All posts tagged "hrc"
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Romney Hires Out Gay Spokesman to Tackle Foreign Affairs and National Security Issues
Mitt Romney’s campaign tonight announced that it has hired Richard Grenell, an out gay former George W. Bush administration official, to serve as the presumptive...
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White House Defends EO Decision, Saying “Time Is Right” for ENDA — and Prompting More Criticism
Facing continued fallout from the Obama administration’s decision not to proceed with an executive order banning LGBT discrimination by federal contractors, White House spokesman Shin...
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Praise for HRC's Donna Payne
Donna Payne, the D.C.-based associate director of diversity for the Human Rights Campaign, as well as a founding board member of the National Black Justice...
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White House Says No Federal Contractor Nondiscrimination Executive Order “At This Time”
President Obama does not plan to sign an executive order at this time banning federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or...
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Lambda Legal Files Federal Lawsuit Seeking Marriage Equality in Nevada
Today, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund took what one of its lawyers calls “a strategic step” in the national effort to advance marriage equality...
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LGBT National Briefs: Arizona advocate, Southeast lawsuit
LAIESKI JOINS PHOENIX MAYOR'S OFFICE Arizona-native Caleb Laieski, 17, who made the Washington rounds in 2011 lobbying for the Student Non-Discrimination Act, is joining Phoenix...
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Starbucks CEO Dismisses NOM, Says Marriage Equality “Consistent With the Tradition” of Starbucks
On March 21, Starbucks chief executive officer Howard Schultz responded to a recent campaign launched by the National Organization for Marriage urging people to “Dump...
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Republican-Led New Hampshire House Overwhelmingly Rejects Marriage Equality Repeal
With a 211 to 116 vote on Wednesday, March 21, the New Hampshire House of Representatives rejected a bill to repeal the state’s marriage equality...
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Trevor Thomas, Out Gay Michigan Congressional Candidate, Gets Former Gov. Granholm’s Backing
Today, out gay Michigan congressional candidate Trevor Thomas (D) announced the support of former Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) and former Lt. Gov. John Cherry (D)...
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Rise of the Griffin
''I truly believe, unlike any other issue, whatever it takes to win we will do, and we will not cut a single corner,'' Chad Griffin...
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HRC’s Incoming President, Chad Griffin: “This is the grandest, most exciting opportunity of my life.”
On his way to the airport to return to Los Angeles from DC, the incoming president of the Human Rights Campaign, Chad Griffin, spoke with...
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BREAKING: Chad Griffin Named HRC’s Next President, Prop 8 Foe to Take on the Nation
The Human Rights Campaign today announced that Chad Griffin, the force behind the challenge to California’s Proposition 8,...
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BREAKING: Gov. O’Malley Signs Marriage Equality Bill, Making Maryland Eighth State (Plus DC) to Do So
[Image: Gov. Martin O’Malley (D), flanked by Senate President Thomas V. “Mike” Miller (D-Calvert, Prince George’s counties), left, and House Speaker Michael Busch (D-Anne Arundel...
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HRC Endorses Dem Elizabeth Warren Over GOP Sen. Scott Brown in Massachusetts
The Human Rights Campaign announced today that it is endorsing Elizabeth Warren (D) in her challenge to unseat Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), who won the...
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EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Pelosi Supports 2012 Democratic Party Platform Including Marriage Equality
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) supports the 2012 Democratic Party platform including, for the first time, language in full support of marriage equality, her...
