Tag: Chad Griffin
HRC Condemns Scott Walker’s Shameful and Offensive Comments on Boy Scouts of America’s Ban
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, released the following statement in response to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s assertion that he supports the Boy Scouts of America (BSA)’s discriminatory policy that bars gay, lesbian and bisexual adults from serving as employees and troop leaders.
Pentagon To Lift Ban On Transgender Service Members
Today, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced the establishment of a working group to study the “policy and readiness implications” of allowing transgender service members to serve openly. The working group will “start with the presumption that transgender persons can serve openly without adverse impact on military effectiveness and readiness, unless and except where objective, practical impediments are identified.”
HRC To Boy Scouts of America: You Can’t End Discriminatory Ban with Half Steps
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, today responded to a resolution by the Boy Scouts of America and its Executive Committee that would allow gay, lesbian and bisexual adults to serve as employees and volunteers by calling on the organisation to also require that all troops adhere to a policy of full LGBT inclusion.
HRC Foundation’s Groundbreaking Conference Supporting LGBTQ Youth to be Held in Dallas
Third annual Time To THRIVE conference is expected to attract 800-plus participants from around the nation for sessions on helping LGBTQ youth thrive in the classroom and beyond.
With Sweeping New Ruling, Marriage Equality Must Begin in All 50 States
In a historic 5-4 ruling, today the Supreme Court of the United States found bans on marriage equality to be unconstitutional—and that the fundamental right to marriage is a fundamental right for all. The majority’s opinion, authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy, represents a clear mandate for governors, state attorneys general and officials everywhere to cease their attempts to uphold these discriminatory statutes.
Judge Rules Proposed California “Sodomite Suppression Act” Is “Patently Unconstitutional”
Today, Judge Raymond M. Cadei of the Superior Court of Sacramento County in California, prevented a proposed ballot initiative known as the “Sodomite Suppression Act” from moving forward in a ruling calling it “patently unconstitutional on its face.”