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U.S Department of Defense to Extend Non-Discrimination Protections for LGB Troops
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, responded to the news that the U.S Department of Defense plans to extend non-discrimination protections to LGB troops by updating the Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) program to include sexual orientation as a protected class.
5 Actions the Obama Administration Can Take Immediately to Improve the Lives of LGBT Service Members
Yesterday, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators sent a letter to the Secretary of Defense strongly urging him to update equal opportunity policies across the Department of Defense “to prevent discrimination, harassment or intimidation of service members based on sexual orientation” – an important step the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organisation, has repeatedly called for.
Human Rights Campaign Endorses Susan Collins for U.S. Senate
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced that it is endorsing U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) for reelection to the United States Senate. HRC is the America’s largest civil rights organisation and represents more than 1.5 million members and supporters nationwide working to achieve equality for LGBT Americans.
Gay Vet Publishes First African-American Iraq War Memoir
In “Closets, Combat and Coming Out,” the first gay Iraq war memoir published post-DADT repeal – and the first Iraq war memoir written by an African-American, period – author and activist* Rob Smith comes to terms with his sexuality against the backdrop of the hyper-masculine and hyper-homophobic U.S. Army.
Two Years After ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal, Threats of Gay “Chaos” Still Unfounded
Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of the end of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT), a law that prohibited qualified gay and lesbian Americans from serving openly in the armed forces.
HRC Calls on Defense Secretary Panetta to Extend Benefits to Gay and Lesbian Service Members and Spouses
As part of the Human Rights Campaign’s ongoing effort to achieve full equality for gay and lesbian service members and their families, HRC is, in addition to calling on Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to issue military IDs to same-sex spouses, urging him to extend every possible benefit not specifically barred by the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).