WASHINGTON – Friday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation announced that Emmy Award-winning John Quiñones, anchor of ABC’s powerful “What Would You Do? newsmagazine, will be honored at HRC’s national Time to THRIVE conference in February. The HRC Foundation also announced today that featured speakers at the third annual event, scheduled for February 12-14 near…
The Anglican Communion has voted to suspend the Episcopal Church over its decision to allow its clergy to perform same-sex marriages, a move not taken by the majority of churches in the Anglican Communion. The Huffington Post reported that the vote Thursday (Jan. 14) in Canterbury, England suspended the Episcopal Church from voting and decision-making…
The National LGBTQ Task Force has announced that U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez will be speaking at the annual Creating Change conference Friday, Jan. 22 at 1:30 p.m. CT. The conference, the nation’s largest gathering of LGBTQ activists and allies, will take place Jan. 20-24 at the Hilton Chicago. Close to 5,000 LGBTQ…
Rep. Bob Dold (IL-10), today became the first Republican member of Congress to co-sponsor the Equality Act – landmark federal legislation that would guarantee explicit, permanent protections for LGBT people from discrimination in many of the most important aspects of their lives. In statement released today Dold said, “Illinois has a long and proud history…
