Rise Up Proclamations

On March 28th, Senator Schatz, Representative Takano, and Representative Lee introduced the Rise Up for LGBTQI+ Youth in Schools resolution in Congress, a call to demand equal educational opportunity, basic civil rights protections, and freedom from erasure for all students, including LGBTQI+ young people in K-12 schools.

The Rise Up for LGBTQI+ Youth in Schools Resolution:

• Names the actions and impacts of adults in positions of authority pushing policies that harm LGBTQI+ students and families, especially young people who are transgender, nonbinary, Black, Indigenous, and people of color.
• Demands that every young person have equal educational opportunity and freedom from the fear that their basic civil and educational rights, including those who identify as LGBTQI+, without exception.

The National Education Association, American School Counselor Association, the National Association of School Psychologists, and more than 140 LGBTQI+ justice, civil rights, and education organizations joined GLSEN in supporting this resolution.

The Rise Up for LGBTQI+ Youth in Schools resolutions and proclamations on this map represent LGBTQ+-friendly states, local educational agencies, and local governments that are taking a stand against the avalanche of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation that is being passed in this country.

> Learn more about state and local Rise Up Proclamations and how you can help
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