Tag: Cleveland
Days before RNC Arrives in Cleveland, City Officials Extend Crucial Protect
Vote comes as RNC policy committee proposes horrific anti-LGBTQ provisions for the 2016 GOP platform.
HRC: From Embracing Discrimination on “Day 1” to Defending the Ban on Transgender Military Service,
Yesterday, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, responded to a slew of anti-LGBT comments and positions by candidates competing in the first Republican presidential primary debate in Cleveland, Ohio.
New Social Media Campaign: HRC Asks GOP Candidates in Cleveland to Defend Jim Obergefell’s Marriage
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, announced that it is launching a new social media campaign featuring Ohio native Jim Obergefell, asking candidates to #StandwithJim and defend his marriage in advance of the debate Thursday in Cleveland.
The gay games: coming to London, Paris or Limerick!
The city is hoping its world-class sports facilities will clinch an ambitious bid.
Progressive Democrats of America Endorses Bastien and Gill for Congress
On the eve of their national conference in Cleveland Ohio, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) announced it has endorsed two new progressive candidates for Congress, Marleine Bastien in Florida’s 17th District and Dr. David Gill in Illinois’ 15th. Both candidates won the endorsement of local PDA chapters and the unanimous endorsement of the PDA Inside the Party Working Group.
Progressive Activists Converging in Cleveland
Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), an activist organization founded in 2004, will hold a national grassroots leadership conference in Cleveland, Ohio, July 23rd to 25th. Hundreds of participants from around the country will train and strategize with the likes of local Congressman Dennis Kucinich, the Nation magazine’s John Nichols, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, health insurance whistleblower Wendell Potter, immigrant rights organiser Salvador Reza, and Executive Director of the National Priorities Project Jo Comerford.