Celebrating LGBTIA+ Pride: Why I No Longer Hide My Rainbow
June is LGBT Pride Month. In June 2020, Facing History featured a student essay from Charlie Kolodziej who shared why he openly embraces his identity as a gay teenager. Out of over 5,200 submissions to the 2017 Facing History Together Student Essay Contest, Kolodziej's essay was chosen as one of the three to receive an Upstander Scholarship, thanks to the generosity of the Holland and Knight Charitable Foundation. Kolodziej's words reminds us about what it means to decide to not be afraid of showing who you are.
- LGBTQ+ (Sexuality and Gender) / Belonging
- Supporting Individuals
- Supportive Conversations
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
- 6 - 12
- After School and Beyond
- Congregational Learning
- Day Schools and Yeshivas
- Family Engagement
- Teen Engagement
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A collection of LGBTQIA+ resources, including podcasts, book lists, engaging personal narratives, and lesson plans.
A resource kit from Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
Through text, reflection, and questions worth asking, it explores what independence means for American Jews.