Iconic black civil and gay rights leader Bayard Rustin died in 1987 on this date. Rustin served as co-organizer of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington in which his friend, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. At the time this March on Washington was the biggest…
With the White House announcing new rules for implementing President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender service members hundreds of thousands of people have signed a petition on Change.org to allow transgender people into the U.S. military. The petition, started by Kaitlin Jozokos, has nearly 230,000 signatures and and momentum continues to build. The petition states:…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Equality NC and MeckPAC, a local pro-equality political action committee, have announced their endorsement of Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts in her bid for re-election this November. “Mayor Roberts is a champion of LGBTQ equality and unwavering in her commitment to moving Charlotte forward as a welcoming and inclusive…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House has issued new rules for implementing President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender service members. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the new guidance will “allow Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to consider a service member’s ability to deploy in deciding whether to kick them out of the…
