News + Views From The Nonprofit World
Articles About LGBT
Charity
Police in schools put vulnerable students at risk of being unnecessarily pushed into justice system
Parents and educators may assume that police patrolling school hallways make for safer schools, but mounting evidence is showing that the practice can needlessly push…
Read Article
UN Human Rights Office Releases Report Detailing Violence and Discrimination Against LGBT People
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a new report titled “Discrimination and violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation…
Read Article
Teaching Tolerance recognizes 104 schools for ‘Mix It Up at Lunch Day’ efforts
The SPLC’s Teaching Tolerance project today named 104 schools as Mix It Up Model Schools for their exemplary efforts to foster respect and understanding among students and…
Read Article
DoSomething.org Campaign Pushes for Change Regarding Stories of Unfair School Punishment
Suspended For WHAT? A third grader was suspended when she shaved her head in support of a long-term friend and cancer patient. A 14-year-old boy…
Read Article
SPLC lawsuit demands necessary health care for transgender inmate in Georgia prison
The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections on behalf of a transgender woman who has been…
Read Article
Little Rock Nine Members Ernie Green, Carlotta Walls Lanier Oppose Anti-LGBT Legislation
Today, Ernie Green and Carlotta Walls Lanier, members of the historic “Little Rock Nine,” voiced strong opposition to H.B. 1228– a discriminatory Indiana-style bill that will…
Read Article
Morris Dees delivers speech to marchers commemorating 50th anniversary of Selma-to-Montgomery March conclusion
In a speech to thousands of people who traced the final two miles of the Selma-to-Montgomery March 50 years ago, SPLC Founder Morris Dees spoke…
Read Article
9 Eye-Opening Facts about the State of Human Rights Worldwide
In 2014, Amnesty International recorded and investigated human rights abuses in 160 countries and territories worldwide. While progress is being made in some areas, the…
Read Article
SPLC lawsuit demands necessary health care for transgender inmate in Georgia prison
The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a federal lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections on behalf of a transgender woman who has been…
Read Article
Study: LGBT Adults Have Better Self Esteem, Less Depression If They Came Out In School
By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) – Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people have better self esteem and less depression as young adults if they…
Read Article
Alabama recognizes SPLC client Paul Hard as surviving spouse on husband’s death certificate
On the same historic day same-sex couples in Alabama were allowed to marry, SPLC client Paul Hard finally received an amended death certificate recognizing him…
Read Article
What DO You Say? Responses to Students’ Difficult Questions
What does gay mean? How can she be your mom? She looks like a boy! Responding to questions about LGBT topics Most of the things…
Read Article