Tag: equal rights
TLDEF Set for The Freedom Awards – Celebrating 10 Years of Change
On Monday, June 1, The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) will commemorate a decade of transgender advocacy at its Freedom Awards benefit. The event will honor the Golden Globe Award-winning television series Transparent, and long-time TLDEF partners BNY Mellon and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP for their extraordinary contributions to the advancement of transgender rights. The Freedom Awards will be held at The Art Directors Club Gallery in Manhattan.
Stonewall unveils equality manifesto ahead of election
Stonewall, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans equality charity, has today announced its equality manifesto ahead of the upcoming general election.
Scandal star Kerry Washington calls for equal rights at GLAAD Awards
Scandal’s Kerry Washington has called for unity in the support of equal rights at an awards event promoting the gay community in the media.
Houston City Council Passes Equal Rights Ordinance Protecting all Houstonians from Discrimination
Today the Houston City Council passed the Equal Rights ordinance by a vote of 11-6.
The civil rights of all Americans will be in good hands with Chai Feldblum’s continued service on the EEOC
The Human Rights Campaign, America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, praised the Senate for confirming Chai Feldblum to a full term as a Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Lisa Howe Speaks: Belmont Soccer Coach Fired For Being Gay?
Until last month, Lisa Howe was a beloved soccer coach at Belmont University in Tennessee. But after she told her team that she and her partner of eight years, Wendy Holleman, were expecting a baby, she lost her job.