS) the Seal of Excellence for their exemplary work in…
US District Court Enjoins New Title IX Rule in Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, and Idaho, Blocking Enforcement of Federal Civil Rights Law for LGBTQ+ Students
The injunction blocks enforcement only in Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, and Idaho, leaving enforcement of federal protections in place for other LGBTQ+ students across the country. Students in these states can…
Reading With Pride: An Inclusive Booklist for Students
Pride Month celebrates the lives, accomplishments, and potential of the LGBTQ+ community. People deserve to be seen, heard, and affirmed, and these titles offer affirmation for young readers. Books help…
Observing National Foster Care Month By Celebrating New Strides
This piece was written jointly by Jose Soto (he/him), HRC's digital content specialist, and Phii (they/them), HRC's All Children- All Families program director, with additional information provided by Kendall Kalustyan,…
“Welcoming Schools,” HRC Foundation's Award-Winning Anti-Bullying Program Reaches Record 750,000 Students, Supporting Communities Amid Wave of Anti-LGBTQ+ Book Bans, Classroom Censorship
In states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws, school hate crimes quadrupled with corresponding rise in youth crisis hotline calls
In fiscal year 2024, Welcoming Schools worked with more than 13,000 educators nationwide…
With New Rule, Biden Administration Strengthens Protections for LGBTQI+ Youth in Foster Care System
State and Tribal Foster Care Agencies Will Be Required to Place LGBTQI+ Children in Safe, Supportive Settings that Do Not Practice Conversion Therapy
Following a Furious Rebuke from Outraged Oklahomans, Ryan Walters Continues to Spread Hate, Maligning and Misgendering Trans Student Nex Benedict
As Oklahomans Increasingly Turn Out to Tell Him to His Face that His Failed Leadership Has No Place in Their State, Walters Turns to Right-Wing Echo Chamber of Fox News…
Do Not Let the Names of Trans and Non-Binary Youth Become a Memory
A year and a half before Nex Benedict’s death, I was among the folks who sounded the alarm about the divisive rhetoric, laws and policies in Oklahoma, which had resulted…
HRC Releases New Poll Showing Majority of Oklahomans Want Ryan Walters Removed, as HRC Launches Aggressive “Remove Ryan Walters” Campaign to Protect Oklahoma’s LGBTQ+ Youth from Harassment and Bullying in Schools
NEW POLL: Majority of Oklahomans Support State Legislators Impeaching & Removing Walters; nearly twice as many disapprove of Walters’ job performance as approve (55% disapprove versus 29% approve)
360° campaign…
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