Press Release

The National Center for Lesbian Rights Stands Up for LGBTQ Youth With the National Day for Silence

by NCLR Staff | Apr 16, 2010 | Youth justice, GSA, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, H.R. 4530, Student Non-Discrimination Act, LGBT youth, bullying, harassment

(San Francisco, CA, April 16, 2010) — Today hundreds of thousands of students nationwide will stay silent to bring attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) name-calling, bullying, and harassment in their schools as part of the Day of Silence. “Today my kids are participating in Day of Silence and our 13-year-old son Julian helped to organize events at his school,” said NCLR Executive Director Kate Kendell. “Seeing my kids and knowing of the thousands of others around...

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Civil Rights Groups Urge Court to Dismiss Challenge to Basic Student Protections

by NCLR Staff | Mar 19, 2009 | State legislation, Youth justice, Act, GSA, SB 777, Student Civil Rights, LGBT youth

(Sacramento, CA, March 19, 2009)—Civil rights groups representing thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Californians filed a friend-of- the-court brief on Wednesday in support of Attorney General Jerry Brown’s request to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to invalidate SB 777, the Student Civil Rights Act. The amicus brief by the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), Lambda Legal, the Transgender Law Center, Equality California, and Gay Straight Alliance Network (GSA...