Early childhood educator and YouTube phenomenon Rachel Accurso – known to her tiny fans as Ms. Rachel – posted a sweet message on Instagram this week to say that everyone is welcome in her classroom, including LGBTQ+ people.

Accurso specifically names trans, gay, and nonbinary people, as well as people of varying political parties, religions, and immigration status. She ended the list of folks she welcomes with “people who hate me.”

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She then added a comment about her own religion. “Also I’m Christian,” she said, “and I feel in my soul and my prayers (and Jesus’s example) no one is to be excluded.”

The post has garnered thousands of likes and comments. “How could we love you even more every day?” one person wrote. Another called her “a shining example of true love and kindness,” and a third said she was “a perfect example of what Christianity should be.”

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Accurso has spoken up for LGBTQ+ people many times, which has earned her hatred from some on the right. The late far-right activist Charlie Kirk once slammed her on his podcast for using the Bible’s “love your neighbor” message to support Pride, even comparing her to Satan at one point during the episode.