WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) responded to the latest attack on the LGBT community by leading GOP candidate for president Ben Carson. In an interview today with Fusion’s Jorge Ramos, Carson suggested creating transgender bathrooms. Questioned about Houston voters’ rejection of a law banning LGBT discrimination this week, Carson said: “How about…
SALT LAKE CITY – On the eve of an international summit at which thousands of anti-LGBT activists will gather from around the world, the Human Rights Campaign, (HRC) is standing up for LGBT Americans and their families, and against the World Congress of Families (WCF) and its network of affiliates exporting anti-LGBT hate across the…
With less than two weeks until Election Day in Houston, two openly gay athletes announced their support for the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO), writes Hayley Miller on the HRC Blog. Retired NBA athlete Jason Collins, who spoke at HRC’s National Dinner earlier this month, tweeted his support. Michael Sam, the first openly gay player…
This Sunday, ahead of the anti-LGBT World Congress of Families (WCF) conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, HRC will place a two-page ad in The Salt Lake Tribune, standing in support of all families and against hate, writes Hayley Miller on the HRC Blog. “As the harmful and divisive World Congress of Families descends upon…
WASHINGTON – Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), t released sample legislation for state legislators and equality groups who want to protect LGBTQ youth from the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy. This first-of-its-kind sample legislation draws from best practices in the jurisdictions that have passed…
WASHINGTON — Today, at the urging of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the New York attorney general has begun investigating whether Turing Pharmaceuticals, which recently imposed an unconscionable 5,000 percent price hike on the life-saving drug Daraprim, may have violated antitrust laws by limiting its distribution. Chad Griffin, President of HRC, the nation’s largest lesbian,…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) once again called on Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli to make good on his unfulfilled promise of Sept. 22 to lower the price on Daraprim — a crucial and often lifesaving treatment for those living with HIV — and urged officials to expeditiously investigate Turing’s reckless overnight 5,000…
Over the last few days the Pope’s visit with anti-gay County Clerk Kim Davis has dominated the news and received an inordinate amount of coverage. Now it has been revealed that th day before this meeting took place the Pope met with a gay couple in a private meeting. CNN reports that the Pope met…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that Apple CEO Tim Cook will receive the organization’s Visibility Award at the 19th annual HRC National Dinner Saturday, Oct. 3 in Washington, DC. “Tim Cook is a visionary whose leadership of Apple has been nothing short of remarkable,” said HRC President Chad Griffin. “His willingness to bravely and…
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Supreme Court marriage equality plaintiff Jim Obergefell will head to Capitol Hill to lead dozens of advocates in a day of lobbying for the Equality Act on behalf of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). HRC also announced today that it will bring more than a dozen of the top U.S. companies…
