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The vast majority (96%) of Minnesotans don’t know that lawmakers in our state have been quietly passing laws that restrict abortion access, intimidate providers and patients, and increase healthcare costs.

Increasingly, same-sex couples are raising children, and this has legal implications.

Minnesota voters have different ways they may return their voted absentee ballot before election day:

• by mail using the supplied stamped envelope
• dropped off at the elections office that sent the ballot during business hours
• deposited anytime in a secure drop box

On election day, absentee ballots may be returned no later than 8 p.m. to the elections office or secure drop box.

The process of legally changing your name is fairly straightforward and generally does not require an attorney.

Our Coming Out training covers what coming out means, tips on creating a safe coming out plan and best practices for when someone comes out to you. Additionally, we talk about myths about coming out and how this process can feel very different to different groups of people.

Though Minnesota permits marriage between two people regardless of their sex, some couples prefer not to marry for political, cultural, economic, or other reasons.

The national, nonpartisan Election Protection coalition works year-round to ensure that all voters have an equal opportunity to vote and have that vote count. Made up of more than 300 local, state and national partners, Election Protection uses a wide range of tools and activities to protect, advance and defend the right to vote.

Election Hotlines
National: 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)
Minnesota: 877-600-VOTE (877-600-8683)

The federal Equal Access Act (20 USC 4071 et seq.) mandates that under certain circumstances, students who wish to create or run a GSAs (“Gay-Straight Alliances” or “Gender and Sexuality Alliances”) have the legal right to do so

In recent years, several Minnesota school districts have adopted “gender inclusion policies,” which articulate a district’s planned approach to accommodating the needs of transgender and gender-nonconforming students

Transition services and health insurance coverage

Our Healthy Relationships training discusses different types of relationships, myths about relationships as well as practical tools for setting boundaries and communicating with the different people in your life. We also examine how media has impacted our perceptions of relationships in general and specifically queer relationships. Attendees should leave this training with a renewed idea of what is meaningful to them when it comes to building healthy relationships. 

Our Intersectionality & 2SLGBTQIA+ Communities training covers key concepts and general terms relating to gender and sexuality, practical skills for being in allyship with 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, and grounds the group in intersectionality principles to create safer, more inclusive environments. Participants will gain a better understanding of intersectionality, a brief introduction to its origins, why we center a Black Queer Feminist Lens in movement work and ways that intersectionality frameworks can create safer, more inclusive environments. There will be time to discuss your own identities and how intersectionality may impact you and those around you. 

Our 2SLGBTQIA+ 101 Training covers basic terms and concepts relating to gender and sexuality. We will learn about the differences between sex assigned at birth, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation and what 2SLGBTQIA+ means. We will also begin to learn basic tips on how to be more inclusive and supportive in our school environments. We’ll also discuss the mindsets and action steps necessary to create affirming spaces in our schools as well as working through scenarios in small groups to help build our active allyship skills.

Our Introduction to Supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ Communities | Part 2 Training reviews basic terms and concepts relating to gender and sexuality while also diving into thinking about our own identities and learned biases. We’ll learn about practical skills to create affirming spaces by gaining a better understanding of intersectionality and how power, privilege, and oppression can affect 2SLGBTQIA+ communities and beyond.

Everyone has basic rights under the U.S. Constitution and civil rights laws. Learn more here about what your rights are, how to exercise them, and what to do when your rights are violated.

While this training is similar to our introductory LGBTQIA2S+ training, we will dive deeper into thinking about our own experiences with gender. We will learn about general terms relating to gender, the differences between gender identity and gender expression along with topics like binaries and the joys and challenges that trans and gender expansive people may experience.

Local Election Offices are open for early, in-person absentee voting and absentee ballot drop off. 

To find your election day polling place, look up your address in the Polling Place Finder.

In 2017, the Minnesota Department of Education, working with the Department of Human Rights, released its Transgender Toolkit, a booklet outlining a series of best-practice recommendations for schools working to address the concerns confronting transgender and gender-nonconforming students

In 2014, the Minnesota State High School League approved a policy allowing transgender/gender-nonconforming students to establish their eligibility to play on the team corresponding to their lived gender

A “partnership agreement” is a contract between two people in a committed, but usually unmarried, relationship which makes clear the nature of that relationship and the rights and responsibilities of the partners>

A power of attorney is your written authorization that another person is able to act in your name in certain types of transactions, and under certain circumstances or with limitations you establish ahead of time

All bullying behavior stems from bias—a tendency to believe that some people are better than others, often based on race, religion, ability, socioeconomic status, appearance or actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. Bias-based bullying is both pervasive and harmful; students who are targeted for bullying based on their identities are more likely to miss school, struggle academically and have low self-esteem. Real change occurs when teachers not only interrupt bullying, but empower their students to be allies for each other, address the bias behind the bullying and cultivate an environment of respect. In this workshop, we will give some essential highlights from the Welcoming Schools Preventing Bias-Based Bullying professional development training that give educators these critical skills.