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October 1, 2019

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.

August 7, 2019

Watch Wil's story of surviving conversion therapy.

July 13, 2019

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

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.

July 12, 2019

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

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.

July 12, 2019

At Social Solutions, our customers change lives every day. The work they do day in, day out impacts the lives of their communities and aims to make the world a better place. During Pride Month, the world’s LGBTQ+ communities come together to celebrate the freedom of being their true selves, honor the achievements made by pillars of the LGBTQ+ community, and to bring awareness to issues the community still faces. Social Solutions is proud to work with nonprofit organizations dedicated to making an impact on a wide variety of LGBTQ+ issues. Read on to learn about some of the amazing organizations we partner with and visit their websites to learn more about their organization, Pride Month, and how you can get involved.

June 14, 2019

There are two main reasons this therapy should be banned: It doesn’t work and it’s dangerous. It is legalized torture. Those on the receiving end are often depressed, suicidal, feel ashamed and lose self-esteem. The treatment has been condemned by every major medical and mental health organization in the United States.

June 14, 2019

The two top priorities for LGBTQ rights advocates didn’t make it.

For both a ban on so-called gay “conversion therapy” and a measure to allow two married women to have the same parental rights as a man-woman married couple failed to gain enough support in the Republican-majority Senate to reach the desk of Gov. Tim Walz.

May 28, 2019

Today, Minnesota’s legislature decided to allow the torturous practice of conversion “therapy” to continue in Minnesota. By omitting any restrictions on conversion therapy from the Health and Human Services final report, Minnesota’s lawmakers ignored the voices of thousands of conversion therapy survivors, healthcare professionals, and faith leaders; rejected the will of Minnesotans; and failed to protect LGBTQ youth from the torturous practice of conversion “therapy.”