The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27 the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a time to remember the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the millions of other victims, including those of the LGBTQIA+ community, of evil Nazi persecution.
Aromanticism is a romantic orientation, which describes people whose experience of romance is disconnected from normative societal expectations, often due to experiencing little to no romantic attraction, or sometimes feeling repulsed by romance or being uninterested in romantic relationships. Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (ASAW) is an annual, international event meant to spread awareness and acceptance […]
Our Partnership with HRC/Welcoming Schools continues with "National Day of Reading" on February 28, 2025. More information on that is coming soon! In 2015, an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group forced a school in Wisconsin to cancel plans to read “I am Jazz” in support of a transgender student. In response, more than 600 residents in a […]
Our Partnership with HRC/Welcoming Schools continues with "National Day of Reading" on February 28, 2025. More information on that is coming soon! In 2015, an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group forced a school in Wisconsin to cancel plans to read “I am Jazz” in support of a transgender student. In response, more than 600 residents in a […]
Every March, we come together as a community for Bisexual+ Health Awareness Month to raise awareness and bring attention to the disparities facing the bi+ community when it comes to health and health care spaces. HRC is again proud to support the Bisexual Resource Center, which founded Bi+ Health Month, and organizations across the country […]
On Zero Discrimination Day this year, under the theme “Save lives: Decriminalise”, UNAIDS is highlighting how the decriminalisation of key populations and people living with HIV saves lives and helps advance the end of the AIDS pandemic.