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October 3, 2019

PRESS RELEASE: Human Rights Advocates Across Minnesota Stand With Commissioner Lucero

ST PAUL, MN -- Today, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Commissioner of Human Rights Rebecca Lucero declared their intent to defend the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA) against Alliance Defending Freedom’s lawsuit to allow businesses to violate the law. This lawsuit is part of Alliance Defending Freedom’s national strategy of targeting and suing states with comprehensive human rights laws, in hopes of weakening anti-discrimination laws.

October 1, 2019

Into the Light: Confronting LGBTQ+ Invisibility for Victims/Survivors of Violence

Most incidents of domestic and sexual violence in the LGBTQ+ community goes unreported. This is a fact widely known within the community, where LGBTQ+ folks are just as, if not more likely, to experience domestic abuse and sexual violence than their heterosexual counterparts.

photo of a lightbulb with rainbow lines and text reading, "Shining a light on LGBTQ Violence"

September 18, 2019

St. Cloud Hate Crimes Forum Postponed Due To Safety Concerns

Officials have postponed a forum on hate crimes in St. Cloud over safety concerns.

September 3, 2019

Homophobia & The Holocaust: The Band Group & OutFront co-partner for Gay Classic “Bent”

The Band Group is teaming up with OutFront Minnesota for a revival of a major drama of classic status.

August 7, 2019

Wil's Story: The Fight to End Conversion Therapy

Watch Wil's story of surviving conversion therapy.

July 13, 2019

Kare11: Free LGBTQ legal clinic launches in Twin Cities

Tuesday, about 50 people came to Robins Kaplan LLP in downtown Minneapolis for the law firm's first free name change clinic.

July 13, 2019

Southwest News Media: Shakopee's Minnesota Teacher of the Year is leaving teaching to join LGBTQ advocacy group

The largest LGBTQ civil rights group in Minnesota, OutFront Minnesota, announced Monday they have hired Kelly Holstine, the 2018 Minnesota Teacher of the Year from Shakopee, to expand OutFront’s educational program for schools.

Kelly Holstine has left her job as a Shakopee teacher to become director of educational equity at OutFront Minnesota, an LGBTQ advocacy group. Photo by Sarah Whiting.

July 12, 2019

KSTP: 2018 Minnesota Teacher of the Year advocating for anti-bias curriculum

OutFront Minnesota, a local nonprofit, is working to expand educational programs for Minnesota schools, and the 2018 Minnesota Teacher of the Year, Kelly Holstine, is now taking the lead.

July 12, 2019

Star Tribune: Former Minnesota Teacher of the Year to move into LGBT advocacy in schools

OutFront Minnesota hires Kelly Holstine in new outreach role to schools.

Minnesota's 2018 Teacher of the Year has stepped down from her teaching position to take on a new role: expanding the work of the state's largest LGBT rights organization in schools.

Kelly Holstine, 2018 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. Photo by the Star Tribune.

July 12, 2019

MinnPost: Minneapolis shows its Pride and affirmation in 2019 parade

“Since the day President Trump took office, his administration has waged a nonstop onslaught against the rights of LGBTQ people,” detailed the National Center for Transgender Equality earlier this year. Given that ongoing malaise, along with the Catholic Church’s latest edict on how transgender people should live their lives, and the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots all made for especially meaningful Pride marches and events all over the world over the weekend.