Today the Equality Act was introduced by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) in the U.S. Senate and Representative Cicilline (D-RI) in the U.S. House of Representatives, including co-sponsors Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and John Lewis (D-GA). The Equality Act would protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and…
WASHINGTON – In advance of this afternoon’s introduction of the historic Equality Act in Congress, today 3 major American companies announced their support for comprehensive federal non-discrimination legislation that would establish full, federal equality for all LGBT Americans. Each of the leading corporations – which include Apple, The Dow Chemical Company, and Levi Strauss &…
LOS ANGELES — It’s The Golden Girls meets Murder, She Wrote with big, gay, hairy men (aka Bears)! The award-winning web series is back and better than ever having launched yet another incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign! From the creative team of Rick Copp (The Brady Bunch Movie) Joe Dietl (The Thin Pink Line) and Ben…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released the results of a new Democracy Corps survey from Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, demonstrating that 59% of likely 2016 voters are less likely to support a candidate who opposes non-discrimination protections for LGBT people. These results come just before a new federal LGBT non-discrimination bill is…
NEW YORK – amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, today announced the beta launch of its PEPFAR Country/Regional Operational Plan database, a comprehensive, navigable database of PEPFAR’s planned funding of HIV/AIDS activities from 2007 to 2014. The database was unveiled at the 8th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2015)…
WASHINGTON, D.C—More than 3,000 faith leaders and clergy sent a letter today to members of Congress urging their opposition to the First Amendment Defense Act (H.R. 2802). The letter (full text below), coordinated by Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice and Auburn Seminary, was delivered today to Representatives Jason Chaffetz and Elijah Cummings,…
Today, the European Court on Human Rights ruled that all signatories to the European Convention of Human Rights – including countries like Turkey and Russia, where discrimination and violence against LGBT people has recently made headlines – should recognize same-sex partnerships. This ruling, which could impact 47 countries, and 800 million people, is a major…
A same-sex couple that appeared in Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign launch video tied the knot Sunday. CBS Chicago reported that Jared Milrad and Nathan Johnson were surrounded by family and friends at Montrose Harbor Sunday afternoon but absent, though, was the presidential candidate. They sent her a Twitter invitation to their wedding today right after…
Sunday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry became the second Republican presidential candidate to suggest the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) should be able to deny lesbian, gay, and bisexual people the ability to work and volunteer for the organization when he said on Meet the Press that the BSA would be “better off” without openly LGB…
SAN DIEGO- Francine Busby, chair of the San Diego County Democratic Party, has called on San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer to refuse to speak at the 42nd American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Annual Meeting. ALEC is meeting in San Diego July 22 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt downtown. Mayor Faulconer is slated to speak along…
