The rights of LGBT people [are] an inseparable part of America’s promotion of human rights around the world,” Vice President Joe Biden declared to a packed audience at the Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles gala on Saturday night. In a world where homosexuality is a crime in almost 80 countries — punishable by death in…
Speaking to more than 1,000 LGBT rights supporters at the Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles gala, SaturdayVice President Joe Biden said the United States will be a world leader in the fight for LGBT equality. His keynote address, which lasted 28 minutes, outlined the administration’s commitment to stand up for the human rights of LGBT…
WASHINGTON – Americans for Marriage Equality, a new bipartisan coalition formed with the help of the Human Rights Campaign, officially has launched with new resources that will provide up-to-the-minute information and analysis on national and state marriage equality cases, legislation, and other developments. A new daily Playbook-style email tipsheet called “A.M. Equality” will deliver a…
Vice President Joe Biden will deliver the keynote address at the HRC’s Los Angeles Dinner Saturday, March 22. Vice President Biden will be joined by Dr. Jill Biden. “Vice President Biden has been a champion of civil rights for his entire career, from his leadership on the Violence Against Women Act to his strong support…
The World Congress of Families is moving full speed ahead with plans to hold an international anti-LGBT conference at the Kremlin in Moscow this fall, despite the growing international crisis in Ukraine and the withdrawal of key conference partner Concerned Women for America over concerns that holding the conference would give the appearance of “giving…
Administrators at Sheridan High School, located just south of Little Rock, Ark., are refusing to include an interview with openly gay student Taylor Ellis in this year’s yearbook. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), is calling on Sheridan Superintendent Brenda Haynes and Principal Rodney Williams to reverse the decision. Taylor’s bio reads: “I use to be…
Last night, the Human Rights Campaign made history as the first organization or business to take home three awards from the South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Awards Ceremony. SXSW and its judges honored HRC as the 2013 leader of digital design and innovation with the awards for Best of Show, Digital Campaign of the Year…
In January, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in a pharmaceutical contract dispute, Abbott Laboratories v. SmithKline Beecham, that it violates the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection to exclude someone from jury service because of his or her sexual orientation. In doing so, the court also concluded that discrimination based on…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization, has released a comprehensive state-by-state report detailing LGBT-related legislation in 2013, a year marked by huge victories for the LGBT community from statehouses across the nation to the United States Supreme Court. The…
A new video series from HRC, “Debunking the Myths: Transgender Health & Well-Being” attempts to bust some of the common and sometimes harmful misconceptions that surround the lived experiences of transgender and gender nonconforming people. From schools and hospitals, to the workplace and places of worship, we continue to see that more and more transgender…
