Every June, Pride comes to our cities and towns. We break out the rainbow flags, march in parades, and celebrate our uniqueness and being together. But as Pride Month starts, this year feels different. Sure, we will still celebrate this remarkable, diverse and loving community, but we are haunted by the wave of senseless violence…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Lambda Legal and 15 other national LGBT groups urged opposition to the confirmations of John K. Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and Damien Schiff to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, citing public statements and writings from both nominees and their repeated demonstration of “contempt…
June 12, 2016, a deadly attack at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando claimed the lives of 49 people — most of them young, LGBTQ and Latinx — and rocked our nation to its core. We will never forget, and we will never stop standing with Orlando. Below, HRC President Chad Griffin remembers Pulse with an open…
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, the co-chairs of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus released the following statements in remembrance of last year’s shooting at the historic Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, FL, in which 49 people were murdered. “Today, we remember the 49 people killed one year ago at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando,” said Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)….
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The undersigned 59 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, Queer (LGBTQ), American Muslim and Latinx organizations released the following statement in advance of the first day of remembrance of the June 12, 2016 massacre at the LGBTQ nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida. The statement was convened by national civil rights organizations including Muslim Advocates, the National…
Ahead of today’s Pride parade in D.C., new TWEET and FACEBOOK posts from Sen. Kamala Harris highlight a new Pride flag placed in front of her office Friday. Above the picture Harris posted, “Added a new flag to my Washington office this month – because in California we’ve got pride.” Sen. Harris is currently the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination in housing. A companion bill to bipartisan legislation introduced in March by Reps. Scott Taylor (R-VA) and Brad Schneider (D-IL) in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Fair and Equal Housing Act would provide consistent and explicit non-discrimination…
WASHINGTON— The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights today sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee urging senators to reject President Trump’s nomination of John K. Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The letter states in part, “Mr. Bush has a record of extreme partisanship and does not…
GENEVA — In a speech Tuesday, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley criticized the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) threatening that the US might withdraw from the body if reforms aren’t made to “re-establish the Council’s legitimacy.” “If the Human Rights Council is going to be an organization we entrust to protect and…
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott today announced a special session at the Texas State Capitol with an agenda that includes passing a so-called anti-trans “bathroom bill” which openly targets and discriminates against transgender Texans for living their lives according to their gender identity. The so-called “bathroom bill” has already received negative attention as…
