Are you a compassionate person, particularly when it comes to the LGBTQ+ community? Mental healthcare for elders in the LGBTQ+ is lacking.....but a kind organization, SAGE, is on the move to help change that. Through their partnership with HearMe, virtual volunteers (like yourself) can receive (free) professional training from them to ultimately become a compassionate, volunteer listener to those in need.

👉 To find out more about this virtual volunteer opportunity: https://www.sageusa.org/hearme/

📸: Fast Company

Washington state just became the seventh state in the U.S. to ensure LGBTQ+ inclusivity in public schools! Following on the heels of lawmakers in Oregon, California, Nevada, Colorado, Illinois, and New Jersey, state legislators in Washington passed a law that will require public schools to include information about LGBTQ+ history.

🏳️‍🌈 Add your name to urge more states to require inclusive curricula, and let's stand against homophobia.
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/103/637/450/washington-state-joins-movement-for-lgbtq-inclusive-education.-more-states-must-follow-suit/

Source & 📸: Care2

The state of Georgia is in the process of trying to remove hate crime protections for trans people. A potential new law could remove sexual orientation and gender identity from qualifying as a hate crime.

👉 For more information and to add your name to the growing petition: https://www.thepetitionsite.com/590/016/101/stop-georgia-from-removing-hate-crime-protections-for-trans-people/

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