Tag: Chad Griffin
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback Signs Attack on LGBT College Students Into Law
As the first explicitly anti-LGBT bill signed into law this year, the measure puts LGBT people and other minority college students at even greater risk of unfair and unjust discrimination by university-funded student groups.
Major Corporations, Business Leaders, & Sports Teams Speak Out Against H.B. 757
Earlier this week, Georgia’s legislature sent Governor Nathan Deal the bill that could weaken local non-discrimination protections and allow businesses to discriminate and deny service to LGBT people, in addition to explicitly allowing discrimination by taxpayer-funded religious organisations.
Only In America : Kansas Sends Legislative Attack on LGBT College Students to Governor
America’s largest LGBT civil rights organisation urges Governor Sam Brownback to veto legislation that would put LGBT college students at even greater risk of unfair and unjust discrimination.
HRC Hails NY AG Schneiderman For Investigating NFL Policies After Discriminatory Incident
The Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation today joined New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in calling on the NFL to explain and address deeply disturbing reports that some prospective players are being asked inappropriate questions about their sexual orientation.
HRC Announces 60 Companies Launch Business Coalition for the Equality Act
Business support comes as more than 100 grassroots supporters and advocates fan out across Capitol Hill to urge Members of Congress to support the bipartisan Equality Act.
Senator Jeanne Shaheen Introduces Global Respect Act in U.S. Senate
HRC hailed the introduction of the Global Respect Act in the Senate by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH). The bill would provide a new mechanism to prevent the world’s most anti-LGBT state actors from receiving a visa and entering the United States. The Global Respect Act would make clear to the world that the U.S. is not open to those who abuse, harass, and murder LGBT people.