There is strong support for equality in Mississippi despite the state’s “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” which took effect yesterday. Since January, eight cities have passed equality resolutions recognizing the dignity and worth of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. “This is proof that the people of Mississippi are further ahead than their leaders at…
Texas governor, Rick Perry waded into the debate over a change to the Texas Republican Party’s platform, which recently added support for so-called “reparative therapy” as a plank. According to press reports, when asked whether he believes homosexuality is a disorder, Perry responded that, “whether or not you feel compelled to follow a particular lifestyle or…
New market research data to be released this week at the 4th International LGBT Business Expo in Mexico will show that Mexico’s 5.2 million lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people earned USD$74.4billion during the past year. The findings are part of LGBT2020 – the largest global research initiative into LGBT people – and are…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation has released the inaugural edition of Equality Rising—a brief overview of many of the successes and setbacks of LGBT activists, advocates, and allies around the world in 2013. Released in advance of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17th, this report aims to educate the…
SINGAPORE — Singapore’s Minister for Families and Social Development Chan Chun Sing has publicly reprimanded the US bank Goldman Sachs for giving LGBT in the city-state better employment opportunities, reports GayAsiaNews.com. “Singapore and Singaporeans will decide on the norms for our society. Foreign companies here should respect local culture and context,” Chan said on his Facebook…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has announced Project One America (POA), a comprehensive campaign to dramatically expand LGBT equality in the South through permanent campaigns in Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas. This substantial and lasting initiative — with a three year budget of $8.5 million and a dedicated staff of 20 — is the…
The phrase “throw down the gauntlet” means to issue a challenge. In medieval times, a knight would throw his metal glove, the gauntlet, to the ground to issue a challenge to another knight. If the knight accepted the challenge, he would “take up the gauntlet.” Well I am throwing down the gauntlet this political season….
“First they came for LGBT people, and I did not speak out – because I was not an LGBT person. Then they came for the unions, and I did not speak out – because I was not a union member. Then they came for the undocumented and uninsured workers, and I did not speak out…
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…
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…
