WASHINGTON – With another campaign launch today after his embarrassing flameou the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, released a video highlighting presidential candidate Rick Perry, in his own words, using harmful rhetoric to oppose LGBT equality. Perry has consistently opposed LGBT equality, from marriage to non-discrimination protections. ˚˚ “If Rick Perry wants…
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced on his Web site Thursday that he is running for president a second time, joining an already crowded Republican field of contenders, reports The Huffington Post. In a video featuring a montage of U.S. landmarks and Perry meeting with mostly white groups of people, he claims the country needs…
Viciously anti-gay activist Scott Lively has announced he is considering running for Congress. Right Wing Watch reports Lively wants to challenge Democratic Rep. Richard Neal and intends to do so in order to stand in defense of Russia inside our government. Lively has long been a vocal supporter of Russia’s harsh anti-gay crackdown, declaring the…
Faith 2 Action’s Janet Porter has brought together a who’s who of hardline anti-gay activists, members of Congress, and presidential hopefuls for her film entitled “Light Wins: How To Overcome The Criminalization Of Christianity,”reports Right Wing Watch. Among the participants are Rep. Steve King, Rep. Trent Franks, Rep. Louie Gohmert, Rep. Tim Huelskamp, Sen. Rand…
When seated next to one of Russia’s most anti-gay pundits a lesbian couple decided to take a selfie of themselves kissing, reports The Huffington Post. The couple had wound up next to Russian councilman Vitaly Milonov, the man behind St. Petersburg’s infamous “homosexual propaganda” law, on a flight from Moscow to St. Petersburg. They shared…
HOUSTON, TX — In two major victories for transgender civil rights, today Saks Fifth Avenue withdrew a motion to dismiss a lawsuit in which Saks had argued that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not protect transgender workers, and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a historic statement of interest in the…
Fox News Sunday will host a debate on same-sex marriage featuring a anti-gay hate group leader who’s known for peddling lies and smears about the LGBT community, reports Media Matters for America. Jan. 18, Fox News Sunday is scheduled to host a debate on same-sex marriage featuring Ted Olson, a prominent pro-equality attorney, and Tony Perkins, president of…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has condemned the decision by the chief executive of Saks Fifth Avenue’s parent company to decline to renounce Saks’ claim that transgender Americans are not protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In an interview with the New York Times, Gerald L. Storch of…
WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) confirmed that MillerCoors Chairman Pete Coors had withdrawn from participating in an event hosted by the group, Legatus. The event and its organizers have been under fire recently over the organization’s discriminatory and dangerous positions on LGBT people. HRC had been in touch with representatives of MillerCoors,…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, (HRC), thas taken the rare step of suspending Saks Fifth Avenue’s Corporate Equality Index (CEI) score. The action was taken following Saks’ claims in response to a lawsuit that Title VII protections don’t apply to transgender employees and that the company is not legally bound by its own LGBT…
