Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court’s landmark marriage equality case, today announced his support for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. “We have fought to not only change laws, but to change hearts, and now we need a president who will help us fight to eliminate the injustices that occur regularly in our…
WASHINGTION, D.C. –The National LGBTQ Task Force has announced that Victoria Rodriguez-Roldan has joined the organization as the new Trans/Gender Non-Confirming Justice Project Director. Rodriguez-Roldan begins her work at the National LGBTQ Task Force as the organization kicks off a series of actions as part of Transgender Awareness Week. “We’re very excited to have Victoria join…
Today, the FBI released Hate Crime Statistics, 2014, the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program’s latest compilation about bias-motivated incidents throughout the nation. Submitted by 15,494 law enforcement agencies, the data provide information about the offenses, victims, offenders, and locations of hate crimes; however, the UCR Program does not estimate offenses for the jurisdictions of agencies…
Ireland’s new same-sex marriage law comes into force today, six months after the country voted to allow gay unions in a historic referendum. Existing same-sex marriages registered abroad will be immediately recognized in Ireland, while other couples can now submit their intention to marry, reports Yahoo News. “Today we celebrate the final legal step in…
Tina Fey’s next dream project? “A movie about Stonewall where I play all the people,” she deadpans. Until then, the Emmy-winning 30 Rock creator-star will keep making the Netflix streaming series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, which returns this spring. Reteaming with comedy cohort Amy Poehler for Sisters, in theaters Dec. 18, the Saturday Night Live alum talks to The Advocate about her womance…
In a formidable display of support for the LGBT community, thousands of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints resigned from the church yesterday in protest of a new policy that includes a ban on the baptism of children of same-sex couples. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) responded to the mass resignation…
100.7K Click to share on Twitter 377 Pinterest 17 Comment 29 Alanis Morissette Gives ‘Ironic’ A Modern Update On ‘Late Late Show’ “It’s a traffic jam when you tried to use Waze.” Lily Karlin Associate Entertainment Writer, The Huffington Post Posted: 11/10/2015 10:30 AM EST | Edited: 11/10/2015 11:55 PM EST Last week,…
WASHINGTON – Friday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation and the Trans People of Color Coalition (TPOCC) released a comprehensive report on the epidemic of violence against transgender people – particularly transgender women of color. The report comes ahead of the first-ever Congressional forum set for next Tuesday on the scourge of violence against transgender…
