WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that multi-platinum selling Grammy nominated singer and songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen and multi-platinum selling Grammy award-winning act A Great Big World – joined by Hip-Hop artist Futuristic – will perform at the 19th annual HRC National Dinner on October 3, 2015, in Washington, DC. “We are excited…
Utah governor, Gary Herbert has decided to address thousands of attendees at a massive gathering hosted by the World Congress of Families (WCF) this October. Designated an anti-LGBT hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, WCF’s upcoming conference in Salt Lake City will convene some of the most virulently anti-LGBT extremists from across the…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has announced that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will speak to the organization on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 3. Approximately 800 grassroots leaders from across the country – including the HRC Board of Directors, HRC Board of Governors, HRC staff, and volunteer leaders and supporters from the…
WASHINGTON – Today, as Pope Francis began his historic trip to the U.S., the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, released a guide to help LGBT Catholics who are seeking to reconnect with their faith and build more inclusive church…
A judge reduced the original 18-year jail term by 10 years Monday for Kevin Bollaert, who was convicted of extortion and identity theft with a “revenge porn” web site that published the nude photos of many women and two gay men. The projected release of Bollaert, 29, was changed from 2024 to Jan. 31, 2019…
Monday, Shadi Petosky, a transgender woman, was detained unexpectedly at Orlando airport by TSA officials. Petosky live tweeted her experience where she reported she was publicly humiliated and repeatedly questioned about her gender identity after clearly stating that she is a transgender woman in an encounter lasting for more than 40 minutes. As reported by Vox, she…
SACRAMENTO – California State Assemblymembers Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) and Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) observed today’s National Voter Registration Day celebration by calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to sign into law the California New Motor Voter Act that was passed by legislators earlier this month. The Act, known as Assembly Bill AB 1461, would expand voter registration…
WASHINGTON – Human Rights Campaign (HRC) President Chad Griffin today issued an open letter to Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli, calling on him to rescind his outrageous 5,000 percent price increase for Daraprim, a drug used to treat people with compromised immune systems, including those living with HIV. The drug, called Daraprim, was acquired in…
And another one bites the dust. According to a report in The New York Times Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin plans to drop out of the 2016 GOP presidential race. Walker has called a news conference in Madison at 6 p.m. Eastern. “The short answer is money,” said a supporter of Mr. Walker’s who was…
A British prison official is going to jail after selling information about George Michael to the British tabloid, The Sun. Amanda Watts, 43, will be sentenced next month after admitting to supplying The Sun five pieces of information about Michael while he was serving time in Highpoint Prison, reports The Guardian. She was paid £2,100 ($3,200)…
