America is built on the fundamental promise that if you work hard, and play by the rules, you can get ahead. But today, millions of Americans in most states in the country go to work every day fearing that they could lose their jobs simply because of who they are or who they love. No…
WASHINGTON –– The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), has sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging his administration to take immediate steps to hold the Ugandan government accountable for the enactment of state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia earlier this year. Following Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signing into law the Anti-Homosexuality Act in February, the administration initiated…
Escape velocity is the speed needed to break away from a planet without eventually being pulled back by gravity. Hit it, and you can coast to the freedom of open space without hitting the jets again. For Earth, it’s about 25,000 mph. The escape velocity of a political movement can’t be calculated, but there is…
As I was walking out of Locke, a man behind me told his wife, “That’s my worst nightmare.” I was thinking of other clichés, too: for Ivan Locke, the events in the film are a shitshow, a tsunami, his Waterloo, a perfect storm. Most American audiences know Tom Hardy, who plays Locke, for sci-fi action…
WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) called on lawmakers, activists and allies of the LGBT community to speak out against the planned expansion to New York of a hotel chain owned by the anti-LGBT Sultan of Brunei. The Sultan recently announced that he will soon introduce flogging, amputation, and stoning as possible punishments…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign is calling on leaders at Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) in Charlotte, N.C., to implement an action plan after a disturbing incident of harassment and discrimination against Andraya Williams, a transgender student. CPCC suspended Williams after a campus safety officer allegedly detained, questioned and harassed her as she was…
As a progressive, I believe there are many names for God and many ways to God – this article reflects one of those ways. Take from here what works for you. Celebrate life with joy and peace! I think of Shakespeare’s famous quote: “To be or not to be. That is the question,” and I…
With a stroke of the pen, Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona has put an end to a unsettling period in her state’s history by vetoing a bill that would make it legal to discriminate against the LGBT community based on one’s “strongly held religious beliefs.” But that hasn’t stopped other states from forming or rewriting…
If you’re like most people, when choosing your Oscar pool picks, you guess on a bunch of them, and definitely for the winners of the three short film awards. For many years, the short films were nearly impossible to see; the compilations of all of the nominees often didn’t show up at theaters until after…
This week Equality Louisiana has launched an online week of action against bullying in Louisiana. In 2011 and 2012, three Louisiana students took their own lives as a result of the bullying and harassment they were subjected to. These three tragedies occurred in a span of less than twelve months. A spokesperson for Equality Louisiana…
