Tag: Barack Obama
HRC Statement on White House Uganda Announcement
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today commended the Obama Administration for announcing a series of new concrete actions that hold the Ugandan government and leaders in it accountable for the enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act earlier this year.
White House: New Federal Contractor Executive Order Forthcoming
According to news reports, President Obama will soon sign an executive order providing non-discrimination protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees of federal contractors.
Anti-LGBT Vitriol Comes to Capitol Hill
Today, at a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, Liberty University Dean and Professor of Law Mathew Staver submitted prepared testimony which included a profoundly inaccurate anti-LGBT rant.
HRC Urges Obama to Take Immediate Action for LGBT Ugandans
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging his administration to take immediate steps to hold the Ugandan government accountable for the enactment of state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia earlier this year.
USA : Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Human Rights Issues
“People everywhere long for the freedom to determine their destiny; the dignity that comes with work; the comfort that comes with faith; and the justice that exists when governments serve their people — and not the other way around.
Uganda: Museveni ‘seeks US advice on homosexuality’
President Yoweri Museveni is asking the US to advise Uganda’s scientists about homosexuality, as he considers whether to sign a law increasing punishments.