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Colton Haynes, Star of “Teen Wolf” & “Arrow,” to Receive HRC Visibility Award at HRC Seattle Gala
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, announced that Colton Haynes will be honoured with the HRC Visibility Award at the 17th Annual HRC Seattle Gala and Auction. The event which is set to take place tomorrow, Saturday, August 27, 2016, at the Seattle Sheraton, raises crucial funds in the fight for full LGBTQ equality.
VP Nominee Tim Kaine & Rep. John Lewis to Speak at the 20th Annual HRC National Dinner
Kaine, Lewis will address more than 3,600 guests at sold-out gala, additional speakers and talent to be announced soon.
HRC: Trump’s Courting of Hate Movement Dangerous to LGBTQ People
Trump’s rhetoric and antiquated anti-LGBTQ views threaten equality and safety across the U.S. and around the globe.
U.S. Navy Makes History By Naming Ship After LGBTQ Civil Rights Leader Harvey Milk
Last Tuesday, at a ceremony in San Francisco, the U.S. Navy made history by naming a new Military Sealift Command ship after Harvey Milk, the former Navy diver and pioneer in the LGBTQ civil rights movement who was assassinated in 1978.
HRC: Donald Trump & Mike Pence Would Fail Their Own Ignorant Test
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, today released the following statement in response to media reports that Donald Trump will require immigrants to pass an “ideological test” that would include interviews about their feelings about LGBTQ equality.
HRC Strongly Condemns Ugandan Police Raid of LGBTQ Pride Event
Last Thursday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, strongly condemned the police raid of a peaceful LGBTQ pride event in Kampala, the country’s capital. While events continue to unfold, police arrested several participants, including activists Frank Mugisha and Pepe Onziema of Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG).