More than three have passed weeks since the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC filed an open records request seeking information from the office of Gov. Pat McCrory, Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, and House Speaker Tim Moore about their communications with anti-LGBT activists to pass the disastrous HB 2 into law. With the legislation…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The North Carolina law requiring transgender individuals to use the bathroom matching the gender on their birth certificate has had far-reaching effects. Businesses, as well as religious and spiritual communities, have responded in a variety of ways. One spiritual community has a welcome sign on its door: The Self-Realization Community of Greater…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus applauded the Department of Justice for announcing that North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law violates civil rights laws and cannot be enforced. The Caucus whose mission it is to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality issued the following statement. “The Department of Justice’s statement makes it clear…
The U.S. Department of Justice has determined North Carolina’s discriminatory HB 2 violates federal civil rights law, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. As reported by the Charlotte Observer, “The department gave state officials until Monday to address the situation ‘by confirming that the State will…
MONTGOMERY Ala. – At a special meeting earlier today, the Oxford, Ala, City Council voted 3-2 to repeal a discriminatory new ordinance that would have prevented transgender residents and visitors from using public restroom facilities consistent with their gender identity. This anti-transgender law was unprecedented in its establishment of criminal penalties for violations — including a…
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and ACLU demanded today that the city of Oxford, Alabama, repeal an ordinance that makes it a crime for transgender people to use the public restroom that matches their gender identity, or risk legal action. In a letter to the City Council, the SPLC describes how the discriminatory ordinance violates…
John Kasich announced today that he is suspending his presidential nomination campaign. This follows Ted Cruz’s announcement yesterday that he too was suspending his campaign leaving Donald Trump as the only contender for the Republican Party’s shot at the White House. John Kasich calls himself “the only hope,” in a Tweet announcing the suspension of…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Alabama responded to the Oxford, Ala., City Council’s decision to hold a special meeting tomorrow to consider the fate of an anti-transgender ordinance by calling for repeal of the measure, which was unanimously approved last week. The new law prevents transgender residents and visitors from using…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), the business voice of the LGBT community, in collaboration with its partners in the National Business Inclusion Consortium (NBIC), has named the inaugural Best-of-the-Best list of corporations in America committed to diversity and inclusion across all community sectors. “The Best-of-the-Best designation is the…
SAN FRANCISCO – The National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE), the most comprehensive national forum on race relations, equity, and access on college campuses, will take place May 31-June 4 in San Francisco at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square. Dolores Huerta, a co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union…
