WASHINGTON – More than 15,000 people are calling on Mitt Romney to fire his National Finance Chair, Frank VanderSloot, for his extensive activities aimed at demonizing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. The petition, launched by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) last week, calls on people to demand Romney fire VanderSloot and return the money…
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organization – has stepped up in support of Starbucks Coffee following a smear campaign launched by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) hailed as the “Dump Starbucks” movement. NOM launched the campaign against Starbucks amid the company’s sponsorship of LGBT equality…
WASHINGTON – Chad H. Griffin has been appointed as the next president of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) by the organization’s board of directors. Griffin, a national communications and policy strategist, is widely credited for being the mastermind behind the federal lawsuit to overturn California’s Proposition 8, which has now been ruled unconstitutional by two…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, has released a white paper titled: Transgender-Inclusive Health Care Coverage and the Corporate Equality Index, a resource for employers to make their workplaces more equitable for transgender employees. The white paper is an educational tool for employers…
Chad H. Griffin was appointed Friday as the next president of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, by the organization’s Board of Directors. Griffin, a national communications and policy strategist, is widely credited for being the mastermind behind the federal lawsuit to overturn California’s…
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. –Legislation aimed at essentially reinstating the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in the Oklahoma National Guard was introduced last week and has been assigned to the House Veterans and Military Affairs Committee. It is not known when the committee will consider the legislation. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has called on…
The Virginia Senate passed two anti-abortion bills Tuesday that would aim to squelch women’s rights in the state by implementing one of the nation’s strictest anti-abortion laws. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is urging LGBT allies and activists to speak out against the pending legislation which will inevitably affect LGBT families and prospective parents because…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is unveiling a special limited-edition red version of their best-selling Love Conquers Hate T-shirt just in time for Valentine’s Day. Launching the special T-shirt the HRC stated on their Web site, “The season of love is upon us. Whether you are LGBT or a straight supporter, there’s never…
WASHINGTON – Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced new regulations aimed at addressing discrimination in federal housing programs would become official this week. The draft regulations were announced in January 2011 and Secretary Donovan made the announcement today at the Creating Change conference in Baltimore. “The new regulations from HUD will help protect…
WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney is touting the endorsement of anti-gay fundamentalist Kris Kobach. Kobach, who now serves as the Kansas secretary of state, is best known for using fear tactics to spread his anti-immigration agenda. He also is virulently anti-gay, and in 2004 made the claim that HRC and other LGBT equality organizations supported “homosexual…
