LOS ANGELES — For the seventh year in a row, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), this year in partnership with The Heather Heyer Foundation, will take part in the Rose Parade with a float titled ‘Keeping the Promise.’ The float will highlight community heroes by honoring the courage and sacrifice of civil rights and social justice…
This past Monday violent anti-LGBTQ fliers encouraging LGBTQ students to commit suicide were hung up on the main campus of Cleveland State University on the same day they were slated to open an LGBTQ resource center for students. According to ABC News5 in Cleveland, the flier depicts an illustration of a man with a rope tied…
Friday, Donald Trump became the first sitting president to attend and and speak at the Values Voter Summit, an ultra-conservative, anti-LGBTQ event. Addressing the crowd Trump said he wants to end “attacks on Judeo-Christian values.” He quoted President George Washington in saying that “religion and morality are indispensable” in American politics. “It is our faith…
Oh Canada My partner and I traveled to Montreal for Pride this year to celebrate for the fifth time in Canada. It was clear that Canada is not the United States, in fact as much as I hate to say it, it seems that Canada is a better version of our great country. Prime Minister…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten has sent letters to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and 50 state attorneys general urging a “new level” of action to combat hatred, bigotry and white supremacy following the weekend’s terrorist attack in Charlottesville, Va., and to safeguard the civil liberties of the American people…
NEW YORK – This week, GLAAD teamed up with Texas college students for “Student Against Hate” rallies across the state where they protested the close to 25 anti-LGBTQ bills, including HB 2899 — a bill that would void non-discrimination protections for transgender Texans, currently up for debate in the Texas Capitol in Austin. In cities…
The so-called FreeSpeechBus, is currently spreading its hateful message through the streets of New York City. The organizers behind the bus include the International Organization for the Family, labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the notoriously anti-LGBTIQ group National Organization for Marriage. The bright orange bus is covered in the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 1,500 companies worldwide have confirmed they have pulled their advertising dollars from Breitbart, the international media outlet infamous for its hate speech, false reporting and support of white nationalism. The global Breitbart boycott is organized by international activist group Sleeping Giants, which says the problem isn’t advertisers, but automated “programmatic advertising” platforms online….
Hate crimes in the city of San Diego decreased by only one incident in 2016 over hate crimes committed in 2015 for a total of 35 crimes, according to the police chief’s report on crime statistics. There were 11 crimes attributed to the anti-gay bias of an attacker in 2016 as compared with 14 such…
WASHINGTON –The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 155 civil and human rights groups Friday called upon the Executive Branch to respond more quickly and forcefully to hate-based incidents, which have been occurring at an alarming rate in recent months. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by…
