Tag: Ellen Kahn
Groundbreaking Guide Helps Schools Provide Supportive Environments for Transgender Students
Today, five national organisations introduced Schools In Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools, a first-of-its-kind publication for school administrations, teachers, and parents about how to provide safe and supportive environments for all transgender students, kindergarten through twelfth grade.
New Study Defies Anti-LGBT Parenting Critics
Findings show kids of same-sex parents no different from those with opposite-sex parents.
HRC: LGBT Youth In Foster Care Face Bias, Discrimination
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, in partnership with FosterClub, an U.S national network for youth in foster care, released an issue brief detailing the hostile treatment experienced by many LGBT and questioning youth in foster care, and the shocking lack of laws and policies protecting them.
HRC Takes Adoption and Foster Care Work to Next Level, Launches Next Phase of “All Children – All Families” Project
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, in partnership with the Dave Thomas Foundation and the National CASA Foundation, last Monday announced the expansion of the highly successful All Children – All Families (ACAF) project.
American Academy of Pediatrics Releases Report Supporting Marriage Equality and Adoption Rights
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, today praised the release of a policy statement and technical report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) supporting marriage equality and adoption and foster care rights by same-sex couples titled, ‘Promoting the Well-Being of Children Whose Parents Are Gay or Lesbian,’
HRC Partners with Raise A Child to Find Permanent Families for Children in Foster Care
This National Adoption Month, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s All Children—All Families (ACAF) initiative is joining RaiseAChild.US, a Los Angeles-based non-profit organisation, in a campaign to encourage LGBT prospective parents to provide safe and loving homes to children in the foster care system.