ExxonMobil, which for years has failed to offer basic non-discrimination protections to its LGBT employees and health benefits to their families, today announced it will recognize legal same-sex marriages and offer health benefits to same-sex spouses of its employees. Since 1999, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called on the corporation to offer equal benefits…
Today Judge Mary Jacobson of the Mercer County Superior Court ruled that given the recent Windsor Supreme Court decision granting federal recognition to gay couples, New Jersey’s system of civil unions are inherently unequal and that lesbian and gay couples in that state are entitled to full marriage equality. If the state does not appeal the…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign today announced that Vice President Joe Biden will deliver the keynote address at the organization’s 17th annual National Dinner Saturday, Oct. 5 in Washington, D.C. “Vice President Biden has been a champion of civil rights for his entire career, from his leadership on the Violence Against Women Act to…
Controversy continues to mount as comments by Barilla pasta maker Guido Barilla went viral on Wednesday after an interview with Italian radio station, La Zanzara (The Mosquito). During a live broadcast, an heir to the pasta making giant was asked if he would ever feature a gay family in one of his commercials. He said:…
From the Office of National AIDS Policy: Today is National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NGMHAAD), an observance that reminds us that HIV continues to take a heavy toll on gay and bisexual men across the United States. Even after more than 30 years of AIDS, this community remains at the center of the U.S….
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Married same-sex couples who paid extra tax because the federal government didn’t recognize their marriage are now eligible to get some of that money back. The Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, defined marriage as between a man and a woman, which meant married same-sex couples had to file their taxes individually. But…
