WASHINGTON – Washington magazine, the Weekly Standard has sent a fundraising email on behalf of one of its sponsors, the anti-gay organization Public Advocate of the United States that called LGBT Americans “sexual deviants” and asked recipients to contribute financially to efforts aimed at defaming the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA). Earlier this year, the organization…
WASHINGTON – Human Rights Campaign president, Joe Solmonese has described former Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania senator, Rick Santorum as “not fit to lead.” His statement follows the virtual tie between the pair at the recent Iowa Republican Caucus. Solmonese said, “These men who have pledged to amend the constitution to ban marriage…
AUSTIN, Texas – Speculation about Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s sexual habits has been common in Austin for years; and now his presidential run have brought them out of the woodwork once again. Perry has a long history of gay bashing from hosting anti-gay prayer rallies to joining forces with the controversial American Family Association and,…
End results in Iowa: Both former Pennsylvania senator, Rick Santorum and former Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney captured just fewer than 25 percent of the votes – with Romney standing on a wafer-thin victory podium and Santorum standing at his side on a second place platform, awkwardly set only one-tenth of one percent shorter than the…
CLAREMONT, California – Police are calling the defacing of a non-traditional Nativity scene during the Christmas holiday in front of a Claremont church a hate crime. The Nativity display featured silhouettes of gay, lesbian and heterosexual couples holding hands. KTLA-5 News reported that officials at the Claremont United Methodist Church said vandals knocked over the…
LEHI, Utah – A school district in Utah has come under criticism for its decision to tell the parents of a student that he is gay. The school claims it was being “proactive” about preventing bullying. The parents of the student have decided to keep him home until attention surrounding the issue dies down. A…
RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia State Board of Social Services has voted for a second time to strip legal protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, disability, political beliefs and family status from final rules governing licensed adoption and foster care agencies. The board originally voted to strip the protections in April,…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRCF) has released Buying for Workplace Equality 2012, the popular annual guide to hundreds of American brands rated on businesses’ treatment of LGBT employees. The guide divides businesses and their consumer products into red, yellow and green categories based on their score on HRC Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index…
WASHINGTON – A new poll recently released by the Human Rights Campaign in partnership with Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research has found the vast majority of Americans support employment non-discrimination laws protecting LGBT people from discrimination. In perhaps the most compelling finding, support for employment protections spans an array of demographics including the majority of Democrats,…
WASHINGTON – HRC has asked to meet with ABC executives to discuss its midseason comedy Work It, featuring two men who dress as women to secure employment. According to ABC, the show centers on two unemployed men who have “learned the hard way that the current recession is more of a ‘man-cession’ and their skills…
