WASHINGTON – Just 50 days from the start of the Sochi Winter Olympics, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), announces its first contribution to the Russia Freedom Fund (www.russiafreedomfund.org) in the amount of $100,000. The announcement is featured in a video holiday card to the Russian LGBT community, compiling support and solidarity for their cause across…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign and the NAACP, have sent a letter to A+E President and Chief Executive Officer Nancy Dubuc, calling on her to disavow the racist and homophobic comments made by Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson. In a recent GQ interview, Robertson said that African Americans were happier during the era of…
WASHINGTON – In a recent interview with GQ magazine, the star of A&E’s hit Duck Dynasty called homosexuality a sin, and equated it with promiscuity and bestiality. In the remarks, for the magazine’s January 2014 issue, Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson says sin “Start[s] with homosexual behavior and just morph[s] out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with…
SAN FRANCISCO, – Union Bank, N.A., announced today that it earned a perfect score of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) 2014 Corporate Equality Index. This is the first year that Union Bank participated in HRC’s rating system, which serves as the national benchmarking tool for corporate policies and practices related to lesbian,…
Nelson Mandela, who died yesterday was South Africa’s first post-Apartheid president, and an outspoken advocate for LGBT equality. He appointed an openly-gay judge to South Africa’s High Court of Appeal and during his presidency, South Africa became the first nation in the world to constitutionally prohibit sexual orientation-based discrimination. Mandela will be remembered for his…
The Arizona Technology Council, the state’s largest trade association for technology businesses and a longtime leader of the technology community, has announced it would add issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality to its lobbying platform agenda. The Human Rights Campaign, praised the decision, noting the growing support for issues of equality in the…
http://youtu.be/bj8gySRem6w At a recent signing for his new book, My New Teacher and Me!, parody legend “Weird Al” Yankovic talked to online talk show personality and award winning social justice activist, Jeff 4 Justice about why he donated money from his Lady Gaga “Perform This Way” parody to HRC, his support for marriage equality, and why…
With almost two hundred people in attendance, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), in conjunction with the Equality Professionals Network (EPN), sponsored a discussion and live panel yesterday to preview their widely anticipated report: Corporate Equality Index 2014. The event was held at the newly constructed auditorium of the Qualcomm headquarters off Lusk Blvd in Sorrento…
WASHINGTON – The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) continues to struggle financially as its losses at the U.S. Supreme Court and in states across the country pile up. According to the organization’s latest financial documents, NOM ended the year in the red with roughly a $2 million dollar deficit. Just three donors accounted for roughly two…
Yesterday the United States Senate unanimously confirmed HRC board member James “Wally” Brewster, Jr. to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic. When nominated for the ambassadorship, Wally Brewster served as Senior Executive for SB&K Global, a global consumer dynamics strategy consulting firm, where he worked with clients on global expansion and growth. Through his professional…
