U.S. Dept. of Education: transgender students protected under Title IX

WASHINGTON – Today the U.S Department of Education issued guidance clarifying that federal Title IX prohibits discrimination against transgender students. The Human Rights Campaign, welcomed the guidance issued by the Department’s Office for Civil Rights, which says “Title IX’s sex discrimination prohibition extends to claims of discrimination based on gender identity or failure to conform…

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HRC calls on CPCC to take action after transgender student harassed by school security

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign is calling on leaders at Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) in Charlotte, N.C., to implement an action plan after a disturbing incident of harassment and discrimination against Andraya Williams, a transgender student.  CPCC suspended Williams after a campus safety officer allegedly detained, questioned and harassed her as she was…

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HRC Foundation releases detailed report on Scott Lively’s anti-LGBT past

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has released a detailed report of Scott Lively’s anti-LGBT record – particularly his record of exporting hate overseas. According to the well documented report, Lively describes being gay as a “personality disorder” and his struggle against equality as “a war” in which only one side can prevail, but…

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HRC video exposes American extremists advocating abroad for anti-LGBT persecution (VIDEO)

WASHINGTON – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released a new web video highlighting the role that American extremists have played in the passage of Russia’s draconian anti-LGBT laws. The video details how more than a dozen Americans, including National Organization for Marriage (NOM) President Brian Brown have traveled to Russia in the last year…

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HRC calls on Secretary Kerry to recall U.S. ambassadors to Uganda, Nigeria

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), has called on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to recall the nation’s ambassadors to Uganda and Nigeria. HRC argued that urgent consultation is required before regular diplomacy can proceed with nations that recently enacted some of the world’s most virulently anti-LGBT laws. “The Ugandan and Nigerian governments’…

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HRC launches ‘Americans for Marriage Equality Communications War Room’

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign today announced a Communications War Room for Americans for Marriage Equality – a coalition to advance marriage equality nationwide and provide up-to-the-minute information for lawmakers, legal experts, media, and grassroots supporters. Following the defeat of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8 last year, new marriage equality…

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New HRC report highlights trend between President Obama’s use of ‘gay’ and growing support for equality

WASHINGTON – A new report from the Human Rights Campaign shows that President Obama’s unprecedented usage of words including “lesbian,” “gay,” “bisexual” and “transgender” in his public statements is contributing immensely to the political mainstreaming of LGBT people and marriage equality within American society.  The report, which also examines the public statements of former Presidents George…

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Corporate America champions LGBT equality in record numbers

WASHINGTON – In what was a historic year of progress for the equal rights of LGBT Americans, corporate America stood out as a true leader in the fight for basic fairness and dignity. Both inside the boardroom and in the halls of state legislatures and the U.S. Congress, American companies stood by their LGBT employees….

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