Tag: Chad Griffin
HRC Calls For Full Investigation Into Treatment of Transgender Woman By TSA Agents in Orlando
HRC President Chad Griffin urges immediate action to ensure transgender travellers are treated equally with full respect.
HRC President Calls on Drug Maker to Roll Back Price Hike
Move by Martin Shkreli reeks of greed, puts at risk pregnant women and people living with HIV.
In a Historic First, Openly Gay Eric Fanning Nominated To Serve as Secretary of the Army
Selection of Eric Fanning, who currently serves as Acting Under Secretary of the Army, demonstrates President Obama’s ongoing commitment to LGBT inclusion in Administration.
Amanda Simpson Sworn In As Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy
Simpson remains the highest ranking openly transgender official in the Obama Administration.
In A Historic First, U.N. Security Council Convenes to Discuss LGBT Rights
HRC hailed the leadership of U.S Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power and her Chilean counterpart Ambassador Cristian Barros Melet for holding the first ever U.N. Security Council meeting on LGBT rights later today. Open to all U.N. member states, the gathering will focus on the appalling abuse and violence being perpetrated against LGBT people in areas in which ISIS exerts control.
Congress Must Restore Full Protections of Voting Rights Act
Today, on the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 – a landmark piece of legislation that prohibits racial discrimination in voting – the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, called on Congress to restore the full protections of this crucial legislation.