WASHINGTON – The board of directors of the Victory Fund and Institute today announced that Aisha C. Moodie-Mills, a black woman and an accomplished leader in the LGBT equality movement and a prolific media presence, will become the organization’s next President and CEO in April. Moodie-Mills comes to Victory from the Center for American Progress…
Today, California Attorney General Kamala Harris is seeking to stop an unconstitutional proposed ballot initiative that would seek to criminalize same-sex relationships and potentially threaten those convicted with death. This afternoon, Harris announced that she was seeking judicial authorization to not issue a title and summary for the so-called “Sodomite Suppression Act,” which would prevent the horrific…
The Human Rights Campaign, the Harvey Milk Foundation and GLIFAA hosted a historic panel discussion featuring all of the openly LGBT American ambassadors, Tuesday at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. The panel included U.S. Ambassador to Australia John Berry, U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic James ‘Wally’ Brewster, U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford, U.S….
MONTGOMERY— Today, lawmakers in Alabama introduced two bills, S.B. 261 and H.B. 296, which empower adoption agencies to discriminate against eligible parents and guardians—legislation which, if passed, will deny countless children from accessing loving, caring homes. Though written in the guise of allowing private agencies to cite religious reasons for turning down applications, the bills have a host of…
WSPA.com Bob Jones III, the controversial evangelical preacher and chancellor of Bob Jones University, has apologized for saying that gays should be stoned to death during comments made at the White House 35 years ago, reported The Huffington Post. In 1980, according to the Associated Press Jones said, “I’m sure this will be greatly misquoted,…
Stickers that say “exclusively for white people” have been posted on at least six businesses in the Texas capital of Austin. The stickers carry the City of Austin logo and state “sponsored by the City of Austin.” City of Austin officials denied any involvement. In a statement, Mayor Steve Adler said, “This is an appalling…
Equality California (EQCA), the largest statewide LGBT advocacy organization in California working to secure full and lasting equality for and acceptance of LGBT people, announced that it will be supporting undeclared candidate Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. “We want Hillary Clinton to run and are ready to mobilize our 800,000 members to help…
OKLAHOMA CITY — This afternoon, a bill introduced to the Oklahoma State House by Representative Sally Kern that would legalize anti-LGBT therapy died without coming to a vote. The defeat follows months of extensive grassroots organizing by national and state organizations working in coalition to educate parents and families about the ineffective and harmful practices…
The Florida House of Representatives voted Wednesday to remove a statutory adoption ban on lesbian and gay parents that was enacted in 1977 but declared unconstitutional by a state appeals court in 2010. Since then, state officials have declined to enforce the ban, but it has remained in Florida Statutes. The move came as part…
Today President Obama addressed a crowd in Selma, Alabama to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, a historic milestone in the civil rights movement. The president said that there are places that define America’s destiny and Selma was one of those places. “In one afternoon fifty years ago, so much of our turbulent history…
