Month: September 2015
Vice President Joe Biden to Deliver Keynote Address at the 19th Annual HRC National Dinner
Ellen Page to receive Vanguard Award; Allison Janney to present; Jason Collins and Blossom Brown to speak; Grammy nominated singer and songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen, Grammy award-winning A Great Big World – joined by Hip-Hop artist Futuristic – will perform at sold-out event.
S. Dakota to pay $242K in gay marriage fees
South Dakota has agreed to pay $242,000 to attorneys for same-sex couples who challenged the state’s ban on gay marriages.
25th Anniversary of International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
The International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), will mark its 25th anniversary at its annual gala, A Celebration of Courage, on Monday, September 28th on board a New York Harbor yacht cruise.
Carly Rae Jepsen, A Great Big World, and Futuristic to Perform at 19th Annual HRC National Dinner
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, announced that multi-platinum selling Grammy nominated singer and songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen and multi-platinum selling Grammy award-winning act A Great Big World – joined by Hip-Hop artist Futuristic – will perform at the 19th annual HRC National Dinner on October 3, 2015, in Washington, DC.
HRC Asks Congress to Investigate Turing Pharmaceuticals’ Exploitative Price Gouging
Letters sent to chairs of three Congressional Committees seeking investigation on cost to federally funded health programs and impact on patients.
LGBT Activists Call For Boycott Of Gay Rights Film
An LGBT advocacy organisation has called for a boycott of the upcoming gay rights historical drama Stonewall for featuring a fictional young, white male as its protagonist.