With Donald Trump about to double down on his anti-LGBTQ agenda with the possibility of his appointing notoriously anti-LGBTQ Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate, HRC Tuesday released a memo revisiting Gov. Pence’s disastrous record. Gov. Pence became a national disgrace in 2015, for his “license to discriminate” bill that would have allowed…
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Equality Forum announced today that former Houston Mayor Annise Parker, the first openly LGBT mayor of a major American city, will serve as the keynote speaker for the Barbara Gittings’ Residence Historic Marker Dedication ceremony slated for Tuesday, July 26 from 11:00 am – 11:30 am (ET) at 21st and Locust…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the one-month anniversary of the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando and just days after the horrific tragedy in Dallas, Tuesday people who lost loved ones in Orlando, gun owners, LGBTQ advocates, and gun violence prevention activists joined together to deliver 1,201,758 signatures to members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus,…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has endorsed presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for president. Sanders thanked those who voted for him during the Democratic primary ― especially the people of New Hampshire, where he got his first primary win, and his home state of Vermont, reported The Huffington Post. “Secretary Clinton has won the Democratic nominating…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus denounced the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s hearing today on H.R. 2802, which would give a government ‘license to discriminate’ to businesses and non-profits to discriminate against LGBT people. The Committee is holding the hearing one-month to the day after the mass murder of 49 LGBT people…
MIAMI, Fla. – World OutGames Miami, the 10-day event that will bring to life 34 sports and more than 450 events across the areas of Sport, Culture and Human Rights, has launched advanced registration. Thousands of athletes, participants, spectators and thought leaders from around the globe will converge on Miami for World OutGames IV to…
WASHINGTON — Equality Federation is partnering in the launch of a groundbreaking ad depicting the challenges faced by transgender people in accessing public restrooms—and highlighting the lack of state and federal nondiscrimination protections for transgender people—that will have its national television debut on FOX News Channel next Thursday, July 21, during the final night of the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friday, 68 major companies joined the Human Rights Campaign’s amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Justice’s effort to block some of the most egregious and discriminatory components of North Carolina’s HB2 law. HRC is continuing to gather corporate support for the amicus brief, which will be re-filed at several…
Friday, Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law legislation extending commonsense, non-discrimination protections to transgender residents and visitors to the state. While Massachusetts state law already prohibits discrimination against transgender people in housing and employment, the new law extends these same crucial protections to public accommodations, such as access to restaurants, malls, restrooms, and…
Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of 10 states seeking to block President Barack Obama’s historic guidance to ensure the dignity and equal treatment of transgender students in public and federally-funded schools. The lawsuit filed by Peterson seeks to rescind the Obama administration’s recent guidance on transgender student rights,…
