April 22, 2025
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AFER joins the constitutional challenge to Virginia’s discriminatory marriage amendment

Steve Lee, Editor09 mins

WASHINGTON — The American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), the sole sponsor of the landmark federal constitutional challenge that eliminated California’s Proposition 8, today announced that it has joined the federal constitutional challenge to Virginia’s ban on marriage equality, Bostic v. Rainey.  The Bostic case contends that the Virginia Marriage Amendment and otherVirginia laws that prohibit gay and lesbian couples from marrying are…

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Millions to go purple for ‘Spirit Day’ in united stand against bullying, Oct.17

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

NEW YORK,  – MTV talent including Ke$ha, Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi and Jenni ‘JWOWW’ Farley from ‘Snooki and JWOWW,’ and Nev Schulman and Max Joseph from Catfish: The TV Show; trans athlete and advocate Kye Allums; openly gay basketball player Jason Collins; the cast of Teen Nick’s ‘Degrassi’; celebrity radio host Elvis Duran; WNBA player Brittney…

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Two co-founders of ‘Friend Movement’ to walk 921 miles in memory of Tyler Clementi, raise awareness of bullying prevention (VIDEO)

Steve Lee, Editor09 mins

LOS ANGELES and CHICAGO — With apologies to the Proclaimers, who sang “I would walk 500 miles” in their hit song “I’m Gonna Be,” Elliot London and Ronnie Kroell are doubling down for an essential cause.  They will be walking nearly 1,000 miles – 921 miles to be exact – from Chicago to New York over 37 days to raise awareness for increased bullying…

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ExxonMobil to to provide same-sex couples with employee benefits

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

ExxonMobil, which for years has failed to offer basic non-discrimination protections to its LGBT employees and health benefits to their families, today announced it will  recognize legal same-sex marriages and offer health benefits to same-sex spouses of its employees.  Since 1999, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called on the corporation to offer equal benefits…

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New Jersey court rules in favor of marriage equality

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

Today Judge Mary Jacobson of the Mercer County Superior Court ruled that given the recent Windsor Supreme Court decision granting federal recognition to gay couples, New Jersey’s system of civil unions are inherently unequal and that lesbian and gay couples in that state are entitled to full marriage equality.  If the state does not appeal the…

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Vice President Joe Biden to deliver keynote address at HRC National Dinner

Steve Lee, Editor01 mins

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign today announced that Vice President Joe Biden will deliver the keynote address at the organization’s 17th annual National Dinner  Saturday, Oct. 5  in Washington, D.C. “Vice President Biden has been a champion of civil rights for his entire career, from his leadership on the Violence Against Women Act to…

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Landmark same-sex marriage lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania

Steve Lee, Editor08 mins

A federal suit was filed today in Philadelphia to declare unconstitutional the Pennsylvania statute that bans recognition of same-sex marriage legally entered into states that authorize same-sex marriages. The suit raises important constitutional questions that the courts have not addressed, including the impact of full faith and credit clause, which requires states to respect judgment,…

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HRC names Tom O’Donnell vice president of policy and political affairs

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced Thomas P. O’Donnell as the organization’s new Vice President for Policy and Political Affairs.  O’Donnell joins HRC after previous service as a senior official in the White House, the U.S. Senate, the Obama and Clinton Presidential Transition Teams, several Presidential campaigns and nominating Conventions, and as…

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