All posts tagged "human rights campaign"
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Arizona governor appoints Martha McSally to John McCain’s old Senate seat
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has appointed Tucson-area U.S. Rep. Martha McSally to fill the U.S. Senate seat once held by Sen. John McCain, reports The Washington...
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6 of 7 Republican vote-switchers who defeated pro-LGBTQ amendment lost re-election
As the final races for the U.S. House of Representatives were called this week, it became apparent that the new Democratic-led Congress that will take...
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Trump’s USDA tries to reverse 4-H organization’s pro-LGBTQ policy
The Trump administration has been pressuring the national 4-H youth organization to rescind a policy allowing LGBTQ participants — setting in motion a series of...
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Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin to exit organization in 2019
Griffin will stay in place until HRC's Board of Directors names his replacement sometime next year
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Nearly 180 companies oppose efforts to erase transgender legal protections
Business allies denounce attempt to redefine gender as "fixed, immutable" condition based solely on a person's genitalia
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In firing Jeff Sessions for Matt Whitaker, Trump swapped one anti-LGBTQ zealot for another
The new acting Attorney General "poses a grave threat to the rule of law and civil rights for everyone"
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HRC: Midterm election was “clear rejection” of Trump’s “dangerous and divisive agenda”
Tuesday's midterm elections were largely positive for proponents of LGBTQ rights and supporters of the Equality Act
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56 major companies stand up against attempts to erase transgender civil rights protections
Fifty-six major companies are standing in solidarity with members of the nation’s transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming communities and expressing their opposition to a Trump administration...
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1,500 parents of transgender children blast proposal to eliminate civil rights protections
A group of parents of transgender children has written a letter to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence blasting a recent administration proposal...
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HRC releases congressional scorecard grading members on LGBTQ issues
A vast majority of GOP Senators and House members earned zero ratings, indicating no support for LGBTQ rights
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National Coming Out Day celebrates its 30th anniversary
Celebrities, politicians, and LGBTQ organizations showed their support for the LGBTQ community
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Amid last-minute drama, Senate Judiciary Committee approves Kavanaugh nomination
Lambda Legal calls the move by Republicans "highly disturbing and extremely dangerous"
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Pro-LGBTQ groups reiterate call for Senators to vote against Brett Kavanaugh
LGBTQ groups and civil rights allies have reiterated their call for senators to vote against President Trump’s Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh should his nomination...
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Cuyahoga County, Ohio, passes LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinance
On Tuesday, the Cuyahoga County Council passed an ordinance that protects the LGBTQ community from discrimination and creates a local human rights commission that will...
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VIDEO: Human Rights Campaign urges Americans to vote for LGBTQ equality in 2018
HRC publishes full-page ad in "USA Today" and launches online voter registration PSA to recruit key "Equality Voters"
