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This resolution supports the Rise Up for LGBTQI+ Youth in Schools Initiative, a national effort to address the challenges faced by LGBTQI+ students in K-12 schools. The resolution highlights the ongoing discrimination and challenges these students face, including over 200 anti-LGBTQI+ education bills introduced annually, restrictions on sports participation and bathroom use, and policies that censor LGBTQI+ topics in classrooms. It emphasizes the significant mental health impacts on LGBTQI+ youth, noting that nearly half have seriously considered suicide and that 86% report negative mental health effects from recent legislative debates. The resolution calls for creating safe, inclusive learning environments that are free from transphobia, homophobia, racism, sexism, and ableism, and supports the National Day of (No) Silence to draw attention to bullying and discrimination. Ultimately, the Senate supports the initiative's goals of demanding equal educational opportunities, basic civil rights protections, and freedom from erasure for all students, especially LGBTQI+ young people, and encourages states and localities to adopt policies that prohibit bias-based victimization and exclusion.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/168/all-info