Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), and the Tennessee Equality Project (TEP), strongly condemned legislation gaining traction in Tennessee that attempts to defy the Supreme Court of the United States on marriage equality. Being pushed by Rep. Mark Pody (R-46), the so-called Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act attempts to eliminate marriage equality in the state…
WASHINGTON — Implications of the California drought, anti-poverty best practices for San Diego, President Obama’s executive action on curbing gun violence and the conflict between religious freedoms and LGBT rights are chief among local legal issues that will be explored at the 2016 American Bar Association (ABA) Midyear Meeting Feb. 3-8 in San Diego. Local…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, (HRC) today announced its endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President. HRC’s Board of Directors, comprised of 32 community leaders from across the nation, unanimously voted to endorse Secretary Clinton — an endorsement she will accept next Sunday, January 24 at an event in Des Moines, Iowa with HRC President…
Today, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock signed an executive order that will prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity for state employees, as well state contractors and subcontractors. In a press conference earlier today Gov. Bullock celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by noting that it is time to “recommit to King’s…
According to the RBC News Agency, the Russian Duma’s Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building has rejected a bill which would have made coming out to young people and same-sex couples kissing in public punishable with jail sentences. The bill, introduced by Ivan Nikitchuk, a Communist party MP, would have punished people with a 5,000 ruble…
Following a six month review the Pentagon has affirmed it will make a determination on the transgender military ban this spring reports The Washington Blade. In response to a Washington Blade inquiry this week for an update on the review Pentagon spokesperson Matthew Allen told The Blade that Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will make a…
This Monday, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day, HRC members and supporters across the country will gather for an annual Day of Service, writes Hayley Miller on the HRC Blog. Each year, millions around the country treat MLK Day of Service as a “Day On, Not a Day Off.” Working together, HRC hopes…
The head of the U.S. Episcopal Church has said the Church will not reverse its decision on accepting same-sex marriage, despite sanctions imposed by Anglican leaders. AP reported that in a phone interview from England, where he attended the gathering of top Anglican archbishops, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said he told his fellow leaders they…
CHICAGO, IL— Breaking with tradition, the State of the Movement address at the National LGBTQ Task Force’s Creating Change Conference will be delivered by a chorus of voices rather than one. In previous years, it has been the role of the Task Force’s Executive Director Rea Carey, to deliver the annual speech at the Creating…
The Anglican Communion has voted to suspend the Episcopal Church over its decision to allow its clergy to perform same-sex marriages, a move not taken by the majority of churches in the Anglican Communion. The Huffington Post reported that the vote Thursday (Jan. 14) in Canterbury, England suspended the Episcopal Church from voting and decision-making…
