FORT LAUDERDALE – Today, the Broward County School Board will consider a resolution to support LGBT History Month. School district Vice Chairperson Laurie Rich Levinson is sponsoring the resolution, which would make Broward the nation’s first public school district to officially recognize the day of awareness.

LGBT History Month was established in 2005 by the Philadelphia-based Equality Forum to highlight awareness important persons, dates, and events in LGBT history. According to activist and LGBT rights advocate Michael E. Rajner, several stakeholders, including youth members of the community, will speak in support of the resolution.

“Our responsibility as elected officials is to provide a safe environment for learning, free from harassment,” Rich Levinson told the Agenda.