NEW YORK – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) will announce the creation of a groundbreaking global coalition committed to advancing LGBT workplace equality around the world. The announcement will be made on stage during the closing plenary of the 2015 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting in New York. The inaugural members of HRC’s global corporate…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has released an issue brief to help employees and employers build more inclusive workplace environments for bisexual people. “Bisexual Visibility in the Workplace” addresses the largely unacknowledged challenge of bisexual employee visibility and inclusion, and provides practical suggestions for improving the climate through actions by individual employees, employee…
WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that Vice President Joe Biden will deliver the keynote address at the 19th annual HRC National Dinner on the evening of October 3, 2015, in Washington, DC. In addition, HRC announced that seven-time Emmy Award winner Allison Janney will present HRC’s National Vanguard Award to Academy…
WASHINGTON – Today, as Pope Francis began his historic trip to the U.S., the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, released a guide to help LGBT Catholics who are seeking to reconnect with their faith and build more inclusive church…
Monday, Shadi Petosky, a transgender woman, was detained unexpectedly at Orlando airport by TSA officials. Petosky live tweeted her experience where she reported she was publicly humiliated and repeatedly questioned about her gender identity after clearly stating that she is a transgender woman in an encounter lasting for more than 40 minutes. As reported by Vox, she…
WASHINGTON – In anticipation of the historic visit of Pope Francis to the U.S., the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is releasing polling data on Catholic attitudes toward equality, highlighting the stories of teachers and staff fired from Catholic institutions because of who they love, and asking the pontiff to embrace the LGBT faithful. HRC this week…
Rick Perry has become the first Republican to quit the race for president. According to ABC News the former Texas governor told the Eagle Forum in St. Louis, Missouri Friday afternoon that he is suspending his presidential campaign, making him the first 2016 presidential candidate to do so. “We have a tremendous field – the…
Today, Target announced that it is has endorsed the recently-introduced Equality Act, a landmark federal bill that would guarantee explicit, permanent protections for LGBT people from discrimination in many of the most important aspects of their lives. In a statement posted on its Web site, Target said, “Today, we’re proud to announce another important milestone:…
Today, HRC President Chad Griffin appeared on MSNBC to discuss the ongoing situation in Rowan County, Ky., where County Clerk Kim Davis continues to flout the law by denying marriage licenses to couples. “With the results of the United States Supreme Court decision in the Obergefell case, marriage licenses must be issued equally. That’s her…
The LGBT workers’ organization, Pride At Work has asked all unions to stop supporting the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). This weekend the organization approved a resolution that calls on member organizations to stop funding the HRC until the advocacy group addresses what Pride at Work sees as systemic issues and key problems with HRC’s Corporate…
