Ensuring Equity for LGBT Students

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) children all over the world face unique challenges in life....and in school. Our guests will discuss the challenges LGBT students in this country face, explain what progress has been made to ensure equity for LGBT students, and share what must be done to move the ball even further.

Aisha Moodie-Mills is the Advisor for LGBT policy and racial justice at the Center for American Progress (CAP), where her work with the FIRE (Fighting Injustice to Reach Equality) Initiative explores the intersections of race, economics, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Joseph Wardenski is a trial attorney in the Educational Opportunities Section of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he enforces federal civil rights laws protecting students from discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, sex, disability, and religion.

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Host, Allison R. Brown, is a civil rights attorney and owner of Allison Brown Consulting (ABC), www.allisonbrownconsulting.com.