June 8, 2025
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As Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio gear up 2016 presidential campaign, HRC highlights their opposition to LGBT equality

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released comprehensive research reports on potential presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio that highlight their record opposing LGBT equality. The research document marks the Human Rights Campaign’s first effort to chronicle where potential 2016 presidential candidates stand on LGBT equality. The document, which will be hosted…

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HRC on Jeb Bush: An ‘LGBT-friendly’ Republican should support marriage equality and discrimination protections for all LGBT Americans

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

WASHINGTON – During the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this week, some media reports have suggested that Jeb Bush is the “gay-friendly Republican” of the 2016 cycle – even during the same week he is scheduled to meet with anti-LGBT activist Tony Perkins. The Human Rights Campaign’s Fred Sainz released the following statement: “At the…

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More than 30 ‘religious freedom’ bills threaten jobs and economy in over a dozen states

Steve Lee, Editor15 mins

WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign  issued an updated primer on a wave of more than 30 bills threatening LGBT equality in the guise of “religious freedom” across the country. In addition, HRC is specifically spotlighting the harm these bills will do to jobs and economic activity in the states where they are being…

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Apple opposes anti-LGBT Arkansas ‘Conscience Protection Act’

Steve Lee, Editor21 mins

LITTLE ROCK – This week, Apple Inc., the world’s second largest information technology company, issued the following statement condemning the anti-LGBT bill in Arkansas, HB 1228 – a bill that could allow any person to undermine state laws by citing their personal religious belief as an excuse to discriminate against others: “At Apple inclusion inspires…

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HRC unveils Website highlighting GOP candidates’ record on LGBT equality

Steve Lee, Editor317 mins

WASHINGTON – As potential Republican candidates gather this week in Washington, D.C. for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released a new microsite 2016: Republican Facts that will serve as an online resource for documenting the record and rhetoric of potential 2016 GOP presidential candidates, and where they stand on…

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New European studies show promise of HIV-prevention drug

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

Findings from two European studies on PrEP were released today at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle. The PROUD study out of England assesses the effect the use of PrEP has on the frequency with which men have sex, how often they use condoms, and whether they contract other sexually-transmitted infections. The…

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Georgians are uniting against LGBT discrimination

Steve Lee, Editor15 mins

ATLANTA – Today,  the Human Rights Campaign announced it is joining forces with Georgia Equality, an organization working to advance fairness, safety and opportunity for LGBT communities and allies throughout the state, for a project called “Georgia Unites Against Discrimination.” Launched by Georgia Equality in January of this year, Georgia Unites Against Discrimination is a…

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After ‘confusion’ Log Cabin Republicans will now speak at CPAC 2015

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) have been given an invitation to speak at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) as part of the panel “Putin’s Russia: A New Cold War?” The invitation comes after several days of back and forth between the LCR and the American Conservative Union (ACU), which organizes CPAC. In response, LCR…

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New group formed to ‘Make marriage achievable for all who seek it’

Steve Lee, Editor15 mins

WASHINGTON — Today, 103 U.S. scholars and leaders released a public statement, Marriage Opportunity: The Moment for National Action, and announced the formation of the Marriage Opportunity Council, whose goal is to make marriage achievable for all Americans, regardless of social class or sexual orientation. The statement is published in full as the cover essay in…

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