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NYC Pride March 2025

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Save the date for the 2025 New York City Pride March. March with the UFT contingent and show your support for the LGBTQIA+ community. Registration information will be available in the weeks leading up to the march.

NYC Pride March 2024

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UFT members showed up in solidarity for the annual NYC Pride March on June 30. Organized by the UFT Pride Committee, the UFT contingent was large, even if afternoon thunderstorms eventually shut the march down. The theme of this year's event was "Reflect. Empower. Unite."

NYC Pride March 2023

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UFT members marched with tens of thousands of other New Yorkers on June 25 at the New York City Pride March in Manhattan to celebrate the LGBTQ community and show support for LGBTQ rights.

Bigoted book bans

NY Teacher Article Opinion
Across the United States, right-wing opponents of racial justice and LGBTQ rights are waging a campaign of censorship to prevent children from learning about these topics.

Report: Teachers’ salaries not keeping up

NY Teacher Article News Stories
The Miami-Dade County School Board on July 28 accepted two health and sexual education textbooks for use in middle and high schools, reversing a decision from just the previous week to reject the curriculum over fears it could violate the state’s...

NYC Pride March 2022

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A strong contingent of UFT members joined the New York City Pride March on June 26 to show support for LGBTQ+ rights and celebrate the community.

Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill

NY Teacher Article Opinion
In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis has conscripted public school educators to push his anti-LGBTQ agenda. The Parental Rights in Education Law he signed in March prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten...

Pride Committee’s Gender-Sexuality Alliances workshop

NY Teacher Article Around the UFT
More than two dozen participants learned about making schools safer for and more supportive of LGBTQIA students on May 27 at the UFT Pride Committee’s virtual workshop on Gender-Sexuality Alliances.

Daniel Dromm Scholarship ceremony

NY Teacher Article Around the UFT
The UFT Pride Committee honored five high school students with $1,000 scholarships at its third Daniel Dromm Scholarship ceremony, held virtually on June 5.

Florida becomes 8th state to ban trans girls from school sports

NY Teacher Article News Stories
Florida became the eighth state in the nation to ban transgender girls from participating in girls' sports in school when the state's Republican governor signed a bill into law at the start of LGBTQ Pride Month.