Ellen Kahn
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Ellen Kahn joined the Human Rights Campaign Foundation in November 2005. Before joining HRC, Kahn spent eight years as director of the Lesbian Services Program of Whitman-Walker Clinic, the most comprehensive lesbian health and wellness program in the country. Among her many accomplishments at LSP, Kahn developed innovative educational and support programs for lesbians and gay men in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, helping to ensure that information about social, legal and political and practical issues of interest to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender families was widely available. In 2004, Kahn played a lead role in creating the first comprehensive GLBT parenting conference in the district, drawing more than 300 people from the region.

Kahn advocates for GLBT family equality at a wide variety of professional conferences, through membership on advisory boards and through her contacts with local and national media.

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Welcoming Schools Guide Teaches Tolerance

Posted February 12, 2009 | 12:21:00 (EST)

One year ago, 15-year-old Lawrence King was shot in the head by a fellow student at a middle school in Oxnard, CA. While the motives of 14-year-old Brandon McInerney were complex, the primary motive was profoundly simple: Lawrence was gay, he often preferred girls' clothing and accessories, and he expressed...

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