Every year, June marks Pride Month – a month dedicated to uplifting LGBTQ voices, celebrating their existence, and supporting their rights. While this is a month to celebrate, we cannot forget to recognize and fight against increasing attacks on the LGBTQ community.

From banning transgender athletes from playing on sports teams that match their gender identity to removing any classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity, in state after state Republican politicians are blatantly attacking the very existence and identity of LGBTQ children.

Just this month, to enforce a transgender sports ban, Ohio House Republicans passed a bill that would require a genital inspection of any child thought to be transgender. ^[1]

The threat that extreme laws like this pose to the safety and well-being of LGBTQ students, especially transgender youth, requires immediate action from the Biden administration.

Whether it is through the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education, or the Office for Civil Rights, the Biden administration must be proactive in fighting these hateful laws and defending the LGBTQ community.

The truth is this: together, we can ensure our educational environments are free of discrimination by pushing the Biden administration to take action NOW.

Everyone has the right to live freely, safely, and without fear. It’s up to us to stand in solidarity with LGBTQ students and keep Republican politicians out of the classroom.

Tell the Biden Administration: Defend LGBTQ rights by doing everything in your power to fight against Republicans’ hateful attacks.

^{[1] GOP passes bill aiming to root out ‘suspected’ transgender female athletes with genital inspection, Ohio Captial journal, June 2022}