Tag: Chad Griffin
Justice for Jeydon: Transgender Student Won’t Be Barred from Senior Yearbook
Saturday the La Feria School Board decided to allow the formal tuxedo senior portrait of Jeydon Loredo to appear in the yearbook, after previously forbidding it because Jeydon is transgender.
ENDA passes Senate 64-32
Today, the U.S. Senate voted 64 to 32 to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) for the first time in the legislation’s two-decade history. All Senate Democrats joined 10 Senate Republicans to approve the bill.
In Virginia, Equality Defeats Extremism with McAuliffe Victory over Cuccinelli
With last nights news that pro-equality Democrat Terry McAuliffe soundly defeated vehemently anti-LGBT Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli in the Virginia governor’s race,
HRC Foundation Launches Program to Fight Homophobia and Transphobia Internationally
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities around the world face stigmatisation, harassment, violence and blatant human rights violations.
HRC Statement on Senator-Elect Cory Booker’s Victory
Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin issued the following statement this evening on the news that Newark, NJ Mayor Cory Booker has won the special election to be the next Senator from New Jersey:
IOC Abandons LGBT Russians, Olympic Athletes Ahead of Sochi Games
Today the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the governing body of the Olympic Games, announced it was “fully satisfied” that Russia’s heinous anti-gay propaganda law does not violate the anti-discrimination guarantees of the Olympic charter.