WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released a new video highlighting health care professionals who are speaking out against dangerous legislation targeting transgender students – including bills currently pending in Tennessee and South Carolina. As anti-equality activists across the country push for laws targeting transgender youth and adults, these experts – including pediatricians, a…
SAN DIEGO – Scripps Health’s five hospital campuses have each been recognized as a “Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality” in the Healthcare Equality Index 2016, an annual survey conducted by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organization. The survey is used to…
JACKSON, Miss, – Monday, the Mississippi State Legislature voted to approve the anti-LGBT bill H.B. 1523, a measure opposed by some of the state’s largest employers. Major corporations are among those urging Gov. Phil Bryant, House Speaker Philip A. Gunn and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves to stop to this discriminatory measure that would put the…
WASHINGTON – More than one-third of Americans say they personally know or work with someone who is transgender, according to a new survey commissioned by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation. Research shows that this historic level of visibility is accompanied by increasing acceptance of transgender people. Released to mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility, the survey data show…
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Senate Judiciary A voted Tuesday to advance H.B 1523, a discriminatory anti-LGBT bill. If passed, H.B. 1523 would allow individuals, religious organizations and private associations to use religion to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Mississippians, in some of the most important aspect of their lives, including at…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released the following statement on President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court. “Americans deserve a full Supreme Court bench, and President Obama’s nominee deserves a hearing. There is no doubt that Merrick Garland is a highly qualified candidate, and the Senate has a…
WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has announced that HRC’s Board of Directors, comprised of community leaders from across the nation, voted Friday to issue the following Congressional endorsements focusing on incumbent members of Congress. “From supporting nationwide marriage equality, to co-sponsoring the Equality Act, these members of Congress have demonstrated a strong commitment…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has announced the launch of their Business Coalition for the Equality Act, a coalition of 60 major employers that have officially endorsed the bipartisan Equality Act. Since HRC joined with lawmakers and advocates last July to introduce the Equality Act in Congress, HRC has continued to build support…
Following Hillary Clinton’s and Donald Trump’s success in the majority of Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses, the Human Rights Campaign has released a new video highlighting what’s at stake in the 2016 election. “In the biggest showdown of the campaign so far, the strong showing from both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump foreshadows the stakes…
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has vetoed HB 1008 — legislation attacking the rights of transgender children in public schools by attempting to force them to use restrooms and other facilities inconsistent with their gender identity. Before making his decision, Gov. Dennis Daugaard said meeting with transgender South Dakotans “put a human face” on the…
