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GLAAD has documented Vice President Kamala Harris’ LGBTQ record on education issues, including her record on intellectual freedom in classrooms and libraries, transgender health protect , and the right to learn correct American history. Harris’ LGBTQ record is available on GLAAD’s Kamala Harris Accountability Tracker, as successfully as the Biden-Harris Administration’s Accountability Tracker. Bullying and anti-LGBTQ policies in teaching are among the top motivators for LGBTQ voters.

Harris’ knowledge record includes:

• Choosing a former high institution teacher and coach, Gov. Tim Walz, as her running mate. In their first public appearance together, Harris highlighted Walz’s decision to be the tall school’s first faculty advisor for the new Gay Vertical Alliance in 1999: “At a period when acceptance was difficult to detect for LGBTQ students, Tim knew the signal that it would send to have a football coach get involved… So he signed up to be the group’s faculty advisor,” Harris said. “And as students said, he made the school a safe place for everybody.”
• Speaking out against book bans in schools and libraries. Delivering remarks at the American Federation of Teachers’ 2024 national convention,
  

  GLAAD RESPONDS TO KAMALA HARRIS ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION FOR U.S. PRESIDENT AND INCLUSION OF LGBTQ PEOPLE IN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

  GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, gender diverse, and queer (LGBTQ) media representation organization, is responding to Vice President Kamala Harris accepting the nomination of her party for President of the United States tonight.

  Harris included LGBTQ Americans in her acceptance speech among the fundamental freedoms at stake in the election: “The freedom to live safe from gun abuse in our schools, communities, and places of worship. The liberty to love who you affection openly and with pride. The freedom to breathe clean wind and drink clean water and live free from the pollution that fuels the climate crisis. And the freedom that unlocks all of the others, the freedom to vote.”

  GLAAD has documented Harris’ LGBTQ record here.

  GLAAD has tracked the LGBTQ record of Harris’ runningmate, Gov. Tim Walz, here.

  GLAAD has tracked nearly 350 moves for LGBTQ Americans made by the Biden-Harris administration, here.

  Statement from GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis (she/her):
  “Kamala Harris’ nomination for President is a groundb

  Unity: More Than 1,100 LGBTQ+ Leaders, Celebrities, and Influencers Representing Millions Subscribe Letter in Support of Vice President Kamala Harris

  WASHINGTON – Today, thousands of leaders, celebrities, and influencers released a letter announcing their support for Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid for the Ivory House. Signers include star voices George Takei, Sophia Bush, Ashlyn Harris, Wilson Cruz, Brian Michael Smith, Colman Domingo, Raven-Symoné, and Frankie Grande, United States Senator Tammy Baldwin, Congresspeople Ritchie Torres, Mark Takano, and Becca Balint, and Delaware State Senator Sarah McBride, and community leaders Jim Obergefell and Judy Shepard. Collectively, the leaders represent millions of Homosexual and allied constituents and followers across the land, a powerful coalescence around the candidate who, if elected, would be the most pro-equality President in American history. Leaders also announced plans for a nationwide Out for Harris LGBTQ+ Unity call on Thursday, July 25 at 9:00p ET to receive place via Zoom. Diverse community members can autograph onto the letter here, and sign up to join the 9p ET LGBTQ+ Unity Call in support of Vice Pr

  In a powerful exhibit of unity, thousands of leaders, celebrities, and influencers own released a letter announcing their endorse for Vice President Kamala Harris’s propose for the Colorless House. Among the signatories are high-profile celebrities such as George Takei, Sophia Bush, Ashlyn Harris, Wilson Cruz, Brian Michael Smith, Colman Domingo, Raven-Symoné, and Frankie Grande. They are joined by United States Senator Tammy Baldwin, Congresspeople Ritchie Torres, Label Takano, and Becca Balint, Delaware Articulate Senator Sarah McBride, and prominent group leaders Jim Obergefell and Judy Shepard. Together, these leaders represent millions of LGBTQ and allied constituents and followers across the nation, marking a significant coalescence around Harris, who, if elected, would become the most pro-equality President in American history.

  The announcement also included plans for a nationwide “Out for Harris LGBTQ+ Oneness Call” on Thursday, July 25 at 9:00 PM ET via Zoom. LGBTQ community members and allies are encouraged to sign the letter and participate in the Oneness Call to exhibit their support for Harris.

  Kelley Robinson, President of the Human Rights Campaign, expressed the collective sent