The Rainbow Education Coalition Los Angeles (RECLA), established in 2019, is a grassroots campaign dedicated to creating safe and inclusive environments for all students, staff, and families in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Anyone is welcome to join and help advocate to ensure LGBTQ+ students are safe, supported, and protected through real accountability, policy implementation, and long-term investment across LAUSD.
Led by Latino Equality Alliance and One Institute, our growing coalition includes Educators for Excellence, Gender Justice LA, GSA Network, the LA LGBT Center, PFLAG Los Angeles, Rainbow Labs, and the Women’s Leadership Project.
RECLA frequently collaborates with United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) and Students Deserve to help secure affirming policies and equitable resources across the nation’s second-largest school district.
Recent achievements include establishing a $2 million fund for LGBTQ+ supports in 2025 and passing a Pride resolution in 2026 to strengthen accountability for these supports.
Follow RECLA on Instagram for updates: @r.e.c.la.
The Leadership Labs Youth Summit is to provide queer youth of color, their families, and allies a space to network and empower themselves while discovering ways to positively impact their community.
RECLA is already delivering results:
The bell rings, but for many LGBTQ+ students in LAUSD, the silence that follows can feel heavy. Too often, students face harm, isolation, or systems that look the other way—even when policies exist on paper.
RECLA formed because safety and belonging require follow-through: consistent implementation, clear accountability, and resources that reach every campus.
RECLA’s mission is to ensure the well-being and safety of LGBTQ+ students by holding LAUSD accountable for implementation of policies and allocation of resources that transform cultural and structural systems to end transphobia, homophobia, white supremacy, and cis-heteropatriarchy.
RECLA equips our community with a shared strategy to move LAUSD from promises to practice.
Through the coalition, participants:
Anyone is welcome—youth, caregivers, educators, allies, and community members.
When you join RECLA, you’re joining a coalition that turns community experience into action.
You can expect:
Meeting schedule: 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month
Where: via zoom – contact Jesica
Create an LGBTQ+ accountability board at the District to ensure continuous oversight and real transparency.
Require LGBTQ+ goals and objectives in every school’s “Single Plan for Student Achievement” so student safety and success are measurable, not optional.
Secure multi-year investment in the budget so LGBTQ+ support is built to last—not a one-time effort.
