Day: April 21, 2016
NBA Commissioner Warns All-Star Game Will Be Moved Out of NC If Lawmakers Fail to Change HB 2
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, hailed the news that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s radical anti-LGBT HB 2 must be changed or the league will move the 2017 All-Star Game out of the state. The commissioner’s comments come just days before the North Carolina General Assembly is scheduled to reconvene.
HRC Releases New “Coming Home” Guide for Jewish LGBTQ People Seeking To Reconnect With Their Faith
In advance of the Passover holiday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, released today a guide to help LGBTQ Jews who are seeking to reconnect with their faith and build more inclusive communities.
Alabama House Committee Advances LGBT-Inclusive Hate Crimes Legislation
Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Alabama hailed the Alabama House Judiciary Committee’s 7-5 vote to advance HB 413 — common sense legislation that would add to the state’s hate crimes statute critical new protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. The bill, sponsored by Reps. Juandalynn Givan and Patricia Todd, now heads to the full Alabama House for consideration.
The UK Warns Tourists About Anti-LGBT Laws in North Carolina and Mississippi
Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign, (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, released the following statement after the United Kingdom’s Foreign Office warned its LGBT citizens of the risks of traveling to North Carolina and Mississippi, which have enacted anti-LGBT laws.
EU Parliament calls on Turkey, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania to respect LGBTI rights
In the last of its annual progress reports on accession countries, the European Parliament evaluated the situation in Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania, including the situation of LGBTI people.
South Africa: How the ANC was won for LGBT rights
This essay is dedicated to the many heroic South African LGBT and anti-apartheid activists that I worked with during the period of white minority rule – heroes who helped secure the commitment of the African National Congress of South Africa to LGBT human rights, including the enactment of the world’s first constitution to protect LGBT people against discrimination.