All posts tagged "LGBTQ"
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Marriage Equality Supporter Clint Eastwood to Speak at Republican Convention
The much talked about “mystery guest” at the Republican National Convention was revealed earlier today. Although some speculated a hologram of former President Ronald Reagan...
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Biden Praises LGBT Community for Advancing Rights of All Americans
Vice President Joe Biden spoke directly to the gay community Sunday, Aug. 26, thanking activists for their work in advancing the civil rights of all...
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Holder Reaffirms Obama Administration’s Commitment to Gay Rights at LGBT Law Conference
Speaking to a packed ballroom at the Washington Hilton last night, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder urged LGBT lawyers to continue fighting for equality as...
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LGBT Voters to Romney: Support our rights and we’d consider voting for you
Perhaps not surprisingly, gay voters are just as concerned about the economy as the rest of America. A new poll released by Logo TV found...
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Obama Administration Condemns Anti-Gay Violence in Zimbabwe
The State Department condemned the violent arrests and continued harassment of dozens of LGBT activists in Zimbabwe earlier this month in a statement released on...
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Perkins Extends Blame to Obama for Shooting
During an interview today with Rick Santorum on FRC’s Washington Watch Weekly radio show, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins extended blame for Wednesday’s shooting...
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Anti-gay slogans on display at FRC’s press conference claiming they are not a “hate group”
One day after a Virginia man is alleged to have shot a security guard at the D.C. headquarters of the anti-gay Family Research Council,...
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Shooting Shocks D.C.'s LGBT and Political Worlds
A security guard was shot inside the headquarters of the Family Research Council in Washington on Wednesday morning in what appears to be a politically...
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The DC Center Earns Excellence Award
DC Concerned Providers Coalition (DCCP), an organization that seeks to decrease infection rates of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases among D.C.-area young men of...
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D.C. Ward 5 Residents Rally Against Violence
In a world where silence sometimes equals complicity, the residents of Bloomingdale and Eckington made their voices heard the evening of Aug. 9. Marching to...
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D.C. Rolling Out Trans Ads
It's all about respect. That's the message of the latest campaign by the D.C. Office of Human Rights (OHR). Hitting its stride with its current...
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Secretary Clinton meets with LGBT coalition in Uganda
“It is critical for all Ugandans – the government and citizens alike – to speak out against discrimination, harassment and intimidation of anyone. That’s true...
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Stigma Takes Center Stage at HRC Panel
Saturday evening, ahead of today’s opening of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) here in D.C., the Human Rights Campaign hosted an event focusing...
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Health Benefits To Be Extended to Children of Gay Federal Employees
The Obama administration moved to expand a key provision of the Affordable Care Act to the children of same-sex couples today. A new rule proposed...
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Campaign Challenges Romney’s Record on Gay Rights
A new campaign is taking direct aim at Mitt Romney’s record and agenda on LGBT issues. Announced on Wednesday and playing off of the wildly...
