Day: April 18, 2013
GMAD Introduces New Director of Communications and Development
GMAD organisation is excited to introduce new position that will promote the agency’s mission and objectives.
HRC Mobilises Members to Contact Local Scout Councils with Message about Ending Discrimination
The discriminatory policy banning gay Scouts and Scout leaders will face a vote by 1,400 leaders of the Boy Scouts of America on May 23.
French PM urges calm ahead of final same-sex marriage vote
As a bill legalising same-sex marriage and adoption went to France’s National Assembly for a final vote on Wednesday, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called for calm after thousands of people protested against the legislation in Paris.
HRC Applauds Introduction of Legislation to End Discrimination Against LGBT Students
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, today applauded the introduction of the Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA) in the U.S. House of Representatives.
LGBT rights in Ukraine closely scrutinised as European Parliament consents to easier visa rules
Today the European Parliament gave its binding consent for easier EU visa rules for Ukrainian citizens. Members of the European Parliament had expressed serious concern about two homophobic draft laws, insisting the EU shouldn’t turn a blind eye to human rights abuses.